THE VALUE OF ZERO
Beyond the bottle-neck - where time stands still
Can you feel the chill of if I can’t have you, no one will?
You pulled me from the wreck
You sunk your teeth into my neck
Now all I can feel are the side effects?
Hurt People Hurt People
I’ve paid the price for being right
I’m doomed to dwell in endless night
That’s where I find you holding on to lies like I do
I’m the scissors you’re the string
I’m letting go of everything
‘Cause I need you to know
The value of zero
Time distorts your memories
The dream became a liability
says the scissors you’re the string
Trust no one question everything
You’re the only one my heart responds to
The only hope worth holding onto
But the center will not hold
The value of zero
Like a snake eating its own tail
An endless not where these fools prevail
Truth be told - Without fail
Hurt People Hurt People
I’ve paid the price for being right
I’m doomed to dwell in endless night
What do I care? - What else is there?
I’ve had my share
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
Ain't nothing open but the wound
And I've got the feeling - it will all be over soon
You’re an open book – I’m an open sore
So why are you afraid to look if you’ve seen it all before?
Heaven knows I never promised to be an angel
But I suppose I needed someone to protect
Then you chose to give the universe an ultimatum
Because your truth wasn’t accommodating
What did you expect?
I can’t remember anything
And I’m still waiting for what the future brings
You’ve got nothing on me – I’ve got nothing to hide
If you’re gonna beat a horse ‘til it’s dead
Don’t expect to get s ride
Bound by thoughts that aren’t my own
Terrified to die alone
You’re still holding on to something
100% of nothin’
Alternate Verse
I can’t remember anything
And I’m still waiting for what the future brings
You were born again - I was born to lose
If you didn’t want it to explode in your face
Then why’d the hell ya light the fuse?
Dream Diary
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Lonely men pretend they’re not
Lost and alone in a land that time forgot
In all this noise I’ve wandered through
And the choices that I blind did make
To find myself alone with you
I was lost and alone – Lost and alone
Waiting for the thoughts to disappear
Now I talk to the dead ‘cause the voices in my head
Refuse to tell me what I want to hear
Hold my feet to the fire
Throw my carcass to the crows
Save the sermon for the choir
Cause I already know
I told my troubles to the wind
And I’ve made myself clear
I need some divine intervention
But you won’t interfere
A flash of light in a rage
Before you closed the book of life
You had to tear out every page
I heard a voice on the wind
I waged a war within
Here we stand on the edge of forever
While I watch it disappear
I’m a question waiting for an answer
Today’s already forgotten
Tomorrow’s already here
STOOD UP AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN
Reflection is my only anchor
A question waiting on the answer
Stood up at the gates of heaven
Stood up at the gates of heaven
I had a dream I can’t remember
A question waiting on the answer
Stood up at the gates of heaven
Stood up at the gates of heaven
GOING NOWHERE
These are the thoughts going on in my head
If I said them out loud would you leave me for dead?
There’s who I was when you found me and who I am now
There’s the direction we’re going and what time will allow
So you can stop pretending that you don’t really care
Cause if you don’t know where you’re going your already there
There aint no need to worry I aint going nowhere
The feeling found roots at a difficult age
And the fruit it produced soured with rage
I won’t drink the poison hoping you’ll die
So please don’t load the question let sleeping dogs lay
So you can stop pretending you don’t really care
Cause if you don’t know where you’re going your already there
There aint no need to worry I aint going nowhere
When words became numbers and thoughts became fears
And a question is the answer for why are we here
If I turned into you and you turned into me
Then I wouldn’t be the difference
That you need me to be
I can’t compete but I’ll do what I can
For the feeling I get when you call me your man
Cause Baby I ain’t got time for it won’t be long
So I hope you’re still waiting to prove me wrong
There aint no need to worry I aint going nowhere
CREATION REPRODUCTION & DEATH
I depend on the night - I know it ain’t right
I want you in the worse way baby
My fate will wait for me there it’s knuckles are bare
I want you in the worse way baby
I had the feeling you were dirty but you didn’t know it
If I got under your skin I bet you wouldn’t show it
I know you think you got a dark side don’t you?
What have I got myself into?
I’ll hang my shame on the wire
Should I pull the alarm or pour more gas on the fire?
You said you’d hold me ‘til there was nothing left
You said “You don’t know who you’re fucking with”
The beads of sweat - The heavy breath
Creation reproduction and death
I won’t take your advice - I’m rolling the dice
I want you in the worse way baby
I’m looking for an excuse - to extend the abuse
I want you in the worse way baby
When I offered the crown you just cast it aside
I tried to nail the door shut but you we’re already Inside
You’ve conquered the great divide - Without a doubt
It’s not who can live with it’s who you can’t live without
I’ll hang my shame on the wire
Should I pull the alarm or pour more gas on the fire?
You said you’d hold me ‘til there was nothing left
You said “You don’t know who you’re fucking with”
The beads of sweat - The heavy breath
Creation reproduction and death
MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING
I’ll spill your blood without a conscience
I’ll send your village up in flames
I’ll build an empire on your ancestor’s ashes
Then I’ll give the streets your names
Who says money isn’t everything?
I’ll choose the path of least resistance
I am the scissors you’re the string
If you feel like you’re being pulled in two directions ashes
That’s cause its open season on the dream
Who says money isn’t everything?
What once was a river, is now a bed of sand
An impossible future left in the hands of man
If we treat mother nature like a sacrificial lamb
The ocean will rise
The population will double in size
You might try cover eyes
Your wish was my command
I’ll spill your blood without a conscience
I’ll send your village up in flames
I’ll build an empire on your ancestor’s ashes
Then I’ll give the streets your names
Who says money isn’t everything?
WHERE DID I GO WRONG?
Someone had to do something
Things had gotten out of hand
Beyond these city limits
There’s nothing but heat, sun and sand
The children whispered to each other
The women lowered their eyes
Two emaciated horses
Flagged their tails at flies
There’s no place to hide from the unforgiving sky
And I know that I don’t have long
Until the relentless red glare has me gasping for air
Wondering where did I go wrong
A silhouette stepped off of the sidewalk
But his future was grim
When he reached for his sidearm
I drew faster than him
The bullets found their target
He fell forward to his knees
He put his hand over his chest
And the last words he said was “God help me please”
I threw a leg over Fiona
I rode her out of town
I winced in the saddle
I felt the blood in my boot and the sun beating down
The temperature will rise like a halo of flies
And I know that it won’t be long
Until the relentless red glare has me gasping for air
Wondering where did I go wrong
RICH MAN'S WAR
It’s a rich man’s war - Poor man’s blood
Things will never change – It’s understood
You can ask for help – It does no good
It’s a rich man’s war - Poor man’s blood
To the powers that be
That won’t be inconvenienced by reality
I find it hard to believe
That you’d still lift your leg to mark your territory
It’s a rich man’s war - Poor man’s blood
Things will never change – It’s understood
You can ask for help – It does no good
It’s a rich man’s war - Poor man’s blood
We see the world differently
Cause I can’t look up to people that look down on me
How we ‘sposed to compete?
One - paycheck away from our ass in the street
Who know what he believes?
Who knows what’s on his mind or what’s up his sleeve?
But you can’t lead from behind
Don’t we still have business of our own to mind?
It’s a rich man’s war - Poor man’s blood
Things will never change – It’s understood
You can ask for help – It does no good
It’s a rich man’s war - Poor man’s blood
MY THOUGHT ARE NOT MY OWN
I knew it was wrong but I had to do it anyway
You can’t listen with your mouth open
I won’t let anybody stand in my way
I am not my thoughts
My thoughts are not my own
Yet I follow them blind into the unknown
I’m not gonna change
The only way out is through
I’m not gonna change into you
I need to reflect – I’m a target to a memory
But my past is not my definition
And I’m on the threshold of my adversity an epiphany
I’m afraid to think
I can only feel what I gave away
The absence is real
I’m not gonna change
The only way out is through
I’m not gonna change into you
I knew it was wrong but I had to do it anyway
I’ve got venom and imagination
And I will let you have it my way
You are now my truth
By it I am defined
It’s not your fault
I followed you blind
CALIFORNIA (ONE MORE PHONE CALL)
Give me just one more phone call
Give me one more kiss
Before you go and leave me alone like this
Cause it’s gonna hurt to see you go
You put your dreams on hold to make mine come true
You held your breath until your face turned blue
And one look told me all I needed to know
She wants to move to California
She needs a change of scenery
She wont take no for an answer
And who am I? Who am I to disagree?
And to my own cause - I’ve been blind
I wish there was something I could say
that would make you change your mind
She wants to move to California
She needs a change of scenery
She wont take no for an answer
And who am I? Who am I to disagree?
Give me just one more phone call
Give me one more kiss
Before you go and leave me alone like this
Cause it’s gonna hurt to see you go