LYRICS Confirmed by choice Silence your voice Teetering on the tottering Leaning over the edge Wishing and washing Standing on our ledge Driving wedge Inaction in action No satisfaction Teetering on the tottering Leaning over the edge Wishing and washing Standing on our ledge Driving wedge United we stand Divided we fall Time to understand […]
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Driving Wedge
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See the Sea
LYRICS The ocean is jokin’ again Hard to understand Where she’ll land Come see the sea From my island And you’ll see/sea where I stand Knee deep Sea level rise Should come as no surprise Realize More than a creep Neck deep More than a creep Seek Higher ground If none’s to be found We’ll […]
Subject of Interest
LYRICS Once upon a time There was a king Unaware of anything Couldn’t hear the birds in song Couldn’t see sunlight Wouldn’t hear the herds gone wrong Wouldn’t see what’s right Goodnight Once upon a time There was a queen Unaware of the scene Couldn’t hear the birds in song Couldn’t see sunlight Wouldn’t hear […]
If You Don’t Eat Your Meat
LYRICS The proof is in the pudding But you didn’t eat your meat The goof is in the fudging Applying too much heat Now your pi is going to fry Situation dire Desserts on fire Deserts transpire The proof is in the pudding But you didn’t eat your meat The goof is in the fudging […]
I Am Hologram
LYRICS Smoke and mirrors Joke or heroes If I am a hologram (I am hologram) Diggin’ in Jokes wearin’ thin Who? Human? Singin’ the blues Lightin’ the fuse You! Human! Life of illusion Wife of confusion Mime or hologram? No! Not “I am hologram” Diggin’ in Jokes wearin’ thin Who? Human? Singin’ the blues Lightin’ […]
Sands of Time
LYRICS The sands of time In our hourglass Alas, pass (They go to past so fast) Of the grains that remain We’ll sustain … and entertain The notion Of lives in motion Set free In liberty Eternally The vortex takes the sand And turns it ’round Takes it down Of the grains that remain We’ll […]
Burden of Happiness
LYRICS If the burden of life Is happiness … I’m all in Count me in Let’s begin Compiling With lovin’ We’re livin’ I’m smiling If the meaning of life Is the pursuit Of happiness… Let’s do it! (Pursue… do you love to, too?) Count me in Let’s begin Compiling With lovin’ We’re livin’ I’m smiling […]
Pick-me-up
LYRICS With a few 6-strings And an old tin cup For you On cue Pick-me-up Ever shifting point-of-view Or strictly speaking just for you The meaning of the lyric Depends on yo you hear it The feeling of the music Is all in how you use it Here’s a sine Wave to you Love above […]
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After You
LYRICS No, you first After you Jumping over a cliff Mind’s stiff Hearts rift Stepping into traffic Mind’s thick Hope’s quick Polite? Is that right? More akin to saving your skin Courtesy How can that be Still to solve mystery Time keeps rolling on, on, on Man won’t understand Can’t keep clinging on, on, on […]
Flirt With the Light
LYRICS Sprout out From under the dirt About That springtime flirt That’s life It’s worth pursuing Figure That’s what’s doing Doesn’t it feel right Stretching toward the light Knowing within sight / with insight Delight Breakout From under the earth Find out About giving birth New life That’s worth doing Nature Endeavor ensuing Doesn’t it […]
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Blank Page
LYRICS The page is blank Bright white No throwing shade Wade into the light Words made Onto the page Setting the stage As the thoughts flow Know where to go Let the pen show The foundation laid Words made Onto the page Setting the stage Chapter and verse There is no reverse Present immerse Watch […]
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Fish Out of Water
LYRICS Fish needs air Can’t find any there None to spare Getting hotter Fish out of water Oh you don’t know what to do Can’t sink Can’t swim Oh you don’t know what to do Can’t think Can’t win Dim view Fish can’t breathe Can’t find relief Nothing but grief Getting hotter Fish out of […]
Inside Your Head
LYRICS I can’t help wondering What’s going on inside that head Do thoughts keep wandering Back to those things you dread? Wish you hadn’t said All the things you said Regret what you put us through … or do you? I can’t stop pondering What’s going on inside that head Do thoughts keep wandering Back […]
Here’s the Steeple
LYRICS One step backwards And a leap of faith Are the leapt awkward Kind of tastes half-baked Open the doors See the people Ask once more Same steeple? Another step back Fall to my knees Seeking what I lack If the gods please Open the doors See the people Ask once more Same steeple? Jump […]
Unsure Footing
LYRICS Not sure of my footing If it’s safe where I’m putting Quicksand Swampland Sliding down the pole Digging out of a hole Can solid ground Be found? Not sure of where I stand Hey, who commands the land? At the land’s command, I am Quicksand Swampland Sliding down the pole Digging out of a […]