III Sides To Every Story (1992)

All songs written by Nuno Bettencourt and Gary Cherone


Yours
  1. Warheads
  2. Rest In Peace
  3. Politicalamity
  4. Color Me Blind
  5. Cupid's Dead
  6. Peacemaker Die
Mine
  1. Seven Sundays
  2. Tragic Comic
  3. Our Father
  4. Stop The World
  5. God Isn't Dead?
The Truth
Everything Under The Sun
  1. I Rise 'n Shine
  2. II Am I Ever Gonna Change
  3. III Who Cares?

Yours

Warheads

 
Hey Kid, wanna have some fun? 
Choose a side and here's your gun 
  
Brought up knowing right from wrong, 
squash the meek, inherit the strong 
  
Just try and cross the line, 
Don't even bother to waste my time 
  
What's that look in your eyes? 
It's time I cut you down to size 
  
This world ain't big enough for two, 
And I've got my sights on you 
  
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE, 
I'M A WARHEAD, YOU'RE A WARHEAD 
A WARHEAD JUST LIKE ME? 
HE'S A WARHEAD, SHE'S A WARHEAD 
WATCH 'EM SCREAM 'N YELL 
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE, A WARHEAD TOO 
WHEN I BLOW THEM 
STRAIGHT TO HELL 
  
Ramboy, it's us and them 
Just like your Daddy in Vietnam 
Monkey see, Monkey do, 
Your boy's grown up 
Just like you 
  
This world ain't 
Big enough for two 
and I've got my 
eye on you 
  
CHORUS 
  
I've seen Black heads, 
White heads, 
Red heads, 
Dead heads, 
Big heads, 
Shit heads, 
but, there's no heads 
Like WARHEADS! 

Rest In Peace

 
Let's talk of peace, 
Sounds so cliche 
A novelty, catch phrase of the day 
Middle, index, 
Sign of the time 
Just as complex, 
As water to... 
  
Someone said give peace a chance 
And, that's all that we're saying 
While we're sitting on the fence 
Pretending, 
Our hearts are in the right place 
But, your face 
Shows a trace of, 
  
Hypocrisy, 
Don't tread on me, 
Now you can see 
  
MAKE LOVE NOT WAR, SOUNDS SO ABSURD, TO ME 
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SAY THESE WORDS, LIGHTLY 
OR ELSE OUR WORLD, WILL TRULY, REST IN PEACE 
  
Let's not pretend, 
to justify 
Rather amend, 
Where treasures lie 
Straight through the heart, 
Peace can be found 
That's where you start, 
Not all around 
  
Someone said give peace a chance 
And, that's all that we're saying 
While we're sitting on the fence 
Pretending, 
Our hearts are in the right place 
But, your face 
Shows a trace of, 
  
Hypocrisy, 
Don't tread on me, boy 
Now you can see 

Politicalamity

 
Wars 'n rumors 
Of wars, no one knows what for 
Toys and soldiers 
Deployed, on some foreign shore 
Lords and rulers 
Destroy, diplomatic rapport 
  
Communists, dictatorships 
Democracies, hypocrisies 
Ask not what your country can do? 
To a one world governmental zoo 
  
POLITICAL, POLITICAL 
POLITICALAMITY 
IT'S AN-AR-CHY 
POLITICAL, POLITICAL 
POLITICALAMITY 
  
Rich 'n poor 
Salute your country's colors 
Less is more 
When one oppresses the other 
Pride 'n power 
Decorated upon collars 
  
Donkeys, bears 'n elephants 
All paper-trained on parliament 
Ask not what your country can do? 
To a one world governmental zoo 

Color Me Blind

 
I had a dream, 
Last night I was blind 
And I couldn't see 
Color of any kind 
  
Picture the world, minus a rainbow 
When day becomes night, then where will the sun go 
Dancing alone, just me and my shadow 
Color me blind, so I can see no evil 
  
WHY DO WE DREAM, 
IN BLACK AND WHITE? 
COLOR ME BLIND 
WHY DO WE DREAM 
IN BLACK AND WHITE? 
COLOR ME BLIND 
  
I had a dream, 
I was looking, over the mountain 
But I've, I've yet to see the, 
The so-called promised land 
  
Picture the world, 
Without any color 
You couldn't tell, 
One face from the other 
I don't understand 
Why we fight with our brother 
Color me blind 
Just to love one another 
  
Color me, color you, 
COLOR ME BLIND 

Cupid's Dead

  
-you read the papers today?- 
  
I read the news today oh boy, 
About a tragic comedy 
Newspaper hinted suicide, 
The letterhead read Dear Johnny 
A tainted truth was all it said, 
Sleep tight now that you've made your bed 
An arrow that once pierced your heart 
Points to the apple on your head 
  
Three sides to every story 
Yours, mine 
And, Monday morning's 
  
CUPID'S DEAD, HEADLINES READ, 
CUPID'S DEAD 
CUPID'S DEAD, HEADLINES READ, 
CUPID'S DEAD 
  
Oh, Romeo, Oh, Romeo 
Where did our love go, Romeo? 
If you read between the headlines, 
You wouldn't be the last to know 
No mystery yet to unfold, 
A paperboy left in the cold 
A love was said to never die, 
Withered away and just got old 
  
"Our top story tonight, 
is a crime of passion 
The victim, an unidentified man, 
is found in bed, wearing only a diaper, 
holding a bow an arrow in one hand, 
and clutching a letter in the other. 
The letter simply read ... 
CUPID'S DEAD." 
  
Extra, extra, extra, 
read all about it 
  
CUPID'S DEAD, 
  
Cupid is dead, deceased, 
I got peace of mind 
Still it's hard to forget, 
what it leaves behind 
A lot of love lost, 
your feelings are wasted, 
tasted the sweetness, 
but now you're faced with, 
the thought, of being alone 
Nor more companionship, 
you can handle it, 
just abandon it, 
leave it behind, 
and look for the brighter day 
Give it some time, 
cause it won't come right away 
You gotta be standing strong, 
hold on to your dignity 
Don't sit around, 
saying look what ya did to me 
It's time to move on, 
you gotta continue 
to look for a love, 
of a life that's within you 
Cupid is dead now, 
it's time to rely on, 
yourself to cope 
You got no shoulder to cry on 
DEAD 

Peacemaker Die

  
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
Mr. Righteous One 
You say you have this plan? 
If we care to understand 
  
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
Mr. Nice Guy 
You dare to speak the truth? 
I'll twist and turn it into lies 
  
Blessed are the warmongers, 
Blessed are the warmongers 
For they shall be called, 
Man-made Gods 
  
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
I DON'T KNOW WHY? 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
I DON'T KNOW WHY? 
  
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
Mr. Goody Two 
Do you really thing the world 
Can be Black, White, and Jew? 
  
PEACEMAKER DIE, 
Mr. Music Man 
Don't turn your back on me? 
Cause I'm the one with the gun 
  
Blessed are the warmongers, 
Blessed are the warmongers, 
For they shall be called, 
Sons of God 
  
I have a dream this afternoon, 
That the brotherhood of man, 
Will become a reality 
In this day, with this faith, 
I will go out and, 
Carve the tunnel of hope, 
Through the mountain of despair 
With this faith, 
I will go out with you and, 
Transform dark yesterdays 
Into bright tomorrows 
With this faith, 
We will be able to achieve 
This new day 
When all of God's children, 
Black men and white men, 
Jews and gentiles, 
Protestants and Catholics 
Will be able to join hands 
And sing with the negroes, 
In the spiritual of old 
Free at last, free at last, 
Thank God almighty, 
We're free at last. 
 
Speech - Martin Luther King - Jr. 

Mine

Seven Sundays

  
One day 
we'll find the time 
to spend, together 
until then, My Love 
  
IF I HAD ONE WISH 
IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO CHOOSE 
SEVEN SUNDAYS IN A ROW 
CAUSE THAT'S THE DAY 
THAT I SPEND WITH YOU 
  
Someday soon, 
you and I 
will hold each other 
once again, My Love 
  
IF I HAD ONE WISH 
IT WOULDN'T BE HARD TO CHOOSE 
SEVEN SUNDAYS IN A ROW 
SEVEN SUNDAYS IN A ROW 
SEVEN SUNDAYS IN A ROW 
CAUSE THAT'S THE DAY 
THAT I SPEND WITH YOU 
  
If I had one wish 
It wouldn't be hard to choose 

Tragic Comic

  
Flowers, I sent, 
were found dead on their arrival 
The words, I said, 
inserted foot in my mouthful 
So when, we dance, 
My lead it ain't so graceful 
(Isn't so, not ain't so) 
  
I'M A HAPLESS ROMANTIC 
ST-T-TUTTERING P-POET 
JUST CALL ME A TRAGIC COMIC 
CAUSE I'M, IN, IN LOVE WITH YOU 
  
And when, we dine, 
I forget to push in your seat 
I wear, the wine, 
spilling hearts all over my sleeve 
A stitch, in time, 
proposing down on my knees 
(Splitting between the seams) 
  
I'M A HAPLESS ROMANTIC 
ST-T-TUTTERING P-POET 
JUST CALL ME A TRAGIC COMIC 
CAUSE I'M, IN, IN LOVE WITH YOU 
  
Nobody, can know the, 
trouble I've, seen 
Nobody, can know the, 
trouble I, get into, 
when I'm with you 

Our Father

  
Oh Daddy please, 
take me with you 
where you going 
Oh Daddy please, 
come find the time, 
come watch us growing 
Oh Daddy please, 
don't leave there's so 
much that we want to 
know before you go 
  
I'm in need of someone 
to tie my shoe, 
or take hold of my hand 
when I become afraid 
And whose footsteps 
will I follow into, 
Daddy please, 
don't run away 
  
OUR FATHER 
FAR FATHER 
WELL LET ME TELL YOU 'BOUT 
OUR FATHER 
FAR FARTHER AWAY... 
  
Oh Daddy please, 
I pray every night 
the doors will open 
Oh Daddy please, 
this house is just 
a broken home, 
left all alone 

Stop The World

   
All the world's 
a masquerade 
made up of fools 
and philosophers 
Were it to rain 
on our charade, 
all washes away, 
except for our true colors 
  
If any people bothered 
looking for truth, please, 
STOP THE WORLD 
from spinning 'round 
instead we choose to follow 
footsteps of fools, please 
STOP THE WORLD 
from spinning 'round 
If nothing's new under the sun 
for me and you 
Won't somebody please... 
  
STOP THE WORLD 
STOP THE WORLD 
I WANNA GET OFF 
STOP THE WORLD 
STOP THE WORLD 
WHERE THERE IS LOVE 
  
If we forget 
yesterday, 
We're bound to repeat it 
tomorrow 
It's not too late 
to start today, 
Better off safe, 
than sorry 
  
Do unto those as you would 
do to yourselves, please, 
STOP THE WORLD 
from spinning 'round 
We need more feet to walk 
in one another's shoes, please 
  
STOP THE WORLD 
from spinning 'round 
There's nothing new  
under the sun 
for me and you, 
Won't somebody please... 

God Isn't Dead

  
Ah, look at all 
the lonely people, 
losing faith, 
in a world 
full of despair, 
no one who cares, 
wondering where 
GOD disappeared 
  
I, see the pain 
in everybody's faces 
asking why, 
the GOD up in the sky, 
didn't say goodbye, 
please tell me, 
GOD didn't die 
  
PLEASE TELL ME 
GOD ISN'T DEAD 
PLEASE TELL ME 
GOD ISN'T DEAD 
PLEASE TELL ME 
GOD ISN'T 
I WANT TO KNOW 
IF HE'S 
TELL ME 
GOD ISN'T 
PLEASE TELL ME 
GOD ISN'T DEAD 
I WANT TO KNOW 

The Truth
Everything Under The Sun

I. Rise N Shine

   
Dawn wakes the silence, 
of a fainted lullaby 
Day breaks the eyelid, 
from a song sung in my eye 
  
Night rests in peace, 
as the sun mourns the sky 
All's accounted for sheep, 
over a horizon's I 
  
RISE, RISE 'N SHINE 
A NEW DAY IS COMING 
RISE, RISE IN TIME 
FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN 
  
And when you see, 
a south wind blow 
Forecasting, you will know, 
a hot day, will be on the way 
(Foolish one) 
You analyze, 
the earth and the sky 
I ask you why, 
you can't analyze the signs, 
of the present time 
  
I had a dream, 
not unlike the one from old 
Of a man king, 
whose head was made of gold 
Stand castles of sand 
weather the sundials rise 'n fall 
Chasing wind through your hands, 
'til water runs dry the well 
  
DREAM, DANIEL, DREAM 
FOR WHAT'S YET TO COME 
SEE, DANIEL, SEE 
FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN 
  
And in the West, 
a cloud appears 
For shadows of 
a coming shower near, 
Oh, so near 
(Hypocrites) 
You analyze, 
the earth and the sky 
I ask you why, 
you can't analyze the signs, 
of the present time 
  
Vanity, 
Yes, all is vanity 
Vanity, 
Yes, all's futility 
  
For one that dies, 
another's born 
Where laughter's heard, 
comforters mourn 
There's a time for 
everything 
  
A song for love, 
even abhor 
An olive branch, 
or winter's war 
There's a time for 
EVERYTHING, UNDER THE SUN 

II. Am I Ever Gonna Change

   
I'm tired of being me, 
and I don't like what I see, 
I'm not who I appear to be 
So I start off every day, 
down on my knees I will pray, 
for a change in any way 
But as the day goes by, 
I live through another lie, 
if it's any wonder why 
  
AM I EVER GONNA CHANGE 
WILL I ALWAYS STAY THE SAME 
IF I SAY ONE THING, 
THEN I DO THE OTHER 
IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG, 
THAT GOES ON FOREVER 
AM I EVER GONNA CHANGE 
I'M THE ONLY ONE TO BLAME 
WHEN I THINK I'M RIGHT, 
I WIND UP WRONG 
IT'S A FUTILE FIGHT, 
GONE ON TOO LONG 
  
Please tell me if it's true, 
am I too old to start anew, 
cause that's what I want to do 
But time and time again, 
when I think I can, 
I fall short in the end 
So why do I even try, 
Will it matter when I die, 
Can anyone hear my cry? 
  
AM I EVER GONNA CHANGE 
TAKE IT DAY BY DAY 
MY WILL IS WEAK 
AND MY FLESH TOO STRONG 
THIS PEACE I SEEK 
TILL THY KINGDOM COMES 

III. Who Cares?

    
Tell me, Jesus, 
are you angry? 
One more sheep has, 
just gone astray 
A hardening of hearts, 
turning to stone 
Wandering off, 
so far from home 
So many children, 
losing time 
Walk in darkness, 
looking for a sign 
Chasing their rainbows, 
the future looks so bright 
Slowly we're losing, 
Sight of the light 
  
WHO CARES? 
WHO CARES? 
WHO CARES? 
TELL ME WHO CARES? 
WHO CARES? 
  
All alone, 
out in the cold 
Can't look back, 
am I growing old 
I chose a path, 
is this my fate 
Am I finding out, 
the truth too late 
  
CHORUS 
  
Here I am, 
a naked man 
Nothing to hide 
with empty hands 
Remember me, 
I am the one 
Who lost his way, 
your Prodigal Son 
  
WHO CARES? 
WHO CARES? 
WHO CARES? 
TELL ME WHO CARES? 
WHO CARES? 
  
AM I EVER GONNA CHANGE 
WILL I ALWAYS STAY THE SAME 
SAY ONE THING 
THEN I DO THE OTHER 
SAME OLD SONG 
GOES ON FOREVER 
RISE, RISE 'N SHINE 
A NEW DAY IS COMING 
YES IT IS!