Headswitch /2003
The
Somnambulent
Canvas Girl
Past the Doorstep
Beyond
Vanity
One Certain Box
The Somnambulent
Verse:
And now you think it could be
gone for good
But it comes and goes just like
my moods
So, was I dreaming?
This cannot be right…
Now you think it could be
gone for good
Chorus:
Weep and wither
Soul to slivers
Drowsy cape of slumber
Slowly pulls me under
I will walk and utter
Soundless laughter
I don’t want your tears cause
Mine aint yours to bleed
Verse:
So when you’re dreaming
It all becomes right
Now you’re ready, take another turn
Now you’re ready, take another turn
Chorus:
Weep…
Fill:
Don’t you worry about them demons
They will come for you
Redefining everything
That’s been false or true
Canvas Girl
Intro:
Running for that canvas girl
Straining every nerve
While getting closer every turn
The image seems to blur
That’s alright he recons
Let’s crash and burn
We know he never learns
Speak:
“And then as if thunderstruck he stops
to take a minute to think about it.
Slowly, the past and future
become one.
What is and what could be.
Questions get answers, answers become questions.
Hesitating, he looks back… and then runs on.
And on. For that canvas girl.”
Verse:
Painting patterns as he runs
Knowing he’s in haste
He has a vision in his head
But details lack the taste
Besides the canvas that he’s painting
Isn’t blank or dazed
Like a perfect work of art
Refuses to be erased
But we cheer: go, go!
Chorus:
We’re proud to say he didn’t stray
Drink up, see just how it burns
We’re proud to say oh what a game
Lucky you’re that canvas girl
Verse:
We just stop or move on
Meanwhile hearts take their toll
It’s alright he recons and moves on
Time to let the die roll
Chorus:
We’re proud to say he didn’t stray
Drink up see just how it burns
We’re proud to say oh what a game
Lucky you’re that canvas girl
Lucky you’re that canvas girl
Past the Doorstep
Verse:
Hello
I know this was no honeymoon
Glad you children are home
Though nobody’s here
Hello
It is no time for these attacks
Can’t we settle this now
Once and for all
Indeed
Fill, whispers:
Silence
Crushes the orphaned and widowed
Empty the house devours
The word from the graveyard
they brought
Soilscented flowers and grief
Now it’s just you and me
Now it’s just you and me
Fill:
I know your fears so I could
soothe you
But you just go and run
I know you care so let me
talk to you
But you just go and run
I know you’re
here to let me
burn with you
You could just go and run
I know you’re here so I could
bury you
You could just go and run
Beyond
Verse:
Scanning through my
hollow knowledge
Memories grow vague
Throbbing like an exit wound
My head explodes in flames
Washed away by raging waves
The thoughts began to fade
Yet I stood upon that shore
I know what kept me waiting there
Verse:
Never looked for understanding
Never on this shore
Never found it entertaining
But here my eyes can see
Chorus:
Beyond
Visions to be seen there
So don’t ever doubt my mind cause
I know what kept me waiting there
Fill:
Cards and fortunetellers
Charlatans and crystal balls
I can find my way without
Chorus:
Beyond
Visions to be seen there
So don’t ever doubt my mind cause
I never was one with your cause
Beyond
Where time’s grown old
So don’t ever doubt my mind cause
I know what kept me waiting there
Fill:
Beyond the curtain that is drawn
No way to see what lies in store
Each time you tell me that we know
Your face looming on my shore
I wanna rip it up!!!
Fill:
Cards and fortunetellers
Charlatans and crystal balls
I can find my way without
Beyond
Vanity
Verse:
Time will tell what went on
In your mind we will
Wait in the hall
Wait for your call
Saw your eyes grow weary
Thought it somewhat scary
Still in the hall
Waiting for your call
Fill:
No, I can’t describe
What you left behind
Verse:
I’ve lost a friend
There’s no reason to pretend
Nothing to mend
None to blame or to defend
Time will tell
Was it me or him who fell
Time will tell
Will I curse or wish him well
Verse:
Time will tell
Wait in the hall
Wait for his call
Time will tell
Was it me or him who fell
Time will tell
Wait in the hall
Wait for his call
Had him on his knees
I did’t let him breathe
I let him feed
My vanity
One Certain Box
Verse:
I have hundred keys to million locks
And none of them opens
this one certain box
Found it in the swamp where
everything rots
Took it home and it screams here,
I don’t know when it stops
It haunts and poisons my dreams
Why don’t
I bury it
somewhere deep
I know it’s not really mine to keep
Chorus:
Why don’t I step away
from that guilt
That inside of me many long years
has been built
There is no gain that amounts
to this pain
There is no rain that would
tarnish this stain
It haunts and poisons my dreams
Now I’ve seen the waters burning
Now I’ve felt the sunshine lie
Now I know the tides are turning
Now I’ve heard the sirens sing
When I lay
my head beside you
When my fingers
touch your rusted hings
Scent of mire makes my
eyes grow weary
And I caress your splintered skin
But now I
know
what lies within you
I can see right through your lid
Now my vision’s clear my
senses sharpened
Now I know what ills you bring
But when
I lay my head
beside your peril
And my fingers
touch your rusted hings
Chorus:
Why don’t I step…
That murky-bottomed
swamp,
it breathes and talks
With dead and rotten oaks,
it breathes and talks
My poisonclouded mind,
it seethes and balks
And this one certain box,
it haunts and stalks
Why don’t
I bury it
somewhere deep
I know it’s not really mine to keep
Chorus:
Why don’t I step…
All lyrics by Draconic.