There's a gap between us, and I don't know how to bridge it
I can't even meet you half way there
I can't come to your side, but you can come to mine

This is getting serious, and I don't know how to fix it
I'm losing respect for you day by day
I won't accept your excuses, but you can change your mind

Where are your principles?
It's basic empathy
Where is your precious moral agency?

Another cynical joke
No man, I'm not in a cult
So much for brotherly love
Do you laugh at their pain like you laugh in my face?

There's a gap between us, and I don't know how to bridge it
I can't even meet you half way there
I can't come to your side, but you can come to mine

Where are your principles?
It's basic empathy
Where is your precious moral agency?

Another cynical joke
No man, I'm not in a cult
So much for brotherly love
Do you laugh at their pain like you laugh in my face?

God Nor The Devil

it's your pain to bear
but I've known what you know
you might think it's over
you might feel alone

it's your pain to bear 
but I've been where you are
and you're not the burden
you might feel you are

it's your life to live
and your life to lose
but I'm begging you
think again
and start anew

you can start again
could brighter days be waiting there for you, my friend
you can start anew
could love and beauty be waiting there for you
you can start again

I still defend you
it's your right to choose
it's your life to live, boy
and your life to lose

but it's not the answer
it's just without you
and there is no weakness
in reaching out to me

it's your life to live
and your life to lose
but I'm begging you
think again
and start anew

you can start again
can brighter days be waiting there for you, my friend
you can start anew
could love and beauty be waiting there for you
you can start again

give it some time
and think twice
give it more time

Start Anew

From the album Schopenhauer's Apprentice

when you lie to me
I can't believe
when you speak your words to me

when you lie to me
I can't believe
when you say you love me

when you lie to me 
I can't believe
when you speak those words to me

when you lie to me
I can't believe
when you say you love me

Schopenhauer's Apprentice

Cry Wolf

From the forthcoming EP: Thanks For The Memories

I need a little time
For anger to subside, my love
To get back on my feet

You hurt me more than she
I never thought it possible
You hurt me more than she

Thanks for the memories
She said thank you for the memories

Who are you these days?
I can't ask you to wait for me
You hid yourself away

And dropped a bomb on us
And tarnished all my memories
You kept it all from me

Thanks for the memories
She said thank you for the memories

Are we saying goodbye?
Goodbye, my love?

Maybe I'll meet you somewhere out there
Like strangers passing in the night
Maybe we'll catch each others eye
And if it feels all right
Maybe?

If it feels right
Then maybe?

If it feels right
It could last all night


Thank you to Z for additional drums.

Thanks For The Memories

A  simple song about hope and fatherhood.

To recognise the highs you have to entertain the lows
No one else is answerable for the life that i have chose
A beautiful thing to live for is to watch and help you grow
You are now my tether when i feel like letting go

And if i am to take part in this infernal test
I must carry my burden and play it close to my chest
There are some truths in life boy that one cannot confess
My advice is be careful with what you manifest

I still cry myself to sleep boy
For i know ive done you wrong
And i know there is no absolution
From another simple song

A beautiful thing to live for is to watch and help you grow
You are now my tether when i feel like letting go

Tether

A song about fatherhood.

Enjoy and share.

Heartstrings

From the album Schopenhauer's Apprentice.

Here comes Mr OD
Isn't he a swell guy
Wouldn't hurt a crane-fly
Just don't look him in the eye

Here comes Mr OD
Belly full of JD
Tramadol and codeine
Cocked it up, at least he tried

Here comes Mr OD
Tried to take his own life
Couldn't handle his strife
Forty years then suicide

Here comes Mr OD
Isn't he a swell guy
Wouldn't hurt a crane-fly
Just don't look him in the eye

And however close I came to death
I saw nothing
No smiling angels or relatives
I saw nothing
No flashing memories before my eyes
I saw nothing
No tunnels or heavenly lights
I saw nothing

Tell me, do you think there's anything wrong with your mind really?
Not a thing, Doc, I'm a goddamn marvel of modern science

Hahaha Woooo!

Medication time! Medication time!

LISTEN/BUY - https://agedchoirboy.bandcamp.com/track/mr-od

Mr OD

The tether almost broke, my boy
And for that I am truly sorry
I was hanging on by a mere thread
But we have time, to mend the tether
And to my natural dying day, it will be strong

I've got time to talk it over
I've got time to help you grow
I can no longer hold your hand
As a boy becomes a man

I have to let you face the world
To fight and learn to love
To watch your loved ones die
And put me to the fire
Oh what have I done
I'm so sorry my son
I brought you into this world
Oh what have I done

Hiding from you, my guard is always up
Trying to set an example from the down and out
Time is all I have with you
The time of my life

But we've got time to talk it over
And I've got time to help you grow
I can no longer hold your hand
As the boy becomes the man
Becomes the man

From the album Schopenhauer's Apprentice

Time Of My Life

New song: THIRTY MINUTES MORE from the forthcoming album SCHOPENHAUER'S APPRENTICE

So close, yet so far
Sorry Lucifer
Close, but no cigar
Until we meet again

She's pulling me up and back from the dead
The void in my head
To fight another round
With a demon inside me

30 minutes more
Face down on the floor
I'm at Death's door
But nobody is home
30 minutes more
If she had not come
30 minutes more
To be no more

No more

She saved me

30 minutes more
Time to be no more
She pulled me off the floor
30 minutes more

She saved me

(Thank you x)

Scopenhauer's Apprentice

Thirty Minutes More

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