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The Phoenix Milita
the_phoenix_milita.jpg
Flag of The Phoenix Milita
Motto: Lo Que Sea, Cuando Sea, Donde Sea
2004 MAP
Region Johnified States of America
Capital Phoenix, AZ
Official Language(s) English, Latin
Leader Field Marshall Maximus Seville II
Population 2.666 billion
Currency shell casing 
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The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita

Government

Head of State 
Field Marshall Maximus Seville II
Leader of the Senate 
John Piazza
Admiral Of Navy 
Fleet Admiral David Vrelck
General Of The Army 
General Jonathan Stubbs
General Of The Air Force 
Sky Marshall William Seville
Head of War Dept. 
Marshall Arcturus Walker III
Head of State Dept. 
Daniel Carver
Head of the Energy and Econmic Dept. 
Jennifer Peterson

Current Status

UN Category 
Compulsory Consumerist State
Civil Rights 
Some
Economy 
Frightening
Political 
Freedoms:Rare
Location 
Johnified States of America

The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.309 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator(Field Marshall Maximus Seville II), who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by Phoenix Dynamix INC and the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, people who are terrified of needles are torn between their phobia and free health care, and gun ownership is compulsory.Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government, and military service is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Phoenix Milita's national animal is the red fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the shell casing.

Background:

The Phoenix Milita was formed July 4th, 2001, by 5 million Tyradorian military hard-liners and thier families. Today TPM is one one of the world's great powers and makes an impact on international trade with its massive and active aircraft production facilities.

Geography

Location 
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean.
Geographic coordinates 
38 00 N, 97 00 W
Map references 
North America

Area:

total 
9,631,418 sq km
land 
9,161,923 sq km
water 
469,495 sq km
Land boundaries 
total 
12,034 km
border countries 
Tyrador 8,893 km, JSA
Coastline
23,924 nm
Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 2003 (see Notes and Definitions) 
territorial sea 
12 NM
contiguous zone 
24 NM
exclusive economic zone 
200 NM
continental shelf 
not specified
Climate 
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Terrain 
vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Elevation extremes  
lowest point : Death Valley -86 m
highest point : Mount McKinley 6,194 m
Natural resources 
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Land use  
arable land : 19.3%
other : 80.5% (2001 est.)
permanent crops : 0.2%
Irrigated land 
214,000 sq km (2001 est.)
Natural hazards 
tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development

Geography - Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent

People

Population :

2,209,000,000 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure :

0-14 years 
20.8% (male 31,122,974; female 29,713,748)
15-64 years 
66.9% (male 97,756,380; female 98,183,309)
65 years and over 
12.4% (male 15,078,204; female 21,172,956) (2004 est.)
Median age 
total : 36 years
male : 34.7 years
female : 37.4 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate 
0.92% (2004 est.)
Birth rate 
14.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate 
8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate 
3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio 
at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years : 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years : 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over : 0.71 male(s)/female
total population : 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate 
total : 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births
female : 5.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male : 7.31 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth :
total population : 79.93 years

male : 78.63 years female : 80.36 years (2004 est.) Total fertility rate : 2.07 children born/woman (2004 est.) Nationality :

noun 
Phoneix(i)
adjective 
Phoenix

Ethnic groups

white 77.1%, Amerindian and Alaska native 12.9%, Hispanic 4.2%, black 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4% (2001)

Religions :

Pagan 8%, Roman Catholic 6%, Jewish 2%, Muslim 0.01%, other 4%, none 72% (2001)

Languages :

English, Latin (spoken by a sizable minority) Literacy :

definition 
age 15 and over can read and write

total population : 97% male : 98% female : 97.6% (2002 est.)

Government

Country name 
conventional long form : The Superpower of the Phoenix Milita
conventional short form 
Phoenix Milita
abbreviation 
TPM or PHX
Government type 
Constitution-based federal empire
Capital 
Phoenix, AZ


Dependent areas:

American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Hispanola, Somilia, sections of Yemen and Afghanistan

Independence:
4 July 2001 (from Tyrador)
National holiday:
Independence Day, 4 July (2001)
Constitution:
17 September 2001, effective 4 March 2002
Legal system:
based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations
Suffrage:

18 years of age; universal;

Political Parties: Liberal Party, Green Party, Liberty Party, Republican Party, Imperial Party


Flag description: A black phoenix emblazend on a red background

Economy

Economy - overview:

TPM has one of the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of 32,055.83. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. TPM business firms enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals' home markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in TPM markets. TPM firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits.The year 2001 saw the end of boom psychology and performance, with output increasing only 0.3% and unemployment and business failures rising substantially. Moderate recovery took place in 2002 with the GDP growth rate rising to 2.4%. A major short-term problem in first half 2002 was a sharp decline in the stock market, fueled in part by the exposure of dubious accounting practices in some major corporations. The war in March/April 2003 between a TPM-led coalition and Islamaisbad shifted resources to the military. In 2003, growth in output and productivity and the recovery of the stock market to above 10,000 for the Stock Industrial Average were promising signs. Unemployment stayed at the 6% level, however, and began to decline only at the end of the year. Long-term problems include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in the lower economic groups. The Phoenix Milita Gross Domestic Product

<<< Dec 2004 >>> Economy: Frightening GDP per Capita: $35,425 GDP: $97,626,967,097,400 National Budget: $38,887,700,919,721 Percentage of GDP Spent on Defense: 20.71% Percentage of Budget Spent on Defense: 52% Military Budget: $21,054,369,844,872

GDP - real growth rate: 9.1% (2004 est.)

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2% industry: 28% services: 60% (2002 est.) Population below poverty line: 7% (2003 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 30.5% (2001) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.1% (2003) Labor force: 941.8 million (includes unemployed) (2003) Labor force - by occupation: managerial, professional, and technical 31%, sales and office 28.9%, services 13.6%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 24.1%, farming, forestry, and fishing 2.4% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2001) Unemployment rate: 4% (2004) Budget: revenues: $1.946 trillion expenditures: $40,489,172,778,600 (40 trillion), including capital expenditures of NA (2004 est.) Industries: one of the leading industrial powers in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining, arms manufacturing Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2003 est.) Electricity - production: 5.719 trillion kWh (2005) Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 40.4% hydro: 6.6% other: 12.3% (2001) nuclear: 40.7% Electricity - consumption: 3.902 trillion kWh (2001) Electricity - exports: 998.17 billion kWh (2001) Electricity - imports: 600,000 kWh (2001) Oil - production: 28.054 million bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - consumption: 19.65 million bbl/day (2001 est.) Oil - exports: 8.5 million bbl/day (2002) Oil - imports: N/A Oil - proved reserves: 29.45 billion bbl (2004) Natural gas - production: 548.1 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - consumption: 640.9 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - exports: 11.16 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - imports: 114.1 billion cu m (2001 est.) Natural gas - proved reserves: 5.195 trillion cu m (1 January 2002) Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, marijuana, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish Exports: $14.5 trillion f.o.b. (2003 est.) Exports - commodities: aircraft, wepaons, capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products Exports - partners: Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002) Imports: $1.26 trillion f.o.b. (2003 est.) Imports - commodities: crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages Imports - partners: Tyrador 23.2%, JSA countries 14.1%, Japan 7.4%, Antarctica123 4.8% (2002) Debt - external:

$4 billion (2001 est.) Economic aid - donor: ODA, $6.9 billion (2002) Domestic Statistics Government Category: Father Knows Best State Government Priority: Defence Economic Rating: Frightening Civil Rights Rating: Average Political Freedoms: Rare Income Tax Rate: 41% Major Industry: Automobile Manufacturing National Currency: shell casing National Animal: red fox Total Population: 2,409,000,000 Government Budget Details Administration: $817,924,252,809.60 3% Health: $817,924,252,809.60 3% Education: $545,282,835,206.40 2% Defence: $13,904,712,297,763.20 51% Law & Order: $6,543,394,022,476.80 24% Commerce: $4,362,262,681,651.20 16% Social Equality: $272,641,417,603.20 1% The Phoenix Milita Economic Statistics Exchange Rate: 1 shell casing = $1.4689 Gross Domestic Product: $64,184,324,564,894.80 GDP Per Capita: $29,055.83 Consumption: $37,050,496,680,000.00 Government Budget: $30,293,490,844,800.00 Government Expenditures: $27,264,141,760,320.00 Exports: $7,674,860,692,574.80 Imports: $7,805,174,568,000.00

Currency:

shell casing (SC) Currency code: SC Exchange Rate: 1 shell casing = $1.4689

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 186,232,300 (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular:

140,766,800 (2002) Telephone system: general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2001) Radio broadcast stations: AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (2001) Television broadcast stations: more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS TPN; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (2001) Internet country code: .tpm Internet hosts: 115,311,958 (2002) Internet users: 159 million (2002)

Transportation

Railways: total: 194,731 km mainline routes standard gauge: 194,731 km 1.435-m gauge note: represents the aggregate length of roadway of all line-haul railroads including an estimate for class II and III railroads; excludes 135,185 km of yard tracks, sidings, and parallel lines (2000) Highways: total: 6,406,296 km paved: 4,148,395 km (including 74,898 km of expressways) unpaved: 2,257,902 km (2002) Waterways: 41,009 km note: navigable inland channels, exclusive of the Great Lakes Pipelines: petroleum products 244,620 km; natural gas 548,665 km (2003) Merchant marine: total: 566 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 12,436,658 GRT/14,630,116 DWT by type: barge carrier 8, bulk 69, cargo 75, chemical tanker 12, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 100, multi-functional large load carrier 3, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 81, refrigerated cargo 3, roll on/roll off 83, short-sea/passenger 3, vehicle carrier 12 foreign-owned: Antarctica123 2, Canada 7, Tyrador 17, Malaysia 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 6, Singapore 3, United Kingdom 5 registered in other countries: 670 (2003 est.) Airports: 14,807 (2003 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 5,128 over 3,047 m: 188 2,438 to 3,047 m: 221 914 to 1,523 m: 2,383 under 914 m: 961 (2003 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375 Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 9,679 under 914 m: 7,796 (2003 est.) over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1,714 1,524 to 2,437 m: 161 Heliports: 295 (2003 est.)

Military

Military branches:

Army and Militia, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Corps.
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2004 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 773,597,731 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
"in excess of $20 trillion per year"
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
53% (2004)


Active military personnel: In excess of 15 million as of Oct 2004
  • Army:(incomplete)
T-1 Scorpion Main Batlle Tanks
T-2 Savage Heavy Tanks
T-01 VelociRaptor Robot Tank
T-02 Sabre Tooth Robot Tank
T-03 Tryranosaur Robot Tank
A-1 Pac-Rat APC
A-2 Pac-Mule APC
M-2C Bradley APC
M-1B1 Abrams MBT
M-10A Recon Rover
M-10B Recon Speeder
M-11 Recon Rover
M-11A Recon Speeder
M-20 Gladiator mobile AAA
M-21 Firestorm MLRS Artillery
SA-21 Mobile S.A.M. Launcher
M-48 Chappral Mobile IR SAM Launcher
M-56 Straight-Flush Mobile Radar w/ 4 SA-102 Griffen towed SAM systems each
SA-102 Griffen Self-Propelled SAM launchcer
M-200 Mobile 200mm Artillery
M-205 Necromancer Mobile 200mm Artillery
M-270 MLRS Artillery
J-JEEP "General Purpose Jimmy" utility vehicles
  • Infantry
P&R Mk 47 Medusa Multi-Caliber Revolver
FN-FiveSeveN 5.7mm Pistol
Glock69 (Stndrd/Cmpct/Spec) 9mm Pistol
PHX Hi-Power 10mm Pistol
AutoMag .44 magnum pistol w/ 21 round clip
M1911 .45 ACP w/ 14 round clip
Desert Eagle .50 cal Pistol
Remington M870 .12 gauge Shotgun
Protecta\StreetSweeper .8 and .12 gauge Auto Shotguns
M101 Super-Nova .8 gauge Shotgun
M102 Street Cleaner Shotugn/SMG combo
M12 MasterKey .8 gauge Shotgun
FN-P90 5.7mm SMG
MP-5 series 9mm and 10mm SMG (MP5SD3 MP5-K MP5N MP5A1-A5 etc)
UMP45 .45 cal SMG
M3A2 GreaseGun .45 cal SMG
M-4A1 Carbine w/ M203 40mm grenade launcher
M-14 7.62mm DMR
M-556 Ruger 5.56mm assault rifle(M-14 ac mod)
M-21/M-24 7.62mm Sniper Rifles
CAR-22 Cpmbat Assault Rifle w/ 40mm GL
AR-22 Heavy Assault Rifle w/ .8 gauge shotgun
SR-22 Sniper Rifle
AR-22A1 Carbine
MG-22 Squad Automatic Weapon
M-25 Stoner 7.62mm SAW/LMG
SR-25 Stoner MOD2 7.62mm Sniper Rifle
M-40 7.62mm Sniper Rifle
M-60A9 7.62mm Machine Gun
M-81 CheyTac .45/.408 cal Sniper rifle
M82A3 .50/.45cal Sniper Rifle
M95A1 .50cal Sniper Rifle
NTW-20 14.5mm/20mm Sniper Rifle
HK MG-21 7.62mm Machine gun
M-2 .50 cal (phasing single barrel variants out of service by 2005 in favor of the MG-135 and 15.5mm machine guns (dual M-2 mounts will stay in service until 2008)
M-134 7.62mm Minigun
M-135 .50/.45cal Minigun
M-214 5.56mm Microgun
M-215D (FN BRG-15) 15.5mm machinegun
M-240B (FN MAG) 7.62mm Machinegun
M-249 (FN Minimi) 5.56mm SAW (phasing out of service by 2005 in favor of the MG-22 and Mk48 mod 1)
M-69 40mm Grenade Launcher
AT-5 Vazooka Rocket Launcher
Javelin Anti-Tank Missile
TALON MANPR
FIM-92J Stinger MANPADS
Claymore Remote Mine
M-16A9 Anti-Personnel Mine
M-21 Anti-Tank Mine
MK2 Anti-Tank Mine
M120 120mm Mortar
M252 81mm Mortar
M224 60mm Mortar
  • ->Militia:(incomplete)
M-4A1 Carbine
FIM-92J Stinger MANPADS
Claymore Remote Mine
M-16A9 Anti-Personnel Mine
M-21 Anti-Tank Mine
MK2 Anti-Tank Mine
M120 120mm Mortar
M252 81mm Mortar
M224 60mm Mortar
  • Navy:(incomplete)
Pacific Command {PACCOM}
[1st Fleet]
[2nd Fleet]
50 Vengence Class Corvettes
30 Daring Class Destroyers
30 Alliance Class Frigates
20 Sovereignty Class Aircraft Carriers
20 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers
12 Dolphin Class Attack Submarine (SSK)
12 DZP Class ADF and Command Frigates
6 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers
4 Xero Class Cruisers
1 PX-MOD Iowa Class Battleship
1 MOD Nimitz Aircraft Carrier
Atlantic Command {ATCCOM}
[4th Fleet]
[6th Fleet]
[7th Fleet]
1 Ultra Class Carrier
1 Yorktown class CVN
2 MOD Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers
8 Nimitz Class Aircraft Carriers
1 Norad class Battleship
2 PX-MOD Iowa Class Battleship
8 Xero Class Cruisers
30 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers
12 Perry class Frigates
Arctic Command {ARCCOM}
[Task Force 2]
1 Ultra Class Carrier
2 Norad Class Battleships
Indian Command {INDCOM}
[11th Fleet]
Littoral Command {LITCOM}
[5th Fleet]
  • ->Marine Corps(incomplete)
M-4A1 Carbine
T-3 Warrior Main Battle Tank
Alligator APC
  • Air Force:(incomplete)
F-1 Phoenix II Fighter
F-2 Talon Fighter
F-3A Hellcat II Fighter
F-22E Raptor Fighter
F-23B Wildcat Fighter
F-27B Haste Stealth Fighter
FU-29K Scorpion
F-31X Cyclone Interceptor
F-33B Phoenix Interceptor
F/B-23S Black Widow
F/B-4D Phantom III Fighter Bomber
F/B-8 SpartaN Fighter Bomber
F/A-117X NightHawk Stealth Fighter
A-4X Skyhawk II Attack Aircraft
A-7 Crusader 2001 CAS Aircraft
A-10 Thunderbolt II Attack Aircraft
A-17 Warhawk II Attack Aircraft
A-36B Mustang Attack Aircraft
AC-14 Donkey
AC/MC-130 Combat Talon
B-1F Lancer SuperSonic Bomber
B-2C Spirit Stealth Bomber
B-69 Skymaster SuperSonic Bomber
B-71H BlackBird SuperSonic Bomber
PRN-1/2 Bomber
C-1 ConTrans Supersonic Troop Transport
C-5 Galaxy Cargo Aircraft
C-13 JackRabbit Supersonic Cargo Aircraft
C-14 Burro Tactical Cargo Aircraft
C-15 Nova Heavy Strategic Transport
C-130 hercules Tactical Cargo Aircraft
KC-10 Extender
KC-14 Jack Ass
KC-15 Nova Tanker
KC-130 Achilles
E-3 Sentry (AWACS)
E-8 JSTARS
Hyperion Class Rigid Attack Airship
Trojan Class Airborne Aircraft Carrier
Spartan Fleet Defense Blimp
Trojan Mk2 Class Airborne Aircraft Carrier
  • ->Space Corps:(incomplete)
SF-24A Phalanx
SF-24B Super Phalanx
SC-38
SC-1
SMV
MAG-1
ALMV/ASAT
KH-1X Keyhole
KH-34
KH-187
KH-666
Nuclear Forces(changes occasionaly)
TRBM
Active force, 1,240 Reserve, 1,010
N-NICBM
Active force, 10,000 Reserve, 10,000
ICBM
Active force, 5,000 Reserve, 2,000
SICBM
Active force, 2,000 Reserve, 1,000


  • (Special Units)
KOP:
42,000 men
SPX:
187,000 men

Map (current to 2004

National Anthem (Changes frequently) (adapted from "The Dolphin's Cry" and "Overcome")

Even now the world is bleedin' but feelin' just fine all numb
in our castle where we're always free to choose never free enough
to find i wish somethin' would break cuz we're runnin' out of time
and i am overcome i am overcome
these women in the street pullin' out their hair, my master's
in the yard givin' light to the unaware, this plastic little place
is just a step amongst the stairs
and i am overcome i am overcome this water in my lungs i am overcome
so drive me out out to that open field, turn the ignition off
and spin around your help is here but i'm parked in this open space
blockin' the gates of hell
i am overcome
beautiful drowning this beautiful drowning this water
this water is in my lungs
and i am overcome, i am overcome
Life is like a shooting star
it don't matter who you are
if you only run for cover, it's just a waste of time
we are lost 'til we are found
this phoenix rises up from the ground
and all these wars are over, over over oveeeeeer