valley

valley of indecision is haunting and its gray

No one can institutionalize the challenged prodigy

Go to meetings, go to town

Go anywhere but keep floating down

Sometimes its easy,  sometimes its so hard

But somewhere in between a life of glory

And a life of low self esteem

Lies an important proclamation

That you too can lead

Rise up, challenge

All that they believe

Take heart in situation and not in their needs

And you too,

You too shall believe

Valley of indecision is haunting and it’s hard

Down in the valley lies a chrome-plated heart

Praises come and the darkness hums

But don’t become disengaged

Some win once again, someone saves the day

And someone has to pay

(chorus repeats)

the other side

If you wipe away my tears

Would you wipe away my face

If you look through all of these years

Would you see me someplace

Is there something recognizeable

Is there something indescribable

Haunting me

Maybe if I took the light

If I held it just right

I could see the other side

I could see the other side

And maybe if I took the night

If I held it ‘til it was ripe

I could see the other side

The other side of me

If yesterday touched me once

Could it ever feel the same

And if destiny was such

Would I ever know your name

Is there something unpredicteable

Is there something undetectable

Inside of me

Maybe if I took the knife

If Idrew from its life

I could see the other side

I could see the other side

And maybe if I fucked the night

If I held it in my body tight

I could see the other side

The other side of me

Maybe I could see the other side

Maybe you would be there

And maybe if I saw the other side

I’d know you were there

psycho trip

you think all is fair and invincible

you know not where you stand

you think my bed is a place to rest your head

but yours is buried in the sand

you think cause you’re through

then you’re through with me

but I’ve got something you should know

you’ve walked into my vengeful line of fire

and now it’s your time to go

you hurt me…you know

you think I’ll let you make a fool of me

you know not what you’ve done

in the place where you thought you were safe

you’ve made a murderous one

you think cause you’re done you can walk away

but I’ve got something you should know

this time you’re not gonna get your way

you’re going to learn to die slow

you hurt me…you know

when you see me walk your way

you better turn and run away

I have evil thoughts in mind

I’m gonna bury you in the yard, in the sand

You will never ever see the light

Watch out I’ve got a gun

And though I’ve never hurt no one

You’re going to have to be the first

Remember how I was to you

Before I became unglued

Now killing you is my thirst

Think of things we could’ve seen

Think of things untrue

And remember…I loved you

silvery rain

metallic showers downpour in a race to begin anew

sinister clouds in the sky once blue,

an ocean of rain ensues

color color me, color color you

I feel the silvery rain coming through

Shadows bring an essence through

Of the days and nights to come

You think you might make it through

but blood red stains block the sun

color color me, color color you

I feel the silvery rain coming through

Build shelter with bloody hands

Throw in glass and toxic sand

Make buildings to withstand the beam

But you’ll never get the dream

Phase into an electric shock

Colors ignite in air so hot

Plastic melts into drowned skin

There in lies the sin

There in lies the sin

Colors bleed into lives torn, people lay in the street

The wind blows portions of innocence and grief

Color color me, color color you

Color color me, color color you

The silvery rain came through.

bitter tears

you show your pain through fists of blue glass

you play the game but it will never last

so what are you gonna do when you realize it’s over

what are you gonna do when you know it’s over

you’ve got no one’s supporting shoulder

bitter tears

I see through your bitter tears

And through the years you drown your fears

But I know not to cry for you

I know not to cry for you

You’ve ruined the lives that thought they knew you

You’ve reinvented strife just so it suits you

So what are you gonna do

when you’ve got no one to depend on

what are you gonna do there’s no one to there to count on

there’s no one left to lean on

what are you gonna do

what are you gonna do now?

Chorus repeats

brick

come on baby

come on baby

didn’t anybody tell you

didn’t anybody tell you

didn’t anybody say

come on baby

passion exploding in  a really bad way

I get what I want and I don’t give it back

You’re my destination and I put you on the rack

Mama said, “if you can’t have the one you want

Hit him with a brick”

Celestial beings, they hover, they take flight

Breathing toxic children and spewing crystal lights

You better watch what you’re doing baby

Hit him with a brick

Come on baby

Mama said, “if you can’t have the one you want

Hit him with a brick”

Come on baby, come on now

Come on baby, come on now

Don’t make me hit you with a brick

factory

hey you,

under the beams

clocking by the hour their simple dreams

sometimes I wonder as I search benign

are there cosmic powers under the sky

Who holds the morning silence bam

I’m holding glory in the palm of my hand

Pray they don’t come for you

And the factories gleam and the sky is full of steam

And you dream and you dream

but there’s nothing in between

(repeat)

sometimes in life, take flight sometimes

a dream, a gas, too far, too fast

you know in life

lost out, take flight

you know I do take care of you

and the summer air is just hanging there

and it’s getting black and it’s hard to bear

if we don’t leave now

we will still be found on the bottom rung of the overhaul

I could leave you here but just stay clear

Of the effervescent bubble in the beer

No amount of pain is worth the insane

We’ll have to take a logging train

It’s hard to take but for our own sake

We have to make the great escape

If we don’t look back you won’t see the stacks

Let the buzzard die as we face the rack

And the factories gleam and the sky is full of steam

And we dream and we dream

But there’s nothing in between

(repeat chorus)

castle walls

…and the roses brought her desire

and the fire warmed her spirit

and she never quenched for hunger

and she never quenched for gold

but there was a deep disconcerting

that threatened her very being

well, the gypsy man he held her

and she wrapped his body bold

and she knew that she could love him

but he wanted her soul

and when she shined, she shined so bright

then when she stepped from the amber light

you’d swear you could see forever

you would swear you could see forever

night time calls, fires beam

oceans crash when the walls reveal

a serpent’s tail, a shattered dream

only the rain crashing

heaven scents, serpentine

she’ll devour everything she sees

the tower shakes at her heart’s content

crashes through your world..accident

but you’ll never bother running

you’ll never see what’s coming

because you never understood the passion

oh, oh the passion… oh, oh the passion…

…and you stand alone with wet tears

and you know the taste bittersweet

because you like her knew the danger

and she brought you to your feet

because the night wind is howling

as you face your bitter cold

because you never knew the passion

no, you never faced the beast

my passion is passion, my passion it’s passion

you’ll never know the passion

and the white winged dove sings her song

but you’ll never know the passion…

bernice

I’m covered in grease Bernice

Kiss me at least Bernice

When I come in from pumping gas

You take my cash, you silver lass

Bernice

Do you dance like Syd Charisse Bernice

When you die you rest in peace Bernice

You never breakfast on cookies and beer

But you’re the only reason I’m here

Bernice

I cross my eyes, I cross my legs

Baby, I walk a thousand steps

And take you home in bags

Bernice, oh Bernice

Some people say maybe she’s gay

But I don’t see Bernice that way

She got my number, she won’t look me up

She knows I’m not just some young pup

It’s her destination the convenience store vocation

She stocks it up, knocks it up, locks it up

And always rocks it up

When she walks she stomps

When she eats she chomps..she chomps

She chomps

She’s my favorite sinner, always the winner

If she were thinner she wouldn’t be my Bernice

I cross my eyes, I cross my legs

Baby I walk a thousand steps

I cross my eyes, I cross my legs

Baby you’re the bees knees

I can take you as I please Bernice

winter

winter don’t come near me

don’t try to see me inside

you’re not what I want

not what I want to see

not what I need to survive

sometimes I picture you

sometimes I’m just too high

what I”d like is a photograph

a letter to know you’re still alive

but you never let me see you

you never let me near you

never let me see you no more

you never let me near you

never let me see you

never let me near you no more

winter don’t come near me

I’m trying to stay warm

I’ve got my blankets, I’ve got my weakness

I’m trying to stay calm

Sometimes I love you

Sometimes I hate you

I guess I mean I miss it

Perhaps you knew it all along

(repeat chorus)

who formed the rumor that brought in the fall

why am I the witness inside of it all

where is the summer that brought the love call

now I’m in winter and I wait for the thaw

winter don’t come near me

you’re not what I want inside

not a fragment of eternity

not a place to run and hide

(repeat chorus)

eva

brownstone where she sleeps

gutter smells and no heat

thoughts of fucking help keep her clean

cause she don’t need him no more

fantasy or tragedy

it all depends on how you see

she can’t fly but she can fight

she turns to see the shadow’s light

she touches his face and smiles

I’m gonna buy me a gun

I’m gonna take care of every single one of you

Who sliced me through

It’s all I can do to stop the raging in my head

He tries to keep her calm

He touches her, she keeps her feelings down

His affection is not her direction

And she won’t feel him no more

Rhapsody or tragedy

It’s all in the way you see

She’s gone blind inside her mind

She turns to catch the victim’s eye

She touches her love and smiles

I’m gonna buy me a gun

I’m gonna take care of every single one of you

Who cut me through

It’s all I can do to stop the raging in my head

Smells of piss and blown steam

In an alley where she finally sees

The last conquest in her open game

That she doesn’t need anymore

Sanity or weaponry

It’s all in what you see

She turns the knife to her sordid life

She touches herself and sighs

I just got me a gun

I took care of everyone.

Lyrics COPYRIGHT © 2000

UNION CITY MUSIC

AND fRIEDAIR MUSIC