CIRCUMSTANCES (Edit) July 29/06 Karl Rigelhof

The silence of the lambs
The screaming butterfly
Won't meet your demands
Cannot satisfy

Higher expectations
Nothing in between
Forever contemplating
Something from a dream

And above all that
You need it right now

If it's not too hard
You'd like to have it fast
You have no regard
For what I ask

You don't seem to care
How I truly feel
You were never there
It is so unreal

How much more
Do you think I can stand

CHORUS:
Circumstances
Beyond control
Second chances
Take their toll

The parting of the sea
The crashing tidal wave
Do you still believe
This sinking ship be saved

The flood gates are open
The storm howls through
All our hopes are broken
What will we do

I want it all
To be over with

CHORUS:
Circumstances
Beyond control
Second chances
Take their toll

Circumstances
Bought or sold
The devil dances
With your soul

(THE) CIRCUMSTANCE(S) July 29/06 Karl Rigelhof

The silence of the lamb(s)
The scream(ing) (of the) butterfly/ies
(Can/will not)/won't meet/reach your demands
Can/will not satisfy

(You) (have) (high(er) expect(ations) (much more)
Nothing in between
Forever contemplating /
Always a/the perfect score
Something from(/)(out of) a/your dream(s)

(And) above all that
You want/need it right now

If it's not too hard
You('d) like (to have) it fast
You (have no)/(dis)regard
As long as it lasts /
I/you/for (what) (I) (have) (to) ask

(You) do(n't) (seem to) (you) care
How I (really/truly) feel
You (a/we)re never there
(It (i)s)/(you (a)re) (so) unreal

How much more
(Do you think I) can (I) take/stand

CHORUS:
(The) Circumstance(s)
(Are) beyond (our) control
(No/without) (a) second chance(s)
(Once) (they) ((ha(ve)) take(n) (the(ir)) toll

The parting of the sea(s)
(And) (the) crashing tidal wave(s)
Do you (still) believe
((That) it/we) (can) we/(this (sinking) ship (can)) (still) be saved

(Open) the flood gate(s) (are) (open)
The storm blows/howls through
((When) (all(/)our)/the) levee(s)/(hope is) broken
What will/do you/we do

You want it all
To be over (with)

CHORUS:
(The) Circumstance(s)
(Are) beyond (our) control
(No/without) (a) second chance(s)
(Once) (they) ((ha(ve)) take(n) (the(ir)) toll

(The) Circumstance(s)
(Neither/(can't be)) bought or sold
The devil dances
With/on (y)our soul(s)