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Parallel Lives
Music and Lyrics: Mumford
We’re moving on parallel lines
Side by side, we are so close
Moving forms in a grand design
Same story that nobody knows
Clouds across the moon
Reflected in your eyes
Emotions churning
Loyalties turning
Your face a clear deep pool
Reflections of myself
Colored by your heart
As our paths drift apart
There are no parallel lines
There are no parallel lives
Reaching out, you’re near to me
Fingers stretch and strain for you
You’re moving away from me
Now wanting’s all I can do
You are all I really need
And you're so much more
You dispel the night
With your simple light
Now all I hold is air
Space between us grows
No design has emerged
As our paths diverged
There are no parallel lines
There are no parallel lives
I thought our lives were parallel
But we've moved to different planes
Our paths have met and crossed
Never again pass this way
Watching you move on
Growing shadows creep
Leaves turning brown
Sun going down
Our day and season's passed
Admit the end and look ahead
Dry my eyes and watch for signs
Of other approaching lines
There are no parallel lines
There are no parallel lives
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Line ‘Em Up
Music and Lyrics: Clark
Mr. Free Market Man
How far does your greed span?
Learned Pollyanna's ways
From hanging with Ayn Rand
Ethical default
For which you don't have a hedge
Now we'll do what you did to us
And push you over the ledge
If there is no justice
How can there be peace?
It's a never-ending cycle
Catch, testify, release
And then slip through the fingers
Of every palm they greased
Put 'er there...
Line ‘em up
Let's do the world a favor
Line ‘em up
FIRE!
Line ‘em up
Accounts will all be settled
Line ‘em up
FIRE!
Hey, Mr. CEO
Here's your ten million... yeah!
Great work last quarter
You only lost a billion... there
Destroyed so many lives
And you don't give a hoot
I've got your bailout
It's a lead parachute
There is no justice
There is no peace
When their idea of the law
Is to keep it self-policed
Can't you hear them laughing
At everyone they fleeced
Ha ha...
Who could have known
Who could have seen the signs?
When the ones who tried to speak the truth
Were silenced by design
What goes up, goes up, goes up
Or so they led us to believe
But it's hard to ask tough questions
While you're so profitably deceived
Hey, Mr. Gold Man
You're a reverse Robin Hood
The way you operate
Is finally well understood
You govern for the people
In the top one percent
As far as you're concerned
The rest can all get bent
If we want justice
If we want peace
We can't rely on the money men
To keep things self-policed
We need a different cycle
Investigate and catch, indict, then put on trial,
Convict, incarcerate, then rehabilitate,
Release
‘Til then...
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The Darkness
Music: Chominsky/Clark/Moore/Mumford
Lyrics: Chominsky
I have walked through the valley of darkness
And seen the things you are not allowed to see
I’ve got to tell you
It’s not worth the price of admission
Until you walk a mile in my shoes
Maybe you should reconsider your opinion
I cannot feel
This is not real
Maybe this is all make believe
In the darkness
In the darkness
I offer no comfort of reconciliation
To those beyond reproach
For I alone stand here in self-awareness
And loneliness
Now that you’ve walked a mile in my shoes
I’m really dying to hear your opinion
I cannot feel
This is not real
Maybe this is all make believe
In the darkness
In the darkness
What if the blacks became darker?
What if the silence became quieter?
What if your thoughts became emptier?
Now that the truth has lost all consequence
I cannot feel
This is not real
All make believe
All make believe
All make believe
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The Flying Dutchman
Music: Chominsky/Clark/Moore
Lyrics: Chominsky/Moore
Far away from the mountains
Bleeding out over the shore
Sunrise without salvation
Making port never more
A ship of doomed and cursed spirits
Destination unknown
If you take their offered passage
Forever soulless you’ll roam
Pray
For the Flying Dutchman
As she sails off through the storm
And fear
Should you ever cross her path on the sea
Sailor beware of the Flying Dutchman
Though the sea is boundless
Cruel and unaware
You still have time to suffer forever
So sailor beware
There are those who’ll trade a lifetime
For a glimpse of eternity
They sail on the Flying Dutchman
Wishing dearly to be free
Pray
For the Flying Dutchman
As she sails off through the storm
And fear
Should you ever cross her path on the sea
Sailor beware of the Flying Dutchman
A hundred years before the mast
A hundred lives betrayed
Your soul as worthless as your cash
And all the prayers you’ve prayed
Pray
For the Flying Dutchman
As she sails off through the storm
And fear
Should you ever cross her path on the sea
Sailor beware of the Flying Dutchman
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Shadow of the Wolf
Music: Moore/Clark/Chominsky
Lyrics: Moore
The hard, sad shadow of the wolf
The hard, sad shadow of the wolf
I know that I’m the one he’s chasing
He has been anticipating
Breaking me down
The hard, sad shadow of the wolf
The hard, sad shadow of the wolf
He feels the things that I must think
Through eyes that never seem to blink
He’s watching me now
And I stand, petrified
I fear the wolf that is my pride
That everyone must learn to hide
I can’t keep what I am inside
For the safety of sheep
Who can’t ever sleep
Dreaming of wolves
Running from what I can be is no answer
Answers are harder to find
To capture the wolf you must take all your chances
Follow the tracks in your mind
The hard, sad shadow of the wolf
The hard, sad shadow of the wolf
Returns to this shadow of a man
So run from me, run from me
Run from me
I am the wolf
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Lightning and Rainbows
Music and Lyrics: Clark/Chominsky
I often go to this place in my mind...
I never smelled the flowers
Or read the books of yesteryear
I dream of hearing sounds
I have yet to hear
So many secrets within the earth
My eyes have never seen
There are so many answers my mind seeks
And places I’d like to be
I’d understand the mystery
If I could find a different view
But I always turn to...
Lightning and Rainbows
Lured by the sight of the spectacle
Lightning and Rainbows
Awed by the power I stand before
Lightning and Rainbows
Unaware of the hidden miracles
I encounter everyday
All the while it passed me by
I never felt the breeze
I hardly ever noticed
The fallen autumn leaves
Are there really colors
My eyes have never seen?
Is there life beyond the stars?
Tell me the reason why we dream
Always turn to...
Lightning and Rainbows
Turn to the light of the spectacle
Lightning and Rainbows
Reach for the power we stand before
Lightning and Rainbows
Longing for that brilliant miracle
Stop and stare and be aware
Of the marvels that surround you
Close your eyes and realize
That the mystery has found you
Turn around...
Lightning and Rainbows
Lightning and Rainbows
Yet we always find ourselves turning to
Lightning and Rainbows
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Lab Rats
Music and Lyrics: Mumford
Map the mind with software
Reproduce it on demand
But the procedure can kill
Test it on the terminal
Lab animal deaths problematic
But with forever as the goal
Have to keep climbing that hill
We’ll solve all of mankind’s problems
Allay its deepest fears
Utopia is upon us
When mortality disappears
Where can I find a willing subject?
Humans almost out of days?
Where can I try this out?
Lab rats to run in my maze
Warden, I share your concerns
But human tests are the only way
Convicted killers, one and all
These men will never be free
The prisoners are free to decline
Just say no and do their time
Or go down in history
Need to conduct screenings
Biopsies and brain scans
Rule out the poor candidates
Those left may be saviors of Man
I found my willing subjects
Humans almost out of days
Death row inmates are the answer
Lab rats to run in my maze
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Phoenix
Music and Lyrics: Clark
Five hundred years ago
Last time I felt the drive
Emerging from the fire
I was made alive
You should have seen me then
Resplendent red and gold
Over time the colors faded
The fire went out and I grew old
Going down...
Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes
I was destroyed and now I fly again
There is no healing process as time passes
Only the beginning and the end
Once dynamic and supersonic
Autopilot's gone catatonic
And I'm quickly losing
Altitude
A change of course that defies understanding
Brace for emergency landing
You may experience a sudden shift in
Attitude
Out of control...
As you're flying
Through this life
A few well-placed shots
Can take you out
Embedded pellets of
Newfound internal strife
Clip once majestic wings
And fill your mind with doubt
As time goes by
You wonder why
The shrapnel lodged within your heart
Prevents a brand new start
Wanting to get better
Willing to pay any cost
Sometimes the only way to heal
Is to regain what you have lost
Just like the Phoenix I will fly
Reanimated as I die
Reclaiming my place within the sky
An instantaneous goodbye
Within the blink of an eye
Just like the Phoenix now I fly
Many years I was in flight
And failed to see the light
It was obscured by
Blackened skies
I finally crashed and burned
Broke though the clouds and learned
A spirit forged within a trial by fire
Is empowered to climb to newfound highs
Flying high...
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Go On Home
Music and Lyrics: Moore
Out on your own
Working so hard
Paying the rent
And repairing the car
The news is a nightmare
The world has gone wrong
It says give up, and go on home
It says give up, and go on home
Nothing means nothing
When you're all alone
Your words come out empty
And your reasons all wrong
The darkness inside you
It calls to your heart
Saying give up, and go on home
Saying give up, and go on home
Another day dawning
Out on the road
Watching the tail lights
You want to explode
You look out the window
For something to hold
You wanna give up, and go on home
You wanna give up, and go on home
But you're not turning back now
You're not giving in
You'll take all the punches
And give 'em back ten
Your eyes to the sun
And your back to the wind
You're gonna wake up, you're already home
You're gonna wake up, you're already home
You'd better wake up, you're already home
I said wake up, you're already home
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Bottle of Love
Music and Lyrics: Clark/Chominsky
You came to me from a land afar
Already mature, but not a star (yet)
When we first met, it was a trial by fire
A shocking taste I had yet to acquire
Bottoms up, my top shelf friend
With you the good times never end
We don't need any of them
Cause on the rocks or neat...
You made my life complete
Can you believe?
I found a gift from above
All the proof I need
In my 750
Bottle of Love
Only the water of life can quench my thirst
I shake and I quaich, I think I'm gonna burst
The angel's share left on the altar
A pivotal part of a pure single malter
Can you believe?
I found a gift from above
All the proof I need
In my 750
Bottle of Love
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Room 19
Music and Lyrics: Clark
I am lost inside
And I cannot hide
From their search for information
Clues that they seek to find
Are in a different mind
A source of endless confrontation
I say the same things every night
I state the facts without a fight
For six long months they've questioned me
Nothing revealed, they cannot see
Room 19 It is my cell
Room 19 No matter what I tell
Room 19 I can't express
Room 19 Secrets I don't possess
Assertion not believed
Then punishment received
A tedious mental game
Each time they raise the stakes
“How come he still won't break”?
Reason, yet again the same
No information and no crime
Why am I here? "Wrong place, wrong time"
For two long years they've hidden me
And denied me their cherished liberty
Room 19 It is my cell
Room 19 My own private hell
Room 19 Never can express
Room 19 Secrets I don't possess
And now I slip inside my mind
And briefly leave the past behind
For a fleeting moment I am free
And waves of calm wash over me
Until the next atrocity
Let go of animosity
Reality calling
The first drop is falling
I view the appalling
The first waves are falling…
Water, water, everywhere
Or so I'm made to think
Water, water, barely there
They push it to the brink
Waves of hate wash over me
My suffering is ignored
My only hope is if it cuts both ways
For those living by the sword
Five times per day they wash away
Another portion of their souls
Each passing day I see them pay
A heavy price for the lives they stole
These great sins and evil deeds
Shrouded in Geneva’s gown
The pillars of their society
One-by-one come crashing down
My voice is seldom heard
Except those same three words
Always repeating, "I don't know"
There is no end in sight
To the boundless blight
In the bowels of Guantánamo
Campaign of terror will not end
Foregone ideals they swore to defend
For half my life they've tortured me
In this netherworld of hypocrisy
Room 19 It is my cell
Room 19 An endless living hell
Room 19 Until I can express
Room 19 Secrets I don't possess
Room 19...
Room 19...
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Be Not Afraid
Music: Moore/Clark/Chominsky/Mumford
Lyrics: Moore
They say it's a war
So lock and load and leave your past behind
They say it's a war
And everything they do can now be justified
Well, everything's changed
They broke the rules it's time to make them pay
Everything's changed
we can't rely on freedoms we had yesterday
Be not afraid
Be not afraid
Watch what you say
You must never use the freedoms you defend
Watch what you say
Their violent means will justify their violent ends
Freedom ain't free
When we control the ways that you can think
Freedom ain't free
When war is peace and ignorance is strength
Be not afraid
Be not afraid
They say it's a war
But it was won two thousand years ago
Everything's changed
Except the way that power plays upon your fears
Watch what you say
That truth will never bow before the lie
Freedom ain't free
You're only free at last upon the day you die
Be not afraid
Be not afraid
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Been Wasted
Music and Lyrics: Moore
You never know just what you've got
‘Til it's gone, until you're not
Where you belong, where you belong
Oh, never mind, it's just that song
Makes you remember where you're from
What you've learned and what you've done
Do you still think about that night?
I swear I do, and it's alright
But I've been wasted
I've lost trace of
All the good times
I've been having
I've been wasted
I've lost trace of
All the good times
I've been having now
I've sobered up and sobered down
You've changed a lot, I'm still a clown
It seems a million years gone by
But even now, it makes me cry
What was the meaning of it all?
I never dreamed that you would call
Do you still think about that night?
I swear I do, and it's alright
I'm at the end, or so it seems
I'm tripping out and chasing dreams
Things that seemed so important then
Were just illusions in the end
I guess I've changed a little too
I never lost the taste of you
Do you still think about that night?
I swear I do, and it's alright
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