Dangerous Dreams
There is chaos crawling through the world
Shadows walking down every street
There is fear in the eyes of every stranger I meet
The TV news is on with stories beyond belief
So many suffer the loss of unrequited grief
Dangerous dreams
Oh the showdown
Oh the breakdown
Dangerous dreams
Oh the shutdown
Oh the lockdown
These are the strangest times that we’ve ever seen
Everyone hidden away in cosy quarantine
In my palace of abandon this isolation is a relief
I embrace the space and kick it with the laughter thief
Dangerous dreams...
My reactivity is all that I can control
My reactivity is all that I can control
Dangerous dreams...
Forge Ahead Gently
Sometimes in the silence I hear that voice
Dark whispers of doubt so I make a choice
I will not listen, I will not entertain
I reject the fear advances
And I don’t need to explain
Forge ahead gently
Go and greet the day
There’s no need to worry
It’s all gonna be ok!
Each and every morning I choose my attitude
Seeing only the good things, embracing gratitude
I will go gently navigating every turn
With an open heart and mind
There’s so much still to learn
Forge ahead gently...
I know my darkness
I know my light
Forge ahead gently...
Drifting Clear
Isolated out there on the edge of my every dream
In the register between a whisper and a scream
Deep within the hard coding that makes up my being
Sensations of foreboding fear junkies on the scene
I believe in the light, the light within me
I find the frequency tune into the energy
And I’m drifting clear
Drifting clear out of here
Orbiting the space
And the human race
Where my words are unheard
And I have no face
It’s hiding now unchallenged deep within the core
Wrapped around the cortex knocking on your door
See how the darkness doubles light drowning in-between
The shadows they are growing the path ahead unseen
There’s a dealer of whispers clutching a red rose
The sound of wings overhead, it’s a murder of crows
And I’m drifting clear..
Learning To Forgive
So I took a long walk, faced the wilderness
Like a reckless Cherokee, armed with bitterness
A warrior of loss, hunted and despised
Mistrust and broken dreams, reflected in my eyes
It’s more than just a process, of elimination
Stretched beyond belief, in strange imagination
Based within a method, of learning how to live
With penitence and progress, learning to forgive
In the flicker of an eye, in the beat of a heart
It can all get swept away, it can all fall apart
As the candles burn down, and the room grows dark
In the silence that returns, I can feel the spark
It’s more than just a process, of elimination...
As the shades and shadows, of the years remain
Prompting long lost memories, bringing back new pain
I watched those eyes that flash there, in the light of the fire
Saw the fire as it died down, and burned away
It’s more than just a process, of elimination...
Self Soothing Reality
This self soothing reality
Is failing on me
This psychosis is unreal
Lost touch of how to feel
Where’s the hope? For the hopeless!
Where’s the joy? For the joyless!
Where’s the faith? For the faithless!
There is drama all around
In the trauma to be found
There is sanctuary inside
The only place left to hide
Where’s the hope? For the hopeless...
Clinging on to the dreams
Of the fake and false schemes
It’s conspicuous
It’s ostentatious
It’s pretentious
It’s ludicrous
Where’s the hope? For the hopeless...
Snowman
I’m not a doctor but I know when I feel bad
I’m not a lawyer but I know my right from wrong
I’m not your interest but I can see inside your heart
I am a snowman and I know when I’m falling apart
Just like a snowman here for a day
Just like a snowman melting away
Just like the words that never get spoken
Just like a snowman made to be broken
I’m not a priest but I still have my vows
I’m not an artist but I draw my own conclusions
I’m not an addict but I still have my needs
I got those habits I have to feed
Just like a snowman here for a day...
I’m not a writer so I just say what I feel
I am afraid so I hide inside myself
I am incredible ‘cos there’s no-one else like me
So I’m wondering why I’m all the same to you
Just like a snowman here for a day...
Balancing Thoughts
There’s a feeling that’s growing in me
I need to live fearlessly
To reach beyond what I can see
To reach beyond and out of me
And if there’s darkness I’m not afraid
That’s where light gets kissed by shade
Holding the balance of thoughts in my mind
The light and the dark and all that I find
All the times I played and toyed
Standing on the edge gazing into the void
All the time I couldn’t miss
Standing on the edge gazing into the abyss
The beautiful contrast that lies within
That knows how far and where to begin
Holding the balance of thoughts in my mind...
I believe in equality
My focus on equanimity
I lift rival ideas up in my mind
Holding the balance of what I find
There is no conflict or need to oppose
As breath sustains tranquility grows
Holding the balance of thoughts in my mind...
On The Outside Dreaming
So the world spins along
And I am lost in a song
A song that turns and twists
Greets the world with its fists
I’m on the outside dreaming
On the inside screaming
I’m on the outside dreaming
On the inside screaming
A song that stops and starts
Gathered up from all the parts
Scraps of words kept inside
And all the crap that I can’t confide
I’m on the outside dreaming...
And I weave between the dream of waking
And the waking of the dream
I’m on the outside dreaming...
Brings Me Back
There’s a constant push and pull
Sometimes my head gets full
I start to drift out of touch
Over-think it all too much
The same thoughts go round and round
Those patterns to which I’m bound
I reach out to reach within
My breath calms and I begin
Brings me back when I am lost
Brings me back at any cost
Brings me back to the ground
Brings me back and I am found
The past it comes, it comes back to haunt me
Old memories flood, coming back to taunt me
I won’t engage I keep my focus centred
I reach out to reach within
My breath calms and I begin
Brings me back when I am lost...
A way of being, a way to live
A way of seeing, how to forgive
Brings me back when I am lost...
In The Silence I Drown
Just before, the clock struck ten
I knew in my heart, where and when
The plan was set, the deal was done
All those fears, on the run
From the coming together
To the falling apart
In the space between
The end and the start
From a smile to a frown
In the silence I drown
From a smile to a frown
In the silence I drown
Just before, the clock struck twelve
Came a problem, I had to solve
But there are things, that can’t be fixed
Even with all my magic tricks
From the coming together...
Soon as I heard the clock strike one
I knew in my heart, the time had come
Crashing through this atmosphere
Into a place, where the air is clear
From the coming together...