Sing with me!

[BestIKenster]

 

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

 

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.

You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

 

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again.

The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

 

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

The time is gone, the song is over,

Thought I'd something more to say

 

Home, home again.

I like to be here when I can.

When I come home cold and tired

It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.

Far away across the field

The tolling of the iron bell

Calls the faithful to their knees

To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

 

 

[Arleen2112]

There is lambswool under my naked feet

The wool is soft and warm

- Gives off some kind of heat

A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed

Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid

The fleas cling to the golden fleece

Hoping they'll find peace

Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid

There's no hiding in memory

There's no room to avoid

 

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor

For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before

They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door

Where the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:

"We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out"

 

There's only one direction in the faces that I see

It's upward to the ceiling, where the chamber's said to be

Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree

They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:

"We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out"

 

Mild-mannered supermen are held in kryptonite

And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright

Through the door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight

It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:

"We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out"

 

The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack

And the eager pack lift up their pitchers - they carry all they lack

The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack

And the tickler takes his stickleback

The carpet crawlers heed their callers:

"We've got to get in to get outWe've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out ... "

 

[TheRocinanteKid]

Oh man and now Arleen pulls of Genesis! I can't decide what I wanna listen to while I smoke now...

 

I'm counting out time

Got the whole thing down by numbers

All those numbers

Give me guidance

O Lord I need that now

 

The Day of Judgement's come

And you can bet that I've been resting

For this testing

Digesting every word the experts say

Erogenous zones I love you

Without you, what would a poor boy do?

 

Found a girl I wanted to date

Thought I'd better get it straight

Went to buy a book before it's too late

Don't leave nothing to fate

I've studied every line, every page in the book

But now I've got the real thing here, I'm gonna take a look

Take a look

 

This is it Rael!

 

I'm counting out time, hoping it goes like I planned it

'Cos I understand it, look! I've found the hotspots, Figures 1-9

- Still counting out time, I've got my finger on the button

"Don't say nothin' - just lie there still now

And I'll get you turned on just fine"

Erogenous zones I love you

Without you, what would a poor boy do?

 

Touch and go with 1-6

Bit of trouble in zone No. 7

Gotta remember all my tricks

There's heaven ahead in No. 11

Getting crucial responses with dilation of the pupils

"Honey get hip, it's time to unzip, to unzip zip, zip-a-zip, zip-a-zip

Whippee!"

 

- Move over Casanova -

I'm counting out time, reaction none too happy

Please don't slap me

I'm a red-blooded male and the book said I could not fail

I'm counting out time, I got unexpected distress from my mistress

I'll get my money back from the bookstore right away

Erogenous zones I question you -Without you, what would a poor boy do?

Without you, what would a poor boy do?

Without you, mankind handkinds thru' the blues

 

[TheRocinanteKid]

Okay I'm off... you know why.

 

I leave you with some more classic Genesis;

 

Dark and grey, an English film, the Wednesday Play

We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day

Won't you stay?

 

Though your eyes see shipwrecked sailors you're still dry

The outlook's fine though Wales might have some rain

Saved again.

 

Let's skip the news boy (I'll make some tea)

The Arabs and the Jews boy (too much for me)

They get me confused boy (puts me off to sleep)

And the thing I hate - Oh Lord!

Is staying up late, to watch some debate, on some nation's fate.

 

Hypnotised by Batman, Tarzan, still surprised!

You've won the West in time to be our guest

Name your prize!

 

Drop of wine, a glass of beer dear what's the time?

The grime on the Tyne is mine all mine all mine

Five past nine.

 

Blood on the rooftops - Venice in the Spring

Streets of San Francisco - a word from Peking

The trouble was started - by a young Errol Flynn

Better in my day - Oh Lord!

For when we got bored, we'd have a world war, happy but poor

 

So let's skip the news boy (I'll go make that tea)

Blood on the rooftops (too much for me)

When old Mother Goose stops - they're out for 23

Then the rain at Lords stopped play

Seems Helen of Troy has found a new face again.

[BestIKenster]

and the Lamb lies down on Broadway

 

 

 

 

[BestIKenster]

I'm off and I'll tell you why

but........................I'll be right back!

[BestIKenster]

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again.

The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

[Lerxster]

It don't come easy,

You know it don't come easy.

 

Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues,

And you know it don't come easy.

You don't have to shout or leap about,

You can even play them easy.

 

Open up your heart, let's come together,

Use a little love

And we will make it work out better.

 

I don't ask for much, i only want trust,

And you know it don't come easy.

This love of mine keeps growing all the time,

And you know it just ain't easy.

 

Peace, remember peace is how we make it,

Here within your reach

If you're big enough to take it.

 

 

[Lerxster]

I live my life, it's only right

Cause i can't live your life for you.

I'm satisfied, feeling high

Cause i found out just what to do.

You can bet i never let the things i get get the best of me.

When i get blue, here's what i do and so can you,

It is no mystery when you sing.

 

La la de da, like que sera sera,

Whatever la de da, la de da,

All you gotta say is la de da.

 

You don't need to cry,

No reason why is ever good enough for me.

We can take a walk, just laugh and talk,

Whatever's going to be will be.

And when it rains i don't complain, i'm like a train, i just keep rolling on.

Sometimes you lose, you blow a fuse, you're not immune

To what's been going on, sing along.

 

La la de da, like que sera sera,

Whatever la de da, la de da,

All you gotta say is la de da

Oo-oo

 

And when you're down, it can be found, turn it around, you know the remedy.

Just cut some slack, don't look back cause it's a fact it will be okay

When you say

 

La la de da, like que sera sera,

Whatever la de da, la de da,

All you gotta say is la de da

Oh yeah

Just like Doris Day said que sera,

La la de da,

All you gotta say is la de da,

All i gotta say is, all we gotta say is,

It's the only way is la de da.

 

[BestIKenster]

 

2112

 

"I lie awake, staring out at the bleakness of Megadon. City and sky become one, merging into a single plane, a vast sea of unbroken grey. The Twin Moons, just two pale orbs as they trace their way across the steely sky. I used to think I had a pretty good life here, just plugging into my machine for the day, then watching Templevision or reading a Temple Paper in the evening.

"My friend Jon always said it was nicer here than under the atmospheric domes of the Outer Planets. We have had peace since 2062, when the surviving planets were banded together under the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The less fortunate gave us a few new moons.

I believed what I was told. I thought it was a good life, I thought I was happy. Then I found something that changed it all..."

 

Anonymous, 2112

 

I. Overture

"And the meek shall inherit the earth."

 

II. Temples of Syrinx

... "The massive grey walls of the Temples rise from the heart of every Federation city. I have always been awed by them, to think that every single facet of every life is regulated and directed from within! Our books, our music, our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent wisdom of the priests..."

 

We've taken care of everything

The words you hear the songs you sing

The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes.

 

It's one for all and all for one

We work together common sons

Never need to wonder how or why.

 

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

 

Look around this world we made

Equality our stock in trade

Come and join the Brotherhood of Man

Oh what a nice contented world

Let the banners be unfurled

Hold the Red Star proudly high in hand.

 

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.

We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx

All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

 

 

III. Discovery

... "Behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed away the dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in my hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was beautiful" ...

... "I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn the keys to make them sound differently. As I struck the wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious sounds, and soon my own music! How different it could be from the music of the Temples! I can't wait to tell the priests about it! ..."

 

What can this strange device be?

When I touch it, it gives forth a sound

It's got wires that vibrate and give music

What can this thing be that I found?

 

See how it sings like a sad heart

And joyously screams out its pain

Sounds that build high like a mountain

Or notes that fall gently like rain.

 

I can't wait to share this new wonder

The people will all see its light

Let them all make their own music

The Priests praise my name on this night.

 

IV. Presentation

... "In the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up to a circle of grim, expressionless faces. Father Brown rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed throughout the silent Temple Hall." ...

... "Instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were words of quiet rejection! Instead of praise, sullen dismissal. I watched in shock and horror as Father Brown ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his feet..."

 

I know it's most unusual

To come before you so

But I've found an ancient miracle

I thought that you should know

 

Listen to my music

And hear what it can do

There's something here as strong as life

I know that it will reach you.

 

Yes, we know it's nothing new

It's just a waste of time

We have no need for ancient ways

The world is doing fine

 

Another toy will help destroy

The elder race of man

Forget about your silly whim

It doesn't fit the plan.

 

I can't believe you're saying

These things just can't be true

Our world could use this beauty

Just think what we might do.

 

Listen to my music

And hear what it can do

There's something here as strong as life

I know that it will reach you.

 

Don't annoy us further

We have our work to do.

Just think about the average

What use have they for you?

 

Another toy will help destroy

The elder race of man

Forget about your silly whim

It doesn't fit the plan.

 

V. Oracle: The Dream

... "I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so vivid to me. Clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase" ...

... "I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities and the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works of this world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and understanding as I saw a completely different way to life, a way that had been crushed by the Federation long ago. I saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss of all these things ..."

 

I wandered home though the silent streets

And fell into a fitful sleep

Escape to realms beyond the night

Dream can't you show me the light?

 

I stand atop a spiral stair

An oracle confronts me there

He leads me on light years away

Through astral nights, galactic days

 

I see the works of gifted hands

That grace this strange and wondrous land

I see the hand of man arise

With hungry mind and open eyes

 

They left the planet long ago

The elder race still learn and grow

Their power grows with purpose strong

To claim the home where they belong

Home, to tear the Temples down...

Home, to change..

 

VI. Soliloquy

... "I have not left this cave for days now, it has become my last refuge in my total despair. I have only the music of the waterfall to comfort me now. I can no longer live under the control of the Federation, but there is no other place to go. My last hope is that with my death I may pass into the world of my dream, and know peace at last."

 

The sleep is still in my eyes

The dream is still in my head

I heave a sigh and sadly smile

And lie a while in bed

I wish that it might come to pass

Not fade like all my dreams

 

Just think of what my life might be

In a world like I have seen

I don't think I can carry on

Carry on this cold and empty life

Oh...noo.

 

My spirits are low in the depths of despair

My lifeblood spills over..

 

VII. The Grand Finale

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

Attention all Planets of the Solar Federation

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

[BestIKenster]

Pack up all those phantoms

Shoulder that invisible load

Keep on riding north and west

Haunting that wilderness road

Like a ghost rider

 

Carry all those phantoms

Through bitter wind and stormy skies

From the desert to the mountain

From the lowest low to the highest high

Like a ghost rider

 

Keep on riding North and West

Then circle South and East

Show me beauty, but there is no peace

For the ghost rider

 

Shadows on the road behind

Shadows on the road ahead

Nothing can stop you now

 

There's a shadow on the road behind

There's a shadow on the road ahead

Nothing can stop you now

 

Sunrise in the mirror

Lightens that invisible load

Riding on a nameless quest

Haunting that wilderness road

Like a ghost rider

 

Just an escape artist

Racing against the night

A wandering hermit

Racing toward the light

 

From the White Sands

To the Canyonlands

To the redwood stands

To the Barren Lands

 

Sunrise on the road behind

Sunset on the road ahead

There's nothing to stop you now

Nothing can stop you now

 

[BestIKenster]

It was long after midnight

When we got to unconditional love

She said sure, my heart is boundless

But don't push my limits too far

 

I said if love was so transcendant

I don't understand these boundaries

She said just don't disappoint me -

You know how complex women are

I'll be around

If you don't let me down

Too far

 

It was just before sunrise

When we started on traditional roles

She said sure I'll be your partner

But don't make too many demands

 

I said if love has these conditions

I don't understand those songs you love

She said this is not a love song

This isn't fantasy-land

I'll be around

If you don't push me down

Too far

 

DON'T GO TOO FAR -

The phosphorescent wave on a tropical sea

Is a cold fire

DON'T CROSS THE LINE -

The pattern of moonlight on the bedroom floor

Is a cold fire

DON'T LET ME DOWN -

The flame at the heart of a pawnbroker's diamond

Is a cold fire

DON'T BREAK THE SPELL -

The look in your eyes as you head for the door

Is a cold fire

 

Love is blind if you are gentle

Love can turn to a long, cold burn

 

[BestIKenster]

Driven up and down in circles

Skidding down a road of black ice

Staring in and out storm windows

Driven to a fool's paradise

 

BUT IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE

 

Driven to the margin of error

Driven to the edge of control

Driven to the margin of terror

Driven to the edge of a deep, dark hole

 

Driven day and night in circles

Spinning like a whirlwind of leaves

Stealing in and out back alleys

Driven to another den of thieves

 

BUT IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE

 

Driven in - Driven to the edge

Driven out - On the thin end of the wedge

Driven off - By things I've never seen

Driven on - By the road to somewhere I've never been

 

IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE

 

The road unwinds towards me

What was there is gone

The road unwinds before me

And I go riding on

 

 

[BestIKenster]

Know your place in life is where you want to be

Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me

Keep on looking forward; no use in looking 'round

Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you down

 

Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind

A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind

We marvel after those who sought

New wonders in the world, wonders in the world,

Wonders in the world they wrought.

 

Live for yourself -- there's no one else

More worth living for

Begging hands and bleeding hearts will

Only cry out for more

 

Well, I know they've always told you

Selfishness was wrong

Yet it was for me, not you, I

Came to write this song

[BestIKenster]

 

The office door closed early

The hidden bottle came out

The salesman turned to close the blinds

A little slow now, a little stout

 

But he's still heading down those tracks

Any day now for sure

Another day as drab as today

Is more than a man can endure

 

Dreams flow across the heartland

Feeding on the fires

Dreams transport desires

Drive you when you're down -

 

Dreams transport the ones

Who need to get out of town

 

The boy walks with his best friend

Through the fields of early May

They walk awhile in silence

One close - one far away

 

But he'd be climbing on that bus

Just him and his guitar

To blaze across the heavens

Like a brilliant shooting star

 

The middle-aged madonna

Calls her neighbour on the phone

Day by day the seasons pass

And leave her life alone

 

But she'll go walking out that door

On some bright afternoon

To go and paint big cities

From a lonely attic room

 

It's understood

By every single person

Who'd be elsewhere if they could

So far so good

And life's not unpleasant

In their little neighbourhood

 

They dream in Middletown...

[BestIKenster]

 

I've stood upon my mountaintop

and shouted at the sky

walked above the pavement

with my sense amplified

- I get this feeling

 

all my nerves are naked wires

tender to the touch

sometimes super-sensitive

but who can care too much?

- I get this feeling

 

scars of pleasure

scars of pain

atmospheric changes

make them sensitive again

 

each emotional injury

leaves behind its mark

sometimes they come tumbling out

like shadows in the dark

- I get this feeling

 

when I think about all I have seen

and all I'll never see

when I think about the people

who have opened up to me

- I get this feeling

 

snow falls deep around my house

and holds the winter light

I've heard the lions hunting

in the Serengeti night

- I get this feeling

 

forests turned to factories

and river, sea, and sky

hungry child in the desert

and the flies that cloud her eyes

- I get this feeling

 

Pleasure leaves a fingerprint

As surely as mortal pain

In memories they resonate

And echo back again

[BestIKenster]

I said I played this song so many times before

That the melody keeps repeating

Growing new ideas, flowing chords and notes

Like a mountain river bleeding

 

Well, I say as I look back at all the thoughts I've had

They reflect just what I'm learning

Yes, you know that the hardest part, yes, I say it is to stay on top

On top of a world forever churning

 

Well, you say you can laugh, but I can see that your eyes are glass

Well, do you see, can't you see, what I'm feeling?

Yes, I've seen your face before

Why, I've seen it everywhere

Showing up to me without a scent revealing

 

Well, I said will it ever change?

Will it stay the same?

I'd surely like to know before it's over

Well, I said I played some

I said it won't be long

Won't be long before I stop and play it over

 

You know I've, I've seen your face before

Is it ever gonna, ever gonna change again?

Oh, oh, I've, I've been in one place too long

Is it ever gonna, ever gonna change again?

 

 

[BestIKenster]

[BestIKenster]

I looked in the mirror today

My eyes just didn't seem so bright

I've lost a few more hairs

I think I'm going bald

I think I'm going bald

Seems like only yesterday

We would sit and talk of dreams all night

Dreams of youth

And simple truths

Now we're so involved

So involved with life

 

Walk down vanity fair

Memory lane everywhere

Wall Street shuffles there

Dressed in flowing hair

 

Once we loved the flowers

Now we ask the price of the land

Once we would take water

But now it must be wine

Now we've been

And now we've seen

What price peace of mind

Take a piece of my mind

 

My life is slipping away

I'm aging every day

But even when I'm grey

I'll still be grey my way

 

 

[BestIKenster]

 

A boy alone, so far from home

Endless rooftops from my window

I felt the gloom of empty rooms

On rainy afternoons

 

Sometimes in confusion

I felt so lost and disillusioned

Innocence gave me confidence

To go up against reality

 

All the same, we take our chances

Laughed at by Time

Tricked by Circumstances

Plus ca change

Plus c'est la meme chose

The more that things change

The more they stay the same

 

Now I've gained some understanding

Of the only world that we see

Things that I once dreamed of

Have become reality

 

These walls that still surround me

Still contain the same old me

Just one more who's searching for

A world that ought to be

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BestIKenster]

I've got a livin' that's rough, a future that's tough

You know what I mean

Blankers and boasters, all the bluffers and posers

I'm not into that scene

 

You can tell me that I got no class

Look around, you'll see who's laughin' last

Don't give me speeches 'cause they're oh so droll

Leave me alone, let me rock and roll

 

Got an itchin' to rock, a hate for small talk

I'm funny that way

Got my sights on the stars, won't get that far

But I'll try anyway

I just like to please, don't like to tease

I'm easy like that

Don't like long rests, I must confess

I'm an impatient cat

 

I do the best that I can

I'm just what I am

I do the best I can

Well, I know what I am

Rock and roll-in's a scream, makin' millions my dream

Well, I do that a lot

I'll just give it a try, won't let good times pass me by

They're all I've got

[BestIKenster]

The dancer slows her frantic pace

In pain and desperation,

Her aching limbs and downcast face

Aglow with perspiration

 

Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire,

With just the briefest pause -

The flooding through her memory,

The echoes of old applause.

 

She limps across the floor

And closes her bedroom door...

 

The writer stares with glassy eyes -

Defies the empty page

His beard is white, his face is lined

And streaked with tears of rage.

 

Thirty years ago, how the words would flow

With passion and precision,

But now his mind is dark and dulled

By sickness and indecision

 

And he stares out the kitchen door

Where the sun will rise no more...

 

Some are born to move the world -

To live their fantasies

But most of us just dream about

The things we'd like to be

 

Sadder still to watch it die

Than never to have known it

For you - the blind who once could see -

The bell tolls for thee...

 

 

 

[KenJennings]

Stream of Passion - Passion

 

A dangerous stream of passion,

Flows through my veins.

Infecting my mind with madness,

Blurring my senses.

My fingers crawl like spiders,

Caressing the wall,

In desperate need of screaming,

For a way out.

 

This feeling's rushing through me, and again,

I'm willing to surrender,

To the violent notes that spin around.

Id give it up for you.

This feelings clinging to me, and again,

I'm willing to surrender.

I could lose my breath but even then,

Id give it up for you

 

A dangerous stream of passion,

Flows through my heart.

The melodies sung is secret,

Tearing me apart.

Emotions fade into music,

And drift through the night

Determined to wonder freely

Forever more

 

This feeling's rushing through me, and again,

I'm willing to surrender,

To the violent notes that spin around.

Id give it up for you.

This feelings clinging to me, and again,

I'm willing to surrender.

I could lose my breath but even then,

Id give it up for you

 

This feeling's rushing through me, and again,

I'm willing to surrender,

To the violent notes that spin around.

Id give it up for you.

This feelings clinging to me, and again,

I'm willing to surrender.

I could lose my breath but even then,

Id give it up for you

[Lerxster]

"Look, Mummy. There's an airplane up in the sky."

 

Did you, did you see the frightened ones?

Did you, did you hear the falling bombs?

Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter,

When the promise of a brave new world,

Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?

Did you, did you see the frightened ones?

Did you, did you hear the falling bombs?

The flames are all long gone,

But the pain lingers on.

Goodbye, blue sky.

Goodbye, blue sky.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

 

 

Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?

Mother, do you think they'll like this song?

Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?

Ooooowaa Mother, should I build a wall?

Mother, should I run for President?

Mother, should I trust the government?

Mother, will they put me in the firing line?

Ooooowaa Is it just a waste of time?

Hush, my baby. Baby, don't you cry.

Momma's gonna make all of your nightmares come true.

Momma's gonna put all of her fears into you.

Momma's gonna keep you right here under her wing.

She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing.

Momma's gonna keep Baby cozy and warm.

Oooo Babe.

Oooo Babe.

Ooo Babe, of course Momma's gonna help build a wall.

Mother, do you think she's good enough,

For me?

Mother, do you think she's dangerous,

To me?

Mother will she tear your little boy apart?

Ooooowaa Mother, will she break my heart?

Hush, my baby. Baby, don't you cry.

Momma's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.

Momma won't let anyone dirty get through.

Momma's gonna wait up until you get in.

Momma will always find out where you've been.

Momma's gonna keep Baby healthy and clean.

Oooo Babe.

Oooo Babe.

Ooo Babe, you'll always be Baby to me.

Mother, did it need to be so high?

 

[Lerxster]

Unquiet slumbers for the sleepers...