Lyrics for Art Of Life as interpreted by Lucif3r

Art Of Life Lyrics
Desert Rose
why do you live alone
if you are sad
I'll make you leave this life
are you white blue or bloody red
all I can see is drowning in cold grey sand

The winds of time
you knock me to the ground
I'm dying of thirst
I wanna run away
I dont know how to set me free to live
my mind cries out feeling pain

I've been roaming to find myself
how long have I been feeling endless hurt
falling down rain flows into my heart
in the pain I'm waiting for you
can't go back
no place to go back to
life is lost. Flowers fall
if its all dreams
now wake me up
If its all real
just kill me

I'm making the wall inside my heart
I don't wanna let my emotions get out
it scares me to look at the world
don't want to find myself lost in your eyes
I've tried to drown my past in grey
I never wanna feel more pain
run away from you without saying any words
what I dont wanna lose is love

Through my eyes time goes by like tears
my emotions losing the color of life
kill my heart
release all my pain
I'm shouting out loud
insanity takes hold over of me

Turning away from the wall
nothing I can see
the scream deep inside
reflecting another person in my heart
he calls me from within
"All existance you see before you must be wiped out:
Dream, Reality, Memories
and yourself"

I begin to lose control of myself
my lust is so blind, destroys my mind
nobody can stop my turning to madness
no matter how you try to hold me in your heart
why do you wanna raise these walls
I dont know the meaning of hatred
my brain gets blown away hearing the words of lies
I only want to hold your love

Stab the dolls filled with hate
wash your self in their blood
drive to the raging current of time
swing your murderous weapon into the belly
"the earth"
shout and start creating confusion
shed your blood for pleasure
and what? For love?
what am I supossed to do?

I believe in the madness called "Now"
past and future prison my heart
time is Blind
but I wanna trace my love
on the walls of time over pain in my heart

Art of life
insane blade stabbing dreams
try to break the truth now
but I can't heal this broken heart in pain
cannot start to live, cannot end my life
keep on crying

Close my eyes
time breathes I can hear
all love and sadness melt in my heart
dry my tears
wipe my bloody face
I wanna feel me living my life outside my walls

You can't drive of yesterday, so
you're painting your heart with your blood
you can't say "No"
only turning the wheel of time
with a rope around your neck
you build a wall of mortality and take a breath
from between the bricks
you make up imaginary enemies and are chased by them
you're trying to commit suicide
you're satisfied with your prologue
now your painting your first chapter black
you are putting the scraps of life together
and trying to make an asylum for yourself
you're hitting a bell at the edge of the stage and
you are trying to kill me

I believe in the madness called "Now"
time goes flowing, breaking my heart
wanna live
can't let my heart kill myself
still I haven't found what I'm looking for

Art of life
I try to stop myself
but my heart goes to destroying the truth
tell me why
I want the meaning of my life
do I try to live, do I try to love
in my dream

I'm breaking the wall inside my heart
I just wanna let my emotions get out
nobody can stop
I'm running to freedom
no matter how you try to hold me in your world
like a doll carried by the flow of time
I sacrificed the present moment for the future
I was inchains of memory half-blinded
losing my heart, walking in the sea of dreams

Close my eyes
rose breathes I can hear
all love and sadness melt in my heart
dry my tears
wipe my bloody face
I wanna feel me living my life
outside my mind

Dreams can make me mad
I can't leave my dream
I can't stop myself
don't know what I am
what lies are truth?
what truths are lies?

I believe in the madness called "Now"
time goes flowing breaking my heart
wanna live
can't let my heart kill myself
still I havent found what I'm looking for

Art of life
I try to stop myself
but my heart goes to destroying the truth
tell me why
I want the meaning of my life
do I try to live, do I try to love

Art of life
an Eternal Bleeding Heart
you never wanna breath you last
wanna live
can't let my heart kill myself
still I'm feeling for
a rose is breathing love
in my life

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B.o.A. Scorpius
05-29-2006

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Ah, I have the live version of this song on DVD, it's great. "Art of Life" is truly one of those songs that never get boring. I think this song was written not in a rock way, but in a classical way. And classical music owns.

The people who say that 'this song is gay' should take a long look at what they're listening to...

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insanebaka
08-31-2006

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I love this song. Simple as that. This song, along with Silent Jealousy, should be a standard of what a great band should be aiming for. It's a shame most rock and metal bands now could never match the talent shown by Yoshiki in these songs.

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KuroKupo
09-13-2006

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There's some truth about the saying that if you play an instrument you'd like this song.

Its...well,beautiful.

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ArtofX
09-13-2006

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Epic, every part of the song.. so beautiful i listen to it everyday, no matter if its 29mins..
Sadly, when i asked my friends about how's this song, they will say the piano part is not good.. i do hope they'll listen to it more carefully and realise its not so bad after..

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yoru
09-26-2006

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It is a real masterpiece, eveb Yoshiki playing Piano! It's so facinating and it really doesn't get boring. I just love it!

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last-dodo
01-08-2007

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where the hell do i find this!!??!?!? i'm looking everywhere but no one has it =[=[=[=[.
please if someone could help me on that one, i'd be so grateful =]
xxx

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last-dodo
03-26-2007

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dw found it....
listen to it at least once a day, if not 4 times :D

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COVER
05-12-2007

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Just a beatiful song, a truly masterpiece, that solo piano it's the greatest solo that i ever heard. I wonder how this song was sound with taiji and not with heath.

PD: Sorry for my english, i know that its not very good, but i do the best i can

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6-strings
06-20-2007

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It's an everlasting Art that sahll live on our heart forever...X-Japan Rocks....

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BerserkerGuts
06-28-2007

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I used to listen to this song religiously when I was a teenager. Its still one of my favorite songs to date, namely for its length and depth, though I don't hail it as much of a masterpiece as I used to.

what needs to be said has already been done, its an epic tapestry weaved with self doubt, confusion, distrust, happiness, sadness, victory defeat, etc, things that revolves around life itself, ups and downs. Wonderful song.

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Ninji-X
07-12-2007

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Best song ever made. A true masterpiece. And I can see the lyrics meaning. It's just... hard to explain for me...odd, since I can affilate so close with the lyrics it's scary. But I love every second of this. The awesome guitar The balladesque...the piano. Oh, man the piano is freaking sweet. I love the guitar and after that long instrumental and the singing started again, it was like flying up the breath or something. No other song has made me feel or has touched me this close as Art of Life has. An epic masterpiece that I feel should be more known that it is.

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rusty_x
10-24-2007

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this is one of the songs in the world that will change how you think, truly.
i mean its crazy! the first scene of balladry was breathtaking, from toshi's voice to yoshiki's piano. but when it just got into the heavier section, lights and all the crazy ness(by the way i have the DVD) you just start to get drawn into what the lyrics say, and you can totally feel the emotions of Yoshiki, and i guess the whole band.
it is a work of art that can be considered the art of life

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hideisgod
02-03-2008

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this song is definitely the best one i've ever listened to, not only because of the music, but because of the lyrics. i think yoshiki understands the english language far better than most native english speakers. these metaphors may seem cliche but they're so beautiful. it doesn't matter how overused they are. this song is an epic and deserves to be heard by everyone. everyone needs to know it...it's amazing!

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YourDyingBride
07-30-2008

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If someone's searching for x-japan albums then try this site :D
It works.... tested :D

http://jrock-utilidades.blogspot.com/search/label/X%20Japan

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mutoh3ll
09-21-2008

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This song is the Art of Music
Yoshiki's Lyrics are good metaphors
This song along with Silent Jealousy, Tears, and Kurenai are my favorites

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ingrenemesis
01-15-2009

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X japan build a new music's type,it's Visual Rock,or we call it in japanese is Visual-Kei,for short is V-Kei.
V-Kei have a lot of good band,now v-kei's force become more and more strong,nowaday in China`Korea`Europe,we also can find v-kei band,even though they are too small & not so perfect,but they will grow up.
In the future,we can see v-kei will around the earth,we can get a lot of great band just like X japan from many country.
In the philistinism & boring world,we can find something different.
Thank you ,X japan.Thank you,V-Kei.

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