As he peers into the firmament,
a scholar with a quill pen
traces over random points of light,
sketching constellations –
Signs to guide us through the dark
And in that mute, inhuman void
he somehow sees Orion

As we peer into the human heart
to catalog its contents,
From the chaos strewn about within,
we construct transcendent concepts –
“Constellations of the heart”
We instill them with significance
then cast our hopes upon them

Romance and Eros, Friendship and Love
Are as real as the constellations above
When no human eyes remain to gaze up in awe,
There will be no constellations, only stars

We were never Lovers, we were more than Friends
No title did us justice
It was not quite Romance, but no less than Love
I still can’t quantify it
No one word could capture us
So I felt our bond was far more meaningful
than if I’d simply been your boyfriend

Romance and Eros, Friendship and Love
Are as real as the constellations above
When no human minds remain to connect the dots,
There will be no constellations,
Only nameless stars, strewn about at random
So remote from our earthbound cares
Now, I fear that I’ve lived too long –
Too self-aware to truly fall in love,
Unable to suspend my disbelief

Ursa Major roams the nighttime sky,
“timeless” and “transcendent”
But the same stars, in another time and place,
were known as Seven Wise Men
In another still, they were a Funeral –
three mourners following a coffin

Romance and Eros, Friendship and Love
Are real, like the constellations above
When no human minds remain to connect the dots,
There will be no constellations, only stars

FICTITIOUS

VERSE 1

I had misgivings
You vowed to break me

So why then, now that I'm all yours,
have you left me stricken and ignored?

You feared rejection
But now it's you who've turned me down

CHORUS

You were the predator
And I was your helpless prey
I wanted you to catch me
You let me get away

VERSE 2

Too old for romance
You were my last chance

The spark you incited
blossomed into flames
When the heat rose, you left me
to perish in the blaze

CHORUS B

You were the predator
And I was your helpless prey
You finally had me cornered
How could you let me escape?

BRIDGE

Don't trust in Fate
Nothing is “meant to be”
And no single person is your “one true love”
So let's seize this while we can

CHORUS C

You were the predator
And I was your helpless prey
I longed for you to catch me
How could you let me escape?

CODA

I need to know your “no” means no
Don't leave me with a single hope
No spark that could someday, somehow
Rekindle what we now snuff out

Cremate this corpse so it won't rise
Our love can never be revived
No wine-stained teeth or scotch-soaked sheets
Just promises we could not keep

No Means Yes

As he peers into the firmament,
a scholar with a quill pen
traces over random points of light,
sketching constellations –
Signs to guide us through the dark
And in that mute, inhuman void
he somehow sees Orion

As we peer into the human heart
to catalog its contents,
From the chaos strewn about within,
we construct transcendent concepts –
“Constellations of the heart”
We instill them with significance
then cast our hopes upon them

Romance and Eros, Friendship and Love
Are as real as the constellations above
When no human eyes remain to gaze up in awe,
There will be no constellations, only stars

We were never Lovers, we were more than Friends
No title did us justice
It was not quite Romance, but no less than Love
I still can’t quantify it
No one word could capture us
So I felt our bond was far more meaningful
than if I’d simply been your boyfriend

Romance and Eros, Friendship and Love
Are as real as the constellations above
When no human minds remain to connect the dots,
There will be no constellations,
Only nameless stars, strewn about at random
So remote from our earthbound cares
Now, I fear that I’ve lived too long –
Too self-aware to truly fall in love,
Unable to suspend my disbelief

Ursa Major roams the nighttime sky,
“timeless” and “transcendent”
But the same stars, in another time and place,
were known as Seven Wise Men
In another still, they were a Funeral –
three mourners following a coffin

Romance and Eros, Friendship and Love
Are real, like the constellations above
When no human minds remain to connect the dots,
There will be no constellations, only stars

FICTITIOUS (radio edit)

My heart was laid bare,
My true feelings unveiled
They affirmed what you already knew

The sting of my oath,
Her knife at my throat
It’s clear there’s no room left for you

Turns out I haven’t really changed that much after all this time

You breathed not a word
As your eyes filled with tears
Why didn’t I look away?

The glow left your face
As you looked in my eyes
And they told you what my words could not say

To think she hasn’t really changed that much after all this time

What calamitous chains
What cruel fetters of fate
Bound all three of us here
At the same time and place
In the same heavy shadow
To be crushed by its weight
As my shallow “love” for you evaporates

As our fragile bond disintegrates

Another Yesterday

VERSE 1

Don’t you dare say you love me
Right on cue, you lied again —
Telling him you didn’t kiss me
The blue lipstick smeared on my mouth says you did

CHORUS

If you love me as much as you claim,
Then stop stalling and take me today
If we both want this, what’s left to say?
Go in for the kill now or just go away

VERSE 2

Don’t forget – it’s you who told him
you would cut all ties with me
So don’t you dare say you miss me
Or act like you’re sad that we no longer speak

CHORUS B

If you love me as much as you claim,
Then stop stalling and take me today
I thought you hated causing me pain
Go in for the kill now or just go away

BRIDGE

I can’t bear to see your smile
reflected in anyone’s eyes but my own

::REPEAT CHORUS AND CHORUS B::

FINALE

Go, never forgetting
this was your choice, you could have had me
But I suspect I’d be naïve
to think that you will lose sleep over me

Always live cursed with the knowledge
that you could have had me if you wanted
But you’re still with him, so I’d be naïve
to think that you will lose sleep over me
I doubt you’ll even see me in your dreams
I gave you every opportunity

Don't You Dare Say You Love Me

VERSE 1

You hated him for hurting me, but now look what you’ve done
Or did I expect too much from someone so broken?

Make no mistake – I loved your scars and hope you find healing
But why should your illness be a license to hurt me?

CHORUS

Bloodstained kiss
Break the skin
You were everything I never knew I wanted
Now I’m left pleading with your ghost
More than anyone, you would always love me
Swore you’d never let anyone else have me
Now it’s you who have hurt me most

VERSE 2

The very traits I should beware are those that attract me
I cherish each lie you told to get closer to me

A phantom, a specter
You slip through my fingers
You taught me the pleasures
Of love with real danger

CHORUS B

Bloodstained kiss
Break the skin
You were everything I never knew I wanted
Now I’m left pleading with your ghost
More than anyone, you would always love me
And if I refused, you would still pursue me
Now it’s you who have hurt me most

BRIDGE

There is no fault in finding love with more than one person
But I could not bring myself to flirt with deception

CHORUS C

Bloodstained kiss
Break the skin
You were everything I never knew I wanted
I’m still here, pleading with your ghost
More than anyone, you would always love me
Swore you’d never let anyone else have me
Now it’s you who have hurt me most

You were everything I never knew I wanted
You did all the things I never knew I wanted
Now it’s you who have hurt me most

What's Love Without Danger?

I plunge into a crowded scene, chasing the horizon
My deepest thoughts are but a drop diffusing in this ocean
Forsaken by the Muses on the day I finally realized
The masterpiece we write today will be tomorrow’s b-side

Like stars that glare at me from far away
These songs are but a vacant afterglow
Although the light is just now reaching Earth,
The stars themselves burned out so long ago

I still recall – this song could make tears well up in my eyes
But since then, I fear I’ve heard these chords far too many times
I lost my faith in music on the day I finally realized
No song can ever make me feel the way it did the first time

Like stars that glare at me from far away
These songs are but a vacant afterglow
They took so long to finally reach your ears,
My passion for them died out long ago

I want to hear music for the first time again
I need to feel music like the first time again

ZERO TALENT

What's Love Without Danger? (radio edit)

Shades of Red (Black Licorice)

Live from the Deep Web

"...inspired by the theatrics of J-rock, the melancholic nostalgia of Visual Kei, and the soundtrack accompanying the most stirring scene from your favorite anime."

S.S. HANAMI