.

Strong as I am

Father look in my eyes
See me as I really am
You made me
Now take me

Tell me how it feels now
Behold your flesh has come of age
Forsake me, you break me

Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that scares me
Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that dares me
Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that haunts me
Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that taunts me

Mother let me heal you
Your pain has lasted far too long
Release it, it kills you
See me as I feel you
The love you would not share grows tired of waiting

Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that scares me
Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that dares me
Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that haunts me
Strong as I am
There's something about this thing that taunts me

Will I leave them? I say no.
They ask me, "Will you leave us?".....I say.....no.

Strong as I am

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Into The Strange

We are the light, we are the fire of the sun
We are the rivers of the marrow, that carry us all, on and on
through the rage around us

Into the Strange
Into the Strange
I feel the movement, I feel the pressure flow
Into the Strange
Into the Strange
I'm more than one but I feel so alone
Into the Strange
Into the Strange
It reaches out for me, and I can't say no
Into the Strange
Into the Strange

We are the fight, we are the fury of our will
We are the sound of the marauders
Breaking down walls, as we search for the proof of...
Our true selves

Into the Strange
Into the Strange
I feel the movement, I feel the pressure flow
Into the Strange
Into the Strange
I'm more than one but I feel so alone
Into the Strange
Into the Strange
It reaches out for me, and I can't say no
Into the Strange
Into the Strange

As we are made of pain, as we are made of joy, as we are made of flight, as we are all made of......LIGHT.

Into the Strange
Into the Strange
I feel the movement, I feel the pressure flow
Into the Strange
Into the Strange
I'm more than one but I feel so alone
Into the Strange
Into the Strange
It reaches out for me, and I can't say no
Into the Strange
Into the Strange

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Moth in the light

As we lay in the moment we've made so purposefully
Each embrace, each indulgence = fears soliloquy
We try to believe what we want to believe until we die
Audacious as we promise such ephemeral things
In the service of a need that we desperately hide

we are more than a moth in the light
we are more than a virgin's kiss on Saturday night
we are more than a moment of hope
Without which we are all alone

As he slithers through the remnants of the souls he's killed today
He feels nothing, he is blind to the sum of his ways
And he'll still like a rapist and feed like a vampire till he dies
oblivious to a need beyond his avarice and greed
And the truth that his money means more than his life

we are more than a moth in the light
we are more than a virgin's kiss on Saturday night
we are more than a moment of hope
Without which we are all alone

Something's holding me now
Something's teaching me now
In the ways of time
There is a moth in the light
And I cannot choose to be blind

We try to believe what we want to believe until we die
Audacious as we promise such ephemeral things
In the service of a need that we desperately hide

we are more than a moth in the light
we are more than a virgin's kiss on Saturday night
we are more than a moment of hope
Without which we are all alone

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The Corporation Tells You

The corporation tells you, "You've got a good job, boy!"
The corporation tells you, "You're gonna get a big raise....soon!"
The corporation tells you, "We are the way and the light, the one true religion..."

Say goodbye to your mom. Say goodbye to your dad. Say goodbye to your laws. Say goodbye to your God. Say hello to the truth..

Say hello to the corporation.

The corporation tells you, "We are the good friends of, the little fishes and the planet!" - People do!
The corporation tells you, "Wear this, drink that, live the way that we tell you!"
The corporation tells you, "You've got a lot to learn, and we are your teachers!" 

Say goodbye to your mom. Say goodbye to your dad. Say goodbye to your laws. Say goodbye to your God. Say hello to the truth..

Say hello to the corporation.

We drink it up. We drink it up.
We trade our souls for Coke and Seven Up.
Just one more swallow, and we're gone.

The corporation tells you, "We don't wanna see your religion! Much too dangerous!"
The corporation tells you, "You're gonna make less, if you wear a dress!"
The corporation tells you, "You'd better not fuck with us, our lawyers are killers!"

Say goodbye to your mom. Say goodbye to your dad. Say goodbye to your laws. Say goodbye to your God. Say hello to the truth..

Say hello to the corporation.

The corporation tells you.

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As purposeful as the Sun

I finally saw you. I wondered where you'd gone. I recognized you, but all else was long gone. Now all of our sadness is erased, and I think of you with tenderness.

And I am not the one, sent by the devil.
I am not the one, put here to destroy you.

Maybe one day we'll see
That we were blessed to be
Although we fell undone
As purposeful as the Sun

I'm reaching for you. I wonder if you'll feel my thoughts connection, it seems so very real. And all of our madness is erased, and I think of you with tenderness.

For I am not the one, sent by the devil.
I am not the one, put here to destroy you.

Maybe one day we'll see
That we were blessed to be
Although we fell undone
As purposeful as the Sun

So spit out all your anger, that does not leave you full but hollow.
Cast away the shadows, that do you lift you up but swallow you.

For I am not the one, sent by the devil.
I am not the one, put here to destroy you.

Maybe one day we'll see
That we were blessed to be
Although we fell undone
As purposeful as the Sun

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The Avenging Angel of Sierra Leone 1 2
(Dedicated with much love, to the innocents of Sierra Leone)

Though their shadows may fall around you
As their hate coils in rage
Though they conspire but to subjugate you
Know that their hands will build their own cage

Fear no more as I hold you embraced
For I am here with you now

Don't be afraid O' my little ones

As their ego's build towers that raise just to block out the sun
As their armies would mutilate and rape
Cowards all, hearts as cold as their guns

Fear no more as I hold you embraced
For I am here with you now

Don't be afraid O' my little ones

They don't know you were born of the planets and stars
Every moment they choose they become what they are
You are greater than those who leave nothing but scars

O hear my voice, evil ones
Your time is at hand, as my vengeance rains down upon your land
Run, you hideous monsters!
Proud killers of the little children
Taste the bitter end of your misdeeds NOW!

You won't hurt them now.
You won't hate them now.
You will love them now.

You are more than you know.

Don't be afraid O' my little ones

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Doubt

Drifting away, so far from the dream
Flailing away, a fool and his schemes
Hour by hour, ignoring the need

Safe in the tomb of my room
Far from the face of my enemy

Outside of me, gonna knock it down
Inside of me, gonna spit it out
My enemy is the face of doubt

Falling away from a ledge thought secure
Spinning away as the world starts to blur

Safe in the womb of my room
Far from the taunts of the enemy

Outside of me, gonna knock it down
Inside of me, gonna spit it out
My enemy is the face of doubt

Faces of light call through my window
Until the moment I felt, I was free.

Outside of me, gonna knock it down
Inside of me, gonna spit it out
My enemy is the face of doubt

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Until you come back to me

Each sunny day, I will remember
Every kiss, you gave to me
Every hour, I will surrender to each thought of you

Until you come back to me

God gave this soul to a heart that loves you only
God gave me sight to search the world for you
Every night, I sing your name softly, as my only prayer

Until you come back to me

When my time comes, to shuffle off this mortal coil
I'll but one thing to ask of the angels before me
To be the one, waiting there to guide you over, and through eternity

And then you'll come back
And then you'll come back
And then you'll come back to me

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I've got to believe

I don't mind the rain, it's over in a song
I don't mind the road, so winding and so long

I've gotta believe
Oh yes, I've gotta believe
Ain't no body gonna do it for me

Oh, I've gotta believe

I don't mind the weight I've carried it so long
I don't mind this heavy load cause I know that I am strong

I've gotta believe
Oh yes, I've gotta believe
Ain't no body gonna do it for me

Oh, I've gotta believe

Just like the bird that owns the sky
without a doubt or wonder why
As natural as I can be
I'm gonna fly

I don't mind the pain cause it leads to victory
I don't mind the darkness cause I know that soon I'll see

I've gotta believe
Oh yes, I've gotta believe
Ain't no body gonna do it for me

No church, no book, no song, no woman, no man, no drink, no drug, no politician, no guru, no special TV offer mega diet program, no plastic surgery, no discount coupon, and no exotic and gratuitously expensive two seat automobile designed to make me feel better about myself....no!, 

I've gotta believe

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