Asia Lyrics

HEAT OF THE MOMENT
I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
A look from you and I would fall from grace
And it would wipe the smile right from my face

Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidents arose from circumstance
One thing led to another, we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

* It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what my heart menat
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

And now you find yourself in '82
The disco hot spots hold no charm for you
You can concern yourself with bigger things
You catch a pearl and ride the dragon's wings

'Cause it's the heat of the moment
The heat of the moment
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

And when your looks have gone and you're alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself
Teenage ambitions you remember well

(* repeat)


ONLY TIME WILL TELL
* You're leaving now
It's in your eyes
There's no disguising it
It really comes as no surprise
To find that you planned it all along

I see it now
Become so clear
Your insincerity
And me all starry-eyed
You'd think that I would have known by now

** Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky
The lie is over
Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over

Only time will tell
One thing is sure
That time will tell
Only time will tell
If you were wrong
The brightest ring around the moon
Will darken when I die

Now sure as the sun will cross the sky
The lying's over
Gone, like the tears that used to tide me over

(* Repeat)

Only time will tell
I see it now, become so clear
Only time will tell
Your insincerity
And me all starry-eyed
You'd think that I would have known by now

(** Repeat)

Only time will tell
You're on your own inside your room
Only time will tell
You're claiming victory
You were just using me
And there is no one you can use now
Only time will tell
One thing is sure...


SOLE SURVIVOR
When I ride the hounds of hell
Twist my foot, I nearly fell
I was lucky I was alive
One look back, I could have died

I was the sole survivor
Sole survivor, sole survivor
Solitary fire

When I saw it I was amazed
One time glory right in my gaze
I saw the sorry, I saw the joy
Light in the darkness none could destroy

And from the wreckage I will arise
Cast the ashes back in their eyes
See the fire I will defend
Just keep on burning right to the end

I'll be the sole survivor
Sole survivor...


ONE STEP CLOSER
Loneliness, a constant friend and lover I know well
Crowded rooms, the iron bars that surround me
Trying hard to catch your eye
Just once, did you see
Knowing from this moment, if you did, we could be...

One step closer
Closer than we are
One step closer
Much closer than before

So many lines, you heard them all
A lie in every one
From men who never understand your personality
And though we've never even met
No talking needs to be done
The hum of conversation will dissolve you into me

One step closer
Closer than we were
One step closer
Much closer than before

One step closer
Much closer than we were
One step closer
It's closer than before


TIME AGAIN
Fate looks certain byt then nothing's guaranteed
Want for nothing, but is nothing what you need
Always pushing though you're never satisfied
I did believe you 'till I found out that you lied

* Time and time again
Time and time again
Again

What I give you I get nothing in return
Can't forgive you, watching all your bridges burn
All day long I stand and watch you do it wrong
I have to say that's how you did it all along

(* Repeat)

When others learned it seemed that you could only see
And someone showed you, then why was it always me
I knew the limit, you were always out of bounds
How could I trust you when I caught you messing 'round

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WILDEST DREAMS
They decorated all the generals
Who fought the war behind the lines
They had forgotten all the soldiers
The brandy puts them way behind the times
Insanity has found its way to TV screens
Vision seems impossible to me
They fight for king and country
I never would have thought this in my

* Wildest dreams (x4)

Evening comes, we sit and watch the features
Clips and rushes come from who-knows-where
From Washington across to California
The fighting breaking out in Leicester Square
We see the soldiers moving on to victory
And children trampled under marching feet
They fight for king and country
How many millions will they put to sleep?

(* Repeat)

Fly away!

** No, not in this world
No, not in the next
No, not in my wildest dreams

They recommended you to leisure
For non-conformers anywhere
Some men's dreams for others turn to nightmares
This never would have happened in their

(* Repeat)

Fly away!

(** Repeat)


WITHOUT YOU
Gazing at a sunrise reflected in your clear eyes
Misty morning forest, smoke fires
Make our way through the broken day
I couldn't stand to stay withought you

We must keep moving while the light is clearing
Leaving your dark world behind you
We have to run, life has just begun
I'll never be alone
Without you

One chilling bark came screaming through the dark
I saw the yellow moon of midnight
When I awoke, the glowing in the smoke
Suddenly alone without you

Wanting things the way they used to be
You don't know what that can do to me
One more day, maybe never
Might as well be forever

Outside, the light is fading as I write
And another night reminds me
That as I sleep, the memory that I keep
Just another day without you

It seems so long
I've been holding on
Since I felt my arms around you
As time will go
Both of us will know
There'll never be a day without you


CUTTING IT FINE
The door swings open but you won't go in
You hate the movie that you've never seen
You could have seen what I have in mind
I see you laughing but you're cutting it,
Cutting it fine

You never should have done those things to me
There's one thread left 'tween you and history
And while my temperature is rising high
I warn you now that you are cutting it
Cutting it fine

* Cutting it, cutting it fine
Cutting it fine
Cutting it fine
Cutting it fine

You gambled all on one important game
But you take your debts then don't complain
The game was up, I saw it all the time
Some advice, girl, you're cutting it
Cutting it fine

Your sole advisor always was yourself
Never listened to no one else
You are the one who ignored the signs
Dancing on a fine line, cutting it fine

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HERE COMES THE FEELING
** All throught eh winter I thought I'd never see you again
Oh God, where were you when I needed you
I know that you, no, you would never have betrayed me
I thought I'd die, why, all the reasons still evade me
'Cause you're back
Now I can see you, now I can feel you
Now that I want you, now I can touch you
Next to me

* Here it comes, here comes the feeling
Here comes the same old feeling
Here comes the feeling
Here comes the same old feeling

This is for real, I never felt so good before
I see the world through different eyes
Now that you're back, nothing in the least can overcome me
Misery gone, I saw the gap that overran me
'Cause you're back
Now I can see you, now I can feel you
Now that I want you, now I can touch you
Next to me

(* Repeat)

(** Repeat)

(* Repeat x3)