Sometimes (rarely) lyrics to songs do a better job of expressing feelings than the gaping whole in my face. Now all these songs are a from when I was in school and funnily enough one was written in part by a classmate. Yet sometimes the lyrics don’t reach fruition until long after the song has lost it’s concurrence. That said the Seraph’s track is timeless and that’s why one day I want it played at my funeral.

Seraph’s Coal - Long Distance Call

There is a way
That seems right to a Man
But in the end leads to destruction
There is a means
A means set to it’s end
Fulfilment found finds destruction.
And there’s no other way
Within distance of our Reasoning
And there’s no other way
Save sweet surrender,
Every tower that we build
In the name of Mind and power of Man
Will be levelled to the ground
Leaving us render, a call for sweet surrender.
Remember the thoughts of yester-Man
easy come, easy go, easy gone.

STR - Never The Less

Through all that I’ve accomplished, what have I learned
to stop the suffering that I still cause
Living by example but falling short
of what you called me to be
and now I say
what’s meant to be is not reality
just fantasy

And now the promised life I strive for
A better life than what we had before
To know that I will fall down, on my knees (I’m falling)
And it never seems to end
And now I fall down, on my knees (I’m falling)
To know one day my hopelessness will end

And yes I fall but it never seems to….

Emery - Ponytail Parades

three sleepless nights
this isn’t how its supposed to be
but you’re so good at taking your time to get back to me
and i will wait for you forever
if you would just ask me
and i thought that i could change you, but you’ve changed me

it doesn’t feel right holding someone elses hand
together on phone lines, living at two opposite ends
it scares me to think that you could find takers other than me
and better than me

but your head is elsewhere and i’m talking enough for the both of us
when will you see? it’s not (it’s not) so easy for me

But youre careless (i fall from ) and whisper (your eyes)
(i trusted) insulting and bruising (i thought that you said forever)
and i thought that you said things were improving
these laces are untied, but my feet are walking away.walking away.
(laces .. are .. untied .. but my feet .. are walking away)

i never thought that you could say these words, is this really happening?
i never thought that you could say these words, is this really happening?
(don’t say ..)
i never thought that you could say these words, is this really happening?
(don’t say that we ..)
i never thought that you could say these words, is this really happening?
(don’t say that we can still be .. )
i never thought that you could say these words, is this really happening?
(don’t say that we can still be friends.. )

how can you take all these days?
(what is inside me, what have i done?)

and throw them away
(is this the only way that you’ll notice me?)

as i sit here waiting for you.
(dead words for closed ears all this is sung for you)

i stay up nights
(if youre still pretending this is whats right)

until stars leave the sky
(why cant you look at me can you only see)

knowing what my dreams take away
(one side your side, can take away)
And given that the two Adelaide bands have long since broken up I’m going to stick their Mp3’s here under the condition that you only listen to them once and delete them (and there’s only here for a little while eg. a week or until Dan or Josh tell me to get rid of them.) Emery you can get on their purevolume.com page and hell even download it there for free.

STR - Never the Less

Seraphs Coal - Long Distance Call