Remix available on "Remixxit" (2011)
There is an obvious attraction to the path of least satisfactory… strength…
There is a warring of matter molecules singing war chants in here…
Reveling in the nucleus never quite making it’s way….
A slipknot tie for the blue ribbon question; what is fear?
A heart that wants an answer
To a head that will not question at all…
And if it happens one more time…
The pillars of a boy are going to fall….
Because there is no more love
Than that which we make…
No more time… than how long we wait
No more…. Mmm… art
Than what we create….
There’s a little boy having intercourse with word power religion…
A god that lost japan in the great war for his soul…
There is a meditation of physic mathematics playing beats per minute in him….
A little girl in the mirror wondering where did her baby go?
An open suggestion
To a forum of who we were not mattering now…
A nuclear bomb falling
Through the light threatening love verses the speed of sound….
And there is no more truth
That what we believe…
No more vision
That which we will see…
No more… mmm life
Than what we will breathe…
There is no more money
Than what we will spend…
No more answer than what we question…
No more… mmmm beginning
Than that which we end…
A liquid body we all grope to get more
(more what?)
Losing ourselves in the lunatic war…
For more….
(more what?)
There’s a slight apprehension from the boy to the ending of chance….
A conjuring of a prayer sent to a god that only exists part time…
A grievance of perfection sadly lost in the bows of indecision….
A rhythmic insecurity rattling the bondage play realization loss of protection American chains on his mind…
A blue boy shock scream
Coming from a dirty black bird….
Who riddled the whole book of love
Out of the ending of quite a long word….
And there is no more regret
Then that which we reveil
No more exhaustion than that which we feel
No more… mmm illusion
Than that which we think is not real…
No more words
Than those that we say
No more religion, than what we will pray
No more… mmm… restitution
Than that which we pay
There is no more love
Than that which we make
No more time… than which we will wait
No more… mmm… art
Than what we create…
There is no more money
Than what we will spend…
No more answer than what we question…
No more… mmmm beginning
Than that which we end…
END © October 28, 2003 ARRFBC (New lyrics)
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES (2010)
From "SONGS FROM THE NORTH POLE" (2010)
on the road into vegas then off to dance in the snow
so far away from only one year ago
and who would’ve known?
Who would’ve known?
Table is set, apple wine fills the glass
Toasting to friends, this year is better than last
Say goodbye to the past
Say goodbye to the past
So many reasons to celebrate
And oh what a difference a year makes…
Resolutions to let love live
Give it away if you’ve got it to give
My one true wish
My one true wish
Clocks hit 12 all over the place
And oh what a difference a year makes…
We have laughed (we have chanced)
We have cried (we have danced…) x2
Best gift of all, having you here with me
My wish on the star, why I believe
Go on and believe
Go on and believe
To begin a new year wide awake
And oh what a difference a year makes
Oh what a difference a year makes
BROOKLYN COWBOY (2010)
From "ME AND THE MOON" (2010)
Ya gotcha gun loaded
and you’re ready to ride
Rollin’ on the subway
through the city tonight
And I know that boys like you
never die
But it’s not for lack that
you’re not willing to try
when you’re gone there’s nothing left
but smoke in the air
a cigarette you throw when
you leave me standing there
and everybody wanna be a cowboy
a straight up Brooklyn cowboy
hey baby you trippin
coz they meltin for you
a million hearts broken
coz you’ll never be true
and whut up with us
that we drawn to the flame
burning on fire
and none of us will change
coz everybody wanna be a cowboy, hey
a gone crazy Brooklyn cowboy
say yippy yi yo
i ain’t never gonna go
new york city
took all but my soul
and it’s a show down
baby you’re gonna go down
It’s a shoot out boy
Take a few steps and then turn around
my Brooklyn cowboy, hey
my bad ass Brooklyn cowboy…
oh when you’re gone
there’s nothing left but smoke in the air
a cigarette I threw when I
left you lying there…
Now whatcha think, am I a cowboy? , hey
a badder than you Brooklyn cowboy
say yippy yi yo
I ain’t never gonna go
New york city
Took all but my soul
And it’s a show down
Baby you’re gonna go down
It’s a shoot out 5 paces
then turn around
Just another Brooklyn cowboy
A gone but not forgotten Brooklyn cowboy
hey
ONE WORLD FITS ALL (FOR TREVOR PROJECT) (2010)
From "ME AND THE MOON" (2010)
Hey hey kid
Well, I remember when
And you couldn’t pay me enough
To go back there again
Calling me names
Non stop embarrassment
And if you look at my face
You’ll see my nose is bent…
They were calling me out
Like they knew before me
Well, they didn’t know shit
Just liked to keep me in misery
And kid
Well, I knew this girl
One summer she took so many pills
We’re lucky she’s still here in this world…
She dropped the weight
But couldn’t remember a thing
She just kinda fumbled around
Numb to everything…
So, thing is…
You are not from some other place
You are not some kinda mistake
You have every right to walk these halls
and one day they wont matter at all!
coz outside
there’s a whole world
and trust me, one world fits all…
just one world fits all…
hey kid…
there’ll be parties and clubs and coffee shops
and others just like you
and places on earth, breathtaking mountain tops
and the world is changing
don’t believe it when they say it never will
I have seen it change
And it is changing still…
So kid
Keep breathing, and think about
how there’s roads in your town
And all roads lead out…
Just remember
You are not from some other place
You are not some kinda mistake
You have every right to walk these halls
and one day they wont matter at all!
coz outside
there’s a whole world
and trust me, one world fits all…
one world fits all…
just one world fits all.
Don’t stop. Keep yourself alive
What if tomorrow changes your life…
And never forgot to watch the sky
Someone is out there under it
feeling the same way you feel tonight…
you belong here…
you belong here…
(every right to walk these halls)
You belong here
You belong here
(one world and just one world fits all)
Maybe tonight it doesn’t matter at all
coz outside
there’s a whole world
and trust me, one world fits all…
just one world fits all…
one world fits all.
HOTEL SONG (2010)
From "ME AND THE MOON" (2010)
(I feel like I could stay in this hotel
And not check out for a year
It’s my own goddamned party
And you are not welcome here)
Mmm…
I feel like I could stay in this hotel
And not check out for a year
It’s my own goddamned party
And you are not welcome here
I know real life will be waiting
When I walk out that door
Baby, I wont be coming home
Can’t live this way anymore
Somewhere I am stronger
In someplace I know I can
And I wont stop
I’ll keep living
I will feel happy again
Somewhere I am stronger
Don’t recall even one reason
Why I gave my love to you
Don’t know why I stayed so long
Or why I wait alone in rooms
(chorus)
So tonight it’s just me
And I’ll drink as much as it takes
I said that it’s my own damned party
And I will no longer wait coz…
(chorus)
I am stronger
In some place I know I can
And I wont stop
I’ll keep living
I will feel happy again
Somewhere I am stronger…
Somewhere I am stronger…
LUCKY ENOUGH (2010)
Love makes us luckier
It’s not good out in the cold
And the winter gets so long sometimes
You’ve got to have a hand to hold
No way to prove you lived
With nobody else around
Years fall away like rain
Leaves you old and on the ground…
Oh everything is just four walls
If there is nobody there at all.
Big dreams of having the whole world
Have been so long way out grown
Replaced with the beauty
Of being lucky enough to not
End up alone…
Cold streets and looking in
And lives that are not your own
When someone thinks of you
Maybe you’re lucky enough…
Maybe you’re almost home…
locking the bedroom door
throw the whole damn world away
those faces you are turning from
you will want to see so bad someday
and you and me we’re arguing
some careless word was said
we’ve been here enough times
you know I just want to dance with you instead…
oh I could drive 500 miles away
but then what could I say…
Big dreams of having the whole world
Have been so long way out grown
Replaced with the beauty
Of being lucky enough to not
End up alone…
Cold streets and looking in
And lives that are not your own
When someone thinks of you
Maybe you’re lucky enough…
Maybe you’re almost home…
maybe there’s reason for you
maybe there’s a place to be
maybe it’s not just that they care
it’s that you’re lucky enough to see…
Big dreams of having the whole world
Have been so long way out grown
Replaced with the beauty
Of being lucky enough to not
End up alone…
Cold streets and looking in
And lives that are not your own, no.
When someone thinks of you
Maybe you’re lucky enough…
Hey maybe you’re almost home…
Maybe you’re lucky enough
Maybe you’re luck enough
I want to be lucky enough to not
END © ARRFBC August 29, 2009 - December 11, 2009
AS CRAZY AS IT IS (2010)
I’d like to teach me how to say goodbye
To remember there’s a world outside
That there are lullabyes…
That there are birds that fly away……
That I can start again!
And I will end again!
And I will choose to fall in love again
As crazy as it is
As crazy as it is
I will fall in love again…
I would like to be washed free of sin
To forgive others and still do right by them
But also stand by me
Somebody
Say we can all be free
That we will start again!
And we will end again!
And we will choose to fall in love again!
As crazy as it is, oh
As crazy as it is
I will fall in love
Like trappings unnecessary this all will fall away to reveal
A boy who is ready and has been healed…
And I will start again!
And I will end again!
And I will choose to fall in love again
As crazy as it is
As crazy as it is, oh
As crazy as it is…
I will fall in love
Again…
I'LL BE YOURS (END OF ALL THIS TIME) (2010)
(chorus)
Would it surprise you to find
That you’ve been on my mind
I’ll be yours till the end of all this time…
I can’t help but get lost inside your eyes
And I’m a fool for you, baby I can’t lie
And I’ll be yours till the end of all this
Oh, I’ll be yours till the end of all this time…
Well, I’ve been out here writing songs
Yeah I’ve been out here all evening long…
Still can’t find a word to say
About you and how you saved my life that
Day
And I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours…
And I’ve been wishing on every star
Just only want to ever be where you are
And you are like the water that I need
And you are the air, the air I breathe
And I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours…
So baby…
Would it surprise you to find
That you’ve been on my mind
I’ll be yours till the end of all this time…
I can’t help but get lost inside those eyes
And I’m a fool for you, baby I can’t lie
And I’ll be yours till the end of all this
Oh, I’ll be yours till the end of all this time…
My heart’s jumping up and down
My heads been spinning around and round…
And you just walk by like it’s meant to be
And you part the clouds like you’re parting the sea
And I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours…
So how could it
Surprise you to find
That you’ve been on my mind?
I’ll be yours till the end of all this time
I can’t help but get lost inside those eyes
And I’m a fool for you, baby I can’t lie
And I’ll be yours till the end of all this
Oh, I’ll be yours till the end of all this
Time only fades away
None of us gets to stay
Baby just stay awhile
Oh baby just stay awhile…
And I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours…
Oh I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours
I’ll be yours…
Would it surprise you to find
That you’ve been on my mind
I’ll be yours till the end of all this time
I can’t help but get lost inside your eyes
And I’m a fool for you, baby I wont lie…
And I’ll be yours till the end of all this
Oh, I’ll be yours till the end of all this
Oh… I’ll be yours till the end of all this time…
I’ll be yours I’ll be yours…
I’ll be yours I’ll be yours…
I’ll be yours I’ll be yours…
I’ll be yours… I’ll be yours…
I’ll be yours till the end of all this time…
HOLY WATER (2010)
Seven sins then you cry
We hold worlds here inside
But then come the wise men with their stars
To save us from our filth and our scars
We fall to our knees and remain there for years
Creating these gods out of our very own fears
And to survive gods need sacrifice and loss
But I stand up, I give the sign of the cross…
You touch my skin just like holy water
Like you could save me, but you’re only water
I am drowning, I am going under…
This holy water…
40 days and nights
And still there’s no light
And I’m on my knees and I wait
and I can predict my own fate…
Cast to the shadows for shining the light
And I’ll be damned if i speak, I’ll be damned if I fight…
(Chorus)
Oh – oh you touch my skin like holy water
Like you could save me but you’re only water
I am drowning I am going under…
This holy water…
You exist only
Because of me…
Without my faith
You’re no different than me…
(Believe In Me, Believe)
You touch my skin like holy water
Like you could save me, but you’re only water
I am drowning, I am going under…
This holy water…
Oh – oh you touch my skin like holy water
Like you could save me but you’re only water
I am drowning I am going under…
This holy water…
You are only water
You are only water…
Baby, I am going under….
THIS YEAR'S NEW BLACK (2009)
Pourin’ another glass of red wine
Makes me go back to a simpler time
The lights of the city
Calling to me
You can do it baby you can do it,
You can finally be free...
Go ahead and sing it boy, sing it
And sing it to me…
(Chorus)
Sing about we’re alright and we’re doing so good
Sing about how love lives and we should give it
Yeah we really should…
Sing about how we look damn good as a matter of fact…
And like how feeling alright is kinda like this years new black…
Watching arriving flights into town
Listening to good friends talk about running around
The thrill of the chase
Well, I got nothing to say
Do it if you like it coz time is tickin’
But will it get you free?
How bout you come here and we kick it
Yeah baby just you and me…
(Chorus)
Do-bee-do do
Do-bee-do do… x4
You can do it baby you can do it,
You can finally be free...
Go ahead and sing it boy, sing it
And sing it to me…
Sing about we’re alright and we’re doing so good
Sing about how love lives and we should give it
Yeah we really should…
Sing about how we look damn good as a matter of fact…
And like how feeling alright is kinda like this years new black…
You’ll be looking alright… Sing…
Sing about we’re alright and we’re doing so good
Sing about how love lives and we should give it
Yeah we really should…
Sing about how we look damn good as a matter of fact…
And like how feeling alright is kinda like this years new black…
Like, how feeling alight is kinda like this years new black… ooh
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT (2009)
Who cares if emotions are real
Coz stupid is how I feel
When I think about it…
And you never were the best
But I forget all the rest
Hey, When I think about it…
When I think about it
And love is only good
When you read it in a book
Oh, when I think about it…
And hey, when I think about it
Why did I ever…
And hey, when I think about it…
Why did I ever…
And would I again
Hey? Would you, my friend
When you think about it…
And I am learning to let go
Way deep down in my soul
Oh, I don’t want to think about it…
And the reasons just go on
how some things just go wrong
when I think about it…
and I think about it…
and get your hands off me
don’t know who you think I be… oh
when I think about it…
and hey, when I think about it
why did I ever?
And hey… when I think about it
Why did I ever?
…and would I again
Hey, tell me would you my friend
Do ya wanna think about it?
And with all these words,
there is nothing to be heard
Always back and fourth
nobody wins in war…
If ya think about it…
And hey when I think about it
Why did I ever?
And hey… when I think it
Why did I ever?
And would I again
Nobody wins my friend
Hey, don’t think about it…
FULL SPEED AHEAD (2009)
I’m not sure about
All the things I can
and can’t live without
But the night falls slowly down
And the world is still the same world
that always spun around…
And no use giving in…
All of this can begin again…
So it’s full speed ahead
I’ve got these ideas in my head
I’ve got these ideas in my head
It is full speed ahead
Never gonna stop until I’m dead
Never gonna stop until I’m dead
Everything you want is yours to take
Stand up, reach out… don’t hesitate
It is Full speed ahead…
My change starts
Right here right now
The old me is dead,
couldn’t really hang anyhow…
and the stars shine brightly down
but they always did is all that I’ve found…
let go and live
all we really have is this…
So it’s full speed ahead
I’ve got these ideas in my head
I’ve got these ideas in my head
It is full speed ahead
Never gonna stop is what I said
Never gonna stop is what I said
There’s a whole world and just one life
My choice, My god… I’m running out of time…
It is full speed ahead…
Time to do things now
before they become the things I should have done with my time…
And It’s full speed ahead
I’ve got these crazy things in my head
I’ve got these ideas in my head
It is full speed ahead
Never gonna stop is what I said
Never gonna stop is what I said
There’s a whole world and just one life
My choice my god… I’m running out of time
It is full speed ahead..
TRAINS (2009)
on a crowded train in new york
i watched the world come and go
you just weren’t the one
how could i have known…
they say in america
work hard, it comes true
and all that could stop me
was my love for you
and you said i wouldn’t try
as more and more slipped away
how could you say i wouldn’t try
tell me how could you say…
why can’t you love me?
like you love this town…
you’ll only leave me
like a train underground
why can’t you be happy?
damn you, be happy!
shhh… it’s the train… i’m leaving you now…
alone i walk the streets of this place
stones and ghosts all around
without you with me
i am alone in this town
and you said i was a fool
and i would end up alone
and i’ll be the fool
better than you who have turned to stone
why can’t you love you?
like i love this town…
why did you leave me
on a train underground
sometimes i am happy!
despite all, happy!
shhh… another train… coming around
i gave up moments to be in your arms
time never wasted. i sit here. i watch cars.
and you said i wouldn’t try
as more and more slipped away
how could you say i wouldn’t try
tell me, how could you say!
why can’t you love me
like you love this town
the whole world is leaving
on a train underground
why can’t we be happy?
that’s all… just happy…
shhh… it’s the train. where to now?
why can’t you be happy….
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