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Open Your Eyes
(tilton)
Another day of waking up from another dream
Which started somewhere in the previous night
I was asleep, I guess, they tell me or so it seems
But it's the same when I open my eyes
Another night, another night of dreaming out of desperation
It isn't right, it feel like the other side of deprivation
Wake up to love and sleep off infatuation
Open your eyes, open your eyes
I can remember you were wearing a shiny dress
You took it off and threw it down on the floor
The smell of perfume, wall to wall like a safety net
You lay beside me and you started to snore
Another night, another night of dreaming out of desperation
It isn't right, it feel like the other side of deprivation
Wake up to love and sleep off infatuation
Open your eyes, open your eyes
I couldn't sleep, got up and turned on the tv set
And watched a show about madagascar
The people in it all were dancing with someone dead
It didn't look like they would get very far
Another night, another night of dreaming out of desperation
It isn't right, it feel like the other side of deprivation
Wake up to love and sleep off infatuation
Open your eyes, open your eyes
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
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Bloody Shame
(peri/tilton)
Once was a time when the bells would ring
Now they only chime for the greatest of kings
Paid for all the plastic with a bank full of gold
Now their empty chambers are dusty and cold
It's a bloody shame
Fortune needs it's fame
Who will take the blame
Do you see the picture or just the frame
Twice was the time on an old broken clock
Gave the right answer but still couldn't talk
Is it free will or a question of fate
No other reason than to just contemplate
It's a bloody shame
Fortune needs it's fame
Who will take the blame
Do you see the picture or just the frame
Who is on the same narrow trail
Rise above the winners don't fail
Leave behind your pointless complaints
Choose to be a sinner or saint
Where do you expect to be led
Drinking all your wine, eating bread
How you gonna find your way down
How you gonna lose that old frown
It's a bloody shame
Fortune needs it's fame
Who will take the blame
Is it just a game
What a bloody shame
Fortune needs it's fame
Who will take the blame
Do you see the picture or just the frame
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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Don't Be Afraid
(peri)
Don't be afraid to say no
No harm will come if you let it go
Let someone see when you cry
No tears are measured until they are dry
Restless soul refuse to yield
Your payback waits to rise
Unknown emotion has no shield
Nor a quick disguise
Don't be afraid to reach out
If somebody sees just give me a shout
Who'd really know what you've done
They surely would see it was all in good fun
Smiling face hides below
Collecting drops of night
Confused intruder to your daydream chateau
Awaits in cold moonlight
You'll find approval
But where will you start
Who is your harmony
Count all your angles
Straight from your heart
Then bring it back to me
Walking slow to beat the crowd
Wisdom hides somewhere
Breathing deep to cry aloud
But your voice is air
Count all your angles
Straight from your heart
Then bring it back to me
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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Get Up
(peri)
Get up at dawn the tv's still on
A hot cup of joe fights the chill
The paper boy's late the carpool won't wait
And it looks like the day is uphill
But how can I trust that age old lie
That all of my troubles will fade
And what has my good nature earned for me
A broken heart and soul
The loss of self-contol
The work day is long the customer's wrong
And I can't put a smile in my voice
The paycheck is cashed the market has crashed
A man sometimes has but one choice
But how can I trust that age old lie
That all of my troubles will fade
And what has my good nature earned for me
A broken heart and soul
The loss of self-contol
The evening's too short there's no last resort
And too many plans to arrange
Get up to speed there's so much to need
But maybe tomorrow will change
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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In The Garden
(tilton)
In the garden, in the garden
Bougainvillea
Marigolds and irises and zinnias
In the garden, in the garden
Cultivated rows
Landscaped as a matter of convenience
What can i tell you that you have not heard
Ring the bell, sound the alarm, spread the word
Search for the answer, surrounded by doubt
Maybe you'll figure it out
In the garden, in the garden
Adam said to eve:
"I will always be your humble servant
I will love your body, mind, your laughter and your grief
But first there's the matter of the serpent..."
What can i tell you that you have not heard
Ring the bell, sound the alarm, spread the word
Search for the answer, surrounded by doubt
Maybe you'll figure it out
In the garden, in the garden
Underneath the ground
Sometimes what we don't know can protect us
In the garden, in the garden
A skull and bones were found
And identified by dental records
What can i tell you that you have not heard
Ring the bell, sound the alarm, spread the word
Search for the answer, surrounded by doubt
Maybe you'll figure it out
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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Shaky Ground
(peri)
We're standin' on shaky ground tonight
I'd be better off leavin' town alright
Should I believe what I see
Or just pretend that I can
Another life is calling
A better time awaits this man
We're standin' on shaky ground tonight
I'd be better off leavin' town alright
She doesn't know what to say
She doesn't know what to do
I know what I have to tell her
Even though she's feeling blue
We're standin' on shaky ground tonight
I'd be better off leavin' town alright
The good times come and go
The bad times come and stay
No need to look back now
The old times fade away
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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Dariece
(peri/tilton)
Hey there, Dariece
This letter’s sent from Greece
I’m at a cafe on some street
Eating juicy plums and sweets
Hey hey, Dariece
I’m saving my receipts
Surrounded by spreadsheets
And dancing to your heartbeat
All my hopes and plans
Gods and their commands
You must kneel, young man
Yeah, but tell me why
Hey there, Dariece
This old mythology
Is weighing down on me
I’m feeling just like Atlas
World on my back
Somehow got sidetracked
They’re all a bunch of hacks
That band up at Olympus
All my hopes and plans
Gods and their commands
You must kneel, young man
Yeah, but tell me why
It came from underground
Plain as day to all
The golden fleece was found
Now it's hanging on my wall
Do you want to know
If they'd still believe
We could really steal the show
Change the world on Old Fool's Eve
Or let them all remain deceived
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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Take Us Back Somewhere
(peri)
I cannot stay with you
I wish it wasn't true
And if you cry you know I'll hold you tight
But then I must go away
And hope that things will be alright
It's not my choice to go
As circumstances show
So if you smile as a tear falls from your eye
I will thank you again
For always understanding why
Is there no time to care
Is there no hope in the air
We can only say a prayer
And hope that time knows better
To take us back somewhere
Will we relive the mood
Or die in cold solitude
How can we ever finish what we'd planned
Did we do anything
Or were our dreams too grand
Is there no time to care
Is there no hope in the air
We can only say a prayer
And hope that time knows better
To take us back somewhere
Is it love that calls
Is it love that falls
Did we know that we had a chance to learn
Did we open our eyes
Or did our faces only turn
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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Timepiece
(peri)
Identified as something hidden from view
Another random effect
Bizarre acquaintance perched with nothing to do
Another case to object
Where did they take me how could I know
How did they break me where can I go
To find solution to my fear and doubt
Reaction falls upon the bored and dismayed
Beyond a reason to see
Persuaded by the need to ride a crusade
Beyond the blood and debris
Caught in the first light how could they move
Rebellion was outright they still disapprove
And yet they search for bigger dreams
And words and thoughts and endless schemes to fear
All the free and busy people wanting just to live and grow
Reaching up to life's potentials climbing past the status quo
Will they rest in the end (I would like to feel it)
Is their quest to ascend (I cannot conceal it)
Have they pressed to defend (I cannot reveal it)
Are they blessed
Don't forget the fallen fences crushed beneath your neighbor's feet
No more need for accusations read the signs as they repeat
Can you cry for the weak (I don't want to show it)
Would you lie just to speak (I don't want to know it)
Do you shy from critique (I don't want to blow it)
Will you die
Who will shelter all the knowledge through the veins of history
Where are all the lasting moments from the halls of destiny
Will we fail in our trust (that is not our purpose)
Is our scale to be just (we are on the surface)
Are we frail or robust (as the trend reverses)
We will hail
One more opinion lost in the throng
The latest dominion the worst of the strong
We see we hear we feel but do we think
Assume the ending at the top of the lie
Believe in nothing today
Imagine nothing that does not qualify
The fact of the matter
The leaders grow fatter
The timepiece will shatter
Open Your Eyes Bloody Shame Don't Be Afraid
Get Up In The Garden Shaky Ground Dariece
Take Us Back Somewhere Timepiece
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