This track was recorded in January 2009 with Matt from the Underwater, JP from Daughtry, Ken from Canderia and Jane Carrey (Jim Carrey's daughter who happened to be in the studio during recording and I found her to be an exceptional talent). There are some parts of this song I absolutely love. We recorded another track entitled "Straight Shooter" during this session that will probably remain unreleased.

How'm I gonna break it to myself
that you're leaving and there's nothing I can do
How'm I gonna make it by myself
when you were the only the one I held onto

I keep telling myself that it's over
when the truth is that it's only just begun

Cause the one that got away
never really got that far
Yea the one that got away
is the one that got away with your heart

How you gonna break it to yourself
that you let go of the only one that's true
How you gonna make it by yourself
when I was always the one to carry you

Now you carry your heart on your shoulders
and it's evident to everyone

Somewhere buried deep inside of you
a love stares a hole right through
Cause you have a piece of me
I have a piece of you
There's nothing we can do

The One That Got Away W/Jane Carrey

The rain was falling down again
just like an old, familiar friend
The sky turned grey and the darkness grew
I longed for daylight to break through

Is it a curse that rain always makes its' way through?
Is it a blessing that it helps me start anew?
Just, as with flowers, maybe you have saved my life
Maybe I need you like daylight

I used to pray as the faithful do
for some answers to hold onto
When my sorrow welled up inside
then I would pray for the daylight

The Wizard - Daylight

I’ve found the winters colder here
than in any place I’ve known
Those kinds of things are more significant
than any of us know

Looking back over my life
I suppose it’s apropos
So what’s the sense in staying?
Pack your bags
We'll head on down the road

Broken and battered, beaten down
Slipping away and heading south

The two us have seen our share of hard times
Heaven only knows
The trials we have been through
Lucifer, himself, could not compose

Pacified by summer’s light
Then another winter's snow
So what’s the sense in staying?
Pack your bags
We’ll head on down the road

Broken and battered, beaten down
Slipping away and heading south

The Wizard - South

Where are the voices
within the noises?
Where is the light to lead us home?

When all hope scatters
to the everafter,
where is the safest place to go?

The walls are caving in.
The stars are all fading.
The Earth is spinning out of course.

Is there no sweet escape?
Is there no warm embrace?
Where is the light to lead us home?


The Wizard - Everafter

The Wizard feat. Kush - The Noise (remix)

She packed her bags 
and made her way to California.
She was not certain she could make it
but was sure enough.
They say she's crazy;
she'll be eaten up.

Don't you know what it means
to believe in something?
So you kick and you scream
in defense of a dream.
As beautiful as life itself: to dream.

She fell in love with him
although her father told her, "No".
She ran away with him
because she could not let him go.
You think they're crazy;
they have got no hope.

Don't you know what it means
to believe in something?
So you kick and you scream
in defense of a dream.
As beautiful as life itself: to dream.

The Wizard - To Dream

You make excuses for him every single time
and you blame yourself
You like to think your heartbreak's a victimless crime
so you blame yourself
He burns the candle at both ends and leaves you blind
and you blame yourself
Takes you for granted then he takes you for a ride
and you blame yourself

Justification of a fallacy
Inoculation for a tragedy
 
The sole survivor of a misguided affair
but you blame yourself
No one to love you- not a soul to hear your prayers
and you blame yourself

Justification of a fallacy 
Inoculation for a tragedy

The Wizard - Blame Yourself

Who you are
Who you see yourself to be
As far apart
as the land is from the sea
And the voice inside your head 
just drowns you out
But the voice inside your head 
should shut its' mouth

Be yourself
if you know just what it means
to be of help
to the one you're meant to be
Erase the fears 
they placed inside your mind
To live outside the boxes
and the lines

We're like machines with hearts that beat
Don't let them tell you what to be
We're like machines with flesh that bleeds
Don't let them tell you what to dream

From the time
we are born 'til we grow old
We're taught that life
is to fit into a mold
They label us
and show us where to start
Then they give us all the tools to be 
exactly what they are

The Wizard - Machines

Loyalty gets you nowhere
in a world that has no soul
For every heart that's mended 
thirteen more are growing cold
The sky is full of vultures
and the sea of parasites
but the lowest of the Earth
appear sincere and oft contrite

From all the weight upon your back
to the time that's behind you
to all the clouds that paint you black
and only serve to prove

What you love
it can betray
When it does
it takes everything
Your sun
fades into gray
when your love
takes everything away

Sacrifice gets you nowhere
when your altar is a well
and no matter how much blood you shed
you can't be saved from Hell
When you've given all you can give
to the things you love the most
and still you're left with nothing
but a heart devoid of hope

I once believed in miracles and signs
in passageways that lead into the light
I once believed in love that never dies
But love has conquered nothing 
but this weary heart of mine

The Wizard - Takes Everything

People praying with their eyes closed
Steeples rising like an ego
Cultures battle
Worlds divided
Why must life be so one-sided?

Colors filling every eye 
while people paint in black and white
Guns are blazing 
Wars are waging
God can't love us all

Driven by fear of the unknown
Cling to ancient words for our hope
What if Heaven is in your view 
but you think it waits beyond the grave
for those just like you?

We're losing our minds
one day at a time
Is there hope we've left unbroken?
When will our eyes be opened?

The Wizard - Steeples

Many are the roads that lead us
to places we must go
Many are the ones
we leave behind
Moving ever forward
at a pace that never slows
unsure of what we'll find

The one thing that we know for sure is
the hands of time keeps moving
but somehow that's enough
If there's no peace in being
might as well keep busy doing
But where's that gotten us?

If we don't stop to smell the roses
they'll wilt and die away
and then we'll only smell the roses
when they're resting upon the grave

Time becomes the teacher
and then we become the lesson
the more that life ticks by
Before too long we find out
that we never will find rest in
the hope we will survive

Try to find the answer to the question
before the answer swallows you
Try to find the winter
with roses still in bloom

The Wizard - Roses

Former singer for York, PA band The Underwater

The Wizard - Daniel Thomas/Kristopher Berg (Madison, WI) Dec 2009-June2012

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