1. |
Over the Brink
01:25
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Watching the end of the world as I know it
Growing disillusioned, but I'm not supposed to show it
I feel like a vagabond who's just passing through here
Trying to distinguish the false from the true here
Desperately seeking a source of inspiration
as I blithely Journey toward annihilation
Is anyone listening to what I have to say?
And how much does it even matter anyway?
I've had it up to here with this world that we live in
and I'm no longer buying the story I've been given
Pretending not to care about what you think
and all the while you're pushing my mind over the brink...
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2. |
Prince of Peace
05:29
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Look how the world is growing so small
Look out the window and take in it all
Poised like a pearl in the dark depths of space
But this is the home of a blood-thirsty race
Each generation will seek for a sign
A cure for it’s woes or a virus divine
Wayward messiahs our hearts to align
This generation is seeking a sign
Men fight for power
the lust for control
Men fight for freedom
each war takes it's toll
Land after land wasted
and for what gain?
Life after life taken--
death's endless reign
But the wars and the lies and suffering will cease
When our hope and our love and mercy will increase
The striving will end from the greatest to the least
When we all answer the calling of the Prince of…
I'm one of many who hope for a change
but we are all strangers and this land is strange
Poised like an opal in the dark of night
but we've turned our world into one endless fight
Men fight for power
the lust for control
Men fight for freedom
each war takes it's toll
Land after land wasted
and for what gain?
Life after life taken--
death's endless reign
But the wars and the lies and suffering will cease
When our hope and our love and mercy will increase
The striving will end from the greatest to the least
When we all answer the calling of the Prince of…
But the wars and the lies…
…suffering will…
…the Prince of…
…but the wars and the lies…
…and the calling of…
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3. |
Only Traces
05:25
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O God, my God,
Why have you forsaken me?
Will You leave me all alone in misery?
I don't want to walk this path that You have made for me.
Oh God, my God,
What is this life all about?
You sent all this when I had it figured out.
Now my mind is torn between my faithful thoughts and doubts
...faithful thoughts and doubts...
I must struggle on while
they have all gone on ahead
They are really living
and have left me here for dead.
O God, my God,
Will I someday see their faces?
Now I wish that we could all have traded places.
But You have taken them and left me here with only traces.
...here with only traces...
I must struggle on while
they have all gone on ahead
(to the other side of...)
They are really living
and have left me here for dead.
As I try to understand the reason for each breath,
my hope is that I'll see them on the other side of...
Is this a blessing or
is this a curse?
All that I know is right now
it feels worse
to have loved and lost than
never having loved at all.
I must struggle on while
they have all gone on ahead
(to the other side of... )
They are really living
and have left me here for dead.
As I try to understand the reason for my breath,
my hope is that I'll see them on the other side of...
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4. |
Naomi
03:25
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Just wondering how you’ve been…
do you remember me?
I think of you now and then
how it was not meant to be
Naomi won’t you be my savior?
how beautiful and grave your face today
Naomi won’t you be my savior?
so readily you gave your love away
So after all these years
I’m playing the same old games
the same old doubts and fears
with different faces and names
So Naomi won’t you be my savior?
so beautiful the words you said to me
Naomi won’t you be my savior?
I’m hoping that your love will set me free
So, Naomi, won't you tell me this
Who'd have thought that I would end up so remiss
that so much trouble could have come from just one kiss...
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5. |
My Resignation
03:32
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It’s such a shame and a crime
and now I think that it’s time
to offer up a little explanation
don’t think you ever will see
that I just have to be free
and so I’m giving you my resignation
I just think it’s so absurd
how you can go on preaching undeterred
You think you have a corner on the truth
Yet you rob men of their sensitivity, women of their dignity and kids of their youth
Don’t give yourself too much credit, Buster
Your words have lost their luster--it’s time for an edit--don’t forget it
You ever stop to think about how many people hate you?
You’re more concerned with how much women irritate you.
I can’t exactly say that you ruined my life,
but you messed with my head and really hurt my wife
and taught me to do the same.
Push her down in Jesus name,
but peoples’ lives are not a game.
You hurt people in God’s name
I’m not the one who’s to blame
if you don’t understand my indignation
I’ve got to cut and run
before more damage is done
So I’m giving you my resignation
I’ve heard the lies and half-truths about why I’m leaving
I know they didn’t start with me, so who’s the one deceiving?
“They just couldn’t handle the grieving--from losing those babies,
and some members made comments that made his wife cry,
no, I heard they’re paedo-baptists, no no, they were led astray by that A___ guy.”
So I’m telling you beware should you decide to ever enter
The double doors of L____’s Repressive Brainwashing Center
Take your nifty little pamphlets
and shove ’em straight up your - coo
oh, you thought I’d say “ass”
what a dirty little mind
Ok, straight up your behind
and you can take my signed copy too
for all the good it will do you…
You hurt people in God’s name
I’m not the one who’s to blame
if you don’t understand my indignation
Don’t say that I didn’t try
we’ll never see eye to eye
So I’m giving you my resignation
My Resignation
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6. |
Your Religion
05:56
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There’s a not-so-fine line
between healing and hurting
There's a not-so-fine line
between faithfulness and fear
I’ve got these wounds
from your constant derision
Through the confusion
this finally becoming clear
I got no time
for your religion
And I ain’t listening
to what you have to say
I see no reason
for your religion
I’m seeking Truth
and you’re getting in the way
There’s a not-so-fine line
between doctrine and dogma
There's a not-so-fine line
between substance and abuse
I think it’s time
that I made this decision
It’s long passed time
to run and cut you loose
I got no time
for your religion
And I ain’t listening
to what you have to say
I see no reason
for your religion
I’m seeking Truth
and you’re getting in the way
I’m willing to accept you’re blind
but maybe you are just a
wolf in sheep’s clothing
Using prayer to layer guilt and hide
your secret will
to conquer and divide
I got no time
for your religion
And I ain’t listening
to what you have to say
I see no reason
for your religion
I’m seeking Truth
and you’re getting in the way
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7. |
The Seattleite
04:20
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8. |
In Your Heart
03:21
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I’m leaving in the dead of winter
Spring will find me far from home
But I’m returning in the summer
to the arms of the girl I love
I don’t know how I’ll bear the distance
or how I’ll bear the time away
But I’ll dream of you when I can find sleep
I’ll miss your nearness every day
I’m headin’ out to seek adventure
I’m going off to chase my dreams
To answer to a higher calling
and to fulfill my destiny
If you long for my returning
And if you seek me in your dreams
Though many miles will separate us
In your heart is where I’ll be
Though many miles will separate us
In your heart is where I’ll be
where I’ll be
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9. |
Dancing Skeletons
05:42
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Spoke to a man from another land
a land so very far away
Asked him of the sickness and starvation of his people
this is what he had to say
“You never get used to it really
you learn to accept it
come to expect it,
but you never get used to it really
you learn to accept it
come to expect it”
Spoke to a mother in Mali
asked her of the children she’d had
“Three are living, but four have died,” she said as she cried,
but tried not to show that she was sad
You never get used to it really
you learn to accept it
come to expect it,
but you never get used to it really
you learn to accept it
come to expect it
Is this the way it should be?
What does it mean that somebody suffers ?
I don’t know,
but it still matters to me
I don’t have the power to change the world,
but I can lend a helping hand
and I’m grateful for all that I have
when I remember
The dancing skeletons of Macina
The dancing skeletons of Macina
The dancing skeletons of Macina
The dancing skeletons of Macina
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10. |
That Deadly Night
05:28
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This just can't go on
lost without a friend
Could this really be the end?
All hope is gone
There's no way at all
this is where it ends here in this stall
(flashing blue and red)
I see the lights
I hear the foot steps nearing
It hurts my head
It stabs my heart
It hurts my head
visions assault my sight
It stabs my heart
remembering that deadly night
I see the lights (flashing blue and red)
I hear the foot steps nearing
Haunting the night (echoes through my head)
I hear the sirens wailing
It hurts my head
visions assault my sight
It stabs my heart
remembering that deadly night
Remembering that deadly night (remembering that deadly night)
Remembering that deadly night (remembering that deadly night)
Remembering that deadly night
Has it come to this?
Can't reach anyone
Feel the deadly kiss what have I done?
So this is where it ends
in this lonely stall
Goodbye so-called "friends" , God help you all...
Lost in the in chaos
thoughts turn to violence
Voices are calling
come to the silence
Out of the darkness
I hear them calling
Into the silence
helplessly falling
out of the darkness
I hear them calling
(echoes through my head)
I see the lights (flashing blue and red)
I hear the foot steps nearing
Haunting the night (echoes through my head)
I hear the sirens wailing
It hurts my head
visions assault my sight
It stabs my heart
remembering that deadly night
Remembering that deadly night (remembering that deadly night)
Remembering that deadly night (remembering that deadly night)
Remembering that deadly night
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11. |
Lift Me Up?
04:25
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I've been searching
with eyes of blindness
I thirst from drinking
a sea of dryness
I'm lost in the darkness
wondering where does my help come from?
Will You life me up
from where I am
will You help me to stand?
Will You life me up
from where I am
will You help me to stand?
I've been chasing after the wind
A life sorrows
that never seem to end
But after darkness
came the day
when You reached
out helped me to pray
And I said, "God, how I've fallen,
show me where does my help come from?"
Will You life me up
from where I am
will You help me to stand?
Will You life me up
from where I am
and help me to understand?
Are You really there
and do You really care
about me
I can see
because You have lifted me
Will You life me up
(from where I am)
will You help me to stand?
Will You life me up
(from where I am)
and help me to understand?
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12. |
My Life
02:22
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There is always another fight left to fight
somewhere inside you
There is always another wrong left to right
though God knows I've tried to
I think of the reasons that I'd give my life
When will I ever learn to live my life
There is always another song left to write
though no one will hear it
You hope that they will not forget, but they might
and it does no good to fear it
I think of the reasons that I'd give my life
(knowing that my days are numbered)
When will I ever learn to live my life
(chasing my dreams unencumbered)
I think of the reasons that I'd give my life
(knowing that my days are numbered)
When will I ever learn to live my life
(chasing my dreams unencumbered)
...live my life...
...my days are numbered...
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13. |
Like Rain
05:07
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In this time of confusion I'm going insane
I have built this delusion, obscuring my brain
I am a man who has fought for my dreams
but failure and loss are my calling, it seems
I've been through things I could not understand
I tried to believe that God had it all planned
The search for the truth was a cruel sleight of hand
I've been through sorrow and I've been through pain
I've seen the storm gathering on the wind
I've walked through the darkness and found in the end
His love had washed over me
pouring like rain
So, why would you trust such a defeated man?
I'm wounded and blind, but I'll help if I can
Is it just desperation, is no one else there?
Or maybe my trials have taught me to care
You're going through things that you can't understand
Tring to believe that God has it all planned
Fighting to believe life is ruled by His hand
I know your sorrow and I feel your pain
I see the storm clouds have gathered again
Walk through the dark and you'll find in the end
His love will wash over you
pouring like...
I know your sorrow and I feel your pain
I see the storm clouds have gathered again
Walk with me now through the darkness my friend
and this love will wash over us
this love will wash over us
this love will wash over us
pouring like...
But the wars, and the lies
suffering, and I know
of the wars, and the lies
the suffering and I know
of the wars and your sorrow
And the wars, sorrow, suffering
your suffering, pouring
And the wars, sorrow and I know
like the rain, and your sorrow
(I see the storm clouds have gathered again)
and I know you're pouring like the rain
(I see the storm clouds have gathered again...)
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14. |
Back from the Brink
00:53
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Watching the end of my world as I know it
I can't seem to explain it, so I might as well forgo it
Resisting all your efforts to control what I think
While you're trying to deliver my soul back from the brink
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Mike Vieira San Francisco, California
Singer, musician and songwriter from the San Francisco Bay Area. Disturbing the Universe, 2017, is my 4th album.
I also released Out the Window, solo, in 2009 and Mars on the Horizon and Magus Orbis Terrae Hereditas with Moth in 2013/2014.
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