Armored Saint - 1983 EP
"Armored Saint"
Track List:
1. Lesson Well Learned
2. No Reason To Live
3. False Alarm
4. Striken By Fate
5. On The Way

Line-Up:
John Bush - Vocals
Dave Prichard - Guitars
Phil Sands - Guitars
Joey Vera - Bass
Gonzo - Drums

1. Lesson Well Learned
++++++++++++++++++++++
A chance, a risk, try my luck again 
Well, this could be my win 
I knew it was a lie, knew it all the time 
But I got sucked in 
My crying for leaving, was all misconceiving 
now where can I turn? 
Without getting burned!! 

I dealt with it, fought it, without any help 
My fear is now gone 
Battled and conquered, now I'm up front 
To sail through the dawn 
My crying for leaving was all misconceiving 
now where can I turn? 
Without getting burned!! 
Ohh..it's a lesson well learned 

REPEAT CHORUS 

lesson well Learned  Yea! 
lesson well Learned  Yea! 


2. No Reason To Live
++++++++++++++++++++
The old man sits there and stares
As my heart grows fondly aware
The vagrant is me at an elde; age

Shed some of my life for me
There's so much I just can't wait to see
It's not joy my son to live in a cage

What news do you bring?
Oh my Future of fortune and eternity
Rejoice for life is ahead, or is death what you sing?

You must detour your route 
Your coming is not full of loot
Loveless, you barely stay alive

Diseased, threatened all the time
Declared sick in the mind
Mortalitys best you shall not survive

Halt, don't you speak
Oh your message is negative and so depressing
An old man who has lost his sense and continues
to go on to pretend

I am you
Oh you may not believe but you must know I'm you
I came with these words to tell about the hell I went through

Oh there's no reason to live 
Well they'll take everything you have to give
But if you go on your way all I do is pray
And long from now you'll remember this day

No reason to live
Take everything you have to give
But if you go on your way all I can do is pray
And long from now you'll remember this day when I said
I've got no reason, no reason to live
No, no, no, no, no


3. False Alarm
++++++++++++++
Look out the window, the sounds in the wind 
You hear the siren, again and again 
Screaming a whine 
Deep in your mind 
Follow the signs and you'll soar 
A piercing shrill that keeps you awake 
You're the example, he's ready to take 
Though it seems wild 
Go for the ride 
A change has been made, for you on the other side 

Another false alarm, another false alarm 
It won't do any harm, just another false alarm 

Deep in a sleep, you're awoken again 
This time departure is scheduled at ten 
Not a bad deal 
This ones for real 
I can't let it go 

A piercing shrill that keeps you awake 
Your the example he's ready to take 
Laugh when you lose 
Hung by the noose 
Anyway, the fire still burns to the core...... 

Another false alarm, another false alarm 
It won't do any harm, just another false alarm 
False alarm......Repeat till end 
  

4. Stricken By Fate
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Damage to my head, peace stays in the bed
Making love the only thing we can do
Otherwise in our lives, all we do is fight
Never stop enough to call a truce

The only time that you find satisfaction is in our physical play
You love me in the course of the evening but so bitter in the day
Think you'd wipe the smudge, but just carry on the grudge
Nothing gets forgiven from you
Soon I'll lose the cure, and you'll thirst so much more
Somebody fresh I wonder who

Now I think it's time for me to walk straight out the door
And leave you here
But my pride hurts too much for that you
Wouldn't even shed a tear

Got to pack my bags, and leave behind the past
Living with you was worse than hell
Still I feel blue, and I wonder do you
With the look on your face you could never tell

Never thought I'd wish somebody death or I'd feel so much hate
Hopefully you'll get what you deserve and be stricken by fate
I hope that you, you get what you want
That's right
Ahhrrrghh!!!


5. On the Way
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Hold on to that vision 
There'll always be some friction in your life 
But you gotta keep your head high 
and beat the odds with a sigh, my friend 
Keep pushin' to the plateau 
Find gold at the end of the rainbow, begin 
Feel the sweet sensation 
Suddenly you've taken charge of your life 
No one can surpass 
Feeling good, you're on the road at last 
Yes, you're made of Armor 
And Saints will conquer 
And you ask what this thing could be 
Just jump on the road and follow me 

I knew that one day I would reach you 
And show you lives worth living for 
sometimes you'll go through hell first 
But at the end you'll be at heaven's door 

Do you realize your on the way 
To an everlasting day 
Don't turn your head on the ones who placed your crown 
or soon you'll find yourself going down!!