Embalming the Emotional

To abstain to open your mind
of what could disturb everyone
To presume everything right in the order,
You will lie just to spare someone?

To close yourself you create ... something nasty
This symbolic character ... arise from you
You commend without notice ...his destiny
To embalm the emotional : it's his quest

He fill your lies with pleasant scent
He dried up your feelings to conserves the gist
He feed himself with your emotions
Some of his preys are more fragiles one after one

To close yourself you create ... something nasty
This symbolic character ... arise from you
You commend without notice ...his destiny
To embalm the emotional : it's his quest

HE'S THE ONE WHO PULLS THE STRINGS
LIVING INSIDE TO DAMAGE THE MIND
IF IT HAS A NAME, WE WANT TO KNOW
BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO BE A SLAVE OF MYSELF ?

At each birth a certain death
At each event an isolation
At each question a lie
That's recipe for a macabre feast
with the best poison by this warlike artist

Some of preys are more fragile one after one
You will lie juste to spare someone!!!

HE'S THE ONE WHO PULLS THE STRINGS
LIVING INSIDE TO DAMAGE THE MIND
IF IT HAS A NAME, WE WANT TO KNOW
BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO BE A SLAVE OF MYSELF ?


HOLLOW GRIEF (Mai 2005)
(Lyrics: Jean-F. Varin)
(Music : Jean-F. Varin, Rick Sarrazin, François Cadieux)



DREAM PASSENGER

A silent man on a field, thinking of what, we, human became
The slumber state shrouded his mind to float over a mystical land

In this land, there's no humans, there's no machines, there's no sins
In this land, there's no humans, there's no greed for POWER

Wandering where he don't belong, all the living are watching his soul
Nervous and anxious to know who he is, he's the bound between two worlds collided

Why does human are feared? Why destroy everything ?
Will we be tolerant? And accept that we're also weak ?

IN A WORLD UNTOUCHED BY FEAR
YOU CAN HEAR SOME PRAYERS
LISTEN TO THE MELODIES
CAUSE YOU'RE A DREAM PASSENGER

The dream shows him the beginning, it's like a travel to the past
Where he stand it's light and calm, but in his world, it's dark and insane

In this land, there's no humans, there's no machines, there's no sins
In this land, there's no humans, there's no greed for POWER

Why does human are feared? Why destroy everything ?
Will we be tolerant? And accept that we're also weak ?

IN A WORLD UNTOUCHED BY FEAR
YOU CAN HEAR SOME PRAYERS
LISTEN TO THE MELODIES
CAUSE YOU'RE A DREAM PASSENGER

Now he starts to realize, the sin that we commit,
the killing to conquer on our path, so the beauty soon begin to fall

In our land, no more humans, too much machines, too much sins
In our land, no more humans, and there is greed for power

Why does human are feared? I know the answer now !
It's time to go home! My mission: Dream Passenger

IN A WORLD UNTOUCHED BY FEAR
YOU CAN HEAR SOME PRAYERS
LISTEN TO THE MELODIES
CAUSE YOU'RE A DREAM PASSENGER

IN OUR WORLD DESTROYED BY FEAR
YOU WILL HEAR SOME PRAYERS
VANISHED IN THE AIR
THERE'S NO MORE DREAM PASSENGER


HOLLOW GRIEF (January 2004)
Lyrics & Music : Jean-F. Varin



ADDICTED

(At) dawn of the day, of a new sorrow
It's getting hard to focus on the same show
What I need is something to hold on
This lack of passion takes me down

I start with one, I'm getting better
This lapse of time doesn't last forever
It's hard again, I've got to try once more
My silent voice forces me forevermore

I'M ADDICTED
(4x)

I am manipulated
Too much pride inside to ask for help
Why is it so hard to stop anyway?
One after one to forget my pain

I'M ADDICTED - LEAVE ME ALONE!
I'M ADDICTED - I'M SO ASHAMED!
I'M ADDICTED - PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
I'M ADDICTED - NO!!!

I'm afraid of what I'll become
I'm living in an illusion
And I know it will destroy me
And my love for my passion will disappear

So you caught me, I'm a prisoner
It's about time you see the havoc you've made
It's never too late to resume the match
I've got to open my golden cage

So you caught me, I'm a prisoner
I've lived long enough in a sad paradise
Now, I've realize
I've got to open my golden cage !!!

I'M ADDICTED !!!


HOLLOW GRIEF (February 2004)
(Lyrics & music : Jean-F. Varin)



BY THE PAIN (you'll believe)

For years, I tried so hard to live a peaceful life
But everything went different after I realized
That I am now accused ,but I know that I'm innocent
Alone to face this way, cause no one believes me

HEY YOU, THE ONE WHO BELIEVE
DON'T FOOL YOURSELF !!!
TO SEEK THE TRUTH OF SOMEONE ELSE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIS PAIN

Do you believe in Fate? Which means our lives are all...
...predeterminated of ways of consequences
(So) don't let the fear of death vanish your will to live
If you search inside, I know you'll find something

HEY YOU, THE ONE WHO BELIEVE
DON'T FOOL YOURSELF !!!
TO SEEK THE TRUTH OF SOMEONE ELSE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIS PAIN

TO SEEK THE TRUTH OF SOMEONE ELSE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIS PAIN

“Instead living this mess, I'll better be dead!!!”

Now, that you sentenced me and all your fears vanished
My story faded away to never bother you
Are you satisfy of my departure?
But how will you react if it happens to you ?!

HEY YOU, THE ONE WHO BELIEVE
DON'T FOOL YOURSELF !!!
TO SEEK THE TRUTH OF SOMEONE ELSE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIS PAIN

TO SEEK THE TRUTH OF SOMEONE ELSE
YOU HAVE TO TAKE HIS PAIN

“Instead living this mess, I'll better be dead!!!”


HOLLOW GRIEF (April 2004)
(Lyrics : Jean-F. Varin)
(Music : Jean-F. Varin, Rick Sarrazin)



Secret Garden

In my head, there's a garden
Sometimes with flowers, sometimes with thorns
A lots of contrast in so much little space
But a few for my soul.

Childhood's memories
Some privates hidden tough
No ones knows, no one sees
The only ones who can is... me

Joyful or sad
The scheming garden upset by his secrets
No need to search, to find solutions
Look.....Look for yourself

There's one thing we can change
The future that will comes
But then, can we change
our own destiny?

WE ALL POSSESSED SECRET GARDEN
WE KEEP THEM FOR US
WE GROW WITH OUR SECRET GARDEN
EACH YEAR ANOTHER HARVEST

In my head, there's familiar faces
Some friendly ones, Some dangerous ones
Each one of them is a seed to plant
To look from the past to forge tomorrow

If we build our life
and accept our past experiences
We could make better choice
between two opposites ways

WE ALL POSSESSED SECRET GARDEN
WE KEEP THEM FOR US
WE GROW WITH OUR SECRET GARDEN
EACH YEAR ANOTHER HARVEST

In my head, there's a gardenthere's a garden and he's fine...


HOLLOW GRIEF Juin 2005
(Lyrics: Jean-F. Varin)
(Music: François Cadieux, Jean-F. Varin)



BURY THE FEAR (instrumentale)

HOLLOW GRIEF (October 2003)
(Music : Rick Sarrazin, Jean-F. Varin)



Stubborn Little Child

Hey, here I am living my own demise
Blinds, are my eyes, I don't use them to see
Cold, is my heart, no more feelings for me
Reckless, no matter what, I'll do what I want

BEWARE, DON'T PUSH ME
THE PRESSURE GETS HIGHER
THE WAY YOU TALK TO ME
WILL REVEALED MY TRUE SELF

You, backstabbers, I despise what you are
Run as fast as you can on the mindfield of my life

BEWARE, DON'T PUSH ME
THE PRESSURE GETS HIGHER
THE WAY YOU TALK TO ME
WILL REVEALED MY TRUE SELF

I try to please everyone
But they are never satisfy
No one lives for someone else
So what if I live the way I want

Who do you think you are
To teach me how to live
I play my part well as you
So don't never pretend I am not !!!

(Don't, Don't, Don't, Don't)
Don't preach over me
I'm a stubborn little child

Rise, it is time, let the new day begins
I will walk, straight forward to never turn my back away

BEWARE, DON'T PUSH ME
THE PRESSURE GETS HIGHER
THE WAY YOU TALK TO ME
WILL REVEALED MY TRUE SELF

(Don't, Don't, Don't, Don't)
Don't preach over me
I'm a stubborn little child


HOLLOW GRIEF (July 2004)
(Lyrics: Jean-F. Varin)
(Music: François Cadieux, Jean-F. Varin)



THE LIVING ART OF EXISTENCE

Part 1
(Only One Life)

Live simply for the others
For them to live in peace
A gentle line that change a life

We're no gods, powerful beings
With unfailing knowledge
No hiding, no fear, to reveal true force

Only one life to live
In front of many possibilities
One existence inside
Space and time for supremacy

FACE AT THE SUN
HE SCREAMS WITH PRIDE
“I AM ALIVE, I'M HERE TO STAY

Life is like a story
So we have a hero
Obviously, there will be enemies

Problematic encounters
So to live not just exist
He has to confront them

Only one life to live
In front of many possibilities
One existence inside
Space and time for supremacy

FACE AT THE SUN
HE SCREAMS WITH PRIDE
“I AM ALIVE, I'M HERE TO STAY”
FACE AT THE SUN
HE SCREAMS WITH PRIDE
“I AM ALIVE, I'M HERE TO STAY”

Part 2
(Sadness in Darkness)

FALLEN AND HURT
THE SUN IS SET
THE DARKNESS HAS FELL
HE'S SO IN DISTRESS

Flames of my will gets higher
My heart turns to ashes
Everyone wants to avoid me
Like a lethal decease

FALLEN AND HURT
THE SUN IS SET
THE DARKNESS HAS FELL
HE'S SO IN DISTRESS

Like a blind man without stick
I can't see anything
Overwhelmed and broken
I'm living in void

Part 3
(From Reasons to Guilt)

Maybe blind, but not a fool
What you want from me is to be a tool
But, beware dear destiny
The sleeper will soon awake

Now, it's time to realize
To identify all the defect gears
To make always the same routine
It was my mistakes, my path for DAMNATION

FROM REASON TO GUILT, THERE IS MY TRIAL
I'LL HAVE TO FACE THE MONSTERS OF MY THOUGH

To never look to someone's needs
Some of those of my fellows
Or never listen to them
To hear what they say and let them a place

FROM REASON TO GUILT, THERE IS MY TRIAL
LETTING THE PAST BEHIND WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP
TO BE IN THE RACE, WE HAVE TO FOCUS
AND GO FORWARD, TO KEEP THE FAITH ALIVE

Part 4
(... a Struggle for Hope)

I choose to live this beautiful life
This life full of steps
I climb and cross them all
A stairway to the honest truth

Now I face two simple choices
That makes a future to myself
Falling down to the ground zero
Or go up to my victory

Let me tell you only one thing
Predator without preys
I'll do the best that I could
With the few that I possess

LIFE IS JUST A STRUGGLE FOR HOPE (4x)

Part 5
(Force Yourself to Live)

Force yourself to live
Before the curtain fall
The seeds you plant emerges from the soil
You'll see what you deserve

For now on let your movie begin
To see the magic of life
It will happen when we don't expect it
It is life himself

At this point, you have to go forward
Help yourself and try what you can
It will become something very special
THE LIVING ART OF EXISTENCE


HOLLOW GRIEF (September 2002 / September2003)
(Lyrics : Jean-F. Varin)
(Music : Jean-F. Varin, Rick Sarrazin)