1. BY THE LIGHT OF A SUN

By the light of a sun
Burning dreams into ash
Flames set the night on fire
So take a drink and have a good laugh

We shoot at the moon
Taking withering fire
Head over the top again -- into no man’s land
Armed with only desire

Face into the sun
Turn your face into the sun
Face into the sun
Turn your face up into the sun
Stumble on like a drunk
So maybe we are
We longer dare...
We just hitch a ride on some blinded star

By the light of a sun
Shining down on our flaws
We chase the enemies of good men down
Take a drink have a laugh and move on

Face into the sun
Turn your face into the sun
Face into the sun
Turn your face up into the sun


2. A WAY YOU'LL NEVER BE

Talk a loud game
In the face of no enemy
Mocking a man that would guard you as you sleep
Basically brave is
A way you'll never be

It was always some kid
Some mother‘s kid
Could never do it yourself
Lose it if you did

So die another way
Hiding on the moon
Burn another empire
Never ever leave your room

Winning all your wars from a battlefield armchair
Pour derision on a man
With the thousand yard stare
Just a little bit brave
It’s a way y0u’ll never be


3. TO OUTRUN THE LIGHT

Have I been chasing delusional
Maybe just chasing me
Identify as a thin white male
Catholic, skeletal in beliefs

Colliding with all these bad ideas
Poor design has run its course
The veil lifted on too many years
To learn you betted the wrong fucking horse

Well... here we stand
Facing heartache by decree
Never given a second glance
Let out the air we need to breathe

Well... here we stand
Now that we have outrun the light
Cut the pace and take a stand
Come with me we‘ll face the beast tonight...

The price you pay when you know too much
A toll for how far out you see
The simple live so less miserable
The font of empathy bound to exceed…

Well... here we stand
Facing heartache by decree
Never given a second glance
Let out the air we need to breathe

Well… here we stand
Now that we have outrun the light
Check the pace and take a stand
Stay with me we‘ll face the beast…

Well… here we stand
Seeking happiness by decree
Never give it the second chance
Never give it the second chance


4. THE REVOLUTIONIST

A passenger arrives on an evening train
A ghost in the shadows sets out the flame
A call to arms
For the coffee shop comrades

Beard, beret, on an eighty dollar shirt
Crimson hero or cigar advert
If che were here...
He would have had your head

Here’s the friend to no one
He‘s the son of a revolution
A call to arms... no gun
He’s the one to bring a revolution

Worlds collide in Levi’s and cons
A round of Marlboros and lattes tor all
He’ll save the realm in a coffee shop coup

Here’s the friend to no one
He’s the son of a revolution
A call to arms... but he didn’t bring a gun
He’s the one to bring a revolution


5. NADA

Is that a light in a window
A moment already past
Watch it drain through the bottle
No good whisky should last
In a life consumed to the fullest
Every bit of ice melts away
Left here with a glass of nothing
On this nothing we pray

Not a thing
Not a thing so you give it all tor nothing
Not a thing, not a thing
Because nothing, it’s the enemy...

Oh nothing who art in nothing
Nothing be thy name
Thy will be nothing as in nothing
When every day ends up the same
In a life broken to the fullest
Did you even know their names
Gone from here into nothing
Was it tor nothing they prayed...

Not a thing
Not a thing so you give it all tor nothing
Not athing, not a thing
Because nothing, it’s the enemy...


6. THE SILENCE IN COFFEE

Altercate into morning
Quiet by dawn
The silence in coffee
I made it too strong

It whittles us down
Rakes us across
The embers of could’ve been
Should’ve done
Mindful of all that lifts and what tears
And all that’s been given up or given in
Well I can’t give in...

Injuries in progress
Well it's all in your head
Yet there’s no recalling
A single word that was said

It whittled us down
Raked us across
The embers of could’ve been
Should‘ve done
Mindful of all that lifts and what tears
All that's been given up and given in

It whittled us down
Dragged us across
The ashes of could’ve been, should‘ve done
There’s no release, here‘s where we stand
In all that's been given up or given in
Well I can't give in...


7. UNSAFE SPACE
Instrumental


8. SUN.A.ROSE

Sun.a.rose
Hiding from the waves
Hiding from the violence in the wind
Sift through ashes
A way of killing time
We‘ve already burnt the prize
So just pretend...
To make your own luck
Easy to believe, easy to ignore
And easy to defend
Sun.a.rose
Brighter than it was
Wearing me and tearing me

Eyes raise
Really not my fault
Conspiracy the purpose and the plan
Identify lost, self consumed
I don't remember what it was to be a man
Sun.a.rose
Brighter than I need
Sun it rose for me and I just...

The sun
The rose
The weight
In front of me
Sun. rose.
Sun...


9. EPIC

Epic walls of sound
Epic words of change
Epic fools in my sights
Epic cost in blood
A blame decision
Epic waste of breath
Epic loss of sweat
A wasted mission

I nearly lost my edge
I barely caught myself again
Dragged up brought back from the dead
I nearly lost...

Epic lengths I’ve stared
Numb from all the tired inane percussion
Of the lips that move
Wrapping truth in lies
Insane discussion

I nearly lost my edge
I barely caught myself
Dragged up brought back from the dead
I nearly lost...

Crazy was I to think I’d find
An element of truth
Crazy was I to ever exchange
A word with you ...crazy
Crazy was I to ever think I’d hear the truth
Crazy was I to ever talk a word to you
Crazy... crazy was I... crazy was I...


10. POINTLESS ENDEAVORS

I chased the wind and the myth of something better
I chased the promise and the glitter of the never never
Leave the lost years in a box of old letters
Shed the dead skin of pointless endeavors
Gone is the chaos of the unknown
So turn around and go home

Reap a little of what we managed to sow
Who we touched, good or bad
Impossible to know....
Leave the lost years in a box of old letters
Shed the dead skin of pointless endeavors
Gone is the chaos of the unknown
So turn around and go home