1. PYGMALION'S DREAM

The hand creates
And chiseled stone
Rises from beneath the striking
Hidden here below the fracture
The beautiful is corporal
The beautiful is real

I write these dreams
To make this world
Something more
Than hate and greed
I cast a vision
To change the tides
To give this world
What I have seen

Find the face within the stone

The Cyphered dreams
Of love enduring
No winds shall come
To move this stone...

For here I plant
My gift to you
A monument
Within the mind
The stone is breathing
The heart is beating
And my soul is present
In every word...
Galatea lives
And she will love you
While angels comfort-
Should you fall...


2. WINDBRINGER

A hidden voice beneath the Thunder
Cascades whispers reaching down.
A life less perfect in its living
Is to real purpose summoned now.
As dream carved eyes sing empathy
With wings made mortal to the search,
For essence weighed in temples razed
Ascend the fires & salted earth.

I can see the message breathing still
I can hear the voices sounding deep inside
I can feel the hero rising up above the silence
Your soul remembers yet, the path that men forget

I bring the winds, to free you from your hesitation
I call the storms to remind you what you are
My faith endures for the sake of something less and more in Them
And so I bring the winds, to echo in your heart...

Drifting scenes of shameful things
To haunt corrupted will
The Lion pacing at the edge
Guards the keep... that faith once built
Find constitution in your soul...
A vessel for your light .
Eyes drift toward the northern fires
A beacon to the ocean of the night...


3. SOPHIA

When life has slipped behind this isolation
Cruelty and hatred have become
The cause of those whose eyes are full of wanting
The truth will still abandon none...
So you must carry this light into the darkness
You shall be a star unto the night
You will find hope alive among the hopeless
That is your purpose to this life

The lips draw words
And hands find actions
Still there is more within one heart
And to the silence, will you answer?
Before the chaos, will you come?

Do not injustice to another
Defend the weak & innocent
May truth & honor always guide you
Let courage find a life within
Stand up when no one else is willing
Act not in anger or in spite
Be to this world as a perfect knight
Even if it means your life...

Here I am,
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Sophia
Peace is born to your victory
Athena Sophia
How can I hope to live... what I cannot dream?

You cannot map the ways of divinity......
This much is known...
Only unto God

And through these doubts
And through your confusion
Know that you are chosen to this fight
Look to find a soul filled with compassion
Look to see see a living source of light

Do not injustice to another
Defend the weak and innocent
Let truth and honor always guide you
Let courage find a life within
Stand up when no one else is willing
Act not in hatred or in spite
Be to this world as a perfect knight
Even if it means your life...

Here I am,
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Sophia
Peace is born to your victory
Athena Sophia
How can I hope to be... what I can't believe...

The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature,
Capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty.
If you wish to find that which becomes the dividing line Between
Mankind and other biological classifications, it rests not In
Brain size, dominance, or even emotional capability. It Lies within
The innate capacity for human beings to reflect on their Actions,
And show regret. It is most certainly the ability to Empathize that gives
Them their position. All mammals understand love and affection, but
Only man shows a propensity to place himself into the shoes Of another life-form. Losing this capability, among Individuals of the species,
Reduces them below their much heralded position,
And readies the climate for the likely fall of man.
A fall from grace.

Do not injustice to another
Defend the weak & innocent
Let truth & honor always guide you
Let courage find a life within
Stand up when no one else is willing
Act not in hatred or in spite
Be to this world as a perfect knight
Even if it means your life...

Here I am,
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Sophia
Peace is born to your victory
Athena Sophia
How can I hope to find what I cannot see?
Here I am,
Alive among the injured and the dead
Here I am
Thy will be done
Sancta Sophia
Peace is born to your victory
Hagia Sophia
How can I hope be, what's inside of me?


4. DEFENDER

By vigils light this night to keep
Watching eyes fall over her
Moments lost, fragments unseen
But I will still be here

They say
This cause is lost
And she will not return to me
They say
That she is gone
And this is just a shell unliving...

And through the dark of the morning
She fades, but I will not leave here
Fight back the demons around us
Love lives, And I will defend her

By dancing light alone in the darkness
My eyes play tricks with the shadows
Prayers for miracles seem to pass unheard
But I am with her still

They say this cause is lost
And she will not return to me
They say that she is gone
And this is just a shell unliving...

And through the dark of the morning
She fades, but I will not leave here
Fight back the demons around us
Love lives, And I will defend her

I will defend her......

There is no fact, that cannot be challenged
No course of fate, we cannot repair -the
Means to an end is in the beginning
Strength to endure comes out of despair

Where there is love, there is life
And where there is life there is hope
And in hope we find the sight to see
The essence of divinity

They say
This cause is lost
And she will not return to me
They say
That she is gone
And this is just a shell unliving...

And through the dark of the morning
She fades, but I will not leave here
Fight back the demons around us
Love lives, And I will defend her
And through each moment believing
She knows, that I will not leave herOne life held fast to Another (eternity)
love lives, And I will defend her.

I will defend her...


5. PERFECT

It's getting difficult
Each moment here alone
And Its getting dark outside...
And stranger here without you

But I see a firefly
Glowing in the summer sky
Like bright confetti
Burning in the night

How do you do it
You make me feel this way
How do you do it
All these games we play
How do you do it
How can you say the things you say
How do you do it
It breaks my heart- every day.... again & again

I don't think you know that I believe in you
I don't think you understand how much I love you still
And I don't think you realize, that you are perfect in my Eyes
I don't think you know that I believe.... In you

Its getting harder
Everyday like yesterday
And tomorrow feels unreachable
A thousand years away
But I see a firefly
Swimming in the air tonight
Like bright confetti
Dancing in my mind...

How do you do it
You make me feel this way
How do you do it
All these games we play
How do you do it
How can you say the things you say
How do you do it
It breaks my heart- every day.... again & again

I don't think you know that I believe in you
I don't think you understand how much I love you still
And I don't think you realize, that you are perfect in my Eyes
I don't think you know that I believe.... In you

I spiral into circles,
And all of this for you
So tell me how to find you now
And tell me what to do...

How do you do it
You make me feel this way
How do you do it
All these games we play
How do you do it
How can you say the things you say
How do you do it
It breaks my heart- every day.... again & again

I don't think you know that I believe in you
I don't think you understand how much I love you still
And I don't think you realize, that you are perfect in my Eyes
I don't think you know that I believe.... In you


6. ELISSA

Talking back from frozen moments
The aching words I never spoke
Alone now in this cold abstraction
The sounds of yesterday transpose
And every pause within my conscience
I sadly offer up to you
I have to go before I falter
Before my longing skews the truth

And as I push against the waves
Know my heart is broken too
And though I travel far away
Part of me is still with you

And if it was my choice to make
Elissa- I would stay with you
But tomorrow isn't mine to give
And there's something I must do
And if it was my life to live
Elissa- I would never leave
I made a promise long ago
And now you must believe-
However far i travel...
I can only love you more...
I can only love you more...

I see your shadow like a ghost
Silent and away
Apologies make emptiness
The things I want to say
And this guilt it must be but mine alone
Fearing the distant glow
Broken to a choice unmade
Though I want you, though I need you (by my side...)

And as I push against the waves
Know my heart is broken too
And though I travel far away
Part of me is still with you

And if it was my choice to make
Elissa- I would stay with you
But tomorrow isn't mine to give
And there's something yet to do
And if it was my life to live
Elissa- I would never leave
I made a promise long ago
And now you must believe-
That whatever course life takes...
I can only love you more...
I can only love you more...


7. EYE OF THE STORM

The trials you now are facing
They are not greater than your will
For there is nothing under heaven
You cannot overcome
See the door that lies before you
And know- this too shall pass
The confrontation of your fears
In strength drawn from the past
Where the silent voices whisper
Find the course- that is your own
And however great the obstacle
You will never be alone
For I have watched the path of angels
And I have heard the heavens roar
There is strife within the tempest
But calm in the eye of the storm.

In fragments of an instant
The chaos has returned
And all that was left to sentiment (emptiness)
Beneath the banner burned
And as that voice was slow receded
Into echoes, memory
My doubts were re-ignited
And fear awakened from its sleep

I believe in what I fight for
And I have paid for it with pain
I am here because my contributions
May help turn this fate away
And all who stood by and did nothing
Who are they to Criticize?
The sacrifices of others-
Our blood has bought their lives...

This is the moment of truth
At the point of no return-
Place faith in your convictions
When boundaries begin to blur

There is no love untouched by hate
No unity without discord
There is no courage without fear
There is no peace without a war
There is no wisdom without regret
No admiration without scorn
There is strife within the tempest-
But calm in the eye of the storm...

The pages of our history
Are written by the hand
With eyes and ears and prejudice
Too far removed- to understand
And so the heroes of the ages past
Are stripped of honesty- and love
To make them seem less noble
And hide what we can become

This is the moment of truth
At the point of no return
Place faith in your convictions
As the boundaries begin to blur

There is no love untouched by hate
No unity without discord
There is no courage without fear
There is no peace without a war
There is no wisdom without regret
No admiration without scorn
There is strife within the tempest-
And calm in the eye of the storm...

There is no love untouched by hatred
No unity without discord
There is no courage without fear
There is no peace without a war
There is no wisdom without regret
No admiration without scorn
There is strife within the tempest-
But calm in the eye of the storm...

If you find the courage within you
To face the path ahead
It matters not the outcome
If what you will gain instead
Is a heart deepened in the knowing
That experience carves the soul
And the very thing that empties you
Shall surely make you whole
Where the silent voices whisper
Find the course that is your own
And however great the obstacle
You will never be alone
For I have watched the path of angels
And I have heard the heavens roar
There is strife within the tempest
But calm in the eye of the storm


8. ARIADNE

He cast you to this isolation
Without the spark that made life real
Nothing lost below the mourning
Nothing moves and nothing feels

Your distant eyes filled up with longing
Who steals the dignity within?
Black sails fade from the horizon
And take away your innocence

It doesn't it have to end this way
He filled your head with make-believe
No time to cry so wake up
Ariadne
It doesn't it have to be this way
You define what you believe
Rake hold of your destiny
Temember ...what's inside

So cautiously you walk the dawning
Searching through deserted dreams
He used your love, he used your body
And then dis-garded everything

Your wanting eyes filled up with silence
To find the dignity within
To free the world beyond regretting
Beyond the grays of innocence

It doesn't have to end this way
He filled your head with make-believe
No time to cry so wake up
Ariadne
It doesn't have to be this way
Now you define what you believe
Take hold of your destiny
Remember... what's inside

Step inside and feel division
Words make the delusion real
Truth is not alive in knowledge
But dead within the lies we deal
Theseus will break your heart
Theseus will break your heart

And what your life has failed to grant you
Live to claim, and claim to live
So many paths lead to tomorrow
What love has lost can you forgive?

It doesn't have to end this way
He filled your head with make-believe
No time to cry so wake up
Ariadne
It doesn't have to be this way
Now you define what you believe
Take hold of your destiny
Remember what's inside...


9. SLEEPWALKING

Life detaches
Much less loved
A taste familiar
But watered down
And each day passes
Into the next
Like television
Flickering unseen.

I breathe
But I don't often think about it
Anymore
Iits become a habit
Those embers fragment
That fire was
Just a fracture
In the ice.

Do you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Do you hear a voice from my side?
Sleepwalking

And poetry
Fills an empty room
With science broken
And confused
And my desire...
Becomes a pacifier
I need to feel
Alive and awake.

Do you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Do you hear a voice from my side?
Sleepwalking

Something aging
In the water
In the damage
To my soul
The wishing fire
Is still alive
And I think his heartbeat
Will not die
How can I give
Anymore of my life
Away...

Do you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Do you hear a voice from my side?
Sleepwalking


10. SOLUS

And so it happens.
My thoughts grow meaningless and forgotten
Just the colors of a faded dream
Left out in this rain to bleed.
Life gets confusing
Prayers draw darkened in the course of my life
And I know that just to ask the questions
It takes courage & resolve-

So you don't have to answer me- if you don't want to
And you don't have to hold me close, to calm my fears
It all becomes so meaningless, if theres no love here
A heart left to this Solus... disappears... I disappear

It happens to me
My doubts are climbing for a better view
Nothing I could ever hide from you
You know my heart and my mind... (but you still seem so Blind)
And then each action
What is the measure of a perfect soul
Its something I could never really know
As I reach out hoping you'll be there (this time)

So you don't have to answer me- if you don't want to
And you don't have to hold me close, just to calm my fears
It all becomes so meaningless, if theres no love here
A heart left to this Solus... disappears... I disappear

Feeling lost
Feeling forgotten
Feeling empty... without you


11. DIDO'S REPLY

And if you find your Illium
And if you build your troy
I hope you feel the pain I felt
Twice upon your sword

Aeneas on your noble hands
My life shall stain with blood
Let Dido's curse rest in the mind
A shade begot by love

Carthage shall this grudge recall
Upon your 7 hills
And nothing less than misery
Will remind you who you killed

And though with hate I suffer now
The truth is deeper still
For I love you with my dying breath
And know I always will...
Beyond this world into the next
I know I always will...


12. MEMORARE

Slipping between us, the ghost & the mourning
Prayers spent finding, a reason to stay
Painful and aching, the balance is breaking
With so many words, I don't know what to say....

Our planets break orbit like paper and water
Delicate dancing on the edge of her lips
Something unsettled, and something remembered
Something forgiven, keeps silent with-in
And she turns to me with tears in her eyes
As if she doesn't see the tempest inside
And our hearts are beating, but no-one is breathing
A small thing I think, so close to the end

The clock is ticking, time is escaping- I know I must be Standing on my own
And something sacred, it could be dying - I know, and I Stare with headlights now approaching
Blankets of sadness, bound up and cover, happiness lost, I Must have buried here
Inside I'm reaching, inside i'm pleading, I can't be losing Everything...
That I remember...

Oh, Memorare
Oh, Memorare

Kisses left longing, somewhere behind us
Asking for comfort, like cats in-between
And this new regretting, how foolish the choices
That once seemed so meaningful, sturdy, & sane.
Our seconds of silence, last half of forever-
Searching for glimpses that lovers embraced
How close and how distant, we stand to each other
Knowing that nothing, can ever be replaced

The clock is ticking, time is escaping- I know I must be Standing on my edge
And something sacred, moments reflecting - I know, and I Stare with headlights now approaching
Blankets of sadness, bound up and cover, happiness lost, I Must have buried here
Inside I'm reaching, inside i'm pleading, I can't be losing Everything...
That I remember...

Oh, Memorare
Oh, Memorare

The clock is ticking, time is escaping- I know I must be Standing on my edge
And something sacred, moments reflecting - I know, and I Stare with headlights now approaching
Blankets of sadness, bound up and cover, happiness lost, I Must have buried here
Inside I'm reaching, inside i'm pleading, I can't be losing Everything...
That I remember...


13. BIRTHDAY

Roll out of bed, look in the mirror
And wonder who you are-
Another year has come and gone

Today is your birthday
But it might be...
The last day of your life
So what will you do if tomorrow- its all gone

You won't be young forever
There's only a fraction to the sum
You won't be young forever
Nor will anyone

So...

Look at your life, who do you want to be- before you die?
Look at your life, and what do you want to do?
Look at your life, who do you want to be before you die
Look at your life, you haven't got forever (it all comes Back to you)

Hmmmmmmm

And tell me what really matters
Is it the money & the fame?
Or how many people might
Eventually know your name?

But maybe you touch one life
And the world becomes a better place to be
Maybe you give their dreams
Another day, another chance to be free...

You won't be young forever
There's only a fraction to the sum
You won't be young forever
Nor will anyone

So...

Look at your life, who do you want to be- before you die?
Look at your life, and what do you want to do?
Look at your life, who do you want to be before you die
Look at your life, it all comes back to you

You won't be young forever
There's only a fraction to the sum
You won't be young forever
Nor will anyone

Look at your life, who do you want to be- before you die?
Look at your life, and what do you want to do?
Look at your life, who do you want to be before you die
Look at your life, it all comes back to you

Look at your life, who do you want to be- before you die?
Look at your life, and what do you want to do?
Look at your life, who do you want to be before you die
Look at your life, you haven't got forever (it all comes Back to you)


14. KISSES 3

Before i fade into a dream
I will leave these kisses 3
One for love that dances in fairy light,
One for the beautiful child enthroned,
And one for the angel whose eyes are my vision,
Whose wings though tattered shall carry me home...

Carry me home...
Carry me home...

Is there something I missed along the way?
Is there something I missed?
The first kiss.
Is there something I missed along the way?
Is there something I missed?
The second kiss.
Is there something I missed along the way?
Is there something I missed?
The third kiss...

I only ask you remember me
In a waking thought, returned from sleep...
Before I fade into a dream
I will leave these...
Kisses 3