1. |
The Last Page
03:20
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Welcome to the ending
You skipped right through to the last page
Was it worth the time saved?
Or did you make a mistake?
Well I say;
Slow down before it's too late
The path you're on just ain't that straight
You always live for the weekend
And when it comes you pretend
Like you're okay with decent
You're running low on rain cheques
But you'll say;
Maybe next week I will...
Yeah, maybe next week
...I will too
I swear I will, I will
I will too
So get back to the beginning
And find the time to start living
But all these days can't be replayed
And I've come so far in this state
But then I think;
Maybe this just isn't my fate
So chose a path 'cause life won't wait...
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2. |
Eyes Skyward
03:36
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Again I'll try
To live the lie
But I feel their eyes
Trained on me
I always know
Just what to show
But in the end
I feel incomplete
So jam a square peg
Into a round hole
Never see that a better fit
Is possible
Why do we never cease
All the opportunities?
And refuse to believe
We can be so much more?
Look to the sky
And leave it all behind
Your doubts confine
So leave them all behind
No matter what's outside
Leave it all behind
You've been in here too long
And everything feels wrong
So get movin' on!
Young girl/old crimes
Of a thousand lives
I trip and fade
With my broke down life
So who am I
To save your life?
We reign divine
In its failed design
Sustain the choir
Of demented fire
We sing in rhymes
And battle cries
So all hail and all rise
Like electric light
Eyes skyward high
And we'll never die
Look to the sky
And leave it all behind
Your soul will fly
And leave them all behind
No matter what's outside
Leave it all behind
When you've been afraid so long
That everything feels wrong
Get movin' on!
We're moving on ...YEAH!
So look to the sky
And leave it all behind
Get away from the lies
And leave them all behind
No matter what's outside
Leave it all behind
You've been in here too long
And everything feels wrong
So get movin' on!
...I'm moving on...
Get movin' on!
...I'm moving on...
Get movin' on!
I'M MOVIN' ON!
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3. |
Chasing Light
05:17
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All I do
Is chase the sun
Run like hell
Not sure what from
Feet are bruised
Hands are burned
Don't know if I'll
Soon return...
But if I stop
There will be hell to pay
But to whom
I cannot stay
I'm slowing down
It's what I fear
The shadow's behind
Are getting near
But as I slow
I start see
The night is when
I feel at peace
What is this I finally see?
Is it the strength that I seek?
If it is I cannot lie
It arrived
Right in the nick of time
'Cause I was starting to
Lose the scope
And feel at home
On a downward slope
There is no
Life for me here
So why do I
Hold it so dear?
It isolates me
From those I love
My jaw is clenched
And my stomach's fucked
AND FOR WHAT?
Nothing at all...
GO!
What is this I see in me?
Is it the strength that I seek?
Will I stay in this place?
Or will it all just drift away?
What is this I finally feel?
A glimpse of serenity
Could this be real?
I've waited so long
To see you
Please, don't leave
Or I'm through
Oh, I'm so afraid...
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4. |
Sundown
03:13
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Hit the road, headed east
Still in search of inner peace
"Maybe today's the day..."
I say
What you think of me matters so
More than I'd care to show
All I do, I do for you
It's true
I again begin to feel displaced
But can my mind be changed
With a few more hollow victories?
We'll see
Why do I still feel so alone?
Is it something that I will outgrow?
Maybe then again I'll be inspired
To aspire
And take that leap of faith?
Find a better way?
See what I should've seen From the start?
There's days when it's all so clear
And not obscured by fear
What do I see...
But all that I've tried to hide
Once again swells inside
And as shadows wash over me
All I want to do is retreat
Struggle as I may try
Over time I've come to rely
So as my will dissolves
I fall
Again and again and again...
Try to fight it
As it draws near
But in the end
You are what you fear
Try to fight it
As it draws near
But in the end
You became what you fear
I'm becoming what I fear...
I've become what I fear
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5. |
The Traveller
03:35
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A breath of air
A vacant stare
Why can't he share
That he can't bare
This all alone
But it's all he knows
It's so absurd
But he can't find the words
God rest the time travellers mind
The one who thinks ahead but is always left behind
Tragedy's always near but when it works out fine
There's still no rest
For his mind
To himself
He does this to
And though inside he's screaming
He fears the truth
That it rules his life
...It is his life
And he's content to see
A self-fulfilling prophecy...
God rest the time travellers mind
The one who thinks ahead but is always left behind
Tragedy's always near but when it works out fine
There's still no rest
For my mind
...turn it up
God rest the time travellers mind
The one who thinks ahead but is always left behind
Tragedy's always near but when it works out fine
There's still no rest
For my mind
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6. |
Unto the Breach
02:53
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They don't see you're empty
They don't know how you fight
Every day is the same
Is this all there is to my life?
You're terrified of failing
You're angry all of the time
Every day it worsens
Will this be the end of my life?
I don't want to die
I'm not ready to do die
But I'm not going to lie
I am terrified
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7. |
Dear Enemy
03:23
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When push comes to shove
And I lay in a pool of my own blood
I fear he's coming for me
I feel it in my bones
The result of a broken home?
Or sheer lunacy?
So I'll run and hide
And bury myself inside
And dwell on the black that I see
Times' running out
The whispers turn to shouts
What now could it be?
But death never came
Though you'd ask him to stay
'Cause all he gives you is free
He's the only friend you've known
He's got the keys to your home
But still he peers through the trees
He's watching me...
Have you returned?
What have I learned?
Apparently nothing at all
Try as I might
There is no respite
And peace I can't recall
Voices in my head
Who follow me to bed
Whisper my end is near
The sadness pulls and tears
So much it can't be repaired
I am consumed by fear...
But when death never came
You felt nothing but shame
And you began to realize
It's stealing everything you knew
So has it broken you?
Or will you find the strength inside...
To take back your life?
Though you try to turn the tide
You still feel it inside
Why do these doubts still remain?
This bridge you must cross
But you get so lost
When you give in to this pain
When death comes some day
Well, what will you say?
That you let fear rule your life?
Or will you take life as it comes
And not dwell on what may
And leave what was behind
Before your last goodbye?
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8. |
Shields
04:15
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Shall I stay or walk away?
Head held high or regress again?
Or do I pretend to be someone I cannot stand?
Will this mask become the man?
Is this an improvement?
Or am I fine the way I am and it's you who are wrong?
I'm tired of being everything
To everyone I ever meet
I don't know why I feel compelled to act so weak
I'm sick of feeling anxious
And worrying about how I come across
I want to give up control and in time...
...let you in
My fear is that I'll die alone
Sitting in a silent home
So I'll be the doormat that you walk upon
In the hopes you'll be a friend
One that stays until the end
But what use is all of this if I have to pretend?
That's not who I am ...not this time!
I'm tired of being everything
To everyone I ever meet
I don't know why I feel compelled to act so weak
I'm sick of feeling anxious
And worrying about how I come across
I need to give up control and in time
...let you in
Will you go if I speak up and take a stand?
Does it show just how uncertain I am?
Let me know if you think that I'm not worth a damn
But you don't know... the real man
I'm tired of being everything To everyone I ever meet
I don't know why I feel compelled to act so weak
I'm sick of feeling anxious
And worrying about how I come across
I know just how to give up control but I need...
Oh, I need...
...to let someone in
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9. |
Polaris
05:50
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Sometimes when life gets me down
Down I will stay
When friends and enemies alike
Cause equal parts misery
There's so much uncertainty all around
It wears me out through and through
I feel so close but still so far away
Oh, I'm not sure what to do...
But when I see her it all goes away
And when I touch her I'm home to stay
Am I where I am supposed to be?
Or am I lost and wandering?
The next step obscured in a haze
Oh, it really could be anything
But with every single day that comes to pass
A simple truth occurs to me
Two steps forward and then the one step back
Is the progress that I seem to need
For if I had it all oh, what would be the point?
'Cause I know I already... have all I need
Because you know with her you have all that you deserve
And with each day that comes you're reassured
Because she guides the way without saying a word...
She needs no words
You are the man you want to be
And can have the life that you seek
But the only thing that keeps you from seeing
Are the same old fears that have ruled your life and still cause you all this strife
You are the man you want to be
So when will you finally see?
That the only thing keeping you from being
At peace with yourself and free of the past are things that matter to no one else but you
But you
But you
BUT YOU
...you
You are the man you want to be
And with her you see
That everything will be okay
And with her you're safe
Because when I see her it all goes away
And when I touch her...
I'm home
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10. |
Through It All
06:58
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Was this what you call
A crisis of faith?
When it's not in a God
But in yourself?
I was unsure of who
And where I was
So the anger grew
And wouldn't ...stop
No matter what I couldn't feel
Blind is the man who's heart is steel
I'd kill myself
For nothing at all
And stress about
Things out of my control
I was such a fool
For living this way
How did I get so lost?
I cannot say
No matter what I couldn't feel
Blind is the man who's heart is steel
No matter where I couldn't see
How negativity enveloped me
So open up wide
Take in the outside
Why do I hide?
Foolish pride?
What's so wrong with
Believing in yourself?
And trusting that
Everything will work out well?
Day by day by day
A chain is forged
Before you know it
All you want is more
Thought by thought by thought
A line is drawn
Before you know it
Your life's come undone
I see it now...
But through it all I found a friend
One that's here until the end
What I have with her I hold so dear
It gives me the strength to persevere
But forgive me
For a time may come
Where I'm not strong enough ...again
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11. |
Past Lives, Future Self
11:50
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Look at all you've done
How far you've come
Do you see?
What you lost
And all it cost
To be
Where you stand
Finally a man?
Have you figured it out now?
Oh, how you miss the days
When your world was safe
Before it all
Got ripped away
But do you see
The forest for the trees?
Or are you stuck on the leaves?
Now when you look back
On the past
Do you see
What it was
Or what you need it to be?
Too many days
Finding ways to live
Inside a dream, always
But when you see the lie
All you do
Is try
To run and hide
And escape the tide
But when it hits
The world you built
Will fade
Like footprints in the sand
Our lives can change so fast
But when we dwell upon the past
Sometimes we lose sight of what we have
Maybe the good ol' days have gone
Maybe we're not as strong
But maybe the best is still yet to come...
So what will you do
When you return to the place
That causes you to feel
So much pain?
Your mind is on fire
And there's nowhere to turn
You've gotta let it all go
Maybe then will you learn...
That what once was can haunt us so
And those memories affect
The way we grow and view ourselves
An illusion we accept
The pain's passed on to our young
Our past becomes theirs
So the battle of one will rage on
And another lifetime will be spent
Overcoming it
We are all born the same
With a breath and a name
Our aim is forged on the collective passions that we acquire uniquely
The way we walk and converse
Lock down and traverse is juxtaposed between the last and first page
Show me the way
The heroes journey starts today
A little boy susceptible, to the sway; with an internal compass never quite conveyed
A story...
We all have one that's worth telling
On the road and in the rye
Our first kiss and when we cry
We all want to be the protagonist yet raise our fist at the first thing that makes us sigh
I've drifted through the lives of passerby's too afraid to try to be the guy i want to be
Dreamt to be
For my soul that I should be
But the old stories coming to an end, my friend
I've sat back as the pages were turned, and learned only what i was confident to
But today the bookmark hits the wind...
I'm ready to find a page to sink in
As you stare into the abyss
Your content in your solitude
But it pushes away those
Who you love and are closest to you
But you stick with what you know
And as your life passes you by
You see those around move on
While you cling to the anger inside
But look at where you stand
The envy of any man
Can't you see?
The beauty all around
And the love that you've found
Don't retreat
We've got it all wrong
Our time here isn't long
Before we leave
So ask yourself why
You're afraid to live your life
Presently
Maybe then you'd be
Truly free
Set me free
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SkywardEye is a one man music project by multi-instrumentalist, James Alexander based near Toronto, Ontario.
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