1. STANDING OUTSIDE OF MYSELF

Standing outside of myself seems hard to believe
But much clearer are the facts displayed around me
I remember that place, I remember the fences
I remember the dogs defending, so typical of this earth
I remember that place, I remember the running
I recall her calling from behind ...She said,
"You see, I've made myself seen.
Its not often I get this liberty.
Embrace my ghosts, come help set me free,
I feel the rapturous plight in your needs."
Some may live, some may die
Some may laugh, some may cry
I do wish before your eyes
Let the truth denude this lies
Standing outside myself seems hard to believe
But much clearer are the facts displayed around me
Life in the inner world remains a mystery
Among the martyrs at camp crucifixion
I remember that place, I remember that running
I recall their steps closing in
Once more the chills of insight freeze me
Its not often I get this liberty
Rebind the damaged walls of security
Seek refuge behind its great capacity
Some may live, some may die
Some may laugh, some may cry
I do wish before your eyes
Let the truth denude this lies

Why did you leave?
Why did you remain?
Standing within my head behind the wooden barricade.
I still hear them
Hear them pounding
Pounding on the walls outside the wooden barricade


2. PLACID RAIN

In my darkest dreams of running through
The blinding mist that curtains you
Pulled across your face I see
A shining dullness surrounding me
And your rain fills in my eyes
With brilliant clouds of comforting skies
Far beneath I hold ...the rain
Falls so loud on me
Bleeds me of my needs
Like a friendly enemy
Shapes hills of memory
Through the moistened scenery
Thoughts of placid misery
Force me to reanalyse
My altruistic frame of mind
And your rain fills in my eyes
With brilliant clouds of comforting skies
Liquid splashes call my name
Rain ...fall so loud on me
Cleanse impurities
Revive the withered trees
Shape hills of memory


3. STAIRCASE

Besiege in me, the final scene
Echoes of a climbing man
To elevate, levitate
Find out what strange things go on up there

From step to step, the tension builds
What wili be seen, will it be good or bad
Mesmerized, tranquilized
Hypnotized ...on a staircase

Besiege in me, the final scene
Echoes of a climbing man
To elevate, levitate
Mesmerized ...on a staircase


4. THE HERD

You say your the frightened one (Join us draining)
When you find your the only one (Join us draining)
Selecting, correcting the choice, What to make of this life
When freedom is waiting there outside the door
...Wait for me...
At one with the herd, kneel and be crowned
Reside and conform, now you find that you want out

Time's clutch the inevitable grasp (Join us draining)
It chases, encages and then (Join us draining)
So mindless and self-defeating I have become
Among the chewed up and spat out (Join us draining)
...Drain the worth...
At one with the herd, kneel and be crowned
Reside and conform, It seems your the only one concerned
See the bitterness
Of those among you
Their lives have gone astray
In jobs they can only hate
Working zombies
Mindless machines