1. Circles

Round and round and round we go and where we stop nobody knows
The ocean of life it ebbs and flows and so the story goes...

I need a new direction
I need a fast way out of here
I need a course correction

Circles... they lead me nowhere
Circles... I'm going nowhere

Back and forth and back again, sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
Where you go and where you've been all ends where you begin...

I need a new intention
I need to find a higher gear
I need an intervention

Circles... they lead me nowhere
Circles... I'm going nowhere

Like a dog chasing his tail
Like a snake eating itself
Like a rat a stuck in a cage
Like a blind man reading a page
Like a tree trying to leave
Like a dead man straining to breathe
Like a mute man having no say,
The sun always sets at the end of the day

A spherical object, a perfect shape, an infinite prison no one escapes
A change of direction can't change your fate, the sum you can't equate

I need a new invention
I need to someone else to steer
I need some comprehension

Circles... they lead me nowhere
Circles... I'm going nowhere

2. Within An Inch

No one to the left of me, no one to the right
Meeting with destiny, not a soul in sight
Coming 'round not far from going down
Faster than what's good for me, a pounding in my head
Common sense has mutinied, I'm hanging by a thread
Back it down, no time to turn around

Never seen it coming
How was I to know?
Death was looming
Cry out

Can you hear me?
Can you help me?
Can you heal me?
Feels like I'm dying... I'm dying

A chain reaction, catapulted through the air
The main attraction, flesh and bone begin to tear
Pressure mounts like three tons bearing down
Just shy of darkness, like a candle burning out
Warmth spreading through me, what's this feeling all about?
Can't break free of the weight that's pinning me

Nothing could save me
Except the hand of God
He came and gave me
Mercy

Can you hear me?
Can you help me?
Can you heal me?
Feels like I'm dying... I'm dying

My heart starts stowing, can't seem to catch my breath
Nothing but the knowing of being close to death

Don't take me now, I've got more to give
I promise to seize the moments and really live
I want to see my children grow
I'm so scared and right now I'm all alone
Give me breath, give me strength to rise
Give me clarity to see through your eyes
To see people beyond their disguise
Let this cup pass, give me life

Can you hear me?
Can you help me?
Can you heal me?
Feels like I'm dying... I'm dying

3. The Great Divide

Twisting and turning, always yearning for something that's better than this
State of grace has left this place and I'm longing for the feeling of bliss

Can a man know love, or is it just a fairy tale, like those in books told to a child?
Can his heart be filled with something more than broken dreams and tragedy?
Bridge the great divide

So this is what's called life?
You scratch and you scrape and barely escape all of the struggle and strife
And yet we all still dream of greater things
You have to lose to win
Round and round until we fall down then do it all over again
Gluttons for punishment, is this time well spent?

Clawing and biting, all this fighting is equal to a big waste of time
Scaling the mountain to drink from the fountain is nothing more than an endless climb

Can a man know peace or is it just a pipe dream?
Yell and scream and bleed just to know you're alive
Can his life be filled with something more than uncertainty and anxiety?
Bridge the great divide
Travel to the other side and not be terrified of what he might find
Somehow be purified and not be mystified by what he may find

So this is how it ends?
The travesty of serenity is it's over before it begins
And still we just get by with our hopes held high
And with this final test
The good and the bad, the happy, the sad get put to an endless rest
Can you close your eyes knowing you did your best?

Can a man know God, or is he just a fantasy for you and me, one great big lie?
Can his mind be filled with something more than evidence and common sense?
Bridge the great divide
Travel to the other side and be sanctified by what he may find

4. All Mixed Up

All mixed up
On my mind I can't depend
All mixed up
Nothing left to pretend

Change my mind and back again
In through the out door again
Nothing firm in my foundation
Rock and something hard again

And I've got nothing good to give
And what I give no one should take
I'm breaking things that I should bend
And bending things I should break

Change of heart and back again
Canal reflect on my own reflection
Thoughts that shift just like the wind
That never blows in one direction

And I've got nothing good to give
Just pick a path for goodness sake
I'm breaking things that I should bend
And bending things I should break

And I've got nothing good to give
There's not much more that I can take
I'm breaking things that I should bend
And bending things I should break

5. Transparent Man

Woke up to a grey sky morning
Another day the rain is pouring
Take two pills and call it boring without you

Since you left it's all too roomy
The forecast calls for dark and gloomy
I called your name you looked right through me, didn't you?

You run when I crawl, don't see me at all
I bleed to just need you to catch me when I fail

Here I stand but I'm still miles away from you
Transparent man, only you can took right through

I retrace all the steps I've taken
Your love for me completely shaken
Apparently I was mistaken
Is that true?

I thought that we would last forever
A bond so tight nothing could sever
But this storm we cannot weather
Send rescue

I'm brought to the brink, this ship's about to sink
My bailing is failing, it's more than I can drink

Here I stand but I'm still miles away from you
Transparent man, only you can look right through
You control me...

And I wonder if anyone even sees me at all
Or was it all a dream? Was it love we were making?
My will is breaking
I give, you're taking
Was mistaken?

Here I stand but I'm still miles away from you
Transparent man, only you can look right through
You control me...
Control me...

6. Life In A Shadow

I don't recall your voice, I don't recall a word
Was not given the choice to have my life altered
I didn't see you go, I never saw the signs
Now God he only knows, just why you faltered

What held you at bay, what got in the way?
Are you looking back on everything now?
What you didn't say, what cruel twist of fate?
That you'd turn your back on everything?

I've labored most of my life in the shadow of the memory of your love
How I have to find my way out of the shadow of your memory

Life cast you in the role you never cared to play
You've been typecast ever since in repeating daydreams
Your understudy stole the lines you were meant to say
And I recite them all the time, from the script you threw away

And now that you're dead, you're back in my head
Are you looking back on everything now?
What else would you do? It should have been you
But you turned your back on everything

Somebody cracked open the door and you just walked right through it
Now you're gone and never said goodbye
So I'll have to do it

What held you at bay, what got in the way?
Are you looking back on everything now?
What else would you do? It should have been you
Are you looking back on anything?

I've labored most of my life in the shadow of the memory of your love
Now I have to find my way out of the shadow of your memory

7. Deserve To Feel

Was a place to tread, clean the soil off your feet
Needle in the red, and the song set to repeat
To the hills f fled, from the brown into the green
Had a skin to shed, to get out by any means

Not a stone left unturned, not a bridge I didn't burn
Not a choice I had to find my way

See the parting sky, see the light that stings your evil, see the veil lift, all revealed
Feel the thunder roll, seems seismic in your soul, what we all deserve to feel

Had my lot in life, thought "it is just what it is"
A twist of the knife was as comfortable as this
This is my own plate, this is what I get to eat
Cut off at the knees, now I'm back up on my feet

All at once. I don't know how, a ray of sun the fates allowed
I squint my eyes to bear the light of day

See the parting sky, see the light that stings your eye, see the veil lift, all revealed
Feel the thunder roll, seems seismic in your soul, what we all deserve to feel

Thought it was my fate, thought it was forever
Thought it was too late, hands were bound
Guess I should have known never to say never
A diamond in the rough is what I found

I'm not a child, I won't behave or fall in line
I'm not your slave
I'm no place to tread, I'm no place to wipe your feet
Call it lesson learned, and I'm not doomed to repeat

Not a stone left unturned, not a bridge I didn't burn
No regrets, I finally found my way

See the parting sky, see the light that stings your eye, see the veil lift, all revealed
Feel the thunder roll, seems seismic in your soul, what we all deserve to feel

8. Here And Now

Where did all the time go? Only seems like yesterday
We'd sit and talk for hours, we'd watch our children play
Now we're just left with haunted memories
Flashes of faces and moments that used to be

What are you going to say when Father Time has his way?
At the end of the day will you shed a tear?
Oh where did the time go?
Each passing day melts away and it's too late once they disappear

Where have the days gone? They must have came and went
I should've paid attention, should have saved instead of spent
Now I'm just left with what is and what should be
A pain in my chest, a hole where my heart should be

What are you going to say when Father Time has his way?
At the end of the day will you shed a tear?
Oh where did the time go?
Each passing day melts away and it's too late once they disappear

You have to say you're gonna fight it
You have to live with no regrets
You have to savor every moment
Appreciate the time you get
You've got to soak up all the memories
You have to make the seconds last
You've got to live in the here and now, our time ticks by so fast

What are you going to say when Father Time has his way?
At the end of the day will you shed a tear?
Oh where did the time go?
Each passing day melts away and it's too late once they disappear

Here and now
I forgot to say I love you
I forgot to say I care
Thought we had tomorrow but life can be unfair
Our time is oh so fleeting
Our time is just so brief
How I long for yesterday, instead of all this grief
Here and now

9. Prognosticator

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