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Lyrics:
Cold room, neon buzzes sick,
Restless pressure under my skin.
I snap the chains of daytime quick —
I tear loose; I break right in.

I spit today’s whole schedule out,
Your rules don’t run me.
My game’s the one that’s on the board,
I roll that dice—I don’t bleed. See?

I just do my own damn thing,
My deal, my will—
I keep it still.
You get the stab, you get the punch,
You’re the one down the stairs in a crunch.
Your misery leaves me chill.
Who cares, bro?
Life’s only one bad play,
One stage act with no soul anyway.

I just do my own damn thing,
My own deal, my own will —
I keep it still.
You get the stab, you get the punch,
You’re the one down the stairs in a crunch.
Your misery leaves me chill.
Who cares, bro?
Life’s only one bad play,
One stage act with no soul anyway.

I look the way I look,
I lock you down with my face.
Another body shoved inside,
No air, no light in that place.

Six weeks under psych review —
they map your head, your rage, your scar.
By then you're catalogued and through,
we all know exactly who - or what - you are.

“Who are we?” Filthy question.
You’re a file. You’re a mark. You’re a case.
Good ideas? I don’t care.
I wipe your name right off this place.

“Who? That one? Who? What? Him?”
Figure it out in your own hell.
I keep rolling how I choose.
I set the rules, I ring the bell.

I just do my own damn thing,
My own deal, my own will —
I keep it still.
You get the stab, you get the punch,
You’re the one down the stairs in a crunch.
Your misery leaves me chill.
Who cares, bro?
Life’s only one bad play,
One stage act with no soul anyway.

I just do my own damn thing,
My own deal, my own will —
I keep it still.
You get the stab, you get the punch,
You’re the one down the stairs in a crunch.
Your misery leaves me chill.
Who cares, bro?
Life’s only one bad play,
One stage act with no soul anyway.

You swing a chair?
Then you get isolate.
One move — you’re in that cell.
Done. No debate.

Trouble? We’ve got tons.
You’re gone. Back in your box.
Not happy? Me neither.
Solve your own shocks.

Lucky I’m not you,
And I’ll never be.
I look you in the eyes and thank the night
That your world ain’t home to me.

Cold air.
Dirty ground.
Everything shakes, no mercy around.
I hold control, I set the tone —
This is my floor, my zone, my throne.

I just do my own damn thing,
My own deal, my own will —
I keep it still.
You get the stab, you get the punch,
You’re the one down the stairs in a crunch.
Your misery leaves me chill.
Who cares, bro?
Life’s only one bad play,
One stage act with no soul anyway.

I just do my own damn thing,
I just do my own damn thing,
My own deal, my own will.
I keep it still.
I keep it still.
I keep it still.

My Floor, My Rules

Lyrics:
No One (8x)

Where stone once kissed the water — once sea, now quiet glass
Four young men stood; three held No One fast
Blood, heart, and flame at the cold shore’s rim — slow red mass
We stood there on the bank. What slips will never last.

The circles widen outward; time won’t keep him small
No One drifts where ground turns hard — we stay human through it all

Breathe like No One — light, unchained from clay
No One… No One slipped where we stayed, almost didn’t go away
Made something out of nothing — blessing turned to sound
Silence out of silence — a dream beneath the ground

Breathe like No One — light, unchained from clay
Almost didn’t go away
Made something out of nothing — blessing turned to sound
Silence of himself — a dream beneath the ground

The mother held the same torch — quiet, aching fire
Her soul burned low and muffled, under muted wire
The father, maker of gentle smoke, with open, empty hand
Spoke up to the stars — begged in vain, and wept along the strand
They were good and honest; gave all there was to give
But none can walk the hallway only No One’s feet can live
Father full of stories; mother fierce, no fear, no pause
Something out of nothing; nothing out of what once was
Yet death still drained No One’s glass — that ancient law

We hold him in our sentences — but time rewrites our tongue
The mist called from the other side — and no one came… not even No One, young

(2x)
Breathe like No One — light, unchained from clay
Almost away
Made something out of nothing — blessing turned to sound
Silence of himself — a dream beneath the ground

No One (8x)
The mist called soft; we only heard the twilight line
No One walked ahead — left all his chains behind
(That hook 2x)

No One taught us dreaming like smoke that falls and climbs
Pulled faces from the fog, cut all our ropes, then left our time
Where we are still building with an empty hand
No One gently cleared what we had planned
Writer on a page of white, with steady, tender will
Pulled outside into inside; poured us mercy, poured us still

Let a man — that’s No One — woven out of wind and thread
Turn his back on shape and crown and rest; walk on instead
Made something out of nothing — bright and fully real
A nothing even gods can’t hold — too wide to seal

Breathe like No One — woven out of wind and thread
Turned from shape and crown and rest; walked on instead
Made something out of nothing — bright and fully real
A nothing even gods can’t hold — too wide to seal

No One (8x)
The mist called soft; we only heard the twilight line (3x)
No One walked ahead — left all his chains behind

(2x)
Breathe like No One — light, unchained from clay
Almost away
Made something out of nothing — blessing turned to sound
Silence of himself — a dream beneath the ground

On your shoulders — hold him there; see where No One parts the tide
Where battle falls to quiet — peace arrives without a blade or pride
No One is mist and flame… a dream that stays
He’s gone — but in us, still his name — no heart that lets it fade

(2x)
Breathe like No One — light, unchained from clay
Almost away
Made something out of nothing — blessing turned to sound
Silence of himself — a dream beneath the ground

Breathe Like No One

Lyrics:
Maisha, leo
Usiku, leo
Uwarmu, leo
Juu yangu, leo
Utupu, leo
Ulimwengu wote, leo
Kuvunjika, leo
Mwanga, leo

Tunapata mpigo, tunabaki watulivu
Pumzi inaingia, moyo unapiga ndani ya roho

Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote

Maisha, leo
Usiku, leo
Uwarmu, leo
Juu yangu, leo
Utupu, leo
Ulimwengu wote, leo
Kuvunjika, leo
Mwanga, leo

Tunasimama hapa, macho mbele
Utupu — na ukamilifu — ndani ya wimbo mmoja

Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote

Leo, dhoruba, leo
Leo, amani, utulivu baada ya dhoruba, leo
Leo, upepo, leo
Leo, moyo wangu, leo
Leo, kilio cha juu, leo
Leo, sauti ya chini, leo
Leo, umoja, leo
Leo, sauti yetu, leo

Leo, moto, leo
Leo, majivu, leo
Leo, bahari, leo
Leo, ardhi, leo
Leo, anga, leo
Leo, ngurumo, leo
Leo, radi, leo
Leo, mwanga, leo

Tulia… vuta pumzi — tutoe yote

Tunalia, tunaimba: pamoja, sasa!
Tunavunja — tunaponya — tunainuka

Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote

YOTE — NA — YOTE — !

Leo, nuru, nuru, nuru

Maisha, leo
Usiku, leo
Uwarmu, leo
Juu yangu, leo
Utupu, leo
Ulimwengu wote, leo
Kuvunjika, leo
Mwanga, leo

Tunapata mpigo, tunabaki watulivu
Pumzi inaingia, moyo unapiga ndani ya roho

Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote

Maisha, leo
Usiku, leo
Uwarmu, leo
Juu yangu, leo
Utupu, leo
Ulimwengu wote, leo
Kuvunjika, leo
Mwanga, leo

Tunasimama hapa, macho mbele
Utupu — na ukamilifu — ndani ya wimbo mmoja

Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote
Yote na yote na yote na yote

Leo, dhoruba, leo
Leo, amani, utulivu baada ya dhoruba, leo
Leo, upepo, leo
Leo, moyo wangu, leo
Leo, kilio cha juu, leo
Leo, sauti ya chini, leo
Leo, umoja, leo
Leo, sauti yetu, leo

Leo, moto, leo
Leo, majivu, leo
Leo, bahari, leo
Leo, ardhi, leo
Leo, anga, leo
Leo, ngurumo, leo
Leo, radi, leo
Leo, mwanga, leo

Tulia… vuta pumzi — tutoe yote

Tunalia, tunaimba: pamoja, sasa!
Tunavunja — tunaponya — tunainuka

Maisha

Lyrics:
Qui a tracé la ligne entre la bête et l’homme ?
Qui a séparé la peine du danger en deux ?

Des camarades jadis traités de « fous » portaient le monde, épaules fatiguées.
Leurs yeux voyaient le feu, leurs pieds marchaient dans le sang.
Ils pleuraient en silence, prêchaient sans voix,

Pourtant, au nom de la vie, restaient humains jusqu’au bout.

Revenez ! Revenez ! — au nom des tombés !
Revenez ! Revenez ! — pour chaque camarade jadis traité de fou !
Nous brisons les chaînes de l’impuissance,
Et nous nous dressons, dignes, devant les esprits de nos ancêtres !

Pour chaque camarade jeté dans les ténèbres,
Pour chaque âme déclarée fardeau indésirable,
Élevant la flamme de la justice, nous avançons.

Nous répondrons avec la voix de nos ancêtres.
Notre sang parle, des cris assoupis s’éveillent
Lorsque nous prononçons ce nom — « Revenez ! »

Même si le monde nous traitait de fous, nous étions des héros,
Soutenant la terre par l’amour et la lutte.
Et maintenant… ils reviennent encore.
Encore… le commencement de la fin s’annonce.

 (x2)
Revenez ! Revenez ! — au nom des tombés !
Revenez ! Revenez ! — pour chaque camarade jadis traité de fou !
Nous brisons les chaînes de l’impuissance,
Et nous nous dressons, dignes, devant les esprits de nos ancêtres !

Revenez… revenez… pour chaque camarade — « Revenez ! »

Au Nom des Tombés

Lyrics:
In us something growls—no plea, just sign;
Dress shoes full of forest sand—ready on the line.
On paths where memory powders down to dust,
Too soon departed; breath turns slow and hushed.
Family, tradition—half-bowed in the rite;
I lift a little pebble—same longing, tight.
My polished soles scrape hard along time’s flint;
We cling to leaves that whisper in the…

Wind over us, wind on the face,
Wind—wind—our hearts grow soft and light.

(2x)
Wind over us, wind on the face;
Wind through this place—our hearts grow soft and light.
Wind over us, wind on the face;
Wind through this place—our hearts grow soft and light.

No grave—only ash that travels, lets go in the wind;
Learn to bear what will not fall—be patient, kind.
Small stones in my palm—mute language, broken band;
We honor without signs—the breathing no-man’s land.
Between the ribs a hollow bell is spanned;
It rings for all we carry like a handful of sand.

[Chorus] (2x)
Wind over us, wind on the face;
Wind through this place—our hearts grow soft and light.
Wind over us, wind on the face;
Wind through this place—our hearts grow soft and light.

She stands—a young widow—still in the square;
Her voice cuts through manners—pain’s the only prayer.
Relics I call pebbles—steam and moss for heat;
Too-early leaving cuts the hand; time ticks in linen sheet.

I weigh the stones—can weight restore his place?
I whisper, “Where’s his grave?”—too hurried a chase.
He sighs, “Only ash—no granite, no stone.”
Our shoulders drop; the silence walks alone.
“Ash,” he repeats—like air above the sea;
I nod, let go, and trace the edge more free.
Names rise like grains; what’s near fits in the hand—
Enough for those who stay to understand.

(2x)
Wind over us, wind on the face;
Wind through this place—our hearts grow soft and light.
Wind over us, wind on the face;
Wind through this place—our hearts grow soft and light.

Hearts Soft and Light

Lyrics:
Hopelessly in love — a tiny, hopeless heap of hope,
I’m going deaf … and yes, it’s you who tipped the slope.
Your fault — at least by half — I whispered “Stop, now choose!”
For months I yelled in silence, losing ground I’d never lose.
You stare so calm, and all I hear is ringing in my head;
I carry all that noise alone, the words we left unsaid.

What is the shape — love’s cornered scrap that doesn’t fit?
An L beneath my chin — too tight to breathe in it.
So close it hurts — or far as any sea;
I want a straight-up answer now — no detour left for me.

No means no — I choose me (2x)
I won’t take less — not anymore, I’m free.
Hopeless in love? A heap of hope — but free.
No means no — I choose me (2x)

Does he give me room to feel and trust what I can feel,
Or leave me drowning while my borders flood and peel?
Not long ago I tried to fit my misses into form,
Called it “wise” and placed it — but no light returned warm.

I stack up pretty reasons, swear they’re “reasonable,” I try —
But here they crack and crumble: no more light, no clear blue sky.

No means no — I choose me (2x)
I won’t take less — not anymore, I’m free.
Hopeless in love? A heap of hope — but free.
No means no — I choose me (2x)

I … choose … now … for … me (2x)
Choose — choose — choose for me.
Clear — clear — clear to see.
No means no — I choose me.
Hopeless in love? I set it free.

Take a stand — my eyes now whisper — looks like he leans her way;
My heart says “yes,” then “no,” then “yes,” then swings in wild delay.
No living faith remains that soul and spirit shine in you;
You do too much for “not with her” — so what of what is true?

False truths dim out — no light, no clarity;
I lay my weight, find center — fall back into me.

No means no — I choose me (2x)
I won’t take less — not anymore, I’m free.
Hopeless in love? A heap of hope — but free.
No means no — I choose me (2x)

Same old shine, same fake daylight;
Reasons pile and call it right.
Two, then three — the mountain grows,
Love-debris in cornered rows.
Hopeless in love — I tremble, small —
A heap of hope against the wall.

No means no — I choose me (2x)
I won’t take less — not anymore, I’m free.
Hopeless in love? A heap of hope — but free.
No means no — I choose me (2x)

Done … Choose … Now … For … Me (2x)
No means no — I choose me.
Choose — choose — choose for me.

No Means No

Lyrics:
Empty days—I softly watch the clock;
Each second velvet-smooth, yet heavy as a rock.
I drift through life with neither aim nor lore;
All flat and colorless—I’m reaching out for more.

With every step the road slips from my feet;
The shadows whisper; I can’t find the light I seek.
Where hides the sense of this forsaken span?
I hunt a compass—yet I cannot find a plan.

Lost within time, I long to be set free,
For one clear answer cutting through my misery.
Perhaps the way lies deep within my chest—
A hidden path where hope is softly pressed.
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Everyone speeds forward on a chosen track;
I stand with questions pressing hard upon my back.
What grants true meaning to this hollow span?
The silence in me beats me where I stand.

“They say joy lives in you alone,” I hear;
Yet my inner voice is fragile, thin and sheer.
That silence swells to sirens, sharp with dread—
Will I escape this want that begs for bread?

Lost within time, I long to be set free,
For one clear answer cutting through my misery.
Perhaps the way lies deep within my chest—
A hidden path where hope is softly pressed.
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Perhaps I’ll find my solace in one tender care—
A whispering of light, miraculous and rare.

Life feels empty now—but not eternally;
Somewhere within, a quiet song awakens me.

Lost Within Time

Lyrics:
No One
No One
No One
No One
No One
No One
No One
No One

Where stone once kissed the water—once sea, now silent glass,
Four young men stood; three held No One fast.
A slow red weight along the edge, a burden built to last;
We watched in hush—what slips away is past.

The circles widen outward; time keeps no one small.
He drifted where the ground turns hard—we stayed human through it all.

Breathe like No One—light, unchained from clay.
No One… No One slid where we stayed—almost away.
Made something out of nothing—blessing into sound,
Silence out of silence—dreaming underground.

No One
No One
No One
No One

The mother bore a torch—a small, aching flame;
The father pled the stars with open, empty hand.
Good, honest hearts—they gave the same,
But only No One knows that hidden land.

The mist called from the farther bank; his chains untied, declined.
He walked ahead and taught the blank to breathe a living line.
A man of wind and thread, turned crown and steel aside—
He made a world from nothing—too bright, too wide.

Breathe like No One—light, unchained from clay.
Almost away—
Made something out of nothing—blessing into sound,
Silence out of silence—dreaming underground.

No One
No One
No One
No One
mist along the line;
He went before us, left his chains behind.
He went before us, left his chains behind.

Mist Along the Line

Lyrics:
I drift, a stranger to these streets beneath the gilded, starry cold,
My phone hums in my right-hand grip, left—an embered cigarette of old.
Smoke rises—pale, imperious—ghosts of yesteryears I spurned and sold;
The night numbs down my trembling heart while I confide in shades I hold.

The stars blink on, unmoved—aloof within their sovereign light;
I long for her embrace that once put out my reckless fire’s bite.
She reads my deepest weaknesses, each wound my careless hands have made;
Each step exhales a sigh of guilt—a grief that will not fade.

The cobbles whisper names of love I lost and cannot now restore;
Each footfall splits old scars again and tears them open as before.
I hear her tender laughter still, I feel the warmth her presence gave;
Now only barren silence reigns—an endless, self-made, living grave.

The stars blink on, unmoved—aloof within their sovereign light;
I long for her embrace that once put out my reckless fire’s bite.
She reads my deepest weaknesses, each wound my careless hands have made;
Each step exhales a sigh of guilt—a grief that will not fade.

Do I keep wandering this road, or finally turn and take a stand?
Dare I face truth—ice and steel—a crooked, cutting, ruthless brand?
Hope shatters into glass and rings against the frozen ground;
The love I squandered hauls me toward the black, devouring underground.

The stars blink on, unmoved—aloof within their sovereign light;
I long for her embrace that once put out my reckless fire’s bite.
She reads my deepest weaknesses, each wound my careless hands have made;
Each step exhales a sigh of guilt—a grief that will not fade.

So I walk on through the night; the stars stay silent, yet they see.
The ember blooms like testimony; smoke writes what remains of me.
If ever she absolves my debt, a newer dawn may lift my path—
Till then I wander, lost inside the shadow of her laugh.

Sovereign Light

Lyrics:
I have to go—you want to stay;
Would you live out our life alone that way?
I’m only a man—no towering schemes;
I walk what comes and trust the seams.
Decades together—life to death;
Be held a moment—I'll steady my breath.
A lie of hope and time is shown;
I brace my back and stand alone.

Three sons—blurred shadows—maybe not mine;
Thirty years beside me, no blood in the line.
Lawyers, cousins—family trees crossed—
Am I just “father,” or only a man lost?

I won’t choose anger; I won’t choose guilt.
I’ll stand in the ash of the home we built.
Time like a rock; love fades to gray—
I have to go; you want to stay.
Don’t take the serpent’s apple today.

I wake to words that weigh like lead;
A signal in my chest: “Leave instead.”
Last year a crack—now the fracture repeats;
“No room,” they murmur down cold streets.
So watch me go—I set my gauge,
Take back my name, step off the stage.
I draw the line—no more delay;
Through the gate—what’s left can’t stray.

Heart at half, yet clear and bright;
I choose what’s honest—I choose the light.

I won’t choose anger; I won’t choose guilt.
I’ll carry the good from the life we built.
Time like a rock; love fades to gray—
I have to go; you want to stay.
Don’t take the serpent’s apple today.

Head low in green, I learn to cope;
Morning returns—one horizon of hope.
East calls softly—my sister’s door;
I count small mercies, wanting no more.
I choose my shoreline, empty hand—
I’ll be myself on quieter land.

Slow breath—count to ten with every stride (2x)
I’ll miss you, miss our song—but I choose my side (2x)

I won’t choose anger; I won’t choose guilt.
I’ll bless what remains of the home we built.
Time like a rock; love fades to gray—
I have to go; you want to stay.

Lost Within Time

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