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{ words & music by Simon Spire }

The world has started to shine

Or has it only begun?

Or has it finally died?

Something’s changed – it’s gone

Goodbye to all that I loved

Arm’s length is not enough

I’ll sell my shadow and all

My soul exchanging something whole

I’d take all that

I’ve dreamed and then I’d

Give it up, give it all up and

Die just one more time

Until it’s real until I see

Through Faustus’s eyes and

Every color fades to black and white it’s gloom

Nothing’s real anymore to me but you

And I can tell it’s all or nothing

I see now it’s all or nothing

Bury me I choose – all I want is you

I would build the world just like new

And then I’d drop it at once

And leave it all for you

I can’t stop till I see

Everything I thought was me

Alone and dead on the floor

There’s nothing more for me

Prechorus

Chorus

That’s why

I’m taking it all away I’ll say

Goodbye, I’m leaving it all if I could

Stare a little more at the sun I’m done

Move a little closer till it’s gone and then

I’d take my life and name and burn it all – gone – it’s all the same

Nothing can give me what I want

Nothing can give me what I want

Chorus

Simon – vocals, guitars

Ralf Illenberger – additional guitar

Eddy Barattini – drums

Troy Perkins – bass

Eric Miller – background vocals

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

Everywhere I look I see a memory of us

Everywhere I go I hear a laugh

It makes me smile to think it could be you

Then I realize I’m losing any clue I ever had over you

Every time I’m out I hope I’ll come across you

At the perfect time

And then I’d tell you how I’ve thought about you every day

And every word I heard you say

Replaying in my mind hoping I’d find

You, you, you, your smile is all I see

A distant memory of

You, you, you, I’m laughing with you too

While people wonder why

I never knew I’d need you quite like this

I wonder, will I ever have the chance to tell you

Face to face

Now it seems we’re living worlds apart

Every time I see your photo I’m transported to a fantasy

Which makes me think have I created my own Cinderella?

Escaping life – I’m tragic

Well I pray that all my hope is not betrayed

Chorus

I’m waiting for a fantasy, avoiding my reality

I’m staring at the mirror asking

What it is I’ve tried escaping

All this time obsessing something new

Well I’ve tried to work out what I have to do

But every time it keeps on coming back to you

Chorus

Simon – vocals, guitars

Ralf Illenberger – additional guitar, keyboards

Eddy Barattini – drums, percussion

Troy Perkins – bass

I’ve seen this place sometime before

It looks distant now to view it from a different angle

My life keeps flashing before my eyes

A panoramic view of who I’ve been

Where did it go I saw

A part of me I used to know

Where did it go now it’s over just

As foggy as a dream, once more

It died in the night now it’s gone at dawn

Gone at dawn

I’m sure I caught a glimpse of colors lost to me

As I search my memory for who I used to be

And then I said that I’ll put my life on hold

Return, I’m changed, the new and the old meet

Chorus

I caught a glimpse of who I used to be

Now it’s gone at dawn

I see that someone right in front of me

Now it’s gone at dawn

And I saw my childhood home in another world

And I’ve lost all that I used to be now I see

Well I’m sure I’ve seen this place one day sometime before

When I used to feel my feet were swept from under me

I felt it could go either way

I changed more than I ever thought possible

Chorus

Simon – vocals, guitars

Ralf Illenberger – strings

Eddy Barattini – drums

Troy Perkins – bass

Zirque Bonner – strings

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

I watched it crush all that I was

I watched it chip away until it seemed

I saw a speck of who I used to be

And only a thread remained

With no possible escape

Sweet release – it burns

Tearing away till it doesn’t hurt

I see emperors’ clothes, it all implodes

And I watch that bubble burst in a perfect ending

One last breath and then

I let it burn, sweet release

I watched it all drain empty

I watched the sky fall down

And what was empty filled with silence

A picture of clarity

Signed: your friend, Catastrophe

Chorus

I buried my despair in hope but then I

Finally melted them both when I

Came to see reality and

Everything is purity – it’s all that it can be

Chorus

Simon – vocals, guitars

Ralf Illenberger – strings, keyboard

Eddy Barattini – drums, percussion

Troy Perkins – bass

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

Plan another face

Wait until it’s safe

Build a story and I’ll stay out of sight

Hour later on

Take another page

Into the night

Forget the words they’re sinking in gravity

We can’t wait forever until the end

No more words ’cause it’s now or it’s never then

Blink and it’s gone

I’m counting numbers till I’m ready to walk outside

It’s never safe until you know and you know it well

If I could see then I’d be with you wouldn’t I

And if my eyes were open then I’d leave it all now

Forget the words they’re sinking in gravity

We can’t wait forever until the end

No more words ’cause it’s now or it’s never then

Blink and it’s gone

And the time is never right for a taste of life, no, it flies

So no more waiting for permission to shine

I’ll take the map and the plan and drop them out of my hands so

What am I waiting for? I’m looking everywhere but at the open door

Forget the words they’re sinking in gravity

We can’t wait forever until the end

No more words ’cause it’s now or it’s never then

Blink and it’s gone

And it’s all

In the blink of an eye

Just an eighty-year life

But can we sit with the scars revealed under the light?

And I’ll tell all my secrets

But please don’t fade into the background

Keep it all plainly in sight

Don’t say a word oh no don’t

Don’t say a word – I won’t

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

I fell into

The deep blue sea that’s drowning all of me

No turning back

Fell, I drowned, I felt for

All this time I’ve been wondering

What it is I’m missing

All this time to find what’s

Right before my eyes

I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time

I’m feeling I’m alive, feel a little life on the inside

Forget before

Nothing’s heavy anymore I

Left it all in deserts where I’ve been for

All this time I’ve been wondering

What it is I’m missing

All this time to find what’s

Right before my eyes

I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time

I’m feeling I’m alive, feel a little life on the inside

I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time

I’ve waited all this time just to feel a little life on the inside

Standing on the edge at last I’m

Breathing just for the first time

Been waiting here for

All this time I’ve been

Futilely looking for the next stop

All this time to find what’s

Right before my eyes

What am I to think now

Everything I knew but wasn’t real is

Here at last, dumbstruck, it’s all here waiting

Unassumingly

I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time

I’m feeling I’m alive, feel a little life on the inside

I’m breathing, I’m alive for the first time now in a long time

I’ve waited all this time just to feel a little life on the inside

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Every day a new me waits

And with it comes a whole new place

I’m not sure I want to see

I drag my feet until I find

The mask of yesterday has died

Melting in creation’s memory

And every end turns out to be

The start of something I’m not ready to see

I keep trying and dying daily

To a view that’s a new side of me

I’m always flying blind

Leaving myself behind

Today is all I am

Everything I’ve ever been

Was just a breath of air it seems

Dissipates

And every end turns out to be

The start of something I’m not ready to see

I keep trying and dying daily

To a view that’s a new side of me

A week from today I’ll be a faded memory

Romanticized good old days like bottled milk and J.F.K.

My end is near, dreams of tomorrow obsolete

And when I wake I’m off again

As someone I have never been

I keep trying and dying daily

To a view that’s a new side of me

Parts of me I can see die daily

As I watch from the space in between

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There’s nothing left on this bumpy ride

Maybe the straight and narrow is proven right

‘Cause everything I’ve been hunting down’s

Just a shadow on empty ground

Like a fly on the window I

Cannot get to the other side just when I

Think I’m reaching the mountain top I look back down

See the start – it’s a long way off

And I say Yes

More or less I’ve got nothing left

I tried every time for a finishing prize

Instead, more or less, there’s nothing I have left

But I stumble and fall on the starting line

All I wanted was in my hands

Falling perfectly into plan

And all I wanted has slipped away

Looking more distant everyday

Like I’m flying into the wind

I haven’t left where I started and it seems that

You could say that I had it made and then I

Took a risk and I threw it all away

I’d say Yes

More or less I’ve got nothing left

I tried every time for a finishing prize

Instead, more or less, there’s nothing I have left

But I stumble and fall on the starting line

I trip and fall on the starting line

And all of it fades as I’m approaching and then all that’s left

Is an empty pot of gold and a note that says

When you go circling the globe you arrive back home

You have to die just to know you’re alive

All I wanted was in my hands

Falling perfectly into plan

The closer I look the more it fades

Like it never mattered anyway

Chorus

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

I’ve winged it long enough

All of these close calls are keeping me up

And I think it’s starting to drive me nuts

And it seems about time I got it right but

I’m falling, landing on my feet

An accidental symphony

Why can’t I see in front of me?

I’m guessing every second guessing every time I’m cutting it fine

It’s all inside out and soon to be sailing but I don’t know how

I’m all inside out and waiting here seeing what it’s all about

And I want some time to figure it out

A little more before the eleventh hour

And I want someone to be spelling it out

I want to know, want to see transparency ’cause

I’m reaching out, it’s shooting by

It’s getting smaller – maybe I

Am looking behind and side to side as this train keeps rolling on right on time

It’s all inside out and soon to be sailing but I don’t know how

I’m all inside out and waiting here seeing what it’s all about

In an accidental, perfect plan

The final deal a winning hand

It’s cutting it fine and one of these times

This whole damned thing will fall out of the sky

And I need some strategy

Not cryptic simplicity

So throw me a bone

I want my training wheels

All this time I need a talking neon sign

I’m running backward, maybe I

Could turn around if I had any idea of forward, back or up and down

It’s all inside out and soon to be sailing but I don’t know how

I’m all inside out and waiting here seeing what it’s all about

{ words & music by Simon Spire }

See the day

Holding something I can’t touch

Asking me is it too much so turn and walk away

It’s out of reach to me

Like photos in a bottom drawer

And something’s here

Waiting everyday