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Disturbing the Universe
08:12
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Let us go then, let us run
Shadows fleeing from the sun
Blindly guided as we go
Searching for the truths we ought to know
Puppets, writhing on a pin
bred to kill, but never win
Judgment stares us in the face
Apocalyptic instincts of our race
Do we dare to break the silence--
find a way to lift the spell?
Are we ready for the violence
of a quick descent to hell?
Disembodied spirits
Disenchanted souls
shake the heavens, break the cosmic curse
Disenchanted spirits
Disembodied spirits
Disenchanted souls
Disturbing the universe
Captives of this Earthly sphere
Silent planet, full of fear
Gravity our lawful chains
Enigmatic fate all that remains
Can we swim against the tide?
Do we dare to right the wrong?
Should we just enjoy the ride?
As the world is swept along?
Do we dare to break the silence--
find a way to lift the spell?
Are we ready for the violence
of a quick descent to hell?
From the vantage of the moon
behold the sunrise
and our world far below
Lost descendants of the stars
We search the astral planes
to discover who we are
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2. |
Break You
04:00
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Don't want to talk about it
What does it matter if we disagree?
Don't want to fight about it
Some things are better if you let them be
And I don't want forgiveness
Because I've always done the best I could
Go on and plead unfairness;
I'll simply claim that I'm misunderstood
Hide inside this heart of darkness
I know the pain is real, but don't let them break you
Trapped behind my eyes
There's so much hidden deep inside of me
Things that I despise
and things that I wish you could see
And the fight is endless
and terrible the price I pay
How can I seek forgiveness
When I'm still lying in the bed I've made?
Hide inside this heart of darkness
The sins you can't reveal and the trials that shake you
On you wander, lost and lonely
The brokenness you feel when your friends forsake you
Wound a brother, kiss an enemy
I know the pain is real, but don't let them break you
Hide inside this heart of darkness
The sins you can't conceal and the trials that make you
On you wander, lost and all alone
The brokenness you feel when even friends forsake you
Wounded brother, kiss your enemy
I know the pain is real, but don't let them break you
Wounded brother, kiss your enemy
I know the pain is real, but don't let them break you down
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3. |
Prince of Peace
05:42
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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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4. |
Like Rain
06:51
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In this time of confusion it feels like I'm going insane
I have built this delusion to shelter myself from the pain
I, like so many, have fought for my dreams
but failure and loss line the path I have chosen, 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 broken and defeated man?
I'm wounded and blind, but willing to help if I can
Is it just desperation, is no one else there?
Or maybe my trials in some way have taught me to care
You're going through things that you can't understand
Trying 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
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5. |
Naomi
03:02
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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
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Spoke to a man from another land
a land so very far away
Asked him of the sickness and hunger 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 when 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
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7. |
Skeleton Dance
02:11
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I remember...
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8. |
Skeletons Under Cover
05:20
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I wish I was the one
to walk with you through the sun
and the rain
But this can never be
too many reasons you and I have
chosen separate ways...
I wish I could be your lover
wish I could be your friend
wish that all these lonely nights
had never passed us by
Skeletons under cover
nightmares that never end
left alone to face the night again
Now that I've confessed
these things to you I guess it's best
to say goodbye
So I will just be here
doing my thing, thinking of you
and wishing you were...
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All fading memories
everything we shared
sadistic tendencies
not sure you ever cared
Trust broken
truth obscured
my confidence is shaken
the boundaries are blurred
my principles forsaken
So hard to walk away
(but I just can't stand this pain)
though I'm lonely and confused
just so tired of feeling used
Move onward day by day
(life is better off this way)
my soul is captive that must be freed
time may heal these wounds
but still I bleed
We lived out a delusion
it isn't so complex
I worshiped an illusion
stayed in it for the sex
After all that I've endured
gave you too many chances
but if you say the word
don't know if I could shut you down
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10. |
Fight for Your Love
04:00
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I know the times I've let you down
When it seemed I didn't care
I haven't always been around
when you needed me there
Times you wanted to give up, I couldn't blame you
The times you wanted to walk out, I couldn't tame you
But I will fight for your love, if you want me
But I will fight for your love, if you want me to
It's hard for me to admit my wrongs,
you know it's just my selfish pride
It's hard for me to understand
You've wondered if I've tried
Times you wanted to walk out, I couldn't tame you
Times you wanted to blow up and I'd inflame you
Our love has had its share of abuses
Here we go, another angry night
You don't want to hear more of my excuses
You just want me to shut up and fight
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11. |
Illusions
07:00
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This is the test to prove whether your mission on Earth is finished --
if you're still alive, it isn't...
Watching in sorrow
a world under rule of fallen angels
We count the cost
while our lost roam the halls of the dead
Haunting, surrounding
their echoes resound in my head
What if this life is all an illusion?
Search for the truth and perhaps you will find
the answers are already there in your mind
This is the test to prove whether your mission on Earth is finished --
if you're still alive, it isn't...
Endlessly bound
why is peace only found through tribulation
From Holy pages
the war rages on ever-new
Seek the forbidden prize
no longer hidden from view
What if our lives are only illusions?
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I wish I was the one
to walk with you through the sun
and the rain
But this can never be
too many reasons you and I have
chosen separate ways...
I wish I could be your lover
wish I could be your friend
wish that all these lonely nights
had never passed us by
Skeletons under cover
nightmares that never end
left alone to face the night again
Now that I've confessed
these things to you I guess it's best
to say goodbye
So I will just be here
doing my thing, thinking of you
and wishing you were...
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13. |
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All fading memories
everything we shared
sadistic tendencies
not sure you ever cared
Trust broken, truth obscured
my confidence is shaken
the boundaries are blurred
my principles forsaken
So hard to walk away
(but I just can't stand this pain)
though I'm lonely and confused
just so tired of feeling used
Move onward day by day
(life is better off this way)
my soul is captive that must be freed
time may heal these wounds
but still I bleed
We lived out a delusion
it isn't so complex
I worshiped an illusion
stayed in it for the sex
After all that I've endured
gave you too many chances
but if you say the word
don't know if I could shut you down
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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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