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Thing the First
01:03
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Sunrise and Submission
05:04
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Seems like only yesterday
Alone in your room
Making plans for the day
Taking for granted life, we two
Ten years gone by and I find myself
Walking with someone new
I pause, reflect on memories
Stories only shared with a few
Safe to dream of another life
Saved from fear in my dream last night
Sail away in the morning light
I don’t wanna keep this inside
If I saw you today
Would you still remember me?
Did I change your life the way
I know you forever altered me?
Haunted by events of that day
You know it’s with me all the time
I see the truth now
And I’m glad I crossed the line
Safe to dream of another life
Saved from fear in my dream last night
Sail away in the morning light
I don’t wanna keep this inside
Safe to dream of another life
See that face when I close my eyes
Welcome back in the morning light
Take the pain, won’t give up this fight
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3. |
Waltz with Me
03:46
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They look alike, but deep inside
He’s in charge, a controller
His expectations, she can’t fulfill
And he would always control her
She’s not the daddy’s girl from magazines
She’s leaving now that she’s older
Waltz with me
Won’t you dance for me
Waltz with me, my love
Waltz with me
Won’t you stand and smile for me
Waltz with me, my love
A wedding dance should bring
All the joy to make them sing
Spinning around on the dance floor
But one wrong turn was all it took
The story’s ending, close the book
Is that so much now to ask for?
Waltz with me
Won’t you dance for me
Waltz with me, my love
Waltz with me
Won’t you stand and smile for me
Waltz with me, my love
She’s not his little girl
This is no bedtime story
She’s locking the door with a nail
Her father before her
And his before him
She’s breaking the cycle
He’s failed
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4. |
I Thought I Knew
03:44
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I know what you say when we’re together
What do you say when we’re apart?
How can you sit there so calmly?
Your blue eyes wrenching at my heart
I want to be safe when I’m not with you
Who will protect me when I leave?
How will I find my way back here?
I guess I will embrace this and believe
I guess I’ll embrace this and believe
I’ve lived my life, too afraid to try
It’s you and me and no one is watching
I know which things are right
And which are wrong
I’m gonna go, give in, feel it all now, and fly
I thought I knew right from wrong
(I walk down another street)
I thought I knew right from wrong
(The story is incomplete)
I did not think you would know
(I walk down another street)
I did not think you would know
(The story is incomplete)
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5. |
Power Play
03:48
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Controlling your small world
With power and fear
You’ve never had to face the fact
That your weakness is clear
Preying on the blameless to inflate your own hate
And berating all my minor flaws to create a bad fate
It’s a power play
Your voice insinuating
Deep inside my head
Accusing me of failure
Wanting someone else instead
Disgusted by the others that are not like you
Who never look and act and think they’re good enough for you
Make your power play
He said that all you did was wrong, a waste and a shame
Did he tell all your friends that you were to blame?
Did he knock you all down until you played his game?
Attack your self esteem until it went up in flame?
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6. |
Screamer
04:13
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A kick in the head that you’ll never forget
A character actor in a third rate show
Hit the nail on the head, but it’s not dead yet
A chain reactor and it’s ready to blow
Way down inside, wake up your pride
A loud angry cry, the black cloud will rise
Blinding lights are filling the room
Confusion reigns in a break from reality
A plain white rose cuts through the gloom
In contrast to the raging brutality
The wilding crowd has now turned away
The sun’s going down, it’s the end of the day
Open your eyes, see beyond this disguise
And the torrent has dried, to disclose all his lies
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7. |
Lazy SOB
04:35
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You say you want me, but you’ll never know
You say you want me, but you’ll never know
You say you want me, but you’ll never know
I don’t know I’m falling
I don’t know I’m falling
I don’t know I’m falling in love
You say you listen, but you’ll never know
You say you listen, but you’ll never know
You say you listen, but you’ll never know
I don’t know I’m falling
I don’t know I’m falling
I don’t know I’m falling in love
You’ve got to look around
And wonder what’s going on
You’ve got to look around
And see that the light’s not on
But if you stay with me, I promise to
Always be there and to be so true
Even though I cannot say
I’m falling in love
Falling in love
You say you love me, but you’ll never know
You say you love me, but you’ll never know
You say you love me, but you’ll never know
I don’t know I’m falling
I can’t say that I’m falling
I know I’m not falling in love
Don’t tell me I’m falling in love
Don’t tell me I’m falling in love
I don’t want to fall in love
Don’t tell me you’re falling in love
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8. |
Obscura
04:44
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A darkened chamber
The flashes break through the black tomb
A familiar stranger
The visions betrayed in the back room
Like the scene of a crime
Chalk outlines of yesterday
Traced over and over again
A magic lantern
Her photograph is in focus
A traced pattern
Exposure to his hypnosis
Project a fading memory, over and over
Straight lines converge
The images invert in plain view
Faint memories emerge
A trick of the light
Seems to shine through
The sharper the image
The deeper the cut of the tattoo
Lose yourself in obscura, over and over
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9. |
Straight Lines
02:16
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10. |
Doubt
06:59
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Here’s a song that goes an extra mile
And it won’t be long that we’re trying not to smile
We’ve gotten bolder as we’ve gotten older
And the song is tossed aside
Hey, she’s flying, yeah, she’s crying now
She’s dying, yeah, she’s flying down
She’s forgotten all that she was told
And the thorn has torn the hedges and the fold
She’s out for the evening, but the railing is weakening
And over the edge she goes
Hey, she’s flying, yeah, she’s crying now
She’s dying, yeah, she’s flying down
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11. |
Metal Man
04:52
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Your red seduction draws me in
The glow, this calming space
I see the peace you falsify
upon the other’s face
I’ll take a chance and draw you in
Forgetting what I know
You take my sight and sound away
And then you make your show
Do you see?
The metal man’s inside
I just saw
the metal man takes you for a ride
Did you see?
The metal man took my sight and sound
I don’t like the metal man
He’s banging in my head
His hammer makes a strike at me
The sound and flash, the torture, fear
The grinding’s all I hear
Do you see?
The metal man’s inside
I just saw
the metal man takes you for a ride
Did you see?
The metal man took my sight and sound
I’ve become the metal man
Accidental lover for a day
Tormenting demon here to stay
Draw me in, there’s no other way
Look around, I’ll take your sight and sound
Like a ship, no chart, you’ve run aground
You know this ride is heading down
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Rising through the fog
I feel a sin coming on
I’m blinded by the haze
All my senses gone before the
Threat comes over me
An overwhelming song
She’s gone silent
And sinking deeper down
She’s compliant
Below the surface now
Trapped in anxiety
She tears her evening gown
The margins are wider now
We’re trying not to drown
Spiraling far away
His self control disappears
He’s hearing swirling sounds
His pulse is in his ears
A violent pounding now
It feeds the mounting fear
Static surrounds him now
To push him in higher gear
Hushed, now motionless
The silence and stillness
Are far more dangerous
And harder to avoid
Shake her, wake her
Before she can collapse
Take her, break her
And keep her under wraps
A charming smile hides teeth
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13. |
Defiance
05:10
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Defy the blame
In the wake of the shame of it all
I won’t play ball
I’m resisting temptation to
Tear down the wall
In a rage of frustration
Once and for all
Experimentation will end and then
The games of reaction will fall
Waiting for the dawn
Waiting for the dawn
Waiting for the dawn
Reliant, compliant, tyrant
Silent, giant, defiant
When you’re driven
From the rules you’ve been given
Transitions
And the haze clouds your vision
Decisions
As your conviction comes undone
“All of a sudden, I see all these flashing metal lights and this big noise of yang, yang yang… This repeated grind in my head: yang yang yang.
“And at the same time, I see this metallic man hammering at the ground! What in the hell am I looking at? That is not there! That metal man just kept flashing at me at the beat of that noise grind that was going on in my head. And then it just melted.
“And then I could see again.”
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14. |
Herbal Tea
02:09
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15. |
Resolve
05:01
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See through distorted lenses of memory
Free unsupported traces of treachery
Expecting nothing
Forward moving
So it goes
Lingering in the background
The scarred long-term reverie
Bell jar and caged bird
Break the glass menagerie
Sharpening the foreground
Avoiding camaraderie
Afar and unheard
Unsatisfactory
Raising yourself from below
Let it go!
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Dream of another life
Saved from fear in my dream last night
Let it go
Sail away in the morning light
Don’t keep this inside
Let it go
Take the pain, won’t give up the fight
No, don’t give up the fight
Let it go
Dream of another life
Dream of another life
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Deane Arnold Columbus, Ohio
I make music. When I'm not making music, I make art. I paint, I sculpt, and I carve pumpkins.
Most people like the pumpkins best.
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