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Oh My God
04:34
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Life, isn’t it a tragedy, your next step could mean fatality
Life, whatever happened to me? Someone save my sanity
Oh my god, I’m falling apart, oh my god I’ve fallen too far
Oh my god, I’ve driven the stake, through my heart
Oh my god
Guilty by majority, casted down into disparity
Shunned and scorned, desperately, someone save my dignity
Oh my god, I’m falling apart, Oh my god I’ve fallen too far
Oh my god, I’ve driven the stake through my heart,
Oh my god!
Locked inside the penitentiary
Where’s there no humanity
It’s the only world I know
Will you ever save my soul?
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2. |
Rough Times Ahead
03:47
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Here I am alone in this room,
Singing songs out of time & out of tune
Daylight you know it’s a coming soon
I lose track of the time as I play
This same old song, the same old way
Messed up the words I forgot what to say
Try again tomorrow or some other day
When it’s time to go to bed
So many thoughts running through my head
Ain’t no reason, or rhyme that I’ve said
Would make a difference & earn me some bread
Guess I’ll go & take a walk outside
What’s with those people there they go driving by
With they’re faces all covered, I just don’t know why
Makes you wonder what’s going on inside
Just can’t believe in these things that I see
Everyone’s fallen for this lunacy
Are they that detached from reality? Hmm
Should I just go home & back to bed?
Or try and finish this song in my head
Who will ever hear these words that I’ve said?
Look out my friends, there’s rough times ahead
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3. |
Hold on Tight
03:52
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Hold on tight, I’m feeling as if I’m gonna slip
It’s a bitter life, I seem to miss by my finger tips
Days passing by, all I know is what I see
No denying, this sad recluse I never meant to be
Flickering fire, seeking the truth I knew before
Walking on a wire, falling further, then I fell some more
Hiding in shadows, flirting with the ghosts I left behind
Lighting the candles, losing all the hope that once did shine
My whole life was turned around
Played for the fool, a rented clown
Dragged through mud then out again
Soaked in blood of the flesh I tend
A troubled man is all I am
Never will I ever give a damn
If I could just somehow embrace my fears
Then throw it all away like I did those years, did those years
I’m holding on tight, feeling like I always did before
For a better life, this time, but I’m falling for sure
Much more frantic from putting it all on the line
So problematic, living with this curse that is all mine
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4. |
Coming After You
05:33
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Here they come, this morning sun
All dressed in white clothes
If somehow, you live to tell
You’re disposed to a house of woes
You can’t uninstall them, you cannot cull them
A vast majority they control
If you please them it only feeds them
Then they’ll surely take your soul
And everyone that you know
Chorus
Because there’s no crime they won’t commit
They just do what they want to do
When the Government’s all behind it
And they’re coming after you and everything that you knew
Dusk until dawn a war is on
It’s a fate they all applaud
Kill white devils, kill soul brother
All in the name of their laws
Now you see, how easily
The ignorant are deceived
If you’re naïve and still believe
You’ll never, ever be free, never ever be free
Because there’s no crime they won’t commit
They just do what they want to do
It’s the Government that’s all behind it
And they’re coming after you and everything that you knew
No freedoms left to choose, when life you once loved is through
And payment is now past due
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5. |
Waiting Grave
04:52
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So hard waking up today
Even harder than yesterday
A changing world so dark & gray
So little reason for me to stay
Don’t know how much more I can take
With the same old stupid, foolish mistakes
Vile moods fuel my soul with hate
They’re always there when I’m awake
Chorus
Some might wonder if I feel fear
Not so much now the end is near
If I got down on my knees to pray
I’d only fall into a waiting grave
This tortured life was never saved
When help came it came too late
Within these walls so second rate
If you were me would you escape?
I see demise, as it appears
Not to panic; no need for tears
I was thankful, you seemed sincere
Would you miss me if I disappear?
Chorus
Now I stand at an open gate
It’s Death my friend, who lays in wait
Takes away that rusted chain
So, I’ll never feel this way again
Chorus
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6. |
Life Gets Dim
04:27
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I thought I had the answer
Now I don’t know what it is
If I, looked a little closer
Because no one ever did
In my head, I see a picture
But the face is not so clear
And as I, grew much older
Too much changed throughout the years
Oh, when life gets dim
And now I’m turning in
I want to, start a new day
I went looking for a place
And all that, I remembered
Is now gone without a trace
If my heart, wasn’t bitter
No amount of time could make me change
And the children, all play outside
When I’m inside with the rain
Oh, when life gets dim
And now I’m turning in
I thought I had the answer
But I don’t know what it is
If I ever, looked a little closer
Because no one ever did, no one ever did
Oh, how life gets dim
And now I’m just tuning in
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7. |
Take Another Look
04:13
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Won’t you open up your eyes?
Don’t you know it’s hit or miss?
Will you ever realize?
That this is all there is, this is all there is
This is all there is
I know it’s breaking all apart
I could count the times it took
All the way into your heart
Just take another look
(Chorus)
Take another look
Take another look
It’s not some open book
Even if I tried, I’d be on the hook
To take another look
It’s time to turn a new page
Could be the last thing we ever do
You said it was all just a phase
You had to go through, I always thought you knew
That this is what I do
Will you open up your mind?
It could be the last time
Fall down, see what you’ll find
Just take another look
Take another look
Take another look
It’s not some open book
Even if I try, I’d be on the hook
To take another look, take another look
Even if I cry, it’s not to wonder why
Because I’d be on the hook
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8. |
Someone That I Knew
03:33
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I had this friend
He was a junky
He was a user, never had no money
He took me so literally
He took me too seriously
I had this friend
He was a loner
Didn’t open up until, he got much older
He took me so literally
He took me too seriously
I got the morning paper
I read the daily blues
And when I saw the headlines
I couldn’t believe it was true
You were high upon a tower,
Looking down on some school
Armed with a high-powered rifle
With a determined look to shoot
And when it all was over
Many lives were through
What made it all more tragic
It was someone that I knew
I had this friend
He was a killer
He took his own life, so be it
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9. |
Relieved of Command
03:26
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Not so long ago, the tyrants said
This life of yours
Is ours to end
Take this poison please it’s all free
Wipe faith aside, the door is open wide
Like a thief in the night
We’ve lost without a fight
Only few can understand
It was all done by plan
Time to get wise
At evil in disguise
See through the lies
Or else say goodbye
Clenched fists engage
Is turned to ugly rage
Revenge will be sweet
When they all hang from trees
With our hearts full of spite
We’ll execute day and night
And with bloodshed on our hands
They’re relieved of their command
Relieved of their command
Relieved of their command
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10. |
My, Life's a Downer
04:07
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My, life’s a downer, it’s one bad thing after the other
Everything I do, just seems to fail it’s what I’m so used to
Try as I will I can’t succeed I feel like a fool
Try as I may I’m so depraved I’ve lost my way
Even my own friends tell me I’ve been off since they don’t know when
Day after day it’s all the same, my whole world’s insane
Try as I will I can’t succeed I feel like a fool
Try as I may, I’m so depraved I’ve lost my way
Try as I might, why should I fight? I’m just a tool
Tried hard but fell, from all I can tell it hurts like hell
My, life’s a downer, my, life’s a downer, my, life’s a downer
Try as I will I can’t succeed I feel like a fool
Try as I may I’m so depraved I’ve lost my way
Try as I might, why should I mind? I’m just a tool
Tried hard but fell, from all I can tell it hurts like hell
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11. |
Nice Guys Finish Last
04:43
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Who says nice guys finish last, not me
I think that it’s all in the past
Who said what happened to courtesy not me
I feel its part of our personality
Chorus
Where have all those good guys gone
Did they fade away did they move on
Are they out there ashamed to be strong?
Waiting for another chance in the sun
Some say people are so strange, not me
I think it’s all just a game they play
It’s just so common to betray, not me
I’m not the one to cause you pain in any way
Where have all those good guys gone
Did they fade away, did they move on
Are they out there ashamed to be strong?
Waiting for another chance in the sun
Who says nice guys finish last, not me
I think that it’s all in the past
Who said what happened to honesty, not me
I know there’s hope for you & me
(Chorus 1 more time)
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In the Robin Hood Hills of Arkansas
Where three little boys were killed
As they lay in a ditch near the tri pipe bridge
Innocent blood was spilled
I know it happened quite a while ago
It’s almost been thirty years
It shattered lives and made time stand still
But my eyes still well with tears
I can never, never forget you
And now I know I never will
I still cry I feel dead inside
Why did you have to die?
Michael, Christopher, & little Steve
You’re not where you’re supposed to be
You were denied your childhood
You deserved to live
Now you’re safe from harm up where you are
In the arms of God
I’m ashamed of humanity
When guilt walks free right among us all
I can never, never forget you
Now I know I never will
And I still cry I feel dead inside
Why did you have to die?
I will never, ever forget you
Now I know I never will
And I will cry, I will always remember I will always pray for you
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The Soakes Lonesome Richmond Hill, Ontario
I am a survivor of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
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