@ALBUM: On My Charade By Rain @SONG: 16 Hands (All Dumbasses Will Vanish) You want to be my servant? You'll do just what you're told? How's this for a suggestion Hit the road You want to do my bidding? You only aim to please? I've had enough of pleasure Leave me be You want to know my secrets? You want to lend an ear? It isn't gonna happen Disappear You want to make me happy? You want to make my day? Well do me just one favor Go away Okay? @SONG: For Shore It's a very windy day Just a week ahead of May And a tiny little ocean wave Emerges from the fray It's a little overcast So she's moving very fast 'Cause she knows that soon the clouds will burst And down will come the rain Her main Complaint Is that the beach is several days away Why stay 'Til May When April doesn't shower anyway? Ever westward is her ride With the East Winds on her side She puts miles and miles behind her 'Til she's snatched up by the tide Now she's just a day away From her wondrous wedding day She's alone and she's exhausted But tomorrow she's a bride And she Believes That rocky beach is gonna set her free And she Can see A future void of any misery Mother Ocean always said To remain on the sea bed For the surface was a likely place For her to end up dead Father Earth was always near Fueling all those fires of fear She could take his side no longer So she took her own instead A bore A chore A way to keep the rich above the poor No more Sea floor No way that she can take it anymore It's a very humid night And she doesn't like the sight Of the stormclouds that are brewing To her left and to her right Only two more hours to go 'Til she meets her sandy beau If the sky would only keep away The rain she'd be alright Drops keep falling on my head Eyes will soon be turning red Drops keep falling on my head Eyes will soon be turning red Drops keep falling on my head Eyes will soon be turning red Drops keep falling on my head Eyes will soon be turning red @SONG: Tomorrow's Name As I sit in deep Absorption Lost in pure Lucidity I Invest In just one Interest Can a man be Caged yet free? Epicurean Existence Looks for someone else to blame Yesterday is Yours forever No one knows tomorrow's Name No one's ever known her Name Be not Blind to life's abundance Ecstasy we must Embrace Rid yourself of Reservation Ride the Rapids, Run the Race You whose Years are spent in Yearning Making plans and Masking shame All I Ask is your Acceptance No one knows tomorrow's Name @SONG: Used Car He may not be the one she wants, but he's the one she needs The one who loves the flavor of the very brain he feeds The sole reminder of a time when words outnumbered deeds He's never one for having fun when he's got blood to bleed And it's all a lie There's no wonder why So he sings the pain That he can't contain Until the well runs dry He may not be the one she takes, but he's the one who gives She's never known a single soul more generous than his The gift of time preserved in rhyme, that's all his passion is When will she see that plurally is how he wants to live? And it's all a lie There's no knot to tie So he steals away And ties it anyway Until the well runs dry He may not be the one she likes, but he's the one she loves His memory tugs tenderly at her from up above And in the end he knows he'll win, but what's he winner of? Her sweet caress means so much less than all her gentle shoves And it's all a lie That I can't deny So I sing the pain That I can't contain Until the well runs dry Until the well runs dry @SONG: For the Best What a love I have in you What a treasure I have found You are every single vision And every single sound I wish I never had to leave you But I got to put you down See you around, now, sweet thing See you around Don't cry about it Don't choke your future with your past No doubt about it You've gotten rid of me at last The books have all been written And the dice have all been cast Ain't life too fast, now, lover? Ain't life too fast? The song is over The sorrow's only just begun Weight on my shoulder Just picked up another ton Nothing lasts forever If it did, would love be fun? Put down the gun, Virginia Put down the gun @SONG: Squirm I cannot tell you how I feel I cannot make you know What makes me real You'd wanna steal it I cannot show you how I cry I cannot let you look Into my eyes I'll tell you why It all comes down to me And all you'll ever be Is one small drop of feeling In a sentimental sea The rains that brought you in Were dried up by the winds And now it seems that sunny days Are never gonna end Now I'm older, I'm a man I cannot speak to you But when I can You'll understand it Still on my mind, still in my way You know I think about You every day Can't run away From someone I still love Your face reminds me of Our nights alone, the me you owned Before push came to shove And then I start to sigh And wish that I could die And twist and turn and crash and burn Until I'm really high @SONG: You'll See Before I chose you, life was unkind Troubles arose and waited in line (for me) Now I'm alone, but I'm feeling fine 'Cause Heaven knows that I'll make you mine (you'll see) Just yesterday I saw the first sign Shone like a ray of perfect sunshine (on me) I only pray you won't be so blind Sooner or later, I'll make you mine (you'll see) I've heard it said that love is like wine So go ahead and take all the time (you need) My sights are set, I've made up my mind Alive or dead, girl, I'll make you mine (you'll see) @SONG: Wednesday (The Eight Hour Song) First verse, better not curse Good night, sweet dreams, turn out the light The eight hour song starts over tonight Clock strikes twelve and my dreams are in sight Barkin' like dogs who are eager to bite Anxiously I drift into sleep Haunted by treasures I couldn't keep Gets so I'm too lonely to weep But somehow it's more shallow than deep Down I slide into music divine Soothes my soul as it tortures my mind Clock wakes me up at an hour to nine Can I get to fast forward straight from rewind? Just caught the end of the eight hour song Don't seem right, but you know it ain't wrong All about lost dreams and where they belong But it's really not bad for an eight hour song Second verse, better yet worse Give my all for the company man Help him up and give him a hand Ain't this aristocracy grand? Sell my soul for the company plan Yes indeed, it's a wonderful day See my future, see it today Don't smoke dope, nope, keep it away Take my coffee any old day Don't look back, keep lookin' ahead Better listen to that voice in your head Without this song you'd soon end up dead 'Cause the next one's got so many misled Oh my God, it's the eight hour song Don't seem right, but you know it ain't wrong Keep that rhythm, move it along Until you hear that final eight hour song Third verse, life sucks Flee that jungle, run the fuck home Don't look back 'til you're safely alone Play that music, pick up the phone Now that all your time is your own I've been walked on, I've been abused But that was then, now I'm just amused Don't have time to be singin' the blues I can do what I like, I can go where I choose The when is now and the where is right here No time for doubt, no patience with fear Sure wish I had more of these years This song's music to my fuckin' ears One hour left in the eight hour song Don't seem right, but you know it ain't wrong Cheer up, cheer up, pass me the bong 'Cause this is my favorite eight hour song @SONG: Spoke the Crow Chalk one up to failed communication Count your losses, learn from your mistakes Say goodbye to one more doomed relationship, my friend Might I ask how many this one makes? Don't pretend you didn't see this coming You knew that it was never meant to be The things that mattered most to you meant nothing in her eyes As evidenced by her reluctancy But who's got time for seeking consolation? It's over now, get out and seize the day Who needs grapes when you've got inspiration, pal o' mine? I'll bet that they were sour anyway @SONG: But You Can't You are the reason the stars shine at night You are what love is for I love you in every way a man has ever loved a woman I love you even more I love you even more Your presence inhales me like a warm breath Your presence in my mind Sweet visions of your beauty are my only companions Sweet visions of the blind Sweet visions of the blind It is for one goal that I constantly strive It is for the love of you That I force myself to continue existing That I do the things I do That I do the things I do If only you could experience for an instant If only you could know The intensity of this love I have for you The intensity would grow The intensity would grow @SONG: Scenic Nevermore All you people, come with me To Scenic Nevermore A place where doubt is driven out And when it rains, it pours The world you're in cannot begin To tell you what's in store It's hard to dream while following Your feet across the floor So break one last restriction Then break free of all the strings If you won't hear your own fears, baby You won't hear a thing All you people, listen close It's time you heard the news You're out of gas, you're falling fast Your youth is not amused Isn't hope a kind of dope? And can't it be abused? A vice is nice, but my advice To winners is to lose So kick one last addiction Then kick back and start to sing If you don't own your own bones, baby You don't own a thing All you people, gather 'round The time has now arrived To have some fun, to overrun To marvel and survive Life is short, tear down the fort The dead can't be revived That is, unless, your second guess Is twice as good as mine So make one last prediction Then may Chaos be your King If you can't see you're only maybe You can't see a thing @SONG: Much To Sow There's a woman in a room But she doesn't seem to know that she's alone There's a ringing in her ears But she doesn't dare pick up the telephone There's a dragon in a cage But she doesn't even know that she's a pet There's a shadow on the wall But she doesn't really realize it yet I've got to let her know I've got to let her go I've got so much to be now Much to see now Much to sow There's a rainbow in my sky But I just can't stand the way the colors blend There's a sickness in my soul But I just can't bear to let the doctor in There's a compass in my hand But I just can't locate south or east or west There's a secret in my heart But I just can't seem to make myself confess I know I ought to tell I know it all too well The poet said it best who Said to die is To rebel I've got to let her know I've got to let her go I've got too much to live for Much to die for Much to sow @SONG: In Sheets My conscience is reeling And so is the ceiling The funniest feeling Is filling my mind The moon goes on waning And rain is still raining The dams are all straining To hold back the tide The good Life is better When Death is your debtor The Rain makes things wetter That Sunshine has dried Your love is a feather All wrapped up in leather And soon I'll endeavor To open it wide @SONG: It's Been Years It's been years Since I held you in my arms And surrendered to your charms Many years Long ago I was underneath your spell Thought I'd never live to tell Long ago That was then Back when I was hypnotized By the passion in your eyes Way back then Still I know That without you, I am me And I'm no damn fun to be Oh, I know Did I ever make it through? Did you ever understand? Questions never to be answered Who would ask them? Who could stand? Did you ever really love me? Was it all just fun and games? Nevermind, don't even tell me Yes or no, it's all the same You were mine You were all I'd ever need All the mouth I'd have to feed You were mine Now you're gone And I'm half a man again One part has and one part been Since you're gone You were there Everytime I felt alone I could call you on the phone You were there How I long To relive those days of old And to come in from the cold How I long Did your love for me exist? If it did, then does it now? If I asked you, would you think That you had beaten me somehow? Can I see or am I blind? Do I dare believe it's true? That the thoughts that I am thinking Are the same ones thought by you? I'm the same I'm exactly how I've been Since we parted way back then Just the same I'm still yours Please believe me when I say You're the artist, I'm the clay Only yours Understand That my words are from the heart I'm alone when we're apart Understand Let's return To that lovely time we held To each other, to ourselves Let's return Has our time forever passed? Did our love just fade away? Am I saying all the things you thought You'd never hear me say? Is it time we told the truth? Is it time we made amends? Questions never to be answered Not in one year, not in ten @SONG: Sad Girl For many years her virgin ears Have sided with her eyes Misled by one whose only fun Is mastering disguise The silent love she's dreaming of In troubled wait still lies Her only goal to share her soul With him before she dies Afraid of risking everything For something that's not there Afraid of missing out on things That undermine despair Afraid to trust, afraid she must Be unable to share Afraid that all her fantasies Will vanish in the air Sad girl, don't you understand To dream is to explore No one ever crossed the sea Without leaving the shore Take a chance, embrace romance It's just outside your door And know that soon, beneath the moon You'll be in love once more