In my approach
Sitting atop my perch
Holding inside my hands
That which I stole, long ago

Bretheren saved and bretheren stole
Gathered the pieces
And ran away

Glancing behind
To calculate time
The time it takes
To move it below

In the masquerade
Everyone gathered around
Taking the reverence in and
Dancing around the fire

Keep your voice down
Never you betray my trust
Tell your mother
Tell your son
Tell them what father has done

Keep your head down
Dodge the bullets and dodge the sun
Tell your mother
Tell your son
Tell them what father has done

The rays shine upon
The living and the dead
Cultivating life
And watching as it fades

Once I take my leave
I'll dance in the shadows of clouds
Tossing all my stones down
To carry the burden away

We play make believe
To mask our disdain of the world
Hold your head up high my boy 
Pretend that forever is near

Into the Sun

The Masquerade

Caught dead 
In a lover's time
Through all we still unwind

Shit's rough
Fell out of touch
We all know we're in line

Shape shift
When we're caught off guard
The air steals our disguise

Fall back
To capture the sound
The mass taken by surprise

To think it's over is to meet defeat
We'll stand until we break

Steal
Break
Ground
Take
Earth
Shakes
We're all feeling the sounds
Death's
Wake
She deals in fear alone

The herd runs
To escape the wave
The clock beats like a drum

The old seek to
Unleash the winds
We're all prey to the hum

Feet stomp
Round the battle cry
Our gaze filters through the haze

Steal
Break
Ground
Take
Earth
Shakes
We're all feeling the sounds
Death's
Wake
She deals in fear alone

Never then
We will see them again
A future set in stone

Meld together
In a single form
Success in every bone

Hearts break
When what's done is right
The ones they never had

Steal
Break
Ground
Take
Earth
Shakes
We're all feeling the sounds
Death's
Wake
She deals in fear alone

Win the Crowd

Win The Crowd

All topples over
She takes a stand on
A heart still beating
And we carry on

And in the days past
These things they fade away
With time
With time

And you have my word when it's over
Tales told in the voice of another
Repentance only goes so far

Talk never gets us any closer
Shame somehow brings us together
This dance we do just makes no sense

And you have my word when it's over
Tales told in the voice of another
Repentance only goes so far

The Dance We Do

Cause and effect has no effect on me
Realism, my only sympathy
And I just deflect on those awakening
Show them the lies they only want to see

Reality's coming down the way
Faith can show you what it means for all

Tackling all that's in front of me
Shameful how they revel in misery
Fuel the fire, file in rows of sheep
Amusing how everyone stays asleep

Pass all your wishings away
Passive and pathetic you'll stay

Reality's coming down the way
Faith can show you what it means for all

Dream of better things
Dream of better things

Reality

I sing wide for you
Storms and tides subdued
See the coast in view
Almost there, so long its been
So long its been

Shoot the sun in time
Fall to moonlight's shine
Home, I lay with mine
Weathered all, I sink to sleep
I sink to sleep

And I sail off into the void
I'll return, I swear

I sought tide for you
Shades of white on blue
Through it all I knew
Coming home, I'll know not when
I'll know not when

Shaking thoughts aside
Doubting plagues the mind
Shadows dance in time
I'll fall with grace inside your dreams
Inside your dreams

Adrift

Sleep, it's your turn
Cast the world in red
Dream, it's time for
A ride we've not been on

And terrorize the night with your
Visions of the earth on fire

Night feeds the hopeless
Shine your mind's eye wherever
Time wanders infinite
Shades of where you've been

And terrorize the night with your
Visions of the earth on fire

They say we're blessed down here
Words mean nothing from them
Cauterize wounds gained from earth
Float above the heavens

And terrorize the night with your
Visions of the earth on fire

Dreamscape

The past resides under our feet
An undertow beyond what we can see
Foundations age, revealing those 
That led the way they came into this world

Pretend to face them all
I know that you aren't in a space to act
And in your hatred you will face away
Remove yourself from conflict bearing down

Bring back the dead in spades
And tear this place from limb to limb, it breaks
Incant the spells they told you to refrain
And take the world back in the palm you bear

The past resides under our feet
An undertow beyond what we can see
Foundations age, revealing those
That led the way they came into this world

Buried

Sinking the ships that float inside my head
Seeking the land that harbors tales of dread
Piercing, the gaze that strikes my hollow eyes
As words that flow right through bend to surprise

I cannot shake the sense of careless failure
I cannot follow through when thoughts arise
With every thought a new, entangled juncture
A web of confused terror yielding cries

A shattered soul devoid of confidence embraced
And pierces the starlit skies

The quiet tides of constant struggle
And no one seeks the isolation
The pressure to stand like all the others
Debilitating to be the only one weathering this storm

Fall into solitude
Dance alone once more
Slip in stasis outward
Bend the world in tune

The quiet tides of constant struggle
And no one seeks the isolation
The pressure to stand like all the others
Debilitating to be the only one weathering this storm

The Storms Of Solitude

Pretty different than what I normally do, and this is a work in progress. Working on adding lyrics/vocals. Plan on updating it over time.

Image by Johannes Plenio from Pexels.

Anthony Pinson