Shane Bruter Engisch

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

I'm hearing voices once again
having visions in my head
of reflections never said
thought it could lead to reaching from the shadows
becoming translucent
no one can ever get used to that
I'm screaming into the void
obsessing on nothing
standing in front of confirmation
you won't see me no matter the distance
caught within the haze
memory fades away
living but not alive
disappearing in strides
as soon as I try to connect
awareness I soon neglect
directions I soon forget
back and trapped again to recollect

**FadedFate**

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

Won't spin me around

Hear me out lately
Ya know the dark storm is coming
it's closing out the lighted sky
without a sound
yeah the beast is a rumblin
through the thunder hear his cries
challenging me to fight
and I won't pass it down

Yeah he won't spin me around
the devil is on my back
and I find
I'm weak and blind when he attacks
and sometimes
I give in to temptress gaze
releasing reason to the animal's instinct

Listen close baby
hear my guitar strumming
whisper off the tainted words
like it's not a crime
yeah here he comes a creepin
binding down the house
collapsing all of the walls
twisted down to the ground

Yeah he won't spin me around
the devil is on my back
and I find
I'm weak and blind when he attacks
and sometimes
I give in to temptress gaze
releasing reason to the animal's instinct

Oh you can slither all you want inside
but I will never let you out
contain the burning blades I seek to sacrifice
though it causes all the pain and scars
that toughen out my hide
the stronger I become to hold on through the night
I will never die...

Yeah he won't spin me around
the devil is on my back
and I find
I'm weak and blind when he attacks
and sometimes
I give in to temptress gaze
releasing reason to the animal's instinct
reflecting seasons into the end of days

**FadedFate**

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

A song to my mom

I could be completely alone
don't want to deal with the world outside
I'm sitting down in the corner and crying...crying

You carry so much warmth in your heart
to blanket me from the coldness of my own mind
you are the home of my roots in hope
that I planted on Earth
Do you know what your worth?

There aren't many words that can express
how unconditional
the love you give I must be blessed
I must be so lucky
to be your blood, your family
I can never take it for granted
don't you know you're why I grow
into a better man

momma's love

The shelter and the truth of your words
leads me without fear into the night
protects me from myself when I'm lying...lying

A child becomes a foolish adult
but never forgets the grace of your love
I continue to rise above
because you never stopped believing
Momma I never stopped dreaming

There aren't many words that can express
how unconditional
the love you give I must be blessed
I must be so lucky
to be your blood, your family
I can never take it for granted
don't you know you're why I grow
into a better man

momma's love

Oh it's my turn
to sing a lullaby
to you
make us touch the sky
you gave me life
I can't deny

**FadedFate**

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

What we all try to do

The working man gets home at night
after working nine to nine
He's trying to make it

We're speaking out all around the world
reaching out to every boy and girl
who's trying to make it

The homeless hunger
while the rich are fed
why can't we just share the bread
we're all trying to make it

Mom and dad tell you what to do
because they care to see you pull through
as they're trying to make it

Here we are driving out on the road
looking out into the unknown
just trying to make it

I'm singing to you reaching out so far
all alone in the house with my guitar
while I'm trying to make it

You can judge a brother and his ways
but in the end we're all the same
just trying to make it

God can you please open up
the hearts of many that need your love
because we're all trying to make it

Just trying to make it

**FadedFate**

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

A song for unrest

So they tell me that your faith is sinking from opinions
of all the people
That's ok because I know I've been there once or twice
from all the people
There's been a time when everything fell down just as the rain
and I just stood there
staring off
doing nothing
giving up
on looking for something

You have to break into your heart for wisdom
when you feel like you can't do it today
You have to let go all that you keep hearing
when it sounds like garbage anyway

I see the waves inside your eyes
turning over and over
until they cross the tide
I believe the calm has come to rise
because the water's getting colder
it slowly brings the ice

...to freeze the pain

Emotions overwhelm the heavy hearted and the troubled
just the same
we can care for each other
lifting up one another
the hardened apathy
from complacency
towards the deeper side of life
comes from the beating down
of dreamers all around
so dominating will suffice

You have to break into your heart for wisdom
when you feel like you can't do it today
You have to let go all that you keep hearing
when it sounds like garbage anyway
move back from the trouble turn away

I see the waves inside your eyes
turning over and over
until they cross the tide
I believe the calm has come to rise
because the water's getting colder
it slowly brings the ice

...to freeze the pain

**FadedFate**

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

A heart like David

Sitting in silence
No light inside the room
but your shine cracks through the door as I view my soul in clarity as I listen to you whole
unfold the mysteries of your oceanic heart
as the cosmos parts in the sky
the gold of your truth brings warmth to the cold and dark
wisdom comes within solitude from the rest of the earth
with only you to talk to
with only you to bind my spirit to
I can hear your whisper
I see your stairway
I will climb and climb to the peak
and at zenith your eyes shall look upon me
as your determined child
to not fade as the flower of flesh
but to rise as the vessel of your breath

**FadedFate**

Shane Bruter Engisch Apr 2012

Existential

Being is more than nothing and nothing is more than not

Something is not defined and everything is what I forgot.

Always is never the truth and sometimes is only a part

Certainty is where we are headed and confusion is where we start

**FadedFate**