In Waves
Why should I tell you to stop searching?
For every answer that you can reach
May bring us closer to our undoing
From another space
Bright as day in the mist of the fathomless breach
There will shine great rays
Through holes that have torn in the bed of the sea
What so important could be so lost?
A transformation of everything
Our very being
It will be in waves
That cleave through stone and crash into the beach
You will not be safe
When washed ashore are the dregs of the deep
Fast-rising, intertwining slipstreams
Growing, foaming forces, emerging
Spinning, spiraling, and joining
Winding braids of energy
Advancing like a thunderstorm
Pouring from the ocean’s floor
What openness has been set free?
Unrestrained serenity
Or chaos
Unless we find a way
To channel tides at the bay
When the arc is past its peak
The waters will again recede
As glittering silt on graying reef
Our souls be spread and patterns repeat
Not singular to any form
But cast in waves we are reborn
The Gettin's Good
We all come from somewhere
Soon at last we'll go back there
But enough about that shit
There's good to get
Won't take no coulda
A shoulda that woulda
All that might've been
The gettin's good
For fist-throwin', full-moon-howlin'
Rock-n-rollin' sons-a-mothers
No spirit too bitter
To call it a bother
So uncork the bottle
And bottoms up brother!
See-through Shadow
"Good evening friend, it's me again!
What, you don't remember?
I was sitting on your shoulder
Found you in the muck
Stuck you in the sun
So bright at first but it burns too fast "Oh it wasn't very long ago A hollowed out shell, long forgotten Stretching for miles In the air of this summer still
The red dries brown and the shade is cast
That we set the world aglow!
Too little distance between lives
And now I need a ride
See-through shadow of myself
Under black and blue skies
The flames dance away
And the ground starts to sway
There's time to sweat and time to kill
And many ways a man can roam
When everyone's a dusty road
Surrounded by Eagles
Out of the aether comes a monster
With its silver beak and golden wings
Its unmoved sight from pearl eyes
Its rain of fire from on high
To set itself upon the land
To terrorize the soul of man
And in the havoc that is wrought
There is no hope of living on
I have seen the skeletons
Huddled with their loved ones
I have seen them in my dreams
On waking they still haunt me
So many a memory
Such horror so quickly
Repeating again and again
Hail the holy winged beast
Delivered from divinity
Not everyone will choose to bow
But all will know the might of Garuda
The era has dawned of a demigod
And its starry dusk may never come
Blackcountry
Resting on a breeze
A zephyr in the trees
Maybe it ain't the most exciting
But I know the way to blackcountry
Where nature ends and hell begins
Even the shade burns your skin
And fear is your friend
A heavy midday rain
To wash the spout again
And fertilize the seeds
Except in blackcountry
They're gonna take a little bleeding
Ain't no better of this beast
Its tender meat will cut your teeth
Every move you make can be a fatal mistake
When the food chain has been rearranged
Only way out is down
And I'm high off the ground
It's nicer where I am now
Away from blackcountry
Where there's nothing else to prove
Because the hunter gets his due
And the country swallows you
Have a row in the sand
And soar above the land
You gonna get some scars
But you might just leave a mark
Triceraclops
"I'm Triceraclops!
Remember the name
You'll be worshipping it later
If you want a fairytale... go to hell!
I am war and chaos
I will destroy your homes
I will devour your souls
"We have crossed another god!
And in a vengeful thrust
He took the moon and sun!
Through a portal to the cosmos
In the veil of the volcano!
"That's right cowards!
Try and run!
You won't get far
Before I obliterate the ground you're on
I am ancient and forever
The death-defying mirror
I'll show you everything
The high road leads to me
"Please! Is there someone who would save us?
"No, I've heard your prayers
Your wishes and fears
I've come to know your doubt
But I am not your god!
"You've run out of luck!
And so has your savior
Slipped out a trap door
Fate out of his favor
I am primal and supreme
And the vastness in between
From the trembling that you feel
To the paradise that you seek
"If only we had known!
Of this scourge with its three horns!
Now we're trapped in our own homes
Buried under ash and storm!
And still there is no one who will save us?
"No, not any prayer
Nor wish from fear
Will alleviate your plight
Your desperate quest for the divine
Down 'n Dirty
Whether you lookin' for a ride
Or just a good time
All aboard the open floor
All aboard... off we go!
Maybe you were thinkin' of country line dancin'
But lemme tell you somethin'
This is a freight train that's leavin'
Powered by pure energy
Sitters and wallflowers
We're playin' your song
And there ain't a right or wrong
Even if you can't keep a beat
You can still be a freak
Alright, we done us some speedin'
And left them switches swingin'
And we ain't got your ticket?
Well then fuck it!
Let's get down ‘n dirty
Mix up them bodies
Loosen some memory
Makin' some babies
That might just be the most sexy sound ever made
But I'll be damned if it ain't come with brakes!
All you pansies sittin' pretty
Off your ass and shake the city!
Baby, this big engine and that hot body
Goin' non-stop no-bags express-speed
On our way down ‘n dirty