Saturday's child

Farewell my child it's time
To leave this all behind
Exchanging the river for the sea
Farewell to saturday's child
Cut loose before his prime
Set adrift in the city

Speak to me now of isolation
Feel your way home in the dark

Here comes the old greay man
Back bent before his time
Tracing figures in the sand
He has no more crosses to bear
Sat upon his rocking chair
Gazes out toward the sea

Speak to me now of visions
Seen through a looking glass mind

Speak of your inhibitions
You still have your mountain to climb

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Voyage of Bran Father father Can you tell me Where the hours go Where time flows ? It is written in the stars Upon the milky way That we must burn bright Before we fade away ? Mother mother Can you tell me Where the fire goes When the flames cease ? "From the ashes to the astral plain Where the setting sun meets the sea, Brendan" I live by the river Where the old gods still dream Of inner communion With the open sea Through the eye of the hunter In search of a prey Neither beast nor human In my philosophy If you don't recognise me Well it's simply because I've outgrown these old clothes Time to move on For you and I will outlive The masks life gave us When this shadowplay comes To a close Back to top

Medusa

When all you have left are your memories
And diamonds and pearls for company
I'll be sailing to St. Lucia on the ocean breeze
With the moon and my scars for company

In your bedroom you keep an iron cage
Where a blackbird sings her freedom song
For you know the true value of keeping slaves
They sing the saddest of songs

Medusa you robbed me of my youth
Abandoned me on the tropic of solitude
Seducer of the shipwrecked and forlorn
You told me to undress
Then crowned my head with thorns

Medusa you robbed me of  my youth
Abandoned me on the tropic of solitude
Seducer of the shipwrecked and forlorn
You told me to get dressed
Then turned my heart to stone

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Sloth

Sometimes when I'm alone
I imagine that the world is a mirror
And in minds eye behold my dark inner nature

I've been waiting time on this time honoured whore
'Til I get so confused I can't see anymore
And I have crawled where I should have seen the signs
Dragging my feet when I could have been flying

Sometimes when I'm sad
I drink to the health of my torment
And dance at the altar
To the tune of a drunken black tango

I've been waiting time on this time honoured whore
'Til I get so confused I can't see anymore
Wastes my mouth trying to settle old scores
Dragging my feet when I could have been flying
Dragging my feet when I could have been flying
Dragging my feet

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I must have been blind

Here I am believing words again
Here I am trying to find your love again
Here I am down on my knees again
Praying for a love we used to know

Both of us know how hard it is to love and let it go
Both of us know how hard it is to go on living that way
But so few know what it means to fall in love
And so few know how hard it is to live without it

Lord I must have been blind
Lord I must have been blind
Lord I must have been blind
Lord I must have been blind

To hold something real and not believe it
To live in her life and never trusting
To give all you know and never feel it
Hold back each day until it dies away

Both of us know how hard it is to love and let it go
Both of us know how hard it is to go on living that way
But so few know what it means to fall in love
And so few know how hard it is to live without it

Lord I must have been blind
Lord I must have been blind
Lord I must have been blind

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The captive heart

The old clock is ticking now
Marks the space between us
Your memory enshrouds my heart
For I am held a captive

Sometimes my soul desires
To take leave of this old world
To spread these golden wings and fly
To the city of angels

But then if I close my eyes
I can see you standing there
Your face in permanence smiles
Your lips a chalice

Seems like I've loved you all my life
Never thought I'd find you
One day the muse may lend these words wings
So I can touch you

But hey!
Don't worry if the feelings not strong for you
I have lived my life in accordance
To the windfalls of passion
Though I know what it means
To be loved and then forgotten

I have seen too many men
Driven insane by their distractions

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Death will be my bride

Woke up this morning
Set off down the road
Left behind me all those years
Searching for a common soul
I've been looking for a thousand
And one distractions
To empty my mind
Of thoughts of loneliness
I've been looking for someone
To take away my frustrations
But all I find is a sea of emptiness

Death will be my bride
Death will be my bride

Three hours from sundown
I'm still on the road
With those voices in my head
Ringing down the years
For the wind whispers my name
And the leaves they lend a helping hand
If I don't reach you by this time tomorrow
I'll be stone cold dead in the ground

Death will be my bride
Death will be my bride

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Archangel

All love's lost children
Behind us... forgotten
Youth lies broken
Upon the wheel of the machine
Each time we kill their song

Time feeds our memories
We travel through past lives
We are angels
Part devil in disguise
We sow the seeds of our own demise

All love's lost children
Inside us... forgotten
You must open
As the flower greets the sun
To sing their praise with your song

If you turn a blind eye
To the needs of a child innner vision
Then you might just find
That the love you denied will desert you

How long will we sing this song ?
How long must we carry on ?

You can break their will
But they never ever will respect you
If you abuse their bodies
They will never come to love you

How long will we sing this song ?
How long must we carry on ?

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