I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong To crash the critic saying, "is it right or is it wrong?" If only fame had an IV, baby could I bear Being away from you; I found the vein, put it in here
I live for the applause, applause, applause I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me The applause, applause, applause
Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make 'em touch (Make it real loud) Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make 'em touch (Make it real loud)
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Make it real loud A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Make it real loud A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
I've overheard your theory "Nostalgia's for geeks" I guess sir, if you say so Some of us just like to read
One second I'm a kunst Then suddenly the kunst is me Pop culture was in art Now, art's in pop culture in me
I live for the applause, applause, applause I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me The applause, applause, applause
Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make 'em touch (Make it real loud) Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make 'em touch (Make it real loud)
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Make it real loud A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Make it real loud A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Touch, touch Touch, touch, now
I live for the applause, applause, applause I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me The applause, applause, applause
Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make 'em touch (Make it real loud) Give me that thing that I love (Turn the lights on) Put your hands up, make 'em touch (Make it real loud)
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Make it real loud A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Make it real loud A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
[Chorus] Lately I been, I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard Said no more counting dollars We'll be counting stars Yeah, we'll be counting stars
[Verse 1] I see this life Like a swinging vine Swing my heart across the line In my face is flashing signs Seek it out and ye shall find
Old, but I'm not that old Young, but I'm not that bold And I don't think the world is sold I'm just doing what we're told
I feel something so right By doing the wrong thing And I feel something so wrong By doing the right thing I could lie, could lie, could lie Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
[Chorus] Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!) Said no more counting dollars We'll be counting stars Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!) Said no more counting dollars We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Verse 2] I feel the love And I feel it burn Down this river every turn Hope is a four letter word Make that money Watch it burn
Old, but I'm not that old Young, but I'm not that bold And I don't think the world is sold I'm just doing what we're told
And I feel something so wrong By doing the right thing I could lie, could lie, could lie Everything that downs me makes me wanna fly
[Chorus] Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard Said no more counting dollars We'll be counting stars Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!) Said no more counting dollars We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Bridge 4x:] Take that money Watch it burn Sink in the river The lessons I learned
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
[Chorus] Lately I been, I been losing sleep (hey!) Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard (hey!) Said no more counting dollars We'll be counting stars Lately I been, I been losing sleep Dreaming about the things that we could be But baby, I been, I been prayin' hard Said no more counting dollars We'll be, we'll be counting stars
[Outro 4x:] Take that money Watch it burn Sink in the river The lessons I learned
When the days are cold And the cards all fold And the saints we see Are all made of gold When your dreams all fail And the ones we hail Are the worst of all And the blood's run stale
I want to hide the truth I want to shelter you But with the beast inside There's nowhere we can hide No matter what we breed We still are made of greed This is my kingdom come This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat Look into my eyes It's where my demons hide It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close It's dark inside It's where my demons hide It's where my demons hide
When the curtain's call Is the last of all When the lights fade out All the sinners crawl So they dug your grave And the masquerade Will come calling out At the mess you made
Don't want to let you down [. From: http://www.elyrics.net .] But I am hell bound Though this is all for you Don't want to hide the truth No matter what we breed We still are made of greed This is my kingdom come This is my kingdom come
When you feel my heat Look into my eyes It's where my demons hide It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close It's dark inside It's where my demons hide It's where my demons hide
They say it's what you make I say it's up to fate It's woven in my soul I need to let you go Your eyes, they shine so bright I want to save their light I can't escape this now Unless you show me how
When you feel my heat Look into my eyes It's where my demons hide It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close It's dark inside It's where my demons hide It's where my demons hide Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>
I got my eyes on you, you're everything that I seeI want your hot love and emotion endlesslyI can't get over you, you left your mark on meI want your high love and emotion endlesslyCause you're a good girl and you know itYou act so different around meCause you're a good girl and you know itI know exactly who you could be[Hook]Just hold on we're going homeJust hold on we're going homeIt's hard to do these things aloneJust hold on we're going home[Bridge + Hook][Interlude: Majid Jordan]You're the girl, you're the oneGave you everything I loveI think there's something, babyI think there's something, baby
Written in these wallks are the stories that I can't explain I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days
She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones It seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stone
And I'll be gone gone tonight The ground beneath my feet is open wide The way that I been holdin' on too tight With nothing in between
The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time Is frozen (the story of, the story of) The story of my life I give her hope I spend her love until she's broke inside The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
Written on these walls are the colors that I can't change Leave my heart open but it stays right here in its cage
And I'll be gone gone tonight The fire beneath my feet is burning bright The way that I been holdin' on so tight With nothing in between
The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time Is frozen (the story of, the story of) The story of my life I give her hope I spend her love until she's broke inside The story of my life (the story of, the story of)
And I been waiting for this time to come around But baby running after you is like chasing the clouds
The story of my life I take her home I drive all night to keep her warm and time Is frozen
The story of my life I give her hope (give her hope) I spend her love until she's broke inside (until she's broke inside) The story of my life (the story of, the story of) The story of my life The story of my life (the story of, the story of) The story of my life
I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath Scared to rock the boat and make a mess So I sat quietly, agreed politely I guess that I forgot I had a choice I let you push me past the breaking point I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!) Already brushing off the dust You hear my voice, you hear that sound Like thunder gonna shake the ground You held me down, but I got up (HEY!) Get ready cause I’ve had enough I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus] I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh You’re gonna hear me roar
Now I’m floating like a butterfly Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes I went from zero, to my own hero
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!) Already brushing off the dust You hear my voice, you hear that sound Like thunder gonna shake the ground You held me down, but I got up (HEY!) Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus] I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire ‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion ‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh You’re gonna hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh You'll hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh You're gonna hear me roar...
Ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire ‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion ‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh You’re gonna hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh You'll hear me roar Oh oh oh oh oh oh You're gonna hear me roar...
[Hook: Rihanna] I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're trying to save me, stop holdin' your breath And you think I'm crazy, yeah you think I'm crazy
[Verse 1: Eminem] I wanted the fame, but not the cover of Newsweek Oh well, guess beggars can't be choosey Wanted to receive attention for my music Wanted to be left alone in public excuse me For wanting my cake, and eat it too, and wanting it both ways Fame made me a balloon cause my ego inflated When I blew see, but it was confusing Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam Hit the lottery, oh wee But with what I gave up to get was bittersweet It was like winning a used mink Ironic cause I think I'm getting so huge I need a shrink I'm beginning to lose sleep: one sheep, two sheep Going cuckoo and cooky as Kool Keith But I'm actually weirder than you think cause I'm...
[Hook]
[Bridge: Rihanna] Well, that's nothing
[Verse 2: Eminem] No, I ain't much of a poet but I know somebody Once told me to seize the moment and don't squander it Cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow So I keep conjuring, sometimes I wonder Where these thoughts spawn from (Yeah, pondering'll do you wonders No wonder you're losing your mind, the way it wanders) Yodel-odel-ay-hee-hoo I think you've been wandering off down yonder And stumbled onto Jeff VanVonderen Cause I need an interventionist to intervene between me and this monster And save me from myself and all this conflict Cause the very thing that I love's killing me and I can't conquer it My OCD is conking me in the head Keep knocking, nobody's home, I'm sleepwalking I'm just relaying what the voice in my head is saying Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just friends with the...
[Hook + Bridge]
[Verse 3: Eminem] Call me crazy, but I have this vision One day that I walk amongst you a regular civilian But until then drums get killed And I'm coming straight at MCs, blood get spilled And I take it back to the days that I get on a Dre track Give every kid who got played at, pumped up feeling And shit to say back to the kids who play 'em I ain't here to save the fucking children But if one kid out of a hundred million Who are going through a struggle feels and then relates, that's great It's payback, Russell Wilson falling way back in the draft Turn nothing into something, still can make that, straw into gold chump I will spin Rumpelstiltskin in a haystack Maybe I need a straight jacket face facts, I am nuts for real But I'm okay with that, it's nothing, I'm still friends with the...
We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain We jumped never asking why We kissed, I fell under your spell. A love no one could deny
Don't you ever say I just walked away I will always want you I can't live a lie, running for my life I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball I never hit so hard in love All I wanted was to break your walls All you ever did was wreck me Yeah, you, you wreck me
I put you high up in the sky And now, you're not coming down It slowly turned, you let me burn And now, we're ashes on the ground
Don't you ever say I just walked away I will always want you I can't live a lie, running for my life I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball I never hit so hard in love All I wanted was to break your walls All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung Left me crashing in a blazing fall All you ever did was wreck me Yeah, you, you wreck me
I never meant to start a war I just wanted you to let me in And instead of using force I guess I should've let you win I never meant to start a war I just wanted you to let me in I guess I should've let you win
Don't you ever say I just walked away I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball I never hit so hard in love All I wanted was to break your walls All you ever did was wreck me
I came in like a wrecking ball Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung Left me crashing in a blazing fall All you ever did was wreck me Yeah, you, you wreck me Yeah, you, you wreck me
[Verse 1] I've never seen a diamond in the flesh I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies And I'm not proud of my address, In a torn-up town, no postcode envy
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room, We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams. But everybody's like Cristal*, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece. Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash. We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals (royals). It don't run in our blood, That kind of luxe just ain't for us. We crave a different kind of buzz. Let me be your ruler (ruler), You can call me queen Bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule. Let me live that fantasy.
[Verse 2] My friends and I—we've cracked the code. We count our dollars on the train to the party. And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this, We didn't come for money.
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom. Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room, We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams. But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece. Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair
And we'll never be royals (royals). It don't run in our blood That kind of luxe just ain't for us. We crave a different kind of buzz. Let me be your ruler (ruler), You can call me queen Bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule. Let me live that fantasy.
Ooh ooh oh We're bigger than we ever dreamed, And I'm in love with being queen. Ooh ooh oh Life is great without a care We aren't caught up in your love affair.
And we'll never be royals (royals). It don't run in our blood That kind of luxe just ain't for us. We crave a different kind of buzz Let me be your ruler (ruler), You can call me queen Bee And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule. Let me live that fantasy.
[* Cristal is the brand name of a Champagne produced by Louis Roederer.]
An Afghan farmer walks past a flower-covered land in Jawzjan Province, northern Afghanistan, April 19, 2009. Continuing rainfall in the spring has brought hope among Afghan farmers to have a better harvest this year. (Source:Xinhua)
An Afghan boy collects flowers on a flower-covered land in Jawzjan Province, northern Afghanistan, April 19, 2009. Continuing rainfall in the spring has brought hope among Afghan farmers to have a better harvest this year. (Source:Xinhua)
An Afghan farmer ploughs his land in Jawzjan Province, northern Afghanistan, April 19, 2009. Continuing rainfall in the spring has brought hope among Afghan farmers to have a better harvest this year. (Source:Xinhua)
An Afghan girl plays on a flower-covered land in Jawzjan Province, northern Afghanistan, April 19, 2009. Continuing rainfall in the spring has brought hope among Afghan farmers to have a better harvest this year. (Source:Xinhua)
Two Afghan children play on a flower-covered land in Jawzjan Province, northern Afghanistan, April 19, 2009. Continuing rainfall in the spring has brought hope among Afghan farmers to have a better harvest this year. (Source:Xinhua)
“The longest flight I’ve done is about 28 and a half hours,” says the US space agency pilot. “We flew from California almost to the North Pole, did two loops in the Arctic, and came back.”
Although the plane clocked up around 16,000km (10,000 miles), Hall did not move much further than the bathroom and the coffee pot down the hall.
That’s because Hall is one of Nasa’s UAV (Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle) pilots, responsible for flying the Global Hawk drones used by the agency.
These robotic craft are “piloted” by Hall and his colleagues from Nasa's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. There, pilots sit in front of banks of large screens that show the view from the nose of the craft in real time and related data about it speed, position, altitude and so on. Their job is to watch over the craft, making occasional course changes and corrections and ensuring the giant robotic craft completes its preprogrammed mission.
Prepare for turbulence
UAVs are perhaps best known for their use by the military, but they are increasingly finding civilian uses. In the United States alone the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) predicts that there will be 30,000 drones in the country’s skies in less than 20 years.
Nasa uses them for earth science, flying missions to collect data about the planet. Since the two craft first came into service in 2009, they have flown around the Pacific, cruised over the Arctic and collected data from a host of places previously too dangerous or too remote for other scientific craft flown by Nasa, such as a civilian version of the military U2 craftknown as the ER-2.
“One of the limitations of the U2 is its flight duration,” says Hall. “It only has one pilot, who has to get into a very expensive pressurised suit and get into the aircraft. With this aeroplane we can fly for up to 30 hours with the pilots on the ground.”
The Global Hawk – built by Northrop Grumman - is a bulbous-looking craft more commonly flown by the military for high-altitude reconnaissance. The two owned by Nasa are actually the first and sixth planes ever built and were used to prove the concept of the vehicle.
They each have a wingspan of 35m (115ft), meaning they rival a Boeing 737 for hanger space. The body looks short by comparison at 13.5m (44ft)and contains a bay a bay at the front that allows them to be equipped with a variety of instruments, depending on the mission. A single Rolls Royce jet engine powers the plane. Its 20,000km (11,000 nautical mile) range and ability to fly as high as 18,000m (60,000ft) means it can be used for a wide variety of measuring, monitoring, and observing missions.
In August this year, the craft will fly over the Atlantic, as the hurricane season goes into full force. The Global Hawk can fly over a weather system for around 15 hours, which will give scientists an unprecedented view of these natural phenomenon.
“During that time we can actually see how the hurricane changes,” says Hall. “It gives us a glimpse into areas of discovery that we haven’t had before.”
The plan is to use both of Nasa’s drones on those future missions. One will look at the inner core of the hurricane, and the other wider environment, dropping disposable instruments to charecterise the wind fields. The delicate dance of very expensive machinery and the full force of mother nature will be the ultimate test for the planes.