Overkill III (Under the Influence)

By Overkill

On Under the Influence

Released on July 5, 1988

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[Intro]

Shall I wake

Or shall I sleep?

With dreams so warm

So soft, so deep

A never-ending tale

Enhanced

A never-ending thought

Entranced

Thoughts entranced


[Verse 1]

Take from me

What you need

Take my heart

My soul, my seed

A lasting presence

Inside my mind

At last, a presence

A contract signed

Turned my back

When I first saw you

Turned to stone

When I ignored you

Then something greater

Than my will

Turned me round

To Overkill


[Verse 2]

From the shadows

Called my name

From the cold

Into the flame

The wings around me

Kept me warm

Through hollow eyes

I was reborn

All around me

Once despised

Could see the world now

Through his eyes

A people led

By blind ambition

Signed on for life

Into submission


[Chorus]

Hear me

I hear your call

Obey

I'd give it all

If all my dreams come to life

Hear me

I hear your call

Obey

I'd give it all

If all my fears come to light


[Instrumental Break]


[Bridge 1]

Shall I wake or shall I dream?

Shall I become just what it seems?

A never-ending tale fulfilled

A never-ending Overkill


[Bridge 2]

To see, to taste, to touch the world

In jaded glory, danced and whirled

To see it happen, as was told

As new beginnings now unfold

Light the sky, the glow above

See the bat eat the dove

Another stage, completed mission

Signed on for life into submission


[Chorus]

Hear me

I hear your call

Obey

I'd give it all

If all my dreams come to life

Hear me

I hear your call

Obey

I'd give it all

If all my fears come to light


[Instrumental Outro]