Fan To Flame

Dead man walking these streets
A heart that only beats to breathe
Not someone you'd meet and say to yourself,
"Wish that was me"

A soul is spilling out,
But not from over flow
It's out from a crack inside of loveless doubt
I walk these streets...

It's time, I've been asleep upon this window seal and I have fallen
But now, presumed dead but I am much alive
I have woken

I've never wondered so far
Street lights on, but still seems so dark
But my eyes are closed, my soul is parched
I walk these streets

I never knew it could feel like this
I'd never seen until my eyes had opened
I never felt until my own salvation
I never knew I slept until I'd woken
I never knew I slept until I'd woken

Come sit down so you can enjoy the show
Have a seat front row for a better view
Come and stay for my portrayal
Hypocritical plot-twist for you

Masquerade, for all to see
Masquerade, it's deep in me
Ashamed of what I'll be, so I'm not what you see
The fruit that bears this tree...is me

Come sit down cause you don't wanna miss
A harlot's life amidst the better view
Come and stay for curtain call
Metaphorically I bleed the scene on you

Masquerade, for all to see
Masquerade, it's deep in me
Ashamed of what I'll be, so I'm not what you see
The fruit that bears this tree...is me

I don't refrain, with momentary lapse of my brain
Can we do it again, so I could get her name
And did is miss this chance? Well, opportunity flew right past
never to come back or, lead to romance
I don't ever think till it's too late
Never trusting every word I say

What's a man to do, so openly fleeing from the truth
Too anxious to move and too unsure to prove
I don't ever think till it's too late
Never trusting every word You say

And I don't seem to want the same
I keep falling trying to get up again
What to say, what to do, when will learn that it's safe
to leave it all to faith

I don't refrain, boldly speaking under the overhang
was it luck it rained and she remembered my name
I don't ever know till it's too late
Never trusting every word You say

And I don't seem to want the same
I keep falling trying to get up again
what to say, what to do, when will I learn that its safe
to leave it all to faith
Forever trusting every word you speak

A wretched man that I am, free to only what enslaves
Confliction in all parts of me, oh please stay away
Nothing good dwells in my limbs
Moving me to what I hate
Caressing it with you in view
Please stay away, please stay away...on knees shall I pray

Free to live, no chains confining, no law to bind me
Free to live, no separation, solicitude for me

A war is brewing here, waging on against myself
Ironic fate of old and new,
oh please stay away, please stay away...still pain in this faith

Free to live, no chains confining, no law to bind me
Free to live, no separation, solicitude for me

When all the weight of the world is seen through eyes of someone else
Like a carnival show predicting what it weighs
And I would never intend for those words to be what I meant
There’s a disconnect between the scripting and the scene

But I don’t want temporary life, cause I believe in what you want instead
It’ll always be the same, cause I believe in what was written in red
And it’s what you want

You can change my name, as if there’s meaning where I’ve been
Or a hope where I will be…a new writer, a new scene

Chorus

And I pray for this clarity, discerning me from me
A Damascus road, blinding light that brings me to my knees

Chorus

There it all goes again
The feeling that adequate has flown away
To where you are
And how’d you know I fell so short
Did you read my mind?
Are smell the grinding of my gears into a smoke signal
And how’d you know it was a sign at all

You begin at the place that I seem to end
Maybe it’s love that can handle this transition

There it all comes again
Molten lava also known as angst of the unknown
And how’d you know that I felt so alone
You just kept your mouth shut
And let me rant all over the place
Not so far passed fixing
And how’d you know I needed listening

You begin at the place that I seem to end
Maybe it’s love that can handle this transition
You begin at the place that I seem to end
Maybe it’s love that can make the seam invisible

You begin at the place that I seem to end
Maybe it’s love that can handle this transition
You take, you take the pain away…away
Where I end, then you begin…

There is burden when I am devout

And sometimes more when I am without you
And I will choose you every time
Cause I know there’s no dark in your light
And you want to be loved
And I will bring you there

But, not by words, but by spirit will love mirror
And I’m alive to the heart and not the letter

There is, you know, smoke illusion and rhyme
And despite the fall, you lift me every time
And you will choose me every time
Cause you know there’s no dark in the light
And I want to be loved
And you will bring me there

But not by words, but by spirit will love mirror
And I’m alive to the heart and no the letter

I don't say the words I said, even walk that way
There are thoughts I can't explain, i don't feel I don't breathe the same
and to this world, i am bound, but my feet don't touch the ground
and there's a faith here I can't explain, do I stay…do I soar away

You have changed the way I feel, altering a life
Can say I don't see the same, You've altered my life...yeah

So where do I go from here, when the heavens hold my stare
Maybe I don't care to explain the other me the way my old life waned

You have changed the way I feel, altering a life
I can say I don't see the same, you've altered my life
You have saved my life this way, altering a life
I proclaim I don't see the same, you've altered my life

It’s magical to be here in this place
Supernatural to see your face
It’s magical to see it all fade
Supernatural altering

You have saved my life this way, altering a life
I proclaim, I don't see the same, you've altered my life...yeah

Do I  mean it when I say

mold me, I’m just clay
Cause I don’t know if what you’ve made
Would hold all of my pride

When the Louvre is not good enough
To hold works of my life
False wisdom from man made law
That I will judge us by
You could be the one if I found you here
You have mercy on the ones you want to

Love me like there’s no tomorrow in sight
Inscribe it will be alright
Love me like there’s no tomorrow in view
Design a plan for me and you

The days when I’m the cup of kings
So honored and willing
Too expensive to be bought
And exactly what the world wants

The days when I’m the cup of fools
Hardened, far removed
A pharaoh of my own life
Coincidence, those can’t be signs

Love me like there’s no tomorrow in sight
Inscribe it will be alright
Love me like there’s no tomorrow in view
Design a plan for me and you

We swim so shallow

When the water is so deep far below
And I know that it’s warm up here
But we’re bound to get caught in this net

And we are flesh and bone
No gears to move our mind on its own
So why do we disguise our souls
Are we content to be in this net?

And we are worth our weight in gold
And we are precious in the sight of a King
There is love here like the days of old
There is treasure worth diving for

So let us swim on down
Don’t be afraid of the unknown
And I know it’ll take some faith
That there’s in treasure in wreckage beneath this net
Beneath this net

A new year is here

Resolutions that I won’t keep
It all begins with fear
Reconciled with a humbled past
Take me back to the years where love was like a child
And blind my eyes and meet me here before this cleft erodes

And take me and reconcile the distance here between us
Take me and reconcile this will that betrays your love

I like to see the stars
With no street lights to blend my view
Of the true distance apart
Or the fact of insignificance
I’m not here accepting this mediocrity
No, I’m not here to wave goodbye to opportunity

And take me and reconcile the distance here between us
Take me and reconcile this will that betrays your love

What could I ever bring?

So she says when she thinks about the life ahead
Worry overcomes her faith.
Please don’t ask her again
‘what are you gonna do after this’
cause in the dark she’s afraid
what if she steps into it and trips?

But there’s a will that you are in no matter where you go
There’s a faith that you can live in that will steer you home
And please show her that the world don’t make her what she is or who she’ll be
Tread into the dark, into the unknown
There’s a lamp at your feet

Maybe there could be a chance
So she says with a glance into the life ahead
If there could be a light on my path
Can a head explode?
Where is the anchor on my soul?
If she could only see all of the gifts she already owns

But there’s a will that you are in no matter where you go
There’s a faith that you can live in that will steer you home
And please show her that the world don’t make her what she is or who she’ll be
Tread into the dark, into the unknown
There’s a lamp at your feet

Cast your bread out and let the calm come down on you
And one day, you will find it again...and again

Please show her that the world don’t make her what she is or who she’ll be
Tread into the dark and to the unknown life ahead
There’s a lamp at your feet.
And please show her that the world don’t make her what she is or who she’ll be
Tread into the dark, into the unknown
There’s a lamp at your feet

There are photographs
A candid picture of a past
But now you throw them all away
To symbolize your change

Like a butterfly
You’re breaking free to this new life
Nothing here to hold you back
It’s faith, not fear you feel

And all along you were not alone
Even when your back was turned
But now you’re standing face to face with grace

So fly on my love and you will see
That it’s meant to be
And let the color of your wings shine bright
And glow tonight

There will always be
Bigger print for you to read
About a hope you’re longing for
The song of love we sing

There is always light
Like faith to see at night
And if there are tears when you are scared
I will fly right beside

All along you are not alone
In every step and ever way
It’s like a shadow shining bright as day

So fly on my love and you will see
That it’s meant to be
And let the color of your wings shine bright
And glow tonight

Everything is beautiful in its time
Everything is beautiful in its time, now is your time
(Take your wings and soar and never fall to the floor you’re not her)
So, fly on my love

There is no planet known with a pull
Like the gravity from you
And maybe that’s why I can’t leave
Or the reason it’s hard to breathe
And I would not leave even if I could
And I will remain where time has stood
Oh, I can’t go and I don’t even know what I would do
A moment away from you
As I just can’t leave here where I believe that I’m supposed be
Here in your gravity
As I just can’t leave here where I believe that I am meant to be

This law I can’t defy
I stay put while I fly
And to define would be absurd, like trying to explain this love in words
Maybe our blood is magnetized
Or better yet, souls intertwined
I believe it’s what we can’t see
I am sure it’s far beyond this world
As I just can’t leave here where I believe that I’m supposed be
Here in your gravity
As I just can’t leave here where I believe that I am meant to be