DEFY
VERSE 1
The de-nied dreams, the alibis
Waiting for the morning light
For some routine, to kill the steam
Of a destiny denied
Come with me and waste some time
To lose your reasons and regain your rhymes
Why the logic, is so tragic
And it’s killing you inside...

PRE-CHORUS
The atmosphere is dim and cool
As you lie down to another rule
And you drown out childhood fantasies
Memories like a cruel disease
That remind you to find all your passion within

CHORUS
Taste the waste of a common thread
Without those dreams you’d be better
And you’re losing you grip
On a self-loathing that asks...
How dare you defy your dreams?
How dare you defy your dreams inside?

VERSE 2
Your father’s proud that you took his lead
So it doesn’t matter what you need
The town is pleased that you’ve done your deeds
To be an upright person
Can’t concentrate when you catch your face
In a broken mirror, in a crowded place
That reminds you, from behind you
Something’s killing you inside...

PRE-CHORUS, CHORUS
MUSICAL BREAK
CHORUS

VERSE 3
A girl comes in to change your mind
Just when you stop to care, and unwind
The guilt rushes in
Just when will you win?
Not this time...
You’re gonna defy, your dreams again
Dyin’ inside...
Spinning around you just can’t be found
I’m so damn tired of watchin’ you drown
In that globe of doom, baby
There’s just no room for me.

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NOWHERE’S LAND

VERSE 1
Stamp on the bus to nowhere’s land
stare away at blowin’ sand
you wanna be found, then really get lost
the road is your answer at all costs

VERSE 2
she screams that you don’t really care
it’s just a given life’s unfair
so board with a bag and a smile
the trip to return could take quite a while.

CHORUS
every day is turbulent- they keep getting closer
every day they laugh and vent, like players on a movie poster
but still tomorrow comes as what is meant to be

VERSE 3
in the clouds you read her name
and realize you still feel the same
what was said is done
it no longer matters who has won

VERSE 4
against the wind you catch a line
to pull you back and now it’s time
so grasp the key to come
the door is open now you’ve had your fun

CHORUS
ev’ry day is turbulent- they keep getting closer
ev’ry day they laugh and vent like players on a movie poster
they keep pulling closer like kiddies on a roller coaster
but still tomorrow will come as what they say is meant to be.

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CHAINED BY DREAMS

VERSE 1
Even on a mild day
Her thoughts of him contained
Rushin’ in from realms away~
to what of him remained.
Dreams she thought he never saw
Visions of her love
All came to him vivid and raw~
He never got enough.

PRE-CHORUS
Broke away, blown up so high
Came all their fears, racing by
Shattered time that came to feel~
Like nothin’ known
Like nothin’ real

CHORUS
Chained by dreams (running away but trying to stay)
Chained by dreams (time out of place, they’re frozen in space)
Chained by dreams…
Chained by dreams

VERSE 2
Even on a torrid day~
His thoughts of her were tame
Rushin’ in from realms away
It was himself he blamed.
Dreams he wished he never saw~
He couldn’t leave his love
For him to fall, his pain so raw~
He wished to rise above.

PRE-CHORUS
Broke away, blown up so high
Came all their fears, racing by
Shattered time that came to feel~
Like nothin’ known
Like nothin’ real

CHORUS
Chained by dreams (running away but trying to stay)
Chained by dreams (time out of place, we’re frozen in space)
Chained by dreams…
Chained by dreams

VERSE 3
La-da-di-da
La-da-da-da-da-da
Ooooo, oh ye-ah.
Though you’re not hear, it’s plain to see
Spinning around we’re still chained by, chained by, chained by dreams
Chained by dreams
Is not what it seems, not what it seems to me
Broke away, blown up so high, came all their fears racin’ on, racin’ on by
Shattered time that came to feel~

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CRYSTAL CLEAR

V.1 You wanna go somewhere, but you don’t know where
I do declare
It won’t be easy, I keep it to myself this time
But she wants to ride with you, take a glide with you
Don’t you feel your heart beat?
You can’t deny it but you try to
Though it’s Crystal Clear

CHORUS
See her~
But don’t stand too close till you’re ready to slow down
Believe her~
Because what you don’t know, she already knows what’s Crystal Clear
Is Crystal Clear

V.2 You wanna take a chance and ask her for an answer
I do declare
That you are scared but keep it to yourself this time
Why keep to yourself anytime?
Why live in fear? Ohhh...

CHORUS

MUSICAL BREAK

V.3 She’s gonna take your hand and tell you where to land
I do declare~
That you are scared, but keep it to yourself this time
Why keep to yourself anytime?
Why live in fear?
When it’s Crystal Clear, there’s nothing to fear, oh no~

CHORUS
I can see right through you, don’t like that do you?
No, no...
You gotta try harder, cause I don’t think you have been tryin’ hard enough
And that’s Crystal Clear.

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CRYSTAL CLEAR

V.1 You wanna go somewhere, but you don’t know where
I do declare
It won’t be easy, I keep it to myself this time
But she wants to ride with you, take a glide with you
Don’t you feel your heart beat?
You can’t deny it but you try to
Though it’s Crystal Clear

CHORUS
See her~
But don’t stand too close till you’re ready to slow down
Believe her~
Because what you don’t know, she already knows what’s Crystal Clear
Is Crystal Clear

V.2 You wanna take a chance and ask her for an answer
I do declare
That you are scared but keep it to yourself this time
Why keep to yourself anytime?
Why live in fear? Ohhh...

CHORUS

MUSICAL BREAK

V.3 She’s gonna take your hand and tell you where to land
I do declare~
That you are scared, but keep it to yourself this time
Why keep to yourself anytime?
Why live in fear?
When it’s Crystal Clear, there’s nothing to fear, oh no~

CHORUS
I can see right through you, don’t like that do you?
No, no...
You gotta try harder, cause I don’t think you have been tryin’ hard enough
And that’s Crystal Clear.
NO GREAT PRETENDER

VERSE 1
And the years flicker by like a firefly in the wind
Dreams painted in the sky, wonderin’ if I’m ever gonna win
I don’t know, does anybody know?

VERSE 2
I’m countin’ the time that I thought this was gonna work out
Dreadin’ the signs that no one’s gonna get what I’m all about
Anybody know? Do you care to know?

CHORUS
So alone on this journey~
That I’m beginnin’ to know myself too good
Could someone join me, maybe make believe?
Trust my eyes… you know they don’t deceive
No great pretender here.

VERSE 3
I keep on repeating, believing just to give it one more chance
But again I’m receiving, a warning, I’m leaving… another circumstance
I can’t go… now where can I go?

CHORUS
So alone on this journey~
That I’m beginnin’ to know myself too good
Could someone join me, maybe make believe?
Trust my eyes… you know they don’t deceive
No great pretender here.

BRIDGE
No great pretender, please remember… there’s a reason, a rhyme…
Can’t run out of time
Wonderin’ why do I do this, why go through this?
Cause I didn’t choose this.
And I don’t want to be alone…. Tonight~

VERSE 4
And the years flicker by like a firefly in the wind
Dreams painted in the sky, wonderin’ if I’m ever gonna win
I don’t know, does anybody know?

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CRYSTAL CLEAR

V.1 You wanna go somewhere, but you don’t know where
I do declare
It won’t be easy, I keep it to myself this time
But she wants to ride with you, take a glide with you
Don’t you feel your heart beat?
You can’t deny it but you try to
Though it’s Crystal Clear

CHORUS
See her~
But don’t stand too close till you’re ready to slow down
Believe her~
Because what you don’t know, she already knows what’s Crystal Clear
Is Crystal Clear

V.2 You wanna take a chance and ask her for an answer
I do declare
That you are scared but keep it to yourself this time
Why keep to yourself anytime?
Why live in fear? Ohhh...

CHORUS

MUSICAL BREAK

V.3 She’s gonna take your hand and tell you where to land
I do declare~
That you are scared, but keep it to yourself this time
Why keep to yourself anytime?
Why live in fear?
When it’s Crystal Clear, there’s nothing to fear, oh no~

CHORUS
I can see right through you, don’t like that do you?
No, no...
You gotta try harder, cause I don’t think you have been tryin’ hard enough
And that’s Crystal Clear.
NO GREAT PRETENDER

VERSE 1
And the years flicker by like a firefly in the wind
Dreams painted in the sky, wonderin’ if I’m ever gonna win
I don’t know, does anybody know?

VERSE 2
I’m countin’ the time that I thought this was gonna work out
Dreadin’ the signs that no one’s gonna get what I’m all about
Anybody know? Do you care to know?

CHORUS
So alone on this journey~
That I’m beginnin’ to know myself too good
Could someone join me, maybe make believe?
Trust my eyes… you know they don’t deceive
No great pretender here.

VERSE 3
I keep on repeating, believing just to give it one more chance
But again I’m receiving, a warning, I’m leaving… another circumstance
I can’t go… now where can I go?

CHORUS
So alone on this journey~
That I’m beginnin’ to know myself too good
Could someone join me, maybe make believe?
Trust my eyes… you know they don’t deceive
No great pretender here.

BRIDGE
No great pretender, please remember… there’s a reason, a rhyme…
Can’t run out of time
Wonderin’ why do I do this, why go through this?
Cause I didn’t choose this.
And I don’t want to be alone…. Tonight~

VERSE 4
And the years flicker by like a firefly in the wind
Dreams painted in the sky, wonderin’ if I’m ever gonna win
I don’t know, does anybody know?

Porcelain Doll

VERSE 1
She’s not just the face of a porcelain doll
Another pretty face that you depend too much upon
Time, another game, they try so hard to entertain
Caught up in a losin’ battle, with nothing left to gain~

CHORUS
But after the night comes, intentions can unfold
As you take a little piece of her shattering soul
And do you remember, choices made in pain
Made you decide to never love again
A worn-out soul, was never your goal
Still you feel so alone…

VERSE 2
Promises true, promise nothing at all
Trust in disappointment~ and you’ll never have to fall
Once a circle starts, it’s so hard to break away
But she’s already broken in every simple way

CHORUS
But after the night comes, intentions unfold
And you take another piece of her shattering soul
And do you remember, choices made in pain~
Made you decide to never love again
A worn out soul, was never the goal
Still you feel so alone~

GUITAR SOLO

VERSE 3
If you try now to escape, child, you’ll never get away
Guilt will chain you down by a haunted yesterday
Still she’ll wait, as her powers unfold
Regains her strength once the truth has been told…
By your, shattering soul…

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YOU SHOULDA

VERSE 1
Though she was beyond her years and wicked smart
You shoulda realized she had a child's heart
the power was with you from the start
You shoulda never, ever become a part of her

PRE-CHORUS
And then she cried in a way that you hoped she never would
Just when she realized you'd never see her good

CHORUS
You shoulda, you shoulda, you shoulda known better
When her eyes shone so bright, in the middle of the night
You couldn't get it together
You shoulda, you shoulda, you shoulda known better
Cause she gave all her trust for a sad man's lust to keep him forever
You shoulda known better

VERSE 2
Unconscious to the fairy tales your words had schemed
Too much a coward to face the future she dreamed of
So you run away and try to play the busy game
It'll take six years, before she sees it's all the same

PRE-CHORUS
And then you cry in a way that you thought you never could
Just when you realize she was too good

CHORUS

VERSE 3
So you don't squander the youth of another little girl
Your lies and fears and practices must unfurl
Until swimming deeper, and feeling cheaper
Is when she cannot weep no more

PRE-CHORUS, CHORUS

VERSE 4
Though she was beyond her years and wicked smart
She didn't know she still had a child's heart
The power was with him from the start
She wished he'd never ever become a part of her.

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UNDERESTIMATE

V.1
I know you come around, you think you found me
Open all my wounds, tell me what things will be
Yeah, I don't believe you, yeah

V.2
My arms are open and my head is spinnin'
My heart stays closed but you think you're winnin'
No, I don't believe you, no~

Pre-chorus
And then, the tears are in your eyes~
Just when, I take you by surprise~

Chorus
Don't try to underestimate
(I'm not a child, though I still believe in fairytales)
We're gonna have to see and wait
(I'm not a fool, though I hope your words ring true)
Don't try to underestimate
I just hope that we're not too late

V.3
I think about the time you kept on talkin'
Phrases that were lies, you kept on walkin'
Yeah, I did believe you, yeah~

V.4
My years are passin' and my mind has changed
Sittin' out the dances that you've arranged
No~ I do not need you no~

P.C., Chorus

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RAIN SONG

VERSE 1
Always sunny here, not a cloud in the sky
Strange I’m unhappy dear, wonderin’ how I’m gonna get by
I keep waiting for you to make it out
My heart’s debating, what’s gonna come about us

PRE-CHORUS
And then the wind~ unexpectedly rushes by
And I begin~ to let out a quiet sigh…

CHORUS
I wish it would rain~ and wash out all the pain
I wish it would rain~ I’m ready for a change
I wish it would rain~ and show us what remains
I wish it would rain.

VERSE 2

Months pass by but the seasons never come
While I’m growing older, still betting that you’re the one
The air’s getting colder, I can’t see a single star
The wind is getting bolder, my dream is not so far

PRE-CHORUS
When the thunder, suddenly rushes past
And I wonder, if this great love can last

CHORUS
I wish it would rain~ and wash out all the pain
I wish it would rain~ I’m ready for a change
I wish it would rain~ and show us what remains
I wish it would rain.

BRIDGE
When the rain does comes, I’ll float out to the sea
That holds the land, that you may stand upon
Miles away~ and wait for me
Like I keep on waiting, and praying for it to just rain

VERSE 4
The clouds are floatin’ away now, my confusion starts to unwind
I turn around, this is the day that I made up my mind
Thanks to the rain, bless the rain~
I’m coming home to you~
I’m coming home to you~

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DEAR MAUREEN

VERSE 1

Heaven closed it’s gates on me
~ And let you walk on by
Lost in a world of ambiguity,
Not ready to bid goodbye
I am frozen in a land of mystery


VERSE 2

Time was short, for you my dear
With pleasures, you’d never know
Lord, how can I pass through another year?
Not ready to let you go.
So frozen in a place for misery.


CHORUS

Frozen so long, when will it thaw?
And melt down all my tears.
So frozen in a place for make believe.


BRIDGE

Make believe, your hand runs through my hair.
Please receive, all my love, how I want you here.
Don’t deceive with doubts that I didn’t care.
I was frozen in a time of, in a time of, in a time of honesty.

VERSE 3

Faith will bring a chance for us.
Nothing needs to repair.
And days will rush, and I do trust.
I’m gonna meet you there.
Unfrozen~
Unbroken ~
And enchanted~~~
In a dream of eternity.

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T a k e M e H o m e

VERSE 1
Don’t ask me why…I’m here tonight
Waiting for you
Afraid to lie
This just ain’t right
I want to be true
I’ve got nothin’ left here to lose

VERSE 2
The dreams I made, once unafraid of fortune I’d leave behind
The nights I prayed, with you I stayed
Come here and let me remind you

PRE-CHORUS
The times we shared, the trials we beared
Are raining on down
My message sent, your will unbent
Don’t leave me to drown

CHORUS
Take me home~
Take me home~
Take me home~
Don’t make me get down on my knees

VERSE 3
I thought so long, that we were wrong
Just wanted to be free~
But it was fear so let that be known
Yet just how free, now could I be
With a dream kept within?
I know now the burden was me
I’m not about to just let things be~

PRE-CHORUS, CHORUS

VERSE 4
So please forgive, I will not live
Another day with thoughts contained…
So you know, I will not go
Until you see what remains
Until then I’m holdin’ the reigns~

PRE-CHORUS, CHORUS

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