This is a trivial song, just a quick little song
You don't have to but I'd like it if you listen along
Leave your work at the door, tonight that's where it can stay

This is a trivial song, just a convivial song,
If you're reading too closely then you're doing it wrong
Just close your eyes, let the music take you away


Sometimes the path in front of us is easy but
Sometimes you find your wheels get stuck in a rut
And the road ahead seems to promise nothing but pain

Sometimes your plate's already full of things to do
But there's a hundred thousand more just waiting for you
There's only so much coffee you can pump into your veins


Well, here's a heartening song, maybe a pardoning song,
You've got permission to just listen here until the dawn,
Just for now, let me help you keep your worries at bay

This is a comforting song, an ease your suffering song,
There is bread to revive you and to make you strong
When the sun comes up, you'll be ready to face the day


It's hard to keep the faith if you're full of doubt
You can't be fighting fires while you're burning out
And drowning yourself does nothing about the rain

When the beginning and the end seem equally far
When you're scraping at the bottom of your reservoir
You need to find your way to the eye of the hurricane


You'll find a slumbering song, a recovering song,
You gotta pick your battles for the war to be won
The urge to keep on walking is going to lead you astray

This is a curative song, a restorative song,
After caring for yourself, you can carry on
I think you've earned a breather, what do you say?

(interlude)

This is a trivial song, almost negligible song,
You didn't have to but I'm glad you chose to listen along
Sometimes a brief reprieve can turn around a terrible day
I hope you've found your strength and you're ready to go on your way

Song of Rest

LYRICS

I climb up to the surface
The tremors seem to have passed
But the trees have burned to ashes
And the sand has turned to glass

Not a soul comes to greet me
Only shadows to be found
The devil loves his irony
He spared those six feet underground


Madame Curie, can you hear me?
You were there, when this began

Madame Curie, can you cure me?
From this poison in the air?

Madam Curie, please reassure me
Send a sign now if you can

Madame Curie, tell me truly
Why do we kill our fellow man?


The silence is deafening
Or maybe it was the blast
No chirps, no croaks, no chittering
All slaughtered to the last

The clouds continue their sprouting
On the horizon, one by one
The sky they're slowly shrouding
Though there is light, it's not the sun


Madame Curie, please don't ignore me
I need to understand

Mister Feynman, why so silent?
Did you know what they had planned?

Oppenheimer, the designer
How I wish you had stayed your hand

Doctor Einstein, though it was wartime
Did you think we'd stop at Japan?


Those who knew me, please forgive me,
That I live, while you are damned
Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu
Dona eis requiem

Requiem

LYRICS

My son is roughly at the age
Where asking questions is all the rage
So I answer him the best that I can
In a way that I hope he'll understand

He asked me,
Why does the wind blow?
Where does the sun go?
And how does it rain?

I said,
I'm glad that you ask, my son
You'll find the answers really fun
Listen up, and let your dad explain

Firstly, hot air rises more than cold
The wind blows in to fill the hole
And two, the sun ain't moving, it's the Earth that turns

And third, the rain, it cycles round
From sea to sky then to the ground
And now you know, ain't it fun to learn?


I thought he'd remember, but, alas
Before an hour had the chance to pass
I was forced to tone down my hopes a hair
When he waddled back with a vacant stare

And asked me,
Why does the wind blow?
Where does the sun go?
How does it rain?

I said,
It's fine to forget, my son
Let's focus on that final one
This time try to keep it in your brain

When you leave some water out and wait
You'll see it soon evaporates
Which means it turns to tiny drops the air contains

The vapour makes its way up high
Becomes a cloud up in the sky
And then the water falls back down as rain


But the little twerp don't seem to grasp
Any answers to the things he asks
Was he listening to anything I had to say?
Does he even understand me anyway?

Wherefore hath the wind begun?
Whither goeth the setting sun?
Whence cometh the rain?

Step aside now, Sisyphus
There's room enough for two of us
I'm holding on through force of will
The hells may freeze but I will still
Roll this blockhead up the hill
Again and again and again and again and again

(interlude)

My wife, she is the voice of calm
Reminds me I was once my son
She wiped the lines off of my face
She held my heart in her warm embrace...

But on our door there was a quiet knock
In the dead of night at two o'clock
I quickly grabbed my pants up from the floor

As I fumbled with the bedroom light
My wife pulled up the blankets tight
And I found our son just outside the door

And he asked, where do babies come from?

(sigh)

I said "let me check", and then I locked the door

Why Does It Rain

LYRICS

The clink of coin is a beautiful sound
I'm in too deep but I can turn it around
Till I'm either wearing a golden crown
Or my pockets are empty and I'm homeward bound

To fold or to raise, it's a game of the mind
Play your cards right, and you can rob them blind
Don't talk like a lion if you bet like a mouse
Just grow a pair and pretend its a house

Red for desire, black for despair
Green, a reminder that the world isn't fair
One of these days you'll be bound to win
Why don't you give this wheel another spin

With eleven you hit and twelve you stand
If you go bust, play another hand
You can test your luck but you better beware
When your money goes to Vegas, it's staying there

The clink of coin is a terrible sound
I dig for gold but there's none to be found
The rising sun finds me dying down
And this house of cards is tumbling to the ground

House Of Cards

LYRICS

Senior year
Final dance
Seize the day
Take your chance
The best that you will ever get

Casual talk
Steal a glance
Play it right
Find romance
It'll be the silence you regret


I try to sing for you, but I can't find the key
I try to dance for you, but I don't feel the beat
I'm choking up and I'm tripping on my feet

I try to catch your eye, but you won't look at me
I try to take your hand, but you pull it free
When the party is over, I finally see
That it's starting to seem like this love isn't meant to be

(interlude)

I try to sing for you, but I can't find the key
I try to dance for you, but I don't feel the beat
I'm choking up and I'm tripping on my feet

I try to catch your eye, but you won't look at me
I try to take your hand, but you pull it free
When the party is over, I finally see
It's increasingly clear that this love isn't meant to be
I've got to accept that this love isn't meant to be
At the end of the day, this love wasn't meant to be

Not Meant To Be

LYRICS
Should I have grown these flowers with my own two hands
From seeds planted in our yard?
Should I have plucked them from a field in a foreign land?
Would that be the way into your heart?

Do you remember that dress, last week at the store,
And we bought it for thirty bucks?
I could have made it from scratch but it would cost us more,
And also, it would probably suck

Well, calm down babe, what I'm trying to say
Is that my own words aren't enough
Ain't it better if my lines are a little cliche
Than if they're totally off the cuff?


I mean,
I love you like the bluest sky, like the sunshine after the rain
I love you all the way to the moon, and I love you back again
I love you like a love song that is playing on repeat
Our love in any other words would still be just as sweet

Roses are red and violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet and so are you,
You might roll your eyes, but do you realise
What I said, is undoubtedly true?

Oh, roses are red and violets are blue,
I can't write for nuts so this'll have to do
It might be cliche but this is my way
To say that I love you


You don't have a problem when we're watching reruns,
And we're playing your favourite scenes
You seem to like to hear the same lines more than once,
But only when it's on a screen

Why do you check the provenance of every line
That I ever speak or write?
I can't be original all of the time
So I might sound little bit trite


I say,
I love you like the bluest sky, like the sunshine after the rain
I love you all the way to the moon, and I love you back again
I love you like a love song that is playing on repeat
Our love in any other words would still be just as sweet

Roses are red and violets are blue,
Before you make a complaint, take a walk in my shoes
If you asked a bard, he'll back me up that it's hard,
To write a song sufficiently new

Roses are red and violets are blue,
You're like honey and aspartame and chocolate fondue
You might give me a scowl but this is how
I say that I love you


(interlude)


Roses are red and violets are blue,
Did my playlist loop or is this deja vu?
I hope you're not bored of this broken record,
'Cause there's nothing else in the queue

Oh, roses are red and violets are blue,
When you're linguistically inept, you gotta learn to make do
We all have to play with the hand that we drew

I hope you understand that when
The ink can't flow out from my pen
I borrow words from better men
To say that I love you

Blue Skies And Sunshine

LYRICS

Come with me
For evil is stirring

It's begun
As the prophets foretold

Where the darkness will spread
So the light must demur

Come with me
And save our souls


No thanks
I'll pass
I don't even know your name, and you look kinda sus

No thanks
Not me
If I'm looking for adventure I just watch TV

No thanks
Wrong guy
I don't know just who you're looking for,
But it isn't I

No thanks
Please leave
I just met you and your tale's a little hard to believe

So no thanks
No thanks
No thanks
No thanks

Be warned,
For our journey is long

In the flames
We will make our stand

But fear not death
Nor whate'er lies beyond

And take
My hand

If a Salamanca's asking me to carry his bail
If the King of the Britons wants to look for the grail
If half the universe's life is going to die
If my midi-chlorian count is unusually high

If a really evil ring needs some melting down
If a trio of witches say that I deserve the crown
Even if my sister's getting picked for the games
You already heard my answer and it'll always be the same:

No thanks
I'm good
Why don't you back your asses out my neighbourhood

No thanks
Don't care
I'm happy in my little cupboard under the stairs

No thanks
Goodbye
There's a hotline you should call if you so eager to die

No thanks
Tough luck
You can go on by yourself, like I give a

No Thanks

LYRICS

I tell my friends that I just tripped and fell
And that I had that bruise all along
Despite my face, I feel well
There is nothing wrong

But what she's like at home, they don't know
Tells me to be a man, take the blow
Sometimes I think now's my chance to pack my things and go
But I am still in love, even so

The blood, I say, is from some paper cut
I didn't like my hair anyhow
My friend, I know, you care, but
Don't you worry now

What would they think of me if they knew?
If they find out what I'm going through?
Sometimes I think back before we met, the day I rue
But it is fifteen years overdue

That night she beats me up black and blue
I never thought she would get me too
Soldiering on, but there's nothing else that I can do
But hope my cry for help someday will get through

LYRICS

I'm staring at a crossroads as I try to grow a spine
So many pass before me, but I'm always left behind
The roads are all enshrouded, I don't know just what I'll find
I am paralysed by doubt, and I'm searching for a sign

I need a friend to me
Who can attend to me
Who will illuminate the way

Someone directing me
Someone protecting me
Who will raise me up and say

You'll be alright (you'll be alright)
Oh, everything will be alright
I can be your crutch, so don't worry too much
I'll make sure everything will be alright

You'll be alright (you'll be alright)
I'll be right here by your side
You'll never come to harm, while you're here in my arms
I promise everything will be alright


But all this time I'm at the crossroads, hoping that someone will arrive
My feet are growing restless, but I'm afraid my hands are tied
The seasons pass until it can no longer be denied
There's an abundance of diverging roads but a poverty of guides

Who are you waiting for?
What are you praying for?
Every day after day?

There ain't no trick to it
You got to stick to it
You have to be the one to say

That you'll be alright (I'll be alright)
I trust that everything will be alright
I know it's hard to ignore, what might be lying in store
But don't be scared before you've actually tried

You'll be alright (You'll be alright)
I'm always right here by your side
Just take it slow, and you never know
Things will probably go alright


You'll be alright (I'll be alright)
Believe me, everything will be alright
It might not always be safe, but you should have some faith
that you can take any problems in stride

You'll be alright (We'll be alright)
Stand up, overcome your fright
In the end, you'll see, I can guarantee
That everything will be alright


Just count to three, take a step with me
I know that everything will be alright

cykhic

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