SYNOPSIS

 PASSAGE OF TIME

Dancing fires,

Burn in rhyme, 

This is the beginning of time.

A sphere void of light,

No day or night,

No sign of life,

Quiet and calm,

Nestled in the corner of the heavens.

Primal bloodshed,

The hunter reigns,

Killing and eating

A meal for the day.

Savage reptiles,

Destined to fall.

At last, the great purge came

With a sudden flash.

Then, millions of years of silence followed.

Serenity, calm and divine,

Then we arrived...

And we brought with us enlightenment

Far greater than any other species.

We also brought brutality,

With the ferocity and cruelty

As only a human can conjure.

We called it war,

We called it glorious,

And prayed to our imagined gods for victory.

Peace and happiness is all about

Society working the problems out.

Maybe one day we'll say,

"Utopia has begun."

That day has yet to come.

SORRY (FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH)

All the times I've heard you speak,

All the things you say

Just make me want to leave this place

And drive so far away.

If I could ever give you love

And just a little time,

I'd be the one to give you everything

And lay it on the line.

I don't know how we got this way

Or what else I can do,

But I better think of something quick

Otherwise we're through.

I have been so good to you

But I really don't know why

I have played the role of lover when

There's nothing inside.

I don't know why I feel this way,

Why do I want to part

From the woman I am living with

Who gave me all her heart?

And I hope you don't think ill of me

For leading you along,

I truly thought I wanted this,

I guess I was wrong.

Teardrops falling from your eyes

Weigh heavy on my mind

As I drive my car away from here

And leave you far behind.

You gave me all the love you had,

Which I could not return,

But I pretended that  I loved you too

So you would not get hurt.

That's why I have to leave you now,

I feel like such a jerk,

But it's time I got this over with

Before I make things worse.

Please know

I'm so sorry,

For whatever

It's worth.

I hope

You'll forgive me,

For whatever

That's worth.

THE MAD CZAR

An empire built on lies and murder,

Surrounded by red fields of slaughter.

Spreading like an infectious disease,

Claiming the lives of sons and daughters.

Towers cloaked in a veil of deceit,

The grass on its lawn is blood at your feet,

The wooden floors are the bones of men

Whose names will never be spoken again.

His smile hides evil deception.

His words fool a gullible mind.

His lips spit a crimson ocean

That's rising like the evening tide.

He speaks to a crowd of thousands.

Our youth listens and understands.

They believe the things he tells them.

They believe that he's a great man.

In the mind or our nation's youth

Sheer madness may plant a seed.

Sometimes the things they want

Aren't always what they need.

This is a land where insanity breeds.

There are hidden eyes that see all you do.

You can run, but never escape.

The mad czar is watching you.

ONE NIGHT

She came to me one night

With a tender grin

And glitter on her skin.

She stood silent in the doorway,

And I didn't know what to say,

I imagined this moment many times

After I let her walk away.

She said, "I missed you so much, babe,

And I just had to see you again."

My throat closed and my voice cracked.

Then I said, "Won't you come in."

I was completely unprepared for this

And I paced around the room.

I offered her something cold to drink.

I was looking for a clue.

She said, "I've been trying to find you,

But you were very hard to find.

Ever since the day we split

You never left my mind."

I remembered how we ended things

And how she left without a word.

She didn't seem especially sad,

I pretended that it didn't hurt.

We could have fallen in love once more,

Had we thrown caution to the wind,

But we both knew it would never work,

So we stopped before we could begin.

She left me again that night

With a final goodbye

And a tear in her eye.

WORLD WITHOUT END

Speak the words that burn the world.

Reap the harvest that is yet to be sown.

This century could be the darkest era

That the human race has ever known.

Dance with the Devil and tempt his wrath.

Jump in the fire on behalf of all men.

But don't believe for a single second

That we live in a world without end.

Temptation breeds fire

Unhindered by rain.

Furious is the beast

That cannot be tamed.