Verse 1

What I have to say is really quite simple
It’s about the way we live and treat other people
Just what are they teaching under that steeple?
When I was young it was said to me
Don’t open up to people, or you’ll pay a fee
I want to trust the guy next door
I guess I can’t do that, he’s rotten to the core

Verse 2

What it is I see when I help someone
They will take my help and call me a loved one
Then they use and abuse me until I am undone
Love turns to hate and friend into foe
What’s it about this world that I don’t seem to know?
It’s amazing what you will do
I find comfort in that it’ll come back to you

Verse 3

What I have to say is really depressing
If there’s profit, they will screw you, no feeling
It’s really too bad I’ll have to keep on dreaming
Still, I try to be nice and I try to be friendly
I keep getting stepped on and no one defends me
I’ve learned to hate, distrust, and despise
For self preservation and an eye for an eye

Outside Part 3: Courage

Verse 1

I look into myself with doubt
To see what I am all about
I’m sick of their words affecting me
I’m sick of hearing stupidity
I cannot live my life without
My mind free from my self-doubt
I’m sick of their words rejecting me
I’m sick of hearing complacency

Bridge

I don’t know what you can ask of me
But I know what I will ask of you
Just go your own way, let me be
I’ll go my own way, just as free

Verse 2

What will you do to compensate
Your lack of heart to initiate
I’m sick of their words betraying me
I’m sick of hearing "hey, trust me"

Verse 3

What can I do to facilitate
My heart and mind rehabilitate
I’m sick of their words saving me
I’m sick of hearing hypocrisy
I live my life to elevate
Above the social second-rate
I’m sick of their words discarding me
I’m sick of hearing insanity

Verse 4

I will rise up to see my spirit
Without the weight of your bullshit
I’m sick of their words informing me
I’m sick of hearing morality
My courage to stand up in spite
Will serve me well into the night
I’m set to my words: enlighten me
My principles my audacity

Reflections

Verse 1

I see my life, I see myself
The shadow cannot give me the detail
The silhouette against the wall
Is not the person that I used to be
My memory, the then and now
Define the man that I am on this day
A little here a little there
The lies the truth the good the bad fills me

Chorus

Remember the times that...
Remember the times when...
Remember the time where...
Remember those times
Oh, life’s a reflection

Verse 2

We see your life, We see you now
The pictures cannot truly tell us all
But can you hear the words I say
Look to within to see I speak the truth
Your memories, your long-gone past
Define the very self you are today
A little here a little there
The lies the truth the good the bad fills you

Verse 3

We see our lives, We see ourselves
Why can’t we all just learn from our mistakes?
Our actions then, our actions now
Will shape the world to come in our old age
Our memories, collective past
Remind us how we all got to this point
A little here a little there
The lies the truth the good the bad fills us

Music In My Head

Verse 1

I really want to dazzle you
A melody that will melt you through
When I write it is very complex
I can’t explain in this context
It differs with every time I write
Most of the time it’s a long drawn out fight
I really want to dance with you
Happy song that’s asking us to
Cool effect - it makes me smile
That’s why I like it, it’s worth my while
Let me think of a nice little tune
I’ll write it down, or I’ll forget it soon

Chorus 1

It starts with the music
It starts in my mind
It starts with the chords
And the notes I can’t find
I search and I search
And I stay up all night
I search for the notes
Until the morning light

Verse 2

I really want to reach out to you
With my words that can melt you through
How I write them is really easy
If they fit they will please me
Most of the time I’ll get writer’s block
I follow my heart like birds in a flock
I really can’t try and force it
They roll their eyes cause it’s all shit
Thoughtful songs can rarely be found
I reach out with something profound:
I want to touch your inner soul
Lyrics from words like diamonds from coal

Chorus 2

Then come the lyrics
Or the words as "they" say
The thoughts and feelings
And the moods they convey
I wait for the Muse
To inspire my lyrics
I write what I want
To hell with my critics

Verse 3

I want to say it takes much more
Write then dance - let’s jump on the floor
Making music can be troublesome
Hope and wait to hear the outcome
The arrangement is the last step
We’re almost done - it’s the final step
I really want to finish this song
Nothing to say, it’s way too long
My oh my, I think it sounds real good
It gels - I hope you understood
Here I end, it’s the final verse
We can proceed, and start to rehearse

Chorus 3

I put it together
I make them fit tight
Words and lyrics
So the song doesn’t bite
It is said to be done
When I have nothing more
Let’s play and sing
‘till we pass out on the floor

Palindrome

Verses 1 and 4

No one cares 'cause no one knows
About the truth we live each day
Life is a cycle with wheels spinning 'round
We end at the start, for me I can say
Life moving forward is life moving backward

Choruses 1 and 4

Would you believe me
if I said things aren't as they appear to be?
And as you try to reach the beginning
You're racing blindly toward your ending
Find the future is illusion
and the past has no conclusion

Verses 2 and 3

Life begins and we're all helpless
Our guardians and all the time spent...
While middle aged, we're self-sufficient
but as age comes, we're again dependent
Life moving forward is life moving backward

Choruses 2 and 3

Past and present are the same
and no one controls this silly life game
Because your time will not last
there are new ones coming fast
To take your place as you diminish
until your life is completely finished

The Bite Me Song

Verse 1

I was once in a band who had the world by its hand
Or so it seemed
They could play the part, but they lacked the heart
And they only dreamed
No dedication bred alienation
From the would-be fans
They played in the garage next to the garbage
And sat on their cans
Unfortunately

Verse 2

I once knew a guy who thought he could fly
In a social sense
It’s really kinda sad cause he’s really very bad
In a literal sense
Once this SOB flipped out and hit me
And scarred my face
Responsibility for one’s liability
Is not common-place
Unfortunately

Verse 3

I worked for a guy who said I didn’t try
Well, that’s a neat trick
If that was the case I’d fall on my face
He was such a dick
He thought he was great cause it was all fate
But little did he know
I knew his cheating ways - out of town he plays
And his wife didn’t know

Inside Part 1: Dreams

Verses 1 and 4

What I want in life
Is not possible
The mark of idealism
Is unattainable
Live and let others live
Opportunity
Reach for a common goal
To put our aim on

Chorus

I want to fly
Above the stars
To see want I can do
In my dream
I want to try
To reach the stars
To see what it’s like
In my dream

Verses 2 and 3

When I sleep at night
Things come to me
I feel the inner pressure
Follow all the dreams
I hear all of your thoughts
How the world should be
I feel the things that matter
To all of us

Inside Part 2: Desires

Verse 1

Blurred vision seeks an end
But sustained by shear will
Pressing and pressing and pressing on
Staring at the floor wishing well
Yet not giving in to the need
Hoping for a future that’s filled
Filled with desires and plans
That may or may not come true
Too many variables
To really plan for anything
Does that ever stop us?
I don’t think it really does

Verse 2

Push and push and push
To control our destiny
Prepare for the expected
The problem’s the unexpected
Turning corners, blind corners
Through the forest of mirrors
Seeing our image at every turn
But never really seeing ourselves
Still, I can’t stop pressing
Driving towards the uncertain
Make our future through hard work
Hopefully it will pay off

Verse 3

One day it will pay off
At least that’s what I believe
Now, to keep me sane
I will be what I want to be
Nothing can keep me from
My desires and dreams in life
I will die if that’s what it
Takes from me – it will not
I cannot, will not, I have not
The heart to allow my fears
To win over my desire
The fear will never win

Inside Part 3: Focus

I see my life before me now
It seems to be out of focus
What’s this I see before me?
It appears to be out of focus
I want to see what it can do
Bring it here to be among us

Inside Part 4: Never Tell Me

Verse 1

I close my eyes and
I’m drifting off to sleep and dreams
Reality is slipping
from the center of my mind
I see a world where
everyone is kind and friendly
Where all our dreams come true
and no one ever falls down

Chorus

You can never tell me what is
Inside my head
The truth is I don’t always know myself
It’s out of reach
Perhaps you could tell me what is
Inside your head

Verse 2

The fight is just beginning
To fill me up inside
I will do what I can
To see that I get what I want
Don’t stand in my way
‘Cause I’ll just find another route
To insure that my desires
Will be what my life is about

Verse 3

I hold in my hand
the answers to the questions
The problem is
I don’t know what to ask of myself
I have trouble with focusing in
on what is good
I guess that is the game of life
that is inside of us

Inside Part 5: Inside

Verse 1

What you want, what you need, what you see, what you hear
Is just out of reach so I can’t supply it, dear
What you feel, what you keep, who you are, who you’ll do
It’s inside of you
Inside of you

Verse 2

What I want, what I need, what I see, what I hear
is just out of focus so I can’t explain it, dear
What I feel, what I keep, what I am, what will be
It’s inside of me
Inside of me
Yeah!