Lyrics
The Journey
A Dark and Dangerous Rhythm
Light My Darkness
All words by John Bowman © 2000
LIGHT MY DARKNESS
Something is happening I can't explain
The same old feeling back again
Like a dream that you've had before
Déjà vu you can't ignore
Uneasy feeling while I'm awake
Like being laughed at for all my mistakes
Still I follow, shine like a star
Light in my darkness wherever you are
Light in my darkness wherever you are
Light in my darkness wherever you are
Something is happening I can't be sure
This insecurity fills me more
Plagued by night and plagued by day
A feeling of dread that won't go away
It touches, it scratches, it gnaws and it bites
Deep into my soul I'm tormented at night
Like raining black ash, like losing control
Like having no peace within my soul
Still I follow, shine like a star
Light in my darkness wherever you are
Light in my darkness wherever you are
Light in my darkness wherever you are
Can you hear me, can you feel me
Could you want me for yourself
Can you help me, could you love me
Could you save me from myself
Can you forgive me, can you protect me
Could you trust me with someone else
Do you ever have these doubts
Can you hold me, would you control me
Could you ever set me free
Could you reject me, would you destroy me
Would you rip and tear me apart
Do you ever have these doubts
Do you ever, do you ever doubt yourself
Could you ever, ever be with someone else
Do you ever, do you ever doubt yourself
Do you doubt yourself
Do you doubt yourself
Do you doubt yourself
DARK NATURE DARK CITY
They build the village walls so high
And the city grows along with greed and all it sows
The need to have it all
And the golden diamonds shine on the city walls
The only price is time
I saw their eyes shine so bright
The glittered wealth reflecting light
As darkness fell across the land
And sunlight dwellers step aside
As shadow crawlers prepare to fly
It's nature's way to let us know the let us go
Time never waits
Hold back the tide with slatted gates
Time never waits
Hold back the tide with slatted gates
I fly tonight above the streets
And the city lights go by
Giving way to time they shine so bright
A promise of delight behind the mask
The darkness hides and waits to stab and tear
At anything that dares to venture forth
The city doesn't care it's got no heart
It's cold and bare, the coldness seeps
Into the bones of all the souls that dream
Then wait alone who live and breathe
Sleep and die within the city walls
Time passes by
And I fly tonight above the streets and the city lights
Time passes by
NEED TO HIDE
She's got this feeling deep inside
Intuition mixed with foolish pride
A stolen secret sees the light of day
As jealous friends turn their backs away
Do you feel it, do you feel the need to hide?
And the friends she once hid behind
Smiling, laughing quickly step aside
I can feel it, I can feel the need to hide
And the path was littered with broken dreams
Eyes closed but still I heard the screams
Golden beaches littered with broken dreams
Broken dreams, broken dreams, broken dreams
Don't we all need a place to hide
I've been there and seen it from both sides
What was it that you were hiding from?
Bad dreams or something I did wrong?
I can feel it, I can feel the need to hide
Somewhere alone, somewhere to cry
Do you feel, feel the need to hide?
I can feel it, I can feel the need to hide
And my life is littered with broken dreams
Eyes closed but still I heard the screams
Golden beaches littered with broken dreams
Broken dreams, broken dreams, broken dreams
DON'T WALK AWAY (INSIDE/OUTSIDE)
There's ghosts in my head but not in my heart
And pain at the end but not at the start
Like a star that shines brightly ends like a spark
You light up my darkness, I stand in the dark
I search for the answer but the question comes last
Changing the methods but the die is still cast
I act like I care but I get no reward
The Oscars are plastic and the judges are bored
The judges are bored
Don't walk away, don't walk away and leave me
Inside this space, outside this space within me
Don't walk away, don't walk away and leave me
Inside this space, outside this space believe me
If I drink enough I get sober again
It eases my sorrow and lessens my pain
I shout at the deaf as the blind watch the scene
And the NFIs are taught to be keen
I start at the end, you leave me for dead
What is this imbalance I feel in my head
Feel in my head
Don't walk away, don't walk away…..
Inside this space, outside this space
Don't walk away, walk away
I CAN'T HELP IT
School was bad but look at this
Beam me up, don't take the piss
You may laugh, it makes me cry
Twenty more, don't ask me why
The bottom line
Recreation, we're killing time
I can't help it, just can't help it
If you need sympathy
I can't help it, just can't help it
What do you want from me?
Stare into space in a daze
Interest low, need more pay
Cigarette burns, people sway
Apathy rules through a drunken haze
Feeling bad I have to say
Life's a bitch but I'm okay
I can't help it…..
Running from the rain
Friday night will ease the pain
Easy come and easy go
Be prepared to let life flow
And work it out
Think you're right but you have your doubts
I can't help it….
Running I stumble into the rain
Friday night will ease the pain
Apathy rules through a drunken haze
Feeling bad I have to say
Think you're right but you've got your doubts
Think you're right but you've got your doubts
Got your doubts
THE STORM
There's anger in the silence
As the chimes begin to warn
The climate here is changing
It's the calm before the storm
Look to the horizon further past the sky
Darkest clouds ever seen to the naked eye
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, I need your love to keep me warm
There's anger in her silence
I've seen it in her eyes
Used to be the deepest blue
Now black just like the sky
There's a storm on the way, time to run and hide
But there's nowhere left to go, the storm is on the rise
Give me shelter….
Skeletons of broken dreams
Lie where storms have passed
Scattered on the landscape
To remind us of the past
There's no power that can tame me
But kneel before my lord
I look through eyes of steel
I stand before the storm
Give me shelter….
