For those folks wanting to check out lyrics for the album, wanted to post them here for now - will integrate them into the site a lot better as I get a chance to!!


"First Blood" (C.Szkup)

What is it like up there, can you tell me?
The tops of people's heads, is all that you must see
I'm here to remind you, you're less than you believe
And even less again, is how you are perceived

Generally....continuing to snipe at me

Little did you ever know
First blood would go to me!

Deductor, deconstructor, architect of pain
Inflicting sadness, suffering is your aim
Your deception causing misconception - stumping me
But in this case the underdog tastes victory

You will see......you'll never own the strings of me

Little did you ever know
First blood would go to me!
Because I still am complete
And stronger than you'll ever be!

(SOLOS - Skube, Chris)

I'm on my way to the top today
Can't send me on another way
Little did you ever know
That further than you I would go

Little did you ever know
First blood would go to me!
Because I still am complete
And stronger than you'll ever be!

(SOLOS - Skube, Chris)


(I Can't) Start Again (C.Szkup)


I try, and I try
I can't do it, I don't know why
How long, will this last?
What happened to "All Things Must Pass"?

New start, I seek
But this niggling makes me weak
Plateau, for me
Now "I Want to Break Free"

Nothing I want more but I can't start again
I can see clearly but the past I can't forget
Like the sad clown wishing he need not pretend
I can't start again

I "Play, the game"
Not to let them in - the aim
Put on, my mask
Rehearsing of the script my task

Show time, I start
Another crack inside my heart
Too much, for me
Show must and does go on - barely

Nothing I want more but I can't start again
I can see clearly but the past I can't forget
Like the sad clown wishing he need not pretend
I can't start again

(SOLO)


(Wish that I could)

Nothing I want more but I can't start again
I can see clearly but the past I can't forget
Like the sad clown wishing he need not pretend
I can't start again

(Can reach the end, but I can't reach the start
I try, I try but it always falls apart)


Soundtrack (C.Szkup)

We wake up every day
You obviously love the way
I fake laugh at each thing you say
Over exaggerate
Cheesy voice, verbal masturbate
Every point I over inflate

When it comes to music I will tell you what we do
Bow to big business when they pump currency through

Veteran acts, from yesteryear
Forget their talent in this stale atmosphere
Heart and soul, sticks out a mile
Like the jewelery misplaced in the compost pile

Like clockwork every day
Same mediocure thing we play
Tapping your feet in the same way
Over it's end I speak
List irrelevence of the week
With the excuse it's tongue in cheek

Envious of Bill Murray in Groundhog Day
I do the same thing for a fraction of the pay

No longer the, guitar is played
We average .01 solos in a day
Harmony, the processed kind
Such inspiration from such beautiful minds

(Don't you know)
I got a pro tools rig today with
Vocal sustain I'll blow you away
The pitching and prowess that's on display

(Backdoor show)
I'd pull my jeans up past my knees
But the world must wanna see
My plumbers (crack) and the brand of my undies

Killer of the game
Disciple of the mundane
Ruiner of the name
Another hack, miming to the soundtrack

Taker of the prize
With efforts half the size
Tabloids got your back
Another hack, miming to the soundtrack
So set me free, with a melody


October 22 (C.Szkup)

Long ago I had a dream
Impossible it did not seem
Was so young and I had, ambitions and
Anything desired I could be

Line of thought gets lost somewhere
Attitudes change amongst despair
And before I knew, what I should do
My dreams vanished into thin air

There are many paths around us
If we're looking for a turn to make
No one every got hopes and dreams on a plate
Meet life's instructor, AKA mistakes

Then one fine summers day
Successfully in dismay
Was shown something where, I'd previously been
Attitude heads the other way

No doing it if you don't try
New mission statement had by I
Don't look back to where, you did not care
Once again aiming for the sky

There are many paths around us
If we're looking for a turn to make
No one every got hopes and dreams on a plate
Meet life's instructor, AKA mistakes

Now I've finally got somewhere
The risk I took well it got me there
And I say to you, keep your feelings true
Stay positive you will get there

There are many paths around us
If we're looking for a turn to make
No one every got hopes and dreams on a plate
Meet life's instructor, AKA mistakes


To A Scream (C.Szkup)

Most of my senses for the body of my life
Could everything but say
Cacophony of thought invaded my brain
But that was yesterday

Ready to untangle this randomness
Ready to guide thought on it's way
Have so much that I wanna tell
So many things to say

Watch me develop this, whisper to a scream
Watch me strengthen this, whisper to a scream

Now a message to all those that stood on me
Let the rematch begin
Only one thing is certain
You will lose and I will win

Watch me develop this, whisper to a scream
Watch me strengthen this, whisper to a scream

I'm flying, can't cut me down
I'll turn, negative around

Attempting the impossible getting in my way
If you know whats good for you, far away you'll stay
Amount of the might I bear double yesterday
Reversal of fortune, I am here to stay

I'm flying, I know what I need
I'm ready, to succeed

Attempting the impossible getting in my way
If you know whats good for you, far away you'll stay
Amount of the might I bear double yesterday
Reversal of fortune, I am here to stay

Watch me develop this whisper to a scream, c'mon!
Watch me strengthen this whisper to a scream, c'mon!
Not a single qualm in taking you on, c'mon!
Listen to me cause I'll show you that you're wrong, c'mon!


(SOLOS - Skube, Chris, Skube, Chris)


Watch me develop this, whisper to a scream
Watch me strengthen this, whisper to a scream


Lost Soul (C.Szkup / C.Reid)

My soul is lost on foreign sand
Needs to be lent a helping hand
So many obstacles in the way (of the)
Rebuilding of all this decay

My soul is lost at sea
Only you can rescue me
Seeking the journey back home
But cannot face it alone

The day so dark, the night shines bright
Nothing I assume is ever right
At the end of the day, you're so far away
You're the only cure for my decay

My heart it lingers with my soul
The two abducted as a whole
The one desire I foresee
Like all my dreams it cannot be

The day so dark, the night shines bright
Nothing I assume is ever right
At the end of the day, you're so far away
You're the only cure for my decay


(SOLO)


The day so dark, the night shines bright
Nothing I assume is ever right
At the end of the day, you're so far away
You're the only cure for my decay

Further away, lost my soul remains


Innate Self Destruct (C.Szkup / C.Reid)

(Oh yeah)

Unfragile I'm stronger than all
My hand the one that makes you fall, oh yeah
Hundred percent against the grain
I am the sole composer of your pain

An instinct that you know well
Misery all I sell

I'll give a new life with much more
Desire for death you can't ignore
Don't close you eyes, don't close your mind
Look deep within what can you find, oh yeah

An instinct that you know well
Misery all I sell

Between failures I lead you
No prevention you can use
Your life I gradually deduct
I am innate self destruct

I'm nothing good, I'm all things bad
My pleasure is to make you sad, oh yeah
I break you then come back for more
Won't stop until your body's sore, oh yeah

An instinct that you know well
Misery all I sell

Between failures I lead you
No prevention you can use
Your life I gradually deduct
I am innate self destruct

I'm nothing good, I'm all things bad, Innate
My pleasure is to make you sad, Innate
I break you then come back for more, Innate
I won't stop until your body's sore, Innate

Unfragile I'm stronger than all, Innate
My hand the one that makes you fall, Innate
Hundred percent against the grain I am, Innate
I am the sole composer of your pain, Innate

(SOLO)

(Ya think I'm jokin' dont ya!)