Beautiful Souls

her veil was left untouched, her dress a platform to lift up,
her face was painted white.
White to red to black she's dead, they sacrificed the one that read
don't trust in what they've said

eyes seeped into the dirt pile tomb,
that spun her spine to make more room,
her veins are flowers blossoming

behind the willow tree, that's where her daughter left to weep
She knew her mothers love.
To be torn between the truths, the lies they told her of the crimes
the ones her mother laid.

Eyes seeped into the dirt pile tomb,
that spun her spine to make more room,
her veins are flowers blossoming

eyes and soul were beautiful
to see a heart it grows to watch a light it goes
fading between the white and black lines,
she had a voice, yet she had no choice,
her neck was painted red, the motives took the heads
before they rooted her up from the ground she fed

fear was blinding my insides,
love wrapped me up too tight to forget what I once was
to waste a moment for a cause that eats me up alive
to prove that nothing's wrong

eyes seeped into the dirt pile tomb
that spun my spine to make more room
my veins are flowers blossoming

eyes and soul were beautiful
to see a heart it grows to watch a light it goes
fading between the white and black lines,
she had a voice, yet she had no choice,
her neck was painted red, the motives took the heads
before they rooted her up from the ground she fed

eyes and soul were beautiful
to see a heart it grows
to watch my light it goes
fading between the white and black lines I fed
I won't drag my head
I won't go to bed
wake up children run

I won't grab the gun

The Lusk Letter

And so I have no choice
but to play cat mouse, sit tight keep watch from behind
it will all make sense tonight
play it off cool, face down just to hide the light

Lusk can't catch me this time

you are the light
you are the light
you are the light
you are the light
help me help me down

Who wrote this book of life?
Page to beats, beats by page, hearts left to rhyme
heart attack won't stop me now
put up fists last call cop call, what's one last wish?

Try to catch me, mister coax me

you are the light
you are the light
you are the light
you are the light
help me help me down

seek me, track me, bait me, lure me
wolf me, trap me, bite me, toss me

I won't be caught up in your mind's eye
fraction by fraction sharpened knives

you are the light
you are the light
you are the light
you are the light

oooooooooo
ooooooo
oooooooooo
ooooooo

help me help me down
oh help me help down
help me help down

Suckerpunch

I choose to not speak loud
barely talk in slow motion
take it on, one arm swinging
one by one, dragged through streets

and I won't let this creep on
so take me out, take me out
your viscerals on the floor
left me with my head singing

oh distant misery you rang out so pretty
won't you come out to play, hide and seek then breathe with me
oh distant misery you rang out so pretty
won't you come out to play, hide and seek then breathe with me

here we go, salt soaked
you walk deaf bagged head
look at how you all behave
collecting knives along the way

although you step forward,
I step back, I step back
they'll slice you up julienne
left you with your head singing

oh distant misery you rang out so pretty
won't you come out to play, hide and seek then breathe with me
oh distant misery you rang out so pretty
won't you come out to play, hide and seek then breathe with me

I choose to not speak loud
barely talk in slow motion
take it on, one arm swinging
one by one, dragged through streets

and I won't let this creep on
so take me out, take me out
your viscerals on the floor
left you with your head singing

oh distant misery you rang out so pretty
won't you come out to play, hide and seek then breathe with me
oh distant misery you rang out so pretty
won't you come out to play, hide and seek then breathe with me

hide and seek me, hide and seek,
hide and seek me , hide and seek
hide and seek me.

Houndstooth

keep on treading, move with ease
pull back curtains, to make sense of the skies stares
the night beams, the night beams
echoes of the beating bodies that fuel their being, their being

I will crawl beneath the trees to fall into the green
I stare into the dark I can't touch it
if I stretch out far enough the weightless moon will spark
and become known, I know

paste the puzzle so that it won't collapse, the pieces your pieces
to look through tired eyes might awaken you, I hope I hope
the frame that we dream by has no meaning,
when it sets it fails, it fails

light the torch that leads you into the place of
unknowing the speed you go, you go

I will crawl beneath the trees to fall into the green
I stare into the dark, I touch it
If stretch out far enough the weightless moon will spark
and become known, I know, I know

echoes of the beating bodies that fuel, up their beings
echoes of the beating bodies that fuel their being, their being.

A New Sense

I woke up with my eyelids closed,
he walked out
I saw the gold shining through my door,
I walked out

I thought I knew all the ways of man,
open gates
and let this flood just come right back in

I hear four lips speak
speak easy to me
I won't be the rag doll
so take a bow

to make believe that a new day will bring,
a new sense
that calculates all the odds your up against

take a chance
the consequence of life not lived
a quick fix
don't hesitate on the things that you miss

I hear four lips speak
speak easy to me
I won't be the rag doll
so take a bow, take a bow, take a bow
I hear four lips speak
speak easy to me
I won't be your rag doll
so take a bow
I'll take a bow

I'll throw the throne and break the crown that gave me the name
to play the king, and sweep the queen under carpet's reign
to realize and press beyond what collides with this,
this life that holds and molds your steps
takes control and twists
you fall down, you fall down, you fall down

Lotus

trapped inside, one wall divides,
the storm will rise the clouds advise
to jump the plank, do not break, cast your weight

to anchor in, the arctic's limbs, is letting go of all the dirt you
used to walk upon that held your bones up and straight

you I am, I am
you I am, I am
oceans will try, try to interrupt
the thought that you and I, I in you, the window boxes view

not knowing's bliss, so dance with it
to dwindle down to nothingness is
the life process that, is born in us, filters us

to play victim you, fall short of dues
this is the mess you started
rest and be put out, negotiate your ending spot

you I am, I am
you I am , I am
oceans will try, try to interrupt
the thought that you and I, I in you, the window boxes view

its not too late, the noise will shake,
out the head of words that bury
only to distract, not to grasp or stay intact

hit repeat, the note that rings,
out to all who think that love will
stall won't complicate, know the game that we all crave

you I am, I am
you I am, I am
oceans will try, try to interrupt
the thought that you and I, I in you, live to die, the window boxes view

On and Off Again

To disconnect and rearrange, to settle in and figure out the reasons not to change
take time, rehearse the script, the lines, the thoughts, that lay it out
the battle of how to approach.

and let it roll, to the sound
that creates all the waves that make up
the ease to feel that the world would still keep on moving if
the dark became lit.
the glow will change on and off again,
but I know within, yes I know within
to let it in.

inside and out the melting starts to stumble forth with weapons guarding all, broken hearts.
Commit to organize the play the awaits a reaction that will put your steps in forward march, no slidin

and let it roll, to the sound
that creates all the waves that make up
the ease to feel that the world would still keep on moving if
the dark became lit.
the glow will change on and off again,
but I know within, yes I know within
to let it in
let it in
let it in

wrap up the stock as one, don't uncover them don't discover them
to clue you in for this time just once, a second rushed is a second cost
to hear the beauty that lies around, it's a worn out sound it's a worn out sound
but let it in, let it in, let it in, let it in . . .
let it in, let it in, let it in, let it in,
let it i . . .

Climb in the Sun

Dark and tall, wooden.
Broken limbs, nails inside
Sets the motion in.
The peak looks small but at the top
We'll climb high, we won't stop.
Rest easy stare in sync let's try to see.

Treat the birds like pavement run up
Not down this circle pathway leading
In the distance ceasing but one piece

All I have are worthless things, it's so key just to be.
Just rest and take a test on quietness.
Don't talk so loud and know what is all around you go
Let us not be too right to be wrong.

Treat the birds like pavement run up
Not down this circle pathway leading
In the distance ceasing but one piece

Thirst will take us first
Thirst will take us first
Thirst will take us first
Thirst will take us first
Thirst will take us first

Treat the birds like pavement run up
Not down this circle pathway leading
In the distance ceasing but one piece

Treat the birds like pavement run up
Not down this circle pathway leading
In the distance ceasing but one piece

The Rain Came Late

I count and enter them by ones and twos and threes.
Their faces gone, their seams unseen.
Standing in lines of six, walking two by two,
I watch them tick the math work hits

The red line slowly thins, the red streams are dead ends
Yet they reach for their guns to their suns

Eyes rolling back into, the haze of black and blues
Colors are at default of that.
Voices screeching loud. all echoes stop.
It's now the time to look beyond

The red line slowly thins, the red streams are dead ends
The rain makes
The red line slowly thins, the red streams are dead ends

They ask me why does the sun rise quick,
Does the darkness still shine the light above
To the earth below?
I need to go, need to go below, need to go

It's catching on again, the night of day to rain.
Today will break what others made
Against the walls they stand, lifting their hands as one.
All quakes that shake, all others fate

The red line slowly thins, the red streams are dead ends
The rain makes
The red line slowly thins, the red streams are dead ends

They ask me why does the sun rise quick,
Does the darkness still shine the light above
To the earth below?
I need to go, need to go below, need to go.

Quiet Words are Quiet Words

Quiet steps wake up her eyes
Quiet tears stream down in lines
Quiet words hurt her still
She's dreaming slow, but it is near

Take the time and be at ease
Wait just stop, and breathe
To put it off will make it rushed
And why when there's no need to be

Imagine I'll start to imagine I'll ask you to imagine
All that you hear imagine
Imagine I'll start to imagine I'll ask you to

Beyond the pearly gates he'll wait
For is sweets he'll hold her place
Quiet words are quiet words
Keep dreaming now for your embrace

This isn't torture
No need for panicked thoughts
Through disasters
Keep your head afloat don't drop

Imagine I'll start to imagine I'll ask you to imagine
All that you hear imagine
Imagine I'll start to imagine I'll ask you to imagine
All that you hear imagine

Please take me, my lonely baby
Rewind me open slowly (x5)

Perfect

The diamonds keep on falling, the wet ground is calling
All you creatures arise and march.
Down the line with a beat to your feet.
The sunshine is nearing, the green it is showing.

The belly of the beast, is small as far as the eye can see
Can you see what I see, in the deepest of deep seas.
At high tide, it's below me.

Listen and hear them the waking the sleeping.
Watch and discover the movement that surrounds all around, you.

Please keep on marching, please keep on sucking all these juices away
Eyes wide open keeping the world at a distance.
Never knowing all the wonders, never knowing all the prices.

The belly of the beast is small as far as the eye can see
Can you see what I see, in the deepest of deep seas.
At high tide, it's below me.

Listen and hear them the waking the sleeping.
Watch and discover the movement that surrounds all around, you.

Timeless

Ice cap melt away,
Wash away, all the drifting hearts please,

Fill love through cracks

My head it spins when I see
All the sad eyes that watch over me

It's not what you think
It's not what you think

Bones . . .

The shock of being empty
Took hold of bones,
I'm cracking

Fill love through the cracks in your bones

Street Song

As time presses through the day,
Vacant beats pulse along the way.
Streets hold me captive tied and bound,
Holding breaths I'm walking round and round

Streets are showered, confetti floats beneath my feet.

Each step I seek
Each step I loose
Each step the streets, takes all I knew
I didn't know that much though, but I'm slowly gonna go.

Tripping over feet, I can't keep the beat
The sky is creeping down, do you see?
I cannot see, I cannot be
I cannot listen to what the city screams.

Pathways the stars will help me drift,
Through the currents of the street life.
Awake I'm tied and bound with sounds,
Asleep these traps won't come around

Streets are showered confetti floats beneath my feet.

Each step I grin,
Each step a fake
Each step the thief paints stripes on me
This ball and chain feels right, but I'm slowly gonna go.

Tripping over feet, I can't keep the beat
The sky is creeping down, do you see?
I cannot see, I cannot be
I cannot listen to what the city screams.

I'll take it bound and gagged and ball and chained,
Just shoot me now, I'll kiss you in the next life.

So long I wait, long I wait, long I waste
So long I wait, long I wait, long I waste
So long I wait, long I wait, long I waste
So long I wait, long I wait, long I waste

Roadmaps and Guidebooks

The constant flux
State of living
It is perplexing only
To transform them into beings

Watch the scales dry
Under illuminating beams
Becomes an overwhelming scene

The devil to my ear
He's coming at my side
Will I get there
I can't find the point to run from

Next day turn around
Will find
Me as a bird I will take
Flight to the sky
Flight to the sky

Midnight Flights

He rushes by in a big surprise
He's moving fast, somewhere to go
I'll listen to the threads in the sky
I'll watch them move the glows flashing by

He rushes by in a big surprise
He's moving fast, somewhere to go
I'll listen to the threads in the sky
I'll watch them move the glows flashing by

I hope that you know you can fall back
I hope you know

He's a gotta get'em boy
Who sits all alone, he's looking for disaster
But look at the people all around, look at the people all around

Oh, oh the knock at the door, the ring the clock moves towards
I know he's running straight to his home, that's where he knows he must go

I come back, he comes back home
I come back, he comes back home
I come back, he comes back home
I come back, he comes back home

He's a gotta get 'em boy
Who sits all alone, he's looking for disaster
But look at the people all around, look at the people all around

Oh, oh the knock at the door, the ring the clock moves towards
I know he's running straight to his home, that's where he must go
I know, he must go, I know

I Pilot

Shall we dance, with flares overhead
Blues and those greens and some reds.
Exploding my visions before my thoughts.
I cannot let this mind take my heart.

Bombs falling from the moon up above.
Hit this home with me.
Now I'm free to roam freely.

Trying not to get hit.
But I'm running towards the sparks.
They ignite me, they will light me,
With no fight in me.

The Waiting Room

So let us sit and recognize the plan
Chances may pass us by
But time will get ahead in line

Let me repeat

So let us hope and not move anything
Cross two fingers to change some things
And wait to hear all the screams ahead in line

Worn out hearts
Minds are troubled how?
Life is only but, a fluke

So let us sit and recognize the plan
Chances may pass us by
But time will get ahead in line

Let me repeat

So let us hope and not move anything
Cross two fingers to change some things
And wait to hear all the screams ahead in line

Are you one of them?
Is it your time?
Can you catch it, can you breathe it?

You heard the devil pray
You saw the sea escape
You laughed when tears ran

I cried knowing everything
But it changed nothing
Let me repeat.

I heard the gods roar I ran and turned

So I stand in line with time

So let us sit and recognize the plan
Chances may pass us by
But time will get ahead in line

Let me repeat

So let us hope and not move anything
Cross two fingers to change some things
And wait to hear all the screams ahead in line

With time I stand in line
In line with time
And time and time I stand in line
And time and time I stand in time