1. |
If Time Allows
07:26
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If Time Allows
Why take the time to listen
I’m right and always will be
The present day prescription
Far as the eye can see
It's not me
The clock will never quicken
Forgetting consequences
After all we’re only pushing paper
Seems sensible to me
A life without a meaning, running
Lost inside that feeling in the dark
No thought before reaction, just
Eluding satisfaction from the start
I went up to Athens
Got me a degree
Headed out to join the masses
Made a working man of me
Start to end full speed ahead
Day after day
Never did I stop to think
I could live some other way
Can’t Comprehend
This master plan
Days turn into weeks then months
As months turn into years
Hours at your desk each day
Building your career
Then one day you find yourself
Staring at the ground
Swearing that you’ll live your life
If time allows
The time is now
If time Allows
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2. |
Hopsecutioner
06:06
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Hopsecutioner
See how the sun shines dancing in her eyes
Hear how the wind blows, how it howls and it cries
Our nights they are gold; with her I must grow old
But when she comes home late, there’s more than I’ve been told
Well I can always tell when she’s been lying to me
There must be another man, I opened my eyes its plain to see
I took her in my arms, brushed my fingers through her hair
Only one time girl if you break my then I swear
We will have reached the end
Filling up ashtrays, my doubts have not been cleared
Listening to airwaves, for signals far and near
And then one night I awoke, warm but alone
Watched her sneak off from the widow's walk and waited for her to get home
I sat for hours blood boiling ‘neath the moon
I saw her headlights and smelt her perfume
Her lips were red her skin aglow
Dancing in sin with the moon on her back
Where’s her shame?
That's when she noticed me
Caught in the act I gave her one chance to explain
I can still hear her words bouncing round my brain
She said...
I am desperate
I am cold
I am aging
Not quite old
You break my feet
To keep me at home
It’s all out of fear
Of being alone
Those were the last words that girl she ever did say
What I did that night
I still regret to this day
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3. |
Golden Lotus
08:40
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Golden Lotus
Close your eyes
Imagine moonlit skies
The world is slumbering
Paradise
Let it fill up your mind
Your worries crumbling
Feel the wind
A long forgotten friend
Your only company
Flowing streams
A product of your dreams
Floating so comfortably
Careful don’t you make a sound
What’s that noise from under ground
Feel the earth begin to quake
Signal that it’s time to wake up
Why.
Must.
The wool be pulled from my eyes
Can’t.
Find.
Who drew lines in the sky
Bring.
Me.
Back to that mystic place
Where troubles mean
Nothing
And worries they whither and
Waste away
Far Away
One last time
Dive deep into sublime
We’re here and here to stay
Birds eye view
Is lost to all but few
Who dare to look away
Clouded minds
Tricked into joyous time
Cling to their cigarettes
Fleeting dreams
A perfect world it seems
Can’t dread what we forget
Solipsistic and deranged
Wasted time with nothing gained
Look around for heaven’s sake
In the end we all must wake up
Please.
Bring.
Me.
Back to that mystic place
Where troubles mean
Nothing
And worries they whither
And waste way
Far away
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4. |
Partials
01:10
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5. |
Atoms & Void
07:24
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6. |
Marcus Mayhem
05:48
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Marcus Mayhem
Cataracts on capricorns
Seahorses in the slime
Washed up in the willow muck
Well before our time
Sirens and tyrants
All doing as they please
Coalescing and caressing
In unadulterated sleaze
Hail Marcus! All the creatures cry
A single sung salute
Chairman of the chiefdom
In his purple pinstriped suit
There’s jesters leading the brigade
And Mayhem is at the helm
Crusading and parading
Through a long forgotten realm
Jungle cats and gemini
Preparing for the prowl
Tilden Katz is on his yacht
Pulled by forty foul
Feeding on fluorescent fruit
A vision flashed behind his eyes
A glimmer of the gleaming goblet
And the sea began to rise
Quickly chaos came to Katz
Muddling his mind
He changed his name to tame his fame
And left Mayhem behind
Now he’s Otis Blake make no mistake
He’s delightful and divine
He forged the chalice of which he dreamt
Flawless in design
Hang up your mind on a blueberry vine
There’s a bus that will take you away
Marcus is here you’ve got nothing to fear
Let’s parade and then roll in the hay
Deep inside the confines of your mind
There’s a light that can always be found
Just like the oak lost in the storm
We all must return to the ground
Gobble the food and drink all the wine
Happily stumble back home
Be grateful for all the deeds you don’t see
Behind the emperor's throne
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7. |
Just Peachy
05:12
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Just Peachy
Each day we wake, to greet the sun
Memories we make, details unsung
Each night we fall, longing for more
Now is all there is and now is yours
Embrace your life and feel the love
Radiate from everyone
When you’re tired, and face the choice
Listen to your inner voice
Open up your heart now honey, it's time to share
The sun still shines above the clouds up there
This could be your brand new day
Release your cares feel just peachy
How could I have missed it
Mistook for mystic
I know we will not fail
I know love will prevail
I feel fine
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8. |
Threshold
04:23
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Threshold
When times get tough control your breath
Adhere to this and leave the rest
Let go of all your selfish ways
The only constant known is change
I fear I felt this way last week
Yet each day is unique
A new sun will rise to shine
As sure as the thundering tempest of time
Some want all they can get
Others learn to be content
In the end it’s all the same
We all will find our own way
Believe I’ve bent this way before
Stepping right through the door
Only To find that everything’s different
Since I last walked outside
When it comes to life my friends
You get out what you put in
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