He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
The night is cold and filled with pain
And a cruel wind drives home a bitter rain
But underneath this neon lights
A dream away is Paradise
Come and take the kiss of Hades
All you gents and all you ladies
Before you stands your liberator
The loving god, annihilator
The lost souls line the concrete wall
Their blank eyes of death tell it all
Of shattered dreams and ruined lives
A dream away is Paradise
Come and take the kiss of Hades
All you gents and all you ladies
Before you stands your liberator
The loving god, annihilator
Come and take the kiss of Hades
He will save you, sorrow’s babies
Your final saviour stands before you
He will love you, he’ll adore you
When despair is all around
And the dark claws of hell drag you down
Death has wings and time it flies
A dream away is Paradise
And a cruel wind drives home a bitter rain
But underneath this neon lights
A dream away is Paradise
Come and take the kiss of Hades
All you gents and all you ladies
Before you stands your liberator
The loving god, annihilator
The lost souls line the concrete wall
Their blank eyes of death tell it all
Of shattered dreams and ruined lives
A dream away is Paradise
Come and take the kiss of Hades
All you gents and all you ladies
Before you stands your liberator
The loving god, annihilator
Come and take the kiss of Hades
He will save you, sorrow’s babies
Your final saviour stands before you
He will love you, he’ll adore you
When despair is all around
And the dark claws of hell drag you down
Death has wings and time it flies
A dream away is Paradise
Lyrics submitted by Domitia
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