They watched her from the darkness,
just counting down the time,
a picture of pure calmness,
her countenance sublime.

They followed her in silence,
still waiting for their chance,
a moment more in patience,
before they start the dance.

They talked to her In whispers,
beyond all she could hear,
a secret shared like vespers,
just as her time drew near.

They took her from the shadows,
another lost young soul,
her eyes no longer windows,
into the heart they stole.

More precious than the rarest stone,
more sacred than an ancient throne,
the way to light from dark you've shown,
a place of love as yet unknown.

More lovely than an open rose,
more radiant than a star that glows,
if nothing more this life now shows,
each day this love we share still grows.

More needed than the air i breathe,
more special than you can believe,
through all the pain the gods conceive,
my heart is yours- with no reprieve.

what maketh rain and shadow fall,
what maketh nature heed its call;

what maketh day to follow night,
what maketh love the mind to fight;

what maketh dream the heart to speak,
what maketh death the soul to seek;

what maketh hope and peace to reign,
what maketh war the world in pain.

This rage that burns beneath my skin,
This shadow over all my kin,

This cloud that hangs above my mind,
This tyrant on those left behind,

This force beyond my heart’s control,
This scar upon my tattered soul.

All light escapes my sight today,
those happy dreams a world away,
no angels in my heart at play,
no god to keep the hounds at bay.

The spark escapes my grasp today,
the glow of hope soon drifts away,
the scenes are worse each time they play,
they keep my hopes of peace at bay.

The words escape my mind today,
the pages blank and thrown away,
no rhyme to keep my mind at play,
no lines to hold these thoughts at bay.

How can I describe a world,
where you and I are not as one,
a place where we have never met,
a time when our love's not begun,

How can I describe a scene,
where you and I are not to be,
a place where we were lost to hope,
a time our souls could not be free,

How can I describe a hell,
where you and I are far apart,
a place where we are still alone,
a time before you healed my heart,

How can I describe a dream,
where you and I are one at last,
a place where we live happily,
a time where love reshapes the past

Lost in the music,
Lost in the feeling,
Lost on the path and finding no meaning,

Show me a sign,
Show me a light,
Show me a way with the ending in sight.

Gone from this place,
Gone from these lands,
Gone from the pain and the blood on my hands,

Safe in the memory,
Safe now it seems,
Safe from myself in the world of my dreams.

Love is born and starts to grow,
Beyond all ways our hearts could know,
Though times may change and youth may go,
True love shines now and ever so.

Love is blind and without fear,
Beyond all doubt and ever dear,
Though hard to see it’s ever near,
In every smile and each warm tear.

Love is deeper than the sea,
Beyond all realms that we could see,
The force that binds and sets us free,
Reserved for those like you and me.

The rose we're told is often red,
the image set deep in our head,
but what if it were pink or blue,
or something of a darker hue?

The rose we're told is often red,
the symbol of true love its said,
but what of pain or baser needs,
the lust for deep and sordid deeds?

The rose we're told is often red,
the petals scattered on the bed,
but what if we could change the track,
and have the petals painted black?

Today we celebrate your day,
The truth in all the things you say,
That smile that shows the best of you,
The hope that ever sees you through,

Today we think of all you've done,
The journey that you have begun,
This joy and love you bring us all.
The faith that keeps you standing tall,

Today we join our hands and pray,
The Lord to bless you in his way,
With gifts no mortal man could find,
For one so treasured by her kind.

Two sides of a broken coin,
Living out these lonely days,
Two paths that can never join,
Going on our separate ways,

Two hearts sharing just one beat,
Reaching out with love in mind,
Two souls joined in this defeat,
Wanting what we cannot find,

Too far from what could have been,
Living with what has been done,
Too long cut from this great scene,
Though this could have been the one,

Too late for our show to start,
Promises too hard to break,
Too much love to share a heart,
Choices far too hard to make,

To the team we cannot be,
Though life puts us to the test,
To the dream we’ll never see,
Though the pain still fills my chest,

To the life we’ve never known,
Love was not for you and me,
To the end we walk alone,
For we cannot be set free.

Snow and ice upon the ground,
Festive songs the only sound,
Signs of magic all around,
Christmas waiting to be found.

Stars are twinkling in the sky,
Laughter helps us all to fly,
Each one’s spirit soaring high,
Christmas lives for you and I.

Decorations shining bright,
Presents piled up out of sight,
Everything is good and right,
Christmas comes to us this night.

Searching for a life sublime,
lost within a world of crime,
few that reap though many sow,
few that give though many stow.

Floating in the sea of souls,
drowning in unfinished goals,
few that smile though many talk,
few that stand though many walk.

Sitting in a field of life,
blown by winds of pain and strife,
few that see though many watch,
few that grasp though many clutch.

Laying in a bed of hope,
rest beyond the masses' scope,
few that dream though many try,
few that feel though many cry.

I crank it up to keep them down,
A smile to hide my secret frown,

Through searing pain and blinding light,
These shadows reign unholy might,

My body lost to dark control,
They feast upon my very soul,

I crank it up and turn the key,
This smile is all there is of me,

The music stops, the volume fades,
Control complete, my mind degrades,

My life a shrouded crimson haze,
Descending through my final days.

Angels high above the earth,
gave to you this gift at birth,
a gift to sing like those above,
a voice that brings both joy and love,

Each time i hear your wondrous voice,
my heart and soul, they do rejoice,
you bring me up when i am down,
you make me smile each time i frown,

your music is my guiding light,
my guardian in the darkened night,
a burning torch within the dark,
upon each quest that i embark,

lost, without your voice, i'd be,
it means so very much to me,
your talent is by no means small,
you are a gift from god, to all,

an angel's voice is seldom found,
but with such voice, you have been crowned,
please stay with us and sing your song,
forever would not be too long.

The past is just behind us,
A shadow in our wake,
A chronicle of choices and decisions that we make.

The present is beside us,
Walking hand in hand,
Pondering as we do on all that we understand.

The future lies before us,
A glimmer in the dark,
A journey waiting just ahead on which we must embark.

He looked back on the past,
To all those years so far behind,
Back to those distant memories of dreams he’d one day find.

He reached back to the past,
To where the future still seemed bright,
Back to those long lost fantasies that all would be alright.

He knows back in the past,
In those young and simple days,
That if all had been much clearer they could have changed their ways.

He thought back in the past,
In that one-time family home,
That all would be so perfect even though they had to roam.

He screams back at the past,
For all the hell he has been through,
The hardships he has suffered far from all that he once knew.

He smiles back at the past,
For all the years that have since passed,
The bad times he survived and the good not soon surpassed.

He turns back from the past,
To this life he has since built,
This state of mind he lives in free from pain and without guilt.

He walks back from the past,
To this place where he touched ground,
This land of new beginnings where true happiness was found.

Desolation, cold despair;
emptiness, my soul is bare;

Solitude; the silence reigns;
isolated; heart in chains;

Rescue me, my love for trade;
escape me; my love betrayed.

Trapped inside a fantasy,
Lost within his dreams,
Enslaved by pure insanity,
A hopeless cause it seems.

Gripped by desperation,
Lost in what he believes,
Entrenched in preconception,
A flawed future he perceives.

Mapping out false history,
Lost inside words so sweet,
Engaged deep in the mystery,
A soul swept off his feet.

Sapping all his energy,
Lost in a world of bliss,
Embracing hopeful synergy,
A victim to fate’s kiss.

across these lands of varied minds,
live creatures born of different kinds,
each of which is taught the way,
to live and love, to work and play,
this knowledge is, without a doubt,
impossible to live without,
knowledge, given by another,
mother, sister, father, brother,
no creature can learn this alone,
the only way is to be shown,
and so we all must co-exist,
and never must we try resist,
for every creature, man and beast,
must try to live as one, at least,
if we fail, we all shall be,
no longer part of land or sea,
but if we try, and we succeed,
we all will live, for this great deed,
for peace is not a foreign dream,
nor as impossible as it would seem,
if we can all just make it work,
no longer will an evil lurk,
no longer would we live in fear,
no longer would we shed a tear,
peace is not up in the skies,
it's here if we open our eyes,
see not the world you're told to see,
but see instead what it could be,
a place where we can all be free,
man & beast in harmony,
and so I leave you with a choice,
to put unto your inner voice,
live in peace, or die at war,
we all decide the final score,
I do believe this is the way,
we all must live from day to day,
if we all wish to survive,
cast aside your doubts and strive,
to bring together all the earth,
regardless of belief or birth,
the choice is yours, and yours alone,
at stake, your life and all you own.

Ripping, scratching, breaking out;
Dismembered, left no will to shout.

Scraping, tearing, wrenching free;
A hollow shell resembling me.

Gnawing, gouging, piercing through;
No will to fight, nothing to do.

Flapping, floating, drifting past;
No fear remains, no pain at last.

Our time on this earth,
but a blink from our birth,
as the clock ticks away from conception.

The present is burned,
and the past not returned,
as our dreams are all lost to reflection.

The progression of days,
never falters nor stays,
as we march toward truth from deception.

At the end of our time,
as our bodies decline,
we accept our eternal damnation.

Broken hearts before our birth,
Damaged souls that walked the Earth,
Joined as if by simple chance,
Healed as one in life's strange dance,

Pain and loss have stormed our keep,
Grief and anger scarred us deep,
Yet still we stand as one today,
No force could take our bond away.

The worst may still be yet to come,
And all we have may come undone,
But one thing stands forever true,
My heart and soul belong to you.

A cry for help, so much to tell,
so trapped within this empty shell.

A cry for help, a hopeless cause,
so lost in life's infernal wars.

A cry for help, a life in shame,
a time to act- to end this game.

A cry for help, the battle ends,
the final tear as dark descends.

My logic is a crutch in all the chaos that I see,
A guiding light into the dark that ever follows me,
A secret world far from this life that no one else can find,
My haven in this hell of man kept safely in my mind.

My faith is what defines my life and something none can shake,
A different beast from dogma that no mortal man could make,
A secret force inside of me that shapes the world I see,
My saviour from the past and source of all I've come to be.

My love is something few will see and even less will share,
A gift and curse bestowed on those for whom I truly care,
A secret kept from those that would destroy what lies within,
My heart and soul protected from all but my dearest kin.

Plant your love just like a seed,
Nurture it with each good deed,
Show it light through hope and truth,
Care for it throughout its youth,

Distance those who would devour,
Cherish each and every flower,
Save the leaves of colder years,
Wash them clean with your own tears,

Remember right and forgive wrong,
Keep the stem forever strong,
One day that seed will be a tree,
The fruit of love for all to see.

Soldiers on the battlefield feel the end is near,
Openly they welcome it to show they have no fear,

Workers in a mining town know the risk is high,
Still they go back to their work without a tear to cry,

Homeless on the streets at night have little left to toast,
Yet each would say that luck and life are what they value most.

People running to and fro living out each day,
Very few know what they have until it goes away.

Feel the scars upon my skin,
Keep me from what could have been,
Save me from this dark embrace,
Find the steps I can’t retrace.

Clear the cold mist from my eyes,
Help me see through this disguise,
Wipe the cobwebs from my mind,
Guide me to what I can’t find.

Take me far away from here,
Separate me from my fear,
Keep my heart safe from it all,
Catch me now before I fall.

Each day is masked in deja vu,
the songs repeat their plays again,
an end that still seems far from view,
so much now lost for other's gain.

Each day a mirror of the last,
reflecting all she'll never find,
an endless fog just drifting past,
absorbing all she's left behind.

Each day rolls by from dawn to dusk,
consuming all she has to give,
a hollow and dejected husk,
without the time for her to live.

I feel the shadows close to me,
Their cold embrace so dear to me,
This love they hold for only me,
A feeling I thought lost to me.

I hear the shadows calling me,
Their secrets only shown to me,
This portal crafted just for me,
A mirror to a different me.

I let the shadows follow me,
The darkness now consuming me,
As pain and hurt abandon me,
A shadow stands where once was me.

Tell me what it is to see,
all that I wish that I could be,
more than my own short history,
all that is in my destiny.

Show me what it is to feel,
what I think can never heal,
more than I want to reveal,
all that which is far too real,

Give me what I need to learn,
all that for which I still yearn,
more than time can take in turn,
all that can stop my crash and burn,

Take me where I want to go,
far from all this to and fro,
more than my eyes can dare to show,
all that my soul can bear to know.

Is this the world I used to watch?
The world for which I gave my wings,
This place of thieves and murderers,
That once was full of precious things,

Is this the creature I’ve become?
The creature that I used to guard,
This species so far from my own,
That has no artist, muse, or bard,

Is this the land I used to roam?
The land for which I took an oath,
This place of hatred and disease,
That once was sacred to us both,

Is this the future that I sought?
The future that denied me youth,
This march of ever shorter days,
That takes me further from the truth.

Words are very powerful,
This cannot be denied,
Once spoken they are tangible,
And can never be decried.

Words are like the stars above,
Uncountable and vast,
Once given out in hate or love,
Their light is ever cast.

Words are born from fantasy,
They come from deep inside,
Once written they are history,
And never more can hide.

Words are far from innocent,
Though we may claim they are,
Once shared they may be reticent,
But still can leave a scar.

Words are more than poetry,
Well crafted they might be,
Once heard they gain autonomy,
And stand for all to see.

Words are all our destiny,
When all of this is through,
Once carved into posterity,
To live on after you.

as evenings pass and memories fade,
as light is swallowed by the shade,
as hope gives way to emptyness,
as life gives up all thoughts of bliss,
as pain takes hold upon the soul,
as fear consumes and takes control,
as dark enslaves the love and light,
as life gives up the final fight.

Through this cold eternal dark,
my soul cries for the angel's spark,
yet to the skies the gods embark,
and leave me thus- a man-like shark.

Destroying those i hold too near,
i eat through love and feed on fear,
i cannot feel nor shed a tear,
nor plead to those that left me here.

Now in my deeds i do no right,
and in my arms i feel no fight,
as through my eyes i see no light,
and in my heart lies no respite.

Don't hold back, it never helps,
Because we need a fresh new start,

Don't come back, it only hurts,
Because our song could never chart,

Don't look back, it never heals,
Because we're meant to be apart,

Don't think back, it only lies,
Because it cannot mend your heart.

This burning pain within my chest,
the demon screams and will not rest,
he craves that which i cannot give,
the root of life so he can live,

This draining force within my veins,
the creature feeds and yet refrains,
he punishes to make me bend,
to give him life, this evil friend,

This stabbing pain within my head,
the monster turns my vision red,
he hungers for that taste so sweet,
in trade for life beyond defeat,

This yearning deep within my skin,
the ****** begs my soul to sin,
release him from this cage inside,
to quench his thirst and join his side.

You and I, in love forever,
All we wish, to be together,
As of yet, this cannot be,
We cannot be just you and me,

But on my heart, this I swear,
One day we’ll meet, and then we’ll share,
What we feel about each other,
Free from thoughts of any other,

To be alone, just you and me,
My only wish, I say to thee,
For you mean more to me than life,
You clear my mind of all my strife,

You mean the world to me and more,
I’ll love you now and ever more,
My heart belongs to you alone,
You’ve shown me love, a world unknown.

Kneeling on this broken soil,
Feeling blood begin to boil,
All their screams surround my bed,
From this sacred field of red,

Standing on the edge of time,
Staring at what once was mine,
All their faces crowd my head,
Across this ancient field of red,

Passing through this land of pain,
Drenched by cold and heavy rain,
All their hearts have long been bled,
Here upon this field of red.

Her days drift by from dawn to dusk,
Beneath the sun’s emblazoned husk,
Each night awash in cold dismay,
Just dreading the approaching day,

She thinks back to her younger days,
Behind the warm rose-tinted glaze,
Each hope a long forgotten dream,
Just ripples in her memory stream,

Her path has brought her far from home,
Beneath these skies where demons roam,
Each battle fought for nothing real,
Just shallow wounds that cannot heal.

She looks towards the coming days,
Behind this dark depressing haze,
Each day another pointless blend,
Just waiting for her time to end.

When I think of you my love,
My heart, it soars so high above,
And makes me feel all warm inside,
So wonderful, I almost cried,

When I think of you, my dear,
My mind, It does become unclear,
Then all I can think of is you,
And nothing else on Earth will do,

When I think of you, my sweet,
All other thoughts, they do retreat,
Which leaves my mind with one thought only,
‘Without you, my life is lonely’,

When I think of you, my heart,
I pray we never grow apart,
For you are all my heart desires,
‘Tis you for whom my heart aspires.

See shadows drift through open doors,
feel heavy boots on wooden floors,

Let panic take on full control,
as fear consumes both heart and soul,

Hear metal scrape on plastered walls,
as foot steps echo through the halls,

Deep in the dark the nightmares wait,
with thoughts of death, that sense of fate,

The act is quick and without pain,
the spine soon severed from the brain,

Now take the knife, assume the form,
the killer lives, their soul reborn.

Don’t despair, my saddened friend,
This place is not where you will end,
For life will bring all you desire,
Once you’ve learnt all you require,

Don’t desert, my loyal friend,
This world is not yours to defend,
For life will make its peace with you,
Once you take pride in what you do,

Don’t regret, my lonely friend,
There is no break that cannot mend,
For life will send someone your way,
Once you’ve found the words to say.

In all that we have been through,
And with all that's come to be,
Your heart has always been true,
As you've walked this road with me.

The journey may have been long,
And we've many miles to go,
Your soul has ever been strong,
As we've learned all we now know.

Through all the pain we've endured,
And each dark day that we share,
Your kiss has kept me assured,
As you've shown how much you care.

Though life has brought us laughter,
And more than our share of tears,
Our love shines ever brighter,
As we go on through the years.

Alabaster island in a sea of hate and doom,
Silver streak of lightning in the dark and dreary gloom,
Crimson rivers flowing to the cold and lonely ground,
Drifting fog of silence slowly creeping all around.

Empty voices whisper in the shadows of the night,
Tunnels in the distance ending in unbroken light,
Hopes and fears receding into shapes before unseen,
Shifting thoughts of solace that at one time seemed unclean.

Rocky tracks sketched out across the alabaster shore,
Stormy seas have calmed now and lay silent ever more,
Shadows laid to rest within the warm forgiving ground,
Dreams take shape in sunlight as true peace at last is found.

Her body is her journal,
Her body is her life,
Her body is her monument to misery and strife.

She writes about the memories,
She writes about the pain,
She writes about the loneliness and tears that fall like rain.

Her ink holds all the secrets,
Her ink holds all the lies,
Her ink holds all the truth she knows when all that she loves dies.

We're all made of exploding stars,
A product of our cuts and scars,
Dwelling in the healing dark,
As we prepare to show our spark.

We're all made of exploding stars,
Our hearts locked behind frozen bars,
Dwelling on the pain we've felt,
Until the ice within can melt.

We're all made of exploding stars,
Just passing by en route to Mars,
Dwelling on the rush of days,
Shining in our special ways.

We ain’t chilling on a Nashville night,
No Daisy Dukes or G.R.I.T.S in sight,
A couple beers and country sound,
Still keep the vibe around.

We ain’t ever been to Tucson,
No dirt roads we’ve been on,
A cowboy hat and Southern smile,
Still kick it for a while.

We ain’t even American,
No drawl or sun-kissed tan,
A memory in every song,
Still keep us Country strong.

Here am I- alone and scared,
A wanderer still unprepared,
A hero with no battles won,
A shadow waiting for the sun.

Here am I- forever lost,
A sacrifice not worth the cost,
A star devoid of energy,
A soul without a destiny.

Here am I- in need of love,
A demon cast from high above,
A whisper of an ancient sound,
A blight upon this sacred ground.

Tell me that all hope is gone,
Show me that I have no one,

Chain and lock my body here,
Torture me with hate and fear,

Break my mind to gain control,
Take my heart to reach my soul,

Though you may take all I feel,
Never will you make this real,

Safe beyond all mortal pain,
In the end this love will reign.