Solomon
Arena Lyrics

In the distance
Somewhere far away

Hidden from sight - patiently
Waiting without being noticed

Waiting for me
Waiting for the singer

Part of the night - enemy mine
Something that is both a part of the night and an enemy

This horizon
The line between the sky and the earth

Darkness and light - opposites
The two extremes of light and dark

Drawn together, one forever
Coming together and becoming one forever

Wrong and the right - enemy mine
Something that is both right and wrong, but an enemy

Now is the time to decide......
A call to decision-making

Don't answer me with the same old questions
Don't give the same old answers

Don't patronise with those tired old solutions
Don't treat me like a child with the same old solutions

I've heard these before, I've been here before
The artist is familiar with these responses

Don't pay me back with the same old deceptions
Don't deceive me with the same old lies

Don't give me facts and predictable suggestions
Don't give me predictable and boring suggestions

Then you're screaming all the time
The other person is always screaming

You don't listen any more
The other person does not listen anymore

When you threw out the hope with the dustbin liners
When the other person gave up hope

You were standing alone with your coat of kindness
The other person was alone in their kindness

Covered in mud - it was soaked in my blood
The kindness is tainted by the singer's blood

When you fed me to the lions
When the other person betrayed the artist

in your personal arena
In the other person's world

And you watched till the cries
The other person watched as the artist cried

and the prayers grew weaker
The singer's prayers became weaker

Head in my hands - Dripping tears in the sand
The artist is in distress and crying

The roar of the lions
The sound of the lions' roar

As the victim lies damned and alone.......
The singer is left alone and suffering

When agony comes
When the pain comes

more from hope than failure
The pain comes from losing hope

Look further than your preconceptions, expectations
Look beyond your preconceived notions and expectations

Where the power of the mind can
Where the mind is powerful

take you out beyond this reach
Take you further than you thought possible

Higher than the dull
Higher than the mundane

and simple world you know so well
The world that is familiar and easy to understand

Back to paradise.......
Returning to a better place

Who keeps the child - Tell
Who will take care of the child?

me which is the mother?
Tell me who the mother is

The need in her eye,
The look of desperation in her eyes

and the eyes of the other
The look in the other person's eyes

and I've seen this before,
The singer is familiar with this situation

I've been here before
The artist has experienced this before

Cut the child in half,
The child is being used as a bargaining chip

give a piece to each woman
Each woman gets a part of the child

A desperate chance,
A last resort

the last hope has fallen
All hope is lost

Just like before,
This has happened before

I've felt this before
The artist has experienced this feeling before

And the gurgles of laughter
The sound of laughter

Are echoes once more in my heart
The artist is reminded of past happiness

So I lie down in my mothers arms
The singer seeks comfort from their mother

And I cry in my mothers arms, praying
The singer is crying and praying for help

Praying for the end to come.....
Praying for the situation to end

A friend to come and rescue me - right now
Wanting a friend to rescue them immediately

So I listen to my mother's voice
The artist is listening to their mother's advice

And I listen to the
The singer is paying attention to

Only choice she had to make
The only option available to the mother

Living fear cold and naked
Living in fear and vulnerability

Throw me away? Don't throw me away
Whether or not to abandon someone

"Take the child - it's yours!"
Giving up the child to the other person

Was the only thing she could have said.....
There were no other options

Does it matter to you?
Do you care?

In the lion's cage we're all the same
In a bad situation, everyone suffers

It's a child's game with a child's name
The situation is childish

If I place the blame upon your shoulders
If I blame you for what happened

Don't try to fool the world
Don't try to deceive others

Don't try to rule the world again.....
Don't try to take control again

Throw away my life in the fireplace
Discarding one's own life

With the old love letters
Along with old love letters

And the Nottingham laces;
And other personal items

Trying to forget the warm embraces
Trying to forget past happiness

Video suppers and the funny faces
Memories of happy times

Does it matter at all?
Does it even matter?