Once upon a fabled time under stars of shining light Laid upon a bed of sheets now forgotten by his kin Sentimental stars of parasites showing through He knew nothing of the burdens he would ensure When the time had come to leave the sheets where he went to rest his mind Shadows walking with reflections start struck through painted darkened mirrors Walking past the door where he had known no fear Step outside the walls where he had come to cross painted stars He’s alive My sorrow enshrined Captured by this atrocity inside The light of the moon shined on me Ripped up my heart and paid its time One after another Raise my head to the stars above Don’t take me alive You wont take me alive tonight Step by step, claw by claw, with teeth sharp as knives Salivating upon his prey may they rest eternally See the light of the moon his only god Speak to me for I am at your command for the night, and for all of my life I shall rise and declare that I am alive!!! Oh the wind it carries me tonight And my sword on this stone within my heart It cries to me “save my soul” – “spare this life” Reach out and believe that your love Will carry me to the ends of the world My sorrow enshrined Captured by this atrocity inside The light of the moon shined on me I ripped up his heart and paid him in kind Night after another I shall raise my head to the stars above You won’t take me alive You won’t take me alive You won’t take me alive tonight

I’m walking through a forest though I’d never heed the warning I’d close my eyes, embrace the breeze, no matter how I’ve sunken You’d better heed the warning dear child You’d better stay the course or be gone I must have seen the worlds go back to when I heard his name I must have felt another time would have a story to tell You’d better heed the warning dear child You’d better stay the course or be gone He said the wheels are always turning forth no matter how far He said the path we lay is sanctified no matter how slow You’d better heed the words of wisdom child no matter how you are If you would stray amongst the devils land you’d better pave your own way out I see the subject turn itself within a matter of time That one day equals all in form without a legend to be told You’d better heed the warning dear child You’d better stay the course or be gone CHORUS Oh what happened to the child For my subconscious crawls in visions drowning Rise to save my own mistakes Rise above to see my own reflection Looking at the child with his gaze piercing through my heart I’ll never learn…

From the perils of my life To the beating of my heart To the flowing life within the deepest part of me Knowing all I have ever seen had always been with me And it’s all I’ve ever known Lighting tears within my eyes She had walked into my door From the whispers of the night Ever flowing hair of shining radiance before me Pierced her gaze through her loving eyes Unwavering the thoughts that were all I’ve ever had Lighting the darkness of my life With a song, I was taken within a dream Leaving me in a sigh that I had whispered to the night From the burden of the weight within my soul Singing me my favorite song upon the sight of a shining light With a song, I’ve peered to the soul through a lover’s eye And I was brought down to my knees Through the tears that I had wept From the humble feeling of a lover’s warm embrace Leaving me without a breath Invoking life in me changing all I’d ever known Bringing love into my life With a song, I was taken within a dream CHORUS All I imagined had come true upon crystals and sweet perfume The last burden upon my heart wrapped in chains that were broken within Singing softly whispered words creating my own favorite song Sing to me With your song, I rise With a song, I fly And my feelings rushing to my skin That eyes would shut away With a song, she rides With a song, she’ll find My deepest form of sacrifice That I willingly give away CHORUS (With a song, she peered to my soul with a lover’s eye)

Once upon a time under enchanting rays upon high Comes a tale of olden ways writhed in solitary times Upon the lands of burgundy lived a son amongst higher gods Who lived to drink and serenade the lass of solitary times Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear …not aware… An enchanting ray of light, which came to resonate upon holy ground Amongst the soil of grapes divine, within her solitary time She walked the grounds with lightened feet as a fairy of Nottingham He never saw her coming as he drank in solitary times Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear …not aware… Awakened from his slumber, he sighed a breath of relief That he may live another day to find the love that he never thought he could Consumed enchanted drops of strength shall bring desire this holy night For what was once a night of ennui in solitary times He brought his lungs to full avail that he may bring upon holy grounds To sing his way into her heart within her solitary time Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear …not aware… She witnessed him as he began to sing his way into her domain That she may feel an ounce of longing in her solitary time The blood inside began to run within a heart of a beating drum And she was overcome with emotion for a solitary time Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear Restless son of a velvet tongue A restless soul with a cross to bear …not aware… That through the waves of passion from which he sang, she had felt the same as he And all the rest of us can say that they would grow apart nevermore, nevermore And so this ends the tale under enchanting rays upon high Of olden ways in days of grey writhed in solitary times For within the lands of Burgundy lived a son amongst higher gods Who lived to drink and serenade the lass of solitary times!

Where will I find this love of mine? Where will I start? I have tripped over my feet. My cup is full of that which I can’t drink Spilt upon the path within this desert heat Burnt upon the fires within a chamber Spitting ash upon my weary soul Wings shattered by lust and drink aplenty Rest upon my heart of this wretched coal Where will I find this love of mine? Where will I start? I’ve begun to run out of air Spilt tears that cleanse my rotting flesh Wasting away upon my maker’s lair Burnt upon the fires within a chamber Spitting ash upon my weary soul Wings shattered by lust and drink aplenty Rest upon my heart of this wretched coal Hey, Within the dark of me, I can see Hey, black as my lungs be seen, I may still breathe Hey, my cup, it runneth over – that I may swim again Hey, a sentimental toast to what I used to be Hey, I rise within my waters Hey, my feet, they walk the grounds again Hey, my wings, they spread as a golden arc Hey, my heart, it beats like a devil’s drum WIDE AS THE SKY UPON ME FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE I’VE BUILT THIS LIFE WITH MY OWN HAND TO SEE MYSELF RISE UPON IT SO THAT I MAY FALL UPON MY KNEES AND BEG THAT I MAY LIVE TO SEE THESE DAYS WILD AND FREE – YOU AND ME TOGETHER WITH LOVE WITHIN OUR SACRED HEARTS TO DEATH WE RIDE SO THAT WE MAY RISE – WE RISE – WE RISE… Burnt upon the fires within a chamber Spitting ash upon my weary soul Wings shattered by lust and drink aplenty Rest upon my heart and make me whole!