The Edge of regret is the dread of complacency
The ledge of neglect is the bridge of respect and the span of monstrosity

The Edge of regret is the dread of complacency
The ledge of neglect is the bridge of respect and the span of monstrosity
You got things on your chest and feel the need to confess, does that imply mediocrity?
No! No! No!
The Edge of regret is the dread of complacency

When disbelief is suspended and you neighbourhood’s upended 
-	That’s the work of some democracy
The edge of regret respects the lack of competency

The edge of respect is the fear of malignancy
The ledge of neglect is that bridge of respect and the span of monstrosity
You got things on your chest and feel the need to confess, does that imply mediocrity?
No! No! No!
The Edge of regret is the dread of complacency

There’s two ways to regress astride the blade of regret
-	That’s the height of pomposity!
The edge of regret respects the lack of competency
There’s two ways to repress that hollow strain in your chest
-	There’s no room for animosity!
The Edge of regret is the dread of complacency

No! No! No!

The Edge of regret is the dread of complacency

The Edge of Regret

The Edge

THE EDGE

I’m nicely obscured from what’s going on
I abuse this news to fuel my life as a troll
My ADD really doesn’t add up
It’s a ruse to confuse whatever control
I once had.

Does a click really, really help someone?
Can a click really help to even the score?
Am I wasting time even thinking of this?
I find it hard enough dealing with my own biz.

It's cold outside…..

Damn these Hypercriticizing eyes, bless this hypercritical Soul
Bless these Hypercriticizing eyes, damn this hypercritical Soul

Does it make just a Jot of difference
If I choose to Do or defer preference?
Cos you know what can be done now
Could be, put off until

Tomorrow! Or whenever
Tomorrow! Or whenever

You could go down the lane of memories lost
Only showing its face in some random post
But constantly ticking inside
Is a bomb that’s timed

To Blow……

Blow

I tried
Oh God I really tried
But you see
I am genetically predisposed
I’m predisposed
I’m predisposed!
I’m predisposed….

To be a moron
A jabbering Clown
But a fixture
Like some Japanese Blind

Japanese Blind

JAPANESE BLIND

That's the Easy Way

Looking for an easy way, an easy way through the mire           (Mark)
Trying to find an easier way, though it may fail to inspire

No Problem, listen for a guiding hand,                               (chorus together?)
As it whistles past your face,
Slapping you hard in the cheek,
What a sobbing, disgrace…

Seeking out a much harder way,                                    (Mark)
Will the results be more pleasing?

A rockier stonier harder way, 
A product of uptight breeding

No problem, reach out for the millstone of reason.   (chorus together)
Tie it roughly around your neck
Let if sway there another season,
Don’t …Touch….Lest…you….
Regret

This Watching tying, harder way…                                (Mark)
I’ll eventually feel alright

Though it may lack the power to inspire                     (Dave)
This easier way helps me pretend that its bright

This aching, breaking raspier way,                                (Mark)
That’s lasting through the night

I can zone out not look not listen not learn,                (Dave)
I can leave, breeze, choose to believe 
Or just plain be a jerk

I’m getting to a place with this,                                      (Mark)
A place I thought I’d never be,
A roomy earthy Fetid space,
But there’s beauty there it’s plain to see

No problem,                                                                        (Together)
Look out into the space,
See the race begin to cease,
Opt out momentarily,
Then, come back,
And be…

Thats the Easy Way

THATS THE EASY WAY

There was once, In a day
Where I left Anyway
What a Dunce, In my way
When I went
By the Winsome
Stream

What a Dunce
In my way
When I went
By the Winsome….

Jackals
Flying Squirrels overhead
Something’s amiss
Who’s that there dead?
Rascals preparing to ambush me
What should I do (Do)?
Run or fear them? 
Jackals
Flying Squirrels overhead
Something’s amiss (MISS)
Who’s that there dead?
Rascals preparing to ambush me
What should I do (Do)?
Run or fear

There was once, In a day
Where I left Anyway
What a Dunce, In my way
When I went
By the Winsome
Stream

What a Dunce
In my way 
When I went
By the Winsome Stream


There was once, In a day
Where I left Anyway
What a Dunce, In my way (way way way)
When I went
By the Winsome (Stream x 4)

Winsome Stream

WINSOME STREAM

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…
….Clasm, Iconoclasm, I…

The Vandals, the Vandals have it, they wanna grab it, hack slash and douse it in flames

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…I, I…

Is Creation, in the ether? Can you feel her? When it is lost, is it gone?

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…I, I…

It’s the process that’s all important
And it’s for certain
There is no evidence of that

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…I, I, I
….Clasm, Iconoclasm, I…

I can feel it, like sweaty sinews, strain-mark like tattoos,
The breakthrough is imminent

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…I, I, I
….Clasm, Iconoclasm, I,I…

Now the Vandals, those Vandals have it, they wanna grab it, hack slash and douse it in flames

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…I, I, I
….Clasm, Iconoclasm, I,I,I…

So what’s left now? Distant memories, disintegrating; It’s not what is left but what’s not!

….Clasm, Iconoclasm…I, I, I
….Clasm………………………………..(END)

Iconoclasm

ICONOCLASM

Fit in!
Establish who you fraternize with,
Once ingratiated,
Then Ritualize it

Rubber stamp it
Externalize it
Initiation is regulation, don’t get over-excited

Homogenize!
Ho Ho 
Homogenize!
Homogenize

When two tribes go to war,
You gotta know which side knows your score
You gotta make sure
That everybody knows
Your score….

Fit in!
Establish who you fraternize with,
Once ingratiated,
Then Ritualize it

Rubber stamp it
Externalize it
Initiation is regulation, don’t get over-excited

Homogenize!
Ho Ho 
Homogenize!
Homogenize

Imitation is regulation.
Imitation is regulation.
Imitation is regulation.
Imitation is regulation.

Imitation is regulation.
Lift that face even up the chase rate
Imitation is regulation.
Social branding not withstanding
Imitation is regulation.

Imitation is regulation.
Imitation is regulation.
Imitation is regulation.
Imitation is regulation.

Fit in!
Establish who you fraternize with,
Once ingratiated,
Then Ritualize it

Rubber stamp it
Externalize it
Initiation is regulation, don’t get over-excited

Fit In!

FIT IN

I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
As a lonely person might do

I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
As a lonely person might do

I woke up early and I did put on a crazy suit
No one knew me, No one knew me, No one knew me – 
I feared that I would go mad

So I 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
As a lonely person might do

What would you do? X 4

I’d impersonate, an eighties sporting icon.
I’d paint a picture of a butterfly leaving a jar.
With a band playing in the corner 
(it was travelling through my hands)
Off-putting sounds from the next room 
(I could feel my own breath)
I was travelling, I was travelling, I was travelling
It was travelling through my hands

So I 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
As a lonely person might do

What would you do? X 4

I wore a crazy
I wore a crazy
I wore a crazy suit that I found in a bag

Nobody Knew me, Nobody Knew me, Nobody Knew me – 
I could do whatever I pleased
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
I wandered Lonely, 
As a lonely person might do

Crazy Suit

CRAZY SUIT

Let’s be Honest. 
Let’s be Honest. 

Lest we be – Lying thus far
Lest we be – Lying thus far

The things that we hear – barely perceivable
The things that we say – hardly achievable
The things that we see – must be believable
The things that we do – mostly inconceivable

The Yield is it sown?
Is it cardboard that’s growing there?
Opportunity thrown down
It could almost be construed as edible
The yield is it Sold?
Can this product be foisted on Everyone?
Disbelief has been worn down
Grist to the mill of some minister

It could almost be
It could almost be
It could almost be - 
Construed as credible

The carrots perception
Is its’ final deception

Let’s feel free – To do as we please
Let’s feel free – To do as we please

It’s your perception that’s needed – illusion protection
Get the dangerous ones weeded – eradicate question
Manifesto impeded – information infection
It’s your cultures not needed – We’ll just use deflection

People’s Habits – weak we’ll grab it

Our star is untouchable
You can fight over crumbs like bugs
Cos that’s what we think of you
Ah yeah, we have you sussed

Hey expendable – who can you trust?
That’s right, that’s right, not your enemies, we’ll get you first
At least the priest he was honest
Until, he lied about touching

People's Habits

PEOPLES HABITS

The Praised past is falling down
The Hallowed Mast of good ship Sam
The fate of most is hanging now
Trail-Blazers past is haunting them

The Praised past is falling down
The Hallowed Mast of good ship Sam
The fate of most is hanging now
Trail-Blazers past is haunting them

Whaler

To sail off and up and around the world
A stern hand in every port
And the sailor’s Mast will haunt them then

The relegated past of histories won
Is the fate of those who have not won
We row on and on, we deftly try
To bring it back, we don’t know why

Whaler

To sail off and up and around the world
A stern hand in every port
And the sailor’s Mast will haunt them then

The Praised past is falling down
The Hallowed Mast of good ship Sam
The fate of most is hanging now
Trail-Blazers past is haunting them


Whaler

Sailors Mast

SAILORS MAST

Jingle

JINGLE

Dublin Band Jam Hades will be releasing their debut album 'The edge of regret' on Friday, the 24th of Feb 2023. With oodles of killer and not so much filler, these sonic plasterers will be ripping it up (and attempting a rapid rebuild) on a stage near you soon . The album launch will include an all ages show, so unlock your kids and prepare them for their first cushioned mosh pit!

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