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    Where I come from

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    This may seem about me
    But it’s for you
    Maybe it’s for you and me

    We sail a common sea
    You and I
    Forgive me for my latency

    I don’t know where I’m going
    Still don’t know where I belong
    Still don’t know where I call home
    The closest thing I have is you
    And where I come from

    I somehow made my way
    Far from all the things
    That stay in place

    Absence I have made
    Only serves for me
    To now love your grace

    I don’t know where I’m going
    Still don’t know where I belong
    Still don’t know where I call home
    The closest thing I have is you
    And where I come from

    For Dick

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    What have we made
    Besides an early grave
    We didn’t resurrect
    On the third day

    And this middle age
    Well it couldn’t save
    The wonder of this lot
    Still it won’t stop

    So put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Harden your heart
    To the truth
    Put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Now that I’m past tense to you

    It won’t stop
    It won’t stop

    Could you write it on a page
    Will you be that brave
    To speak of all things lost
    Of things that never stop

    And this middle age
    Still it couldn’t save
    We didn’t resurrect
    On the third day

    So put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Harden your heart
    To the truth
    Put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Now that I’m past tense to you

    It won’t stop
    It won’t stop

    German

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    No psychic warning
    You would leave me in mourning
    From childish seductions
    With familiar conclusions

    High on the pavement
    Then so low in the airport
    No text book on therapy
    Will stop me admitting defeat

    But if my english were better
    Could I’ve curved this disaster
    I don’t know

    The sweetest of flowers
    On the crudest of altars
    I confide in a picture
    As I’m breaking my promise

    That if I just hold it together
    I can curve this disaster
    I don’t know
    I don’t know

    If I’d just found the humor
    Could I’ve curved this disaster
    Well I don’t think so
    I don’t think so

    Make it beautiful now

    White Horse

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    Shepherd me from pain and the doubt
    Through the broken streets and the hearts
    Herd me home through hurt and the past
    Then leave me alone you have no choice
    And now there is a white horse caged in my heart
    And it’s going to kill me just to get out
    Now there is a white horse caged in my heart
    And it’s trying to kill me just to get out
    Though we’re different creeds, wear different masks
    If you only could conceive that there’s a chance
    And hell is bent on showing me the dark
    Shepherd me to light, make it stop.

    Ornament

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I’ve taken drugs , I’ve taken sides
    The devil taught me alibis
    Now you’ve seen all that I’ll never be
    It thrills me ’cause you’re still not leaving

    The money spent
    The way I vent
    Vices collect like ornaments
    Now you’ve seen all that I’ll never be
    It thrills me ’cause you’re still not leaving

    Oh please don’t make me say it
    It would only complicate it
    And this perseverance helps
    To guide this grieving

    I’ve taken drugs , I’ve taken sides
    And the devil himself taught me alibis
    Now you’ve seen all that I’ll never be
    It kills me ’cause you’re still not leaving

    End of Days

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    What we’ve ever held thats dear has always been fact
    We may be trembling with fear, it won’t hold us back
    We ain’t going away
    We’re gonna stay till the end of days

    Your powers a myth
    It’s our kin and kith that dictate
    And it’s not a dream that soon we’ll be holding the reins
    We ain’t going away
    We’re gonna stay till the end of days

    We resist even though the abyss may compel us to stray
    We take stance none of these lies make sense
    While they pray hate we’ll say
    Love, oh sweet love
    Oh sweet love
    May you guide us today

    The Wonder of Falling in Love

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    Somethings happening, first for a while
    (why are you crying)
    A thousand, million butterflies make me smile
    (I fear the boys falling in love)
    Love and it’s happening to me
    God I’ve been lonely
    A heart washed out to sea
    And could you love me
    And save me from this cities debris

    Love
    (I fear the boys falling in love)
    Love
    (the wonder of falling in love)

    The chaste, the waist, replaced with valentine
    All the stars and guitars combine if you are mine

    Love and it’s happening to me
    God I’ve been lonely
    A heart washed out to sea
    And could you love me
    And save me from this misery

    Love
    (I fear the boys falling in love)
    Love
    (the wonder of falling in love)

    Love and it’s happening to me
    God I’ve been lonely
    A heart washed out to sea

    Don’t make a fuss
    (it’s a must)
    The gods demand
    (that you take his hand)
    We’re in for better days
    (you know you are his only friend)
    A command from my heart
    (let it start)
    Let this dream come true

    And could you love me
    And save me from this cities debris

    Love

    This Here Defeat

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I won’t pen a rhyme
    To justify this wasted time
    To immortalize this great demise
    No not this time

    There ain’t nothing sweet
    In this here defeat
    To inspire a melody to repeat
    And you joked you’d get
    The “best of” from me
    So very wrong
    You won’t even get a song

    i won’t write a song
    So you can show all your friends
    I wasn’t the one
    The thought that you might just sing along
    It`s just sick and wrong

    There`s nothing more to be said
    No sensitive lines to honor the dead
    Or how you were terrible in bed
    There`s no more to be said

    So I’ve tried again
    But this times not the same
    You won’t know my pain
    In a gentle refrain
    And you joked you’d get
    The “best of” from me
    So very wrong
    You won’t even get a song

    There ain’t nothing sweet
    In this here defeat
    To inspire a melody to repeat
    And you joked you’d get
    The “best of” from me
    So very wrong
    You won’t even get a song

    Abandoned

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I no longer can rely
    On a friend who once kept me alive
    And you won’t see me take a stand
    ’cause I’m not special but it helped to know that some one thinks I am
    And god its weird
    God its strange
    To be the only one
    To talk to
    God its weird
    And god its strange
    To be the only one
    To dance with

    I no longer feel at home
    I cant arrive upon your street
    And tell you how I’ve cried myself to sleep
    And now  I’m forced to be alone
    And left to climb the walls hide in the folds
    Another bad sad song
    God its weird
    And god its strange
    To be the only one
    To talk to
    God its weird
    And god its strange
    To be the only one
    To dance with

    The Wish

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    This is an assault against love
    Still no-one helps, they just pray above

    And I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped
    I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped

    And just know this, nothing protects
    When law equals abyss, dark arts at it’s best

    And I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped
    I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped

     

    Silent Nights

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    This time of year when it gets cold
    I can’t remember how it felt
    To know you were the one to hold
    Or just to know you made sense

    This time of year , now I’m old
    I know you were the one I told
    Life should never be this fun
    All the signs said you’re the one

    So this is christmas
    How pretty the lights are
    How lonely the nights are

    The loveliest winter
    Sweet but so bitter
    I won’t have you

    No solace in my solitude
    Now there is nothing here for you
    Not a gift and not a card
    Not a kind word from my heart

    There’s nothing in sharing
    No hope in me singing
    Silent night, holy night
    When the nights are so silent
    The nights are so silent

    Now you’ve stopped trying
    The wish list I’ll stop writing
    The wish wont come true
    I won’t have you

     

    Santarem

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Jürgen Stark

    Let me spend my days in Santarém
    Blue and gold the ways of old and
    Meet me by the castle walls
    The shuttered doors
    The bones under floor

    The clock tower that doesn’t sound
    The ancient streets that won’t be found

    My delight each dear morning in
    Beauty’s past the daily drowning
    What I love most maybe glory lost
    Or the sadness thats sweet
    Or the ones under our feet

    Leave me on that lonely hill
    Where kings did kill I know I will

    I will find something to which I’ll pray
    To end my days in Santarém

    Habit

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    there’s always something that I said
    It’s just a habit of making bad
    there’s always something that I did
    turning sweetness into sad

    If I’d shut my mouth
    and waited for more
    If I’d shut it out

    there’s always something that I bared
    its gone and make you run so scared
    It’s just a habit of making bad
    turning this way into that

    If I’d shut my mouth
    and waited for more
    If I’d shut it out
    and waited for dawn
    If i’d cut the sleeve
    that bares the heart
    that only serves to bleed
    could I’ve cut it out

    there’s always something that I bared
    that can never be repaired
    there’s always something that I said
    it’s just a habit of making bad

    Language

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    Memories of secret handshakes
    You would speak my language
    Seized , I cease to believe
    You’re gonna leave.

    And acting out a fight
    When you’re not around
    With ease, I cease to exist
    I slip through the leaves
    We once had to wish

    Oh we wished for,
    Ever, It now only seems
    Like torture

    Oh this ghost
    Will win I host it’s, lingering
    In me, and around my neck
    It taps on my head
    While i’m asleep

    Memories of secret handshakes,
    You would speak my language
    seized, I cease to believe
    You’re gonna leave

    For Dick

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    What have we made
    Besides an early grave
    We didn’t resurrect
    on the third day

    And this middle age
    Well it couldn’t save
    The wonder of this lot
    Still it won’t stop

    So put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    harden your heart
    To the truth
    Put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Now that I’m past tense to you

    Could you write it on a page
    Will you be that brave
    To speak of all things lost
    Of things that never stop

    And this middle age
    Still it couldn’t save
    We didn’t resurrect
    On the third day

    So put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Harden your heart
    to the truth
    Put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Now that I’m past tense to you

    It won’t stop
    It won’t stop

    Market Me To Children

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    It’s a chilling claim to fame
    We steal their baby brains
    big minds work out strategy
    that never fail to train

    oh the horror

    sublime this fun filled game
    with branding we will compete
    to enforce this force of darkness
    the flock a needed treat

    oh the horror

    As you live and breath
    you will need me
    keep you craving mindlessly
    we will not let you leave
    you still need me
    we keep you craving mindlessly,happily

    This legacy I leave
    of wonder, lust, deceit
    robbing from the blinded boys
    of them and me , and greed

    oh the horror

    Market me to children
    market me to children

    Surgery

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    transplant my hand into yours
    and we’ll go through hell and high water
    transplant my heart
    kiss me to kick start
    we’re pumping like machinery

    All is changed
    clean incision to the brain,baby
    cut me open rearrange
    healing hands
    am I medicated just elated
    cut me  steal this pain

    Its love , It’s life
    saving surgery

    In The End

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    we all bear the scars
    yeah, we all feign a laugh
    we all cry in the dark
    get cut off before we start

    and as your first act begins
    you realise they’re all waiting
    for a fall, for a flaw, for the end

    and there’s a past stained with tears
    could you talk to quiet my fears
    could you pull me aside
    just to acknowledge that i’ve tried

    as your last breath begins
    contently take it in
    cause we all get it in
    the end

    and as your last breath begins
    you find your demon’s your best friend
    and we all get it in
    the end

    Ballad Dear

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    oh son you’re not wrong
    there are so many of us
    who’d rather play dead
    it’s easier to run than explain ourselves
    and if winter of discontent
    it fills your bones, its your only friend
    feel free to defend your right
    don’t fight, simply slip out of sight
    to sweeter terrain
    balladeer

    sweet one, you’re not wrong
    there are so many of us
    who’d rather succumb to the tide and give up
    then explain ourselves
    and if banter and bayonets
    your neurotic boss and those idiots
    and they force you to take the test
    and fail again so better yet
    the sweeter terrain
    balladeer

    and if banter and bayonets
    your neurotic boss and those idiots
    and they force you to take the test
    and fail again so better yet
    the sweeter terrain
    balladeer
    the sweeter terrain
    balladeer

    Prescription

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I walked a country mile
    now I am alone
    seeds of love have turned
    into weeds overgrown
    and this parachute that held
    heart strings taught and strong
    have torn beyond repair
    the surgeon’s been and gone
    like you he’s been and gone

    and I must admit this tragic ending
    sounds kind of appealing
    even though I’m alone
    and I must admit this prescriptions working
    the sweet thought of sleeping
    even though its alone
    even though its alone

    Amputee

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I can only come on strong
    ’cause I’ve finally found a way
    to right a wrong

    and all my sickness which there is
    no forgiveness.
    But its with you that I belong

    To ask is selfish of me
    but when you leave my company
    do you sometimes feel like
    an amputee?

    If yes,please write yes
    on my ceiling .

    Wolverine

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew / John Mark Lapham

    I walk through, the dark descends
    Fills every room with your absence
    Through the lies there lies the prize
    To sing the saddest lullaby

    Wolverine come slay this dream
    Leave me cowering in the trees
    Sticks and stones come break my bones
    Its come to be my comfort zone

    Let there always be another
    Let there always be another

    Wolverine come slay this dream
    Leave me cowering ‘tween the sheets
    Sticks and stones come break my bones
    Its come to be where I belong

    Let there always be another
    Dream to kill
    Let there always be another

    Thistle

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    Joy it comes and goes
    it speeds through ebb and flow
    it falls, it ignores me

    and christ if he sacrificed his life
    so I’ll have mine, why does god
    still treat me like a whore?
    he ignores me

    and thistles are thriving in my garden
    mistletoe I’ll be avoiding
    simple things always turn complex
    entangled, a ribbon in a rose bush
    strangled, a singer in a car crash
    I would invite you in but promise me this
    please ignore this mess

    suffice to say that I’ve survived
    my own demise and joy
    washed me up on the shore
    oh please ignore me

    thistles are thriving in my garden
    mistletoe I’ll be avoiding
    simple things always turn complex
    and thistles are thriving in my garden
    over grown I’ll be alone for so long
    I’d invite you in but promise me this
    please ignore this mess

    German

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    No psychic warning
    You would leave me in mourning
    From childish seductions
    With familiar conclusions

    High on the pavement
    Then so low in the airport
    No text book on therapy
    Will stop me admitting defeat

    If my english were better
    could I’ve curved this disaster
    I don’t know

    The sweetest of flowers
    On the crudest of altars
    I confide in a picture
    as I’m breaking my promise

    That if I just hold it together
    I can curve this disaster
    I don’t know
    I don’t know

    If I’d just found the humor
    Could I’ve curved this disaster
    Well I don’t think so
    I don’t think so

    Make it beautiful now

    There Is An Ocean That Divides

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew / Marisol Limon Martinez

    My love lies over the ocean
    Long ago it fumbled in my hands
    I’m a fool to stoke and tend a dying fire
    That will never make it back to land

    Drown me sweetly
    sea of tears so far from shore
    I have plucked this last heart string for a song
    Drag me down to deepest depths and leave me there
    I shall long for you no more

    Community

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I have a love
    That the good lord above cannot fathom
    Yet it’s rationed
    You don’t seem to want it

    But if pain wears you thin
    I could color you in , take the grey away
    If you’d let me stay
    if you’d let us begin

    Know there is purity
    bestowed on you and me
    I don’t believe they’d hate us
    In the face of love

    How to make you conceive
    There is community in each other
    Was it your father, or was it the doctor
    Or the institution

    But if prayer wears you thin
    Or the wrath of your kin
    I’ll take the shame away
    If you’d let me stay
    If you’d let us begin

    Know there is purity
    bestowed on you and me
    I don’t believe they’d hate us
    In the face of love

    Dog

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    
Music by Scott William Matthew / Nate Calkins / Peter Gingerich

    What’s my name?
    Sounds like nothing, a naught
    This fire burns the same
    It just no longer hurts

    To feel no shame
    Well ain’t that worse than a dog
    This fire burns the same
    We just no longer talk

    What’s my name?

    White Horse

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    shepherd me from pain and the doubt
    through the broken streets and the hearts
    herd me home through hurt and the past
    then leave me alone you have no choice
    and now there is a white horse caged in my heart
    and it’s going to kill me just to get out
    now there is a white horse caged in my heart
    and it’s trying to kill me just to get out
    though we’re different creeds, wear different masks
    If you only could conceive that there’s a chance
    and hell is bent on showing me the dark
    shepherd me to light, make it stop.

    Ornament

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I’ve taken drugs , I’ve taken sides
    The devil taught me alibis
    Now you’ve seen all that I’ll never be
    It thrills me ’cause you’re still not leaving

    The money spent
    the way I vent
    Vices collect like ornaments
    Now you’ve seen all that I’ll never be
    It thrills me ’cause you’re still not leaving

    Oh Please don’t make me say it
    It would only complicate it
    And this perseverance helps to
    Guide this grieving

    I’ve taken drugs , I’ve taken sides
    The devil himself taught me alibis
    Now you’ve seen all that I’ll never be
    It kills me ’cause you’re still not leaving

    For Dick

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    What have we made
    Besides an early grave
    We didn’t resurrect
    on the third day

    And this middle age
    Well it couldn’t save
    The wonder of this lot
    Still it won’t stop

    So put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Harden your heart
    To the truth
    Put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Now that I’m past tense to you

    Could you write it on a page
    Will you be that brave
    To speak of all things lost
    Of things that never stop

    And this middle age
    Still it couldn’t save
    We didn’t resurrect
    On the third day

    So put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Harden your heart
    to the truth
    Put me to pasture
    Send me to slaughter
    Now that I’m past tense to you

    It won’t stop
    It won’t stop

    Sinking

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    Love will you bloom
    Or are we doomed
    Chaperoned by the dead
    There’s a heart string
    It spans ocean
    Made of delicate thread

    Love let me swoon
    Let us bloom
    Little boat do you care
    That I’m sinking
    Predicting
    The end is not fair

    All alone in the night
    I will suffer, I’ll fight
    That the truth is
    This death wish
    Is a prison.

    This tale is it fiction
    A fable
    The cradle and all
    There’s no telling
    But here’s hoping
    In your arms I will fall

    Be it Spain or Rome
    Not to be alone
    Little boat take me there
    Because I’m sinking
    With longing
    To breath the same air

    Devils Only Child

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    Today is the first day
    Of another life
    It may be just as tragic
    But at least it’s mine
    Without your lies
    And the prize
    That’s been handed down
    From the devil to his only child
    I won’t cry
    I won’t cry

    So I’ll keep breathing
    Let it come naturally
    And I’ll wait for exaltation
    To set me free
    From all your crimes
    And the signs
    Like the blood stained mark
    Upon my door well it’s there
    It’s there no more

    And the camouflage
    The reportage
    I fell for it all
    So give me another drink
    I don’t want to think about those lies
    ’cause I loved them all
    I loved them all

    Today is the first day
    Of another life
    It may be just as tragic
    But at least it’s mine

    Palace Of Tears

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    in a palace of tears lived beyond all our fears
    and the rain seemed to fall from the walls, through the floor
    and the ones who can’t tell, of the rain how it fell
    and this once loving town had descended to hell
    and i wish you could see
    though you may not believe
    that good can overcome
    and for you tears still fall like rain
    but we’re smiling again
    we miss you the same
    though a lesson is learn’t
    my heart’s tattered and torn
    ’cause i still feel your pain in the wall in the floor
    and i wish you could see
    though you may not believe
    that good can overcome
    and for you tears still fall like rain
    but we’re loving again
    we miss you the same

    Ode

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    intellect, a wit , a charm
    a legacy of gallantry
    though a life may be gone
    a light lingers on

    and we all will lament
    but with what we know we do our best
    above all, there is success
    because i remember tenderness

    so the light the light`s not gone
    let`s raise our hopes that you’re not far
    the privilege of singing you a song
    the honor of knowing such a one

    so the light the light is on
    lets raise a toast to wit and charm
    the privilege of knowing such a one
    the honor of being your grandson

    Here We Go Again

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    here we go again
    you blindly rid me of your kisses
    Im left to pick up any pieces
    that haven’t broken now you’re gone

    left to search through all the days
    a shard of hope an intact splinter
    i hope to get me through the winter
    until i find the sun again

    here we go again
    words are kind from friends and strangers
    and this time even from my father
    but it doesn’t quell the pain
    here we go again

    it’s strange it never feels the same
    a lover estranged from a lover
    i now should know how to recover
    is time the enemy a friend

    here we go again
    i believe your truth in that i’m useless
    but what you think be not my business
    now your the enemy, just a friend
    here we go again

    This Here Defeat

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    i won’t write a song
    to tell the world that you’re gone
    to tell the world of all your wrongs

    i won’t pen a rhyme
    to justify this wasted time
    to immortalize this great demise
    no not this time

    there ain’t nothing sweet
    in this here defeat
    to inspire a melody to repeat
    and you joked you’d get
    the “best of” from me
    so very wrong
    you won’t even get a song

    i won’t write a song
    so you can show all your friends
    i wasn’t the one
    the thought that you might just sing along
    it`s just sick and wrong

    nothing more to be said
    no sensitive lines to honor the dead
    or how you were terrible in bed
    no more to be said

    so I’ve tried again
    but this times not the same
    you won’t know my pain
    in a gentle refrain
    and you joked you’d get
    the “best of” from me
    so very wrong
    you won’t even get a song

    there ain’t nothing sweet
    in this here defeat
    to inspire a melody to repeat
    and you joked you’d get
    the “best of” from me
    so very wrong
    you won’t even get a song

    Ruined Heart

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew / Khavn de la Cruz

    it starts when we try for
    things that must die
    leave us in ruins
    in ruins

    a life sacrificed for
    something i can’t find
    has left me in ruins
    in ruins

    come all ye faithful
    the wrecked and the woeful
    please find me and lay me to rest
    to rest

    Soul To Save

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    slow to take
    lead the way
    a soul to save
    a soul to save

    laid to waste
    we`re loved to late
    sanitarium
    hell to pay
    soul to save

    soul to save
    we leak away
    on the battlefield
    higher name
    soul to save

    Constant

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    you were my constant
    a belief, a relief
    all in truth

    you were my constant
    antidote to defeat
    fallible

    remember after the show you said
    what i’ve never known
    is that i’m loved
    I guess it weren’t enough

    you were my constant
    a belief , a relief
    sufferable.

    you were my constant
    a deceit so complete
    your own show

    what was beautiful
    all at once is just brutal
    oh where’d you go
    thats the thing i’ll never know

    you were my constant.

    where’d you go
    I’ve never felt so alone

    you were my constant

    Skyline

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    does anyone wanna leave this place
    c’mon
    go underground without a sound
    c’mon

    let skylines change
    the headlines blame
    with blood it stains
    don’t we feel the same?

    can anyone piece my friends back together
    if you stitch your head to my shoulder
    you can cry upon it.

    let skylines change
    your all insane
    with fingers stained
    don’t we feel the same?

    come on the disaffected
    believe what we need matters
    i`ve had a premonition
    a place where we can grieve

    does anyone wanna leave this place
    c’mon
    if i stitch my head to your shoulder
    i can cry upon it

    Effigy

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    a burning effigy of you and me
    it’s something that we used to be
    as we make believe that this is still a home

    all that’s left of me
    this effigy
    a reminder there was sanity
    have i lost the will to know where i belong

    or find my way home
    my way home
    if there’s a place for us
    will it be enough

    like a child i will learn how to walk
    this fire could lead me throug the dark
    but the difference is a child knows how to love

    Is this effigy the enemy
    it’s silent , it wont talk to me
    if i find my way , i still could be alone

    find my way home
    my way home
    if there’s a place for us
    will it be enough
    there’s effigy of you and me
    it’s something that we used to be

    Death Defying

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    I’ve found a joy
    that belongs to fate
    give up the ghost
    tell the tears to wait
    and we won’t let them destroy
    all we’ve put in place
    they’ll understand
    there is no greater grace

    it’s more
    than anything we’ve
    than anything they’ve seen
    we’re death defying
    the perfect storm
    higher than the trees
    our feet are off the ground
    we’re death defying

    my only friend
    thats the risk we’ll take
    only resist what
    they’ve put in place
    let the lifeless ones
    try to steal our faith
    they only try
    we always will escape

    it’s more
    than anything we’ve
    than anything they’ve seen
    we’re death defying
    the perfect storm
    higher than the trees
    our feet are off the ground
    we’re death defying

    we’re more than anything they’ve seen
    we’re more than anything they’ve known
    we’re death defying

    Terrible Dawn

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    For a light to never go out
    First it must be on
    For a new day to break
    First you’ve got to want, you’ve got to want the sun

    Sweetest love you once made sense
    Bitter truth it over come
    Let the dark have it’s way
    I’ve got to face there’ll never be someone

    Chorus
    The only arms that wait
    The only kiss to taste
    Terrible dawn don’t make me wake
    For the light only takes
    Burns my sweet escape
    Terrible dawn don’t make me wake
    Don’t make me wait

    So let hoping be replaced
    Any fire inside has gone
    But for my soul to take
    You’ve got to still, you’ve got to still have one

    Chorus
    The only arms that wait
    The only kiss to taste
    Terrible dawn don’t make me wake
    For the light only takes
    Burns my sweet escape
    Terrible dawn don’t make me wake

    Only time to waste
    Now I know my place
    Terrible dawn don’t make me wait
    There’s no arms that wait
    Not a kiss to taste
    Terrible dawn don’t make me wake
    Don’t make me wait

    Truce

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    it’s time to tell the truth
    I know that we can
    we’re not born of steel
    but we’re born of will to find the truth behind the veil

    and to say that i’m to blame
    it’s not the truth
    you loved me too

    and to say that you’re to blame
    its not the truth
    my love is proof

    it’s time to call a truce
    I know that we can
    let’s burn all the pain
    let’s both sacrifice so we can find the light again

    and to say that loves to blame
    it’s not the truth
    we both were used

    and who’s to say
    we’re not all to blame
    we love in truth
    but still we lose.

    In The End

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    we all bear the scars
    yeah, we all feign a laugh
    we all cry in the dark
    get cut off before we start

    and as your first act begins
    you realise they’re all waiting
    for a fall, for a flaw, for the end

    and there’s a past stained with tears
    could you talk to quiet my fears
    could you pull me aside
    just to acknowledge that i’ve tried

    as your last breath begins
    contently take it in
    cause we all get it in
    the end

    and as your last breath begins
    you find your demon’s your best friend
    and we all get it in
    the end

    That's Life

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    Grateful , no need for you explain
    no need for this to spell pain
    this may not be a failure
    this lose can be a gain

    you know that i won’t say goodbye
    in my mind
    I know that I won’t always cry
    for thats life

    thankful
    I’ve never had an anchor
    I know that I won’t capsize
    this may not be the rapture
    you leaving with the tide

    you know that I won’t say goodbye
    why would I
    things can change to make it right
    in our lives

    It’s only love
    its delicate and handmade
    in truth and faith
    now it’s over, thats life
    e a vida
    C’est la vie
    I ain’t getting any younger
    but we tried
    that’s life

    thankful
    Ive never had an anchor
    I know that I won’t capsize
    some things aren’t born to die
    hold me one more time

    you know that I won’t say goodbye
    why would I
    things can change to make it right
    in our lives

    It’s only love
    its delicate and handmade
    in truth and faith
    now it’s over, thats life
    e a vida
    C’est la vie
    I ain’t getting any younger
    but we tried
    that’s life

    now it’s over, thats life
    e a vida
    C’est la vie
    I ain’t getting any younger
    but you were mine
    that’s life

    The Child

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    The winter’s still
    the days are dark
    as leaves they fall from lovers hearts

    the bow it breaks
    the cradle falls
    without the strength to bare the cold

    and innocence from us was torn
    the highest branch the hardest fall
    down
    down

    the nights awake
    the leaves they fall
    and tears are born
    more than the sun has gone

    the bow it breaks
    the cradle falls
    dearly departed
    winters long

    and innocence from us was torn
    the highest branch the hardest fall
    down
    down

    Silent Nights

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    This time of year when it gets cold
    I can’t remember how it felt
    To know you were the one to hold
    Or just to know you made sense

    This time of year , now I’m old
    I know you were the one I told
    Life should never be this fun
    All the signs said you’re the one

    So this is christmas
    How pretty the lights are
    How lonely the nights are

    The loveliest winter
    Sweet but so bitter
    I won’t have you

    No solace in my solitude
    Now there is nothing here for you
    Not a gift and not  a card
    Not a kind word from my heart

    There’s nothing in sharing
    No hope in me singing
    Silent night, holy night
    When the nights are so silent
    The nights are so silent

    Now you’ve stopped trying
    The wish list I’ll stop writing
    The wish wont come true
    I won’t have you

    So this is christmas
    How pretty the lights are
    How lonely the nights are

    The loveliest winter
    Sweet but so bitter
    I won’t have you

    Cease And Desist

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    Today I heard the message
    In clear and purple prose
    Of matrimonies vestige
    Does it belong to the unknown

    So where is bliss
    Nothing ever shows
    Wistfully we persist

    Today I heard you crying
    About vulgarians abound
    Pushed till you believed in dying
    But in each other we are found

    So where is bliss
    Heart as a stone
    Wistfully we exist

    Least we feel the same

    We know they’re rudimentary
    It would be strange to think we’re found
    For we got lost in longing
    Sweet to know
    To know that you’re around

    So where is bliss
    Let us atone
    As we cease and desist

    Happy End

    Music and Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    I can tell
    You’ve left us for the other side
    Where the bell
    Tolls for you day and night

    Let`s navigate
    The arrows the battlecry’s
    I’ll emanate
    A love that won’t let you die

    It’s all you can do
    It’s all you can do
    To keep you from harm again
    It’s all you can do
    I know
    You’ve done all you can do
    To keep things going bad again

    I know you well
    I know longing to be harrowing
    I know you said
    It’s not for the want of trying
    But I’m on your side
    Don’t be to far from knowing
    I won’t pretend
    Your pain Isn’t staggering

    “chorus“

    A four leaf clover
    I’ll help you over
    In this life, I know
    We’re terrified

    And it’s all I can do
    It’s all I can do
    To keep you from harm again
    It’s all I can do
    I know
    You’ve done all you can do
    To keep things going bad again

    I understand
    A single demand
    Tired of the fight
    A happy end
    A happy end

    Where I Come From

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    This may seem about me
    But it’s for you
    Maybe it’s for you and me

    We sail a common sea
    You and I
    Forgive me for my latency

    I don’t know where I’m going
    Still don’t know where I belong
    Still don’t know where I call home
    The closest thing I have is you
    And where I come from

    I somehow made my way
    Far from all the things
    That stay in place

    Absence I have made
    Only serves for me
    To now love your grace

    I don’t know where I’m going
    Still don’t know where I belong
    Still don’t know where I call home
    The closest thing I have is you
    And where I come from

    The Deserter

    Music and Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    It’s time that we lament
    all the ones that history forgets
    You’re more of a man than anyone understands

    To lay your body in a world that`s kind
    being gentle is only a strength
    Where pure of heart could never be a crime
    The meek and fearful we will defend

    No ideology, morality, law or lord up above
    where cowardice is courage
    so you have my love

    Lay the sweetest wreath at the feet
    of the ones who have run
    You`re hated ’cause your good
    More than anyone understood

    The deserter who wouldn’t murder
    let his heart illuminate
    Rest in peace we know you’re someone
    Forgive us for we know not what we’ve done

    To lay your body in a world that`s kind
    being gentle is only a strength
    Where pure of heart could never be a crime
    The meek and fearful we will defend

    No ideology, morality, law or lord up above
    where cowardice is courage
    so you have my love

    To lay your body in a world that`s kind

    Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

    Music and Lyrics by George Alan O’Dowd, Jonathan Aubrey Moss, Roy Ernest Hay, Michael Emile Craig
    © BMG VM Music Ltd / BMG Rights Management GmbH

    In my heart the fire’s burning
    Choose my colour find a star
    Precious people always tell me
    That’s a step, a step too far

    Do you really want to hurt me?
    Do you really want to make me cry?
    Precious kisses, words that burn me
    Lovers never ask you why

    Words are few
    That I have spoken
    I could waste a thousand years
    Wrapped in sorrow, words are token
    Come inside and catch my tears
    You’ve been talking but believe me
    If it’s true you do not know
    This boy loves without a reason
    I’m prepared to let you go

    If it’s love you that want from me
    Then take it away
    Everything’s not what you see is it over again?

    Do you really want to hurt me?
    Do you really want to make me cry?
    Do you really want to hurt me?
    Do you really want to make me cry?

    The Wish

    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    This is an assault against love
    Still no-one helps, they just pray above

    And I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped
    I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped

    And just know this, nothing protects
    When law equals abyss, dark arts at it’s best

    And I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped
    I wish I could help
    I wish I could have helped

    Not Just Another Year

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    Atop a rock where your body lay
    Left to cry all alone
    left to be washed away
    But the tide it changed
    All that washed away was the fear

    I remember you said
    “Must have done something bad
    To be forced into exile
    To Just never have”
    But the times they’ve changed
    Now its not just another year

    Misfortune dies, we don’t lament
    Oh to see you loved and with
    Grand crescendo
    And Venus cries for all of us to hear
    Oh it’s not just another year

    You don’t have to drink to forget
    Or smile to pretend
    Something beautifully worthy
    To revere, to defend
    And it’s well deserved
    Say it’s worth the wait now it’s here

    Oh and time it moves fast
    You know each others crimes
    But of late the intrepid
    Is far from your mind
    As if tailor made
    You’ve found someone it appears

    Misfortune dies, we don’t lament
    Oh to see you loved and with
    Grand crescendo
    And Venus cries for all of us to hear

    Yue-Lao, Anteros, Rati, Qetesh
    Oh many moons you will be blessed
    And Venus cries for all of us to hear
    Oh it’s not just another year

    Flame Trees

    written by Steve Prestwich and Don Walker
    published by EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

    Kids out driving Saturday afternoon just passed me by
    I’m just savoring familiar sights
    We shared some history, this town and I
    But I can’t stop that long forgotten feeling of her
    It`s time to book a room and stay tonight

    Number one it`s to find some friends and say “you’re doing well
    after all this time you boys look just the same“
    Number two it`s a happy hour at one of two hotels
    Settle in to play “Do you remember so and so?“
    Number three is never say her name

    Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
    And there’s nothing left could set fire to this town
    There’s no change, there’s no pace
    Everything is in its place
    Just makes it harder to believe she won’t be around

    Who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway
    It takes more than a memory to make me cry
    I’m just happy to be sitting round this table with old friends
    see which one of us tell`s the biggest lie
    But there’s a girl, she’s falling in love by the pianola stand
    With her young factory worker, now they’re holding hands
    And I’m wondering if he’ll go or if he’ll stay

    “chorus“

    The Sidewalks Of New York

    Lyrics by J.W. Blake
    Music by Charles B. Lawlor

    East Side, West Side, all around the town
    The tots sang “ring-around-rosie“, “London Bridge is falling down”
    Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O’Rourke
    We tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York

    Things have changed since those days, some are up in “G”
    Others are a wand’rers but they all feel just like me
    They would part with all they’ve got, could they once more walk
    With their best girl and have a twirl on the sidewalks of New York

    East Side, West Side, all around the town
    The tots sang “ring-around-rosie“, “London Bridge is falling down”
    Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O’Rourke
    We tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York

    The Fallen

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    the fallen grow
    a thousand deep
    we make it easy to defeat
    to leave

    toll the bell
    for those who fell
    a legacy of those who lost
    the deal

    we are the fallen ones and still
    you will find others you can sell
    all the beautiful lies
    always ready to strike
    another under your spell

    your craft is honed
    inside our homes
    leaving us to just be skin
    and bone

    so toll the bell
    for those who fell
    we make it easy
    we won’t live
    to tell

    we are the fallen ones and still
    you will find others you can sell
    all the beautiful lies
    always ready to strike
    another under your spell

    la la la la la

    Enemies

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    it was a secret, a seed
    that was gonna be you and me
    and not everyone
    well, now it`s gone

    a signal, a sign
    that the gods were gonna make you mine
    and not everyones
    i was wrong

    we belong to the mistake
    all beauty`s got to break
    now we`re left with enemies, memories
    a god awful mistake
    to give is just to take
    now we`re left with enemies, memories

    to taste or replace
    was up to you to make in haste
    now it belongs to everyone
    the secret`s shown

    a win is a waste
    now i`ll settle for a life of chaste
    and not anyone
    now you`ve gone

    we belong to the mistake
    all beauty`s got to break
    now we`re left with enemies, memories

    a god awful mistake
    to give is just to take
    now we`re left with enemies, memories

    Nothings Wrong

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    there was a crime
    there was forlorn
    there was a time when anything we did was wrong
    dues have been paid
    no more crippling alone
    now there’s a chance for us to swoon sing a love song

    those days are over
    they’re over

    bury the past
    the fortunate dead
    we’ve turned on the light
    the darks a stone that sinks like lead

    who’d dare to say
    happiness can’t be ours
    we’ve turned the tide
    we’ve plucked our hearts from lost to found

    those days are over
    they’re over

    Unnatural Disaster

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    the calm after the storm
    the wind has howled the birds have flown
    the tears the words, our dreams debris
    there’s nothing left of you and me

     

    But there’s an avalanche, a landslide
    and there’s a darkness thats behind your eyes.
    a tidal wave of our lives
    a winter of our own desire

    release me
    rebuild again
    the power of our empire is over
    this unnatural disaster

     

    it falls into the sea
    the remnants of you and me
    the tower the spire , the loveless rooms
    our monument all left in ruins

     

    but there’s a hurricane a wild fire
    and there’s an emptiness that now conspires
    a tidal wave of our lies
    a winter of our own desire

    release me
    rebuild again
    the power of our empire is over
    this unnatural disaster

    release me
    to live again
    the power of our empire is over
    this unnatural disaster

    End Of Days

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Scott William Matthew and Jürgen Stark

    What we’ve ever held thats dear has always been fact
    We may be trembling with fear, it won’t hold us back
    We ain’t going away
    we’re gonna stay till the end of days

    Your powers a myth
    It’s our kin and kith that dictate
    And it’s not a dream that soon we’ll be holding the reins
    We ain’t going away
    we’re gonna stay till the end of days

    We resist even though the abyss may compel us to stray
    We take stance none of these lies make sense
    While they pray hate we’ll say
    Love, oh sweet love
    Oh sweet love
    may you guide us today

    Life Is Long

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Rodrigo Leão

    start, stop
    tick tock
    it only takes a second to become a laughing stock

    the speed of light
    the shortest day
    it only takes a minute
    to throw it all away

    but now its gone
    how the days go on
    how they drone
    to time they don’t belong

    Life, life is long
    whoever thought that could be wrong
    life is long

    Life, life is long
    whoever thought that could be wrong
    life is long

    start stop
    tick tock
    it only takes a second to become something you’re not

    the speed of light
    the shortest way
    it only takes a minute to throw it all away

    but now its gone
    how the days go on
    how they drone
    to time I don’t belong

    Life, life is long
    whoever thought that could be wrong
    life is long

    ( longevity, eternity
    is gonna be the end of me
    start stop tick tock
    a second is a minute
    is an hour is a day
    now we’ve thrown it all away
    now we’ve thrown it all away
    now we’ve thrown it all away)

    Life, life is long
    whoever thought that could be wrong
    life is long

    Abandoned

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I no longer can rely
    on a friend who once kept me alive
    and you won’t see me take a stand
    ’cause I’m not special but it helped to know that some one thinks I am
    and god its weird

    I no longer feel at home
    I cant arrive upon your street
    and tell you how I’ve cried myself to sleep
    and now  I’m forced to be alone
    and left to climb the walls hide in the folds
    another bad sad song
    and god its weird
    god its strange
    to be the only one to talk to
    god its weird
    and god its strange
    to be the only one to dance with

    god its weird
    god its strange
    to be the only one
    to be the only one

    Pavement Kisses

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    Yesterday you say you , started to pray
    A desperate last attempt to
    Cover every prayer with every god
    And hope to god that it works

    If you still will a fear
    Conspiring theories leave you needing
    A whole lot more than this
    Solace that you seek
    Believe in me we’ll leave believing
    In something

    Growing up is fun
    Only if your young
    Left to late
    Forgot to take it but we’ve
    Written and revised in
    The art of compromise
    Left to late, mistakes we’ve made but

    If you still will a fear
    Conspiring theories leave you needing
    A whole lot more than this
    Let the pavement kiss our feet
    Believe in me we’ll leave believing
    In something

    You know that something is better than nothing
    Something is better than nothing.

    Hold Me

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    I’ve shed my skin so many times I’m worn thinTime heals all’s a bad joke
    I feel you so close I choke

    Cut down to size and alibi’s were all lies
    I can’t close these tired eyes
    If I do you’ll be there
    Wanting to

    Hold me, hold me, if you told me
    That lover meant leaver
    Hold me , hold me , if you’d  mould me
    To whatever matters

    Gone to far, it’s all gone on so long
    It feels this flesh and bone
    Are no longer my own

    If I don’t cross the street
    If I don’t run away
    Pray paths don’t meet up today
    Strange it’s still all I crave
    Wanting you to

    Hold me, hold me, if you told me
    That lover meant leaver
    Hold me , hold me , if you’d  mould me
    To whatever matters

    Whatever matters

    Proved through the ages
    The most childish of fazes
    Still keeps me in cages

    Can I go for the kill
    These words never sway you
    The most childish of fazes
    Keeps me in cages

    And if you’d hold me, hold me, if you told me
    That lover meant leaver
    Hold me , hold me , if you’d  mould me
    To whatever matters

    Hold me, hold me, if you told me
    That lover meant leaver
    Hold me , hold me , if you’d  mould me
    To whatever matters

    Please mould me
    To whatever matters

    Could Ya

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    Half weight, half wit
    You say you want to hold me down
    And see if it’ll fit
    Half weight, Half wit
    Just try and hold me down

    Half weight, half wit
    You know you got to go so low
    If you wanna touch
    Half weight, half wit
    Just try and touch me know

    And if you tell me that you’re
    Getting off on it,
    Getting off on it,
    Getting off on it.
    YEAH

    And could ya, could ya come on
    Could ya, could ya come on
    And could ya, could ya come on

    Half weight, half wit
    You say that you’re a
    Sick, sick catholic
    I think that I like it

    Half weight, half wit
    You wanna touch me now

    And if you tell me that you’re
    Getting off on it,
    Getting off on it,
    Getting off on it.
    YEAH

    And could ya, could ya come on
    Could ya, could ya come on
    And could ya, could ya make me belong

    And if you tell me that you’re
    Getting off on it,
    Getting off on it,
    Getting off on it.
    YEAH

    Drinking And Driving

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    And will this ever change
    Still you waits for pay day
    It comes and goes again

    And what, what of that ten year plan
    Somehow it never began
    So ditch your childish dreams of fame

    And honey just wipe away your tears
    Go grab your keys and hit the city streets
    It’s all out there for those who don’t care
    There’s just no other way

    It seems the only things that thrill ya
    Are the ones that will surely kill ya
    Who wants to see the century end

    And all those dreams that used to drive ya
    It’s not hope but dread that fills
    And still nobody knows your name

    And honey just wipe away your tears
    Go grab your keys and hit the city streets
    Put the top down, the wind in your hair

    Don’t you know you got a
    Car full of friends
    You’re sharing last drinks with
    Tonight’s casualties well
    Don’t even think what lies ahead

    There’s just no other way

    Lets go drinking and driving
    Lets go drinking and driving

    Shimmer

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    You turn on like neon light
    To catch my breath, I lose the fight

    And is perversity or purity?
    So good it must be God
    yeah

    Something is coming out tonight
    Something shimmering and bright
    Something that’s shimmering
    It’s you, so new

    The Strangest angel in my sight
    History withers, burns and dies

    And is this perversity or purity?
    So good you must be God
    Yeah

    Something is coming out tonight
    Something shimmering and bright
    Something that’s shimmering
    It’s you, so new

    Burns and dies
    Burn and die

    Oh well it’s you and me, It’s heavenly
    How could they want our blood
    Is this perversity or purity?
    So good it must be drugs
    Yeah

    Something is coming out tonight
    Something shimmering and bright
    Something thats shimmering
    It’s you, so new

    And baby it’s you so new
    It’s you so new

    Live For Love

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    Couldn’t wait to see ya
    You know you’re so familiar
    Well, my hands are down

    And still you taunt
    This love it haunts

    You know I live for love

    And here it comes, that feeling
    I’ll give it up , never let me win
    Cut me open , tuck me in
    It hurts, but it’s healing
    I’ll give it up , never let me win
    Cut me open , tuck me in

    Couldn’t wait to see ya
    Now that pains desire
    Well I want it now

    And please still taunt
    This love it haunts

    You know I live for love

    And here it comes, that feeling
    I’ll give it up , never let me win
    Cut me open , tuck me in
    It hurts, but it’s healing
    I’ll give it up , never let me win
    Cut me open , tuck me in

    You know I live for love
    Don’t you know I live for love

    And here it comes, that feeling
    I’ll give it up , never let me win
    Cut me open , tuck me in
    It hurts, but it’s healing
    I’ll give it up , never let me win
    Cut me open , tuck me in

    Eyesore

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    It weren’t the thousand questions asked
    Of your intentions but
    A paper bag worn as a mask
    Or no reflection would help

    I know what you see
    I’ve seen what you saw
    I know what you mean
    Called me an eyesore
    I know what you see
    I tend to agree

    And someone  said kids can be cruel
    We all know we’ve been there
    But all grown still you spit the truth
    Still I can’t handle it
    If I were colder would you’ve stayed
    A desperate second longer

    I know what you mean
    when you can’t give me more
    After seeing what you’ve seen
    Me flayed on your floor
    I know what you mean
    I tend to agree

    It’s just lonely
    It’s lonely

    When you’re less, when you’re less
    Than lovely you learn
    To love less

    Last Drink

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    Dreaming, you’re dreaming of him again
    And fighting with fists and wits but you never win
    I thought you were over him

    There’s a feeling
    That there’s no one in the world worth defending
    And time keeps moving on
    Pretty youth is gone
    Do you think your time has come

    So lets link arms for one last drink
    And here’s to the , here’s to the people who think
    That they’ve worked it out

    It’s trying when these people never tire of lying
    And they’ll take anything that’s owned
    But you’re not alone
    ‘Cause if you want I’d love to come along

    So lets link arms for one last drink
    And here’s to the, here’s to the people who think
    That they’ve worked it out

    So lets link arms for one last drink
    And here’s to the , Cheers  to the people who think
    That they’ve worked it out

    And in the age of the saved’
    Where self help reigns
    We don’t give, we don’t give a fuck
    Because we’ve given up

    Stars

    Music and Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    We will be free tonight
    I want to see the stars
    shining in your eyes
    as this fated night arrives
    We’ll leave these city lights
    Temptation to despise
    vanishes behind
    I want to see the stars
    Shining in your eyes

    With your head cocked to the side
    You make me realize
    There’s not much more to life
    Than those that we despise
    I want to see the stars
    Shining in your eyes

    And as this sick feeling subsides
    With butterflies inside
    We show our smile lines
    As we head towards the light
    The stars they’re shining bright
    Shining in your eyes

    Hollywood Ending

    Lyrics by Scott William Matthew
    Music by Spencer Cobrin

    It could be the case
    That this all is a waste
    I clamor, I’ve climbed
    I will fall from grace
    I should know my place

    And it could be a sign
    That love and whiskey don’t rhyme
    And you don’t know my name
    Though I’m past my prime
    You could turn back time

    To complete the scene
    It’s a hollywood ending
    The close up kiss
    Will be the twist
    And take the place of the fear and the longing
    I’ve known

    To complete the scene
    It’s a hollywood ending
    The close up kiss
    Will be the twist
    And take the place of this real life of  longing
    I’ve known

    Black Bird

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    I’m a little black bird
    nestled in the dark
    you tell me there’s and outside
    world
    hurricanes and sparks

    I’m a little black bird
    Nestled In your palm
    You tell me there’s an outside
    World
    I’m sure it can’t be as warm.

    I don’t want to learn to fly

    If I want the answers to thousands of questions
    Tell me to
    Throw them to the wind
    I think we’ve found the one solution
    To a thousand questions
    Help me clip my wings

    I don’t want to learn to fly
    That would mean I’d say goodbye

    True Sting

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    I could tell a tale
    Of a truce that failed
    But instead I’ll tell a lie

    It’s your time I’d steal
    To make you feel what I feel
    Believe me no-one likes that guy

    Now I am left alone
    You ain’t coming home
    So it’s goodbye
    Darlin goodbye

    It’s taken this long
    It’s taken this song
    To expel the dirt
    To break the shrine

    It’s taken this song
    To feel the true sting
    To let go of what has died

    Now I am left alone
    You ain’t coming home
    So it’s goodbye
    Darlin goodbye
    Goodbye
    Dear goodbye

    Felicity

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    Today is your birthday
    And it’s got me thinking
    About the passing of time
    What it means to be alive

    It may seem like a mystery
    But a friendship with history
    Kinda makes sense of why I try

    Felicity it’s your birthday
    Felicity happy birthday
    Felicity when friendship becomes family
    It helps me with the mystery

    Our fingers and toes may have grown
    But in my mind I like to go
    Back to the place where we didn’t know
    That you’d be a mother, a wife
    And so many other things in this life
    It helps me to know
    Where the time goes

    Felicity it’s your birthday
    Felicity happy birthday
    Felicity when friendship becomes family
    It helps me with the mystery

    Duet

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    You want a piece of me
    The vermin birds have done their worst
    And now there’s nothing left
    Severed hearts and all history
    When hope has died
    To be held may not amount to much
    But try

    Sleep little dream
    Perchance to scream
    But your not alone
    I will save you from the demon
    Weeds you’ve sown
    Little dream why can’t you see
    You’re not alone

    It’s wasted time to believe in me
    All good boys should go to bed
    And really so should I
    Sweet till darkness creeps up on me
    It rattles round the room
    And taps me on my head

    Sleep little dream
    Perchance to scream
    But your not alone
    I will save you from the demon
    Seeds you’ve grown
    Little dream perhaps you’ll see
    Your not alone

    Buried Alive

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    I’ve made a hole
    I put you in
    And for a time
    It looked like I’d win
    But that holes a home
    There’s no change in time
    And I’m the tomb
    As when you were mine

    And now what we’ve made
    Will Fray and fade
    But I’ll always
    Hear it cry
    Let it decay away
    With the pain and the pride
    It will still
    Eat me inside
    And I’ve buried what has died
    Alive

    You better mark my words
    ’cause your prayers Won’t work
    And it’s never smart to vow
    Death do us part
    Now that holes your home
    There’s no change in tide
    And I’m the tomb
    It’s as if you’re still mine

    And now what we’ve made
    Will Fray and fade
    But I’ll always
    Hear it cry
    Let it decay away
    With the pain and the pride
    It will still
    Eat me inside
    And I’ve buried what has died
    Alive

    The Wonder Of Falling In Love

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    Somethings happening, first for a while
    (why are you crying)
    A thousand, million butterflies make me smile
    ( I fear the boys falling in love)
    And it’s happening to me
    God I’ve been lonely
    A heart washed out to sea
    And could you love me
    And save me from this cities debris

    The chaste, the waist, replaced with valentine
    ( you better start smiling)
    All the stars and guitars combine if you are mine
    ( I fear the boys falling in love)

    And it’s happening to me
    God I’ve been lonely
    A heart washed out to sea
    And could you love me
    And save me from this misery

    Don’t make a fuss
    (it’s a must)
    The gods demand
    ( that you take his hand)
    We’re in for better days
    ( you know you are his only friend)
    A command from my heart
    ( let it start)
    Let this dream come true

    ( why are you crying)
    ( the wonder of falling in love)

    And it’s happening to me
    God I’ve been lonely
    A heart washed out to sea
    And could you love me
    And save me from this cities debris

    ( you better start smiling)
    ( the wonder of falling in love)

    Seedling

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    On the way down
    I can’t help remembering
    A taste in his mouth
    My sweet reassuring
    As trust turns to dust
    Guess I’ll be ignoring you now

    He’s on the way out
    All love sick hypodermics
    All his needling
    My needing of an addict
    Show me some peace
    I’ll show you there’s no hard feelings

    I’ll even tell them to
    “please leave him be
    Leave him to bleed”
    And I’ll leave
    As he beautifully goes to seed.

    Right from the start
    A text book denial
    A taste in his mouth
    Deceptive and chemical
    Repay my money
    I’ll show you there’s no hard feelings

    I’ll even tell them to
    “please leave him be
    Leave him to bleed”
    And I’ll leave
    As he beautifully goes to seed.
    And I’ll leave
    As he beautifully goes to seed.

    Sweet Kiss In The Afterlife

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    For some it seems a mistake
    For me it’s a way of life
    To resign to the wait
    For something to shed a light

    For the path to be clear
    And common sense to replace the fear
    For the tables to turn
    To be gallantry’s favorite son

    So you go ’bout your day
    I’m happy to wait
    I’ll wait

    It comes as no surprise
    That I can see in the dark
    For some it’s compromise
    To waste a life on a fabled spark

    But each and every empty day
    Is a day closer to just what might
    Be it if I can only taste
    A sweet Kiss in the afterlife

    So you go on your way
    I’m happy to wait
    I’ll wait

    For some it seems a mistake
    For me it’s a way of life
    To resign to the wait
    For something to shed a light

    But each and every empty day
    Is a day closer to just what might
    Be it if I can only taste
    A sweet Kiss in the afterlife

    No Place Called Hell

    Music & Lyrics by Scott William Matthew

    They break our ties
    And tell us that our thoughts are lies
    Because we know there’s nothing on the other side
    Called hell
    And they can’t seem to keep us down

    They break our lovely necks because we stuck them out
    Because we dare to question what the hell they’re on about
    And they can’t seem to keep us down

    Are you scared ’cause your losing control
    Are you scared ’cause your losing that hold

    So break our bones and back they’ll grow and don’t you know
    The world you think you own
    Is only yours on loan
    Don’t you dare to keep us down
    Don’t you dare to keep us down

    Are you scared ’cause your losing control
    Are you scared ’cause your losing that hold

    Be prepared, you’ve been warned, you’ve been told
    Are you scared ’cause your losing that hold

    Abandoned

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I no longer can rely
    on a friend who once kept me alive
    and you won’t see me take a stand
    ’cause I’m not special but it helped to know that some one thinks I am
    and god its weird

    I no longer feel at home
    I cant arrive upon your street
    and tell you how I’ve cried myself to sleep
    and now  I’m forced to be alone
    and left to climb the walls hide in the folds
    another bad sad song
    and god its weird
    god its strange
    to be the only one to talk to
    god its weird
    and god its strange
    to be the only one to dance with

    god its weird
    god its strange
    to be the only one
    to be the only one

    Little Bird

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    little bird on a high wire
    wish you would come down to earth
    and peck a kiss on my shoulder
    leave a mark and make me better
    and if you take off your mask
    I swear to you,
    I’ll work on my past habits
    and the end will never start

    And I am absolutely sure
    I’m all yours

    happy songs have worked for some
    If I’m not wrong
    this is my first one
    and now that I have stopped my crying
    peck a kiss upon this smile

    and I am absolutely true
    I love you

    Laziest Lie

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I wake up to find there’s no face in my hands
    again a god with the cruelest of plans
    and again the mistake we call love
    to apologize adds to insult
    your words they stream oh beyond blasphemy
    a pin in the eye of all I hope to be
    so just say it and set yourself free
    and no ones as sorry as me
    so please,please don’t please please don’t
    your words they scream oh beyond blasphemy
    a pin in the eye of all I hope to be
    an apology’s a forgery
    the laziest lie in history
    so please ,please don’t, please don,t bother

    Upside Down

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    I walk a tight rope
    and live with a high hope
    that somehow we still feel the same
    through this catastrophe it’s quietly telling me we’ll confess that word
    again

    I don’t care if the worlds upside down if you’re lost or you’re found
    I know your feet will stay far from the ground
    If you just stick around

    I know the shots you call gentle
    cause I could fall and break
    yeah I hear what they say

    I read between the lines
    It cuts like a hate crime
    And tell me today is not the day

    I don’t care if the worlds upside down if you’re lost or I’m found
    I know your feet will stay far from the ground
    If you just stick around

    Every Traveled Road

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    with every sweet hello
    there’s a bitter good bye
    with every happy song
    there’s the one to make you cry
    with every traveled road
    there’s a curse that wont die
    I know you’re not the only one
    You’re the only one with a knife

    CHORUS
    Still you sing “here’s one
    here’s one for the valley
    here’s one for your family”
    there’s never one for me
    Still you sing “here’s one
    here’s one for the tree
    where your heart is buried”
    there’s never one for me
    there’s never one for me

    The longing the alone
    with a fall from a height
    and now you’ve come and gone
    must the whole of europe die
    we know that you inherit light
    but for who does it shine
    oh ’cause now I’ve lost the right
    to consider you mine

    CHORUS
    Still you sing “here’s one
    here’s one for the valley
    here’s one for your family”
    there’s never one for me
    and here I’m left to sing
    oh you kissed so damn easy
    did you show it just to tease me
    the sweetest treachery
    there’s never one for me
    there’s never one for me

    Friends And Foes

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

    there is a family that prays
    ’cause we’ve turned out this way
    and a sickly sect condones
    saying that we’ve turned out wrong
    and they twist and they turn
    all the truth that we have learned
    in the darkest of oceans there’s light

    and to all our friends and foes
    simply all you need to know
    to love is to live
    to receive is to give
    so saddle beside me
    sing and celebrate changing
    from the darkest of moments to light

    Bittersweet

    Lyrics & Music by Scott William Matthew

     you are here and i am there
    i’m underground you’re in the air
    i’m starting to believe
    that you’re a seed and i’m a tree
    I’m alone , you’re company
    never the twain shall meet
    oh ain’t it bittersweet

    and you stop and i start
    to prepare for a broken heart now
    lets agree to disagree
    and you can sail to shore as i drift out to sea

    i move to fast , you’re slow to start
    i’m in the clouds , your in the past
    i’m simple , you’re elite
    i’m happiness you’re misery
    you like to laugh but just at me
    never the twain shall meet
    oh ain’t it bittersweet

    and you stop and i start
    to prepare for a broken heart now
    lets agree to disagree
    and you can sail to shore as i drift out to sea

    run , now the hope has gone
    now there’s no fun now we’re undone

    and you stop and i start
    to prepare for a broken heart now
    lets agree to disagree

    and you stop and i start
    to prepare for a broken heart now
    lets agree to disagree
    we agree to disagree

    and you can sail to shore as i drift out to sea