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Adrenalinized
04:04
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Adrenalinized
Adrenaline junkie
Adrenalinized
Adrenaline junkie
He selects a gun and uniform
What starts as fantasy can soon become the norm
Blurring the boundaries of youth
Pandora’s holocaust slowly becomes truth
With every second he spends in an alternative world
He surrenders the grip he holds on anything still real
Without hesitation he raises the gun
A lifetime of failure about to be undone
Gonna make you cry out for mercy
Gonna force you down on your knees
Euphoric psychosis distorts all he sees
Obsession grips him like a vice
Totally de-sensitized with a core as cold as ice
Like slipping his head inside a noose
He finds he cannot separate the fiction from the truth
With every second he spends in an alternative world
He surrenders the grip he holds on anything still real
It will be like the L.A. Riots, The Oklahoma Bombing
World War II, Vietnam, Duke and Doom all mixed together
Eric Harris and another Columbine student, Dylan Klee-
Bold, committed the worst high school massacre in
American history. They killed twelve students and one
teacher, injured twenty-three others, and then turned
the guns on themselves.
Without hesitation he raises the gun
A lifetime of failure about to be undone
Gonna make you cry out for mercy
Gonna force you down on your knees
Euphoric psychosis distorts all he sees
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Time Bomb
04:17
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She was promised the moon and stars
In a rain-soaked coastal townscape
And she soaked up the wit and charm
Taken in, hook, line and sinker
And at first her head was filled
With the clichéd flights of fancy
Like a young girls bedtime story
Of happy ever afters
Going through all eight stages of grooming
Going through all eight stages of grooming
She only kids herself
She’s convinced he’s gonna change
Blindly optimistic daydreams
So curiously strange
But for him it’s just a cycle
Learned behaviour in the home
Angry father - bitter mother
And that’s all he’s ever known
She certainly saw stars
And she was frightened for their daughter
Stale drink was on his breath
Another sign of what’s to follow
Now she’s stepping out of line in time
With the ticking of the time bomb
Ego towering above her
As she walks into the door
With the sober morning comes remorse
Sober morning comes remorse
Sober morning comes remorse
Sober morning comes remorse
Sober morning comes remorse
Sober morning comes remorse
Sober morning comes remorse
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There was a girl got on the train today
Two stops down the line
I accidentally brushed her shoulder
Her eyes looked as sad as mine
And in my daydream became her lover
Forgotten feelings now would stir
And we were equals with each other
She wanted me like I wanted her
A million lonely torches burning bright
In congregation halls
A million lonely souls are crying out
But hiding behind walls
Who’s to say she’s not despondent
Who’s to say she isn’t just like me
Starved of companionship and affection
The downside of being free
Maybe resigned to a life less ordinary
Reminded she’s lacking the wherewithal
When she hears the passion of her neighbours
Through the paper thin bedsit wall
A million lonely torches burning bright
In congregation halls
A million lonely souls are crying out
But hiding behind walls
A million lonely telephones are ringing out
But they’re ignoring all the calls
With my hand on my heart still beating
Still encased in stone
I couldn’t know that you lay dreaming
And sleeping on your own
There’s a bridge to build between us
I’m sure it won’t take long
And now we need never be alone
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She was born outside the temple
In a lowly little town
A bundle wrapped in rags
And rights and wrongs
But with nowhere to belong
They all said she came from nothing
And to nothing she’ll return
Within the dust of bones
And hypodermic needles
She would fashion out a throne
The sweetest scent
The brightest flower
The darkest pond
When there’s nothing to live for
No hope in sight
Believe you can make it alright
Out of the darkness
Blackest of night
Can come the most beautiful light
She nearly slipped right through the system
Didn’t even have a name
Taken into care to foster some affection
Somewhere else to shift the blame
The sweetest scent
The brightest flower
The darkest pond
She understands the moment
She fully comprehends the truth
A million sensory connections
Despite the innocence of youth
So she pulls herself up
She dusts herself down
Out of wretchedness and anger
She’s gonna turn it all around
And when the time is perfect
When the stars will all align
She’ll reveal all of her insight to the world
She’s gonna make it all sublime
She arranges the petals in the shape of a Lotus Flower
To shine in ten directions at the same time
Leading every kind of living being
To recognise the beautiful truth
Beyond the vista of the vulgar and the mundane
This world is a work in progress
Revolution starts right here and now
Forget the political figureheads
Begin with yourself
Begin with yourself
Now let all that ever doubted bow their heads and step aside
And let her show the vibrant unsurpassed way
With unlimited compassion
She feeds the starving with the nourishing light
To bring about an end to suffering and pain
This world is a work in progress
Revolution starts right here and now
Forget the political figureheads
Begin with yourself
Begin with yourself
Veiled in arrogance
Sagara’s child
Has fast become their equal
The bliss of ignorance
Has been turned around
And she now reveals her secret
She speaks to me
Speaks to you
This world is a work in progress
Revolution starts right here and now
You get much more from what you give away
So pass on everything you learn
This world is a work in progress
Revolution starts right here and now
Forget the political figureheads
Begin with yourself
Begin with yourself
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Charm Offensive
06:43
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I caught a glimpse of a former life
A swan in sunlight sparkling bright
When I lived and loved and laughed and cried
Could smell the summer and taste the wine
Long before the world stopped spinning
And the complications took a hold
Long before the shame and heartache
Of my very slow decent
Could I forgive myself at all?
Without the pride before my fall
A self-appointed martyr to the rain
Nothing to lose, so much to gain
I’m not a number on a scale
I won’t count the times that I have failed
Can I learn to love what can’t be loved?
So slow to praise, so quick to judge
Wipe out half a lifetime of neglect
And rebuild my tattered self respect
Stumbled far too long in monochrome
Light up the way, I’m coming home
And through the fear and through the loathing
With new-found courage stood my ground
Turning poison into medicine
To turn my life around
I’ll break the shackles, scale the wall
End my addiction once and for all
Now the heroine has left the stage
The final act is now on an empty page
And through the fear and through the loathing
With new-found courage stood my ground
I’m turning poison into medicine
To turn my life around
And through the hate and through the loathing
With new-found courage spread my wings
Break through the stigma and the trauma
See how my freedom now begins
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Deliberate Self Harm
03:44
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She’s not con
ven tion al
She will not
con form to an unsatisfied stereotype
She’s sin gled
out ex clu
ded won’t fit
in with an unsatisfied stereotype
Words form in
hate ful throats
You’re such a
freak not an unsatisfied stereotype
And when she’s all alone
And she’s curled up in a ball
She knows they’ve taken everything
She can’t feel anything at all
Switch zeal ous
school girls for
cor po rate
zom bies an unsatisfied stereotype
Shame less ly
shal low so
emp ty and
hol low an unsatisfied stereotype
A razor blade incision
And red comes rushing to the fore
With the releasing of endorphins
She feels emotion once more
A perfect little secret
But now she fears that they’ll find out
Escaping to obscurity
Is surely safer there’s no doubt
And when she’s all alone
And she’s curled up in a ball
She knows they’ve taken everything
She can’t feel anything at all
A perfect little secret
But now she fears that they’ll find out
Escaping to obscurity
Is surely safer there’s no doubt
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Random Acts of Kindness
04:29
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It isn’t really that difficult to work it all out
See the beauty in the interconnections of life
Symbian subtlety that somehow seems so right
Take a much wider holistical view
And remember what goes around comes around
It comes back to you
It isn’t really that difficult, just give it a try
So important to learn not to turn a blind eye
You can be more than a passive passerby
Take a stand against apathy
Be the resistance to indifference
Don’t ever waste opportunity
For unconditional empathy
A mighty forest we know
From tiny acorns will grow
It isn’t really that difficult to see how this works
You can take a mere fleeting moment of life
Recognize that all your thoughts and words and deeds
Come to define the very essence of who you are
Remember what goes around comes around
It comes back to you
It isn’t really that difficult to figure it out
For every cause a reaction, there is no doubt
Lead by example making sure that you stand out
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Moral Compass
10:08
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She said she wanted to party
So he hot wired a car
Desperately wanting her
Craving her flesh
Blonde hair and painted nails
Red cocktail dress
Plying her alcohol
Call her “Princess”
Tear up the neighbourhood
Just to impress
Frantically screaming in panic delirium
Finds out she’s locked in the car
Mascara will slalom her cheekbones
Shattering vanity feeding insanity
Pressing his foot to the floor
To see just how much she would freak
Jump from the drivers seat
Flip in slow-mo
Fast forward memories
She’ll never know
Stood there in silence
A total disgrace
Nothing could wipe the
Sick smile off his face
Brothers and sisters and family members
All sat at the back of the court
To hear how their darling had died
Expert witnesses, pictures and diagrams
Show how the impact alone
Broke every bone in her body
Who is to say they carry the god-given right?
Foolishly see things purely in black and white
Blind to the beautiful and the weak and strong
We are all taught to determine right from wrong
That’s a matter of perspective
Different viewpoints and priorities
When the balance and the harmony
Of the figurative main artery
Block the consequences suffered
And now stifled in mid flow
Disturbs the worlds collective consciousness
In a way they’ll never know
Express the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
To render hearts uplifted
Securing peace throughout the land
Rushing through the forest
Of confusion and dishonesty
When the balance
Of Integrity
Your compassion and your responsibility
Leaves the moral compass in disarray
Spinning round and round
Leads the ship of fools to veer off course
And eventually run aground
Neglect the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
A subtle paranoia spreads mistrust
Throughout the land
Veil
Pure white lace
Across her face
A symbol of innocence
Lone candle burns
Whispered prayers
Always unanswered
She wouldn’t want the final kiss
Try not to remember this
Selfishly taken so early in life
The pounding ache won’t go away
And nothing can prepare for what’s begun
Dreamlike reality, legal technicality
Loopholes and bargaining deepens the pain
It only serves to lay more weight
On those who turn the wheels of justice too slow
She wouldn’t want to see them all
Stabbed through the heart and all
Waist deep in rivers of uncontrollable tears
Flowing through the spineless courtroom
Nothing can placate their vitriol
A moment of stupidity
Surrendering dignity
The swelling of emotion and deepening pain
Grieving father leaves his seat
And lunges at the cowering man in the dock
Who is to say they stand for what’s good and right?
When nothing is ever totally black or white
It’s a matter of objectivity,
Different viewpoints pure duality,
Without evil
There’s no force for good
For this reason
We’re of equal capacity
Block the consequences suffered
And now stifled in mid flow
Disturbs the worlds collective consciousness
In a way they’ll never know
Express the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
To render hearts uplifted
Securing peace throughout the land
It’s a matter of objectivity,
Supposed civil society,
Judge, and jury, executioner
At the hands of a questionable authority
Leaves the moral compass in disarray
Spinning round and round
Leads the ship of fools to veer off course
And eventually run aground
Neglect the principle infinity
A billion interlocking hands
A subtle paranoia
Spreads mistrust throughout the land
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph
is for good men and women to do nothing”
Edmund Burke 1729-97
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