Yeah I agree with how good it is to get the lyrics going again. Hey, wish us luck, my band has a show tomorrow night!
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LYRICS! DROP EM HERE!
- Thread starter OPBASSMAN1994
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Valentine's Day
Princess Pain was a friend of mine
She was always strung out
And never on time
She lived down the street at the top of the stairs
Played her guitar when there was nobody there
She sang
All so pretty
You're all so tough
You're self important and all used up
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like Valentine's Day
I saw her again just the other day
We said our goodbyes
You know how they say
That time heals all wounds, and time turns the tide
It ain't that easy when you've swallowed your pride
She said
All so pretty
You're all so tough
You're self important and all used up
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like Valentine's Day
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like that
Well, there ain't no way a man can live like that
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like that
Never gonna find your own way back
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like Valentine's Day
Princess Pain was a friend of mine
She was always strung out
And never on time
She lived down the street at the top of the stairs
Played her guitar when there was nobody there
She sang
All so pretty
You're all so tough
You're self important and all used up
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like Valentine's Day
I saw her again just the other day
We said our goodbyes
You know how they say
That time heals all wounds, and time turns the tide
It ain't that easy when you've swallowed your pride
She said
All so pretty
You're all so tough
You're self important and all used up
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like Valentine's Day
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like that
Well, there ain't no way a man can live like that
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like that
Never gonna find your own way back
Lonely and heart broke
Bleeding like Valentine's Day
I chose not to put the whole album (I think it's about that scale at more than 5 pages of lyrics) (which I've named "Songs of the Subconscious" after it's "lessons-through-dreams" related nature)
But I will post the part I hope to be a single from it:
IX-Looking Into the Light
To be released as a single most likely, in addition to being part of the epic. Has a light, victorious, "good ending" feel.
Up through the mountain,
through the hils.
The closer, the warmer,
the feeling builds.
And look now,
from atop the peak.
There's a face in the sunshine,
calling to the meek.
*Chorus:*
Looking into the light.
Looking into the light.
The heart can sense His presence.
The soul knows that it's right.
Staring into the light.
And united in the rays,
atop the spire.
United in the grace
of this great fire.
The meaning seems
much clearer here.
And they're seeing none
of their doubt and fear.
*Repeat Chorus*
They'd stay on the top forever.
Never to be cast away.
They'd draw the eyes of their loved ones down below.
And draw them to the light of day.
Daniel Graham, 2011
PM me if you'd like to read the whole thing.
But I will post the part I hope to be a single from it:
IX-Looking Into the Light
To be released as a single most likely, in addition to being part of the epic. Has a light, victorious, "good ending" feel.
Up through the mountain,
through the hils.
The closer, the warmer,
the feeling builds.
And look now,
from atop the peak.
There's a face in the sunshine,
calling to the meek.
*Chorus:*
Looking into the light.
Looking into the light.
The heart can sense His presence.
The soul knows that it's right.
Staring into the light.
And united in the rays,
atop the spire.
United in the grace
of this great fire.
The meaning seems
much clearer here.
And they're seeing none
of their doubt and fear.
*Repeat Chorus*
They'd stay on the top forever.
Never to be cast away.
They'd draw the eyes of their loved ones down below.
And draw them to the light of day.
Daniel Graham, 2011
PM me if you'd like to read the whole thing.
K, here it is:
One shot, just one drink,
Hits harder than you might think.
Hits you in the face but feel no pain,
Up your spine straight into your brain.
CHORUS
Find myself with time to pass,
End up looking out the bottom of a glass,
Tell myself I've got no class,
Life looks better from the bottom of a glass
Life's a drag, one big fight,
Uphil struggle each day, each night.
Take a step back and stop to think,
Just pour yourself another drink.
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL
CHORUS
One shot, just one drink,
Hits harder than you might think.
Hits you in the face but feel no pain,
Up your spine straight into your brain.
CHORUS
Find myself with time to pass,
End up looking out the bottom of a glass,
Tell myself I've got no class,
Life looks better from the bottom of a glass
Life's a drag, one big fight,
Uphil struggle each day, each night.
Take a step back and stop to think,
Just pour yourself another drink.
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL
CHORUS
New Song Combo. The first segues perfectly into the second.
Take the Wheel (+ Driving Blind)
Take the Wheel
Hands within the reach
of rationale and reason.
Hands driven by a feeling,
as fleeting as a season.
One will hold the weight of Earth,
and take it all in grace.
One will lose their focus,
as their owner loses face.
*Chorus*
We're made as wire on the fire,
magnifying what we feel.
The danger comes the moment
our eyes have left the highway,
and our emotions take the wheel.
Eyes that gaze in wonder
on a sudden, blinding light.
Eyes blind to morning miracles
and focus only on the fight.
One will beg you "learn the truth
and find it's maker's face"
One will leave you looking back,
wishing you'd slowed your frantic race.
*Repeat Chorus*
Every Mountain that we move,
every second that we live,
every time we take from others,
every time we freely give.
We're choosing in the moment,
what our destiny will be.
Do you possess your own ambition,
or does it own you now as greed?
*Repeat Chorus*
Driving Blind
Are you seeing what you're doing
to get where you want to be?
Does the passion in your pushing
really justify the deed?
Are you blind to your intentions?
all you want is what you'll find.
But if you're driving with no headlights,
do you want to see the mess you've left behind?
Daniel Graham, 2011
Take the Wheel (+ Driving Blind)
Take the Wheel
Hands within the reach
of rationale and reason.
Hands driven by a feeling,
as fleeting as a season.
One will hold the weight of Earth,
and take it all in grace.
One will lose their focus,
as their owner loses face.
*Chorus*
We're made as wire on the fire,
magnifying what we feel.
The danger comes the moment
our eyes have left the highway,
and our emotions take the wheel.
Eyes that gaze in wonder
on a sudden, blinding light.
Eyes blind to morning miracles
and focus only on the fight.
One will beg you "learn the truth
and find it's maker's face"
One will leave you looking back,
wishing you'd slowed your frantic race.
*Repeat Chorus*
Every Mountain that we move,
every second that we live,
every time we take from others,
every time we freely give.
We're choosing in the moment,
what our destiny will be.
Do you possess your own ambition,
or does it own you now as greed?
*Repeat Chorus*
Driving Blind
Are you seeing what you're doing
to get where you want to be?
Does the passion in your pushing
really justify the deed?
Are you blind to your intentions?
all you want is what you'll find.
But if you're driving with no headlights,
do you want to see the mess you've left behind?
Daniel Graham, 2011
GOOD LUCK! I've tried that route with girls often, but alas, most southern girls don't get it when it comes to what I write, and the few who do already have a boyfriend or "just want to be friends". 
I'd like to read it though. S4N is one of my favorite songs.
And hey, you'll probably have infinitely better luck than I do.
I'd like to read it though. S4N is one of my favorite songs.
And hey, you'll probably have infinitely better luck than I do.
I can't even remember it, apart from
Waiting for the wind of time to blow this storm away,
Holding on to something small to get you through the days.
But hey, we're young and haven't been to College yet, I'm sure there's someone somewhere who can share my interest in 19th century military tactics...
Waiting for the wind of time to blow this storm away,
Holding on to something small to get you through the days.
But hey, we're young and haven't been to College yet, I'm sure there's someone somewhere who can share my interest in 19th century military tactics...
New Song: I'm thinking bookends for a concept suite much like Close to the Edge or something of the like, in which you start with an intro, then play through a "Main riff" type of theme, deviate from it into a different musical direction, and then return to the "main riff" theme, and then end it.
(In Close to the Edge, for example: Total Mass Retain's 3/4 rock rhythm, chant-ish singing, etc. goes into the synth covered, ornate, haunting echo of I Get Up I Get Down, then after an extended (epic) organ solo, we go into a short transition time, and then return to the original 3/4 rock and chanted vocals of Total Mass Retain during Seasons of Man to end the shabang.)
Fingerprints I
Down the twists and turns,
down the seasons as I learn,
the stars move side to side,
and they point me to the sky.
Across the line of sight,
from atop the highest heights,
the mountains voice aloud
why it is they stand so proud.
*Chorus*
Invisible to you and me,
but everywhere for all to see,
the Thing that holds my soul set free
is invisible to you and me.
And as I walk the line
between the space and time,
I see the hands of You
revealing all that's true.
Everything is tied
to the brighter other side.
And if we'd stop our panicked sprint,
We all would see His fingerprints.
*Repeat Chorus*
Fingerprints II
Sages say the river holds the answer,
and honestly, I must admit it's true.
If one will look beyond their sight
for understanding,
They'd see that nature points to You.
*Repeat*
*Repeat Chorus of I*
And as I look around
at the wonder I have found,
I'm watching oceans churn,
and I'm watching fires burn.
I see the hands of you
revealing all that's true.
And as I turn to face the day,
I see it in a different way.
Daniel Graham 2011
The whole thing's concept is the idea of "general revelation" which is the thought that if one looks on the natural world with open eyes, and a mind that is willing to believe that there is a God, even if it's not sure, one will see the evidence in the perfect arrangement of molecules and atomic structures, the resilience of the human body, the workings of the mind, the delicate balance of the ecosystem that (when we don't screw it up) naturally works just ever so well, etc.
In short: if you aren't shutting the possibility of God out, you will find evidence (scientific and otherwise) of His existence and design everywhere all over nature, which can be considered God's fingerprints. Thus the name.
(In Close to the Edge, for example: Total Mass Retain's 3/4 rock rhythm, chant-ish singing, etc. goes into the synth covered, ornate, haunting echo of I Get Up I Get Down, then after an extended (epic) organ solo, we go into a short transition time, and then return to the original 3/4 rock and chanted vocals of Total Mass Retain during Seasons of Man to end the shabang.)
Fingerprints I
Down the twists and turns,
down the seasons as I learn,
the stars move side to side,
and they point me to the sky.
Across the line of sight,
from atop the highest heights,
the mountains voice aloud
why it is they stand so proud.
*Chorus*
Invisible to you and me,
but everywhere for all to see,
the Thing that holds my soul set free
is invisible to you and me.
And as I walk the line
between the space and time,
I see the hands of You
revealing all that's true.
Everything is tied
to the brighter other side.
And if we'd stop our panicked sprint,
We all would see His fingerprints.
*Repeat Chorus*
Fingerprints II
Sages say the river holds the answer,
and honestly, I must admit it's true.
If one will look beyond their sight
for understanding,
They'd see that nature points to You.
*Repeat*
*Repeat Chorus of I*
And as I look around
at the wonder I have found,
I'm watching oceans churn,
and I'm watching fires burn.
I see the hands of you
revealing all that's true.
And as I turn to face the day,
I see it in a different way.
Daniel Graham 2011
The whole thing's concept is the idea of "general revelation" which is the thought that if one looks on the natural world with open eyes, and a mind that is willing to believe that there is a God, even if it's not sure, one will see the evidence in the perfect arrangement of molecules and atomic structures, the resilience of the human body, the workings of the mind, the delicate balance of the ecosystem that (when we don't screw it up) naturally works just ever so well, etc.
In short: if you aren't shutting the possibility of God out, you will find evidence (scientific and otherwise) of His existence and design everywhere all over nature, which can be considered God's fingerprints. Thus the name.
I wish I had the time! My schoolwork right now is incredibly repressive. I'm currently working on a 1500 word English essay, a 15 minute English presentation, a 2000 word History essay, a 4000 word history essay, a Maths investigation, a 2000 Music comparison essay, several Physics lab reports, trying to write accesible stuff for the band where I've been forbidden from writing about war and devtiong hopleless amounts of time to following my football team 
But as soon as I get a gap, I very much so want to get back into writing war epics....
But as soon as I get a gap, I very much so want to get back into writing war epics....
I wish I had the time! My schoolwork right now is incredibly repressive. I'm currently working on a 1500 word English essay, a 15 minute English presentation, a 2000 word History essay, a 4000 word history essay, a Maths investigation, a 2000 Music comparison essay, several Physics lab reports, trying to write accesible stuff for the band where I've been forbidden from writing about war and devtiong hopleless amounts of time to following my football team
But as soon as I get a gap, I very much so want to get back into writing war epics....
WOW.
