Everybody seems to hate Mondays So I pretend I don't got nowheres to be So I sleep in, brush my teeth with some gin Lay around and catch up on some TV My neighbors say I'm lazy six ways 'til Sunday 'Cause they don't know how hard it is to be me I gotta pick the right boots Put on a hat to look cool I ain't gotta be home 'til a quarter to three Livin' for the Saturday night I'm gonna raise a glass about someone you know Livin' for the Saturday night I'm gonna raise a little Cain This town's gonna remember my name I used to have a job that made money But my boss got sick of firin' me So now I show up on time Even if it's after midnight Work in the bar, I'm havin' them drinks People laugh 'cause they think it's just funny When I say I got a reputation to keep 'Cause when I walk in a room I'm doin' damage real soon My favorite decoration is just party 'til three Livin' for the Saturday night I'm gonna raise a glass about someone you know Livin' for the Saturday night I'm gonna raise a little Cain This town's gonna remember my name Between Friday and Sunday, I'm the king (he's a king) Between Friday and Sunday, I'm the king (he's a king) Between Friday and Sunday, I'm the king (he's a king) Between Friday and Sunday, I'm the king Oh, livin' for the Saturday night I'm gonna raise a glass about someone you know Livin' for the Saturday night I'm gonna raise a little Cain This town's gonna remember my name Livin' for the Saturday night Oh, I'm gonna raise a glass about someone you know Livin' for the Saturday night Oh, I'm gonna raise a little Cain This town's gonna remember my name

Isn't it strange how princesses and kings Are crowned and capered in a star dust ring, that's why All the people like you and me Will be builders for eternity Each is given a bag of tools A Shapeless mask and a book of rules Each must make his life flow with ease A stumbling black on a stepping stone, that's why All the people like you and me Will be builders for eternity Each is given a bag of tools A shapeless mask and a book of rules Pow wa pow pow, pow wa pa pa pow pow Wa pa pa pow pow, wa pow pa pow pow pow That's why all the people like you and me Will be builders for eternity Each is given a bag of tools A shapeless mask and a book of rules (note 1) Look when the rain has fallen from the sky I know the sun will be only missing for a while That's why all thel people like you and me Will be builders for eternity Each is given a bag of tools Shapeless mask and a book of rules Pow wa pow pow, pow wa pa pa pow pow Wa pa pa pow pow, wa pow pa pow pow pow That's why all the people like you and me Will be builders for eternity Each is given a bag of tools Shapeless mask and a book of rules (note 1) Pow wa pow pow, pow wa pa pa pow pow Wa pa pa pow pow, wa pow pa pow pow pow Pow wa pow pow, pow wa pa pa pow pow Wa pa pa pow pow, wa pow pa pow pow pow Pow wa pow pow, pow wa pa pa pow pow Wa pa pa pow pow, wa pow pa pow pow pow Pow wa pow pow, pow wa pa pa pow pow Wa pa pa pow pow, wa pow pa pow pow pow

I can't sleep I keep thinking about this What if, with everything that's going on The world really is coming to an end? Then what? What if it isn't a lie? (What if?) What if we make it to heaven and don't get inside? (What if?) What if we get to the gates, and see God on the other side And he looks us in our face and says our whole lives we've wasted time? What if we can't go back? (What if?) What if we can't redo this life and get one second chance? What if our future happiness is memories of our past (God) While we burn forever haunted by the devil's laughs? (Hahahaha) Why? Why do we push them away? (Why?) And why do the ones we work to keep never actually stay? (Why?) Why do we focus on tomorrow and forget about today (why?) And smile in everybody's face and try and act like we're okay? Why do we live this way? Why do we hate? Why do we fight? Why do act like there's time and got more than one life? Why? (Answer me) Why? Why? Why? Why? I'm older and looking for truth I'm holding my faith in my hand But the pain in this world has been shaking it loose I used to have so much to gain Now I have so much to lose They say I'm crazy for looking for answers I say they crazy for not giving proof Vision is blurred, I'm over concerned I'm looking at God to see if life with him is something I've earned The devil's been watching he's tryna recruit, he's been waiting at every turn I'm driving this life on the highway to hell but I won't burn! Fuck! We know the difference We know what is wrong and we know what is right But Satan is strong, God And most of your people are losing the fight (we try) So what if we fail? What if we can't escape his lies? (What if?) What if we can't change, what if he still controls our minds? Where do we run? Where do we go? Who do we talk to? We look around and everyone we see is lost too (fuck) What if life was just some test that we all do? (What if?) What if you were busy when we called you? What if hell's on earth? What if being born is dying, and dying's birth? Would that mean life's not God's gift but the devil's curse? And to live was to be evil 'cause it's words reversed? What if the devil entered a pastor and he led a church? What if we looked for the truth But didn't know where to search? (Where?) What if the books they said to read Have never been your words? (What if?) What if we chose to follow you but we still had that urge? Will you forgive us for our sins and let us in your world? God we at the gates (what if?) We couldn't see, hear, or touch you, but we had faith We know we messed up, we human and we make mistakes So we just begging we get in and that you'll have grace (please) God! What if we didn't mean it? What if the place we grew up forgot to teach it? What if we never even got the chance to go and seek it? Then what, then what? (Then what?) Dear Family We're in scary times Nobody has the answers Just make sure you spread love And believe My name is Dax

The Dance of the Puppets The rusted chains of prison moons Are shattered by the sun. I walk a road, horizons change The tournament's begun. The purple piper plays his tune, The choir softly sing; Three lullabies in an ancient tongue, For the court of the crimson king. The keeper of the city keys Put shutters on the dreams. I wait outside the pilgrim's door With insufficient schemes. The black queen chants The funeral march, The cracked brass bells will ring; To summon back the fire witch To the court of the crimson king. The gardener plants an evergreen Whilst trampling on a flower. I chase the wind of a prism ship To taste the sweet and sour. The pattern juggler lifts his hand; The orchestra begin. As slowly turns the grinding wheel In the court of the crimson king. On soft gray mornings widows cry The wise men share a joke; I run to grasp divining signs To satisfy the hoax. The yellow jester does not play But gentle pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance In the court of the crimson king.

Talk, it's only talk Arguments, agreements, advice, answers Articulate announcements It's only talk Talk, it's only talk Babble, burble, banter, bicker, bicker, bicker Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo It's only talk Backtalk Talk, talk, talk, it's only talk Comments, clichés, commentary, controversy Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat Conversation, contradiction, criticism It's only talk Cheap talk Talk, it's all rhetoric Debates, discussions These are words with a D this time Dialogue, duologue, diatribe Dissention, declamation Double-talk, double-talk Talk, it's all talk Too much talk Small talk Talk that trash Expressions, editorials, explanations, exclamations, exaggerations It's all talk Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk

Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea Waves sweep the sand from my island My sunsets fade Field and glade wait only for rain Grain after grain love erodes my High weathered walls which fend off the tide Cradle the wind To my island Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide Mournfully glide o'er my island My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale Dissolves in the sun Love's web is spun, cats prowl, mice run Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes Violet skies Touch my island Touch me Beneath the wind turned wave Infinite peace Islands join hands 'Neath heaven's sea Beneath the wind turned wave Infinite peace Islands join hands 'Neath heaven's sea Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone Hungrily reach from my island Clutch sailor's words, pearls and gourds Are strewn on my shore Equal in love, bound in circles Earth, stream and tree return to the sea Waves sweep sand from my island From me Beneath the wind turned wave Infinite peace Islands join hands 'Neath heaven's sea