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Unrequited Introduction
07:22
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Nearly five years in the making, this is a soundtrack to an Unrequited Life, a life that doesn't always love you back, even though we are loved by God.
The album is a musical play in five acts:
Act I: Looking Back 2-8
Act 2: Looking Now 9-17
Act 3: Looking Inward 18-24
Act 4: Looking Outward 25-26
Act 5: Looking Upward 27-32
The musical journey moves from acoustic to rock and back again.
And it's full of hope.
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Et tu, Radio?
Hello
It’s me
First, I want to thank you, Lord
For being who you are
For coming to the rescue
Of a man who’s drifted far
For calling me to be your son
for calling me to serve
Lord, the way you blessed my life
is more than I deserve
I don't know where we've been
Could you tell me where we are again
And Jesus is my only friend
No one else knows who I am
I know I'll never make it on the cross
Spent my days looking for what my daddy lost
He was too proud to have a boss
Sold himself out then he couldn't afford the cost
There were deep dark pools
In those big brown eyes
If I’d get too close
I’d fall in
But her daddy rules
The ground she’s walkin’ on
But if I tow that line
I’ve fallen
So I lay me down
I lay me down…
Of what was everything
We win! We win! Victory!
Glory, glory, glory!
Gimmee, gimmee, gimmee!!
Gonna shake my…
Wanna touch my…
Gonna shake my…
Wanna touch my…
Pressure
Pushing down on me
Pressing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted you
I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
Now those memories come back to haunt me
They haunt me like a curse
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse
Don’t stop believin’
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall, so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again
And I meant every word I said
When I said that I love you
I meant that I love you forever
And I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you
‘Cause it’s the only thing I wanna do
I don’t wanna sleep
I just wanna keep on loving you
The greatest thing that you’ll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved in return
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Jimmy
06:11
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My son is named after the beloved; my daughter after grace, and I am a real rich man. True story.
Jimmy is a man who
Waiting on the step
For unemployment check
To fill up his bag with grocery
Down at the corner store
Picks up his vegetables
Sees the Budweiser sign
All the pretty girls and boys
Have a real good time
It reminds him of home
Billy was a man who
The someday step-mother-f* stole
Gave him beer goggles
So she don’t have to be alone
She gets what she takes
No matter whose heart it breaks
She’s his welfare check
Keeping Billy all stocked up
With bleary “I love you”s
So she don’t have to be alone
But his daddy’s gone
And Jimmy’s all alone
Young broken man
And broken dreams
Heart comin’ apart
at the seams
Darkness sees his teary eyes
Pillow hears his sobbing cries
Waiting on the step to see daddy
Watching down the long driveway
For birthdays and Christmas
All that other stuff in between
All the things he’ll never see
But Billy ain’t coming home
And Jimmy’s all alone
Now back in the floodlight
of the old parking lot
He turns the key but
The car just won’t start
Hangs his head, closes the door
Leaves it at the grocery store
But he don’t ask for more
Well maybe
Just one thing would be real nice
A good example
Or some good advice
A little bit of hope in this old world
A hand to hold
One heartbreak after another
Lost his dad, his job, his lover
Broken this and broken that
Broken whatever
I guess he lost track
Father’s hands
At least he got that
Walking home through the fences
Coming back to his senses
As he’s reminisced
He sees the kids he’s missed
And they see him coming home
Beautiful boy and his little girl
Fills his heart, his whole world
Smiling they run to him
He wraps his arms around them
He’s a real rich man
And he don’t ask for more
Jimmy is a man who
Stands on his front porch
He takes what he gets
A little bit of love and grace
And fills his broken heart
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broken pentameter at midnight
I hate, your breath
The death of all my joy
Your joy, the drink
The stink, I am a boy
The taste, the sting
The thing you celebrate
Your talk, your schmile
Defile my emotions
I have, to fake
You take another drink
I hate
Spirit, your death
The hope that is your joy
You gave, a drink
To celebrate your Boy
Who took, the sting
Away and yet I burn
Within, fed up
With you and still I yearn
For you, to come
Again to touch me with
Your breath
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Jay
04:21
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He was an ol’ wheat farmer. After he passed through to that big, golden wheat field in the sky, I wrote down pages and pages of the ideas and advice that he had taught me. I learned so much from him.
If you take good care of something
Then it will last you a long, long time
Take another turn from an engine and that turn is gone
The might take everything from a man
But they can’t take his good advice
You do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life
Gramps, you ain’t gone as you pass on
You surely left your mark
I still got your name
I still got your heart
You see trouble coming get out of the way
You just step back and let it go
Never let your job cause trouble with you and your wife
A half a loaf is better than no loaf at all
When you’re living in my house
Don’t let women, whiskey, or wealth ruin your life
Gramps, you ain’t gone as you pass on
You surely left your mark
I still got your name
I still got your heart
One of the hardest things in life is change
So you just gotta do your best
You just give it all you got and leave the rest
Never do something you’d be ashamed of
because you still gotta live with you
A thought ain’t as hard to take back as something you said
If you haven’t got trust you haven’t got much
So just put your cards on the table
When you tell the truth you don’t have to remember the things that you said
And when the Ol’ Boy touches you
you know it in your heart
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Gale
06:45
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Such a loving man and step-father, and he was the best Grandpa to my nieces and my children. In his decline: deafness, dementia, and death could not dominate him.
I just sit here
Nothing to do
Got no work
To put hands to
I got to be busy
It’s time for me to go
I can’t do most anything
No one to help
My hands
are used to working
It’s time for me to go
Blow wind blow
The seeds away
The weeds away
That choke and bind
That tangle me
That strangle me
Free my mind
I’m so lonely
No one around
Don’t want to put me
In the ground
with no one beside me
Too much quiet
But I can see
This isn’t the right place for me
It’s time for me to go
Blow wind blow
These clouds away
The doubts away
Free my heart
The memories of
Love gone wrong
Hear my song
Free my life
And free my soul
I want you to make me whole
It’s not time for me to go
I want to live long as I can
Have mercy on me
I need a friend
I know I’m coming to the end
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7. |
So Low
02:14
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For a loved one, deep in grief
No sisters, no brothers
Nobody to lean on
To learn on
I’m on my own
No parents, no uncles
No aunties to lean on
They’re all gone
I’m solo
Now I’m so low
Strike one, strike two, strike three
I’m all out of love
Now I’m out of the game
Now my mind is lame
I’m solo
I’m so low
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Splurge
03:26
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Well, after all... it only came once a year…
Get in the car, kids
We’re going to the Mart
Just got this year’s tax return
Hurry up now… look smart
Been waiting for my turn and thinking
I’ve kind of got the urge
Gonna use this green-opportunity
I think it’s time to, I think it’s time to…
Dum-Dum-Diddley-Doo…
You can go over there, kids
I’ll be over here
Indulging in my guilty pleasure
Nursing on this little treasure
Take the good stuff now and later
Worry about the rest
I deserve a little something
I can feel it in my breast
Gotta get it off my chest
Then I think I’ll need a little rest
Dum-Dum-Diddley-Doo…
Make it large, I’ve gotta purge
I think I, I think I do deserve
Something to take away this scourge
I can feel the power surge
I got the feeling that I’m on the verge
I just know my true self will emerge
I think it’s time
I think it’s time to…
Chomp, slop, slurp, and burp
Yeah, we’re gonna
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Tiger Desperation
05:10
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My friend used to sing Eye of the Tiger instead of this.
You keep pushing me in that spot
This spot that always hurts
The wound has no time to heal
The one beneath this shirt
Try to slam a ceiling over my head
Try to stick me in a cage
The bruise, the thanklessness
This is my rage
They expect me to smile and nod
To bow my head and go on
I feel the Tiger’s Desperation
I feel alone, I’m feeling hunted
You can see it in my eye
The thrill is gone
Desperation keeps me alive
Not alone, I’m being haunted
Upon this Golden Bed
Tormented by the Dreams
Inside my head
I’m not a little Acrobat
Kneeling before your throne
I am the Tiger’s Desperation
Expect me to smile and nod
To bow my head and go on
Just shut my mouth
and take it as it comes…
I’m not a little Acrobat
Kneeling before your throne
Separated from your smile
I see your sheep-ish clothes
Serrated teeth that bite
Before you even know
I see the road out of this old town
In what I used to call home
One step to leave it all
And I am gone
Fend for yourselves, ‘cause I ain’t
I ain’t nothing but done
I am the Tiger’s Desperation
If you listen to my screams at night
Feel it in the bone
I am the Tiger’s Desperation
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The Family Business
05:30
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From burying my family to being burned to bitter bile... what a day.
On a visit to my hometown
To do some family business
With the man at the church
A woman walked by across the street
With a face I kind of used to know
Alejandra? I called
Hopeful in my heart
just looked at me and turned
Hardened, burned
I could see that life had hurt her
The family business, back in town
“It’s just Han,” she said
Hard-packed, piercing eyes
I asked her how it’s going
Her response caught me by surprise
“Did you graduate?” she accused
Stunned, I was blamed and confused
“Well, you can’t get pregnant, can you?”
The rage, the fire
Passion and desire
behind two glassy doors
That light, the crook
That bitter root took
I’ve seen that look before
I’ve seen that look before
Back to my own city
through my front door
I see a face
It’s time for family business
I swear I’ve seen that look before
The good ol’ boys
Have got her down
From long ago and just yesterday
Now everywhere around
Just like my hometown
The family business come back around
How’s it going? How’re the kids?
I’m not just going through the motions
“Screw you, it’s true,
Got nothing to do
I didn’t get my promotion”
“Have a good time roaming around?” she accused
I was feeling blamed and abused
“Well I can’t go running around
like you”
The rage, the fire
Passion and desire
behind two glassy doors
That light, the crook
That bitter root took
I’ve seen that look before
Beauty to bitterness…
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Must Be Narcissus
04:22
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I guess, if you say so…
I must be Narcissus
Put-out by another
Sleeping with the enemy
Under the same covers
It’s all about me
Selfish to a fault
It must go my way
Or everything comes to a halt
The pucker, the frown
The turned-upside-down
Is my fault you feel this way
Chagrin, my sin, all caving in
Because I am to blame, you say
I must be Narcissus
Just staring at me
Lost inside myself
Must be all that I can see
No care for you dear
Because I’m drowning in me
You say with a sneer
As you never turn toward me
It’s all about me
So there’s no one to see
I’m empty and lonely
All-by-myself is all I see
And I hear you say
I only care about me
That I never listen
At least, that’s what you said
At least, that’s what you’ve said to me
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Somewhere In Between
03:24
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Can't win for losing sometimes...
Said she don’t do forgiveness
So many times
Judging me eternally
For these supposed crimes
Accusing me again
I can’t win, I can’t win
How can I make atonement
When I can’t see my sin
I ask for her attention
She just turns away and nods
Not receiving my affection
So help me God, So help me God
Somewhere in between
The good and bad
Is me
Somewhere in between
The good and bad
Is me
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Used
03:00
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Love can be like everything falling off a cliff... but I wonder if I might at least get my truck fixed and my dog back someday.
Well, I learned a lesson long ago
About being faithful, being true
And I used to sing love songs
About how I’d always be here for you
But instead of looking in your eyes
And love and gooey goo
Now my only songs are about
How I’m missing you
You used to walk beside me
at the beach and at the park
Used to skoochie-up real close
When we were driving in my car
Used to cuddle-lovey-poo
When we were sitting on the couch
But now I’m in the club of the neglected
And I just sit here by myself
Got the bad dreams now
when our car is rolling backward down the hill
Can’t get it in a forward gear
going faster and the brakes fail
We gotta wake up real soon
Because there’s deep water up ahead
Gotta turn or put it in the ditch
Or we both might wind up dead
You used to hold my hand
Used to snuggle up in the bed
Heck, used to be in the same room
Now you’re somewhere else instead
Now you’re any and every where
Except nowhere here with me
I’m in the club of the neglected
Your making love with the TV
Now I’ve been looking out for you
I’ve been searching near and far
But if this thing keeps going backwards
I’ll soon be sleeping in that car
No, I can’t sleep, I just toss and turn
Just restless in my own bed
Got these once upon a time
Dreams running in my head
About a girl who loved me
And I loved her too
But she went off to who knows where and
I’m stuck here without you
Used to be close together
But I’m not the one who moved
And in the club of the neglected
There ain’t much that I can do
In the club of the rejected
With the used and the misused
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Bulge (sad face)
03:20
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In a never-ending crave (sad face)
Stroke slide sucked sapped
In blue light a fade to gray
Late night first light
In a never-ending crave
Siren song celebrity
Crimson flag calling
Seductive spread swallowing
Can’t you see I’m falling
The bulge in her jeans
Calling
At the speed of light she’s gone
My affection
Her rejection
Her seduction
My destruction
Unto another lover
Her FaceMesmerizing stare
She sneaking undercover
I’m wishing I was there
Licked liked tapped swiped
Never-satisfying
Longed for lingering touch
It’s in her palm, I’m dying
Bows her head and steals away
Crawling
And a million miles she’s gone
My affection
Her rejection
Her seduction
My destruction
Desolation
Substitution
Her obsession
My desperation
When she goes she glows
When she goes she glows
The pain swelling as it grows
Pressure’s about to blow
I can feel you breathing
I can’t shake this feeling
Wake up I’m not dreaming
Can’t you hear me screaming
No affection
Your rejection
This seduction
Our destruction
Desolation
Substitution
Your obsession
Desperation
Your abandon
Your rejection
Your addiction
My execution
Our execution
I’m dying…
In a million miles I’m gone
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Bulge Harder (mad face)
02:49
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In a never-ending crave (mad face)
Stroke slide sucked sapped
In blue light a fade to gray
Late night first light
In a never-ending crave
Siren song celebrity
Crimson flag calling
Seductive spread swallowing
Can’t you see I’m falling
The bulge in her jeans
Calling
At the speed of light she’s gone
My affection
Her rejection
Her seduction
My destruction
Unto another lover
Her FaceMesmerizing stare
She sneaking undercover
I’m wishing I was there
Licked liked tapped swiped
Never-satisfying
Longed for lingering touch
It’s in her palm, I’m dying
Bows her head and steals away
Crawling
And a million miles she’s gone
My affection
Her rejection
Her seduction
My destruction
Desolation
Substitution
Her obsession
My desperation
When she goes she glows
When she goes she glows
The pain swelling as it grows
Pressure’s about to blow
I can feel you breathing
I can’t shake this feeling
Wake up I’m not dreaming
Can’t you hear me screaming
No affection
Your rejection
This seduction
Our destruction
Desolation
Substitution
Your obsession
Desperation
Your abandon
Your rejection
Your addiction
My execution
Our execution
I’m dying…
In a million miles I’m gone
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Everything's A Nail
04:04
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On the fritz... wearing poo-googles...
Everything’s a nail
Too caught up in complaining
She’s swinging with the hammer
No use in explaining
We see as we are
Reflection in the screen
How do I look, what do they see
No virtue in reality
And no mercy there for me
Satisfactorily unsatisfied
Can’t break through this hardened hide
Can’t see reflection of inside
The forging of the hate and pride
We see as we are
Afraid to discover
Smothered by her mother
Feel unsafe and so alone
Unforgiving to the bone
Tangled up in noise
Blaming all those boys
Choking on the blame
Twisted in the shame
40 Mid-Death Crises
Chained down to the vices
Hardened hate and pride
Anvil-forged despise
Harden heart unyield
The hammer I must wield
I will destroy this cage
Everything my rage
Crush! Separate!
Hate! Hate! Hate!
We see as we are
Mercy
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...so might as well grab some popcorn.
Hope you enjoy the show
The screen the fix the afterglow
Hope you enjoy the show
The scream the kicks the afterglow
The feature presentation
Causing good vibration
Subjective education
Relentless resentation
Hope you enjoy the show
The stream the Flix the afterglow
Hope you enjoy the show
The scream the kicks
So entertaining….
Screens commanding
Screams demanding
Made up my mind is blown
Hope you enjoy the show
The screen the fix the afterglow
Hope you enjoy the show
The scream the kicks the afterglow
Hope you enjoy the show
The stream the Flix the afterglow
Hope you enjoy the show
The scream the kicks
Hope you enjoy the show
The screen the fix
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18. |
Up On The Roof
04:29
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Before Bathsheba, there was Michal.
Up on the roof
Sashay so exciting
Saunter over to the strip
Very very inviting
She sends me through the roof
Like I’ve never been before
Could this be the truth
Come knocking at my door
I go up on this roof
To rest my weary eyes
Too near, I hear the sneer
The Queen of Despise
My intimate
Now my inmate
My intimate
Now my inmate
The song, the dance
Can’t play my tune, romance
Confused, refused, abused
Can’t find my muse
If I had known the truth
If I had not been duped
If I had known the truth
I might not be stuck here
On this roof
Sashay so exciting
Very very inviting
So entertaining
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Taffy
03:46
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Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink.
See through glass
The candy store
I’m looking for some more
What’d you come looking for
The colors of your exhibition
Heat up my ambition
Melt my inhibition
You’re salt water, Taffy
I feel so happy
Sugar so sweet, dear
May I have a treat, dear
Bending twisting out to you
I know I’m wanted, too
How can I get to you
Your offer’s not without condition
Lay down prohibition
In salty desperation
You’re salt water, Taffy
I feel so happy
Sugar so sweet, dear
May I have a treat, dear
Something in my pocket
Is burning like a rocket
Too hot, can’t stop it
If you know where I come from
Call me Crank (it’s what I need)
Call me Crank (my mind in seed)
Call me Crank (my dream complete)
The salt (salt water Taffy)
The sugar (so thirsty)
The stolen (so sweet dear)
Want more (so thirsty)
Want more (don’t leave me )
Want more (so thirsty)
My belly (my ache)
My belly (so thirsty)
My belly (my ache)
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Succumb
05:59
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I hung my head. I hung my head.
Go, I go
Ego explodes
But never see her again
Where’d she go
I don’t know
This isn’t what I’d planned
This isn’t what I’d planned
Succumb
Feel the emptiness
Succumb
Feel the rush of it
Succumb
Feed the loneliness
Succumb
Taste the bitterness
From the closet
To the bedroom
A deposit
Now an empty tomb
Cee-Ess-Ay
And still today
Unplugged and all alone
Inside my skin
And deep within
Unsafe in my own home
Unsafe in my own home
Succumb
Feel the emptiness
Succumb
Feel the rush of it
Succumb
Feed the loneliness
Succumb
Taste the bitterness
Succumb
Feel the emptiness (where’d she go)
Succumb
Feel the rush of it (I don’t know)
Succumb
Feed the loneliness (gonna blow)
Succumb
Taste the bitterness (let it go)
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21. |
Kill It
05:58
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Want some bad advice? "Kill desire."
Kill it
Kill desire
Kill it hard
Quench the fire
Don’t get aroused
Don’t be inflamed
Smother and drown
Be cold again
The smoke the steam
An offering
A sacrifice for pleasing
Die, be dead
No notions in your head
Your hopes and dreams
left unsaid
Be tortured by your enemies
Suffer baby suffer
Blind your eyes
Do not see
The softness of her femininity
The contours of her symmetry
She’s not yours
Drink from your own dry well
The crackling leaves and dust to fill your cup
No smiles and curls for you
No friendliness in kind
So stay, die
Passions let them lie
To wither and crush
Return to dust
No room for lust
From whence it came
Let it rust
On your belly you snake, you swine
Squeal, but no meal
The dirt the grime are thine
How does it feel
That bashful feeling
That squirming inside
When couples cuddle
When worlds collide
You can’t abide
Can’t run and hide
You writhe inside
You die inside
You cry inside
You hide inside
You writhe inside
You die inside
Lament
And let it go
Away you heart
You bring only sorrows
Rent and torn apart
Suffer baby suffer
Until you do
You suffer
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22. |
Isn't It Great
02:39
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Let’s take it from the Top, shall we?
Isn’t it great
When things come together
Isn’t it great
When God’s on our side
Isn't it great
When things go your way
Too bad for the other guy
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One can hope.
You carry the weight of the world
On your shoulders
I know you carry it for me
Now let the weight of the world fall
Like a boulder
I want you to come back home to me
Come on home
I am waiting for you
I wait for you to come to me
I wait for you
To rest my head on your shoulder
I want you to be with me
Hurry home
Come home out of the cold air
I want you to be with me
Come in lay your weary head
On my shoulder
I want to hold you close to me
And when I lay my hands on you
I feel bolder
I want you to be with me
I wait for you
To rest my head on your shoulder
I want you to be with me
I’ve got open arms
Open arms to adore you
I want you to be with me
We’ll go slow
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24. |
The Moon In The Man
01:37
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Oh, yes, there is.
Hollow glare
Agape stare
Tilted
Eclipsed
Blue
Full
Alone
Desolate
Renown
Cow-Rainbowed
Cheesy
New
Bright side
Dark side
Blood-Day awaited side
There is a moon
There is a moon
There is a moon
In the man
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25. |
Hypnotherapist
04:18
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Oh, dear me; the things we believe and do sometimes...
My hypnotherapist has anxiety
She meditates to expand the rice bowl
We fill our heads with thinking
In our stories we are sinking
From the feelings we’re not feeling
Bubbles screaming from the depths within
Feel it and it goes away
We keep pushing down the throttle
Put sand, rocks, boulders in the bottle
To try to fill out all this hollow
Oh, just pass me another bottle
We fill our heads with thinking
In our stories we are sinking
From the feelings we’re not feeling
Bubbles screaming
The body keeps the score
body keeps the score
The body keeps the score
body keeps the score
Where do you feel it
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26. |
Flood
08:07
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Written on behalf of a dear friend of mine, recorded the day after a conversation when he shared he was going through... a flood.
Leaving home
I thought I had it together
Until I fell apart
Said she was gonna leave me
While tearing out my heart
My own daughter to relive
The mess I did when I was a kid
Can’t hold back the rush, the crush
Now you’re gone
Long gone
But I get these lies
The seduction of your thighs
A fantasy of sighs
An ecstasy of lies
Truth it all, you little f*
I can see right through
Inconsistent, incongruent
Incomprehensible you
You throw away the innocent
Exonerate the few
You bring down institutions
The good, beautiful, and true
The swell, the tide, the roar, it’s gonna hurt
No refuge left to search
I feel the cracks, the strain, the bulge, the surge
The dam’s about to burst
Damn, it’s gonna burst
Alone again
On my own again
I’m digging with this bone again
With all I know again
It’s all I know
It’s all I do
You f* me up
And now I’m f* you
The job, the man, the economy
(why wont they let me be)
The freaks that put me the bottom
Of this rotten taxonomy
(they’re coming after me)
Twisted words
Bringing out our captivity
(who’s gonna set us free)
It’s all gonna blow
Can’t anybody see
Endless anxiety, need higher ground
Get this stuff off of me, it’s all around
There’s nobody but me
No one
Looking out for me
No one
Goin’ down with me
No one
Falling apart with me
No one
Gonna drown with me
Leaving me again
How come I never win
Dissolution of my plans
Crumbling apart again
Wanna pull it all together
Into a simple plan
Gonna make it great again
Just don’t know if I can
Against the flood
Against the flood
Within, without, alone
Against the flood
I’m undone
I’m undone
Abandoned, all alone
Against the roaring and the raging
Been too long, I’m going on my own
Nothin’s gonna
Bring me to my knees
Inelegant, unsophisticated
Ineloquent, past the sell-by-dated
Unheard, misused
Maybe a little confused
Don’t give me none of that blues
Don’t victimize me, too
I’m harder than that ruse
Just not sure what to do
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Our religion is how we treat others; more importantly, it’s based on how we view God's view of us; it's good to remember, and sometimes I need to be reminded by others.
I have called you children, I have called you son
What is there to answer if I'm the only one?
Morning comes in Paradise, morning comes in light
Still I must obey, still I must invite
If there's anything to say, if there's anything to do
If there's any other way, I'll do anything for you
I was dressed embarrassment
I was dressed in wine
If you had a part of me, will you take your time?
Even if I come back, even if I die
Is there some idea to replace my life?
Like a father to impress
Like a mother's mourning dress
If you ever make a mess, I'll do anything for you
I have called you preacher, I have called you son
If you have a father or if you haven't one
I'll do anything for you, I'll do anything for you
I'll do anything for you, I'll do anything for you
I did everything for you, I did everything for you
I did everything for you, I did everything for you
I did everything for you, I did everything for you
I did everything for you, I did everything for you
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You’ve been loved. You’ve been loved. You’ve been loved.
Because of His great love
We are not overcome
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29. |
Unrequited Life
06:05
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We have this treasure in frail vessels… and regarding some of whom, the world does not deserve them.
Looking for shelter, trying to find a way home
Can’t see the goal, down this long, dusty road
Weary from running, bent down and stumbling
Breath ragged and cold, in the dirt and the gold
Trying to keep it together, too broken to hold
This unrequited life, in the dirt and the gold
Teary from trusting, tired from busting
Tattered and soiled, in the dirt and the gold
Pushed down in the hole, pressed hard in the mold
Bent over from the load, in the dirt and the gold
The broken, the lame, the darkness and shame
The calling our name, the walk and the pain
The young and the old, the bought and the sold
The scared and the bold, the truth and the told
The hot and the cold, the lost and the fold
The wounded in soul, the wounded in soul
This unrequited life, this unrequited life
This unrequited life, in the dirt and the gold
The cold and the quiet, the crunch of the snow
The darkness of night, a solstice of soul
The starlight and silence, a candle-washed glow
The soothing and solace, though it’s not from us
Early dawn morning, a water-washed road
Easter light on it, looks like streets of gold
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I used to sing this song to my children; one blessed day, my daughter sang it back to me as she strummed the guitar I was holding. A most blessed moment, and it also reminds me of the gospel.
I love you with all my heart
And I always will
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GUY BECKER Seattle, Washington
Ordinary guy doing the best that he can do. And he's loved.
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