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Love Is a Dream
07:15
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So many people think the time is right to serve only themselves
So they take their hearts and take their minds and put them on a shelf
I believe that I have seen the end of all there is to be
In the face of non-believers who’ve destroyed their destiny
Chorus
Deep in your soul there is love
Do you hear it calling?
Love is a dream in this world
That is why it’s falling
Do you find that there is sadness in the words you often say?
Do you rise above this madness or do you just run away?
And the soldier that is waiting for the guns to call his name,
Finds that all that we’re debating puts a hole right through his brain
Chorus 2X
Deep in your soul there is love
where there is all you’ve been dreaming of
Big illusion mass confusion, dirty city streets
Broken dreams oh such destruction underneath our feet
And the turbine shines and as it turns we all just fade away
In a world without redemption on a dark and dying day
Chorus
Deep in your soul there is love
Where there is all you’ve been dreaming of
Deep in your soul there is love
Where there is all you’ve been dreaming of
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I met a man
Who lived under a bridge
He was halfway through
A pint of gin
He was three quarters through a slice of bread
He was only skin and bones
Right next to dead
Chorus
And the only the things the young man owned
Were nickels and dimes, marbles and stones
Just some nickels and dimes, marbles and stones
I had to ask him,
What made him stay.
And he answered me,
I ran away
So I asked him,
Why did you run?
He hung his head and answered me,
I felt unloved
Chorus 2X
Suddenly a scene appeared before my eyes
Shining bright and clear it hypnotized
I saw myself in need of help to save my life
Because before I cried to Christ that too was I
Chorus 2X
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3. |
Not Man
06:41
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Not Man is sleeping today
And he has no intensions of waking
Mother is yelling but he
Is immune to the sound she is making
It's another day
Like any other day
Not Man crawls out of bed
In his slow motion instant replay
Stumbling and stuttering down the hall
He's on his way
To another day
Like any other day
And he thinks of himself and nobody else
'Cause nobody else has ever been him
And no one in this world or any other
Can understand what he feels within
No one has ever known
No one, ever
No one has ever shown
No one, ever
Not Man is senseless and motionless
As he stares at his Cheerios
"I'm not hungry" he loudly
Announces and it's time to go
To another day
If only it was a better day
Not Man sits on the bus
And it carries him to his prison
People pushed in and packed in like
Pokemon cards - it isn't
A better day
It's just another day
(No one has ever known
No one, ever
No one has ever shown
No one, ever)
And he thinks of himself and nobody else
'Cause nobody else has ever been him
And no one in this world or any other
Can understand what he feels within
Teachers are teaching but no one is reaching
The boy who lives in his mind
As he day dreams his life like a video game
Unreal, unrehearsed, unconfined
One day he'll find a way to be free
One day the boredom will end
Suddenly teacher has popped his balloon
And reality crashes on him
Not Man is tired and cranky
And not in the mood for pleasantries
Don't bother making suggestions
He’s oh so hard to please
Not Man is dazed and confused
He lives his life in limbo
He knows that there is something more
But it's lost beyond the window
And he thinks of himself and nobody else
'Cause nobody else has ever been him
And no one has ever known what it is like
To be waiting around for your life to begin
Not Man is waiting for a better day
Come on Come on better day
Not Man is hoping for a better day
Come on Come on better day
Not Man is praying for a better day
Come on Come on better day
Not Man is waiting for a better way
Come on Come on better day
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4. |
Abstract Malady
06:43
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5. |
Lullaby of Bedlam
08:39
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Gone are the cornfields you used to call home
The plow and the tractor to which you were chained
Where after all is the glory in dirt
With your head in the clouds and the mud on your shirt
You took your discontent and the cash your folks gave
Let it ride on one ticket to fortue and fame
With no pangs of guilt in that sullen young heart
You took you own birthright and feed it to the sharks
At the gates of the city’s insatiable maw
Our hero arrived staring slack jawed and dumb
At the circus of neon that painted the clouds
And the tall shiny towers that clawed at the sky
Cold and malevolent heartless and cruel
An apple proffered a knife held unseen
Defiler of daughters corruptors of sons
A Hell-on-earth playground of crack pipes and guns
The moment you dumbly emerged from that train
You fell under the spell of the city
Enticed by her beauty and come hither smile
Sedated and drunk you fell into her arms
Breath deep the sweet perfume of her insanity
Seduce and intoxicated taken without a fight
Learn fast or be crushed by the ways of the city
As the coils of darkness tighten slowly around your heart
"Welcome to my parlor" said the spider to the fly
Hollow and frozen where once your love burned brightly
Forsaken and distant, destined for the grave
Look at yourself in the mirror and wail in despair
Believing the lie that you cannot go home again
If you leave now you can make it home by sunrise
You empty the bottle and hope that this time it will numb you
To the weight of the world that come to bring you down
But the flood of regret that seems to fill you with madness
My also serve as the current that carries you home
Breath deep the sweet perfume of her insanity
Seduce and intoxicated taken without a fight
Learn fast or be crushed by the ways of the city
As the coils of darkness tighten slowly around your heart
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6. |
Redemption
19:04
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I. Make It Home By Sunrise
Sultry downtown summer night
Under an orange dome of heavy clouds
Tail lights dance around like fireflies
In the shimmering pools at the curbside
Ignoring the crowd and the traffic
You look ahead, and you hurry on
Not that anyone waits for you
In that empty shell on the seventh floor
Where you rattle around like a stone in a can
Dreading the thought of the coming day
Living your life like a jaded hero
Wrestling the evil within yourself
Are you satisfied with what you found?
I’d give all I have to bring you home
If you leave now you can make it home by sunrise
I remember the day you said goodbye
You said you had to find your way alone
Look where your solo flight has left you
At the end of yourself on the seventh floor
Once again the hounds of disenchantment
Drag your dreams to the ground
Heavy and intractable
That same old ache as from a broken bone
Rises in you as you move to the window
Looking out so weary and sad
Summon the courage to shift your gaze
And look toward home where I wait for you
My door is open should you feel inclined
Come with me and leave this world behind
If you can make it home by sunrise
You’re too tired to stand your ground
and too weak to run away
Your heartbeat is pounding out with sorrow
And another drink won’t drive away the pain
II. Out Of The Ashes
Finding it so hard
To define your dreams and make them real
What you've discovered
Is something that the whole world feels
Searching your horizon
For something you can call your own
Where is the profit
When what you keep you keep alone
Chorus
Time is not your healer
And pain is hard to kill
And you can't deny the empty space
That cries out to be filled
Who will you run to
In a time when your whole world crashes
Whose hands will lift you
Like a diamond, out of the ashes
Still have a vision
Of damage done so long ago
The image is faded
And the memory's old
But the pain still shows
So hard to let it go
To relinquish what's been done to you
You thought you'd left it far behind
Yet you wonder why it's killing you
Chorus
I wrestled for the thousandth time
With the fear that tried to choke me
But I knew my time had come at last
And I resolved to make the journey home
III. Lead Me On
I’m not sure how I should do this
I’ve never known this love before
Can you show me?
All the things I should’ve learned
All the anger and the getting burned
Now I stand here all alone
Look into my eyes and see the pain deep within them
And all the broken promises I’ve been too quick to invest in
Take this weariness and fling it far from me
And steady this reckless life
Comfort this broken heart
Take these trembling hands
And Lead me on
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7. |
This Good Place
06:06
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Here I am
Standing in the open
Unguarded, yet unafraid
The world is softened through the veil of tears I’ve cried
Over what’s been done, and what’s been said
What will your reaction be?
Will you close your eyes, turn away from me?
Do you sense my surprise at the touch of your hand
Here I stand.
Under old familiar branches
Sighing leaves bid welcome to straying feet
It is good here. how could I have left
How could you have waited so patiently
Softly I can hear you calling
I dash to unlock the doors one by one
With hurried hands I throw open the gates
To allow you in, to make room for the Son
In the silence of the night I call you
Underneath the shelter of a warm summer sky
Waiting to see my reflection, in your eyes
I have wings and I am speeding through the heavens
Unencumbered by a hollow, token life
There is nothing, there is no one, left to accuse me
I bid farewell to this spinning dying world
You and I with our entourage of angels
stroll past the mansions in this good place
I reach out with innocent hands
to touch your face.
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Randy George Arizona
Randy George is an American progressive rock musician/multi-instrumentalist specializing in bass guitar. He is best known for his work in the Neal Morse Band. As a solo artist, Randy has recorded two solo instrumental albums: In the Light of the King’s Countenance (2004), and Action Reaction (2012). His third solo album Beyond Words is set to be released in 2023. ... more
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