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The Man with the Metaphor
The man with the metaphor/ Dangerous as the man with munitions/ Truth falls like lightening/ In the face of his ambitions/ The man with the golden tongue/ Moving the masses his direction/ Emotion carries heavy weight/ Souls hang on his inflection/ The man with the metaphor/ Always giving something more/ Promises to right the score/ With his words he wages war/ The man with the metaphor/ The man with the magic words/ Careful, crafted sentences/ Politicians promises/ Builds taller, wider fences/ The man with the big ideas/ Feeds frenzy to the rebel crowd/ Stokes fire with word gasoline/ Enflames the passions growing loud/ The man with the metaphor/ Always giving something more/ Promises to right the score/ With his words he wages war/ The man with the metaphor
Ride With Me
Step into the open air/ Where everybody seems to care/ Until the cost exceeds their creed/ The sacrifice might make them bleed/ And it’s pouring rain/ Shout into the public square/ Where voices strain and bravest dare/ To right the wrongs they witness day by day/ And pretend they have important things to say,/ Can’t escape the pain/ Stop the insanity/ Rescue humanity/ Anxiety is falling like the rain/ Ride, ride with me on the peace bound train/ Doesn’t matter who you are/ Melancholy, poor, or star/ Everyone come escape the pain/ Ride, ride with me on the peace bound train/ Talking heads and ministers/ Some are good, some sinister/ Brawling for an exalted seat in our brain/ Pretending we can’t tell that they’re insane/ And it’s pouring rain/ Get a ticket at the booth/ Escape the lies and find the truth/ Ride the train that’s going somewhere good/ Get onboard, we’re going somewhere good/ We’ll escape the pain/ Stop the insanity/ Rescue humanity/ Anxiety is falling like the rain/ Ride, ride with me on the peace bound train/ Doesn’t matter who you are/ Melancholy, poor, or star/ Everyone come escape the pain/ Ride, ride with me on the peace bound train/ Get onboard, ride the peace bound train/ Get onboard, ride the peace bound train/ Get onboard, up outta the rain/ Get onboard, let go the pain/ Get onboard, ride the peace bound train
You Said Goodbye
You said, goodbye/ You said goodbye/ Hanging on, to the edges of my heart/ Facing the abyss, of the days without you/ My soul flows, from ending to the start/ Shuffling through, fallen memories of you/ You said, goodbye/ You said goodbye/ Thinking we had it all, and more to live for/ The bomb that fell on me was you, always you/ You said goodbye, and left despair at my door/ I’m burning candles to remove the scent of you/ But You said, goodbye/ You said, goodbye/ You left a tragedy buried deep in my brain/ The story you wrote has no characters but you You/ pulled and stretched me till I found insane/ You starred in the movie, the hero is you/ You are the hero You said goodbye/ I am the zero The loser guy/ You are the star You said goodbye/ I have the scar Love didn’t die/ You said, goodbye/ You said goodbye/ You are the star /You said goodbye/ I have the scar Love didn’t die/ Love didn’t die
The Truth of the Day
The world burns/ With a wild unsteady flame/ Ashes rise up from Styx/ To craft a troubled Phoenix/ Who aches to fly away/ The worried fog/ Suffocates mankind/ Clogs up our minds/ And striving for a ray of truth Is drowned by the next distraction/ Men of wealth/ Steal in tiny increments/ Their digital market/ Siphons bread from poor man’s table/ While boasting of their charity/ Spiritual frauds/ Preach peace to the penitent/ Bow to the belligerent/ Believe in every self-made spirit/ They promise to the empty hoard/ Common man/ Happy with his diversions/ Tots along Unaware of his oblivion/ Numb to the constant noise/ Wise man speaks/ To deaf ears hearing/ Few and far away/ Are those who grasp The truth of the day/ Few and far, far away/ Common man/ Happy with his diversions/ Tots along Unaware of his oblivion /Numb to the constant noise/ Wise man speaks/ To deaf ears hearing/ Few and far away/ Are those who grasp The truth of the day/ Few and far, far away
Echo Past
Future reads the forgotten words/ Of days not worth remembering/ Wise man, noble, and peasant alike/ Fail to learn from their tutoring/ History repeats again and again/ Events play out beyond reckoning/ Men repeat troubles as the clocks strike/ Angels and gods keep battling/ Bell tolls for forsaken wisdom/ Tales and lessons burnt and smoldering/ Old and young on heedless weary hike/ Directionless and wandering/ Former times beckon to be heard/ They shout to ears un-attending/ Everyone listens only to what they like/ Hearing always and learning nothing/ Bell tolls for forsaken wisdom/ Tales and lessons burnt and smoldering/ Old and young on heedless weary hike/ Directionless and wandering/ Echo past resounds in future now/ Echo casts forward wisdoms vow/ Echo lasts longer than times allow/ Echo past resounds in future now/ Echo past resounds in future now/ Echo casts forward wisdoms vow/ Echo lasts longer than times allow/ Echo past resounds in future now/ Bell tolls for forsaken wisdom/ Tales and lessons burnt and smoldering/ Old and young on heedless weary hike/ Directionless and wandering/ Directionless and wandering/ Future burnt and smoldering/ Why do we learn nothing/ Why can’t we learn from anything?/ Directionless and wandering/ Directionless and wandering/ Future burnt and smoldering/ Why do we learn nothing/ Why can’t we learn from anything?/ Directionless and wandering/ Directionless and wandering/ Future burnt and smoldering/ Why do we learn nothing/ Why can’t we learn from anything?
Bad Religion
The prison of the self made man/ The dungeon of the mind/ He wills his heart to make a plan/ But his soul is still confined/ The altar of improvement calls/ But his inner man stays blind/ He reaches for the golden rule/ But truth he cannot find/ You can’t count the cost/ Of everything you lost/ It was a bad decision/ From your Bad Religion/ You won’t sleep tonight/ Until you get it right/ You’re in a sad condition/ From your Bad Religion/ The list of rules is long and wild/ The clock of time unwinds/ He runs and frets and still forgets/ His heart is leaving him behind/ The answers hide there in plain sight/ For the man who remains blind/ He simply lacks a simple faith/ And the truth he might yet find/ Bad religion got a hold on you now/ Bad religion gonna trick you somehow/ Bad religions’ gonna win/ Bad religions’ gonna sin/ Bad religion’s got a habit of being your friend/ You can’t count the cost/ Of everything you lost/ It was a bad decision/ From your Bad Religion/ You won’t sleep tonight/ Until you get it right/ You’re in a sad condition/ From your Bad Religion
Bad Religion II
Bad religion is the ultimate contagion/ The poison breeding under the skin/ Bad religion is a mad man’s creation/ The asylum of the mind he’s in/ Bad religion is a vulgar obsession/ Keep the rules or you’ve sinned/ Bad religion is the illness/ Bad religion will not cure/ Bad religion is the weakness/ Bad religion is impure/ Bad religion, assassin of the soul /Bad religion takes control/ Bad religion, enemy of good men/ Bad religion is no friend/ Bad religion, deceiver that will not die/ Bad religion is a lie/ Bad religion is the illness/ Bad religion will not cure/ Bad religion is the weakness/ Bad religion is impure/ Bad religion will wreck your heart and leave you blind/ Bad religion will destroy your mind/ Bad religion stalks your soul and haunts your dreams/ Bad religion is not what is seems/ Bad religion won’t expire, won’t put down the knife/ Bad religion never tires of extinguishing a life/ Bad religion is the illness/ Bad religion will not cure/ Bad religion is the weakness/ Bad religion is impure/ Bad religion, assassin of the soul/ Bad religion takes control/ Bad religion, enemy of good men/ Bad religion is not your friend/ Bad religion will be your end/ Bad religion, lose your bad religion/ Bad religion, lose it now!
Sun Falls
Sun falls/ Rips the sky/ Sets fire to my weary eyes/ Soul shakes/ At the edge/ Fix it till it breaks/ Fix it till it breaks/ Moon wakes/ Takes my dawn/ Souls rise past the restless one/ Heart pounds/ Bleeds to black /Can’t tell sight from silent sound/ Soul shakes/ At the edge/ Fix it till it breaks/ Fix it till it breaks/ Mind crash/ Black stars/ Horizon flies with solar wash/ Soul shakes/ At the edge/ Fix it till it breaks/ Break it without fix/ Fix it till it breaks
Sun Falls (Symphonic)
Sun falls/ Rips the sky/ Sets fire to my weary eyes/ Soul shakes/ At the edge/ Fix it till it breaks/ Fix it till it breaks/ Moon wakes/ Takes my dawn/ Souls rise past the restless one/ Heart pounds/ Bleeds to black /Can’t tell sight from silent sound/ Soul shakes/ At the edge/ Fix it till it breaks/ Fix it till it breaks/ Mind crash/ Black stars/ Horizon flies with solar wash/ Soul shakes/ At the edge/ Fix it till it breaks/ Break it without fix/ Fix it till it breaks
Fire Away (Female)
You think you can shoot me down/ You think you can knock me to the ground/ You think you can spend your rage on me/ You think… taking me out will set you free/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away/ You thought you could rip though my defense/ You thought you could live at my expense/ You found out the hard way I don’t die/ You found out your bullets just won’t fly/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away/ You tried your best to take me out/ You fired your mouth off, left no doubt/ You thought your rounds would leave me dead/ You were wrong, I’m still in your head/ You fired away, fired away/ Emptied your clip to make me pay/ Fired away, fired away/ Took your aim and fired away/ But I found a way, found a way/ Now I’m in your head to stay/ I’m in your heart to burn always/ Here to stay, to burn always/ You can’t keep my fire away/ Fire away/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away
Fire Away (Male)
You think you can shoot me down/ You think you can knock me to the ground/ You think you can spend your rage on me/ You think… taking me out will set you free/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away/ You thought you could rip though my defense/ You thought you could live at my expense/ You found out the hard way I don’t die/ You found out your bullets just won’t fly/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away/ You tried your best to take me out/ You fired your mouth off, left no doubt/ You thought your rounds would leave me dead/ You were wrong, I’m still in your head/ You fired away, fired away/ Emptied your clip to make me pay/ Fired away, fired away/ Took your aim and fired away/ But I found a way, found a way/ Now I’m in your head to stay/ I’m in your heart to burn always/ Here to stay, to burn always/ You can’t keep my fire away/ Fire away/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away
Fire Away (Female Aggressive)
You think you can shoot me down/ You think you can knock me to the ground/ You think you can spend your rage on me/ You think… taking me out will set you free/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away/ You thought you could rip though my defense/ You thought you could live at my expense/ You found out the hard way I don’t die/ You found out your bullets just won’t fly/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away/ You tried your best to take me out/ You fired your mouth off, left no doubt/ You thought your rounds would leave me dead/ You were wrong, I’m still in your head/ You fired away, fired away/ Emptied your clip to make me pay/ Fired away, fired away/ Took your aim and fired away/ But I found a way, found a way/ Now I’m in your head to stay/ I’m in your heart to burn always/ Here to stay, to burn always/ You can’t keep my fire away/ Fire away/ Well fire away, fire away/ Empty your clip and make me pay/ Fire away, fire away/ Take your aim and fire away/ Find a way, find a way/ Let’s put an end to this today/ Fire away
Be The Dream
Dream with me while the sky unfolds/ Dance with me while the stars shine cold/ Hold me tight on warm summer eve/ We can be the dream we weave/ Dream with me/ Dance with me/ Hold me now as dreamers weave/ Be the dream we both believe/ Run with me through blazing night/ Fly with me into the light/ Whisper a prayer only dreamers know/ Follow me to where lovers go/ Run with me/ Fly with me/ Hold me now as dreamers weave/ Be the dream we both believe/ Fall with me into endless love/ Shed every thought that’s empty of/ A dreamers wish and lovers trust/ Of silver days and golden dusk/ Fall with me/ Forget with me/ Hold on as the dreamers weave/ Be the dream we both believe/ Believe with me/ Weave with me/ Dreams to last eternally/ Life that burns uncertainly/ Be the dream/ Be the dream we both believe/ Be the dream
The Kings
They control the thoughts of weaker men/ They call the shots for most of them/ They will pay the price, they have rolled the dice/ They should stop, think twice, we will win/ The time has come for us to rise/ To throw off every false disguise/ To battle for the light, to struggle for the right/ To never end the fight, for the prize/ We are the defiant ones/ The NO, we aren’t reliant ones/ The few, the non-compliant ones/ We’re the Kings/ We rule our own destiny/ We fight for humanity/ We rise against vanity/ We’re the Kings/ You can’t stop this chosen force/ Your will can never be enforced/ You will not prevail, you are doomed to fail/ You are far too frail, so change your course/ We refuse to kneel, we will not hide in fear/ We won’t bow to you, we will make it clear/ We won’t give up our right,/ to own both day and night,/ To justify our right, to be here/ We are the defiant ones/ The NO, we aren’t reliant ones/ The few, the non-compliant ones/ We’re the Kings/ We rule our own destiny/ We fight for humanity/ We rise against vanity/ We’re the Kings/ We rule our own destiny/ We fight this stale humanity/ We rise against the vanity/ We’re the Kings/ We are the defiant ones/ The few, the non-compliant ones/ Cowards and fools will always run/ From the Kings/ The Kings, the kings, we rule everything/ We’re the Kings/ We are the defiant ones/ The few, the non-compliant ones/ Cowards and fools will always run/ From the Kings/ The Kings, the kings, we rule everything/ We’re the Kings
Through the Fire
Walk with me in lover’s fire/ Burn with me in love’s desire/ Wait with me while time descends/ Hide with me when time suspends/ Fire burns and purifies/ Time turns and moments fly/ Desire drives emotive gears/ Pain thrives in mystic tears/ Walk me through/ Soul renew/ Walk me through the fire/ Swim the ocean of my dreams/ Bathe with me in mystic streams/ Ignite the pure, quench the evil/ Curse the moon as lover’s rival/ Fire burns and purifies/ Time turns and moments fly/ Desire drives emotive gears/ Pain thrives in mystic tears/ Walk me through/ Soul renew/ Walk me through the fire/ Share the shreds of my soul/ Let time be life’s lonely fool/ Tear the fabric of my mind/ Drive emotion’s wreck to find/ Fire burns and purifies/ Time turns and moments fly/ Desire drives emotive gears/ Pain thrives in mystic tears/ Walk me through/ Soul renew/ Walk me through the fire
Cater to the Rage
Cater to the rage/ Burn another page/ Fingers in the air/ We just don’t care/ Burn it down/ Burn every page/ Burn it down/ Cater to the rage/ Magnify the rage/ Break the rusty cage/ Shatter all the locks/ Pandora’s box/ Burn it down/ Burn every page/ Burn it down/ Cater to the rage/ Satisfy the rage/ Set fire to the stage/ We’ve reached the hour/ When we take back power/ Burn it down/ Burn every page/ Burn it down/ Cater to the rage/ Tear it down/ Burn it down/ Rip it apart/ No bleeding heart/ Fade to black/ We will attack/ Feel the rage/ Burn the page/ Magnify the rage/ Satisfy the rage/ Cater to the rage/ Cater to the rage/ Rage is power/ This is the hour/ Cater to the rage
Reverie (Female)
Die to me distant memory/ Create for me instant reverie/ Carry me to remembered shores/ Lift me, lift me, show me more/ Take me, make me, alive to dream/ Remove from me forgotten theme/ Enfold me in realistic wave/ Caress me with the truth I crave/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Untie the things that hold you down/ Unsee the sights that make eyes drown/ Show me expanses far beyond/ Fly me to a new world dawned/ Birth me again to a vital new/ Hold me up to angels view/ Cause me never to wake/ I pray the Lord my soul to take/ Ferry me to familiar sand/ Time dissolving, take my hand/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Untie the things that hold you down/ Unsee the sights that make eyes drown/ Be free with me in dreams imagery/ Escape to a new vitality/ Live and love outside waking world/ Stay with me while souls unfurl/ Die to me distant memory/ Create for me instant reverie/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Untie the things that hold you down/ Unsee the sights that make eyes drown/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again
Reverie (Male)
Die to me distant memory/ Create for me instant reverie/ Carry me to remembered shores/ Lift me, lift me, show me more/ Take me, make me, alive to dream/ Remove from me forgotten theme/ Enfold me in realistic wave/ Caress me with the truth I crave/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Untie the things that hold you down/ Unsee the sights that make eyes drown/ Show me expanses far beyond/ Fly me to a new world dawned/ Birth me again to a vital new/ Hold me up to angels view/ Cause me never to wake/ I pray the Lord my soul to take/ Ferry me to familiar sand/ Time dissolving, take my hand/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Untie the things that hold you down/ Unsee the sights that make eyes drown/ Be free with me in dreams imagery/ Escape to a new vitality/ Live and love outside waking world/ Stay with me while souls unfurl/ Die to me distant memory/ Create for me instant reverie/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Untie the things that hold you down/ Unsee the sights that make eyes drown/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again/ Come dance with me in memories’ rain/ Dance and dance and dance again
Winds of Change
Howl on/ Howl on winds of change/ My stubborn heart resists your rage/ My memories cannot be caged/ The past you cannot sweep away /What’s in my heart will always stay/ So howl on winds of change/ Winds of change, winds of change/ Move on to the others/ Your gale is weak and does not bother/ Love and strength are my brothers/ Now move on winds of change/ Rage on/ Rage on winds of change/ Matters not how strong or strange/ My life you will not rearrange/ My heart is strong, my will is steel/ You cannot change the way I feel/ So move on winds of change/ Move on/ Move on winds of change/ You move mountains, but never me/ Blow over range, vale, and sea/ Keep your icy hands off me/ My soul is warm, your fingers chill/ Foul spirit wind, fall quiet and still/ And move on, blow out, die out winds of change/ My life you will not rearrange/ My heart is strong, my will is steel/ You cannot change the way I feel/ So move on winds of change/ Move on winds of change
Viking Land
Hoist the sail/ Put down the ale/ To home our vessel flies/ We’re hearty men/ And Odin’s kin/ We sail afore sunrise/ Man the oars/ Settle the scores/ Our land and maidens call/ Warriors true/ We did subdue/ Ladened ship with victories’ haul/ We sail, we sail, afore sunrise/ We long for home as waves arise/ We’re stern and weathered sailing men/ We’re grim and hardened fighting kin/ We sail in ships hewn with our hand/ And, when we moor upon our land… WE DRINK!/ We drink and drink and drink the more/ Mead and barley beer adore/ Fruit wine and then the mead galore…We drink!/ We drink and drink and drink and drink/ And then we chase the maidens fair/ We drink and drink and drink and drink/ I’ll have the maid with bluest eyes and love her if she dare/ Row with might In broad daylight/ To Norseman’s land we go/ We’re fighting men/ We’re noble kin/ We shun both fear and foe/ Sail by day/ The warrior way/ Home and haven beckon/ We are stout /We won’t give out/ Till anchor drops and all accounts are reckoned/ We sail, we sail, afore sunrise/ We long for home as waves arise/ We’re stern and weathered sailing men/ We’re grim and hardened fighting kin/ We sail in ships hewn with our hand/ And, when we moor upon our land… WE DRINK!/ We drink and drink and drink the more/ Mead and barley beer adore/ Fruit wine and then the mead galore…We drink!/ We drink and drink and drink and drink/ And then we chase the maidens fair/ We drink and drink and drink and drink/ We drink and drink and drink and drink/ I’ll have the maid with bluest eyes and love her if she dare/ We sail, we sail, afore sunrise/ We long for home as waves arise /We’re stern and weathered sailing men/ We’re grim and hardened fighting kin/ We sail in ships hewn with our hand/ And, when we moor upon our land… WE DRINK!/ We sail, we sail, afore sunrise/ We long for home as waves arise/ We’re stern and weathered sailing men/ We’re grim and hardened fighting kin/ We sail in ships hewn with our hand/ And, when we moor upon our land… WE DRINK!
Her Chaos
Waking in the afternoon/ To find her howling at the moon/ She spent the night bathed in the sun/ Her soul is stripped, she’s on the run/ Her chaos is so comfortable/ Sanity just gives her trouble/ Running blind and seeing double/ Her chaos is so comfortable/ Take comfort in her chaos/ Wrap yourself into her loss/ You won’t miss the life you leave/ You won’t need the time you bleed/ Her chaos is so comfortable/ Sanity just gives her trouble/ Her chaos is so comfortable/ Months turn into minutes now/ You promised her so keep your vow/ Walk with her in sleepless dreams/ Her presence isn’t what it seems/ Visit her reality/ Blind eyes the only ones that see/ Kaleidoscope is what she breaths/ Ropes of sand are what she weaves/ She left the future in her past/ She didn’t think that it would last/ It couldn’t match her clearest sight/ It wouldn’t help her sacred fight/ Love her now, she won’t stay long/ Heaven calls her to be strong/ She needs you more than you could know/ Hold her hand and don’t let go/ Her chaos is so comfortable/ Sanity just gives her trouble/ Running blind and seeing double/ Her chaos is so comfortable