Welcome Back Welcome back into town. How have you been keeping? It’s been a while since our last meeting. I should admit, it’s not what I’d pictured. Still trying to forget all that stuff they teach you? Don’t want to get caught out there. I have seen some break asunder --- there’s trouble in the air tonight --- don’t you heed the thunder? No, you probably wouldn’t --- you don’t know what it means. All I see is a stranger staring back at me. Welcome back into town. How did the world treat you? It’s been a while. Who do you still speak to? I should admit, I couldn’t have left here, Still trying to forget that I stay due to my fear. Don’t want to get caught out there. I have seen some break asunder --- there’s trouble in the air tonight --- don’t you heed the thunder? No you probably wouldn’t --- you don’t know what it means. All I see is a stranger staring back at me. I’ve wandered streets and I walked alone But all the roads they lead me back round here --- This is where I call my home I’d love to stay and talk all night But something here just isn’t right --- You are not the guy I used to know. Don’t want to get caught out there. I have seen some break asunder --- there’s trouble in the air tonight --- don’t you heed the thunder? No you probably wouldn’t --- you don’t know what it means All I see is a stranger standing in front of me.

John Dee Reveal unto me the secrets of this universe God-fearing black magician stained by history Seer gaze for me, conjure up mine angels God-fearing black magician unto who the demons speak The serpent, the subtlest and mankind the frailest of beasts of the fields at the dawn And falling from grace took the wind from the sails and lost us the language of God Try my hand at alchemy, but wealth is far too earthly God-fearing black magician stained by history The ultimate goal of a man who’d risk his soul to know all there is to know scares me so Beyond our mortal realm; was it heaven, was it hell? I don’t think that Dee could tell but he cast his fears aside --- and climbed to dizzy heights

Take Me Away Take me away, I’m sick of it all again --- some place I don’t have to pay although you are so beautiful, all made of silk I wish I were of that ilk. But I’m blinded by irrelevance and the scenes I’ve seen today --- come and take me away ‘cos I am through with talking, see this fire in my eyes oh, what it is to be alive. Now if I threw myself in the Ægean Sea do you think they’d name it after me? I don’t think so. Now if I threw myself in the Ægean Sea do you think they’d name it after me? No, I don’t think so. I tore it up and broke it down, I choked on all my pride --- fall into your arms again tonight. don’t forsake my good side, you know I’m really all right --- keep that safe within your mind. Now I’m looking for a miracle and the clues to this crime --- I think I’m searching all the time and autumn is falling, but I see you’re still in bloom --- take me away I need out soon. Now if I threw myself in the Ægean Sea do you think they’d name it after me? I don’t think so. And if I threw myself in the Ægean Sea do you think they’d name it after me? No, I don’t think so. I don’t think so.

CHILLBLIND Part I Time is passing quickly --- time is racing by without a sound And pretty soon I know it, another year will have spun round but I’m not feeling quite so bitter --- no urge to break this mirror maybe black will come white and I won’t be so deaf and dumb and I won’t be Chillblind I awoke late one Sunday --- and I had been reborn that day Into your smile, my past lives went fading and I could love again I’m not feeling quite so bitter --- no urge to break this mirror maybe black will come white and I won’t be so deaf and dumb and I won’t be Chillblind Part II Mysteries locked in memory are fading away fast --- knowledge and images held captive in the past. Time, the careless jailer lost the key or changed the locks and waltzing down the corridor, he worries not about the cost. Part III The Spangled Pandemonium is missing from the zoo --- I am young and should not fear and neither should you not a word I heard can I relate --- (I’ve never been to Spain) pretty pink I chose for you to greet you off the train. Passion & Patience; the children of Mammon (Snow White/Rose Red) drank fire with the king of the blues and the glorious dead. A river of burning consciousness in the valley of my mind sending out shivers of fire into the cold and empty night. Sink a look my eyes --- they’ll tell you so many goddamn lies! Sink a look my eyes --- they’ll tell you that there’s no reprise! IT’S TRUE Reprise Oh curse your tireless Father --- he will never understand In the gardens of renewal I am exiled --- who am I in this land? well I’m not feeling quite so bitter --- no urge to break this mirror maybe black will come out white and I won’t be so deaf and dumb and I won’t be Chillblind Oh, please don’t leave me again that way --- Please don’t leave me again that way --- I will bide my time I will bite my tongue --- BITE MY TONGUE.

Me And The Others Weather takes a turn to greet the waking world --- winds whisper 'Good Morning', all icy breath and water falling. Catch the early train, fan the inner-city flames --- ‘Conomy beast is turning it's the lifestyle you are earning. So you’re gonna wanna sell your suit and tie --- today is the day So there’s something wrong in your life? --- the city’s a-rage! Scolded by the inner-city flames. I suppose everyone is the same But my head is on fire. My head is on fire. You can't stop what falls you of the high-rise world all you have and you're so alone maybe tonight you won't commute back home. So you’re gonna wanna sell your suit and tie --- today is the day So there’s something wrong in your life? --- the city’s a-rage! Scolded by the inner-city flames. I suppose everyone is the same But my head is on fire. My head is on fire. So you’re gonna wanna sell your suit and tie --- today is the day So there’s something wrong in your life? --- the city’s a-rage! Scolded by the inner-city flames. I suppose everyone is the same But my head is on fire. My head is on fire. The phone ringing all the time --- The boss wants more of my life --- I am only twenty-five.

Upheaval Song Upheaval never was my friend --- Especially when it’s forced into my head I’ll dig my heels in so hard, I used to think I was smart Then the rains came and swept my house away Lapping around my hearth they dowse my flames No upheaval never was my friend --- Especially when it’s pushed into my head The times I’ve resisted with all my strength, Probably left me poorer in the end It seems rain will always fall upon a happy home That just seems to be the way it goes But still, upheaval never was my friend --- Never ever, ever, ever been a friend.

The Only Static Thing In The Universe We circle high above the battlefields --- there’s tumult down below. Amid the fires and fallen friends, I can only pray for snow --- Cover up the dead and hide the words that were never heard, For those that were once children have wandered into the world Never to be seen again by those who might have cared. It’s all such a long low time ago --- you were not there. I am just a keeper of memories and times --- Boxes, photographs and things that never see sunshine. Thinking of what might have been only makes things worse --- I feel like the only static thing in the universe, Never to be free again if its true what’s been said --- Youth passed away one day but was never laid to rest.

Stories From The Past Lying in the dark you turn on your mind --- and all the dreams you’ve known, is crucified You see the light it flies beyond the stars --- it’s far away from here --- so far away Standing alone I can see your face Everything I loved has been washed away and now I look for another place. Everything I fought for and all I believed in --- why weren’t you there when I needed you the most? Lying in the dark you turn on your mind --- and ghosts tell stories about love and pride The whispers tear your heart but here is now --- if she’s the one she’s breaking, so what’s the point? Standing alone I can see your face Time is drifting away Everything I loved has been washed away and now I look for another place. Everything I fought for and all I believed in --- why weren’t you there when I needed you --- Everything I loved has been washed away and now I look for another place. Everything I fought for and all I believed in --- why weren’t you there when I needed you the most?

Life Is.... Life is a bitch. And if I’m lucky I might marry one. Maybe. Could you give me my poor heart back? It’s Saturday night again Where were all my feelings spent. Lately. I know it’s been some seven months. Believe me I am doing OK --- I’m just trying to leave this lovelorn place. Trust me I am sailing again --- and I can still bring a smile to my face. Life is a bitch. Yeah, well this could be my year. Maybe. Could you give me my poor heart back? It’s Saturday night again. Where does all the time go? Lately. Oh, I know it’s been some seven months. Believe me I am doing OK --- I’m just trying to leave this lovelorn place. Trust me I am, I’m sailing again --- and I can still bring a smile to my face. Oh I am like a list of broken records --- I’m spinning in the dark --- I sound like a pitiful symphony. Once the discord loses its bark --- It’s cacophony, I’ll settle down and get sleep, maybe…. Believe me I am doing OK --- I’m just trying to leave this lovelorn place. Trust me I am, I’m sailing again --- and I can still bring a smile to my face. Life is… Life is… maybe

Saving Grace Well I told a friend today --- Some truths that shouldn’t have got out --- limp along in a broken state. What seemed correct by evening will be tomorrow’s harm. Disaster strikes when I’ve been drinking --- disaster follows me home. But I work hard on the basis of denial --- Such a saving grace when honesty’s out of style. My best friend’s gone AWOL --- don’t make them casualties of your war. The safety is off now --- help the wounded up off the floor. WAR…. Hey, hey, hey…. I’m running off again. This is my home. It burns, it burns, burn my heart through the winter. Oh-no-no-no. Oh-no-no-no. A broken symphony --- Is my legacy and grave --- sing up loud to stake your claim. What seemed correct by evening will be tomorrow’s shame. Disaster strikes! Well I’ve been thinking --- disaster follows me home. And I hope that we can do this --- Could be a saving grace or the best thing we ever missed. My best friend’s gone AWOL --- don’t make them casualties of your war. The safety is off now --- help the wounded up off the floor. WAR…. Hey, hey, hey…. I’m running off again. This is my home. It burns, it burns, burn my heart through the winter. Oh-no-no-no. Oh-no-no-no.

Wolves At Bay My corporate peers circle me in the shadows and I glimpse only their eyes. They wait for me to fall and will push where they can. They are hungry. I can see something on the horizon --- it's been long neglected since I've been away and I can't believe your new-found doubt for me I've offered my best to keep wolves at bay Was it something I said? 'Cos that was a look and a half... (you won’t even know) Why do I feel like I’m walking wounded in the dark? (you won’t ever know) Oh I don’t know. I heard something at our last meeting whispers negative, the smouldering of hate come business warrior --- here to usurp me I’ll offer my best for the saving of face Was it something I said? 'Cos that was a look and a half... (you won’t even know) Why do I feel like I’m walking wounded in the dark? (you won’t ever know) Oh I don’t know. They wait for me to fall They wait for me to fall --- I’ll curse them all! I can see something on the horizon --- it's been long neglected since I've been away and I can't believe your new-found doubt for me I've offered my best to keep wolves at bay Was it something I said? 'Cos that was a look and a half... (you won’t even know) Why do I feel like I’m walking wounded in the dark? (you won’t ever know) Oh I don’t know.