1. Morning Lights

And the night spins around in shiver
As the black reaches from behind
In a face of a long held fear
It smiles back from an empty heart

And you pray there’s something still left inside
To keep you sane till the morning lights
But they don’t come to you
They don’t come
They don’t come to you

Angels and demons in disguise
You just can’t tell, no
It’s Hell or Paradise
Somewhere between you choose to surrender to the tides
Feeling the waters over your shoulders
Blackening your skies

(They don’t come to you)
And you pray for someone to come in time
(They don’t come to you)
To keep you sane till the morning lights
(They don’t come to you)
And you pray for someone to hold you tight
(No one will sail through these waters
For your black cold eyes)
And keep you safe till the morning lights
(And no one will pick up the pieces
Of your empty heart)

They don’t come to you
They don’t come
They don’t come to you

2. Faith Beneath Me

Thrown in the winds of time
Nothing but faith beneath me
Steering through black and white
And eyes full of lies

Forsaking it all this time
All but this faith beneath me
Into the blizzard of life
I’ll be waiting for the sun

Come to me, come to me undone
Where the rivers don’t dry
Where the hearts don’t bleed
And where the feelings never change

Come to me, come to me
Where the rivers don’t dry
Where we still remember
What it feels to be alive

Swirling through wrongs and rights
Chained to this faith beneath me
Into the storm’s blind eye
I glimpse at the sun

Nothing to hold on tight
None but this faith beneath me
Waiting the waters of March
To pour and shift the tides

Come to me, come to me undone
Where the rivers don’t dry
Where the hearts don’t bleed
And where the feelings never change

Come to me, come to me
Where the rivers don’t dry
Where we still remember
How it feels to be alive

Nothing but faith beneath me

3. The Moment

And it’s just like the bit
Of history we’ve been destined for
Is this how you believed it was supposed to be
The moment you’ve waited for

Are you paid for and free
Are you guaranteed
Enough to satisfy

The moment you’ve waited for
The moment you’ve waited for
You’ve been chasing it down
to make sure it comes around waiting
And it’s finally here
Is it finally enough to satisfy
The hole in your heart
that’s finally grown impossible

When you cover your eyes
Do your feet stomp to the shining lights
Does it make you believe that you’re living the dream
You’ve hungerly waited for

I just pray that it is
Just as much as you wish
Enough to pacify

The moment you’ve waited for
The moment you’ve waited for
You’ve been chasing it down
to make sure it comes around waiting
And it’s finally here
Is it finally enough to satisfy
The hole in your heart that’s finally grown impossible

And you slip through the rain drops
Tryin’a stay in the sun
Nothing troubles your waters

Now you’ve gotten your moment
So remember it right
As it fades into nothing
In a blink of an eye

4. Wasted Days

Off goes the light
And I go down with the curtain
Off to the real world
Off goes the dream
And I can hear nothing but silence
Out of the limelight

And this silence built our separate ways
Out of unspoken blame
With no word
With no say
We have forsaken each other’s pain

And here we’re writing the book
Of wasted days
Words in the wind
Guilt thrown in vain
And we’re wasting the days that we got

Did we disagree
Or we were thrown in the slander
Of someone’s agenda
Whom to believe
When there’s just personal truths
That we have to choose from

And yet we’re writing this book
Of wasted days
Words in the wind
Lives spent in blame
We’re just wasting the days that we got

And here we’re writing the book
Of wasted days
Words in the wind
Guilt in the way
And we’re wasting the days that we got

Words in the wind
Time thrown away
We’re just wasting the days that we got

Words in the wind
Lives lived in vain
We’re just wasting the days that we got

5. In Your Brain

It’s just a mirror, my friend
But you are keep looking away
There you are
There you’re not
A shiny face of shame

You’re shedding your skin
And you’re shedding your skin again
And you run

But you’re eyes still look the same
In your brain
And your eyes keep playin’ it over and over again
In your brain

And I say
This ain’t you anymore
You’ve been circling around your way
But I’ll pray for you
And I’ll say to you
There’s more to this endless game

If for a moment you open your eyes
And cry these tears of burning pain
You’ll see a river
You’ll see a river that flows your way
Just cross the river
And let it wash this hurt away

It’s OK, just stop and breathe in
You ran so far from yourself
Here no one knows your name

You say that you’ve changed
And you say that you’ve changed for good
And you’re fine

But the winter’s back again
In your brain
And the toxic thoughts start dripping down like rain
In your brain

It’s insane
Just how dark can it get
To be cut so adrift from your way
But I’ll pray for you
And I’ll say to you
You’re more than what’s in your brain

If for a moment you open your eyes
And cry these tears of burning pain
You’ll see a river
You’ll see a river that flows your way
Just cross the river
And let it wash this hurt away

And I say
This ain’t you anymore
You’ve been circling around your way
But I’ll pray for you
And I’ll say to you
There’s more to this endless game

If for a moment you open your eyes
And cry these tears of burning pain
You’ll see a river
You’ll see a river that flows your way
Just cross the river
And let it wash this hurt away

Insane
In Your Brain

6. Walk a Mile

I am the words we never say out loud
Looking at each other
I am the feeling that is fading out
While we’re hurting one another

Shuffled in the cards
I will come to you
Cause you wear more than one skin
Hidden in the doubts
I will poison you
And I’ll take you down with me

I am the thought that keeps us awake at night
While shutting off each other
I am the fire burning through our minds
While we’re proving wrong the other

Shuffled in the cards
I will come to you
Cause you wear more than one skin
Hiding in the doubts
I will poison you
And I’ll pay you back in guilt

Here in the desert of life
We built an isle
Yet we’re tossing cold and blue
It’s just a game plan of life
It’s just a mile
In the end it’s me and you

Shuffled in the cards
I will come to you
Cause you wear more than one skin
Hidden in your thoughts
I will poison you
And I’ll watch you as you sink

Shuffled in the cards
I will come to you
Cause you bear more than one sin
A shadow to your grit
I will poison you
And I’ll make you pay with guilt

7. Farewell

In the dark skies I can hide away
Be all to myself again
In these dark skies where nobody cares
I’ll strip down my soul and pray I’m home again

And then I will try to breathe again

Cause it’s closer and closer
This endless depth
And it’s closer so closer
This never ending night

Been riding so long
Just waiting for you to come by
I’ve too much to tell
Yet too much to hide
Hope you listen
Hope you tell
Hope there’s something worth keeping safe
Hope someday you’ll remember
My name

I‘m getting closer to where
I’ll be taking that one last breath
I hope we get closer somewhere
But I’m afraid now I’ll have to say
Farewell

And I’m watching the waves
Bring and take what the ocean has
Where I’ve started from
And what I became

And I’ve been paddling hard
Paddling through hurricanes
With this song that’s
With this song that is nothing but sad

Cause I‘m getting closer to where
I’ll be taking that one last breath
I hope we get closer somewhere
But I’m afraid now I’ll have to say
Farewell

And the dark skies are waiting
Waiting for me

I, can I
Just stay here a moment more
Breathe just a moment more

I, can I
Feel it once more
Like I’m still alive

Once more to smile and to weep
Can I?

I in these dark skies
I still crave for life

I in these dark skies
I still carry light

Yet I‘m getting closer to where
I’ll be taking that one last breath
I hope we get closer somewhere
But I’m afraid now I’ll have to say
Farewell

Hope I see you
See you somewhere

I’m afraid time has come to say
Farewell

8. Desert Skies

Welcome to life
You should have known better
I trust you chose when to arrive
Should’ve known better

I know there’s not much to hold by
Come truth, come honor
We could have been wise
We could’ve been braver

And I know it’s no good
I know it’s not right
To preach as a father to a child
When all left behind
Is egos in error

And yet I try
To best these times
And pray you will find
A way to be much better

There’ll be oceans of what ifs
To drown in your worried mind
There’ll be deserts of could haves
I’ve seen them, I’ve been there
Should you find yourself running
Just make sure you run straight high
But remember it’s a hard fall
Down from the desert skies

Future and past, can’t hold no whether
It’s all black or white, it’s all bad or better

And I know you will judge
I know you’ll “high ground”
I won’t say you ain’t got the right
But remember I tried
Tried to make it better

So dare and try
I hope you thrive
Cause some of us fly
And some just move air

There’ll be eyes full of envy
Trying to burn every boat you sail
They’ll be righteous and godlike
Just see them and beware
There’ll be stardust and shimmer
And words full of golden lies
But remember it’s all just
A shine in the desert skies

Life is nothing but trial
To see what you make of it
Faith will throw you around
To see what you’re made of

So make up your choices and stick with your faith
Cause everything’s there in your hands
Just make sure you play this with a good heart and grace
You’ll fly, higher you’ll fly

A speck in the desert, a moment in time
A blink of an eye
A breath in the wind, just a drop of the flood
A star in the night sky

And I’m down on my knees, child
Praying that you’ll be good
Praying you’ll keep on the right side
I mean it, I feel that
If you’re trapped at a dead end
Just praying for it to be through
Make a wish on the shooting stars
Up in the desert skies