1. |
Water Bait
02:40
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2. |
Burning Bridge
03:18
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You wont find your sweet nothing poetry
you wont find anything in me
because you cant look past the blood I bleed
and there's always something I can say
of something I would be ashamed
to have written upon my grave
so I’ll find a better use
for all my broken little truths
to better understand that I’m not you
I don’t know my own mind
am I a child or am I about to die
I’m so scared but I cant cry
I would give everything
to feel like I am worth loving
I’ve been fooled times before
so I won’t open the door
you can’t hurt me anymore
there are paths I’ve walked before
from soft sand to rocky shores
to the planet’s blackened core
wandering forests all alone
all the trees are made of stone
frozen in this twilight zone
I am left to wonder why
I am wrapped in withered vines
strung around my throat so tight
god left me here to die
from my heart, to my head
all my hurt, in my bed
burning bridge, losing friends
losing grip, of senses
was life worth it in the end
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3. |
Dream For Me
03:13
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Yeah I have felt this way before
and I know thinking's a chore
life can feel like nothing more
than a midnight dollar whore
I set me up for failure
I bet I get cancer
and screw away what precious little
time or what’s left of my skin
a child in the middle
just toss me in the recycle bin
this has gone on too long and I’m too alone to be too interested in myself at all
self indulge my soul
til it’s black as my dilated pupils
so wretched a soul
let it bleed from my pulsating heart
I don’t want to try
there is nothing left but truth
I don’t want to die
but I fear we are finished here
yeah I’ve felt this way before
it’s time for me to go
back the hole I call home
away from prying minds
away from divine signs
I’ve been waiting for something for so long
I don’t think that it exists
I’ve been going about it all so wrong
I wonder if I still exist
broken in the womb and born without a sense for life
this was all over before it began
it’s all over
I’m so older
it’s so much colder
under the covers
it’s the best it can be
dream a nice dream for me
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4. |
Blind Prophet
02:53
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Please shoot it out to stop the bleeding
please stick it out because I’m not leaving
I’m begging for my life to begin
forgetting what I’ve been given
it’s been said that no one ever stays
and proven right every damn day
let’ change the status quo
let’s go go go go go
All in or all out
we’re gonna make go here
all in and all down
I’m gonna win it big
all over, all under
we’re gonna make it work this time
I won’t give up on life
the blind prophet leads through lies
the kind shepherd teaches true minds
learning every night a better way
to learn how to learn how to say
I am not a statistic however sadistic
living this life alone feels
someone just tell me it’s real
please tell me I’m real
you can’t take this away
I won’t give it up
you can’t lead me astray
I won’t give it up
every single day
I choose to make a choice
every single night
I win when I awake
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5. |
Breathe Deep
02:48
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Save the day for the heroes
save the home for the kids
forgive the nights to be close
never forget the ones who miss
the nameless, the endless
the violence so senseless
we all are one whole
a beating heart with a soul
not just an empty black hole
small arms and small crimes
for those save the day
big hands and big guns
for us save the day
free the sinners and know we are saints
for all are human and every love tainted
for God’s sake let us breathe in deep
let us breathe
you are facing the rapture
for now and ever after
you are judged before birth
free to judge your own worth
or so the landlord says
listen to the heartache
give in to the wind’s change
swim your way to heaven
and sink into salvation’s seas
breathe
breath in
breathe deep
just breathe me in
believe I’m your savior
prepare to be let down
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6. |
Coastline
02:54
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Falling backwards into memories
finding the enemy inside of me
these demons have grown bigger
how do I defeat this monster
feeling like an animal
shrinking so damn small
what is happening
help me fight this
help me conquer
bigger than this
shadow over
all I can see
no memory
pleading to lost love in the dark
leaving blue and black now marked
for death for sins I never committed
I swear on innocence so deeply corroded
the world has gone mad, crass and crude
is everyone now god?
Dying as we are born
dying as if we wer just yesterday born
this is not the end
the story goes on
past the coastline
past the sea
past all horizons
the story goes on
and on and on and on
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7. |
The Magi
00:44
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Now as at all times I can see in the mind's eye,
In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones
Appear and disappear in the blue depths of the sky
With all their ancient faces like rain-beaten stones,
And all their helms of silver hovering side by side,
And all their eyes still fixed, hoping to find once more,
Being by Calvary's turbulence unsatisfied,
The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor.
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8. |
Dawn of Shadows
03:54
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with the dawn of magic
comes the time of shadows
fear the light and follow
bear the sight so hollow
feel your soul set fire
changing in another light
flicker and fading more and less bright
i saw you in another light
and i never changed my mind
i want to hear your thoughts alive
i need you near to feel alive
to taste the air sweet as spring
sea salt summer sprinting
qicker into winter
candle lightning flashing
if it kills me im just a dream
if i fill your cup drink me in
evil lords in black castles
wicked witches in black masses
wailing walls of blast holes
crying cannons fire ashes
kiss goodinght to the holy land
bless the morning of babylon
come down with me
tear into you sin
pretty reckless bleed
out on the bed sheets
i'll be standing on the concrete streets
throwing away a knife called lust
every single second
every cursed thought
creating chaos come the dark
before you open up
bite your forked tongue
satan singing serenades
sitting grinning in a flowery glade
biting winter shuts mid cuts
i will show you the way
to thy lonely only vacant grave
believe in the iron man
the man of steel
if you want to try you can
become this madmans next meal
shine down on the tiny cords
cut one by one by one
until the way is clear
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9. |
Third Base
02:39
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Warm inside and well to be
harm is done no need to weep
she was young in perfect innocence
jump into my arms and dance
Winter night by the firelight
Summer days catching butterflies
call me back when I cry again
cal me back time and time again
time will pass
she will grow
love won’t last
she won’t know
days will fade
she will go
I won’t say
you won’t know
I will die with my kryptonite
I know nothing’s gonna be alright
those long gone days stay out of sight
I give up on fighting the good old fight
I say goodnight when I mean goodbye
and I really mean goodbye this time
give me everything you want
I know exactly what you need
baby I know a thing or three
we saw it all from the cheapest seats
when he stole home
she stole my light
you say bring me the sun
I say goodnight my kryptonite
why oh my god why does this light only shine at night
I am out here on the corner waiting for my pride
tell me oh my god tell me how can I take a final flight
I am in the shed working hard on working out alright
alright
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10. |
Dirt Path
04:02
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Lord of this death mask
Lord of this dirt path
Hide your face and wander
Enslaved over encumbered
Bereft deprived soft slumber
Soft words spoken under
Hushed winds crash like thunder
The grand deceiver
Heed the receiver
Witness the choking bodies tumble from the mountain
Bathe your broken body in humble tomb fountain
Straighten the skies
Beaten black eyes
Harken eternal cries
Heads upon stakes
Teeth upon rakes
Gnawing biting gnashing
Clawing screeching scratching
Beneath the heel of the master
Believe in the puppeteer’s laughter
Hopelessness longing forever after
Lost in loneliness spat and scattered
Nothingness not a single answer
Questioning beginnings of war
Knowing the ending before
Cometh the reaper’s scythe
Feeling thy frail frame writhe
Beneath the deep blue sky
Place foot upon unknown path
And bear the God’s wrath
The Lord of this death mask
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11. |
Shipwreck
03:01
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Wrecked
Shipwrecked
Over my dead body
Head over mind
In mind
Oversleep that fit
Ever hiding lies
Once again
The wrestle inside
Take my love
Lake my life
Leave me dead with no eyes
Right behind you to the grave
Melting bastion to the brave
Take my heart and put it in her
Whatever it takes to bring life back into her holy eyes
Here again here we go
Followed to where you are
Followed by sinners man
To watch you
To make you stumble trip and fall
So long strange manes
Dance on the dizzy brain
Turned love into words
Out of sight
Help
Help me break this chain I made
Make one for yourself
Fell it so tight
Feel the weight of might in days
Hit the brakes in dark of night
Coming off as cruelty
Running down the paid off
Tying up loose ends
Never hurt anyone in power
Never placed the earthen lower
Than waiting for a god spoken word
Speak love unto the hateful
Time slips in time
Skipping by
My only home
Catch your breath for one short moment
It calls to me
I feel it call to me
Screeching squealing screaming singing
Drone after drone after drone
Creation brand new
Vices and versa
Lie n bed
Lay in bed
Do something for me
Same old or something new
I’m past the pint if giving a shit
Bring my eyes that fateful brown
That sexual power trip
Standing on a cliff top
Looking out over my parking lot kingdom
Streetlights shine like beacons upon mountains
Oh the magic of coke and weed
Maybe next time I’ll shoot up
I’m beginning to dream but it’s never enough
No it’s never ever enough
Shake me down
Break me down
Take me down
Just a couple keys
To keep in asylum in my own way
Stretch strings and follow them all the way to the picture in the center of the longest hallway
The shake down
The break down
The god damn take down
Is it ever enough
To be crazy with addition
Addiction kills
Addiction kills
Addiction kill
So hard
Suicide
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12. |
So The Story Ends
03:10
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This blade so sharp
Has played its part
Cut through the depths
So perilous
Within my heart
When I lose my head
I search the shed
To find my mind
But it seems this time
I'm as good as dead
Now what's so bad
Bout being sad
And giving in
I've given up
On drink and drugs
Yet I still sin
Spin and spit and slit my throat
To cleanse my soul
oh the blade is sharp
I wear thin skin
my mind torn apart
half grimace half grin
cut the cords that bind
this soul in shards
blinded by light so bright
cutting holes into hearts
oh the blade is so sharp
Maybe you'll don my shady blood soaked coat
I hung it outside of my hole
I dug in deep
The walls are steep
And I got no rope
Seems like I said
I'm good as dead
Without a hope
Well one day I hope they’ll say
He was a good man who just lost his way
Because sometimes lies
Sound so much more nice
Than what we hide from the light of day
So the story ends
When the madman grins
What else can I say
Sometimes evil wins
Such is the way of men
Coloring the sunshine in shades of gray
I don’t believe you exist
in this state I am out of my mind
was it an illusion
or just a lovers tryst
my third eye has gone blind
a spiritual intrusion
dead and gone
or just dead
I dont know anymore
been gone for so long
I see them in my bed
I spoke to the raven nevermore
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13. |
Death Tape
03:28
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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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