1. ETERNAL LIGHT, ETERNAL NIGHT

When you were younger, never so weak
Somehow you crawl back on your feet

Over and over, we’d see you fall
A simple symptom of withdrawal

Run into light, run from eternal night

Your will’s been broken, for far too long
So unaware of what went wrong

The daily struggle, get out of bed
A small feat of strength to clear your head

Run into light, run from eternal night

You must confess that in duress
If you can’t defer then you’ll regress
To a child-like state to incubate
And allow your world to disintegrate

Run into light, run from eternal night


2. SORROW (LOVE IN VAIN)

Heaven sent, but got relent
We don’t need no more grief
Let us please repent

Hallowed souls revered our roles,
As we stray from the path to review our goals
Let me know, was it worthwhile?
In a bitter rage, it still brings a smile

Take the cues, you know you’re born to lose
How can you win, in the condition you’re in?

May I attest that I detest the words
That we used in our last address
Lit the fuse, from there you run
All the battles lost from arguments won

Little known of how to cope with reality
As it drains all hope
A vacant gaze, a hollow stare
When the truth sets in
Few words can compare

Take the cues, you know you’re born to lose
How can you win, in the condition you’re in?

Sorrow, love in vain
It burns, like lashes of flame

Heaven sent, but got relent
We don’t need no more grief
Let us please repent
Little known of how to cope with reality
As it drains all hope
A vacant gaze, a hollow stare
When the truth sets in
Few words can compare


3. TRUE BEARINGS

Please don’t protest, for the rest of your life
You know you won’t avoid
All the pain and the strife

Disagree or defend
Honestly I guess it really depends

It’s hard enough, to get ahead
When there’s no one you trust
It’s hard to climb,
When you know you’re at the end of the line

And I try, and I try, and I try
To regain some dignity
And balance my time

It’s a means to an end, and it’s close
I can feel it my friend

It’s hard enough
To get ahead when there’s no one you trust
It’s hard to climb
When you know you’re at the end of the line


4. DEAD AIR

I am standing on the precipice of time
Reassured we’ll all be fine
Always told to tow the line

As I’m draining all the blood from every stone
Every inch another moan
Finding pain a private home

It’s so amazing
How these days they never end
How a vice becomes a friend
How the broken never mend

It’s so draining, but someday I’d love to know
The grand finale of the show
Make it count before we go

It’s coming down to the wire
No more help is on the line

I am waiting for the ground to finally thaw
Reveal the gifts we never saw
Remain perpetually in awe

I am diving into every void there is in sight
To only fill them out of spite
It isn’t wrong, it isn’t right
Light is fading slowly
As we drift for foreign shores
As if we’re driven out by wars,
As if your home’s no longer yours

It’s only waiting to re-emerge
As someone new
To rearrange my world view
Explore every avenue

It’s coming down to the wire
No more help is on the line


5. BATTERED & BRUISED

Always someone calling out to you
Always returning the call
And when I say that it’s nothing new
Darling, I’ve been through it all

A soul torn and re-sewn
Left battered & bruised
Battered & bruised

And they will say I’m no good for you
You know it’s hard to forget
And when I say that it’s nothing new
Darling, I’ve got no regrets

A soul torn and re-sewn
Left battered & bruised
Battered & bruised


6. TIME IS NO EXCUSE

Every time you tell me not to worry
You know exactly what I’ll do
Every time you’re in a hurry
And I’m left without a clue

Every time you speak to me,
Your eyes are glued to the floor
Anytime I look away,
I’m just daydreaming
Searching for more

Why bother trying
You’ve got to cut them loose
And I realized, on that day
I realized that time is no excuse

Frantic and discouraged
This man, he finally broke
Reflecting on the years
My departure, the final joke
Now I’m all alone
Tragic from your point of view
All good things come to an end
A chance to start anew

Why bother trying
You’ve got to cut them loose
And I realized, on that day
I realized, that time is no excuse

The artifice of knowledge
Replaced organic joy
And the realization
That I was just a decoy
But a future follows
Not the first and won’t be the last
Were all social actors
A simple role to recast

Why bother trying
You’ve got to cut them loose
And I realized, on that day
That time is no excuse


7. JUST SURVIVAL

Gone were the days where we tried
To make a good thing last, long for a way
Maybe we can reconcile with our past
Well, I can see that you’re aware
That all euphoria’s died
I hope you’ll finally realize that I tried
I was such a fool to be so blind

How did we let things get so low?
How many days till I finally let go?

I’m ready
For more, then just survival

I’m already
Awaiting your reprisal

Isn’t it strange
How silence spoke more than words
Ever could?
Lost and deranged
Often wondering if you ever would
Admit any fault or maybe compromise;
Sometimes it really drives me
Out of my mind
How could you pretend it’d all be fine?

How did we let things get so low?
How many days till I finally let go?

I would never pull you under
I would never bring you down
When the world is torn asunder
You’ll be there on higher ground