He was standing all alone
Trying to find the words to say
When every prayer he'd ever prayed was gone
And the dreams he's never owned
Are still safely tucked away
'Til tomorrow he just carries on
Carries on
Carries on
Carries on
See the devil on the streets at night
See him running in the pourning rain
See him grinning 'neath the twisted light
I'll be back again
See the people standing in a row
See them nodding like a field of grain
Noone sees the sickle though
Coming 'cross the plain
And this he knows if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kissed the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow
No tomorrow
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance, yeah
See the devil he is so intense
See the devil go and change his name
What's the going price of innocence?
It can't be the same
Is it dark when the moon is down?
Is it dark when they see the blade?
If there's glass falling all around
I am not to blame
And this he knows if nothing more
That waiting in the dark like destiny
Are those who kissed the dogs of war
And there is no tomorrow
No tomorrow
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance, yeah
Take a chance
Take a, take a chance, oohh yeah
Burn the night away
Burn the night away
Burn the night...
Pictures at an exibition
Played as he stood in his trance
Staring at his inhibitions
All the time believing that it now came down to nothing but this chance
Chance
Chance
Chance
I fear you, your slience, your blindness
See what you want to see
In darkness, one kindness, one moment
Tell me what you believe
I believe in nothing, never really had to
In regard to your life, rumors that are not true
Who's defending evil? Surely never I
Who would be the witness if you chance to die?
Father can you hear me?
This is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you as for the others destiny
Father can you hear me?
This is not how it was meant to be
I am safe and so are you as for the others destiny
I believe that situations all depend on circumstance
I believe that situations all depend on circumstance
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Pictures at an exhibition
Played as he stood in his trance
Staring at his inhibitions
All the time believing that it now came down to nothing but this chance
Chance is about Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during world war II who defied government orders by signing exit visas for thousands of Jewish refugees - refugees who otherwise would have been send to concentration camps. The song examines his thoughts as people were lining up in front of the embassy. He had the chance to do the right thing, and he did.