"Take The Pain Away"

Will you sing me a song
All night long
Will you sing it now
Will you write all the words
As free as the birds
Will you make it count
Right now

Will you take me away
From here for today
Will you save my soul
And take control
Will you help me to see
Help me to breathe 
Make me whole

You feel like you're drowning
You're spinning around me
I wish that I could take your pain away
Are you needing somebody
To bring you to safety 
I know how you can take your pain away

Will you lend me your ears
Free your fears
Will you save yourself
Or go to hell
Will you follow me now
Climb up in a cloud
I'll show you how; now

Can someone save me
Anyone comfort me today

You feel like you're drowning
You're spinning around me
I wish that I could take your pain away
Are you needing somebody 
To bring you to safety 
I know my God can take your pain away
Right now


04 Take The Pain Away

"Sweet Beat"

A little sweet beat
Yeah

I was walking down the road with this guitar
Oh yeah, and I was
I was walking down the road because I got no car
I was walking down the road until I found the bar
Oh yeah, and I did
I was walking down the road with this guitar
Oh yeah, and they sang

Will you sing me
One sweet beat song
And I will
When you sing it
Now, honey, don't wait too long
And I won't
Will you sing me
One sweet beat song
And I will

I was driving down the road with this guitar
Oh yeah, and I was
I was driving down the road in a new, used car (ha ha)
I was driving down the road until I found the bar
Oh yeah, and I did
I was driving down the road with this guitar
Oh yeah, and they sang

Will you sing me
One sweet beat song
So I will


05 Sweet Beat

"I Wonder"

If I held you in my arms
And you drifted off to sleep
If I gave you what you want
Then would you be complete

And I wonder
And I wonder where you are
And I wonder
(She says she loves me)

If I let you slip away
If I gave you just a week
Do you think I would be weak
Do you think I'd go insane 

And I wonder
And I wonder where you are
And I wonder 

She says she loves me
But does she really even care
And I wonder
And I wonder is she there
I think about her
You know I know it isn't fair
And I wonder
and I wonder does she care

(she says she loves me)

And I wonder
And I wonder where you are
And I wonder
And I wonder



06 I Wonder

"Death Disease"

Another Monday
Another complaint
Another headache
Another reason I should leave
But I can take it
And you just give it away
Because I was lonely 
And you were waiting for me

Hey, dame
You're alright
Hey, dame
I don't mind

My floor was freezing
And you were so warm
Intoxicating
You never looked so good before
Your arms around me
Your tongue inside my brain
I was so lonely
And you were just a foot away

Hey, dame
You're alright
Hey, dame
I don't mind

With arms of death
And lips of love
You shatter hearts 
And then you smother trust
You wish that you 
Were one of us
But you are just
A death disease

I wanted true love
You wanted good sex
You love a true vex
You could torture Satan
But you were happy
And I was empty again
I was so lonely 
While you were waiting for me

You had a good time
I wrote a good rhyme
You know I don't mind
Messing with the re-wind
You were a pretty girl
You got me on my knees
You think you own the world
But you are just a death disease



07 Death Disease

"Unwind"

(fuck it)
Go away
For the day
Go away for the day
I'm insane 
By the way
I am insane 
You're to blame
For the pain
You are to blame
But it's okay
Anyway
It is okay

I'll be fine in a minute or two just wait
And then I'll get my bullshit straight
(Hey, Hey)
And then I'll have my piece of mind
I only wanted to unwind
This time, this time

What is said
In a bed
Should not be said
Never true
Never you
You're never true
So give me more
On the floor
Give me more
It's okay
Anyway
It is okay
(It's not okay)

I'll be fine in a minute or two just wait
And then I'll get my bullshit straight
And then I'll have my piece of mind
I only wanted to unwind
This time, this time

(fuck it)

08 Unwind

"He Tells You What To Do"

You are
You're paper
And you were 
Always white and clean
You're serine
You're like a dream
But things are never
What they seem

Because you were so
Well behaved
You always were
So brave
So how'd you get this way
You're a slave

You can never be happy 
If you're never okay
You'll never be lonely
If you're never away
You'll never be crying 
If you're never in pain
You don't like the way
He tells you what to do

You are
You're a fire
And you could always 
Keep me warm
You're a storm
But you're torn
And now the storm
Has blown away

You don't like the way
He makes you scream
He makes you bleed
He makes you scream
He'll make you 
Die
But tonight
Oh, tonight
You've got to 
Run for your life
Sugar, tonight
Tonight you've got to run


09 He Tells You What To Do

"Burn it Down"

(Uh, this just in...
Special news report,
Uh, they say we've got fires
Spreading across the nation right now
And they don't know where they're coming from
And they don't know if they'll be stopping anytime soon.
Uh, back to you Julie.)

(Burn)

Nothing left for more
Always room for less
Now it seems
In my distress
That I have found a problem
Society's a whore
They're fucking with my rights
Now I think it is my right
To find a new solution

So let's 
Burn this fucker down
I'm not afraid to watch it burn
I've had enough of all these chains
I think it's time for things to change
Burn this fucker down
I cannot wait to watch it burn
I've had enough of all this shit
Let's burn it down
And then be done with it

No one takes the blame
Everyone's the same
A city full of hypocrites 
I think that I am one of them
A stupid little game
I'm so sorry that I came
This is just a waste of time
I'm never going to fall in line

(They say- They say, "The fires start with you")

And I can't wait to watch it burn

So let's
Burn this fucker down
I'm not afraid to watch it burn
I've had enough of all these chains
I think it's time for shit to change
Burn this fucker down
So we can build it all back up
And give it all the love it needs
Let's burn it down

Let's burn this fucker down
So we can build it all back up
I've had enough of all this shit
Let's burn it down or we will burn with it

('They say these fires are caused, 
Or started, in the hearts of the youth
Of our nation.
And they glow
And they grow and they're getting out of control
Until your soul can't be extinguished, but you know,
There are some flames that don't burn out.
Not by your schools
Not by firemen, not by the government, not by floods.
Nothing can control these hearts on fire.
That is freedom, that is liberty, that is poetry, 
And it's beautiful. And it's beautiful.')


10 Burn It Down

"The Breakdown"

A little boy was walking slowly on a beach
He lost his dog and now he only had a leash
He started crying when it washed up on the shore
His Mom walked over, wiped his cheek, and then
This boy, he cried no more
Oh, oh, oh
A pretty girl, about sixteen, was in the bath
Her wrists were bleeding, she was crying, do the math
About a year ago her father passed away
And now today in all the classrooms
It was known as Father's Day
Oh, oh, oh, they don't know

You know we all break down
When no one else is around
Why do we all break down
When no one else is around

There was a business man with sadness on his face
He walked into his house; his wife had cleaned the place
He looked into her eyes and broke down on the floor
He lost his job today, there was no pay, and now 
His family's poor
Oh, oh, oh
A grey haired woman sits beside her dieing man
Inside a hospital where they were holding hands
He told her, "Baby, don't you shed another tear,
I'm going home, today, to heaven 
So now, I must leave you here
Have no fear
God is here
We
All
Break
Down

When will it get better
Don't tell me, 'Never'
It always gets harder
When will it get better


11 The Breakdown

"Revolution"

I don't do it for the bills
I don't do it for the pills
I don't do it for the thrills
I just do it because I fill

Every heart and every mind
Out on the side of every street walk
You can hate me
But it doesn't mean that I'll stop
Tick-tock, watch the clocks
And I'll watch you rocking out
Without doubt and you'll shout

Change me because 
I need faith inside of something
Oh, won't you come an rearrange me
Because I am ready for a revolution
A new solution

Don't you think 
that we need a revolution
Because I sit down 
And I'm frowning at the new shit
Number one hit of the week
Is a weak man
Staring at his platinum-plated 
Jewels on a wrist band
I think that it's time 
For these fools to find 
A new line a new rhyme
About time
We've got a nation to lead
It needs help
We've got patients to see
And they scream

Save me because 
I need faith inside of something
Oh, won't you come and rearrange me
Because I am ready for a revolution
A new solution

Please don't take all my facts 
As an attack on you
And I'm not hating
I'm just pissed about the thought of
Who you used to be
You say you're from the streets
You say you had it hard 
And you are just like me but
All I see is another raping hypocrite
Showing off his shiny shit
And putting me in front of it
So when you get finished 
With your glory and your pride
And there's no where left to hide
And you think of suicide
I hope you think about the kids
You're leaving in the dark
Because when you get done 
With all your fun
I'm going to be the spark

So change me
Because I need faith inside of something
Oh, won't you come a rearrange me
Because I am ready for a revolution
A new solution


12 Revolution

"You Live and You Learn and You Grow"

An young boy looked into the mirror
To search for a man he would one day become
But he couldn't quite picture a man or a mister
And so this mirror he broke

This young boy looked into a picture
Of how he was on the day he was born
He could not believe he was
So pure and naive and so
The little boy's heart was torn

And the times will change
But the wind will always blow
And it might seem strange
But you live and you learn and you grow
Yes, you live and you learn and you grow

An old man looked into a mirror
To search for a boy he had lost long ago
But the face that was reflected 
Was not what he expected
The tears they started to flow
This old man looked into a picture
Of how he was on the decade before
And how he was amazed 
By the world and it's ways
But the world is shutting it's door

You will grow


13 You Live And You Learn And You Grow

All songs by David Collin Ballantyne other than the music for 'Take the Pain Away' which was written by the late, great, Nicholas Sanfelippo. R.I.P. <3

Juliet Nervosa

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