Backs Turned

The city of lights is burning down in fear

I’m wondering what I am doing here

I take a deep breath and I glance around

I hope that it all burns down to the ground.

So many faces rising to the top

But every one of them’s got the same old stuff

And it just don’t seem fair to me

God dammit, you got it so easily.

We got our backs turned on the radio

Tryin’ get it heard, “Hey-oh, Hey-oh, Hey-oh”

The flames are rising faster than you know

The only cure lies here in my microphone

I’m tryin’ to save this town I call my home

From the destruction that just comes and goes.

Even when you scream my name

To them it’s got nothing to do with fame

It’s just a shame to see them pass you by

When you know that you could have saved their life.

Streets Of Paris

There was a fine young vendor, selling hearts for smiles.

His mind had been washed away in his flood of trials.

Oh so sly and cunning, no one could refuse

There’d been too many wins, not a chance he’d lose.

They say this is the city of- romance.

I wasn’t looking for love ‘til I saw you.

Nothing I was thinking of ‘til you came into view.

But now you’ve changed everything.

A master salesman, up until one day:

She walked right in the door, took his breath away.

She asked him for the price, he tried to reply.

This once acclaimed young linguist

St-stuttered out a lie.

All she’d need was one.  One glance.

There you were just standing there

Ignoring my mesmerized stare.

I never believed in love at first sight;

Until I was struck that night.

A Toast To Me

Stand clear of flying objects, you don’t wanna break your head.

Sit and stare at the ceiling, wish I had just stayed in bed.

She screamed from the top of her lungs, “Hey, Hey, You gotta get outta here!”

Well fuck that, no time to react, just time to disappear.

Everyone sees it, even you and I.

And it sure seems fit, to flee from this site.

The wreckage is devastating, the bones are piled high.

Instead of withering, let’s bring down the sky.

Got my bags packed, got my shoes strapped, check out at the door.

I look at your face again, soon I won’t have to no more.

She said “it’s time to go…” Hey fine! I’ll get outta here.

So I turn to leave right then after one last shot of fear.

Well that was that, my escape is now.

Matter of fact, you won’t bring me down.

I said enough of that, you can’t bring me down.

Got me on track but I’m not buying it.

No I’m not gonna take this no more.  I’m not gonna take this no more.

The Lonely People

I saw a man get up and leave.

To where he went, I did not see.

All I know is he was alone

And so he would stay all the way home.

No one to meet, no one to greet;

No place to go and no place to be.

Just fragile minutes spent pacing along

Counting his footsteps and humming this song.

The lonely people gather here,

Their backs against November air.

Come one, Come all; to see them cry.

Another one who’s suffering

But to him friends are fluttering.

A beautiful house, a lovely wife;

Oh how he hates his fucking life.

Nothing is real, everything’s so plain-

He thinks he’s gonna be insane.

But tonight he’ll hold it all inside

As thoughts of hope start to die.

Nothing Is As It Seems

So I get the guitar strumming.

There’s a bird up on my shoulder.

He’s telling lies to me;

Says, “You’re not getting older, no.”

So I ask him one more thing.

But that birdie flew away.

Even thought the stakes were high.

So I went up to a friend.

Yeah, and asked the same damn thing.

He said, “I’m sorry I can’t help you;

But I know a song that you can sing.”

Nothing is as it seems.

So my heartbeat started pounding

As I walk up to the door.

They said that you’re not home now;

HA! Well I’ve heard that lie before.

Can’t you see me I’m outside now?

I see you behind the blinds.

You’ll never change your ways, girl.

So I’ve finally changed my mind.

You sit here waiting for the call.

It might not even come at all.

You sit here waiting by the door.

I wonder what you’re waiting for.

Nothing is as it seems.

Angel Of The Night

Dear you, I cry out in your name.

Of how you’ve tried me so hard

In this vampirical state.

It’s making me insane.

Playing your little games of tyrannical reign.

My cursed soul makes me want to scream.

We’re alone together trapped inside this cage.

The cage built in our mind, forcing constant rage.

Say hello, when I scream goodbye.

And don’t stare blindly at the angel of the night.

Deception, deceit, from a man in green.

Who’s hidden powers of which I cling.

Haunts my mind every bit of the day-

These nineteen hours I stay awake.

Catch a bullet or break a life.

Cries from those drowning in their strife

With eyes so glaring and thoughts so wild,

You can’t hide behind a smile.

The Stars and The Sea

The hour hand taunts her by twirling on by.

It’s a constant reminder of her wasted time.

Too much of the same thing can be a bad thing.

And she’s drowning out her time with me.

With our cheap thrills causing creep chills.

Ah, this is the life for me.

She sang out! Yeah she rang out!

“The stars and the sea revolutionize me!”

Hours become days, which end up as years.

Wanting life to decay, she’ll finally escape.

Long since hoped to sail away.

To see the waves and change her name.

Leaving behind that bitch for the grave.

The sun sets on her old ways.

Roseblood

A rose, glistening with love, speckled dew across it’s back.

Elegant as white gloves upon a hand that’s hacked.

Beautiful as anything I’ve ever known.

A wilted rose leaves such disappointment.

As pessimism runs through veins of hope and joy.

Turning them to blood of hate.

Leaving behind a chance to ever love again.

An oak, powerful and strong.

With outstretched arms to guide me to the life I’ve waited for so long.

Mighty as the soldier to be-

Prepared to fight or die at any word.

A willow, weeping in desperation.

Trying to remove the past from it’s painful desolation.

Like something we can’t grasp

It’s just out of reach from our very lives.

That wilted rose bled out in disappointment.

Filling veins back up with hope and joy.

Draining out that blood of hate.

Leaving behind the chance to love again.

Hey Mama (Send The Love)

Hey Mama, stop your crying.

Stop your crying now.

Heard the news, your boys are dieing.

Those boys are dieing now.

Send the love all across the world.

Hey Papa, where your children?

Where are those children now?

Gone away to a brave new place.

A brand new home now.

Send the love all across the world.

Send the love to every boy and girl.

A shot rang out through the meadow

To pierce the heart of peace.

It’s easy to get mixed up when your life is run by greed.

Stand Together

Mister Shoeshine and his piano sang into the night.

With wondrous tales and epic battles, dancing in their minds.

“We clashed and toiled with those soldiers and their sinking sails!

We ran across those flowing mountains; eaten by a whale!”

As time just tuckered on by, I could finally see

We were really trapped out here, fermented by the sea.

When we finally ventured home, it was a parted place.

We preached a song to lift this spirits, to unify the day.

And we all stand together, fighting through the night!

And we all stand together!