PIECES OF HEART - Part 1
Can't move
Can't feel
Can't see
Only darkness and void
And the fire inside...
All that is left are
Pieces of heart
Cripples of thought
Flashes of dreams that died
And the fire inside
WISH I'D HAD THE GUTS TO ASK YOU THAT NIGHT.
TO ASK YOU OUT THAT NIGHT
WISH I'D HAD ASKED YOU TO SPEND THE NIGHT
TO BE HAPPY THAT NIGHT
WHITE
Frost on trees
Frost on leaves
Frost in my brain
All is dead and plain.
Frozen grass 'n rye
Frozen lake in pale light
Frozen beauty can't die
It just changed to white.
Your white breath
Your white smile
Your white myth
Your white finesse
Your white style
Your white wile
Your white hug
Shoot Spring in my blood.
Ice frills my window
Ice kills my scarecrow "Lee"
Ice fills my eye
Makes me die - slowly
Cold rivers lie dead
Feverish shivers run cold
There you come my only sun
That drowns the fevers and thaws the mold.
Your hot breath
Your hot smile
Your hot myth
Your hot finesse
Your hot style
Your hot wile
Your hot tears
Melt all my fears.
Hard grounds cut into my sores
Hard winds stab into my eyes
Come with that look of yours
And soothe my demise...
Your soft breath
Your soft smile
Your soft myth
Your soft finesse
Your soft quests
Your soft rite
Your soft breasts
wish I'd frozen it all to white...
To keep it forever for my delight.
HERO
You wanna be a star…
Always in front of the camera
One day being the lover
The other the killer –
Posing on the cover
Of The Rolling Stone.
Hysterical fans in ecstasy
Flashing their chests sensually
Blood filling the mush pit rapidly
While you with an angry face ALONE
're posing on the cover
Of The Rolling Stone.
You wanna be an American Idol –
Steal that American title
From the American poor
Who receive less and deserve more
American attention
Than American you American whore.
I WANNA BE A HERO
WANNA FIGHT FOR MY LAND AND MY QUEEN
WHO I HAVEN'T SEEN IN SUCH A LONG, LONG TIME
WANNA FIGHT TO THE DEATH WITHOUT SURRENDERING
WANNA KICK ASS, NO JUDGMENT PENDING
WANNA BE THE LAST MAN...
WANNA BE THE LAST MAN...
WANNA BE THE LAST MAN STANDING.
You wanna make it big on Wall Street
Vouchering off the blood-steaming meat
Making millions with a click
Quickly learned the well known trick
No matter if the tick
Means the out of an entire work fleet.
You wanna be a real estate lord
Posting your smirk on a big billboard
Over Sunset Boulevard
Picking the bones from the riches' meal
And waiting to seal
The next multi million dollar deal.
You wanna be a hedge fund manager
A real life damager
Getting rich off other people's dough
No ass to be kissed 's hanging too low
Using their money
To buy another honey
Using their dough
Oh - that's the way to go.
You wanna be like Donald Trump
Who's got big mouth
And a lot of pomp
And a 58-story house – called Tower
Fifty states are not enough
got the power to play it rough
What doesn't kill you makes you tough
Who cares about Pablo, Joe Doe and Mustafa.
I WANNA BE A HERO
WANNA FIGHT FOR MY LAND AND MY QUEEN
WHO I HAVEN'T SEEN IN SUCH A LONG, LONG TIME
WANNA FIGHT TO THE DEATH WITHOUT SURRENDERING
WANNA KICK ASS, NO JUDGMENT PENDING
WANNA BE THE LAST MAN...
WANNA BE THE LAST MAN...
WANNA BE THE LAST MAN STANDING.
Even if I die
I won't die in vain.
He was a hero, they will claim
He fought for us
When we stood paralyzed and numbed
He went out and kicked ass – for us.
He is dead now, he died for us –
But he is a hero
That's what they will say –
He died for us, YEAH...
I WANNA BE A HERO... CHORUS - to End.
Time to Be
They crossed the line
Thrust to crush the spine
They dropped their sign
With the evil design
Went to London, to Paris
Called up their basis
That's where they crossed the line
They swayed media and masses
Spread terror and fear
Not only in Paris
They're here.
They're here and again
On an eternal campaign
To capture total domain
With a doctrine insane
They infest our brains
Bring terror and pains
Replace hope with fears
Laughter with tears -
They caught the media's ear
Spread terror another year
Not only in Paris
They're here.
Then it's time to come out
Time to step up
It's time to act, to shout out loud
To join the club
And be a man of the men
Who fight over and again
To get rid of that clan
Yes, to be that man.
They're here and everywhere
In every street in every square
Lie low and stay aware
For the moment when it's there
For the moment reaching its crest
Ready to launch the horrid despair
Like a virus spreading fast
And prepare at last
For war -
To take on the West
They'll kill our men
Enslave our women
Old and young, fragile and strong
Take our most precious ones
For their seventy virgins
God, on that day –
We'll burn like the buildings they ignite
Bleed out like cattle slaughtered at night
Die blindfolded and without a fight
Decay on the ground and in bright daylight...
So it's time to come out
Time to step up
It's time to act, to shout out loud,
To join the club
To be a man and follow the plan
To blow them up into a mushroom cloud
To get rid of that clan
Yes, to be that man...
PIECES OF HEART – Part 2
Can't move a lash
Can't feel a limp
Can't see
Only darkness and void --
And the fire inside
And the fire inside
Wish I'd had the guts to tell 'em that day
That I'd give a damn about a degree
About career and university
If ending up here was the price I had to pay --
Wish I'd told them that day
That if going to war was the only way
For me to pay for my future –
I'd rather stayed clear off this torture
Wish I'd had the guts to tell 'em
That I'd rather labored in a coal mine
On a construction site or an assembly line
If I'd just told them...
That I'd rather become a deadbeat
Slept in the street, ate garbage and rotten meat
Than did what I've done and be condemned
Wish I'd had the guts then to tell 'em
Wish I'd had the guts...
To stand up and say no –
Before eaten by maggots
To say fuck you. Fuck you all. –
Wish I'd had the guts back then
To turn around and run
Instead of lying here... slain --
Can't move a lash
Can't feel a limp
Can't see...
Only darkness and void --
And the fire inside...
WE R THE FREE
We are the great
Where every man has a fate
Where every man is his own
Every man can own a home
Every man can become the head of state
Cause we – are the great
We are the mighty
The righteous and strong
Where a man gets his right
Even if he did wrong
Where a man is innocent until proven guilty
Cause we – are the mighty.
Like Billy the bully back in school
Who didn't ask, just made you follow his rule
He punched you in the face
And kicked in your teeth
And made you the fool
For the entire school
If you mess with us
We will take you down
Eye for an eye
Tooth for your town
We tear out your heart
Eat it for reward
If you mess with us
We will rip you apart.
Did you think you could scare us
Destroy us
And wear us down
Did you think you could own us
Run us
Make us believe in your crown
Did you think you could rule us
School us
Make us give in to your laws?
No, Never - because
We are the FREE
And as righteous as can be
We will topple your leaders
Liberate those who are with us
We bring Coke and DEMOCRACY
Because we are the free.
YES, We are the free
Where a man can be - what he wants
Have kids and a spouse
Own a dog, a cat, a gun and a house
If he works hard and has a degree
Cause we are the free.
Billy the bully always won
He didn't ask he just had fun
Taking what he wanted
And if you resisted he planted
His fist in your stomach
That you coughed up your lunch and sang like a eunuch...
If you mess with us
We will take you down
Eye for an eye
Tooth for your town
We tear out your heart
Eat it for reward
If you mess with us
We will rip you apart.
Pieces of Heart - Part1
THE WARRIOR
song lyrics
ICARUS – The Fallen One
Here I lay
Crashed to the ground
Here I stay
Lone and unfound
Wings broken
Feathers burned
Pain unspoken of
The insides churned
Where're my guys
Where's the rescue team
No one's to be left alive or dead
No doubt they'll come
Am I the only one around here
Crushed onto foreign soil
Left to die alone, unsound
To rot above ground and foil?
Back home – it seems a hundred years ago
I was made the fool at school.
One day they'll back off, I thought
Mind their own stuff, I thought –
Pay their respect, I thought
Accept the fool to be tough, I thought.
One day it'll show
One day they'll all know
And then they'll say,
We went to school with him,
That fool was on the football team
After the game all girls wanted him
But he only chose the best
And left us with the happy rest.
So I had to fly
Had to fly fast
Had to fly high
To be first
To quench the thirst
Of knowledge and fame.
Yes, I flew fast,
And so high
That unasked,
I burst through the sky
Continued to fly
And brushed up on the sun...
No one had gone so high
No one had pierced the sky
No one had gone so far
No one had ever seen the star
Up close and personal
That magnificent terminal
Of fire and light.
Of giving life and death alright...
Here I lay
Crashed to the ground
Here I stay
Lone and unfound
Wings broken
Feathers burned
Pain unspoken of
The insides churned
The guys're gone
There's no rescue team
No one's
Gonna come.
Yes, I'm the only one around here
Crushed onto foreign soil
Left to die alone, unsound
To rot above ground and foil.
No one had gone so high
No one had pierced the sky
No one had gone so far
No one had ever seen the star
Up close and personal
That magnificent terminal
Of fire and light.
Of giving life and death alright...
No one had gone so far
No one had ever seen the star
Up close and personal
That magnificent terminal
Of fire and light
That deceiving sight
Of giving life and death
With its fiery hydrogen breath...
© 2017 StefaNCarow
When the Sun Goes Down
When the sun goes down...
When the sun goes down,
I will be gone.
There'll be one last glimpse
At this forsaken world
Dying in the dark.
One last breath
Of fresh air,
Before it becomes
The reek of DEATH and decay.
One last thought
One last feeling
Then I'll be gone -
And the sun goes down...
Will it be anger and disdain?
Will it be hunger or despair?
Or just this awful pain,
Of a body that a soul can't repair?
Will it feel warm
Or cold,
Moist or dry or neither nor,
Or of something more
That just won't come.
Will I think of my mother
Who worked for two to make ends meet
Who like no other
Protected me from bad teachers
Kept me away from pedophile preachers
Helped me to get on my feet
Or will I think of the father,
Who I barely knew
Who I'd rather to come home
With everything I'd do:
Like playing on the football team,
Living his young man dream
And fighting in the war.
But he never came.
Hope that my last thought will be about you,
About your eyes, your smile, your light,
About the way you said my name
And whispered yes,
When I asked you to stay
That night.
About your lips, your kiss, your grips,
About the way you sighed
And whispered please don't go
When I told you I had to... leave for war -
That night.
Please, you said –
With shivering breath.
With shivering breath
You'd said – yes --
One last glimpse,
One last breath.
One last thought
About you – how you said yes -
Then SUN go down.
Innocence
Who are we - after all these years...
Spending fighting abroad
Being on constant alert
Never without fears
Who are we after all these fights
Having put on a monster face
Living haunted days
and sleepless nights
Who are we after all the sacrifice
We had made and caused
That changed our inner laws
Froze our souls to ice
All we set out for
Was to safe and protect,
Bring justice to the bad guys,
And freedom to the suppressed.
There's no innocence any more,
No peace of mind,
No eternal soul to find
There's no justice in war
There's no innocence any more
No video game's just a game
No car ride the same
You never know what next corner has in store
Are we the spawn of hell, ...
The angels of death?
Did we condemn life into a tiny shell
Cause the recruitment of wrath?
Did we cause the evil to unleash?
Did we unleash the ultimate terror?
Did we raise hell to boil over?
Flood the world with eternal horror?
All we set out for
Was to safe and protect,
Bring justice to the bad guys,
And freedom to the suppressed
Who are we - after all these years...
Spending fighting abroad
Being on constant alert
Never without fears
Who are we after all these fights
Having put on a monster face
Living sleepless days
of nights ---
Who are we after all the sacrifice
We had made and caused
That changed our inner laws
Froze our souls to ice.
SWEET FATHERLAND
O sweet and prosperous fatherland
Which we shipped out to fight a war for
Which we shipped out to defend
Ten thousand miles away or more
O sweet and generous fatherland
Where life lives on without fear
Where dreams dream on without end
Ten thousand miles away from here
Until we stop the evil flood
To the last drop of blood
Until we stop the evil flood
To the last drop of blood
In the name of your God,
You've torn our souls apart
You've spread fear and fraud,
Stabbed us deep into the heart
In the name of your God
You cut off heads on the net
Dumped our bodies, let them rot
In your streets - without regret
In the name of your God
You blew out concrete and brains
Ambushed brave men's squads
Cut up their bloody remains
We will kill every cell, every bud
Of that flower that got thorny weed
We will crush every flame, every stud
Of that breed from that ugly seed
We will slay every son, every crud
Of that clan that sunk our concrete fleet
We will tear the flesh from your bones
We will burn out your eyes with red-hot stones
Until we stop the evil flood
Until we stop the evil flood
Until we stop the evil flood
To our last drop of blood.
O sweet and prosperous fatherland
Which we shipped out to fight a war for
Which we shipped out to defend
Ten thousand miles away or more
Until we stop the evil flood
Until we stop the evil flood
Until we stop the evil flood
To our last drop of BLOOD.
All' Be Alright
My father used to say
be honest and work hard
My father used to say
Be smart and play your part
Then you'll walk into the light
And all' be alright
My teacher used to say
All you need are good grades
My teacher used to say
Step out of the shades
Then you'll master all trades and sites
And all' be alright
My priest used to say
Have faith and believe in God,
My priest used to say
Live a celibate life and study the book hard
Then you'll gain wisdom and insight
And all' be alright
My coach used to say
Fight from your gut and with all your heart
My coach used to say
Always be ready and from the start
Then you'll be on the winning side
And all' be alright
My lieutenant used to say
If we don't kill'em there
They'll kill us here
Therefore, my lieutenant used to say
We fight a justified war
Thus no matter where and how long we fight
All, yes all' be alright
All' be alright they used to say
With a smirk on their face
All' be alright they used to say
To get me off their case
But I'm still waiting for that day…
And for that night - I'm still waiting
That all' be alright - All' be alright...
Warrior
The oldest profession of man
Since the beginning of time
With honor and glory at hand
Fighting for king and fatherland
The oldest profession of man
Since the beginning of time
With honor and glory to come
Fighting for house and spouse and kids back home
If I don't do them,
They'll do me
They won't be numb
And they won't plea
I have to be faster,
More accurate and master
More decisive, and still
I have to be cool
Always ready for the kill
Have to be sharp like a razor
Strong like a bull
Quick like laser
Cruel like shark
At day and night in light and in dark
We're the brave
We're the strong
We don't cave
and we ain't wrong
We fight for freedom for justice and peace
Do the dirty work and roll up the sleeves
Earn glory and fame even after death
Fight relentlessly and to the last breath
The oldest profession of man
Since the beginning of time
The honorable skill set of crushing life
With gun, sword, bare hands or knife
The oldest profession of man
These days often disgraced
Scorned, scrutinized and defaced
When at home people feel safe...
If I don't do them,
They'll do me
They won't be numb
And they won't plea
I have to be faster,
More accurate and master
More decisive, and still
I have to be cool
Always ready for the kill
Have to be sharp like a razor
Strong like a bull
Quick like laser
Cruel like shark
At day and night in light and in dark
The oldest profession of man
Since the beginning of time
With honor and glory at hand
Fighting for king and fatherland...
WARRIOR'S DREAM
I dream that I stay and you stay
And when we wake we know it's no mistake
I dream I stay in town
And you stay that night
And when I wake up you are still by my side
And everything just shines in a new light.
I dream I stay right here
And you stay right here with me
And when we are hot we drive out to the sea
And when we are cold we light the fire and have hot tea.
I dream that I stay
That I don't need to convey
That I'm Army strong
And that I don't need to wrong the dream of my youth...
Because the truth about the dream of my youth is you
Your kissing smile when you talk about stuff
Your laughing tears when you feel rough
You whipping hair when you make love
I dream that you did not leave, and I did not leave
And that instead we live in a place in peace
In that place I dream we live like a team
While you bake the cake, I whip the cream
You feed the fish and I cook your favorite dish
And then I wish you'd ravish me -
All night long...
I dream that I stay
That I don't need to convey
That I'm Army strong
And nobody says I was wrong.
I dream that I stayed and you stayed
And when we did awake we knew it was no mistake
Had I stayed in town
And had you stayed that night
Maybe you'd still be by my side
And maybe everything would be just alright
I dream that I stayed
That I didn't need to convey
That I'm Army strong
That I didn't need to wrong the dream of my youth
Because the truth about the dream of my youth – was you:
Your kissing smile when you talked about stuff,
Your laughing tears when you felt rough
You whipping hair when you made love...
I dreamed that I stayed
That I didn't need to convey
That I'm Army strong
And nobody said I was wrong.
CRUSADERS or God Almighty, Where Are Ya' Now?
God abandoned us
We became a godless crowd
No one knows when it happened
No one knows what it's cause
Went down that road
On foot and wheel
Through fire and storm
Through hail of steel
To a place forlorn
Went down that road
Through night and eeriness
Through thunder and sorry
Through seas of bodies
To find the place of glory
Went down that forsaken road
Of lurking death
On an endless ride
Through unforgiving wrath
To find the place of honor and pride –
But we lost God on our side
We were the crusaders of the twenty first century
The crusaders of relentless rage
We were the crusaders of faith and liberty
The crusaders of the modern age
We became –
Somebody else's' mesh
Somebody else's threat
Somebody else's flesh
Somebody else's bet
We became –
Somebody else's tool
Somebody else's gun
Somebody else's fool
Somebody else's son
Who killed and died
And we lost God on our side
Lost God on our side
We were the crusaders of the twenty first century
The crusaders of relentless rage
We were the crusaders of faith and liberty
The crusaders of the modern age
God abandoned us
And we became a godless crowd
No one knows when it happened
No one knows what it's cause
God, Almighty, where are ya' now
We worshipped you every other day
Laid our heads in the dust for you
Sang songs, spoke your words in pray
Read the Book to learn your laws
Made men to priests and to confess
Made women stay childless -
to serve just you.
What did we do?
How big our sin was
To earn no forgiveness
No rebirth
No mercy
Where are you, Almighty divine
We didn't hear that bell chime
When that forsaken hour struck
That hour you ceased our luck
We were the crusaders of the twenty first century
The crusaders of relentless rage
We were the crusaders of faith and liberty
The crusaders of the modern age...
BLUES OF DEATH
Oh lord, what if death is coming today
Oh lord, what if death is takin' me away
I'll decay on this foreign shore
And I won't be around - no more
Oh Lord what if death is waiting today
Oh Lord what if death's arrival 'll delay another day
Hope will stay to escape this gore
And I won't be around - no more
(change to fast rock)
Oh Lord,
What if death ain't coming today
What if death ain't takin' me away
What if death is choosing another pray
What if death will let me stay?
I'll have to endure the endless terror,
Endure life in screaming horror,
Live in torture forever
Oh Lord,
What if death ain't coming at all
What if death ain't taking me in his haul
What if death is choosing to stall
What if death won't let me fall
I'll have to endure the endless terror,
Endure life in screaming horror,
Live in torture, live in torture - forever...
(Back to original beat - slow blues:)
Oh Lord, I'd rather death is coming today
Oh Lord, I'd rather death take me far, far away
From cries of dismay to heaven's door
And I won't be around...
won't be around
won't be around -
NO MORE.
When I'm A Spirit
When I'm a spirit
Floating around
Between heaven and earth
Without light and sound
Hardly finding the merit
Of what it all was worth.
When I'm a spirit
With no flesh or bone
Diving through air and solid stone
Life now seemed like a bubble of foam…
Hardly feeling the merit
Of what I used to call home
When I'm a spirit
Shooting up to the stars
Hoping to find another universe
Where no one invades another country or faith
There I'll hardly find the merit
To look back at that place – called Earth.
THEN I'LL BE FREE --
FROM PAIN AND MISERY
THEN I WILL BE
FINALLY FREE --
When I'm a spirit
I won't fly as high
As Icarus who touched the sun and died
Rather stay close and keep an eye
On you and fearing the merit
Of that endless run on the other side
When I'm a spirit
On the other side
I'll meet people no one listened to in life
Whose wisdoms unheard of, ideas denied
Here I will find the merit
To go on
And on --
A whole new ride.
THEN I'LL BE FREE
FROM PAIN AND MISERY.
THEN I WILL BE
FINALLY FREE –
When I'm a spirit
Forever floating around
Between the stars and heaven and earth
In the speed of light without sight and sound
Forgotten all merit
Lost in time and the universe...
PIECES OF HART - Part 3
All that is left - are
Pieces of heart
Cripples of thought
Flashes of dreams that died
And the fire inside
And the fire INSIDE.
Intellectual property registered with and protected by the
Writers Guild of America/West - Registration no. 1767707
And the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
in Washington, D.C. - USA
Enter Text
ICARUS