(2018) The Last Drive
The Wave
These empty hands
Is all I got
The line of life
A blueprint of murderous times
A thousand years
Straight from hell
Burning through me
Like a darkness you’ll never see
Guess it’s too late to understand
The lesson of the continent
The line of people in the snow
The broken toys at the plateau
Shoot me to your secret skies
Keep me by your side
Hold on – we must reach the shore
Too late- we’re left behind
An empty shoe
In promised land
Under the stars
Babylon’s done tonight
Number two
I’m here with you
In this headless dream
That keeps rising over the waves
I guess I’ll never get to learn
The lesson of the continent
The yellow stars, the leaving trains
The children sitting by the rail
Shoot me to your secret skies
Keep me by your side
Hold on – we must reach the shore
Too late- we’re left behind
Snakecharmer
Last night I dreamed – a river flowing to nowhere
A stream of endless grief and waster adrenaline
A jerky dance to the merciless heartbeat
Of a small animal locked in a wireless cage
Fell no regret
Snakecharmer you did your best
Now sail on, sail on
The red sea
Loves your ghost ship
In this endless Sunday morning
Nothing ever shines
Nothin’s left but you and the rage
Is this a dream, the fire blooming around us?
Burning the place to the ground, the words in our mouths
You ‘re not a piece of dirt you got to shout it loud now
While living the end of the world again and again
Feel no regret
You see we all do what we can
Now roll down, roll down the hill
Like the head of a king
In this endless Sunday morning
Nothing ever shines
Nothin’s left but you and the rage
Angel
(with George Karanikolas)
When we broke the crystal ball
And the sun refused to shine
When we stood under the rain
And we saw the rivers dry
Tell me did you cross the line
Did your dreams pay the price
Did the words deny your song
Did your wings refuse to fly?
Angel c’mon ride with me
From the darkness to the light
Angel this is what we’ll do
Scream and shout and burn the night
I will trust your whiskey mouth
And your highway soul tonight
Tossinf and falling c’mon hear my calling
I’m opening up into one thousand flowers
I’m just a dot in the sky with a gun on my back
Oh and I love you I love you I love you …….
I’ll wait till tomorrow when the sun begins to shine
(2012) News From Nowhere
Never Let It Go
(With George Karanikolas)
It takes more than a broken bone to break a standing man
More than a judge and a nation on the ration
A thousand long miles of being someone else
A bucketful of sweat and a slandered reputation
It’ s freezing when we hear you say
There’s nothing left for me to pray
An there’ s one more thing you got to know
I’ ll never never let you go
It takes more than a bullet to kill the running wolf
More than a lifetime of lies and deception
You got to burn the paper moon hiding in his lair
That shines upon his dreams through times of desperation
It’s madness when we hear you cry
There’s nothing left for me to try
And there’s one more thing you have to know
We’ll never never let it go
Butterfly 69
Concentrate on the pain
In a sea of wasted eyes
You’re a crossroad on fire
In the dark of the starless night
Oh I’ m falling
Butterfly 69
When the world’s on his knees
Noone spares an alibi
All the priceless defeats
Makes you keep
Your head held high
Oh I’m falling
Butterfly 69
You’re my ground to defend
Spinning around in the dark day’n’night
Oh I’m falling
Butterfly 69
Black Rain
I’s a pity oohh man it’s a crying shame
Godforsaken till the devil set the road aflame
Black Rain
Black Rain
Is it all in the game?
Black Rain
I don’t think so
Darkness fallin’and we still got a long way to go
Go to be near you got to be near you gonna take you home
Black Rain
Black Rain
Is this the end of the game?
Black Rain
It’s just the black rain blues
Child of the Sky
True
You know everything is true
What you’ ve been told or you might knew
‘Bout times of war
True
A demon cuts your heart in two
And then you got to carry through
Under the waves
In a dream that lost its potential
You’ re a falling star over a deadly sea
Like a train loaded with anger
Stuck in the middle of a desert of blue
Child of the sky
True
This baby’ s running out of fuel
And the magicians are too cruel
To make it go
You
Close your eyes and tell me true
Are the distant drums of doom
All you can hear?
In a dream that lost its potential
You’ re a falling star over a deadly sea
Like a train loaded with anger
Stuck in the middle of a desert of blue
Child of the sky
And you travel like a twig in the river
Like a burnin’ heart over the angry sea
Don’ t let yourself go I’m wishing upon you
Child of the sky
So fragile and free
Child of the sky
(2009) Heavy Liquid
A Glass of Broken Dreams
(with G. Karanikolas)
Sometimes I think there’s never been
A highway so wide and mean
Leading to a room so cold and bare
Faded pictures on the wall
Stories of a past untold
Sunny beaches turn to ruthless tide
There’s a new motel in town
It’s called the end of broken dreams
There’s a new place in town
It’s called the end of broken dreams
Out of the blue my name is fear
And I’ll haunt you if I care
Out of this world my game is clear
And I’ll catch you if I dare
But there is no time for me to stay
Maybe it’s time to ride the ray
Maybe tomorrow never comes
Crawling lizards in the sun
Do we part like fallen leaves
Like the dark waves of the sea
Travelling like driftwood through our lives
Glad I’m here with you tonight
With a glass of broken dreams
Listening to Marquee Moon all night
There’s a train leaving tonight
But I ain’t gonna pack my things
A strange kind of sunrise
At the end of broken dreams
Out of the blue my name is fear
And I’ll haunt you if I cared
Out of this world my game is clear
And I’ll catch you if I dare
But there is no time for me to stay
Maybe it’s time to ride the ray
Maybe tomorrow never comes
Crawling lizards in the sun
Headlong to the Edge
This salty ol’ ship should get rid of her cargo
But the wind and the sea are the only friends that she knows
Prisoner of war in a thousand years confrontation
With the man who’s wearing the night on his sleeve
Down at the nightshift of a world
That’s reeling on its feet
With a burnin’ white flag
Here we go!
Headlong to the edge
The edge of the world
Headlong to the edge –to the end of horizon
Headlong to the edge –to the end
Headlong to the edge- The edge of the world
The mighty ol’ sky
Always there watching the struggle
Of life that’s trying to get hold of itself
Prisoner of war in a thousand years confrontation
With treacherous winds that take you ashore
Down at the nightshift…
Get off my world
(with G. Karanikolas)
True love you got to give yourself another chance
You got to keep on surfing on your secret wave
Can u dig it?
True love you got to get yourself another name
Can’t find you step in fake alligator shoes
Can you dig it?
Get off my world
It should never be so easy
Wake up my life
It should never be enough
Get off my world
It should never be so easy
Get off!
Took a ride back to sweet fuckin sixteen
I blew the class and I stole the high school queen
Built a shack down by the highway line
Dodgin’ cars watching the days go by
Get off my world
It should never be so easy
Wake up my life
It should never be enough
Get off my world
It should never be so easy
Get off!
Mountains
Fire
Reach the sky
Mountains slide
To the sea
Movements
Recognized
Scrutinized
By the Eye
See me feel me touch me heal me
Mountains
Standing high
Overdrive
Upon the sky
Islands
Mesmerized
A bottle of whisky
And a tainted cup made of tin
See me feel me touch me heal me
Mountains
Invade our lives
With silent cries
In our sleep
Movements
Recognized
Synchronized
By the eye
See me feel me touch me heal me
Mountains
Pantherman
(for Lux Interior)
Truth and light release the spear
That penetrates the soul
And native voodoo jungle boy
Is claiming what they stole
You ‘re a pantherman
You’re the river of soul
You’re the brother of fire
Truth and light
Release the spear that penetrates the heart
Oh did I hear you singing
On the black magic river banks
Oh did I hear you singing
Under the light of a falling star
One thousand candles burning for you Pantherman
A thousand roman candles burning Pantherman
Come on save my soul
You’re the Woard of mighty love
Of restless love
And I redeem myself
By drowning all my ugly teens
Into your pool of stars
You ‘re the Pantherman
You’re the river of soul
Lost brother of fire
Truth and light
Release the spear that penetrates the heart
Oh did I hear you singing
On the black magic river banks
Oh did I hear you singing
Under the light of a falling star
One thousand candles burning for you Pantherman
A thousand roman candles burning Pantherman
Come on save my soul
Oh you’re the pantherman the light that never shines
Inside the eye of the beast the lonely cry
But you ‘re a pantherman
You’re the river of soul
You’re the brother of fire
Just a roman candle
You’re the Garbageman
You’re the river of fire
One thousand candles burning for you Pantherman
A thousand roman candles burning Pantherman
Jack of the Highway
(with G. Karanikolas)
The night
The flight
Moments that stand for a life
The calling
That gets you
Around and around and around
I need a cover
I need to sober
I feel the heat in the cold of the night
Life looks so special
Uncontroversial
I see the end at the edge of the night
You’re Jack o’ the Highway
My wandering friend
Dancing on minefields
It’s not over yet
I’m running thru the jungle
You’re sleeping in my hand
Oh Jack of the Highway
All over again
The night
The spite
The reverse of the light
The searchlights
That haunt you
Again and again and again
I need a cover
I need to sober
I feel the heat in the cold of the night
Life looks so special
Uncontroversial
I see the end at the edge of the night
You’re Jack o’ the Highway
My wandering friend
Dancing on minefields
It’s not over yet
I’m running thru the jungle
You’re sleeping in my hand
Oh Jack of the Highway
All over again
Maureen
Tick tack the heels of time on the stairs
This town is not about respect
These streets are no meaner than the rest
Visibility’s impossible without an illusion
Who cares about the burden of love?
Who cares about the lost fucking ground ?
Who can about the greed and the pain
That lead great nations to ruin and despair?
Maureen
I wanna be there in your sleep
Maureen
I wanna be right there in your dreams
This wave’ s not a child of the sea
Is about justice and enemy lines
This song is louder than regret
Heavier than the growl of the might ocean
Who cares about the burden of love?
Who cares about the lost fucking ground ?
Who can about greed and pain
Heavier than the growl of the might ocean?
Maureen
I wanna be there in your sleep
Maureen
I wanna be right there right in you dreams
Goldfish
Trust
Imposed by a rod and a gun
Ain’t no trust at all
Try to believe in you
Gone
Let me in the water I’ll flow
Shoot me up to the skies
Land me sound and safe
Nothing to ask for
With your face to the wall
Rust
Imposed by a rod and a gun
For years and years and years
I try to believe in you
Gold
Let me in the water I’ll flow
Shoot me to the skies
Land me sound and safe
Hang the Bone
So many times
So many nights
So many deals
So many fights
So lightly thrown
Humiliation reigns above
So many thieves
So many lies
So many merchants
So many cries
So many knots – so many plots
So many wise men left to rot
You gotta hang the bone
So many years
Of a notorious past
Out to get you
You better run
So many borders
Never to cross
Always there
Forever lost
So many preachers
Nothing to preach
So many teachers
Left with nothing to teach
Children crossing the angry sea
What about you – what about me
We gotta hang the bone
Hey mister
So eager to run
To start a trip
Already done
So much love
Reduced to dust
Who can stand
So much distrust
So much common ground is lost
Are you the guest
Or are you the host?
It’s easy enough to criticize
You gotta hang the bone
(1994) Subliminal
Blood From A Stone
If you could sell your mistakes then you’d buy them back just to pay
An’ you talk talk talk like you got something important to say
You’re the one who knows
How to break the spell
It’s a deadly secret
So hide it. That’s the best
Hide it from your brothers
Hide it form the rest
Push it in your mouth to hide it from yourself
You put me into reason
But kept it all wrong
I’ve got to take your money
And run from the gold
I could take the pity
Like blood from a stone
Now in my eyes you’re so fuckin unreal
To think everyone craves for the truth you conceal
Grabbed a handful of sand
And it turned to stone
Then it turned to water
Then to sand again
Darkness burns your candle
Possession possessed you bet you did know
You get yourself a reason
But kept it a fraud
I’d like to get you honey, but your cells are bold
I can take the pity
Like blood from the stone
I got to get your money and run from the gold
Oooohh blood from the stone
I could take the pity…
Skin
I saw the top of the mountain
Tattooed on the back of your neck
Tryin to make me understand
Why some flowers don’t need light
To grow an’ bloom on your skin
With a wound an’ a kiss
I’m so grateful
So fuckin grateful
For those scars on my skin
How can I show you how much I owe you?
Hey hey hey
Love you more than I can hurt myself
No head, just bones and roses
Tattooed on the motorway skin
Control the breath of this thrill an
Make me refuse your gifts…
Hey hey hey…
I love you more than I can hurt myself
Happy Crasher
There’s a river flowin
You’re gonna get where it’s going
You’re gonna come, gonna come
Like justice on stolen land
Far from the sun,
Out of luck and into the ground
Save this man, load his gun
This is what I mean.
Yeah the moon and the sun
They’ll drop and fall doawn
And the walls, the walls the walls will come down
Yeah the waves n’the sun
They’ll crash and crack down
Filling your scream and teasing your mind
Dealing with society
I saw you crossing the red sea
Puttin iron all over yourself
Ready for the miracle you’ve learned to expect
All over town,
Close to fear and high above the ground
Save some words loadin his gun
This is what I hear
Yeah the moon and the sun
They’ll drop and fall down…
Sister Dawn
Wake me up (locked inside the room a little dog called hate)
With a handful of nails (is left there to die all alone)
Crystallize me with a hit f hope (What kind of animal did this?)
Then tie me around you with your sugar rope (Shadowed by your light ‘n’ guided by the shots)
What if I wake up inside your dream?
Will it feel like coming home again?
Always used to exile your children
Sister dawn…
Shadowed by your light (I don’t know where you’re coming from)
Deflected by the wind, enlightened by the dark (You’re gonna blind me with reality)
No one’s in this lane except a thousand goodbyes (You know, I mailed myself a bomb)
Travellin’ off from the center, yours from the very start (So tell me, will you come?)
What would I do if you had no place to go?
Would I sleep on the concrete floor?
Always used to exile your children!
Sister Dawn…
And the sea?
Will it still be there?
The Drop
Black waters, where are you takin me?
Shadowed myself into one thousand drops
The sun laughed and barefoot I followed
Is that all we can give to each other?
A sip of poison and a burned out cigarette?
A moment so intense and hollow?
And you, you will find the meaning
The mean machine ‘s fuelled by your dreams
Do you want to share the feeling?
Share it with the spirit of the sea
Up on the mountains of the deep
I inhale this something out of nothing
O close my eyes the sound disappears
Water slips slowly through my nostrils
And now thw children they all know
About the man who sings this song
Up on the mountains of the deep…
You, you will find the meaning
The mean machine is fuelled by your dreams
Do you wanna share the feeling?
Share it with the spirit of the sea
Up on the mountains of the deep…
Locked on a six-feet wave
I saw you dancing on the shore
Helmethead
Oh Lord I’m tryin’ to get to you
With the breath of the beast all around me
The burnin flags lead me to you
Helmethead/Jesus head
Two bullets cross myh way back
I disappear into the holy barrel
Burning the highway to keep you warm
Burning the highway to kkep you warm
Helmethead / Better drop dead
I’;ll make it to the fountain of love
Dark is the river
Black is the sea
There’s no hand to help me
No hand to rescue me
Helmethead/Jesushead
I’ll make it to the fountain of love
(1992) F*head Entropy
Shot With Crystal Balls In My Hands
Nothing I say won’t sound right
Try to sell my soul you won’t get a dime
Forcing reality like fucked-up gods
Behind walls behind private wars
Forget the force – will of the wind
Crushin kiss charge my dream
Touch or die, accelerate fate
In that crystal fall we loose weight
You’re so perfect an’ I’m grinding
Shot with crystal balls in my hands
With crystal balls in my hands-in my hands-in my hands
With crystal balls in my hands
With crystal balls in my hands dreams
Humble hate the feel we grow
Candle in the corner under the flow
Locked up love in a dogfood can
You’re a river of loss and I’m never done
Crushing kiss charge my dream
Touch or die, accelerate fate
In this crystal fall we loose weight
I don’t think that truth’s enough I’m shot
With crystal balls in my hands
Sweat shop sweat shop you’re a sweat shop
Feels like sucking my own rotten teeth
Sweat shop sweat shop you’re a sweat shop
Open up your doors
I’m shot with crystal balls in my hands…
Novocain Rush
Sometimes everything’s set up
To make you bless this break up
Of your soul with your mind
Family life
One sharp knife
Accidentally placed in your way all the time
What makes you stop?
Ashes to fire, dawn to night
Who wants to control it
Novocain rush baby stained with blood
Novocain rush no pain at all
Novocain rush my face’s stained with mud
Novocain
Family life
One sharp knife
Accidentally placed in your way all the time
We’re crime in reverse
Ashes to fire, dawn to night
Who wants to control it
Novocain rush baby stained with blood
Novocain rush no pain at all
Novocain rush my face’s stained with mud
Novocain
Jailbird
Twenty – two candles in a poison birthday cake
Twenty – two headlights shinin’ on the prey
Hypnotized mother hypnotizin’ me
While your tongue smoothes up my skin
Wild dogs are howling please let me in
Angel of danger I’m about to give in
Don’t be afraid to be scared to be blind
Sick star lights up the empty room
Jailbird flew away
Ain’t no mountain ain’t no sea
Ain’t no wind blowin’ in this dream
Wild dogs are howling please let me in
Angel of danger I’m about to give in
Don’t be afraid to be scared to be blind
Jailbird Jailbird your song was true
The children say that your song was true
Sinner
I hear the sound
Of cracked-up bells that forgive the children
I see them cryin
But I see no sin ‘cos the whole town ‘s another evil scene
Cool 6
You know why
In the next turn you die
Hey sinner that’s your treat
Sneakin around this ol’ bag of tricks
Cool 6
You know why
In the next turn you die
Blue thrill
Half bite
Eve’s bad
Jack’s white
Hey sinner your hands are cold
Spit on yourself you’re coming home
Cool 6
You know why
In the next turn you die
Bells sound Christmas
Welcome home
Another looser
In another world they’d take you away
Still you can dream like no other
You’re going down going down
Well, that’s the price you gotta pay
When you’re a sinner on the run
You turn ‘n’ I die
You speak ‘n’ I fly
Vertcruiserdeadendhitwhitehotmindburninbid
Cool 6 you know why
In the next turn you die
The End INC
Hey! Can you feel it?
The pain around your temple
Is the crown of thorns
We all have to wear it
When a world ends
And a new one
Is gonna take its place
It’s gonna be the end
It’s gonna be the end of all
It’s gonna be the end
It’s gonna be the end of all
Ha! Can you see it?
Yeahyeaha!
We ascend the cross
Now we stand on top
Blind people screamin loud
In a small room
In a crowded house
It’s gonna be the end
It’s gonna be the end of all
It’s gonna be the end
It’s gonna be the end of all
Killhead Therapy
(with George Karanikolas)
An’ if you see them coming down on you
They’re gonna pull you away
Change your way
An’ if you see them comin’ close to you
They’re gonna thrash your brain fry your brain
Resolution ain’t the final solution
They’re gonna pull you away – change my away
Pissin’ over the forefathers’ grave
It’s gotta be your way
An’ if you see them coming down on you
They’re gonna pull you away
Change your way
An’ if you see them comin’ close to you
They’re gonna thrash your brain fry your brain
So if you see the segn be the sign mak it sign on your way
You gotta burn so nice before you get baptized so burn so nice
Killhead Therapy
An’ if you see them coming down on you
They’re gonna pull you away
Change your way
An’ if you see them comin’ close to you
They’re gonna thrash your brain fuck your head
Resolution ain’t the final solution
They’re gonna pull you away – change your away
‘Cause tomorrow came yesterday
Like a price for life to pay
Sister your kiss feels like a killhead therapy
A fuckhead entropy
A killhead therapy
No head and boots that don’t fit your feet but they look the same
In the final recipe
Killhead Therapy
King Of Jockers
I’ve been a seeker
I’ve tasted the salt
Of your face and soul
I used to wander
Through the feverish gardens
I used to wander alone
I steal from lovers and give it to the suckers
Now I’m infected
Self-paranoid
One way speedway of soul
0 to 100 no matter what you
Gonna say it’s all wrong
I steal from lovers and give it to the suckers
Fuck that! My temple is kept clean an’ I never prayed for the law
Oooh Oooh Oooh
You’re the king of jockers
Oooh Oooh Oooh
You’re the joker of the king
Oooh Oooh Oooh
You’re the king of jockers
You’re a snowman in heat
Invitation
For the TV show
Brings in the shotgun blow
Daddy, you’re late
Everybody’s waiting
Runaway tonight’s the word
I steal from lovers and give it to the suckers
Oooh Oooh Oooh
You’re the king of jockers
Oooh Oooh Oooh
You’re the joker of the king
Oooh Oooh Oooh
You’re the king of jockers
Captain in the ship of fools
Offshore
(with George Karanikolas)
I used to see through your windows
I used to fall of f your stairs
Used to guess through the whisper
Used to take my chance
I dived into the red ocean
Looked through the deep
Then I crushed through the cities
I saw the end I was told
I can’t face the way it is
I can’t face the way it was
I can’t face the words you stole
I can’t face this place at all
You like to preach resurrection
Another place and time
And I crawl through segragation
‘Cos now I’m offshore
I can’t face the way it is
I can’t face the way it was
I can’t face the words you stole
I can’t face this place at all
I used to see through your windows
I used to fall off your stairs
I used to guess through the whisper
I tried to take up my chance
I can’t face the way it is
I can’t face the way it was
I can’t face the words you stole
I can’t face this place at all
13
C’ mon baby cross your fingers as you walk home with me
I see your fear feedin the demons inside
You’re callin’ back 13
Oooh I heard the pipers calling
Till 13 don’t mean a thing to me
Ooohh I herad the pipers calling
And the rain fell over me
Now I’m falling flat on my face don’t turn me over
Today I had a lie for breakfast
I had a goodbye from a monkey friend
Oooh I saw the pipers falling
And your face turn around again
13 13 13 13 13 13
13 wings on my back
(1990) Blood Nirvana
Bite
Downtown, red racer of pleasure
Downtown, go downtown
Downtown, crawler of jungle
Downtown, racer of pleasure
Go ahead, reptile cruiser
Shed your skin
What takes you down takes you high
You just want
A bite
Down, down, sell your ego
Downtown, all around
Wonderland turns upside down
Welcome out, have a seat
Together stuck by this nightmare clown
Baby explodes
In an instinct trip
I know what I am, babe, I know how I feel
Certain future, destruction of past
Tell me babe how things got so fast
Downtown, crawler of jungle,
Downtown, racer of pleasure
Each time I see you
I know I got to feed you
Go ahead…
Overloaded
Spider eyes
No place to run
357 always loaded
C’mon an’ be
My trigger queen
Squeeze the steel over an over
An’ I don’t know
What eyelids are for
This wheel of soul
Keeps me ridin’ along
Kickstart machine always ready to go
Always there – ready for the show
Overloaded…
Teenage blue
All undone
Well I don’t care, it already exploded
Suicide MC
It’s gotta be
Real loud
Overloaded
An’ I don’t know
What eyelids are for
This wheel of soul
Keeps me ridin’ along
Kickstart machine always ready to go
Always there ready for the show
Overloaded…
Be greedy one
Be sleepless too
Mad preachers say
Be always loaded
Exploding scene
Pure kerosene
Real loud
Overloaded
Chain Train
This is not the velvet side
Sound of the chain
The flame will burn the bridge
Into a brand new day
New motor knowledge
A friend on your way
The solo fighter age
C’ mon and jump
On the chain train
Those who ask questions know the answers anyway
I see the train pass track by track like a chain
Always behind you a runaway
It will kill your dog
C’ mon and jump
On the chain train
This Silverado is death no matter what you do
Oh babe the one who writes the end is you
C’ mon choose the right track give fire this way
Oh the answer’s not far just one track away
On the chain train
And a chain is made out of links, baby
Desert Rose
Shot down for the seventh day
Razorheads on the desert way
You look like a saint
Closer to the end
Wasted flower desert rose
Where it blooms there lays our home
Enter danger zone / now the heat is on
Enter danger zone / now the heat is gone
An I don’t think you’re gonna need no money
Ain’t gonna need nothing at all
It’s like the light at the end of the valley
It’s never close
It shines like the desert rose
Stonecold planet coast to coast
So late we’re never lost
We’re here to stay
Don’t give the game away
Is there anything you’d like to say?
Do you think we all feel the same?
Would you like to cry?
Would you like to hate?
Would you like to cry?
Would you like to love?
An I don’t think you’re gonna need no money
Ain’t gonna need nothing at all
It’s like the light at the end of the valley
It’s never close
It shines like the desert rose
Is there anyplace to hide?
Anything to leave behind?
Would you like to run?
Would you like to pray?
Would you like to run?
You gotta get away
An I don’t think you’re gonna need no money
Ain’t gonna need nothing at all
It’s like the light at the end of the valley
It’s never close
It shines like the desert rose
An’I don’t think you’re gonna need no money
Desert Rose!
The Bad Roads
Gently like a blade
The night keeps moving in
Turning all the streetlights
Into a blood-painted sheet
I go walkin’
I need some talking
Like your father baby
Needs your pills
An you make me move
An you let me up
Let me down
Let me cruising all around
The bad roads
Gently like the night
The knife keeps moving in
Releasing all the angels out
Of the bopper machine
I go walking
I need no talking
I’m a red rat
Living in a black’n’white world
And you make me move
And you let me up
Let me down
Get me cruising all around
The bad roads
Oohh baby can’t you see what’s following me
Making all those white lights
Shine on me
I go walking
I need no talking
Now I’ m getting ready
For the longest ride of them all
An’ you make me move
An’ you let me up
Let me down
Let me cruising all around
The bad roads
There’s a roadkill on highway 13, baby
Cool Spine
Thrill city, red city
Lighthouses at the edge of your love
Non-stop elevation yeah!
KILL CITY, hot city
I’ll have some, I think I’ll have more
I’ll step on it, I’m here for the whole
She can make me feel fine
She can make me fly
Cool Spine
Hollow city, secret city
Like a tattoo on Jesus’ skin
Empty streets
A search through the vault
Steel city, mega city
No judge can stop
The nightide’s flow
Jokers laugh through the wall
She can make me feel fine
She can fly me high
IT’S NEVER DARK
The lights shine so bright
She’s got a cool spine – DRIVE!
It’s never dark
The lights shine so bright
I got to work it out right
I got a cool spine
I’ve been to the east
I’ve been to the west
An’ I lived the worst but never the best
An’ through it all
I kept that cool spine
Slave To The Wave
Cool-hot
The best part in the play
Wait till the curtain falls it just won’t go away
Listen baby I think you got to roll the dice
If this ain’t hell you ‘ve been locked in paradise
Your time for love, brings time for vice
No way I really can’t surf on ice
Sometimes it’s so hot
I feels I’m melting away
Sometimes it’s so cold
I got nothing to say
So try to test me
You can’t possess me
There’s nothing you cane really do
But let me
Be a slave to the wave
Dark sea waver
Blind from the sun
An if it goes too far
I got my own way of fun
Listen baby
I think you got to roll the dice
If this ain’t hell
You ‘ve been locked in paradise
Your time for love
Brings time for vice
Shiver betrays you can’t go on with your lies
So try to test me
You can’t possess me
There’s nothing
You can reall do but let me
Be a slave to the wave
Holy War
War makes the killers
War makes the wise
War tells the parts babe
You gotta leave behind
Aint’ no cure babe
Ain’t no therapy at all
Ain’t no drug babe
Take you higher
Than the Holy war
Engines start rolling
Witchhunters too
Thirst of the wicked ha!
Out for you
Ain’t no cure babe
Ain’t no fun to me at all
Ain’t no high
All get ready for the holy war
War is the healer
Wave your bye-byes
This war ‘s a TV shame that leaves you paralysed
Ain no cure babe
Ain’t no veterans back home
Ain’t no drug babe
Take you higher
Than the holy war
How long has it been since you last had a war babe?
I mean this intuition’s gonna haunt you like a death-row kiss
There’s no fuckin’ way to turn into a veteran, babe
There’s no way to put the blame on me
Sweet Thing
Summerfreak / runaway
Takes a ride with Sharon Tate
She the sign on the wall
Makes you wanna play no more
Daylight / murder time
Undercover sun is high
I’m slipping into nothingness
In another form of bliss
Sweet thing / Blood Nirvana
Sweet thing / Love’ s rising from the grave
Sweet thing / sweet injection
Love’s rising from the grave
Evilspread over me
Evil circus down the street
Evilsweet / highkick
Evil eye makes me see
We’ re all runaways
Blood Nirvana ‘s here to stay
Maybe I should sit and stare
Or light up a cigarette
Fleshdiver
Hangman’s on the loose boy
Fleshdiver’s his name
You hear the distant thunder
You see the holy haze
And you see the teenage wizards
Ride ride away
Like wakin’ up from a painted dream
The world’s still the same
Fleshdiver’s rolling
Fleshdiver’s back home
A present off the sidewalk
Merry Christmas, man
Hold it like something special
Then crush it in your fist
The streetbuzz there it goes again
It’s an acid risk
Hey bay
Fleshdiver
Gonna drive you away
Hey babe
Fleshdiver
Go with you all the way
Lowdown highways, Chinese boulevards
Tell you danger stories that end really fast
This little dream ain’t gonna be the last
An if you wake up better do it fast
Cos fleshdiver’s rollin
Fleshdiver
Trapped by the touch of your skin
Fleshdiver
Hurricane in your pulsebeat
Fleshdiver
The dark white of the tide
Fleshdiver
The star that never lies
Hey baby
Fleshdiver’s
Gonna drive you away
Hey babe
Fleshdiver
Go with you all the way
Lowdown highways, Chinese boulevards
Tell you danger stories that end really fast
This little dream ain’t gonna be the last
An if you wake up better do it fast
Cos fleshdiver’s rollin
Oh you tender trader
I’ll be under your skin
I’ll be your screamin’ prince and you
Will be my fleshdive queen
(1989) Time
Black Limo
Hide baby an’ ride in my black limo
You see but you can’t be seen through this mirror windows
It’s got black leather seats
The mighty white line
Run baby run
Hide baby hide
Fly baby or die
Kiss baby kick Black limo
Oohh kiss the sky in my black black hit machine
No town ahead
No end of the road
No distant land No destination above
Hide baby or ride
And don’t get left behind
Ride this black limo till I’m gone
On the snake that’s blind
Steal baby the steel of the black limo
Your kick baby’s so sick
Like a second hand high-life groove
Baby I’m the road
The mighty white line
The blind silver snake
At the end of the line
Hide baby and ride…
(1988) Heatwave
I Love Cindy
Oohh! there’s a story that brings me down
It’s the story ’bout Cindy, the Octopus Queen
That look in her eyes, I realize
Is one shot in the dark for the invader king
I got nothing
I got sorrow
Now I’m ready
I love Cindy
Day after day year after year
Runaround kings take their turn and die
She can really be someone inside your arms
But the very next day you just find her crying
I got nothing…
She was kickin’ my heart man she takes me down
But love grows along with the ties that bind
All the shelters baby close their doors
In a private explosion of suspicious minds
I got nothing…
Joe Espositoe's Gun
Hot liquid jungle
Motel room
Voice on the radio’s calling
Billy sleeping he’s havin’ a dream
While words are rolling
Somebody’s giving
Billy a gun
An’ tells him not to worry
‘Cause the highway lies in your hands
With Joe Espositoe’s gun
C’ mon baby
His fingers touch
Te lowest part of the sky
An’ nothing feels the same
Now you got it
Don’t look back
Hey! Just move without leavin’ no trace
It’s just a dream
But his time has come
Billy knows how to do it
So c’mon baby have some fun
With Joe Espositoe’s gun
Look out!
You gonna shout
You gonna run
You got no time to waste
Insane lovers hold the prison key
Fingers break the world’s neck
It’s just a dream but
Our time has come
We know we have to do it
So c’mon baby have some fun with Joe Espositoe’s gun
So c’mon now! Scream ‘n’ shout!
Devil May Care
The devil walked right through my door
One starless night
Stalking the cars down Avenue B.
I had a smile to hide
The devil’s always ready for me
Has got some words to say
She’ll take a look
I’ll take a breath
An’ I’ll start talking the same
‘Cause if baby nobody cares
Oh-ho
The devil may care…
The devil came right through my door
The devil came right
The devil came right through my door
The devil came right…
Locomotion
Heartful of speed
Snipers heart inside
Railroad tracks are not comin’ back
An I can read the sign
If you are to be wiped out
I’m gently gonna wipe you out
The devil came right through my door
The devil came right
Devil may care!
Gone Gone Gone
Heat of Weird Havana
Surfing through the eye of the storm
007 inspiration
Smashin’ my head against the wall
An’ I’ don’t want no arms around me
I don’t want nobody at all
I don’t want your lips so close
‘Cause my body starts to blow!
Gone Gone Gone
We don’t need no explanation
Gone Gone Gone
We got soul stimulation
Gone Gone Gone
That’s my RPM injection
Gone Gone Gone
‘Cos baby I’m on
Bay I’m on
C’ mon baby I’m gone
Heat of weird Havana
Slidin’ through the eye of the storm
007 inspiration
Smashin’ my head against the wall
I don’t want no arms around me
I don’t want nobody at all
I don’t want your kiss tonight
‘Cause my body starts to go
Gone Gone Gone…
Blue City Shores
Down to the blue city shores there’s a place I call home
Rolling down the freeways babe of my alligator soul
Sometimes I feel a mess ‘n’ I know where to go
I’ m just a wave reaching the blue city shores
I can fly I can run all the way I go
Down down to the shores
Down down with an alligator soul
Down down to the shores
Down down
Now you know what I mean when I say I’m in love
I got a heartful of memories and a handful of gold
An’ I’m lookin’ for the teenage strippers with the alligator soul
I gonna blow my mind to bits down the blue city shores
I can fly I can run all the way I go
Down down to the shores…
Whisper Her Name
Well we walked side by side the whole night through
Layin’ on top of a world that never comes through
An in the morning way deep inside
Knew there’s no daylight in paradise
She took my hand
And she whispered she’s mine
And then she smiled it was a wild kiss in the rain
Burnin’ in some kind of fire the ace she was hiding in vain
An everything was turning bright
Silver screen an adrenaline
It looked like time had stopped its ride
And TV colours on her face
Electric blue from outer space
The world became a screen
And I whispered her name…
(1986) Underworld Shakedown
Valley Of Death
Late night city opens its mouth ‘n’ I
Swallow this bitter pill of being alone
Lights fade
Faces turn white ‘n’
I know what I want and I gotta get some
Down on the valley
The valley of death
I shout from the top
Nobody answers
I’m knocking all the doors nobody answers too
I stare at the sea afar I stare at the ocean
Look at the chains that fasten my heart
Down on the valley
The valley of death
Love is a shadow
Blood from the stars
Headhunters’ collection
That’s how I call that buzz
Down on the valley of death
Late night city
Late night warning
Late night shivers at the valley of death
You gotta keep livin
Down on the valley
An’ keep your eyes open till the morning comes
Down on the valley
The valley of death
This Fire Inside
I’ m locked inside
An’ the place is on fire
Under my skin, it hurts my eye
Trapped in a hole but I don’t mind
‘Cos this fire’s burning inside
Into the fire
Into the fire
Look outside
The world is on fire
In a scared city always out of time
Trapped in a hole, what’s on your mind?
Burnin from this fire this fire inside
Into the fire
Into the fire
The Shade Of Fever
Storm at the river of no return – Under the shade of fever
Clock on the wall stopped at 3 a.m. – Under the shade of fever
Time crawls slowly in this lazy night – Under the shade of fever
Like a touch exposing us to strangest eyes – Under the shade of fever
You better turn away
You better run away
You better turn away
You better run away
Ten thousand people but I’m the one – Under the shade of fever
Who’s fingering the light of an Asian sun – Under the shade of fever
Tumbledown dreams turn the whisper to yell – Under the shade of fever
An’ the spirit of wine drives my soul to hell – Under the shade of fever
You better turn away
You better run away
You better turn away
You better run away
Storm at the river, but I’m the one – Under the shade of fever
Time crawls slowly under an Asian sun – Under the shade of fever
Tumbledown dreams at three a.m. – Under the shade of fever
Storm at the river of no return – Under the shade of fever
You better turn away
You better run away
You better turn away
You better run away
(1985) Midnite Hop
Midnite Hop
(with George Karanikolas)
Ooohh night cut
Ooohh big deal
Ooohh poor boy
Ooohh noble thrill
Baby push it
Baby bleed
The night stands still
Angels masks
Midnite hop
Special guests
Give up ‘n’ stroll
Baby push it
Baby bleed
The night stands still
Ooohh bloodstains
Ooohh dump lace
Ooohh poor boy
Give up this game
Baby push it
Baby bleed
The night stands still
Poison
(with George Karanikolas)
Silver blade
Straight under my heart
Know what you give me ‘n’ I don’t want it no more
Show me show me all the little things you do
Empty days
Now I need the score
I could stop this world ‘n’ I could do it for you
Could pillage this ship ‘n’ I could do it for you
Hey hey heartbreaker!
It’s comin’ so cruel
We could do it before the night is through
I’m an invader of the strangest kind
A vampire lover ‘n’ a fuzz tone mess
Let’s get a ride up to empty waterfront
Rejected dolls jump up ‘n’ down the stairs
An’ live this tale and drink that poison down
That poison
Ooh that poison for you
Right By My Side
Another day
Right by my side
Into my ears
The red wind cries
Help me ’cause I feel the devil right by my side
Right by my side
I feel the pain
I try to think
But it’s all in vain
Take me to your red hot burnin’ sad world of pain
Right by side
THE EARTHBOUND
(2007) La Guerra Final
Just for a Change
Woke up today and my face was full of mud
Man I was stranded in a strange and foreign land
Tryin’ to live my life under the whip and the gun
Tryin’ hard to do what cane never, never be done
Look around you in any street
The time is right and it’s after me
Oh, what a feeling
What a feeling is it
Just for a change
To forget myself
Man, I never had a bridge to burn down
Never had no home, had no scred ground
Oh, what a feeling
What a feeling is it
Just for a change
Always had to runm, never had to stay
Wish I was you but I’ll never be the same
Look around you in any street
The time is right and it’s after me
Oh, what a feeling
What a feeling is it
Just for a change
To forget yourself
Child of the Sea
Oh let me take you down ther
For a walk on my shore
White noise of the tide
Iodine moon, serene and blue
And let me tell you about
The fading staers of these days
Those stupid hearts that quiver to touch
Have lost their way
Cool wave of love
Child of the sea
Yopu make it so real
Dark thoughts and fears
It’s all behind me
You’re the castle of sand
That floats my head high
You’re the first and the last, the permanent blast
That takes me back home
Now that the ride is all done
We count bruises and cuts
Heroes and villainsm, hurricanes and srtorms
That have lost their way
Cool wave of love
Child of the sea
Yopu make it so real
Dark thoughts and fears
It’s all behind me
Like fire, Like Ιce
You left for a short vacation to nowhere
But I know you’ll nevr come back
You sent a mesage sayin’ you’re doing fine
And the whole deal’s not that bad
I hope this finds you well and kicking
I hope you’re getting along
I see the deep blue angry waters
And the best is all I hope
Wake up from the scream of the ocean
And you know it feels
Like fire like ice
You have the right to remain silent forever
But you got to kill for a moment of joy
Stick on the wrong side of the road
If you wanna get along
For some people it’s always Sunday morning
For some it’s the first day at school
For some people it’s the first day out of prison
And a shovel for the fool
Wake up from the scream of the ocean
And you know it feels
Like fire like ice
Higher!
Better late to the railway station
Than waking up to the shotgun blast
It’s hailing bullets in this side of the city
Make sure you’re keeping through
For some people it’s always Sunday morning
For some it’s the first day at school
For some people it’s the first day out of prison
And a shovel for the fool
Wake up from the scream of the ocean
And you know it feels
Like fire like ice
Wallpaper Jaguars
Now she is laying back like a lazy jaguar
And the night comes again
A reason to dream
And the moon and the sun
Pick the sound of my guitar
They sing with me
You’re a wild animal
You’re the lesson I should learn
About the crush of the waves
And the hot summer breath
And the moon and the sun
Pick the sound of my guitar
They sing with me
And the trip has just begun
You’re my sweet and special one
Wallpaper Jaguars
Runnin’ around in the dark
Without a clue
Tossing and turning, cool water and yearning
For the ocean blue
Oh babe, let me see you through
You’re a wild animal
You’re the lesson I should learn
About the crush of the waves
And the hot summer breath
And the moon and the sun
Pick the sound of my guitar
They sing with me
Wallpaper Jaguars
Runnin’ around in the dark
Without a clue
Tossing and turning, cool water and yearning
For the ocean blue
Oh babe, let me see you through
Straight from the Heart
I got a story to tell
About a gig we did last year
Two hours straight from the ehart
For those qwho live so far and so near
When we got off the bus
We didn’t know how it would be
And when we went through the gate
It was anotehr world so unreal
And as our secrets become another reason for them to sneer
Big bird ispreading its wings and the light in your eyes shines clear
And as the calling of sound speaks about it in every way
Stop dreaming about it and let sweet soul music take it on
Justice knows hoe to crush
The weakest oners in every breed
Ifg we got something to share
It ain’t the lies nor the fear
There was no time to say thanks
So we repay you through t eh song
If we could tell the world
What you taught us all along
And as our secrets become another reason for them to sneer
Big bird ispreading its wings and the light in your eyes shines clear
And as the calling of sound speaks about it in every way
Stop dreaming about it and let sweet soul music take it on
There is no truth my friend
Except inside the belly of the beast
Society is a bottomless pit
And the state is a crushing fist
But as we burn through the song
We become angels of anothr kind
Two hours straigt from the heart
That’s gonna stay with us for some time
And as our secrets become another reason for them to sneer
Big bird ispreading its wings and the light in your eyes shines clear
And as the calling of sound speaks about it in every way
Stop dreaming about it and let sweet soul music take it on
Spreading Alienation
I saw a sign on my kitchen door
It was a message sent from above
About a stranger nation spreading alienation
That has invaded our holes
So keep your head undercover
Put your prayers in replay
Once again in the boot camp
Not much to say
Spreading alienation
Don’t turn around
Hold on brothers and sisters
Hold on till the break of day
Two thousand years ago
Bullshit like that was already a joke
A friend of a friend of a friend I knew
Gave birth to a baby cangaroo
It was sad and scared
Believed it was a case
All premedidated by the secret bunch
Set up in your fuckin’ head
Spreading alienation
Don’t turn around
Hold on brothers and sisters
Hold on till the break of day
Somebody called me some time ago
Said he knew how to tell the future
Would you like to get along?
She knew my name, my age, my number,
Said she knew what I liked best
She knew what she was looking for
Not a fuckin needle in the hay
From the age of seven I’ve been a suspect
Of a crime I’ll commit someday
Tails Out Blues
Well I’m a high-flying bird
Got to keep my wings clean and free
I’m a deep-digging mole baby
Got to keep my nails sharp and mean
You see I’m digging under the sea
There’s a mountain all over me
You see someday I’ll reach the river
That’s when I’m gonna be free
You see I’m flying over the fire baby
And if I fall that’ll be the death of me
I keep flying over the ocean baby
Someday I’ll reach the ocean baby
I’ll reach the river and I’ll be free
(2004) Brotherhood of the Dog
Lost
Raindrops falling
Sky shedding tears
In a city
That feels like a cage
I’m lost in this world
Lost with a war in my head
Hey you lovers
Wipe your tears
Know you got there
By selling the feeling
I’m lost in this world
Lost with a war in my head
Are you still on the run
With your eyes two blackbirds
Flying to the end of the world
There’s a story
Behind this silence
If you wanna listen
You just have to break it
I’m lost in this world
Lost with a war in our heads
Are you still on the run
With your eyes two blackbirds
Flying to the end of the world
New Hope
A voice through the wall
A road that has no end
A laugh in the dark
A fire in the streets
We’re tracing
The signs of New Hope
And freedom
Deep in your head
Under the water
Shines through your eyes
A mystical wonder
A slap on your face
And then a crack through the curtain of fear
Givin’up holdin’ on
It all feels so near
We’re tracing
The signs of New Hope
And freedom
Deep in your head
Under the water
Shines through your eyes
A mystical wonder
I'd Do It Again
Now that you know what’s going on inside
Now that you know there’s no ace up my sleeve
I guess it’s a lot easier for both of us now
Easy to say now – It was all against us
Easy to say now – It was wrong from the start
Easy to say now – It was not such a big thing what we let fall apart
Slowly but steady
In a downslide of time
Lies fade away
But I’d do it again
Over and over
I know you told me we should have known better
But sometimes it takes so long to learn
Can’t trap the wind in a bottle or the sea in a story
Not much of a plan
Easy to say that – The game was a set-up
Easy to say that – Somebody didn’t reply
Easy to say that – Since it all came to nowhere at the blink of an eye
Slowly but steady in a downslide of time
Lies fade away
But I’d do it again
Over and over I’d do it again
One more time
Over and over and over
Enemy Song
Somebody said the enemy has your face
It’s just you and I ready to wipe the place
Of the blind men and the freaks
of the weepers and the weak
Of the givers who have been
Left with nothin’ else to give
Time after time
In this long cruel street
Time after time
I saw the enemy
So close to each other
But still divided by mud
Bu that line of blood
That goes way back through greed and lies
It’s so easy provin’g yourself unfair
And in the darkness
You think you’re always there
You’re a drreamer
In adream
You’re so fragile
You’re so mean
You’re a giver
Who has been
Left with nothin’g more to give
Time after time
In this long cruel street
Time after time
I saw the enemy
In this darkness
Your sympathy is unreal
Mother Earth
Mother earth
Oh mother earth – Oh mother earth
How your children feel – Teel me how they feel
When the road to hope – Black clouds turning hope
Leads to suffering – Hope into suffering
Oh oh – yeah yeah
Oh mother earth
See your children dying – So faraway from home
Black smoke is chasing me – See the hands of hope
I’m broken and suffering – Fields of suffering
Burning and suffering – Hands of suffering
Oh oh – yeah yeah
Red red burning red
Hope and fire burning red
A Song for dj Lo-Fi
This we dedicate to our brother Lo Fi
We get to see things from time to time
Crazy as fuck
But now more than ever
Through fire we stand and we
Get together
Crazy wind keep on blowing
Fire keep on burning bright
1985 – I know it’s still alive
Burning the fuse against a tide of millions
A bunch of people get together
Burning city dreams – burning city dreams
Stronger we stand if we
Get together
Crazy wind keep on blowing
Fire keep on burning bright
We also dedicate this
To all the people who’ve been an inspiration though our times
Fellow musicians, writers, movie makers
People who are still giving us strength, kickstarting our imagination
And keep resisting
This is our history
Sometimes buried under loads of bullshit
Sometimes exploited to the bone
But always remain intact in our hearts and minds
Getting together through times of resolution
When choices were made
When the moment spread its wings
And took us under
Crazy wind keep on blowing
Fire keep on burning bright
(2001) The Earthbound
The Valley
They pushed me out into the valley
They pushed me out my fuckin’ head
Trail
Snares on the mountain
To kill your brother man
Snares in his trail
And fire in your back
How’s gonna be?
In a dream in your sleep
In a hazy time that slips
In a world that’ll never be
Traps on the mountain
That tear your heart apart
Fire on your trail, man
Wires on your path
Trail
House Full of Fear
I recommend you borrow
This little piece of sorrow
And thru this song you take a ride
With me
I see your eyes so hollow
A sad sad dream you swallow
It’s all these times wer failed
That kept us through
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad
There’s nothing here without you
Don’t wrap a name around you
Don’t let us fool you,
Realize and smile
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad
House full of fear
Broken glass down on the floor – The end is always near
House full of fear
I see the bloodstains on the wall – the end is always near
House full of fear
Broken glass down on the floor – The end is always near
House full of fear
I see the bloodstains on the wall – the end is always near
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad y amor
On a lonesome ride – para libertad
House full of fear
Broken glass down on the floor – The end is always near
House full of fear
I see the cracks up on the wall – the end is always near
Tercera Cancion
See the eye controlling love thru fear
Control the feeling my friend
Hear the sight – forget that flowers bite
Control the feeling my friend
Feel the tide, the claws the skin
-Feel the tide
Make sure that I’m not near
Night so sweet, enclose me in your thighs
Don’t skip the feeling my friend
Entre los ojos de la tierra
Between the eyes of mother earth
Entre los ojos de la tierra
Feel the tide, the claws, the skin
Don’t skip the feeling, my friend
Make sure that I’m not near
Under Construction
Well I’m standing at the edge of the highway
Dirt blowing thru the lips of the dawn
One million lonely weekends to follow
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Riverside Song
Down by the river
Where Rio Del Rosa Flows
Stranded with a heart that’s running out of soul
Watr mixed whiskey
And whisjkey mixed with mud
Gone with the river
Love’s never coming back
Run sister run
Run to the end, sister, run
The sun feels like holding you like healing you
You wanna tell this tale that burns like fire in your head
Run sister run
Run to the end, sister, run
Run sister run to the end
The Voice
Could you hear the sound inside your hands
Could you hear the sound?
It’s allright
Could you hear it calling thru your head
On a starless night?
Did it feels like crossing the red sea
Could you be the one?
It’s all right
Could you hear the voices of the soul
On a sleepless night?
Could you hear the sound inside your hands
Could you hear the voice?
It’s allright
Could you hear it calling thru your head
Through the darkest night?
(1999) The Valley/Riverside Song
The Valley
They pushed me out into the valley
They pushed me out my fuckin’ head
Riverside Song
Down by the river
Where Rio Del Rosa Flows
Stranded with a heart that’s running out of soul
Watr mixed whiskey
And whisjkey mixed with mud
Gone with the river
Love’s never coming back
Run sister run
Run to the end, sister, run
The sun feels like holding you like healing you
You wanna tell this tale that burns like fire in your head
Run sister run
Run to the end, sister, run
Run sister run to the end
THEE HOLY STRANGERS
(2022) Diary of the Shadow
A Star Is a Star
Sky hollow waves sand
Silence reclaiming laughter again
Breath came in fragments
A cool wind buries the dead
And a star is a star
By the song of our bones
Flags burning white yellow
Visions explode at the heart of the world
We wander we wonder we wallow
Living on days that refuse to exist
And a star is a star
By the song of our bones
Falling-upwards-spinning-motor-currents-steady-comments-claims
Expand from the self
Expand from the self
Us-weapons-cinder-ashes-faces-that-only-existed-in flashes
Expand from the self
Expand from the self
And a star is star…
Broken Arrows
Through your broken arrows
Through the whistle of your trains
Through the land of nowhere
And the gravity of pain
Here comes the voice
The voice of the man inside the belly of the beast
Here comes the light on the skin of our thoughts
Here comes the day – here comes the night
Sing a song of hope now
Sing a song for you and me
Through the muddy river
Won’t you come and rescue me?
This is the sound now
The throb of the city over the beating of your heart
This is the moon of incredible love
This is the day – this is the night
You’re coming back to me
Through your stolen diamonds
Through your dreams that never fade
Through your giving fingers
Through the ball and through the chain
You are the sound
The rumble of the earth and the silence of the sky
You are the wind that lets it all in
You are the day you are the night
You’re coming back to me
Devil’s Hands
Devil’s hands / Devil’s Hands
Tickin’ all the way
Devil hands / Devil hands
Tickin’ night and day
This endless movement
A silent calling
A cigarette at the hand of dawn
Fever and lightning
Linger inside you
I’m movin’ over to you
I’m movin’ over
Into your arms
I give myself away
Devil’s drums/Devil’s drums
Beatin’ all the way
Devil’s drums/Devil’s drums
Beatin’ night and day
We came a long way
Repeating questions
Is there a river without a sea?
We’re never there, child
This is our story
I’m movin’ over tο you
I’m movin’ over
Into your arms
I give myself away
Devil’s hands / Devil’s Hands
They don’t have to pray
Devil’s hands / Devil’s hands
They’re busy night an’ day
Into the forest – Down at the crossroads
Out in the wasteland – Down by the river’s edge
Within the stories we never told
Time never falters
So slow and tired
I’m movin’ over to you
I’m movin’ over
Into your arms
I give myself away
The Lotus Song
Johnny saw you coming home
Late at night I saw you standing by the door
Holding the lotus in your hands
Holding the lotus
Johnny oh you restless heart
Late at night I saw you walking down the shore
Burning the lotus in your hands
Burning the lotus
Johnny spirit of the road
Late at night you’re killing me again
I’m reading my features on your face
Reading the lotus
Burning the lotus in your heart
Burning the lotus
Fire in the Woods
Ι know you have to flee
But if you come to me
Come like a fire in the woods
Till nothing’s left behind
Deactivate the night
Burn like a fire in the woods
And all the little things now
Have to run to stay alive
Everything is broken
Yet everything feels right
Well it’s been said enough
But If you try to run
Run like a fire in the woods
Run with you dusty shoes
Run with your bloodshot eyes
Run like a fire in the woods
And all the little things now
Have to run to stay alive
Everything is broken
Yet everything feels right
Ι know you have to flee
But if you come to me
Come like a fire in the woods
Till nothing’s left behind
Deactivate the night
Burn like a fire in the woods
All the little things now
Have to run to stay alive
Everything is broken
Yet everything feels right
Thru your eyes I see you
Through your hands I feel you
Through your words I realize
About the question mark inside
That kept the labyrinth alive
And it’s writhing through the pain
And it’s laughing in your face
Laughing at your promises
At the lands you tried to reach
Beyond the desert of your smile
Ι know you have to flee
But if you come to me
Come like a fire in the woods
Words
Listen to the warplanes!
I went sailing underground
Time to tell you what I found
Words of dust and words of rain
Words that kill all that remains
Words that hide what went wrong
Words so frail, words so strong
Words I wish that I had said
Words that hide a truth unveiled
And I’m comin’ home
I’m comin’ home
Hail to the other side!
I’m comin’ home
Hear me calling
Listen to the warplanes
Listen to the scream of change
Listen to the screaming change
This is it, the words’ defeat
And the victory of lies
Scrutinized on our flight
For no fucking reason why
Words that try to undermine
Your efforts to realize
Words that fail to compromise
With the sadness in your eye
And I’m comin’ home
I’m comin’ home
Hail to the other side!
I’m comin’ home
Hear me calling
Listen to the warplanes
Listen to the scream of change
Listen to the screaming change
Shadow Town
Rage and frown
Class war top down
Rising above and hanging low
Over shadow town
Hear me now
Can you hear me now?
Over the roofs
And through the wires
Of the shadow town
Time is up
There’s no place for us
See the children
Lose their ground
In the shadow town
Rage and frown
Where’s your brother now?
All alone and so faraway
In the shadow town
Know my fate
But the day will come
To swim in pools
Of royal blood
In the shadow town
(2016) Thee Holy Strangers
Desolation Revelation
Dark bird
Come down from the sky
Away
Take my sorrow and fly
Dream hard
You mad flicker of life
My thoughts
Will never crawl back inside
Think I’m giving up my chains
In this dirty old café
On the shoulder of the road
To your arms and to your soul
I’m lost
Made of water and salt
The thin film on your eye
A young tear on its track
I’m you
In a strange kind of way
Silent celebration
Desolation revelation
Think I’m giving up my chains
In this dirty old café
On the shoulder of the road
To your arms and to your soul
Self Preservation blues
Hey little boy
Big city no luck
Hey little boy
Big city no luck
You gotta save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
One for the soul
Two for the dream
Three for the streets we walk
Silent and mean
Hey little girl
With those beautiful eyes
Hey little girl
With the beautiful smile
You gotta save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
One for the soul
Two for the dream
Three for the streets we walk
Silent and mean
Hey little man
Sometimes you’re bigger than life
Hey little man
Sometimes you’re bigger than life
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
Save yourself
Do it again
One for the soul
Two for the dream
Three for the streets we walk
Silent and mean
You gotta do the sacred dance all right
Truth and Sorrow
Hanging out there in the dark
Did you miss the sea of love?
Did you stay behind on purpose or did you fold?
Waiting for a twist of fate
Like nothing ever left a trace
Shaking hands with demons of the past made of hay
Truth and sorrow
Back from tomorrow
Just a match you can’t beat
Superdamage almost done
Lazy bones ‘n’ lonesome fun
Laughing like idiots brother at the wisdom of the grave
It’s nice to be a man of clay
To feel so good you missed the train
Standing proud in the face of another great mistake
Truth and sorrow
Back from tomorrow
Just a match you can’t beat
Trouble on Trouble
Trouble man trouble man
A knock on your door
The sea under your pillow
A crack on your soul
Trouble man trouble man
Lost Kingdom of blues
In broken glory you ride
No tomorrow no rules
Remember the night you said to me
Trouble man trouble man everything’s lost tonight
You have to start all over again
Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble on trouble on trouble on
Trouble man trouble man
A howl and a tear
A raging fire in your woods
That won’t disappear
I’ll spread the word
All over the land
Like a lost persuasion
About life in the dark
Remember the night you said to me
Trouble man trouble man life gets so strange
sometimes
You have to build up a jail
To escape yourself
Yeah! Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble on trouble on trouble on
Remember the night you said to me
Trouble man trouble man everything’s lost tonight
You have to start all over again
Yeah! Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble
Trouble on trouble on trouble on trouble
Silver Lake
Stray spear of destiny
sliding through the years
loaded with fear
All stolen images
through cracks in our dreams
they disappear
Cease the battle
gimme strength
thin as a thread
high as a mountain
hold me closer now I
Slept by the water
of the silver lake
I lost my world
I lost my faith
Now wake me up
Last hour warning for the lazy the wicked and the slow
makes me wanna scream like a baby born one thousand years ago
Broken thread of history
Galleries of rain
Long lines of civilians
The memory of pain
Slept by the water
of the silver lake
I lost my world
I lost my faith
Now wake me up
Strange Cat Incident
Strange cat incident
Out of the blue
Just a few days back
Walking down
The busy street
People speeding around
Like there was no tomorrow
Not even today
One simple plan:
To make it through the day
Long hours of flight- Oh no! Go down!
Long rest under the sun- Go down!
A black and white cat suddenly jumps right up
With the speed of a pagan spell
Like hunting deep in some forsaken woods
A real native of earth
And drives her claws and her sharp tiny teeth
Right into a pigeon’s neck
Long hours of flight- Oh no! Go down!
Sweet rest under the sun- Go down!
We’re only flesh and delicate bones
We’re only what we feel not what we ‘ve been told
Balls of confusion always on the go
A silent embrace
Between passerine and feline
Before our staggering eyes
Two children of Eden
In a motionless dance
Between death and life
Nothing to say or nothing to do
But feel the survival spell
If I were a bird
I’d know my enemy
An’ my place on earth
Long hours of flight- Oh no! Go down!
Sweet rest under the sun- Go down!
We’re only flesh and magical bones
We’ re only what we feel and not what we ‘ve been told
Balls of confusion always on the go
We’re only flesh and magical bones
We know what we feel and not what we ‘ve been told
Balls of confusion always on the go
Orbit
Oohhh I’m in orbit around you
Oooh I’m orbit slow and true
Oohhh I’m in orbit
Locked in the eye of the sun
Going around and around and around
Oohh I’m in orbit around you
Lost astro traveler –the final frontier and you
Ohhh I’m in orbit
I’ll tattoo your name on my bow
Travelin’ around and around and around
(You re not) A stranger to me
Here comes the wind
Here comes the night
You are the one
True gift of sight
You got to keep on
You got to keep on tracking
You don’t have to run
You’re not a stranger to me
Colour unseen
You’re not a stranger to me
A train of childhood thought
Chugging along-chugging along the line
Through ice and smoke
Poison and wine
You got to keep on tracking
Fiery road
Long fiery road
Under a load of a thousand tons
Poor, hungry soul
Now you know
Where you come from
Long fiery road
Long fiery road
Now I know
Ruins and rubble
Laying all around
Hey, you better call off your dogs
Or you’ll find them dead
By the side of the road
Long fiery road
A poor man’s fate
In a pit of gold
Long fiery road
Long fiery road
Now I know
Ruins and rubble
Layin’ all around
Long fiery road
Long fiery road
Out of control
Ruins and rubble
Layin’ all around
Long Fiery Road
Long Fiery Road
Long Fiery Road
Infinite Sea
Greetings from the city of tears
The writing’s on the wall
It’s a hell of a trouble
For a handful of hope
A chain as strong as its weakest link
It’s a hell of a promise
An a betrayal too
All around and inside me
They took us down to the infinite sea
Well now darkness all we see
Ever been to my own city?
The writing’s on the wall
They took us down to the infinite sea
Well now darkness all we see
Infinite sea of birth and destruction
Sing your song to me
Angel of Danger
Greetings from the city of tears
The writing’s on the wall
It’s a hell of a trouble
For a handful of hope
A chain as strong as its weakest link
It’s a hell of a promise
An a betrayal too
All around and inside me
They took us down to the infinite sea
Well now darkness all we see
Ever been to my own city?
The writing’s on the wall
They took us down to the infinite sea
Well now darkness all we see
Infinite sea of birth and destruction
Sing your song to me
Α constellation of lies dying in your eyes
Like a memory that cuts the night in two
And a glimpse of paradise in your fleeting smile
A merry go round that never stops
Turning and turning and turning
Angel of danger
Please take me home
Angel of danger
Please carry me home
Baby you’re mine
So true and so fine
You got to hold on to me
The more fragile I am the stronger I feel
Ohhh you got to hold on
Ooooh baby the way love spells your name
Into this starry night
Make me feel like a happy wave
Riding the crest of your neck
While kings and queens drown in their own blood
In this Indian summer
This Indian summer
Angel of danger
Please take me home
Angel of danger
Please carry me home
Baby you’re mine
So true and so fine
You got to hold on to me
The more fragile I am the stronger I feel
The Edge
A drop in the ocean
A flood on my street
Forgot those brown eyes
Forgot the dark sea
Heaven or gutter –
I live on the edge
But the edge is just me
Half of the mind
Is somewhere down deep
A slavery highway
So masters run free
Fire and brimstone
You’re destined to see
And live on a world
That could never be
We’re just an illusion
We barely exist
A leap of the heart
Through drizzle and sleet
Close your eyes now
Tell me how does it feel
To live on a world
That could never be
Lost little child
Afraid of the dark
Past for tomorrow
Deception for trust
Thunder and laughter
Will shatter the glass
And set this world free