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The World Inside

by Human Drama

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Brian Wade I've owned this album since 1992. Both on cassette and CD. This album is a timeless masterpiece. This album will never lose its relevance and will always be my favorite HD album. Favorite track: My Skin.
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The World Inside I 06:19
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I see a light shining in your eyes, reflecting a shimmering lie A costumed clown disguised the same Intrigued by the sun and the moon Nothing ever changes. Nothing ever changes Do you see the seasons change? Tell me if it has rained When you look to the heavens do you see past the stars Because they’ll never answer your call Nothing ever changes. Nothing ever changes Do you remember the lessons that you learned Do you realize what the years, the tears have meant Love is your ocean. Filled with fear you jump in You cling to the side of life, trying to escape The enemy You are the enemy You are at war On the outside I am strong. No pain no weakness will you find Push aside confusion. I battle endlessly A victor in a war of one. I see myself, I disappear Don’t try to save me Don’t try to save me For I come here of my own will Here I will stay On the inside children play, trying not to remember that they have grown Eyes staring at me. Move with me motion for motion Until I turn, I spin in circles, reaching I am for the door Don’t try to save me Don’t try to save me For I built this house with my hands Here I will stay
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The World Inside II 03:53
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Reach out your hand grab the penny A surface war yields shallow rewards Clench your fist make your demands But you are conquering the wrong enemy Alone you lie naked and bare Conscience a mirror You steal from your soul to feed your ego Outside you’re a hero But alone you lie In the world inside Alone you lie In the world inside God of material villain of spirit The fortress you build you must live in Betrayal of trust faith and allegiance You fool everyone but yourself Alone you lie naked and bare Conscience a mirror You steal from your soul to feed your ego Outside you’re a hero But alone you lie In the world inside Alone you lie In the world inside
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My Skin 04:32
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I see forest, stars in the sky at night I am dreaming, I dream as a child When I was allowed When all was simple When nothing could penetrate my skin I see youth, when frowns were stranger then smiles Unworn faces full of life, not worry I long to return, I want to still wonder I want nothing to penetrate my skin We were younger then Each day that came, more we would grow But we are older now And each day that comes takes more of my life away Unscramble this whirlwind of thought in my head Competition forced into deceit that trusting allows Rid me this struggle Let me grow, in a world of childhood innocence Where nothing can penetrate my skin We were younger then Each day that came, the more we would grow But we are older now And each day that comes takes more of my life away I can’t explain all the love I’ve had in my life And how sometimes I couldn’t feel it for picturing it gone Love rescue me now Hold me tight so that I never forget And nothing can penetrate my skin
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Tears 03:21
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See the pictures on the wall, the glory of the faces Who never understood at all, the power of the moment Or where the moment could lead When the power starts to fade, weak, we start to tremble It becomes an avalanche We are overtaken by a feeling burning to get out Our tears - There is nothing we can do to dry them A starry sky tonight could turn to storm tomorrow If it does we must be brave, we must live through it Fear only kills if we allow But the power of my love reaches farther then my touch And it is more real than any trick your mind can play And any trick I’ve been the victim of Our tears - There is nothing we can do to dry them If only I could carry you away If we really were all we need We’d have to create another place that no one else has ever been If only I could learn how to love as strong as the pain I feel I could dry our tears There is writing on the wall. I know because I wrote it Says It’s ok to dream, and it’s alright to promise. Just don’t promise what you dream. Our tears - There is nothing we can do to dry them
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Look Into A Stranger's Eyes 04:02
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There you are. Standing on a stack of your thoughts Alone once more staring at a lifeless body Wondering aloud, Am I so blind, not to see it coming? Answered inside by the simple dropping of your head Look into a stranger’s eyes Fall into his trap Curious and intrigued Led down his wicked path of deception Living a lie the hole keeps getting deeper See the shapeless form where a man once threatened to grow See the shell of love where eternity Surely could have blossomed In a pile of past lessons, never to be learned Look into a strangers eyes Fall into his trap Curious and intrigued Led down his wicked path of deception Temptation’s claws make a powerful man weak A coward reasons Name another who would be so strong You mistake a tomb for a castle The dead weight of sand for gold And a smile for a moment A fleeting moment can erase your greatest fear Look into a strangers eyes Fall into his trap Curious and intrigued Led down his wicked path of deception
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This Tangled Web 05:52
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Winter's Life 04:35
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The leaves have gone brown, fallen to the ground The mist that wets my face will surely freeze by sundown As sure as winter comes, it drags with it its sadness Another year gone by. One less left to live I have often spent Christmas searching for reasons That I never found. I never dreamed I would But all has changed - I feel a new heartbeat In your eyes I’ll always see winter’s life You are the warmth I feel through the coldest December The single ray of sun that shines on a cloudy day You are the proof that heaven answers The fire to warm my freezing hands And the color on the grayest of days All has changed - I feel a new heartbeat In your eyes I’ll always see winter’s life Love rain down on me. Erase the weight of the world Climb upon my shoulder. You are the weight of my world I’ll suffer the wind . And with each shiver remember Winter is not the end, only a reminder That a brilliant day is on the horizon And as each year goes by so builds my treasure of love All has changed - I feel a new heartbeat In your eyes I’ll always see winter’s life
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Facination And Fear 04:10
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In stillness so much motion inside In silence within I hold a deafening cry My needs can never be satisfied For my love will never be realized I can almost feel your heart beating See confusion in eyes so clear The line between fascination and fear I battle a thought every second For I don’t feel as I was taught I want to swim the river forbidden I want to climb the mountain denied I can almost feel your heart beating See confusion in eyes so clear The line between fascination dnd fear My needs can never be satisfied For my love will never be realized I can almost feel your heart beating See confusion in eyes so clear The line between fascination and fear
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A Million Years 05:06
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Push a pin into my arm. I will bleed like anyone Pull it out and I forget On a trail blazed with words. One that I was lost upon The road that I depended on, I follow no more Tortured man take your hand, take it from the fire now Place it in cool water A hypocrite is one who prays only when he feels pain It’s time to open your eyes. So open your eyes I could wait a million years, look into a billion eyes To find another love like this I could wait a million years The slamming door the unseen wall The hurt I never could forget, I struggle to remember And take my hand from the fire refusing all intended scars You are cool water. Into you, I swim I could wait a million years, look into a billion eyes To find another love like this I could wait a million years Held still in one place for too long Gone blind to the miracle of saving I pray this angel in my eyes was put here to save my life Through your eyes I feel your soul What I feel I must believe What I believe I live This coming from a man who clenched the truth so tight in his hands. Then opened to find evil Found trusting love again I could wait a million years, look into a billion eyes To find another love like this I could wait a million years
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Color Me Red 03:06
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I often drift away far into another day I answer questions complete the rhyme Relive the beauty of another time It’s the calm before the storm Color me red because I’m on fire Direct me to a raging sun Color me red because I’m on fire Time can’t heal every wound What seems faded returns soon Memory strikes in its wicked way Hatred devours the pleasure of a new day It’s the calm before the storm Color me red because I’m on fire Direct me to a raging sun Color me red because I’m on fire The fire burns from what remains Of all my ignored fear And I’ll burn until only ashes remain I welcome the first wind to come Color me red because I’m on fire Direct me to a raging sun Color me red because I’m on fire
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Father Sing 04:49
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I am a child, but I am growing, changing Training my thoughts to be I am the seed encouraged to dream And nourished with food from your heart I want your love. I want to know who you hate and why I want everything good and bad. All of you, inside me Father sing The song that still makes me cry from years ago When you sang to a little girl You sing to me still With a voice so loud and strong Father though you are gone You remain with me You protect me, you make me aware That the love inside these walls won’t always exist outside My symbol of strength all powerful in my life disappeared And I cried But I remember the first music I ever knew I hear your voice. I feel you here Father sing The song that still makes me cry from years ago When you sang to a little girl You sing to me still With a voice so loud and strong Father though you are gone You remain with me
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The Sound Of The Rain 03:48
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Is that starlight shining in your eyes Or is your heart on fire again I have felt the flames until immune I’ve become Disillusioned by love Inescapable fate I know it’s coming, I’ll be waiting I hear the sound of the rain An angels face Fragile emotions fights monsters Made from fairy tale tales So delicate tender with strength unexplored Well this dragon’s been slayed again and again I know it’s coming I’ll be waiting I hear the sound of the rain So through every season The devil grows stronger Until smolder he does When the rain comes again Until smolder he does When the rain comes again I know it’s coming, I’ll be waiting I hear the sound of the rain
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Voices 05:05
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Innocent, afraid Thoughts create an adult play Too scared to cry, walk on by Penetrating eyes seem to see all, witness a lie Resist command, walk on by I will never take my life Mother’s only son, behind a mask a world unknown That speaks to him, walk on by I am so sad says the voice inside his head In a familiar voice, walk on by I will never take my life Accept no blame if I give in The boundaries of my mind Reach farther then you see Sometimes it’s so loud, It is so clear what I hear Is what I feel, walk on by What defines strength, accepting life or choosing to die What do the strong decide, I walk on by I will never take my life
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Fading Away 03:05
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I can't tell what is right, what is wrong What is far, what is near Can't distinguish between truth, lies I fear I am fading Fading away I can't find my strength I really don't cherish the search anymore I'm left without breath from making points I won't make anymore I am fading Fading away I feel no need to borrow the crutches I borrowed before Or to make another speech whose theme justifies what I am I am fading Fading away I can't take the guilt - I feel like a thief when compared to my father He fed me then, he feeds me still What have I ever done I am fading Fading away
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Times Square 04:06
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In a tired part of the city Hiding from the fast talk Watch 'Don't walk' to 'Walk' Easy when you're dreaming Staring at the movies Standing in a circle, Laughing at the wrong time. If alcohol could take me there. I'd take a shot a minute And be there by the hour. Take a walk around Times Square With a pistol in my suitcase And my eyes on the TV. In a car taking a back seat Staring out the window Thinking about danger. Playing in a wrong world Fighting €" but I'm not free. Talking on the telephone Talking about you and me. If Jesus Christ could take me here I'd fall dawn on my knees, Have no questions to His answers. Take a walk around Times Square With a pistol in my suitcase And my eyes on the TV. Alcohol could take me there. I'd take a shot a minute And be there by the hour. Take a walk around Times Square With a pistol in my suitcase And my eyes on the TV. And if I die gaining my senses Wake up in a hotel Staring at the ceiling.

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he contrast between Feel and The World Inside wasn't quite night and day, but compared to the ruinous mainstream gloss and semi-metal wank of the debut, The World Inside was the album that truly showed why Human Drama was a special band, with Indovina toning things down while increasing the dark, enthralling power of the music as a whole. Produced by Indovina along with percussionist Charles Bouis, the album features a greatly expanded studio lineup revolving around the core of Indovina, Bouis, and Rita D'Albert, who handles guitar and, notably, flute. Her abilities on the latter, plus Indovina's and guitarist Carlo Bartolini's own skill with string arrangements, make for a much-better texturing of the band's work overall, while overall the sound is much more lush and involved, dramatic without being overbearing. Much of the album is in fact acoustic, relying on the combination of Indovina's gently ringing guitar and violin and cello by various players to set the quietly majestic tone, backed by Bouis' strong but not rampaging drumming (another definite improvement over Feel's slick punch). An effective showcase of this overall combination is the stunning "The World Inside II," containing all the personal passion familiar from earlier work but simply succeeding so much more, Indovina's voice truly a wonder, the blend of music a focused dramatic miniature. Other fine numbers include "Fascination and Fear," with a worthy guest vocal turn from L.A. goth legend Patrick Mata of Kommunity FK, and the involving "Color Me Red." Two absolute highlights made up both sides of an associated single, one being an affecting cover of Marianne Faithfull's "Times Square" that doesn't quite equal the original in impact, but gets very close indeed. Meanwhile, "This Tangled Web" is the centerpiece of the album, fragile synths adding to Indovina's best vocal turn (and some fine romantic lyrics to boot) and a lovely full-band performance.

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released January 1, 1992

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Since their formation in the early 80s, singer/songwriter/guitarist Johnny Indovina has guided Human Drama through over a dozen critically acclaimed albums and countless spectacular live performances, creating a beautifully intense collection of work, while gathering the band a deeply devoted following in America, and most notably Mexico. ... more

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