Album: Awake and Dreaming

1. Breathing
2. All About You
3. A Lotta Nerve
4. I Pray
5. Sister
6. Till We Have Faces
7. There Must Be More
8. Over My Shoulder
9. Awake and Dreaming
10. The Rain
11. From the Outside In

EP: Never Alone

1. Never Alone
2. Never Gonna Find
3. Whats in a Moment

Breathing

Breathing in, yeah, breathing out
I’m waking up and finding out
I’m so far; how far’s bizarre

Behind the years all stacked and checked
And those ahead seem wasted breath
And they seem, to me, yeah me
That time goes by so fast

Breathing in and breathing out
Have I wasted years, in living blind?
Chasing lies, ignoring time, away?
Breathing in and breathing out
Have I wasted years, in living blind?
Chasing lies, ignoring time, away?

I’ve crossed the line there’s no way back
Forgot I was moving, now I’m off track
And it seems, to me, yeah me

I’ve wasted time, can’t pay that debt
Find the right thing, do that next
Is the key, for me, yeah, me
And time goes by so fast

Breathing in and breathing out
Have I wasted years in living blind?
Chasing lies, ignoring time, away?

Breathing in and breathing out
Have I wasted years, in living blind?
Chasing lies, ignoring time, away?

Wasted all in breathing out
Wasted all in breathing in
Chasing lies, ignoring time, away
Breathing in and breathing out
It’s wasted all, in living blind
Chasing lies, ignoring time, away

All About You

Walking down a highway, blind
A trail of selfish life behind
With Feeling as the place to hide,
You know you’re justified
Experience is the only guide
It’s all about you
It’s all about you

Now you’re hearing lots of voices
Making lots of noises, yeah
Screaming their salvation
Screaming condemnation
Screaming for attention, screaming:
It’s all about you
It’s all about you

Now I’m living like I’m never gonna have to
Give an answer for the way I’m living, who I’m kidding, I don’t really know
Maybe digging deeper, chases faking, waking sleepers, finding truth:
Find it and wake

Feeling good and on our way
Just another sunny blue day
Piper and the reaper always someone else’s keeper
Never gonna drop our way
It’s all about you
It’s all about you

Now I’m living like I’m never gonna have to
Give an answer for the way I’m living, who I’m kidding, I don’t really know
Maybe digging deeper, chases faking, waking sleepers, finding truth:
Find it and wake

Now I’m living like I’m never gonna have to
Give an answer for the way I’m living, who I’m kidding, I don’t really know
Maybe digging deeper, chases faking, waking sleepers, finding truth
Find it and wake

A Lotta Nerve

Out on her own and she’s living
Just for today
Such a lot of things to do and still
So much to say
Out on your motorbike riding
Harder every day
In neon boots you just don’t care
What the others say

So self-assured now baby
And on your way
So self-assured now baby
You got, you got, you got a lotta of nerve you got. . .

. . . a way
Don’t ya change?
You got a lotta of nerve
Don’t ya change?
You got a lotta of nerve
Don’t ya change?

Her parties rock with crazy friends
All on their way
You always bop, like no one sees,
Up on any stage
Her art’s her own, a mix, Picasso and New-Wave
Blonde and blue-eyed at the beach with a bucket and spade

So self-assured now baby
And on your way
So self-assured now baby
You got, you got, you got a lotta of nerve you got. . .

… a way
Don’t ya change?
You got a lotta of nerve
Don’t ya change?
You got a lotta of nerve
Don’t ya change

You suit yourself; you’re three years-old
And Life is fun, there’s more to come
No time to cry, just wipe your eyes
‘Cause life is on, you gotta run
You’re three years-old
And Life is fun

You got away
You’ve got away
You got a lotta nerve
Don’t change!
You got a lotta nerve
Don’t change!

I Pray

Can’t sleep tonight or drown the doubt
Of the voice that whispers “loser”
A million thoughts crowd out the light
And leave me my accuser

And all I feel is that I don’t know
While words of wisdom make it so
And all I have are questions why
Where every answer seems a lie

And so I pray for hope and life to live
And I walked away
Will I ever heal again?
The weight of life too hard to hold
I walked away
Will I ever heal again?

Scars they run like river veins
Through the time and life still healing
With the whispered thoughts and the phantom pains
Old scenes alive and they’re breathing

And all I felt now comes to mind
And laughs at wisdom and it calls it blind
‘Cause still no answers pay the night
To share the lies that hide inside

And so I pray for hope and life to live
And I walked away
Will I ever heal again?
The weight of life too hard to hold
I walked away
Will I ever heal again?

And so I pray for hope and life to live
And I walked away
Will I ever heal again?
The weight of life too hard to hold
I walked away
Will I ever heal again?

Sister

Sister where’s your heart tonight?
Where’s your mind your thoughts tonight?
And the smile inside of you,
The light inside of you?

Are you walking yesterdays,
Tomorrow’s sunrise in your eyes?
Or with me here and now
With me here and now?

Sister where’s your hope tonight,
Where’s your heart your guiding light,
To find your way alone,
To find your way back home?

Sister oh so far away
You’re living night I’m living day
With all the years between
All the years between

Sister where’s your hope tonight,
Where’s your heart your guiding light,
To find your way alone,
To find your way back home?

Sister where’s your hope tonight,
Where’s your heart your guiding light,
To find your way alone,
To find your way back home?

Till We Have Faces

Been so many places, and I’ve travelled so far
I’ve seen so many faces, I forget which one you are

I’ve been to extremes, as I reached for stars
Seen so many dreams, I forget which one you are

Lost you in the crowd, lost you in the crowd
I couldn’t see
I lost you on the way, lost you on the way
To finding me

‘Till we have faces can’t find the words
‘Till we have faces can’t meet the mind
You are
‘Till we have faces can’t find the words
‘Till we have faces can’t reach the mind
You are

I lost you in the crowd, lost you in the crowd
I couldn’t see
I lost you on the way, lost you on the way
To finding me

I lost you in the crowd, in the crowd
I couldn’t see
I lost you on the way, on the way
To finding me

Losing you, I’m losing you
Losing you, I’m losing me
And now losing you, I’m losing me

There Must Be More

Dressed up, silver words on our lips
We’re laughing, joking, saying “I do”
You know it’s the way, eclipse
With candy coated smile, “I do”

We talk about the things that we do
And decorate a word maybe two
You say it’s all good, all true
A figment of your point of view

And there must be more than this
More than candy-coated picture white lies, big smile
Waving, playing “look at me”
Oh . . .

We’re laughing, singing “I love you”
Up close and smiling words apart
A snapshot of a moment gone soon
That’s worlds away till Death us part

And there must be more than this
More than candy-coated picture white lies, big smile
Waving, playing “look at me”

And there must be more than a lie
More than a reason, getting by to get away with this
It’s such a funny life to lead
Oh . . .

We’re waving and we’re saying goodbye
“You gotta live your life” you say
And then we drive on, and try
To live our lives our own old way

Over My Shoulder

Its pot-holed roads, with limousine motorcades
And the pin-suit tribe, growing fat on taking bribes
An AK-47, making all your friends
Your first born son yeah, now bring me my machine gun

‘Cause it’s Africa
Yes it’s Africa
Still it’s Africa
Over my shoulder it’s Africa
Over my shoulder again
Over my shoulder it’s Africa
Over my shoulder again

A tin-shack child alone and a no-parent home
Where might makes right, he’d better learn how to fight
‘Cause here crime pays, but it’s minimum wage
And there’s always money for war, just not the poor

‘Cause it’s Africa
Yes it’s Africa
Over my shoulder it’s Africa
Over my shoulder again
Over my shoulder it’s Africa
Over my shoulder again

Over my shoulder it’s Africa
Over my shoulder again
Over my shoulder it’s Africa
Over my shoulder again

Awake and Dreaming

There’s a rhythm ride, on the street tonight
And she’s walking tall to the beat just right
‘Cause it is London, Paris baby even Rome
In her high-heel boots
And on her mobile phone
‘Cause she’s a high-stakes girl in a busy world
And on the roulette wheel she’ll win every deal
She is savoir-faire and a billionaire
The fashion queen of the city dream

I said “Awake, I’m dreaming”
I said “Awake, I’m dreaming”
Awake and dreaming
I said “Awake, I’m dreaming”
There’s a light to find my way
There’s a light to find my way

And as I look around at the things I see
So many pretty things all made to please
And she catches me with the way it feels
And she catches me with the web she weaves
But there’s a voice inside, a soft remind
“Don’t waste this life”, “don’t waste this life”
‘Cause the rhythm ride, on the street tonight
Holds the strings of night, keeps the dream alive

I said “Awake, I’m dreaming”
I said “Awake, I’m leaving”
Awake and dreaming
I said “Awake, I’m leaving”

And there’s a light, and there’s a light, and there’s a light
And there’s a light, and there’s a light, and there’s a light

‘Cause if I don’t go I will never know
When the time is right - and the time is right
And left to slowly die, yeah the voice inside
“Don’t waste this life”, “don’t waste this life”

I said “Awake”
I said “Awake”

The Rain

“Where have you been?”
“Oh, I’ve been going to and fro
Been walking high and low”, He said,
He smiled and said:
“All so easy when it’s good,
Life is as it should be,
It’s all it can be”

Oh, now all I had was carried on
Of what I had it’s all but gone away, away
“Oh now skin for skin” he whispered slow
And left to give me poison in my bones, my bones

The whirlwind rages on, there’s lightning in the sky
And the rain’s a long time coming, still no answer, no reply
I said, the rain
I said, the rain

Oh they say my world is over now
They say it’s all but done
I’m waiting for the rain, the rain

Oh and bitter are these thorns
And better I was left unborn
Than to see this day

Oh my friends all gather round
Poor comforts cast me down
They cast me down
Me down

Oh, they speak to find design
To soothe their own alarm
They speak to find,
They speak to find

And for every woe that falls
They have to find give a cause
A reason why
A rhyme in “why?”

And the whirlwind rages on, there’s lightning in the sky
And the rain’s a long time coming, still no answer, no reply
I said, the rain
I said, the rain

Oh they say my world is over now, they say it’s all but done
Waiting for the rain, the rain

I said I’m waiting, I’m waiting, waiting for the rain, the rain

And the whirlwind rages on, there’s lightning in the sky
And it’s asking me for answers, to which I can’t reply

But, oh, the rain
Oh, the rain
Oh, the rain
The Rain

From the Outside In

The subway walls, all smiles and laughing
In a billboard world, surrounds and holds his eyes
And, walking on, climbing stairs and turning
Corners now, he’s elbowed sideways

And so it seems, just in the way, still just okay, his world runs grey

The street lights shine, with yellow halos now
And through the rain, he makes his way alone
It’s three floors up, a pause and turn the key now
Breathing hard, he feels the age

And so it seems, just in the way, still just okay, his world runs grey
And his day is done, another year along a narrow way
And all alone he wonders at the way
The world around him, now so far away
All alone, and wondering
When it began, from the outside in

The TV flickers, and floating pictures trespass
While faces scroll, grey before him
And so many whisper, now passed on they
Tell of their todays, for our tomorrow

Where it seems, just in the way, still just okay, his world runs grey
And his day is done, another year along a narrow way
And all alone he wonders at the way
The world around him, now so far away
Now all alone, I’m wondering
All alone, and wondering
All alone, and wondering

All alone, from the outside in

Never Alone

Waiting for life passing time
Lies dine with truth in her mind
Like wheat and like tares
They will grow into fears
She’s feeling forever alone
Now she’s believing there’s no one else bleeding
She’s feeling forever alone

Know that you’re never alone in this lifetime
Just know that you’re never alone
Weigh all your years
And the prayers left behind you
And find that you’re never alone

Waking late years in her mind
Watching her life, slow rewind
She weighs all her years
And the prayers left behind her
And finds that she’s never alone

Know that you’re never alone in this lifetime
Just know that you’re never alone
Weigh all your years
And the prayers left behind you
And find that you’re never alone

Never Gonna Find

Looking for the answers in a place you’ll never find them
Don’t you know you’ll never find them,
Don’t you know you’ll never see them

Cause you’re never gonna find, never gonna find
No you’re never gonna find them looking there

Weekend washes in again, it’s Friday night she’s out again
Holding out for answers in romance I’m taking chances

But she’s never gonna find, never gonna find
No she’s never gonna find it looking there

Maybe it will take a little time
Baby it’s gonna take all of your time

Swimming in this sea of faded smiles and painted roses yes
She brings to mind a girl I knew, half broken seeking answers

But she’s never gonna find, never gonna find
No she’s never gonna find them looking there

Maybe it will take a little time
Baby it’s gonna take more than your time

Swirling through the center of a million different people
She is slowly feeling lonely, she is asking God “if only?”

But she’s never gonna find, never gonna find
No she’s never gonna find it looking there

Maybe it will take a little time
Baby it’s gonna take more than your time

Cause you’re never gonna find, never gonna find
No you’re never gonna find it looking here

What’s in a Moment

Lived in the moment
Felt that perfect sense
Well what’s in a moment
When I’ve a life to live

Which way is up and tell me
Which way is down
Lost my perspective in this
Relative frame of mind

What’s in a moment
When I’ve a life to live
More than a feeling
I need a life to live

Lived in the moment of
A second so intense
Well what’s in a moment
When I’ve a life to live

With a white cane for feeling
I’ve felt my way through life
Searching for healing and a piece
Of Paradise

What’s in a moment
When I’ve a life to live
More than a feeling
I need a life to live