The Ballad of Old Scratch

The streetlights flickered
When he walked underneath,
A three-quarter moon
Shining in his teeth.
He was looking for John,
found him drunk on the lawn,
Singing bout how his whole his life gone wrong.
He said "Hey John you could wager and win.
just pick a card, you'll live all over again.
But if you guess wrong you'll be singing a song
Forever and a day upon my front lawn."

A man and his dog
Walking through the fog
tapping on the tracks with his cane all along.
He said "goddam how I wish I could see!"
Well the dog started howling and then there were three.
A man in black pulled a card from the stack.
He threw it on the ground and asked "red or black?"
"Guess accurately and I swear you will see
But if you guess wrong you'll be seeing lots of me."

I met a man in a downtown bar with
Hands full of scars and a gambler's heart.
He built the levees down in New Orleans, 
working for a man named Mephistopheles.
He said hey Josh my soul's been lost
But I'll win it back now whatever the cost
Before it's too late I'll tell it to you straight, 
and you better listen to every word I say.

He said:

(Chorus)

Roll don't you roll
with dice made of bones
Don't play your hand when your hand is known
Don't split the nines on a moonless night
Don't wager with a stranger
When the stars are aligned
Whatever may you do
Don't gamble with the man tonight

The Ballad of Old Scratch

Walking on tiptoes, like it was down to this, like it was the end of it
Tiny footsteps walking on a dead mans' grave, trying to find the death of it
Like a leper standing in the midst out there, standing like an answered prayer
Call the heavens, trying to step aside from fate, forced the mind to guess too late

Told it like it is until now, I stand by myself
Because it's a world stood still for the likes of me
All I need is this time while I'm catching a prayer
All is in place that is left

Weight of expectation is dragging you down
So wake up and breath the air, wake up and breath the air
Weight of expectation is dragging you down
So wake up and breath the air, wake up and breath the air

Sleeping on pillows, weighed down by conscience, fate
I hide behind bipolar ways
Find the answers in a memory mosaic
Disengage, participate

Told it like it is until now, I stand by myself
Because it's a world stood still for the likes of me
All I need is this time while I'm catching a prayer
All is in place that is left

Weight of expectation is dragging you down
So wake up and breath the air, wake up and breath the air
Weight of expectation is dragging you down
So wake up and breath the air, wake up and breath the air

Vocals/ Guitars/ Bass/ Drums: Glenn Fernando


Intakes of Sanity

Bipolar Mosaic

IN THE GLOW / Macromemory
Lyrics:

In the glow (x 4)

Something after midnight
In the atmosphere
I can feel you
Like you're standing here

All the things you told me
Live in me like ghosts
Of all the words I've heard spoken
Yours haunt me the most

In the glow (I see you)
In the glow (I feel you)
In the glow (I breathe you)
In the glow (I leave you, in the glow)

Going through the motions
Muscle memory
Heavy isolation
Weighing down on me

Walking away slowly (Walking away from you)
Salt in all my wounds (Salt in all my wounds from you)
Time still hasn't taught me
Just how to live without you

In the glow (I see you)
In the glow (I feel you)
In the glow (I breathe you)
In the glow (I leave you, in the glow)

(2nd verse / Michelle Madison)

In The Glow

On average, two women a week in England are killed by current or former partners. I was a lucky one, I survived. I wasn’t a statistic. 
www.refuge.org.uk
https://stephsweet.bandcamp.com/track/longest-night

Longest Night
Written, peformed&recorded by Steph Sweet in England 2014

The sun never rises above the trees at this time of year
And I know that you’re hoping for snow.
To cover all the traces of where I used to go.
I dreamt of you last night
And what will I do now?
Frozen winds crack winter branches,
Sounds like dogs running through the leaves.
Then it all goes glittery and silent,
As if someone had thought of me.
I dreamt of you last night
And what will I do now?
I was always too fond of roaming alone,
Until you caught me.
And now I’m never sure, 
Always wondering who’s haunting who?
Until I see you look right through me.
On this longest of nights
On this longest of nights
The leaves, they cover me
The snow begins to fall.
First you punch my face
I cannot help but fall
You stamp on my hand
I can’t get up off the floor
Three times you punch my face
Can’t get up at all
You stamp on my hand
You say, now play that guitar
First you break my face
I cannot help but fall
The leaves, they cover me 
The snow begins to fall
The snow begins to fall
The snow begins to fall

Longest Night

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As Far As Ziskos (1976)

I Won a Medal

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Missionary Fades is my solo project influenced by mainly 90's grunge and post grunge. All songs were performed and produced by me, recorded on Logic Pro from home. 

My music explores themes of the bipolar condition, despair, insecurity, falling, positive energy, growth, recovery and rebirth. The name "Missionary Fades" is about keeping faith in the face of turmoil. My main influences are Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Queens of the Stone Age, Living Colour and Skunk Anansie. 

My Album “Intakes of Sanity” is currently available on Spotify, iTunes and Amazon.

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/54nwby0SImWJjVxAB8W5PY

iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/missionary-fades/id945352833

Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Intakes-Sanity-Missionary-Fades/dp/B07S39W9MP/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Missionary+Fades&qid=1560526699&s=gateway&sr=8-4

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MissionaryFades

Below are some links to other bands I have been in. I was a rhythm guitarist for ATUM and bass player for Nine Dragons.

Thanks for stopping by!
Glenn