banished in the night
she's in love with someone else
and he's the last to know
can you remember how it felt
her skin was frigid like the snow
dream as you ride the animal
through a portal made of light
it's the innocence that you can't recall
banished in the night
bite your tongue or confess
in this detective show
it's so hard to get undressed
he watches everywhere you go
chorus
the darkness follows you until you're out of sight
now the darkness it grew and grew
you always want somebody but they don't want you
this disease just burns right through
until it's deep inside the darkness will bury you
chorus
she's in love with someone else
and he's the last to know
can you remember how it felt
her skin was frigid like the snow
hidden love
it's another way to hide yourself away
now you've been torn and frayed
and driven by this madness
the word you couldn't say the day he passed away
hold yourself at bay 'cause he struck you down
i'll find all the hidden love buried deep inside you
she was a child cursed right from her birth
broken by her father's worst
haunted and defiled, captured by her mother's lies
it's another way to hide yourself away
now you've been torn and frayed
and driven by this madness
chorus
fool's brigade
i've grown tired of these lonely places
we inhabit two by two
i've grown weary of the sullen faces
that we wear when we feel removed
we keep talkin' at one another
but the conversation always ends in a mirror
and you see yourself outside of me
oh how desperate that can be
i can't remember how we got this way
but i've got this fear it ain't never going to change
it's a broken record that goes on for days
and the tune it plays is the fool's brigade
and it's one, two, three, four, five
marchin' in a line
so straight we must deny
every side oh yeah we walk a fine, fine line
all these pieces broken from the mold
of a statue we can't recognize no more
and all that lead makes your blood run cold
through a heart that's long turned to stone
we keep fightin' with one another
but the battle always ends in a mirror
and you see yourself outside of me
oh how tragic that can be
chorus
good side of god
i'm getting on the good side of god
i'm getting on the good side of love
i'm getting on the good side of most everyone
i'm getting on the good side of god
well they say that he's restless and he's angry
because he knows how everybody sins
sometimes i think it drives him crazy
knowing where everybody's been
chorus
well they say that he's fair and that he's just
but when you get to heaven he might not let you in
he's playing favorites just like us
he's got this world by his chinny, chin, chin
chorus
wasted
i never thought that you would notice
all this anguish that i hide
somehow it's all become unfocused
and with bashful eyes
i kept on blinking
pretending not to care
and you just sat there and collected
all of those awkward stares
i've reached my limit, i've lost all control
counting down the moments until i unfold
these lines in my spirit all these holes in my head
i'm coming home i'm wasted, i'm coming home i'm wasted
i used to be the kind of person
who could cross a great divide
but now these days i'm not so certain
'cause all i do is decide
on nothing and then drown myself with wine
by the arrival of next morning
oh i feel like i could die
chorus
when the kingdom is blind
on our way through this indecision
past the fray of these scoundrels and clowns
there was a day when we were filled with vision
but it escaped beneath a shroud
hearts they'll pine when the kingdom is blind
and at this crucial moment
a river will come and wash away despair
and you won't soon forget it
as the lightning's drawn from the ground into the air
yeah it's the way of love, yeah it's the way of love
hearts they'll pine when the kingdom is blind
chorus
you never thought
we bow down then get strung out by the road side
while you wave your reckless pride
in the wake of these fatal mistakes
did you suppose that we'd never know
you seem so focused as you're trying to control us
i said come on, come on do your worst
this blade will fall, justice it calls
did you suppose that we'd never know
you never thought this day would come
you never thought this day would come
you never thought this day would come but it did
so you hid away in that frightened place
the stone is cast you're almost in the past
just like those trigger incidents
you've given birth to this world wide reverse
did you suppose that we'd never know
chorus
awake
awake, awake, awake and open your eyes
can you feel the forever sunrise
beneath the guard of a sheltering sky
awake, awake, awake and open your eyes
it's love that will one day ignite
a star that will finally unite
like a dream there's a stream moving to and fro
it makes this revolution glow
for in the night we can always find a glimmering light
like a dream there's a stream moving to and fro
let's makes this revolution grow
for in the night we can always find a glimmering light
awake, awake, awake and open your eyes
can you feel the forever sunrise
beneath the guard of a sheltering sky
awake, awake, awake
travelin' alone
i've been rolling all night long
chasing after something that's gone
a good, good feeling in my bones
but something happened 'cause now it's gone
i had me a woman nice and fair
i turned around but she's not there
i can't help thinking i did her wrong
some of those women got a mind of their own
i said ooh wee, ooh wee baby, ooh wee
yeah i'm travellin' alone
ooh wee, ooh wee baby, ooh wee
i'm travellin' alone
i'm feeling dirty and feeling scared
feeling like i'm going nowhere
girls pass by me but they don't stare
man i tell you life's unfair
chorus
well i'm just longing for company
to feel somebody close to me
can't you see i'm all undone
i'm ready to pop like a loaded gun
chorus
sweet release
in this world in which we're born
some are praised and some are scorned
and others bleed so helplessly
walk down any darkened street
your heart pounding to the beat
yes an offer stands for those who need a hand
i know that the devil follows me
he goes wherever he please
i know that the devil follows me
chorus
now i have walked a narrow path
sometimes i stray for this and that
i try to stay clean but that devil won't leave me be
so i get down on my knees
beg for forgiveness please
oh mamma please bring me sweet release
opalescence
when the road goes anywhere
it's hard to feel no doubt
can you remember what it's all about
stuck in the dark as it all floats away
that's my favorite part when you ask me to stay
and it feels like penitence
all torn and frayed
as your mind unravels at the break of day
stuck in the dark as it all floats away
that's my favorite part when you ask me to stay
did you fail to communicate
as you stand here all alone
you must attend to the seeds that you have sown
stuck in the dark as it all floats away
that's my favorite part yeah you ask me to stay
oh my favorite part
somewhat real
it's so good to stay with you
you make this dream somewhat real
oh god how good it is to feel
you laying next to me
it's so nice when you're around
your hair is so shiny brown
let's take a train into town
and see a show or two
and your eyes say love me
could you possibly love me
can't you see i've got nothing
but time to spend with you
it's so right when you arrive
you've got me running wild
and you dance like a little child
when you hear your favorite song
but i still feel so confused
in a world so full of abuse
i know that we can get through
if we just kiss the night away
chorus
there was shadow hanging over me
and i was blinded by it's misery
i thought there was a heavy price to pay
but all i had to do was just give it away
all you have to do is just give it all away
first verse then chorus
stupid jerk
hey little girl caught you looking at me
i'm the one who can set you free
yes i know you've got another boy
but that's no reason to act so coy
can't you see i'm trying to make this work
but you're still hanging around that stupid jerk
hey little girl stop wasting your time
don't you know you could be mine
little girl i don't mean to be blunt
but i can give you what you want
chorus
hey little girl you look so fine
but all night long you sit and cry
'cause he doesn't take you where you want to go
but i've got love baby that's how i know
chorus
all songs by john aselin
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copyright 2006