Miscellaneous Lyrics
This is a random batch of lyrics I can't or have yet to use in a lyric set for various reasons. Some are not quite fully up to my artistic standards, some don't fit with any other lyrics, some are here as examples of my early work for archive purposes, some show a bit of promise but need more work, some started out as simple exercises, some were written in a style or genre that's not really my personal preference and therefore I do not take them seriously or feel motivated to push to the forefront.
Tldr: I don't know where to put this stuff.
NOTHING AGAINST YOU
One last look
Feel the weight of your presence
Love's dwindling remnants
When moments move on
It's your call
Far from my choice to challenge
You've made your decision
No hard feelings here
Nothing against you
Nothing against you ever again
Nothing against you
Nothing against you ever again
chorus:
Nothing against you but my skin
Your last spare atom of warmth seeping in
Nothing against you but my heart
Beat, beat, beating our worlds apart
It's your voice
Use it to your heart's content
I trust your assessment
Impartial but fair
Love will live
And I weather whatever storms
That summon deep waters
When summer is gone
Nothing against you
Nothing against you ever again
Nothing against you
Nothing against you ever again
(chorus)
bridge:
Perfection is something reserved for the gods
Failures are only a question of when
Nothing against your retreat from my arms
Nothing against you ever again
Nothing against you
Nothing against you ever again
Nothing against you
Nothing against you ever again
(chorus)
HOW PRETTY
Here we are--
All knotted up like two rubber bands - pulled extra tight -
Hearts humming like two electric fans - all through the night -
My mind an Italian town after the tomato fight
Little girl -
With dollhouse dreams and tea party plans for her figurines -
Filled with every want but a grown womans' - baked to smithereens -
Then she pulls out a pan of tantrums and toasted almond screams
(I don't know what to say)
chorus:
How pretty, how pretty she can set your plate
How pretty she can make a house
And play the world's gate-keeper
How pretty, the easy oven baker
How quickly she can burn her dolls
The minute they displease her
Brace yourself -
You're just a plastic figure she sets up around a table
You try to shine but like a snuffed out candle you're never able
You feel like a guilty phantom exiled to a fable
She's clueless -
You think she'd one day catch on as any fever would
To this unconscious reenactment of her lost childhood
She's stuck in a stubborn pattern and may be stuck for good
(I don't know what to do)
(chorus)
bridge:
And what a dark and dreary dollhouse it is
Inhabitants robbed of their promised joy
The playthings of a toddler turned tyrant
Who lashes out and smashes her every toy
How pretty ...
ME & MY SHITTY LIFE
A chance like you only manifests once or twice around in life
And if things for me took a better turn we might end up man and wife
But damn it, damn it all to hell
Me and my shitty life
Now I know you see a world in me that you think is real and true
Well, Honey, wishful thinking kills and I got news for you
I believe, you have yet to meet
Me and my shitty life
chorus:
I won't rest until that nose is
Breathing in a bed of roses
Not me and my shitty life
And so, I have to reject you
If only to protect you
From me and my shitty life
Why couldn't you have shown up here a year or two from now?
Maybe by then my life would be all sorted out somehow
But oh well, nothing I can do
Me and my shitty life
And you know, it's not fair to you
Me and my shitty life
(chorus)
bridge:
I'm sorry dear, it's crystal clear
I must turn you away
I know it's strange to not engage
But you'll thank me big one day
It's just...I can't let you touch
Me and my shitty life
(chorus)
It's just...I can't let you touch
Me and my shitty life
Just go...I won't let you know
Me and my shitty life
Darling beware... all I have to share
Is me and my shitty life
ECOSYSTEM
verse 1:
i get my water from the ground
i get my love wherever she be found
unsanitized and untreated
on the rebound from the one she cheated
like a species in the wild...like a nomad on the loose...
verse 2:
i like the chaos of the crowd
i like it where it's volatile and loud
anesthetized from the facts
just a mindless mob that overreacts
like a species in the wild...like a nomad on the run...
chorus:
got my finger on the pulse of pop psychology
but it's anybody's guess at what's been driving me
well, aren't we just animals -
unconscious social cannibals -
in the untamed ecosystem of the spirit?
verse 3:
i take the heart that never gives
i take the soul where misplaced anger lives
uncivilized and ill-treated
on the rebound from the ones we cheated
like a species in the wild...like a nomad on the take...
verse 4:
i love the unadmitted grudge
i love the tie where memory won't budge
ill-advised and ill-mannered
prone to violent confrontations when hammered
like a species in the wild...like a nomad on the lam...
(chorus)
PARTY OF TWO
verse 1:
i see there is no stopping you
you're focused on the dirt
so I won't bail you out this time
it's you that's getting hurt
verse 2:
you're not concerned with the truth
you're quite content with a lie
it serves your purpose faithfully
there's no need to ask why
build 1:
i thought we could avoid
the coming cataclysm
but you always seem annoyed
by any criticism
chorus:
so you wanted me to show
for your little party of two
should have known how it would go
another evening down the drain
another romance all in vain
another party
another party left in pain
verse 3:
did you want some pick-up artist
with a seedy, wolf-like grin?
jaded by what comes out of your mouth
but intrigued by what goes in?
verse 4:
did you want some super hero
who never shows he's weak?
who unless his words convey contentment
you won't allow to speak?
build 2:
i thought we could diffuse
the time bomb's mechanism
but you always were amused
by acts of heroism
(chorus)
bridge:
and we'll never find the cause
for the conflicts we get in
when every time you're wrong
i'm supposed to let you win
TWO
Two... stand up better than one
Two... shine brighter than one sun
Two... can conquer seven seas
Two... open endless possibilities
chorus:
Two hoo...
Two hoo...
Two hoo...
Two...hoo...hoo...hoo..just two--
Two... traversing water and land
Two... leaving footprints in the sand
Two... running through the cold night
Two... sitting in the sunlight
chorus:
Two hoo...
Two hoo...
Two hoo...
Two...hoo...hoo...hoo...just two--
Two... waiting out the dark age
Two.. playing somewhere off stage
Two... laughing in the shadows
Two... leaving only echoes
chorus:
Two hoo...
Two hoo...
Two hoo...
Two...hoo...hoo...hoo...just two--
CONCORDIA
Intro:
Near an island of secret, untouched by disease
In waters uncharted, unknown
I guided my ship to an alien shore
A failure in love and in war
Dreaming of life at an easier pace
I found myself amongst an alien race
Who worship at the altar of Concordia
Verse 1:
Wandering cities of dream dripping landscapes
Crater filled cosmos of shattered linguistics
Vendors sell fictional fates of all kinds
Clairvoyant transports ship goods between minds
On oceans of prismatic patterns of color
Dyed by the thoughts lost in strange atmospheres
Causeways are crowded with deaf multitudes
And gesticulations of mute auctioneers
Tag 1:
I hear the distant drums of Discordia!
chorus 1:
And what have I found in this wondrous place?
Where nobodies feelings are hurt
Where Patience in value is equal to gold
And Anger, the value of dirt
Verse 2:
Low seismic rumblings awaken the temples
Symbolic armies pound pandemic streets
Lovers take solace in cumulus clouds
Creatures seek sunlight where canopy shrouds
And dine on the discarded musings of men
Stinging reflections in mirrors of Time
The armies assemble and brandish their shields
Emblazoned with tears on graph paper design
Tag 2:
I hear the sounds of war with Discordia!
Chorus 2:
And what have I found in this curious place?
Where tears are more precious than blood
And warriors shrug off the worst battles wounds
But words leave them face down in mud
Verse 3:
Opening volleys of titanic rumor
Shred the elite of Concordian lines
Silver-tongued snipers unleash from the trees
Deadly barrages of obscenities
Dispersing in clusters of chaotic clamor
Concordian ranks are cut down in retreat
Heroic resistance in corners continues
In desperate defiance of dawning defeat
Tag 3:
I raise the fallen flag of Concordia!
Chorus 3:
And what kind of world do I find myself in?
Where hate leaves them gasping for breath
Where smiles are instant restorers of Life
And tears are the bringers of Death
Tag 4:
I shed a final tear for Concordia!
SHATTERED THEORIES
From time to time we hear reports
Of dazzling machines
And now and then we capture them
On film and radar screens
With high-tech eyes we scan the skies
For any cosmic sign
And never sought or gave a thought
To travelers of time
chorus:
Cruising through clouds
Shining bright lights
Climbing to insurmountable heights
Shooting for stars
Closing in fast
Spanning the gaps between
Future and past
Exploring this planet of ours
From place to place the views can change
But no one can deny
That here and there we catch the glare
Of lights up in the sky
If Darwin solved how we evolved
From prehistoric time
We could be them little green men
Down evolution's line
chorus:
Soaring through space
As time unfurls
Thousands of inconceivable worlds
Reaching quasars
Closing in fast
Spanning the gaps between
Future and past
Exploring the surface of Mars
outro (twice):
And they broke onto the scene
Shattered all theories and what they mean
Just when we didn't hope anymore
Someone with the knowledge opened the door
EGG
up here on the mountaintop
your conflicts seem so senseless
artificial grievances
held under false pretenses
one proclaims it "Holy Land"
the other calls it "sacred ground"
but until both know it's not
the debate goes round and round
chorus:
which side of an egg to crack?
which side of an egg to crack?
when you know in the end
it all boils down to
which side of two wrongs to back?
down there in the city streets
it's dog-eat-dog survival
every neighbor looked upon
as a potential rival
they succeed at your expense
they must lose for you to gain
but no matter who wins out
there's a party left in pain
(chorus)
we set our enemies
a host of holy sins
taboo according to
our arbitrary whims
we leave reality
so unevenly spread
then curse the conflicts
we've created in our heads
chorus:
which side of an egg to crack?
which side of an egg to crack?
which side of an egg to crack?
when we know in the end
it all boils down to...
the heart of humanity or just your heart?
the cry of society or some lone up-start?
the whole of reality or just one part?
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