1. |
Oak Leaf
01:46
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2. |
Lifeline
02:24
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You threw me that lifeline
But all I can remember
Are all of my mistakes
With these words of love
With these hands of hate
All I can think of is what can I create
Something special for the lovers
Something angry for the hateful
Anything but this handful
Of empty promises
And broken tokens of
All my failures to come
And they will come
With the rising tide
With the setting sun
They come
And I must choose
What am I to do
With all this pain
All on my own
Alone
You gave me so much time
But for all my attempts to take
I left everything to waste
I spoke hateful words
In love my hands I worked
And I
Slipped away
I let my crisis spin me
In a mighty whirlwind down
Down
Down
And I
Was stripped of all I held dear
And now
I am a beggar for your ear
To hear my cry
All I wish
Is to be
What we knew I could always be
Someone to love you and hold you near
Someone to shut out all the fear
To keep that light lit and burning brightly
To fill your desires and keep the nightmares at bay
Out of sight and out mind
All I need is a little more time
Just a little more
Give me a little bit more
Time
Time
Take me back
Please bring me home
For all that I still lack
Please just bring me home
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3. |
Lake Lewisville
02:20
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Make me out to be the villain
like the only wrong is on one side
death is the deal for killing
I lost my last shred of mind with my sight
Take me out like filthy trash
god gets in the way of the fruit of the vine
I once saw her laugh
go away go away go away go away
gone in an instant
with the sound of a gun
one final innocence
left to rot in the sun
leaving all violence is like living in silence
and no man’s an island
or so I’m told
live in a cage to a ripe old age
or wander the sea like a rootless tree
better to be ready, better safe than sorry
better to take a shot then take the fall
no witnesses, no folly
everybody knows your insane and it’s your fault
I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m not sorry
gone in an instant
with the sound of a gun
one final innocence
left to rot in the sun
leaving all violence is like living in silence
and no man’s an island
or so I’m told
so let’s go
come around come around
we’re all gonna drown
come around come around
we’re all gonna drown
come around come around
we’re all gonna drown in Lake Lewisville
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4. |
Fifteen
03:08
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Feel the heat burning out your brain
I don’t believe I can feel pain
after closing blood red curtains
final act ending so certain
killing this sickly sideshow that we called love
beat me blue and cut my back
unlock the door leave a crack
but don’t count on me to survive
more likely the dead walk alive
bring back this ugly plague that we called love
fifteen months since I left home
fifteen miles to walk alone
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I will die before I grow old
no more lies and mo more plans
I don’t plan to be the man
the man to hold your ice cold hands
fifteen fifteen fifteen
you’re on your own
drink one drug to make a mask
then swallow another to bring you back
giving up on giving in
to that slightly malicious grin
sobering up and over what we called love
simply put a hollow whore
strictly cut down to the core
we all know what they will say
say it in such a silly little way
that we never ever really had what we called love
fifteen months since I left home
fifteen miles to walk alone
I don’t know but I’ve been told
I will die before I grow old
no more lies and mo more plans
I don’t plan to be the man
the man to hold your ice cold hands
fifteen fifteen fifteen
I’m on my own
fifteen fifteen
I’m fifteen inside
fifteen scarlet scars
fifteen harlot tears
fifteen painted cars and doors and all the things that I don’t care about anymore
Fifteen fifteen fifteen
I can’t take this anymore
you can’t make me anymore
do what you want me to
I do what I want to
Fifteen fifteen fifteen
I can’t take this anymore
you can’t make me anymore
do what you want me to
I do what I want to
do what you want me to
I do what I want to
do what you want me to
I do what I want to do
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5. |
Mountain Sky
02:45
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Shadowy figurines flying behind dark red eyes
Performing some sort of ritual in my mind
Black figurines floating through solar space
This has now become a dark ritual of mine
Lava like liquid pouring down my throat
Ashen mountains breathe deeply reddened skies
From one mouth into the other
Spread wings unto the ether
Breathe in red and blue haze
Stand under the mountain shade
Dreams watching angels fly
In the shade of the red mountain sky
Asking for answers before you know the questions
What is life behind this bloated haze
Heated conversation giving way to brighter lights
Gaze upon your god’s own face
Mentioned in the ancient tomes of old
Cast out the demons raping the heavenly bastion
Trapped under surging oceans
Electric feel to pass in motion
Trapped under seals of caution
Bathing in chaos
This grand commotion
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6. |
Home Alone
03:41
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Cut it out
take it all away
I can do without
what I cannot say
look at me like a leper
sinking like a stone
like a sheep to a shepherd
I only want to go home
another note
another line
another shot
another time
carry me home
just want to be there
when I feel alone
tear out all my hair
fingers caress
but never stay long
goodbye and god bless
bury me to this song
come on down
give it all away
I can quit anytime
name the place and the day
shove me out to sea
watch my worries and cares
fly so far from me
into thin air
I disappear
I disappear
I disappear
under moonlight
carry me home
just want to be there
when I feel alone
tear out all my hair
fingers caress
but never stay long
goodbye and god bless
bury me to this song
please carry me
home
just bury me
alone
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7. |
Bee
01:54
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8. |
Red Light Puppet
02:54
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Mesmerize the simple of mind
hypnotize every boy and girl
one hidden truth among a thousand lies
to every eye the red lights lure
the best policy lies in honesty
tell me true, where did you sleep last night
god put your lips here to test me
tell me now, where will I sleep tonight
and tomorrow and tomorrow
all the time that I borrow
spent endlessly on you
oh tonight oh tonight
put out the candlelight
I promise I’ve only eyes for you
soft and smooth like silk sheets
like those times spent helplessly
playing the strings of my heart for keeps
always aware, appearing so selflessly
walking around and above the crowd
shouting and hitting it off so smooth
laughing out loud, ain’t you so proud
like tiny puppets: you pull, we move
and tomorrow and tomorrow
all the time that I borrow
spent endlessly on you
oh tonight oh tonight
put out the candlelight
I promise I’ve only eyes for you
I lie for you
I die in you
I lie with you
I cry and I cry and I cry
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9. |
A Blackened Blue
02:18
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Love will never conquer
As long as shame stands in the way
My love goes out to those
Who are cut deep and bleeding out
What hopelessness brought you there
The same as mine I fear
Lost searching for a purpose
Filled endlessly with care
Never to be returned
If only kindness could exist
Without the fear of failure
If only it would rain
And wash away the pain
That love will never conquer
As long as shame stands in the way
The death of a father
The rejection of a lover
I’m crying out for a savior
That I won’t die in vain
A tender heart thrown and shattered
Like a monster slain
Beaten, torn and battered
Never to feel the same
My heart bleeds for you
My heart a blackened blue
It is sad but it is true
I believe it’s safe to say
That love will never conquer
As long as shame stands in the way
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10. |
March Of The Bugs
01:49
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Prepare to be let down
Prepare for the sound
Gifted crawling out from under the rug
Begin the march of the bugs
For so long they have been nesting
For so long they have been resting
And now the time has come
For the filth to rise above
Covered and smothered and reeking of tragedy
Covered in dirt and blood seeping out of me
They told me everything was okay
They promised a throne fit for a king
And I listened and obeyed greedily
These bugs march beyond belief
These beetles and roaches are more than they seem
Chanting a battle song of defeat
Ranting and rattling the brains of their enemies
These marching bugs made a fool out of me
Feel the thrill and create failure
Seal away for good the creature
Silver screen feature of design
Slivers seek leeches lurking in the grime
A crime for a time of every day
Building a machine stunted and grey
Stuck with the blunt end of the knife
Running with scissors open into the night
The bugs are on the march
And no one is free and nothing is free
And I am not here and I now believe
And nothing can stop these bugs marching on and on and on and on
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11. |
Buried At Sea
02:27
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I have been sinking for so long I’ve lost count of the days barely kept afloat
I have been drowning for so long I’ve lost all the breath left within my lungs
I was once a great captain of a mighty ship that sailed across the seas
But then my senses left me one by one and my crew soon followed one by one by one
A drunkard, a coward, I cast my body into the water, for it was all I had left
I have been buried at sea
I am just a ghost
Haunting these waters
Awaiting a soul who can see
Through the mist that surrounds me
For someone who can save me
From this burial at sea
I have been sinking for so long I’ve lost count of the days barely kept afloat
I have been drowning for so long I’ve lost all the breath left within my lungs
I was once a powerful king of vast land that stretched across the earth
But then I become a coward, always afraid to speak and so my men lost faith in me
And so they fled, one by one by one, until there were none left
Ships sunk, homes razed to the ground
This wasteland, I have built
No more strength
No more hope
This wasteland, all that is left
This wasteland, I have built
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12. |
Grand Delusions
02:10
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I feel my darkness inside rising
Grand delusions under glass ceilings
Resurrecting and repenting
Upon the black serpents head
Days of the walking dead
Nights of sleepless dreaming
Fallen angels reveling
Black designs upon the face
The earthen pressure under grace
Trace the golden ruins
Fingertips gripping tokens
Holding keys to unlock the mind
Folded creases blocked and blind
Unravel the universe through space
Only time will speak through shades
Unleash the demon unleash the beast
Released to freedom to fight and feast
Bullets in the backyards and gardens
Grinding knives hard and sharpened
Carcass flies rather than die
Born to drown in the open sky
Iron sloths spew spit and grime
Truths unveiled within their lines
Behold the lies and overcome
Under shadow and cloak of grey
Ghosts pound the beating drums
Marching unto battle into the deafened fray
Forming spectral silver streams
Slivers of sand in creases and seams
Upon the backs of cattle and sheep
The wolves out to hunt those asleep
Rendered upon the maps in X’s
The witches and hags casting hexes
In the reign of the great shower
Revered and burgeoning with power
Dumped in a distant pond
The soul of mankind
The fate of all who’ve wronged
The fires that bind
Flaming sword in hand
Gleaming shield by side
The revelation the final stand
Reaping spirits as the hooded ones ride
Finality of revolution
Lucky roll of the dice
Brought down to completion
Bathed in the blood of the Christ
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13. |
Guitar Two
01:16
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Mike Braudrick Frisco, Texas
Hi, I'm Mike. I express myself - my thoughts, emotions, and experiences - through my music. It is my joy and passion. Thanks for listening.
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