THE JOY OF THE RETURN




Track 1 - All I Hear

No you can’t resist the change,
there’s a choice already made.
All I hear, all I hear.

Now we’re falling into place,
all their plans are taking shape.
All I hear, all I hear.

Been trying to catch a wave for so long,
you know this tale too well.
Confined I am contained, oh dear God,
I’m an actor, all I hear.

Been trying to catch a wave for so long, all I hear.
Been trying to catch a wave for so long, all I hear.

And the money that you make,
It is making you a slave.
No love here, no love here.

Well they tell us no one’s safe,
there’s a gunman on the gate.
No love here, no love here.

Been trying to catch a wave for so long,
you know this tale too well.
Confined I am contained, oh dear God,
I’m an actor, all I hear.

Been trying to catch a wave for so long, all I hear.
Been trying to catch a wave for so long, all I hear.


Track 2 - Something Missing

His golden reputation,
was years in preparation, so smart.

He found himself the good life
and boy did he deserve it, he worked so hard.

Yet everyday, there’s something missing.
Yet everyday, there’s something.

Your golden education,
is fuel for your frustration, too smart.
Surrender to temptation,
through years of mutilation
you played your part.

Yet everyday, there’s something missing
Yet everyday, there’s something.

Oh don’t you know we’re all about to choke,
well the news told me so, almost letting go.
Oh don’t you know we’re all about to choke,
well the news told me so, almost letting go, should I?

There’s something missing,
there’s something.


Track 3 - Problem Child

How she cried, how she begged,
as a crowd looked on in disbelief.
Stand in line, take the test,
as her father smiled through gritted teeth.

Raise the alarm, go ring the bell,
oh how the cattle are lowing.
The great divide, a tale to tell,
just tell me how long how long.

Arrows flying, kids have no respect,
chaos reigning, loved by no one.

Now the lines on her face mark a tragic
painful odyssey. Even I must confess she
has tales to make a grown man weep.

Raise the alarm go ring the bell,
oh how the cattle are lowing.
The great divide a tale to tell,
just tell me how long how long.

Arrows flying, kids have no respect,
chaos reigning, loved by no one.

And all that came to pass was written long ago,
for you the odds were stacked, the pain of life did overflow.
And all that came to pass was written long ago,
for you the odds were stacked, the pain of life did overflow.

Arrows flying, loved by no one,
chaos reigning. Arrows flying,
loved by no one, chaos reigning.


Track 4 - Jericho

I’m falling like the walls of Jericho,
I’m nervous as hell, and all around
the people talk in code, affecting my health.

Form a circle, light a camp fire like in days of old,
familiar form approaches me, now I’m letting go.

I want you to know this, no I don’t fear the fall,
all too easy oh oh oh oh.
With all that I possess, I’m waiting for the call
don’t you hear me oh oh oh oh.

I fantasise, a vision taking hold, a girl I knew well.
One moment there, the words stuck in my throat, forget it don’t dwell.

Form a circle, light a camp fire like in days of old,
I could use some company, now I’m letting go.

I want you to know this, no I don’t fear
the fall, all too easy oh oh oh oh.
With all that I possess, I’m waiting for the call
don’t you hear me oh oh oh oh.

Track 5 - No Surprise

My surrender is complete, whatever fate decrees,
all hope and fear and life and death in symmetry.

See light through crooked trees,
through charlatans and thieves,
as algorithms filter our reality.

And so it came as no surprise,
that each of us had lived a lie.

I scaled the highest peak,
the scene defies belief,
looked out on all the horrors of humanity.
A vile and vivid dream their greed was so obscene,
all men conspire to cultivate a tragedy.

And so it came as no surprise,
my mouth was shut, my hands were tied.
A little love would serve us well,
a stitch in time, toll of the bell.

Talk technicolour, the truth is uncovered,
I’m sick and I’m starting to shake.
Sluggish for days now I step through
the haze I’m awake, I’m awake.

Talk technicolour, the truth is uncovered,
I’m sick and I’m starting to shake.
Sluggish for days now I step through
the haze I’m awake, I’m awake.

And so it came as no surprise,
my mouth was shut, my hands were tied.
A little love would serve us well,
a stitch in time, toll of the bell.

Track 6 - Paris

By the end it was obvious,
that the boy did it all for lust,
but never in a million years was one mistake enough.

And she knew she was not the first,
how many stars in the universe.
As tales are told and lies unfold, he’s crawling in the dirt.

Take me back, take me back,
take me back to Paris, to the breaking of the dawn.
Take me back, take me back,
take me back to Paris, far a away from Albion.

Don’t you know what a fool you are,
there’s no cure for a broken heart.
A strange and unfamiliar place to go walking after dark.
Now I know you don’t look for love,
but the thrill of a stranger’s touch.
Is the shifting state you’re living in a blessing or a curse.

Take me back, take me back,
take me back to Paris, to the breaking of the dawn.
Take me back, take me back,
take me back to Paris, far a away from Albion.

You are servant to an endless greed,
all this you know, you are lonely freak,
in need of some control.
You are servant to an endless greed,
all this you know, you are lonely freak,
in need of some control.

Track 7 - Killing Me

The kings sit pride of place far above the chaos.
Lords of time and space try their best to jail us.


Silence is killing me killing me, driving me mad.
Son I’m a slave to technology, talk through the glass.

Launch an atom bomb, don’t want to work on Monday.
A martyr to the cause, find some meaning some day.

Silence is killing me killing me,
driving me mad. Son I’m a slave to technology,
talk through the glass.

Wretched injustice has swallowed me whole,
all kinds of hoodlums who want you to sell your soul.
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.

Wretched injustice has swallowed me whole,
all kinds of hoodlums who want you to sell your soul.
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.

Silence is killing me killing me, driving me mad.
Son I’m a slave to technology, talk through the glass.

Track 8 - All The Idols

For fear of life, for fear of death,
the fear will take hold.
A word suppressed, held in your mouth forever more.

International blackout, wait so long for the fallout,
thousand people will come now, piling into the wall.

Oh brother I’m in need of help, at least they say so.
Oh mountain high, through valley low, you hear my call.

International blackout, wait so long for the fallout,
thousand people will come now, piling into the wall.

All the idols once believed in, marched out and tried for treason.
Hang your head as waves of anger rise to drown us all.
Oh no now I can see no rhyme or reason, surrender unconditional.

All the idols once believed in, marched out and tried for treason.
Hang your head as waves of anger rise to drown us all.
Oh no now I can see no rhyme or reason, surrender unconditional.

For fear of life, for fear of death,
It’s taken hold.

Track 9 - Every Word

Every word untamed, turn the knife and spill
my guts for all the world to see, sweetheart.
Do the walk of shame with your mind in shackles
clouded by uncertainty, don’t ask.

It doesn’t do to drink alone too long,
let’s all say a prayer for the sinner’s son.

See a world in flames, like an esoteric
nightmare or a fantasy, don’t start.
In your darkest days take another step
you’ll soon fulfil your destiny, at last.

It doesn’t do to drink alone too long,
let’s all say a prayer for the sinner’s son.

All hate does harm.
All hate does harm.
All hate does harm.
All hate does harm.

A sombre premonition, a painful truth,
I should know. A vulnerable condition,
please draw proceedings to a close.

It doesn’t do to drink alone too long,
let’s all say a prayer for the sinner’s son.

All hate does harm.
All hate does harm.
All hate does harm.
All hate does harm.

Track 10 - Zero Hour

In total darkness, the zero hour, wait for the world to start.
Hallucinations, grand dreams of power, deception is an art.
In place of colour I’m seeing static, will someone please take charge.
The hands are turning It’s automatic, don’t want to cause alarm.

I don’t, I don’t, I don’t want to be here.
You call me out you call me a coward.
Think you could go a day without freakin’.
Maybe I’m blessed or maybe I’m cursed,
but one thing’s for sure I’m through getting hammered.

In isolation, oh please believe me, I mean to do no harm.
This old procession is so demeaning. You must speak truth to power.

I don’t, I don’t, I don’t want to be here.
You call me out you call me a coward.
Think you could go a day without freakin’.
Maybe I’m blessed or maybe I’m cursed,
but one thing’s for sure I’m through getting hammered.

Track 11 - The Wait

I wait for the kiss, a taste of your lips,
I’m in heaven, I’m in heaven.
I wait for the twist, a moment, a true revelation,
when the walls come falling down.

Now you’re here, you are all that matters.

Today was one of those to recall when we are old.
Sweet submission, sweet submission.
Now pause, strike a pose, as the day draws to a close.
You’re a vision, as the lights flash all around.

Now you’re here, you are all that matters.
Now you’re here, you are all that matters.

A future out of focus, a process, it’s time
I learned to trust, now don’t look back.
And all at once I’m open, we’re golden,
radiate our love, we’re moving past.

Now you’re here, you are all that matters.
Now you’re here, you are all that matters.


BUILD A TOWER



Track 1 - Lunatic

Lies will multiply and the villains will be canonized,
but darling don’t you cry, there’s no pain anymore.
I was so surprised, saw the future in another’s eyes, woken my desire, I can’t take anymore.

Build a tower hundred storeys high,
locked myself in isolation.
Once again I’m drawn toward oblivion,
end already written though we’ve just begun.


Hard to find a fit for I know that I’m a lunatic,
sure in days of old I’d be chained to the floor.

Lies will hypnotise and the drink and drugs will pacify,
So darling don’t you cry, there’s no pain anymore.
Build a tower hundred storeys high,
locked myself in isolation.

Once again I’m drawn toward oblivion,
end already written though we’ve just begun.

Track 2 - Supernatural

I must obey, your love is supernatural
Fool for the chase, from first sight love, I began to fall.

So I pour my heart out, surrender all too easy.
Now I’m left in no doubt, you’re my weakness, I’m addicted.

Savour the taste, who knows what lies beyond the wall.
Dare not delay, for we know not when the hammer falls.

So I pour my heart out, surrender all too easy.
Now I’m left in no doubt, you’re my weakness, I’m addicted.

Anxiety a constant companion, I’ll give you everything.
Deliver me your power and passion, I’ll give you anything.

Track 3 - You Opened Up My Heart

What’s mine is yours what’s white is black,
no it’s not like you to compromise.
Tell me there’s no holding back
ask me when did you get civilised?

Now I’m down on bended knee,
now I’m waiting for the heart attack.
In my mind I’m seventeen
and I remember you’re the one.

You opened up my heart.
Love, you opened up my heart.

Come take my hand that I might see,
tell me all the things you care about.
May you cure my mind’s disease,
where all I see is nothing.

Now I’m down on bended knee,
now I’m waiting for the heart attack.
In my mind I’m seventeen,
and I remember you’re the one.

You opened up my heart,
Love, you opened up my heart.
Believe enough to lose control,
where there’s love there’s always hope x2.

Track 4 - Never Said I Was The Only One

I suppose I’m a passer-by,
well I know I was ostracised.
Never said I was the only one,
never said I was the only one.

Like a boy with no border pass,
far away from the sacred path.
Never said I was the only one,
never said I was the only one.

I can hear the choir singing,
how they long for new beginnings.
Know that now and ever after,
I will always hold a banner for you.

Yesterday was my finest hour,
gave my heart to a foreign power.
Never said I was the only one,
never said I was the only one.
Here we are, through the looking glass,
I was told this would come to pass.

Never said I was the only one,
never said I was the only one.

I can hear the choir singing,
how they long for new beginnings
Know that now and ever after,
I will always hold a banner for you.

Track 5 - On The TV

Tell me Father, tell me how to play dead.
Hold me Mother, tell me I am sane.
Pour my heart out for your entertainment.
Always empty, always out of place.

And now on the TV the world is on fire,
we’ve all gone insane, and I’m riding on a wave of sorrow.

Tell me Father, tell me how to your day went.
Hold me Mother, tell me I am safe.
No emotion, living on a knife edge.
No religion, truth is hard to hard to take.

And now on the TV the world is on fire, we’ve all gone insane,
and I’m riding on a wave of sorrow.
And now on the TV the world is on fire, we’ve all gone insane,
and I wonder will we see tomorrow.

Track 6 - Through The Shadows

Sorrow fills up your heart,
down low, cursed from the start.
Distant call of despair,
I will follow you there.

We go without, we live without.

Silence, your friend and mine,
future, way down the line.

We go without, we live without.

Love to be loved,
through the shadows through the dust x2

True love ties never bind,
two hearts beat out of time.
We go without, we live without.

Love to be loved, through the shadows through the dust x2

Track 7 - Lives Never Known

Come many hands to haul across the coals,
they say the flames will sanctify your soul.

Like many men, no vision nor belief,
time and again, feel pressure, need release.

Now you’ve chosen a path all those lives never known
and your life hasn’t gone how you thought it would go.

Awake the fire, got colour in your cheeks.
The day will come for violence in the street.
Ambition gone, you can see my will is weak.
Your blood is up, I’ve started my retreat.

Now you’ve chosen a path all those lives never known,
and your life hasn’t gone how you thought it would go.
Don’t cry now x4

Now you’ve chosen a path all those lives never known,
and your life hasn’t gone how you thought it would go.

Track 8 - Not Afraid Of The Dark

Son, I’m not innocent, did it just because.
I was sold on the sentiment, did it all for love.
In the age of innocence, what a mess we made,
to be measured out in numbers from the cradle to the grave.

In the depths of my discontent I may know my soul,
lullaby is a sweet lament as the night returns.

We’re not afraid of the dark x4

We are one in our malcontent though we pray for love.
We’re defined by our dissonance as we self-destruct.

In the age of innocence, I am searching for the magic theatre.
All at once, I am home.

We’re not afraid of the dark x4

Track 9 - Lost In Your Gaze

Lost in your gaze, there’s no today there’s no tomorrow.
I am a slave, I bow I scrape I beg I borrow.
There’s no escape, to fall in deep was all too easy,
and now you say we’re too close for comfort.

Seems I swam too far from the shore.
I don’t know what’s real anymore.

The love you take, you draw from me I’m drained believe me.
Make no mistake, you’ll never know, you’ll never know my fate.
There’s no escape, to fall in deep was all too easy,
and now you say were too close for comfort.

Seems I swam too far from the shore.
I don’t know what’s real anymore x2.

You drift away from me like some for- gotten dream x4

Seems I swam too far from the shore. I don’t know what’s real anymore.

Track 10 - Lost In Your Gaze

Distant memory, tales of deep regret bind you to the past.
You may feel your life has no consequence, left it all to chance.
Write a new story, read aloud for me, find some comfort there.
Don’t give thought to what might have been, don’t let pain set in.

Lived alone for so very long you’re desensitised.
Open up for me when did you get so fortified.

Distant memory, tales of deep regret bind you to the past.
You may feel your life has no consequence, left it all to chance.
Write a new story, read aloud for me, find some comfort there.
Don’t give thought to what might have been, don’t let pain set in.

Lived alone for so very long you’re desensitised.
Open up for me when did you get so fortified.

Distant memory x 6
You are someone who does not dance in time.
Long for chaos, you long for violence x4