Quitter's Cry (Demo)

There's an endless fire burning down the road
Flames getting higher, fumes down in my throat
I'm reaching out, I'm deaf and blind, I can't
 see what it means
Somewhere in the back of my mind the blue
 sirens's screams

In the courses of the living we might as well
 go blind
(Quitter's cry, dream of light)
Cause if you're taking and you're giving
 you'll never be left behind
(Holding on)
and make sure you hold on to the rope
(every night, dream of light)
and watch out for someone to pull you back up
 'cause in the
(Quitter's cry)
dead of the night, no one hears a quitter's cry

Never let a reason waste your troubled time
There's enough greed and treason to fill your
 heart and mind
I'm drifting off while the slogan reads "Seize
 the day and make it go your way"
I wish that I could just stay

In the courses of the living we might as well
 go blind
(Quitter's cry, dream of light)
Cause if you're taking and you're giving you'll
 never be left behind
(Holding on)
and make sure you hold on to the rope
(every night, dream of light)
and watch out for someone to pull you back up
 'cause in the
(Quitter's cry)
dead of the night, no one hears a quitter's cry

Yeah, the curtain's coming down
I hear the noise from all around
But the relentless distant wail
is slowly fading out now

No prayer that I pray
can turn this night to day
it will all just end up here
I've lost though I never played

In the courses of the living we might as well
 go blind
(Quitter's cry, dream of light)
Cause if you're taking and you're giving
 you'll never be left behind
(Holding on)
and make sure you hold on to the rope
(every night, dream of light)
and watch out for someone to pull you back up
 'cause in the
(Quitter's cry)
dead of the night, no one hears a quitter's cry

Dieses Lied ist eines der kontrastreichsten Blended Lieder überhaupt. Die Demoversion ist im Vergleich zu früheren Live Versionen sogar noch etwas entschärft.
Quitter's Cry gehört zu den härteren Liedern, die für One Way entstanden sind, und die Stimmung ist eher beklemmend. Die vielen unterschiedlichen kleinen Abschnitte, zwei Tempowechsel und der späte, fast schon fröhliche Mittelteil brachten nicht die Kompaktheit, nach der ich bei der Zusammenstellung von One Way gesucht habe.
Die Musik stammt komplett von Gregor und im Intro zum Lied kann man ihn auch spielen hören. Auf der Suche nach einer Einleitung für das Lied hat mir Gregor seinerzeit diesen Entwurf geschickt, den ich als kleinen Tribut hier am Beginn des Liedes eingebaut habe.