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Illusion Of Time

[Verse 1]
She said it's over and it ain't worth fighting for
But I've given her my best and still I've come up short
Help me to understand if the problem lies with me
Answer my question before you walk out on me

[PreChorus]
I can't believe we're gonna, let love slip away
We've come so far, I thought we'd make it someday

[Chorus]
So tell me what more can I do to love you
How can I make you see
Just tell me that you want me
And whatever you want, oh you want
That's what I'll be
That's what I'll be, and that's what I'll be

[Verse 2]
Do you want to see me down on my knees
My heart's pleading, baby, won't you believe
I've cried at night and I can't take it anymore
I'm sorry, baby, I can't let you walk out that door

[PreChorus]
I can't believe we're gone, I let love slip away
We've come so far, I thought we'd make it someday

[Chorus]
So tell me what more can I do to love you
How can I make you see
Just tell me that you want me
and whatever you want, oh you want
That's what I'll be,
That's what I'll be, and that's what I'll be

[Bridge]
Was it me, did I not Love you the right way
Or was it things I never got around to say
When I said I loved you baby, well I didn't lie
And you blame me but I've got nothing to hide

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Was it me, did I not Love you the right way
Or was it things I never got around to say
When I said I loved you baby, well I didn't lie
And you blame me but I've got nothing to hide  oh yeah, nothing to hide

[Verse 3]
She said it's over and it ain't worth fighting for
But I've given her my best and still I've come up short
Help me to understand if the problem lies with me
Answer my question before you walk out on me

[PreChorus]
I can't believe we're gone, I let love slip away
We've come so far, I thought we'd make it someday

[Chorus]
So tell me what more can I do to love you
How can I make you see
Just tell me that you want me
And whatever you want, oh you want
That's what I'll be.

She Said It's Over

[Verse 1]
Smoke curls from the barrel's end,
Another ghost fades into the wind.
No name, no face, no trace of sin,
Just the echo of where I’ve been.

[Pre-Chorus]
In every mirror I’m a stranger,
A phantom in a tailored suit.
I trade my soul for silence,
And the deal feels absolute.

[Chorus]
Shadows don’t cry, they just fade away,
Into the black where I earn my pay.
No mercy, no truth, just a crimson sky,
I live, I die, in the blink of an eye.

[Verse 2]
She left a note by the broken glass,
Said, “You can’t outrun your past.”
But I keep walking, head held low,
Through cities I’ll never call home.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Every job’s another story,
Written in whispers and smoke.
My heartbeat marks the measure,
Of promises I never spoke.

[Chorus 2]
Shadows don’t cry, they just fade away,
Blood in the rain, I can’t wash away.
Crosshairs drawn on a dying light,
I kill the sun to hide the night.

[Outro solo]

Shadows Don't Cry

[Verse 1]
All at once I looked and you were gone
I was thinking to myself, how life can go on
Who's to blame, go ahead and point your finger at me
I guess this time you're really leaving me

[Verse 2]
As I think of all the times that we had
How you made me smile, oh how you made me so mad
And all the nights we kissed and you held me close to you
But most of all I remember ooh how I Loved you

[Chorus]
And I, ain't got nobody, can't get no sleep. 
And I, watch my world sink into the deep.
I blame everybody who told me love is so true
Cause all it ever did for me was break my heart, heart in two

[Guitar Solo]

[verse 3]
The morning sun shines bright upon my face 
I pull myself out of bed and say oh my God another day
There my savior lays in a bottle on the floor
He pulled me through last night but I don't think he can help 
me anymore
Suicide feeling inside yeah maybe I should let it come
Cause pains written all over me and I'm about to come undone

[Chorus 2]
And I've touched everything that feels like you, Smelt everything that smells like you, how can Love be so blind, where have you gone cause I've been left behind, In my head are pictures of you and their driving me crazy cause I can't touch you, the nights are cold and the days are long and someone tell me how I'm supposed to make it on my own.

[Guitar break]

Ooh someone tell me how am I supposed to make it on my own
Someone tell me how am I supposed to make it on my own

[Guitar outro]

On my own. Ooh Ooh on my own.

On My Own

[Verse 1]
Shadows creep where the wolves howl low,
Born in the night, under crimson glow.
Fate's cruel hand dealt me a loser's game,
Thunder rolls, calling out my name.
Iron chains of destiny bind my soul,
Rivers of fire, swallowing me whole.
Gallop through storms, no escape in sight,
Bad moon rising, stealing the light.

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Echoes of thunder, crashing through the vein,
Heroes fall, but I rise again.

[Chorus]
Born under a bad moon, cursed from the start,
Fighting the darkness tearing me apart.
Screams in the void, echoes of the damned,
Born under a bad moon, sword in my hand!

[Verse 2]
Winds of war whisper secrets untold,
Empires crumble in the freezing cold.
Blades of steel clash in the endless fight,
Bad moon's curse, devouring the night.
Ghosts of the fallen haunt my every step,
Blood on the altar, no time for regret.
Ride through the chaos, no mercy in view,
Fate's wicked grin, coming for you.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Lightning strikes, igniting the flame,
Legends die, but I stake my claim.

[Chorus]
Born under a bad moon, cursed from the start,
Fighting the darkness tearing me apart.
Screams in the void, echoes of the damned,
Born under a bad moon, sword in my hand!

[Guitar break]

[Bridge]
In the heart of the storm, I find my fire,
Breaking the chains, climbing ever higher.
No more a slave to the lunar decree,
Rise from the ashes, wild and free!

[Solo]
[Outro - Fade with riff]

Born Under A Bad Moon

[Verse]
Sweet little thing come on over to me, 
I got some thing you might want to see
It’ built for loving and made for pleasing, 
You got the time baby I got the reason
Back in my room there’s a party for free, 
No one’s invited just you and me
We’ll close the doors turn out the lights
start a fire and let it burn, burn all night

[Chorus 1]
This loves got more to give, buckle up your seat belt.
Hug me, squeeze me, love me, please me, all between you and me.
Hold on sweet thing cause were going for a ride, Shifting gears out of low, here we go, put me in overdrive

[Verse 2]
I’m playing with your heart like a dog with a bone, 
make you scream and hollar make you Howl and moan
Cause I’m like a fire burning out of control, 
you can’t stop me better let me go
Or like a train rolling down the track, 
once I get started there ain’t no turning back
Just like a wolf creeping up on it’s prey, 
your lost in my woods and you ain’t gettin gettin away

[Chorus 2]
This loves got more to give, buckle up your seat belt.
Hug me, squeeze me, love me, please me, it’s all between you and me.
Now hold on sweet thing cause were going for a ride, relax, kick back, let me put it in overdrive.

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 3]
Hug me, squeeze me, love me, please me, it’s all between you and me.
Now hold on sweet thing cause were going for a ride, Shifting gears out of low, here we go, put it in overdrive
This love is rising, it’s so surprising, it’s all between you and me
Hold on sweet thing cause were going for a ride, relax, kick back, let me put it in overdrive.
Shifting gears out of low, here we go, put me in overdrive

[Outro]

Overdrive

[Chorus]
Sing the songs that make you feel
Feel the way it used to be real
When we were young and life was new
Time stood still forever for me and you

[Verse]
The leaves
They turn and then they fall
But summer
She comes after all
I'm learning
Learning
I've got no regrets
Only some doubts
That's just the way it works out
So I'm learning
Learning

[Prechorus]
Learning to be free
Learning to be

[Chorus]
Sing the songs that make you feel
Feel the way it used to be real
When we were young and life was new
Time stood still forever for me and you

[Verse 2]
We turn to ghosts before we know
The signs are there
It's time to go
We're learning
Learning
We make our way and break our hearts
It takes its toll
But it makes the art
We're learning
Learning

[Prechorus]
Learning to be free
Learning to be

[Guitar Solo]

[Prechorus]
Learning to be
Learning to be free
Learning to be
Learning to be free

Learning To Be Free Again

[Verse 1]
I walked through the ruins of what we were,
Haunted halls where your echoes stirred.
Love was a flame that burned too fast,
All I could feel was the ghost of the past.

I built my walls and locked the doors,
Swore I’d never feel that pain no more.
But love’s a thief that sneaks inside,
When you’ve run out of tears to hide.

[Chorus]
Then you came like the morning sun,
Shining where the dark had won.
You saw the cracks, not the scars in me,
And you loved me back to what I used to be.
I was lost, now I finally see,
You are the light that found me.

[Verse 2]
Your laughter healed what time forgot,
Every smile a battle fought.
You showed me love ain’t chains or pain,
It’s learning how to breathe again.

I still dream of her some nights,
But your touch brings me back to life.
The past don’t own this heart no more,
It’s yours, it’s whole, it’s sure.

[Chorus]
Then you came like the morning sun,
Shining where the dark had won.
You saw the cracks, not the scars in me,
And you loved me back to what I used to be.
I was lost, now I finally see,
You are the light that found me.

[Bridge]
Every end can start again,
Every wound can find a friend.
I thought I was done with believing,
But love had other plans for my healing.

[Final Chorus]
You came like the morning sun,
Proved my story wasn’t done.
Now when I look at where I’ve been,
I thank the heartbreak for leading you in.
I was lost, now I finally see,
You are the light… that found me.

The Light That Found Me

[Verse]
The leaves
They turn and then they fall
But summer
She comes after all
I'm learning
Learning
I've got no regrets
Only some doubts
That's just the way it sometimes works out
So I'm learning
Learning

[Prechorus]
Learning to be free
Learning to be free

[Chorus]
Sing the songs that make you feel
Feel the way it used to be real
When we were young and life was new
Time stood still forever for me and you
oh yeah oh yeah

[Verse 2]
We turn to ghosts before we know
The signs are there
It's time to go
We're learning
Learning
We make our way and break our hearts
It takes its toll
But it makes the art
We're learning
Learning

[Prechorus]
We're Learning to be free
Learning to be free
oh yeah oh yeah

[Chorus]
Sing the songs that make you feel
Feel the way it used to be real
When we were young and life was new
Time stood still forever for me and you
oh yeah oh yeah

Learning To Be Free

[Verse 1]
We were fire in the pouring rain,
Two souls dancing, wild and unafraid.
But time drew lines we couldn’t erase,
Left me staring at your shadow’s trace.

Every street held your name in the lights,
Every dawn just another long night.
I swore my heart was done,
A war already won—
By the silence left behind.

[Chorus]
Then love came back to life,
Like thunder after the night.
Taught me hearts don’t break forever,
They just hide till the storm gets better.
I found someone who made me see,
That pain can bloom in harmony.
From ashes and goodbye,
Love came back to life.

[Verse 2]
She smiled like the first day of spring,
Made my frozen heart start to sing.
Didn’t think I could feel again,
But love had other plans, my friend.

The ghost of you still whispers low,
But I’ve learned to let it go.
Every tear I cried for you,
Was water for something new.

[Chorus]
’Cause love came back to life,
Like thunder after the night.
Taught me hearts don’t break forever,
They just hide till the storm gets better.
I found someone who made me see,
That pain can bloom in harmony.
From ashes and goodbye,
Love came back to life.

[Bridge]
I thank you for the lessons learned,
For every page your fire burned.
You were the start, she’s the rest,
And now my heart can finally rest.

[Final Chorus]
Love came back to life,
In the glow of her eyes so bright.
You can lose and still remember,
But find your flame in new December.
Now I stand beneath the sky,
And whisper to the night—
Love came back to life.

Back To Life

[Verse 1]
Whispers from the ocean floor,
Calling out through crystal doors.
Silver towers, buried dreams,
Echo softly in the in-between.

They built the stars, they shaped the tide,
Watched the heavens from inside.
Atlantean fire, still alive,
Burns beneath the endless sky.

[Pre-Chorus]
Voices in the deep call me home,
Through the static of the undertow—

[Chorus]
Echoes of Atlantis, rise again,
Carved in stone, the faces of our friends.
Other beings watching through the flame,
Calling out—remember our name.

[Verse 2]
Lightships in the northern seas,
Glowing white like ancient dreams.
They speak in tones that shake the soul,
A code that pulls you through the fold.

Diamonds in their eyes of frost,
Guardians of what we lost.
They ride the thunder, break the dawn,
Reminding us where we came from.

[Pre-Chorus]
Sons of stars and ocean foam,
Awaken now, you’re not alone—

[Chorus]
Echoes of Atlantis, rise again,
Through the ages we descend.
Other beings whisper through the rain,
Calling out—remember our name.

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

Echoes of Atlantis

[Verse]
The sun goes down on my heart
Never believed we would fall apart
But just like a dream, it all fades too soon
The mirror looks back, just like the moon.

[Prechorus]
Ooh
Ooh
The years have been good to you and I
But time never gives in to a dreamer's mind

[Chorus]
[Someday we'll know where we belong, someday we'll know where we went wrong. Never looking back on those yesterdays never regretting what came our way.
Ooh
Someday we'll know where we belong, someday we'll know where we went wrong. Never looking back on those yesterdays never regretting what came our way.]

[Verse 2]
Now I believe we are all the same
I believe we will see the day
when our hearts are free just like the night
and our minds will see the hope in the light

[Prechorus]
Ooh
Ooh
The years have been good to you and I
But time never gives in to a dreamer's mind

[Chorus]
Someday we'll know where we belong, someday we'll know where we went wrong. Never looking back on those yesterdays never regretting what came our way.
Ooh
Someday we'll know where we belong, someday we'll know where we went wrong. Never looking back on yesterdays never regretting what came our way.]

[Prechorus]
Ooh
The years have been good to you and I
But time never gives in to a dreamer's mind

Someday

[Verse 1]

I saw your shadow in the rain,
Falling slow, whispering my name.
Empty bottles, midnight calls,
All the ghosts behind these walls.

Your perfume still haunts the sheets,
The silence burns where we used to meet.
I reach for you, but you’re long gone,
Like a song that can’t go on.

[Pre-Chorus]

Every dream just fades to grey,
But I still feel you slip away...

[Chorus]

Tears on the wire, burning through the night,
Love’s old fire, still holding me tight.
I’m crying for life, I’m dying inside,
With your ghost in my eyes tonight.

[Verse 2]

You left your lipstick on my soul,
A mark that time can’t make whole.
I play our song and close my eyes,
But all I hear are my goodbyes.

The wind still calls your name at dawn,
But every echo says you’re gone.
Still I scream into the dark,
Just to feel your spark.

[Pre-Chorus]

Every dream just fades to grey,
But I still feel you slip away...

[Chorus]

Tears on the wire, breaking through my veins,
Heart’s on fire, screaming your name.
I’m crying for life, but losing the fight,
With your ghost in my eyes tonight.

[Bridge]


[Final Chorus]

Tears on the wire, I’m chained to your flame,
Hearts collide, but it’s never the same.
I’m crying for life, you’re gone from sight,
But your ghost still holds me tight.

Tears On The Wire

[Verse 1]
I took a look out at the world today
A lot of hate and fear
Cries ring out through the night coming
Oh so near
Maybe some day if tomorrow comes we'll
Have learned how to love
But for now despairs defeated all hope
And the swords replaced the dove

[Chorus]
We're bringing on the storm now my brothers
We're bringing on the storm now
Will tomorrow come will we live
Can we learn to forgive
In a world we share as one
We're bringing on the storm

[Verse 2]
As the mighty sea pounds on the shore we
Beat down our fellow man
Without care or feeling his pain we
Take him for what we can
How many more will the famine plague, will, war destroy us all
Cause we won't extend out our own hands
To help prevent our own fall

[Chorus]
We're bringing on the storm now my brothers
We're bringing on the storm now
Will tomorrow come will we live
Can we learn to forgive
In a world we share as one
We're bringing on the storm

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
Can closed eyes ever really open
Will it still refuse to hear
Should hearts grow cold to our love if so
The end is surely near

[Chorus]
We're bringing on the storm now my brothers
We're bringing on the storm now
Will tomorrow come will we live
Can we learn to forgive
In a world we share as one
We're bringing on the storm


[Outro]
We're bringing on the storm
We're bringing on the storm
We're bringing on the storm

Bringing On The Storm

Musician, singer/songwriter, recording engineer, music producer and sound designer with over 35 years experience. Owner of Dark Horse Productions LLC.
Creative collaborations with artists with a focus on Rock, Hard Rock and film music. Currently working on full album due out by December.