Mistakes 
Music by Sumper 
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix 

How many of us? 
how many of us ?

how many of us 
swept away 
in the mistakes 
we've made? 

How many of us? 
How many of us? 
swept away 
how many of us
of us 
in the mistakes we made:

We're falling down 
we're falling down 
again... 

turn around quickly 
they have never left yet... 
*sshhhhh*
It's okay 
for just awhile 
to let go 
of these mistakes 
that we'll make again 
with every time 
we fail to rise...

to rise again. 

Time for us 
to rise...

Moving on.

Mistakes

Doctor Who? 
music by Sumper
lyrics by T.J. Phoenix 

Somewhere
 in the depths of space
could there be a light                                                                         
to show the way


Is there a doctor 
in the house?                                                         
Doctor Who 
Doctor Who
I'm calling out... 


on this emergency 
frequency 
so maybe 
if operators are still 
standing by                                                                                                                                       

Would you maybe
take this call 
and maybe                                                                                    
find a way 
to respond 
to me 




Doctor who 
 

I've given up 
on Superman 
even though, 
I'm certain 
he was grand 
he's left 
it's clear to me 
can I make an 
emergency frequency 
plea 
to someone
 in the future 

Is there a doctor 
in the house?
Doctor Who 
Doctor Who
I'm calling out...

Doctor Who

Walking Man’s Road
Music by Sumper (Peter Mortensen) 
Lyrics/ vocals by T.J. Phoenix 

it was in the wild
 and bewitching woods
where I first ran with you 
my love
inside an ageless dream 
I awoke once more
oh we kindred 
so fast and free

Defined
in a mortal kiss

you know 
if you leapt off this hillside
I would follow you 
ever you go 

still I remember 
it was a long, long time ago 
and yet 
the wind 
still whispers my name
calling to you 
calling through time
just as it did before
take me 
as I am 
walking man’s road
walking man’s road

no magic potions 
my devotion to give away 
but the soul 
of the song 
that always finds 
my heard again 
it was a long, long time ago 
before the sweetness 
err did go 

Walking my road.

Walking Man's Road

Moonlit skies
Music by Beatmistresscait
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix

Still the reflection 
I’ve seen it before
moonlit skies
are overrated
seducing me 
with the possibilities
of something more
beyond the horizon
take a moment
to understand
the reasons 
starry, starry nights
so clear
diving into the depths
of my all to human fears
Maybe I should 
maybe I could
but I won’t 
be seduced 
this time around
by moonlit skies
The tricksters 
in disguise
all these stars
how they shine 
I want to be something more
than I am 
and logic dictates
that the means
must give way
to the demands
but I keep looking for
how to even the score
if I work earnest
and hard enough 
then maybe 
then maybe
baby 
I could be
look you in the eyes
and tell you 
what you see
but only 
if you won’t hold the truth 
against me
so many reason s why 
I know 
you’re hiding away 
from the nasty world
looking for 
a different skyline 
to observe
but oh the world 
of imaginative dreams
wicked as it seems
won’t counterfeit our reasons
moonlit skies
spin like a child
fall on the ground 
and get up 
or so I 
try not to be 
seduced 
this time.

Moonlit Skies

The Tell-Tale Heart 
Music by Stranger 
Lyrics/ Vocals by T.J. Phoenix 


Here we are 
once again 
possessed 
by the sound 
of a tell tale heart 
beating on 
into the stillness...
eclipsing our reasons 
and our judgment: 
One face you show them 
the other you hide away 
hide away 
like the sound from which 
you can not escape

So many stories
in the past 
so many reasons 
to hide
Here we are 
once again 
possessed 
by the sound 
of a tell tale heart 
beating on 
into the stillness...
we can't explain 
we try to ignore 

No one believe a single thing 
we're being told 
all of us listening 
for the sound 
that won't go away 
trapping us 
once again. 

Was it guilt 
that kept him awake a night 
was it him 
searching for someone 
to open the door
and light the light in 
let the light in 
just for this moment
this one moment 
we don't need to pretend 

Maybe it was 
the sound 
of your own heart beating
after all.

The Tell Tale Heart

Fade Away 
Music by Cait Collins (Beatmistresscait)
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix

Fade Away
Fade away 
fade 
away 

Down those dusty corridors 
of time 
I walked 
in a straight line... 

Show me 
show me
the tricks
and tools 
of the trade 
oh, if you show me
I promise
I will stay 


Echoing in 
the ages
still to find...

Can you show me 
Can you show me 
the way 
to not fade away... 


Can you tell me 
what friendship means 
decipher one more
lyric line 
as we worry
we worry 
 that we 
might
still fade away...

Fade Away

Broken 
Music by Sumper 
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix 

If I put my soul out there
to you 
if I bare myself
down to the bone
will it 
make any difference
because 
if it will... 

I'm willing to let go 
and follow you down 

where ever that leads 
where ever you want 
it to go... 

I'm prepared
and I thought 
that you should know 
because I'm broken 
in two 
there's no escape 
from me loving you
and I will go on
further and farther than 
you ever 
you ever thought I'd go 
because I 
because I'm 
because I'm broken 
there's no part of me 
that still exists 
without you...

Broken

In the Looking Glass
music by Sumper 
lyrics/ vocal by T.J. Phoenix

Once upon a time 
there was a girl named Alice
now Alice didn't come 
from the waking world 
like you and I 
she came from some place
far away 
her rabbit hole was different 
you know 

And as she fell down 
as she feel down 
boy was she surrounded 
and she just wanted 
one more ride 
on the carosel 
I'll slip away 
into the night 
if you promise 
not to tell
on me 
for coming back 
for wanting to believe 
in something more 
than 
what I saw 

falling to 
my knees

oh please no...
 
tell me this is not 
how it has to be 
I don't know 
any of you... 

you'll shoot me down 
you'll steal my soul 
there'll be nothing left 
it's true 

ah but 
one more ride and then 
no more confessions 
will I give...




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In The Looking Glass

Lonely Skies 
Music by Sumper 
Lyrics T.J. Phoenix


Rising and falling 
and falling again 
as I try to find 
my way through 
Lonely Skies. 

All around me 
are people everywhere
and if I start to sing 
they only stop and stare 
so what do I do: 

To the four corners 
of the Universe
seeking wisdom 
to repair the day 
ALWAYS

As I keep on 
putting one 
foot in front 
of the other
in these 
Lonely Skies
where I drift 
and almost fly 

I might some day 
have wings that work 
but for now... 

But for now
I'll keep holding on 
I'll keep reaching out
across 
these lonely lonely skies

Drifting 
but I'm waking 
and I'm seeing 
how it is 
and I'm working 
and I'm lonely 
but I know 
just what to give 
If only 
time will only 
let me be 
I accept 
these lonely skies
and it will be 
enough for me 
enough for me 

Because 
I'm dreaming 
and I'm wide awake 

I'm wide awake 
but I'm still 
believing in you... 

I'm gonna keep on 
walking 
and going on... 
(and sometimes on.) 

It better than nothing 
she said to the cat 
with the clock.

Lonely Skies

Things Are Not... (as they seem)
Music by Erik McCall 
Lyrics / Vocals by T.J. Phoenix 

Things are not 
as they seem
it's kind of like 
as the world turns 
softly around us
once again 
I find I am waking 
from a dream 
looking around me 
but things are not 
how they seem. 
I keep trying 
to find my way 
and to believe in you 
the soul of creation 
is smiling on us
in this moment 
can't you feel it
I'm calling out 
your name 

If only because 
I know 
you will get up 
by my side
once again. 

Things are not 
how they seem 
reality eclipsing 
what we think we know 
with the media 
that spins around 
in our heads 
movies 
and television 
and all this talking 
which never stops... 
I can not believe 
you have 
the slightest idea
which way the wind blows
which way that we should go 
but I'm standing 
at the ready 
by your side 
I'll hold on until... 

Things are not 
how they seem 
we are so much 
better than 
what they think we can be 
still shines
unexpressed within
 our souls
are crying out to know 
what lies around 
the corner of time 
I'm not letting go.
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Things Are Not

Your Eyes Will tell on You 
Music by John MacDonald 
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix 

Your eyes will tell on you 
to every stranger you 
pass in the street 
your eyes
telling the tale 
of your magic trip
all the subtleties 
and nuances of it. 
Your eyes will tell you 
as you crawl across the floor
reaching for the phone once more 
to tell them 
to tell them why. 
Your lives in such a state 
you've fallen so very far 
from grace
but your gaze 
keeps lifting up 
to face the day 
your eyes betray 
your eyes can't save you 
from this moment in time 
your eyes will tell you 
until the last 
moment is through.
There is no sense in it
you might as well 
give up the notion 
and live with it
your eyes will tell on you 
there's nothing you can do
after all... 
somewhere 
above the wind 
I hear you call my name again. 


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Your Eyes Will Tell On You

Karma
Music by Patrick Kindy
lyrics/vocals by T.J. Phoenix 

Searching the universe
for intelligent 
signs of life 


I don't know 
if there's 
anyone home 
but I try on 
and maybe 
you'll understand 
why 

Searching the universe
for intelligent 
signs of life 
 
I've got to 
(oh you know it's true)
that I've got to 
believe in tomorrow 
even if you don't 
even if you won't 
remember my name: 

It's a fools trick 
to turn the table 
while you stand by 
ready and able 
to make the day 
a better one.  

But will you try ? 

I'm counting back 
until I get to 
until I get to
I get to 
reason one


Until I 
until I find my way... 

Karma's a bitch 
isn't that what they say 
no surprise 
we search 
for intelligent life 
every day 
every 
possible way.


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Karma

One Side of the Glass
Music by Dj Fony 
Lyrics/ Vocals by T. J. Phoenix 

One side of the glass 
down the rabbit hole 
at last 

Did you ever wonder 
did you ever wonder 
did you ever run 
did you ever run 
and hide... 

Some one here is 
most definitely 
lost from a normal 
time and space... 

Some one here is 
looking 
for another 
dance with grace

Down 
down 
down 

One side of the glass
and you are finally home 
at last 

Did you ever wonder 
did you ever wonder 

so many choices 
for you to make 
so many opportunities 
all of the fake 

Reality 
is for those 
frightened of their dreams 
what color 
is your pill? 
When you take it 
does it give you 
an excellent thrill 

I know what it is 
I like 
a little tongue
 and a little drive 
to the other side 
the other side 
of the glass.

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One Side Of The Glass

Whale Cry
Music by Stranger
Lyrics /Vocals by T.J. Phoenix 
(Humpbacks as themselves... )


What will remain 
of these dreams 
after 
the whales have gone 

how is it
we'll go on? 

I'm not letting go 
I hear you everywhere 
still I am wondering 
if you know 
where we'll go
how will we
live with ourselves? 

You sing your song to me 
and I can not tell 
what will remain 


what will remain 

if we let go

tomorrow is listening 
tomorrow already knows 
whether or not 
we're up to this 
whether or not 
we committed to 

believing enough to change 
believing 
enough to remain 

alive

Alive 

After all. 


You sing your song to me 
and I can not tell 
what will remain 


what will remain 

if we let go

Whale Cry

In The Stillness
Music by Sumper
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix


In the stillness
still described

all this longing that 
we decide

whether or not
we acknowledge 
to the world outside
in this stillness
our souls abide…

scarcely above a whisper
my sirens song to sing 
it won’t matter
in the end

lost in 
distant 
corridors
 of time


searching 
for a reason
we sacrifice
our minds.

In Our Silence

In The Stillness
(For all that goes unspoken and it’s cost)

Music by Sumper
Lyrics/Vocals by T.J. Phoenix


In the stillness
still described

all this longing 
that 
we decide

whether or not
we acknowledge 
to the world
 outside
in this stillness
our souls
 abide…

scarcely
 above a whisper
my sirens song
 to sing 
it won’t matter
in the end

lost in 
distant 
corridors
 of time


searching 
for a reason
we sacrifice
our time

In This Stillness

Illusionary Framework

If You Don't Mind Gray 
Music by Sumper 
Lyrics by T.J. Phoenix 

Your absolutely clueless
you have no idea 
who I am 
I don't think you care anyway 

I suppose I could 
digress again 
it won't make any difference 
in the end.... 

I'm okay 
if you don't mind gray 
all my fire is given away 
in the hope of 
something different

oh doesn't matter 
doesn't matter
anymore 
you'll never see 
what it is 
staring out of me 

as my last act of defiance
I'll go on with this pretense
do you ever wonder why 
do you ever 
do you ever 
wonder why 

It's okay 
it's okay 

If you don't 
if you don't 
if you don't mind gray....

I'm not a fool 
I'm not blind 
and I see you 
I see you 
this time.

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