The Promise

 You thought you could be great at hiding the truth

But you tied my soul and stole all my youth

You covered your tracks, while the evidence stacked

You altered the facts ,watch me bleed through the cracks

Darkness has taken my good life to the grave

You buried the truth wanting me to behave

You were only postponing ,what you secretly kept

What you did in the dark now I won't let you sleep

I am the dirt on your hands, I am the shadow you cast

you can bury the bones but you can’t bury the past

Go on and lock all the doors, try to rinse away the stain

But the ground’s gonna open up and spit back my name

Remember your secret each time that you leave

Every lie that you told or asked others to believe

There maybe someone who’ll put a knife in your back

It maybe me coming back , preparing you to crack

From deep in my grave I remember it well

You traded my love and trust, "no one could tell"

I’ll always know what you did, you can’t undo what’s done

Yet you convince yourself and others I was the guilty one.

I am the dirt on your hands,

I’m the shadow you cast 

You can bury the bones

but you can't bury the past.

Go on and lock all the doors, try and rinse away the stain

But the grounds gonna open up and spit back my name

You dismiss all the questions you answer with lies

You broke all your promises broke away from my cries

I will never forgive you or myself for this crime

I always forgave you until another “NEXT TIME “

It’s a tragedy to love someone this way

Mourn your tomorrows, for what you did yesterday

I can’t let you forget, you can’t hurt me anymore

I’ll be here to haunt you, I’ll be here to even the score

I am the dirt on your hands,

I’m the shadow you cast 

You can bury the bones

but you can't bury the past.

Go on and lock all the doors, try to rinse away the stain

But the ground’s gonna open up and spit back my name

So if ever you feel me and are full of regret

Remember the reason you're trying to forget

A decade will pass, but my promises stand

What you buried will come back…to pull you under the land

Paths

 They say that not all who wander are lost,

Some chase feelings whatever their cost

How will you choose your path ?

Maybe you’ll choose the path of blinding obsession,

Thus Trading your soul, make another your possession?

Some do consider taking the path forbidden, a dangerous place

Where loves jealousy burns and shadows leave a trace

"Know this" that one path leads to lust, hurtful and cruel

Where rage is the fuel and the heart becomes a fool.

Oh, this map you now hold shows where the highways go

The dirt and the danger are not featured down below

Each step you take is a promise, every turn taken will cost

We’re all just wandering, but we’re not all lost

Yeah, your compass can point you to locations you seek

There are many paths leading to love, though some are quite bleak

Will you choose to be trapped in forced captivity?

Living a lie so that your spirits cannot fly free

Maybe hide a secret lover who has to wear a disguise

Hiding from so many eyes as the curtains start to rise

The last path as you see will lead you to peace

Where guilt and your ghosts of the past are released

Redemption is waiting for you to wash away the stains

A place to change your ways and start all over again.

Oh, this map you now hold shows where the highways go

The dirt and the danger are not featured down below

Each step you take is a promise, every turn taken will cost

We’re all just wandering, but we’re not all lost

Yeah, your compass can point you to locations you seek

There are many paths leading to love, though some are quite bleak

Choose Gravel or pavement, maybe shadows or light

Everyone’s just trying to sleep through the night

Loves highways are not all carved in the stone

You don't have to walk down the dark ones alone.

Every step is a promise, every turn hides a cost

We’re all just wandering, but not everyone is lost

So keep on going and don't ever look back

Your sense of direction still under attack

The heart leads the way, The head rules the heart

Wait for your guide and the sign that says start

Yeah your heart leads the way, the head rules the heart

Just wait for your guide and the light maps your chart

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Map of Life (Paths)

[Intro] In the stillness, we ponder, lost yet not lost, [Verse 1] They say that not all who wander are lost, Some chase feelings, whatever their cost. How will you choose your path? Maybe you’ll choose the path of blinding obsession, Thus trading your soul, make another your possession? [Pre-Chorus] Some consider taking the path forbidden, a dangerous place, Where love's jealousy burns and shadows leave a trace. [Chorus] Oh, this map you now hold shows where the highways go, The dirt and the danger are not featured down below. Each step you take is a promise, every turn taken will cost, We’re all just wandering, but we’re not all lost. [Verse 2] Yeah, your compass can point you to locations you seek, There are many paths leading to love, though some are quite bleak. Will you choose to be trapped in forced captivity? Living a lie so that your spirits cannot fly free? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe hide a secret lover who has to wear a disguise, Hiding from so many eyes as the curtains start to rise. [Chorus] Oh, this map you now hold shows where the highways go, The dirt and the danger are not featured down below. Each step you take is a promise, every turn taken will cost, We’re all just wandering, but we’re not all lost. [Bridge] The last path as you see will lead you to peace, Where guilt and your ghosts of the past are released. Redemption is waiting for you to wash away the stains, A place to change your ways and start all over again. [Chorus] Oh, this map you now hold shows where the highways go, The dirt and the danger are not featured down below. Each step you take is a promise, every turn taken will cost, We’re all just wandering, but we’re not all lost. [Verse 3] Choose gravel or pavement, maybe shadows or light, Everyone’s just trying to sleep through the night. Love's highways are not all carved in the stone, You don't have to walk down the dark ones alone. [Outro] Every step is a promise, every turn hides a cost, We’re all just wandering, but not everyone is lost. So keep on going and don't ever look back, Your sense of direction still under attack. [Hook] The heart leads the way, the head rules the heart, Wait for your guide and the sign that says start. Yeah, your heart leads the way, the head rules the heart, Just wait for your guide and the light maps your chart.

Beautiful Rage

 They say time fly's when your having fun

They never tell you when it’s over and done

I wish I could freeze time in a frame

Before my soul becomes somebody’s heartless game

Your power pretends I will be treated fair

You pull all the strings from your velvet chair.

You play the judge having me plead my case

You say I’m guilty just being in the wrong place

I am the quiet sound right before the storm

"I’ve got a rage inside" you’ve never seen before

No more just surviving, “I am breaking this cage!”

I'm going to flood the sky with my beautiful rage

You held me down, my face in the gravel, 

Shouting the odds while banging that gavel

Your idea to break my strong spine

Wont change my resolve or rewrite my lines

I want to live to love not just to survive

The truth has now surfaced so loud and alive

I need to learn how to fight, Stretch my heart line

Leaving the ghost of who I was way behind."

I have been “the quiet before the storm “

I have a rage inside you’ve never seen before

Like grey clouds bringing rain to a restless sky

My heart holds a scream louder than your cry

I am the quiet sound right before the storm

I’ve got a rage inside you’ve never seen before

No more just surviving, “I am breaking the cage!”

I'm going to flood the sky with my beautiful rage

Our history has a habit of repeating itself

Your lies temporarily scarred my health

My love for you burnt out with every rising sun

You still believe I'm under your thumb

I am the quiet sound right before the storm

I’ve got a rage inside you’ve never seen before

No more just surviving, “I am breaking the cage!”

I'm going to flood the sky with my beautiful rage

Like grey clouds bringing rain to a restless sky

My heart holds a scream louder than your cry

No more just surviving, “I am breaking the cage!”

I'm going to flood the sky with my beautiful rage

No more velvet chairs to stall my pace

No more pleading or stating my case

Leaving you far far behind

While reciting the truth yeah my own lines

Faded To Nothing

 Gone are the years when I used to trust

Gone are the tears between the both of us

The distant memory of you and I

Has faded to nothing not even a sigh

No one ever told me that it would end

No one ever showed me that rules cant bend

We were never meant to be together

I should have known we wouldn't last forever

All good things come to an end

My enemies were once good friends

They decided when to cut and run

Just before the bullets and the smoking gun

Why ask friends there honest thoughts?

Why take sides, in a divorce court

Nothing in life can ever be that wrong

Karma will get you, whether weak or strong

Its easy for others to have there say

To turn a cheek and look the other way

Forever the cowards that always said

Let by gone's be by gone's put it to bed

So now it seems they sing a different song

Didn't take much no it didn't take long

If I knew then what I know now

I would have left the stage without taking a vow

All good things come to an end

My enemies were once good friends

They decided when to cut and run

Just before the bullets and the smoking gun

Gone are the years when I used to trust

Gone are the tears between the both of us

The distant memory of you and I

Has faded to nothing not even a sigh

So don't cry don't cry as the years roll by

Its faded to nothing as the years fly by

Yeah Faded to nothing as the years roll by

Faded to nothing but lets not cry

Yeah Faded to nothing as the years roll by

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