1. LIVING IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH

Grasping in the dark cold hands,
The voiceless phantom mythed in
Torn pages of a decomposing tome.

The pages wither like burned
Flowers in a summer drought,
They fall into dust while questions
Arise in perpetual wanderlust.

Of unanswered questions
And empty gestures, mandrake
Saviors and eyes sewn shut.

This living in fear,
Fear of freedom
Fear of letting go,
Letting go of things.

Letting go of things!

The novice angel's somber strings,
Fear of letting go, letting go of things.

Golden gates and choirs of angels
Sing praises to a heavenly host
Who's overlooked in arrogance
The true majesty of the world.

There is no God, there is no God,
There is no God in buildings.
There is no God, there is no God,
There is no God in buildings...

Forever wanting more when
The table buckles from building
Plates so overfilled with the
Beauty of this world.

This divisive,
Cunning method of control!
Ignorance, oblivion,
Ungratefulness and greed.

Choirs of angels singing praises
To a heavenly host who's
Overlooked in arrogance the true
Majesty of the world.

There is no God, there is no God,
There is no God in buildings.
There is no God, there is no God,
There is no God in buildings...

"The unwise man thinks that he
Ay will live if from fighting he flees,
But the ails and aches of old age dog
Him though spears have spared him.

Hail the victorious Death!"

Death is my final gift,
The leaves that fall nourish the soil
With their decomposition.

And the oak will feed
Its soul from itself again,
And the world thrives,
Relish the wilderness

There are no forests
In your Heaven,
There are no forests
In your Heaven.

Relish the wilderness!

There are no forests
In your Heaven,
There are no forests
In your Heaven.

There are no forests
In your Heavenb because
Heaven is within.

Heaven is within!


2. LIVING EULOGY

There's so much pressure to just keep breathing,
I'm not sure my heart will keep beating.
All the things I have labored for they may fall
Into nothing if I'm not here to see.

I'm not here to see the end!

What will become of me when
I become the Autumn leaves,
When all that's left of me is a shell
And the world moves on without me?

Will I die tonight,
Will I die tonight,
Will I forever sleep?

Will my mother weep,
Will you remember me,
Will you remember me?

Will I die tonight,
Will I die tonight,
Will I forever sleep?

Will my mother weep,
Will you remember me,
Will you remember me?

"The unwise man waketh all night,
Thinking of this and that,
Tosses, sleepless, and is tired at morn:
Nor lighter for that is load."

I exist in fear
So in a way I am not alive.
This foe I cannot conquer,
It is my own demise.

I am terrified
And I don't want to die.
This world is so beautiful,
I want to be alive.

I want to be alive!

I am terrified
And I don't want to die.
This world is so beautiful,
I want to be alive.


3. TO MAKE AN IDOL OF OUR FEAR AND CALL IT GOD

(Instrumental)


4. A MESSAGE TO THE MISSIONARY

The institution of your faith
Is not worth dying for,
Not worth living for,
Worth crying for.

You want us on our knees
Not only to pray but to be enslaved,
We cannot fight when we can't stand.

You've locked us in a cage,
Taught us to be afraid to be free.

To be free!

The institution of your faith
Is not worth dying for,
Not worth living for,
Worth crying for.

You want us on our knees not
Only to pray but to be your slaves,
We cannot fight when we can't stand.

You've locked us in a cage,
Taught us to be afraid to be free.

We are told of visions
By those who cannot see,
We are told to listen by
Those who cannot hear.

We are given salvation
Based on terror and fear,
Denied this life for a day dream
In red letters and gold trimmed pages.

Gold trimmed pages!

One nations ethnocentric perception
Of god cannot be the only end.
Your internecine is supported by scripture,
It's the only credibility your willing to lend:

Lies to support lies...


5. ...SEEING...

We search so hard in vain
When the answers hold our hands.
They fill our bellies, they drench the sand
They pour from the sky their thunders roar.

We still search for answers,
We must search no more!

Disregard dogma,
We've no need to kneel again
Unless to feel the earth to
Drink from the streams again.

Drink from the streams again!

Divinity in the forest
Drenching the night sky.
Present in all things that grow,
The Gods as an archetype.

I saw the gods in the eyes of my
Father on the last day he waved goodbye.
I saw the Gods starring at the night-sky
With a friend standing on lake ice.

I saw God in the eyes of my
Nephew just minutes after his birth and
I saw the Gods at the end of Sumbel when
An emptied horn made flames burst!

I see the Gods,
I see God...


6. WATCHING YOU

For Holly and Ed, we love and miss you so much!
- Jack and Austin

This loss of all innocence,
The hands that guard us often wither
And leaving us so exposed.

Naked to the wolves,
Away from our fathers and mothers
Who once sheltered us from
The terror of the world.

Who will hold us now that they have gone?
Left to be embraced by fear and loss
Whose gentle hands rock us to sleep,
Singing vicious lullabies to us.

The grim reminder of all
We have lost, of our fallen kin,
The innocence lost.

So we turn within, grown into adults
And longing to be children again
Just to hear your voice once more.

Just to hear your voice once more...

We saw the hands of the Gods that day,
In quick wings held steady.
A gaze across time, a last goodbye
And hope took flight.

We may never see your face again
But I know you haven't left us.
Your work lives on in me,
Your heart live on in me.

The current ran against our feet,
Another loss to nourish,
The river you became.

Rich earth contains
Memories of past days,
The soil that embraced you
And seeds for future hopes.

The air I breath again,
The cycle spins on!

Neither lost nor forgotten
With sun shining down,
We walk within you in the day.

We sleep beneath you in the night
And remember you all of our lives.

Our lives,
All of our lives.
Our lives,
All of our lives.