Songs – Brian317

King of Hearts

God knows I’m tryin to make my way
to find a peace of mind in the depths of space
The thoughts that fight it have no chance
if I use the shield of wits and dance
and the clock strikes 5 and the minutes strive
to give up counting endless time
but moments pass and eyelids slam
with the hourglass’s last grain of sand
Chorus:
Yet I believe that the dealer’s hands are clean
No tricks up the sleeve of a plotting thieve
And in the universal deck of cards
I can see there’s a king of hearts

The eagle flies where the full moon shines

I get up in the morning light
And the birds keep singing with such delight
And I wonder how it is that I could forget to see
How grateful and thankful we just got to be
While we got no problems besides ourselves
And we have some food here on these shelves
It’s clear that the errors are from our hands
And mistakes we share with our brother man
Chorus

The eagle flies where the full moon shines

Synchronize your watch with mine
Throw it away and we’ll be just fine
The words of the wise sing let it be
Can’t swim against the river of destiny
Chorus

The eagle flies where the full moon shines
The eagle flies where the full moon shines
The eagle flies where the full moon shines

Pisces in Crisis

I have seen half my life
and I know that it’s mine
I’ve shaken the leaves, carved the bark on the trees, and so had a time
I have walked in the sky
I have learned how to fly
In a book that I read is the word that I said yes I fed my appetite

I wrote a song for yesterday, said all I can say
and I’d do it again I don’t have to pretend

Chorus:
All my skin is unraveling
Shed the damage shake the water off the cheeks because you gotta daughter
All my skin is unraveling
Soulquakes, heartaches, I still know my life is only a taste

I believe in the one
All strugglin’ under the sun
I am a pisces in crisis this life is barely begun
We’re in up to our necks
Would you please focus your specs
I know you’re just messin’ you’re missin’ the lesson, we’re stuck in a hex

We better save our little souls before the ending is told
Make a little fire ‘fore its gets too cold

Chorus

Keep on chasing the impossible dream
Keep on trying johnny appleseed
Keep on believin find the reason to stay
Pour me a glass of beauty and pain

Scars

Say have you seen the scars
The broken the beaten the hard
The whip of the guilty soul
The risks of the darkened road

Say have you taken the time to look in the mirror?
Think about what is the who and just who is the what and just
how do we do what we do?
I’m invested in you, yeah in you

chorus:
Who’s makin’ sure you’re feeling alright
Who’s gonna come to tuck you in tight
Who’s keepin’ back the monsters at night
Makin’ sure you’re sleepin’ alright

Say have you made some
love in the sun
Or are you runnin’ for cover like this is too hot a summer?

I don’t buy into that don’t see the point of it
Not gonna bury the gold for the rain

chorus:
Makin’ sure you hold that gun tight
Makin’ sure you’re feelin’ alive
Who’s makin’ sure you’re feeling alright

I feel worse than I’ve felt in a long time since you left
I been walkin’ in circles talkin’ in my sleep
The doctors just tell me you sow what you reap

I feel restless, I feel cold,
I feel strung out, from the road
But you walked in those dreams and you told me those things
and you’re not done with me and you know what it means

Makin’ sure you’re feeling alright
Keepin back the monsters at night
Makin’ sure you’re sleepin alright
Makin’ sure you’re feeling alright

I’ll light the flame
I’ll take the blame
I’ll find a way
I’ll make it change

Promised Land

I can’t tell if I just, made her up

Maybe she’s just too fast to touch
Her smell really, drives me wild
She says stay a while crocodile
I need to know, do you love me
She just smiles, and stares at me

Chorus

Everything about her’s got its magic ways
She moves into the room and just takes the stage
She talks about the devils of hypocrisy
She knows the winning numbers of the lottery
There ain’t even a thing about your soul that’s true
That she couldn’t figure out by just lookin’ at you
She knows the reputation of an honest man
Is the only kind of money in the promised land

Hey

Oh won’t you come and take a ride with me
Maybe we’ll write a little history
We can travel to the moon
Before you run, away with the spoon
In the battle of love I’m a veteran
Give me a shot of your adrenaline

Chorus
Come a little closer its cold tonight
Its warmer by the embers of a firefly
I can catch the sparks on my tongue
You can shake a little under the gun
I’m in a state here, I can’t contain dear
hypnotic psychosis intoxicating overdoses
red roses flesh and bones sixth sensual undertones
lightning and biting igniting erupting is so exciting

Chorus

She knows the reputation of an honest man
is the only way to make it in this forgotten land

Calibur

I could get level with you, in the sound
Feel the frequencies, somehow
Nevermind memories they won’t sort you out no more
Just pull the trigger and travel forward

Chorus:
Livin’ like a bullet
Waitin’ for nothing and ready for somethin’
Don’t think baby just do it
This ain’t enough I need to go!
Livin’ like a bullet
Waitin’ for nothing and ready for somethin’
Don’t think baby just do it
This ain’t enough I need to go faster

Maybe the only way I can feel you
Churning the energies ‘til we’re unglued
Although I like the colors in this room
Another part of me is growing, so I must move
I cannot just stay contained
I need to get out of this cage
Find out where the sun comes from
Discover where my dreams are made
In factories of viscious souls
Who never give in and don’t go old
A recipe on how to thrive
The only way to come alive

Chorus

Living breathing eating sleeping dying fucking
Trusting loving lying trying buying crying

Chorus

Everything’s at Stake

I think the city understands
It’s position in the plan
And the people in the streets
Know all about their history

There is a cancer in the sky
creates a canopy disguise
but they’re not that stupid anymore
they’ve seen the color of the war

bridge
Up to our kneess in the bullshit
State your deceits with the media
Peace can’t defeat all your violence
Send your police to the crime scene

The more we give,
The more they take
Everything’s at stake!

Democracy’s a dinosaur
Extinct imaginary world
Once innocent but now a whore
Collect the pennies from the poor

The way you sell those lives miss america brides
We got the right to criticize it’s the age of demise
For the corrupted corporate governed
wealthy bastards and the stubborn
Give it up and put the money in the ‘mouthes of the hungry

bridge
We can change minds of masses
Stuck with with their heads up our asses
Sense won’t shine through the blackout
We’re not wasting time ‘til we pass out

The more we give,
The more they take
Everything’s at stake!

We ain’t the stupid rich the poor or weak
Ya know our promises we’ll keep
On moral grounds release the hounds
Turn your world upside down

So take a good look read the good book
You know got us hanging like a worm on a hook
And the troubles closer – over doser,
Running through the blood then it’s over

bridge
We can change minds of masses
Stuck with with their heads up our asses
We can shine through the blackout
We won’t waste our time ‘til we pass out

Chorus

Last Thorn of the New Rose

Oranges and apples, fruits of the seed
Grapes and the raisins, what’s come to be…..

Got this craving to feed,
Like a thousand starvin’ children just need to eat
And although the farmers harvest the land,
I see my reflection in the bowl in my hand

I watched the sun go down,
Behind dangerous mountains n’ threatnin’ clouds
Though I never take low road I end up on the wrong track
Dancing with shadows searching for the way back

Got this craving to feed,
A divided misguided collided with this easy street
And although I still follow the dreams of tomorrow
My hearts still held under the oceans of thunder

Life’s like a sunburn
Life’s like a sunburn

There goes the rainbows
Swept up in tornados
Dancin’ with shadows
Last thorn of the new rose
The light is escaping
The whole room is shaking
Kingdom come devastating
This old crown is forsaken

I’d give my kingdom for a new set of eyes
My face shows a past that I still can’t disguise
Up from the ashes and out of the shame
Comes the seducer of failure and echoes of pain
Welcome to the game
There goes the rainbows
Swept up in tornados
Danced with the shadows
Last thorn of the new rose
The light is escaping
My body is shaking
Kingdom come devastating
Just call me the rain king

Oranges and apples, fruits of the seed Grapes and the raisins, what’s come to be…..

Black Widow

When you’re losing your mind, find a way to make time
To bring your friends under the clouds
The tornado touchdown, you can’t make a sound
You know you’re in trouble again
and you know just where it ends

She got eight eyes
She got eight legs
She makes silk
She lays eggs
I’m stuck in her web
Lord knows I’m as good as dead
Soon we’ll make love
Then off with my head

Your instincts reduce the glamourous view
You can’t bear the reflection of truth
But you don’t know what to do ‘cause its always the same
Just another link on the chain
I can still see your face desperate beautiful eyes that will never be replaced
You know I can’t take back what was left
and you know I’ve been eaten to death

Chorus

(April 08)

My Skeleton

My unfortunate crisis is a crack in the window
There’s not a lot of time left now.. before the crash of the glass
Even my intention cuts like a blade
Somethin’ bought the wreck that I crave
Slivers in the air just say your prayers
Breathe in deep if you care

Almost hopeless cope it’s a stress test
Nails on the board and I’m restless
Almost ghostless ya barely noticed
My skeleton’s undressed

This particular dilemma is a fractured skull
And the vines are climbing, growing like snakes out of the socket holes
Even as the roots arrest my feet
Still straining for the good sun’s heat
Screamin’ at the clouds just let me out
But the sound manifests like doubt

Almost hopeless cope it’s a stress test
Nails on the board and I’m restless
Almost ghostless ya barely noticed
My skeleton’s undressed

My skeleton bare bones no skin
Wash my hands of the sin

Mary

Mary what are you talkin’ about, and why you lyin’ on the floor?
Why you seem so scared honey, and how’d your eyes get sore?
You think out of the box, ‘cause you’re a mental astronaut
Stare at me with your suicide ‘cause I can take it fine

Mary you’re out of your mind

Mary why are you makin’ such a racket, you gotta pull it together
If it’s a game than I don’t want to play, while you are naked in the dirt
It’s the need for some company that makes you shake your head and scream
I’ve devoted my attention now just take me to the other side

Mary you’re out of your mind

Nobody believes you’re
Up in the Sky flying high
I can read your thoughts mary
I don’t know what ya need but I feel you

Butterfly Crash

Gonna take my flashlight and go walkin’ on your shore
Now I’ve seen the waves crash you don’t need me anymore

I’m so sick and tired of fallin’ in love
But I’ll just keep on riding and smiling up above

Old ways, gotta let em go
Wise man say- by now you oughtta know
Change me ‘cause I want a new parade
I’m sorry but I’ve left the masquerade

Butterflies crashing down in cold oceans of blue
Here I am witnessing and learning something new

Don’t ever let the poisened snakebite’s venom f*** your zen
If it ever happened I’d just never breathe again

Wish me well upon my travels through your lives
‘cause if I don’t find the love I need the story’s just a dive

Old ways, gotta let em go
Wise man say- by now you oughtta know
Change me ‘cause I want a new parade
I’m sorry but I’ve left the masquerade

The Cycle

If my sight gives way and I go blind
I’ll still see the cycle
If my legs go out and I can’t move
I’ll still ride the cycle
If my heart stops beating blood stops pumping tell you something
I’ll still breathe the cycle
If I go deaf and mute from abuse its true
I’ll still hear the cycle

I can’t talk I can’t take the shock
You only feel when you’re pretending it’s not
Actual and spiritual so
Collide complete the cycle’s sealed and locked

If you ever heard a thing that made you cry
You are still the cycle
If you are drifting far from home and want to die
You are still the cycle
If you’re paralyzed and hypnotized and stuck in time
Still one with the cycle

I can’t talk I can’t take the shock
You only feel when you’re pretending it’s not
Actual and spiritual so
Collide complete the cycle’s sealed and locked

When you’re pushing back on anything that holds you down
You run the cycle
When you’re making love or giving blood or giving back
You drive the cycle
When your energy is all you need for eternity
One with the cycle
When you surrender and return to the elements
You see the cycle