Emanations for Two String Orchestras (1995 Remastered Version) - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Siegfried Palm

Walk away if you want to It's okay, if you need to You can run, but you can never hide From the shadow that's creeping up beside you There's a magic running through your soul But you can't have it all (Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) And I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of your precious time To turn around, I'll be two steps behind Take the time To think about it Just walk the line, you know you just can't fight it Take a look around and see what you can find Like the fire that's burning up inside me There's a magic running through your soul But you can't have it all (Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) And I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of your precious time To turn around, I'll be two steps behind There's a magic running through your soul But you, you can't have it all (Whatever you do) I'll be two steps behind you (Wherever you go) And I'll be there to remind you That it only takes a minute of your precious time To turn around and I'll be two steps behind Yeah, baby Two steps behind Oh, sugar Two steps behind

"An extremely quiet child" they called you in your school report He's always taken interest in the subjects that he's taught So what was it that brought the squad car screaming up your drive To notify your parents of the manner in which you died At St. Patrick's every Sunday, father fletcher heard your sins Oh, he's unconcerned with competition, he never cares to win But blood stained a young hand that never held a gun And his parents never thought of him as their troubled son "Now you'll never get to Heaven" Mama said Remember mama said (Remember mama said) Ticking, ticking (ticking, ticking) Grow up straight and true blue Run along to bed Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking (hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking) They had you holed up in a downtown bar screaming for a priest Some gook said "His brains just snapped" then someone called the police You'd knifed a negro waiter who had tried to calm you down Oh, you'd pulled a gun and told them all to lay still on the ground Promising to hurt no-one, providing they were still A young man tried to make a break, with tear-filled eyes you killed (you killed) That gun butt felt so smooth and warm cradled in your palm Oh, your childhood cried out in your head, "They mean to do you harm" "Don't ever ride on the devil's knee" Mama said Remember mama said (remember mama said) Ticking, ticking (ticking, ticking) Pay your penance well, my child Fear where angels thread Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking (hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking) Within an hour the news had reached the media machine A male Caucasian with a gun had gone berserk in Queens The area had been sealed off, the kids sent home from school 14 people lying dead in a bar they called the kicking mule Oh, they pleaded to your sanity for the sake of those inside Throw out your gun, walk out slow just keep your hands held high But they pumped you full of rifle shells, as you stepped out the door Oh, you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law "You've slept too long in silence" Mama said Remember mama said (remember mama said) Ticking, ticking (ticking, ticking) "Crazy boy, you'll only wind up with strange notions in your head" Hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking (hear it, hear it, ticking, ticking)