Existem coisas que o amor diz
com aquela coisa a mais
de quem é feliz
jóias caras produzidas no coração
tiaras sem fim
guardo essas luzes pra te servir
é tanta coisa que o amor faz
vem como um rio, em sua calma voraz
timidez mas, sabe voar
pra fugir da sombra do não-querer
ademais, quem é que quer sofrer?
Você, o sonho
meus pés, o chão
mesmo que bravo
o mar virá na canção
mística rosa, ave rubra
meu deus do céu da boca rubi
beijo esperado me leve a ti
é um sacrifício dizer um não
em seu ofício de obedecer à paixão
seja como for, sempre se faz por prazer
tudo o que o amor diz
aliás, quem não quer ser feliz?
The serpent knows
When the curtain falls
With denials blindfold
It greets another day
Don't believe the mask
It attempts to really lie
The perfect ten
When reality caves in
Don't tell me, tell my ghost
'Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
I found secrets about lies under told
Life's wrapped in a riddle
Easier said than done
Wait to play the victim
Just run and hide
Don't believe the mask
It attempts to really lie
The perfect ten
Where reality caves in
Don't tell me, tell my ghost
'Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
Well, I found secrets about life under told
Let them take me far away
Call back in place
It's easier to cope behind the curtain
Wipe the worries away
No thought about a consequence
Don't believe the mask
It attempts to really lie
The perfect ten
When reality caves in
Don't tell me, tell my ghost
'Cause I blame him
For all I don't want to know
Well, I found secrets about life under told
You said you're fine
It seems like you've lost your mind
Then what makes you fine?
And calling your own
Whatever makes you think you're not alone?
You look into the ocean
To escape from the very own life you live
It's time to bury the only body you have left
Hold your breath, make it quick
Come close, tell me your name
You mislead them all, even yourself
You bet I take from us all for so long
Let's see your face
You said you're fine
It seems like you've lost your mind
Then what makes you fine?
And calling your own
Whatever makes you think you're not alone?
I'm in love with someone not real
Pack your bags with feelings and, and leave
Your biggest secret is a weakness for the truth
For the truth
Come close, tell me your name
Tell me your game
There's a noose around my neck
Hold on 'til I can't look back anymore
You're floating high
High above the clouds all alone
I've got a life to live but where is yours?
[Incomprehensible]
Don't you think I can change?
Don't you think I can change just for you?
Don't you think I can change?
Don't you think I can change just for you?
You're floating high
You're floating high
I can't look back
You said you're fine
You left me here to die
It seems like you've lost your mind
To die
You said you're fine
You left me here
Living your life
Paradise of fools [scratches]
[Alias]
My frustration aimed at what I created has me feeling discombobulated
I hated the boredom so I reinstated entertainment from a well being
I'm seeing I made the wrong decision
My project had appeared easy but had no direction and precision
Beginners luck, only up to recent times do I feel stuck
I'm the only one to blame for things that ran amuck
I build up a universe that is now building me you see
Technological advancement is the creator now
And all things to be decided
When they not even once touched my hands
My quote unquote followers still constantly fill the stands on the so-called seventh day
For years it's been this way
But these people can't figure out whether it's the first or last day to pray
They seem to think that I'm forgiving of all
Which means they have a scapegoat, if they happen to drop the ball
I've been called various names
None of which to me are flattering
They look to me for guidance but to me they do not matter
In my eyes, there's nothing I can do to help their situation
When they have internal conflicts with their whole congregation
They gather every week and speak of me in songs
These beings I created in this project gone terribly wrong
[Chorus: x2]
You all claim that you know me
But you really don't ever forgiving you say of me
In reality I really won't
From the day I gave you life to your last annointment
You have all been nothing but divine disappointment
[Alias]
So now I'm stuck to figure out what I should do at this point in time
These creatures think that there's an afterlife
So they spend their whole life benign
They killed another creature years ago that claimed to be my son
So now they mold their lives after him and claim that He's the One
the one that will save them and lead them to a new breath
I hate to break it to them... (I have nothing for you after death)
So carry on if you wish unknowing, thinking breath is wind blowing
Magnifying light bulb is the sun and tears a rivers flowing
Think that every bad thing that happens to you is at my will
Like bankruptcy, adultery and the reason why others kill
Go on and be misled as you have your entire life
You think that I'll somehow reward you for all your pain and strife
I can't control destiny, where'd you come up with that notion
(There's no cure for AIDS) so don't even bother with that potion
I didn't create the disease to punish others, I didn't even make it
So if you have that frame of mind you go ahead and break it
I'm sick and tired of feeling responsibility for all of you ungratefuls
Unwilling to share with the starving while you enjoying off your plateful's
Even if I had the power to help you I wouldn't even bother
So stop thinking that I love you and stop calling me your Father
I didn't plan on you evolving into this mess with which I deal
Asking for my forgiveness when you (lie, cheat and steal)
What the hell do you want me to do? Try and save yourself
I can't help your marriage, children or status of health
My problem's far away, any of your so-called devastations
Like this oncoming war between the so-called United Nations
I regret making all of you, you make my blood pressure climb
I wish I didn't make you, but even I can't turn back the hands of time
[Chorus]
In a perfect world
It would never end like this
There'd be something
We could do
In a perfect world
Lovers wake up with a kiss
And their wishes all come true
But here we are
I thought you belonged to me
It seemed like the
Perfect arrangement
Ain't it funny when you find
How wrong you can be cause
Oh, this ain't no perfect world
I've got my problems
No, this ain't no perfect world
You've got your problems, too
Now what do we do
In a perfect world
I'd have been the boy you need
I'd have been somebody else
In a perfect world
You'd have been the girl for me
Yeah, you could have
Been yourself
You see, we're dying for love
But we're afraid to drop our guard
We're lost in a world gone crazy
Where the men won't grow up
And the women get so hard
Oh, this ain't no perfect world
And I've got my problems
No, this ain't no perfect world
Cause you've got your problems too
Now what do we do
I don't know
If we wind up friends
I don't know
If we wind up strangers
Cause I never had to
Walk away from anybody
I wanted as much
As I wanted you
Oh, this ain't no perfect world
Cause I've got my problems
Oh, this ain't no perfect world
Cause you've got your problems too
Oh, this ain't no perfect world
Oh, no, no
Oh, this ain't no perfect world
You got your problems
I got mine
pedestrian:
note the reservation in the quiver of this voice:
"hello brandon, this is ----"
or the fateful stage directions in my own:
"he allowed himself to be drawn in."
[in the inscrutable subsoil of the physical voice.]
[am only one of millions, mostly silent.]
and then i wrote out "silence" in thick black brackets.
[silence.]
were you to pin open quotes to the top corners
of the commonest phrases caught
in the remote necks of familiar voices,
and hold them to the light,
the mid-air architecture of your lives together
may show through the skeletal pauses,
the tones stretched taut over the yawning cavities
of fugitive phrases and their failing meanings,
and the living microfossils of accent
that it must be composed of.
much of this, of course, will depend
on your location in the supernal span
of the novel light of the first morning shared
and the sickly simulacrum of the streetlamp
under which a moving van is ever running.
in the stillness of the dreaming skull,
that capitol of the overwhelming absence
in the soft black instant of a newly covered cage,
the thin curtain of the sleeping face; concealing
the drone of a film reel under your breath hum,
itself so close it singes a remote degree burn
on the exposed skin of my bowed neck.
and within the tender perimeter of a whisper,
in the landscape of silence:
the slow stirring and fatal sorting of our heaped bones;
blood blowing in each
always behind the borders of nerves
ourselves...ourselves are sealed at.
subsection a: wordless couples, a diagram
limb-knit couples nursing they coffee
at some cafe staring off in waiting rooms,
memorizing "exit" signs,
neon burned in the backs of they eyes.
on piedmont ave., clasping palms
so as not to loose into
Ten times before it divided you
Ten years ago to this very day
Hello, I wish you well
Theres no response, no companions here
Cant read the signs or between the lines
Goodbye, I wish you well
Now where are we going
I dont know and I dont even care
Im running through the night
Searching in the shadows
Looking for the light
Running through the night
Searching in the shadows
Going for the light
Standing in the darkness
Its all a glow I cant see the stars
Fourth of July in the summertime
And now its time to sail
Caught in the act now you watch my back
Cant tell a lie Im afraid to die
Goodbye I wish you well
Now where are we going
I dont know and I dont even care
I spend my money then I try in vain
Can't seem to understand you, girl
All at once, here it comes again
This time, I've got to pay the price
There we are and the people come and go
No matter where we stand
Turn around, I've got the right to know
What have we done
What to do? What to do?
Do about love
What to do? What to do?
Do about nothing
I paid the piper, nothing in return
Be careful when you roll the dice
Never judge it, before you read the book
Believe me when I sing this song
There we are and the people come and go
No matter where we stand
Turn around, I've got the right to know
What have we done
What to do? What to do?
Do about love
What to do? What to do?
Do about nothing, yeah
What should I say
I'll please you and I must
Make up your mind
Say you will, say you won't, say you will
What to do? What to do?
Do about love
What to do? What to do?
Do about nothing
What to do? What to do?
Do about love
What to do? What to do?
Do about nothing, yeah
What to do? What to do?
What to do? Yeah
What to do? What to do?
Do about love
Intake ambiance a tool for meditation
Progressing towards the clouds with at whom I am complete
Defeat the chains that restrain an eager sensation
Equal balance in and out, all inhibitions shall deplete
[x2]
I'm trying to break this writer's cramp, massage my hand and daydream
Out the window innuendo, watch the water find it's path down the glass
It seems, erratic direction, it's only perfection
Rest my head inside my hands, pace back and forth inside my mind
I wish sometimes I wouldn't reminisce so much
such things, tend to make one reflect and dissect situations to an extreme
Hard now to redeem what was there before
No more gone are those days and ways have parted
Gone from feeling solid trust to outsmarted
Anyway, I'm now moving on to a distance far from yesterday
It's best this way
I feel as though I've missed this moment of truth
Outcome uneventfull. I've lost the ability to feel sentimental
I can stare at a puddle and see a million places I love
It's comforting thoughts of places I've been, places I will never see again
Send my love to all who were there, wishing I could crawl back in
But I've transformed and the pieces wouldn't fit, so the sorenecks will cease
Eyes searching to the sky to try to find some form of peace
And I keep pulling up blanks, yet I'm wearing this mask for the sake of others
We all miss things I suppose, we must let go, well I'm not ready
Just let me sit in silence and soak in what's trailing down the window
to cleanse my emotions, to begin the process of preparing myself
Intake ambiance a tool for meditation
Progressing towards the clouds with at whom I am complete
Defeat the chains that restrain an eager sensation
Equal balance in and out, all inhibitions shall deplete
[x2]
I watch the drop join it's friends and become one with the crowd
All to well, forcing me to sigh out loud
Look into clouds, to envision, the inside of my head
I'm turing leave at this turning point. Remembering what they said
as they drove off one by one
they left taking pieces of me untill I felt empty inside
already looking forward to that day when I'd be returning
and I hadn'r even left yet
From then on I took the inside out approach
Granted lots of time to think when when your new position is coach
And your crew is sleeping the whole time, when it's 2:00 am in the morning
And you're in the middle of nowhere with the buzz of the AM radio
the only one that's there
Think a lot about life, that's where it all began for me
the more I thought, the more more I began to clearly see
absolutely every aspect of life in a new light
I figured out my Rubix Cube.. (haha) well I got it somewhat right
And things are coming together as I slowly come undone
And the occurence known as the "it" is swept under the rug
and now my burden weights a ton
But it only makes me stronger and I refuse to break
I'm letting things pass by, for the family's sake
Just give me a picture of the truth so I can hold it near
and watch the rainfall, syncopated with one lonesome tear
Intake ambiance a tool for meditation
Progressing towards the clouds with at whom I am complete
Defeat the chains that restrain an eager sensation
Equal balance in and out, all inhibitions shall deplete
No one's here to change your mind
She's a thousand miles away
Just relax, it's waitin' there
All around me 40 million questions
Here today and gone tomorrow, I know
It's heaven or just a rainy day
All I want, all I need
(All I need)
All I have is true emotion
All I want, all I need
(All I need)
All I have is true emotion
It's alright, you've got the time
She can play by all your rules
Critical, what you decide
Can't complain at least I'm out of danger
Here today and gone tomorrow, I know
It's heaven or just a rainy day
All I want, all I need
(All I need)
All I have is true emotion
All I want, all I need
(All I need)
All I have is true emotion
Ohh, ohh, ohh
All I want, all I need
(All I need)
All I have is true emotion
All I want, all I need
(All I need)
All I have is true emotion
Verse 1:
Here I am at six o'clock in the morning
Still thinking about you
It's still hard, at six o'clock in the morning
To sleep without you
And I know that it might
Seem to late for love
All i know
Chorus:
I need you now
More than words can say
I need you now
I've got to find a way
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
Verse 2:
Here I am, I'm looking out my window
I'm dreaming about you
Can't let you go, at six 'o clock in the morning
I feel you beside me
And I know that it might
Seem to late for love
For love, Oh, Oh, Oh
Chorus
Oh I got to hear you say
I need you now
Before I lose my mind
I need you now
I need you now
A man has his own way
Each moment in time
The innocence of a child
In his eyes
Moments they were precious few
My memories of you
Answers are hard
To questions of the heart
Can't hold you, please hear me
I'll tell you that I love you
Can you see me? Are you listening
In heaven above?
A champion, a hero
A star in the sky
Hurray for the hero
The hero in all our hearts, oh
A castle, a strange emptiness
An unbroken bond
With strength and forgiveness
For memories of the heart
The world revolving each day
A king and his queen
A place for a hero
In everlasting love
Can't hold you, please hear me
I'll tell you that I love you
Can you see me? Are you listening
In heaven above?
A champion, a hero
A star in the sky
Hurray for the hero
The hero in all our hearts
A champion, a hero
A star in the sky
Hurray for the hero
The hero in all our hearts, oh
The world of so long ago
Was so different then
But keep it together
We'll make it, he's made it to heaven
A champion, a hero
A star in the sky
Hurray for the hero
The hero in all our hearts
A champion, a hero
A star in the sky
Hurray for the hero
The hero in all our hearts
A champion, a hero
A star in the sky
Hurray for the hero
The hero in all our hearts
A champion, a hero
Initial thought: turn it up a notch from the regular
Capture feelings I convey and hold them tight for five minutes
Within this voice is a being who seeks understanding
planning for a future of prosperity
I went from hating everything to enjoying most
and all it took was transferring to another coast
I'm a transplant transforming opinions and transferring thoughts
I brought along a little friend called emotion, he's everything they're not
I mean, hey, I try my best to put a bug in the ears of the blind
then again, I had to figure all this out on my own
I owe this much to myself
This if for the wealth I'll never see but I'll never be alone
I recall never getting this feeling the entire year
and all it took was a stumble and pushing some squares
Unaware of creations held within
I'm crawling through it all to find a place to rest
Begin the process of scabbing over with no picking
Reopening wounds leads to infections. Therapy is practiced weekly
Pass the papyrus and inkwell to compose the thoughts
to convey, to jack open closed engines
Complex perplexing questions repeated
Give a canned response yet again
I'd rather roll around in the Paper Patch
Monumental memories from before my insides were forced to hatch
and come into themselves: a mean case of motion sickness
I'm trying to disperse the sensation I received too many years ago
with the slickness of muddy basslines
Why? When I'll have no responsibilities to someone else's cause
I wouldn't mind applause for welding words in a non-existent scheme
Why question anyone else's actions?
Continue worrying about my own and doing as I see fit
Feelings speak louder than both actions and words combined
Trying to find a way to get that candle relit and...uh..
[Chorus:]
Here I am, where it ended last time
Starting point ending first just like the frame before
The graininess softens the entire scene
prompting urges to put on my coat and pass through that door..
but...uh...I'm dying to stay
Stuck in these four walls dying of heat and happiness, professing my feelings
This is closure for the masses
I love the smell of musty records and I'm sickened by spring break
another reason I developed my own education
Imagine if everyone could be themselves
Today, I walked against the herd and chuckled
'cause I found it quite ironic
Oh, what a feeling to break the chains of writer's block. Upbeat requirement
There's an ounce of "I can't stand you" that I keep in reserves:
break the glass in case of emergency
Urgent message: "You've lost the pattern!"
I'm not deaf, I'm ignoring you flooring the naysayers for entertainment
"Yo, this track is funky!" You quiet down!
I'm only allowed to do depressing songs that worry Jenn
but I must admit this feels really good
I can make you cry without laughter instead of just crying
so I'll continue cradling my pen
I've gone an entire album without excessive slang, so let's ruin that:
"Phat! Phunky! Phresh! Def! Cold chillin' in effect!
It's off the meat hook! Yo, this jawn is fly!"
Now that I've dumbed it down
will you pass me your acceptance to put in my sack?
Mine is the one that says "Bad MamaJama."
This collection of random thoughts was brought to you today
by being sent home early and was also sponsored
by newfound inspiration and eagerness
I hope you enjoyed the show...and...uh..
Yuh si mi rolling in my Benz
Making mad money with my friends
Rolling in some phat 4-runners and BM's
Depends...it's all about more Benjamins
Cause I'm a tru playa with the ladies on my ends
Ends...Sex is what the doctor recommends
Lens...I'm clocking all the honies through my lens
Trends...me and my crew setting trends
I got myself a tan and get cleanse
Jamaicans seh wuk
in other words a goose is getting pluck
I'm feeling kinda high my You-Know-What is getting suck
Yuck...I'm coming and she don't intend to duck
and now she staring at mi looking rather messed up
Stuck...yuh nah wid this wi nuh give a f*ck
Yuck...I had her in the back seat of my truck
Buck...she had me reminicing on the f*ck
and now she left me rather dumb-struck
Chorus:
So we going on a punaney Holiday
Honies and cars and cuban cigars
All playa haters betta run-away
Niggas be living like stars
So we going on a punaney Holiday
Honies and cars and cuban cigars
All playa haters betta runaway
Niggas be living like stars
Respec have to go
This joint have me hopping on my toes
Back Yard Crew mashing up di stage show
Yo! Listen to mi good cause yuh nuh crow
I sell a lot a trees so I make a lot a dough
Hold up wait a minute let me break it down slow
So eve-ry body can understand my flow
On your...mark...set...go
Alias running that from Flo
I look ok but I'm not myself, standing by the phone
Darling I've been wondering how I'm gonna let you go
You made me build you a perfect world, to keep you satisfied
But now you're just a broken dream, and when I get back my pride
You'll still be waiting for love
You'll still be waiting for the sun to rise,
In the middle of the night
You'll still be waiting for love
I know you'll be waiting when that train passes by
You'll still be waiting for love
Like a dream there's a lucky feeling, coming from my soul
Girl I guess I learned the truth
That you already know (Oh oh oh)
Took me a while to realize, it's a dark and lonely town
And you'll know where you'll find yourself,
when the wall comes
Tumbling down
You'll still be waiting for love
You'll still be waiting for the sun to shine,
In the middle of the night
You'll still be waiting for love
I know you'll be waiting when that train passes by
You'll still be waiting for love
I lost my heart, I lost my mind
But it really doesn't matter
I'm gonna leave my tears behind
To the power, power of ten
You think you've got it, got it under control
The clock is ticking, almost time to roll
Anticipating every step of the way
A few more hours, it's the end of the day
I can almost taste it now
What I want and how
On the runway, gonna fly
And there's nothing that can stop me now
To the power, to the power of ten
There ain't no limit to the show that never ends
To the power, to the power again
We'll rock, we'll shoot for the stars
We'll get that feeling, it'll come tonight
The biggest party, ya, we'll do it right
We're gonna shake it, baby, all night long
We're gonna do it to our favorite song
I can almost taste it now
What I want and how
On the runway, gonna fly
And there's nothing that can stop me now
To the power, to the power of ten
There ain't no limit to the show that never ends
To the power, to the power again
We'll rock, we'll shoot for the stars, yeah
You know, I wanna be a rambler
I wanna be what I can be
I'll go along that open highway
I will, I will
To the power, to the power of ten
There ain't no limit to the show that never ends
To the power, to the power again
We'll rock, we'll shoot
To the power, to the power of ten
There ain't no limit to the show that never ends
To the power, to the power again
With that innocent smile, you said trust me
Together we'll go far, you just trust me
Making promises in vain, that's easy for you
You gather all the pain, that's all you can do
All on my own, I was blind to see
You hypnotized me, I was lost
Now I've awakened
The stone was just sand, now I'm a man
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
Hey, I'll be what I wanna be
Like a lion in a cage, inside I feel the rage
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say, can't stop me
You taught me a lesson, I'll never forget
To never go no further, than my soul allows
All on my own, I was blind to see
You hypnotized me, I was lost, now I've awakened
The stone was just sand, now I'm a man
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
Hey, I'll be what I wanna be
Like a lion in a cage, inside I feel the rage
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
Can't play your game, now who's to blame?
You think you're tough, I've had enough
Now I'm free from under the gun
Away from your spell I'll run, up and away
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
Hey, I'll be what I wanna be
Like a lion in a cage, inside I feel the rage
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say, I wanna say, I wanna say
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
Don't stop me
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
Hey, I'll be what I wanna be
Hey, I'll say what I wanna say
I know you've seen it in my eyes
All of those lame excuses
Suprised you haven't hit the road before
Something better than a lonely night
Seem to be so elusive, when all I do is walk
right out the door
All I'm asking for is one more chance
Have pity on a dying man
If I lose you that's what I am
Just give me one more chance
OOH We've taken quite a ride
Something like a roller coaster
And nothing matters if you don't stay on
till the end
I know you'll wonder why
Have to think it over
You won't be sorry if you crash my party again
You're a vision, the girl of my dreams
All I ever wanted, all that I need
I should be thankful, for all that I've got
I should be falling, but baby I'm not
Cause I've got a haunted heart
Baby she's still inside of me
I wanna make a new start
These walls are high around me
I can't seem to break free (from this haunted heart)
Back in the distance, lost in the past
If love is forever, why didn't it last
I'm telling you baby, I would give anything
To return all the love, that you've given to me
Cause I've got a haunted heart
Baby she's still inside of me
I wanna make a new start
These walls are high around me
I can't seem to break free (from this haunted heart)
I've got to break free (oh yeah)
Oh oh oh, I know it hurts you
Oh oh oh, you can't get close
Oh oh oh, I wish that I could just let her go,
Round and round, in a haze
Every night waiting for you
You run hot, then you're cold
But this game you play is, getting old
Now it's time you learned, with fire you're
gonna get burned
And my heart is stone, I'd rather be alone
Just turn and walk away
There ain't nothing you can ever say
Nothing you can do to make me stay
After all, the love is gone, it's gone
I closed my eyes, pretend that there was nothing wrong
In my heart, in my soul, I remember every lie
you told
Now I stand my ground, never gonna turn around
And my heart is stone, I'd rather be alone
Just turn and walk away
There ain't nothing you can ever say
Nothing you can do to make me stay
After all, the love is gone
You can beg me down on your knees
You can tell me that you'll never leave
After all, the love is gone Ya Ya
I'm gonna close that door, forget you're alive
[Audio sample of mother talking to child]
[Verse 1: Alias]
I remember sitting, watching through the haze
Amazed by her, "I long for those surreal days
Of inspiration in human form"
Is my realization upon thought now
How I wish to view myself in third person stance
For a refreshing of the memory, how I long to return
I now sit in a parked car, looking at that house
Wishing I could enter, but it's not possible
Perhaps when I return from my travels that sign will be there
But at present time, I'm stuck with memories of her
Especially since I'm so involved with music
She's one reason I've evolved
She's one reason why my brother can pick up an instrument
And learn it in a matter of minutes
How to play
I can recall her vividly teaching me chopsticks
At the age of five and dancing around the table
With my sister to the tune of "Yellow Bird"
The way she played
I thought I was that yellow bird
Flying around that table, floating, I felt so alive
I felt so young and care-free, so care-free
If she only knew the impact on me
Sitting next to her and listenting at an early age helped me
I believe that by her doing that, and having me read along
Instilled the value of knowing
Knowing things that helped me
Use my imagination
[Verse 2: Alias]
Now imagine having inspiration taken away in the winter
I ask you what is more depressing
Me left guessing where to go next, and feeling lost
It's funny how the pain has stopped
But it only just begun
Strange how it was transferred directly to my soul from hers
And now I'm a different person, I just realized
You've never been overwhelmed with sadness
Until you've heard "Amazing Grace" echo off the walls of a church
You used to frequent with whom the song is being played for
I heard that song in a whole new light that snowy mid-winter morning
And now I'm mourning my inspiration's passing
Numb with emotions and I'm left asking "Why?"
As the snow fell
I fell into my seat
Tears fell from my eyes
My heart fell to my feet
The fairness in all of this was non-existent
But relieved by the fact that our relationship was quite persistent
I thought I caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of my eye
As father asked us to bow our heads
And I'm guessing
That was her way of saying
Concentrate on this wave of sound with the grace of falling towers
Overpower each percussion hit with a split personality
I'm growing accustomed to feeling down in the dumps
and my tongue is sore and filled with teeth marks
This is sounding all too familiar, let's change the topic to music
I'm tired of talking, I'm eager to write in the first person point of view
I'm also looking forward to collapsing from it all
I went from unhappy to weirdness to unhappy once again
It's a boring mess of sixteen measure soundbites
and stretched out lambskin that isn't even mine
I also feel inclined to mention that gut-wrenching feeling will not subside
I ride in the uncertainty lane constantly biting my nails
and glancing at the planes that keep passing over,
longing to be on the inside, splitting a soda
with the guy three seats ahead of me
I didn't say hello? How socially dead of me
How are you? Insert small talk here..
[Chorus]
Please pass the "how are you's."
I'm not trying to prove a point to the walking dead
and use my songs as smelling salts to get inside your head
Set off some introspect. Welcome to my world of jesters,
the aforementioned and lost intellect
Let's play "who's got it worst."
I'm sure to lose but I'll be a good sport to keep it smooth
and act as though I got something to prove to everyone around me
Surrounding me with extended fingers
Feel free to curl them inward, now sit and ponder that
I'm tired of the preconceived. Let's all put our emotions on the table
Tell me what you think of that. Okay, how 'bout the next one?
My level of concern was left in ME,
it created more room for the big "T"
and now that's running low (haha)
The skill is gone to the break of those points, whichever comes first
Creative bursts from a joint with outbursts
Rehearsed response never hurts but becomes overdone
Let's all put our wax lips on
and pretend that we're all having lots of fun for the sake of whoever
Don't get upset and set up something clever to be said to prove a point,
clench down on where it's sore
Laughter and whispers have caused ears to sprout in the back of my head
and have me feeling like I'm standing on a trap door
[Chorus]
Let's play "who's got it worst." I keep losing
Abusing the things I value most, what's my problem?
Well, not to brag or boast, but I can't count the times
I've been on the verge of losing the urge to continue this journey into myself
I've sat down with those who don't have the time to discover their losses
Theirs, not mine. I'm quite aware of where my belongings and my stance is
Time to get used to the glances and head checks for myself
and it's time to stop thinking and tone it down
for the mental health of the one who's on the outside of the window
"There's the bright side now!"
I'll tiptoe over Jenn and get out of her side of the bed
and somehow smile at the things that usually upset me
"Turn that frown upside-down!"
This is the motivational tape for...you guessed it
Don't mind me, don't mind me, don't mine me..
[Verse 1: Alias]
I arrive on a breath of velvet wind
Begin, enter darkness unseen by those who haven't sinned
Slowly step in time with raindrops pelting the earth and soil
Quietness to calm the turmoil
Slipping into darkness, different than Mr. Lewis
I hear "Who's this
Walking across my lawn?"
My workday begins at breaking dawn
With each revolution around that star
How will these souls know me
When they don't even know who they are?
I'm the one who eases blood pressure and eliminates stress
Yet doctors work against me
And even though they (tried the best one?)
Rest assured that I'll inevitably triumph over their attempts
It's feeble
Cause they don't understand that their temps have one day been granted
What they've planted will remain, it's a cycle
Just like the rain I step in time with today
It falls with the sole purpose of washing all your tears away
[Verse 2: Alias]
As I stroll silently amongst the shadows
I see that I'm between nothingness and eternity
I'm the last one you see before your journey
And the one who releases answers to your uncertainty
Some wish to seek shelter from the rain
Thinking they would be avoided by me and my glances inside their brain
Look past (hail) thoughts and the occasional tumor
To understand how you truly feel
How will I approach this case?
Thought to self:
Look on face for any signs of anxiousness
Unhappy with life style i.e. armloads of thanklessness
And it is this that gives me my direction
Of what they seek
My open arms of protection
Are waiting for the innocent and meek
To come towards me and say,
"Let me hear your voice"
At that point there's no looking back
This is when your soul comes undone
And you and your creator once again become one
For I will talk about how they have led a fulfilling life, in fact
That's when they react
With a deep exhale
Close their eyes, then turn pale
Brief, for I've taken their hand
And taken them through their life
In a three-second span
Decisions, decisions
Should I stay or should I go?
Coming with me right now would mean...
Absolutely nothing (at all/atoll/a toll?)
But if they stay to clean up messes
We'll have to sit and tell them
That today's dreams are tomorrow's successes
But you still have time
Buy your toys, make the most of it
Until I return for your departure
Or until my voice becomes clear to start your
Journey
I will wake up here alone
As the tide it will turn
As the silence will grow
Maybe someone just like me
Could be there by your side
When your world turns too slow
If I fail, if I should fall
Would you stand by my side
Or just watch my demise?
Will you listen to my voice
As I speak from the heart
As I open your eyes?
[Chorus:]
Forever and a day
All you can give me is your pain
All the emotions that you're feeling
You can see clearly from now on
You're begging me to stay
We'll live forever and a day
If you'll accept all that I offer
You'll live forever and a day
Hey, you'll live forever
As the moments pass us by
As we lose all control of this thing we call life,
We will try to re-create all the moments of joy
All the moments of hate
You're still tied up in chains
All the fears that you have all the fears you create
In this darkened room of mine
You will try to let go but you left me inside
[Chorus]
[Solo]
What am I to say?
All you can give me is your pain
Your eyes are screaming through your silence
Your eyes are begging me to stay
[Chorus]
Forever and a day