| UROBOROS Lyrics and Music by David Bell. David Bell::Drums,Percussion,Acoustic and Electric Guitars Scott Freeman::Vocals Scott Mapes::Basses The seeds of life fervently sprout from the morbid decay of the dance trapped in the stare of spinning desire evolution molds us in this trance the feasting germ coils where it can't be found and the echoes of blissful addiction resound (chorus) Writhing within the wrath of an ancient war Building the arena of hate with such elegant lore Instinct residing in shades of such subtle extremes Can we ever escape the suffocation of our own being? Bound to myths that only obscure the venom welling up at the core deceptive ritual--aesthetics of pain-- the gravity endures the circular force twisting gently into cold frontiers and drowning in the slithering tears Embraced within the consuming shadows actions reflect the harbored schemes masks endure the illusion of love-- selfishness is the thread of all life's themes humanity's cycle of destructive relations driven by the fear of annihilation Writhing within the wrath of an ancient war Building the arena of hate with such elegant lore Instinct residing in shades of such subtle extremes We can shed this skin, ascending to a new reality ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Conspiracie en Rouge Lyrics and Music by Scott Mapes Scott Mapes:: Guitars,Bass,Vocals David Bell: Drums and Percussion Red dawn on an April morning, something caught my eye Red alert inside my psyche said it wasn't right Distant storm on the horizon blowing in full force I turned around to run away, but turned and looked once more Have you ever stopped to notice this big world is so small? Minimal were the chances that these paths would cross Yet I stumbled upon your deceptive conspiracy One event can bend perception of your reality You don't believe I'd help a stranger? Well, maybe I'm just naïve But things happen for a reason is something I believe A beggar man taught me a lesson that is still with me today One good deed begets another, and always you are repaid I tried so hard to sway your thinking and make you see the light I was oblivious to the obvious right before my eyes In my pursuit of justice, perhaps I crossed some lines But eventually you acknowledged the severity of your crime I guess that I should thank you what you put me through Then again, I stepped in where nobody asked me to Sometimes, you have to listen to the little voice inside Maybe you'll stumble a little before you hit your stride Red dawn on the first May morning, I think it looks okay She extended the hand of friendship out to me this day So again I will thank you for your deceptive ruse Learn from it what you will, and start again anew ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Requiem for a Coward (Wrath of a Nation) Battle plan and sonic attack conceived by:Scott Mapes (with credit to Dave for the "Shroud of flames" implementation. Scott Mapes:: Drill Sergeant,,Subsonic Concussion Bombs,,Rapid-Fire Six- String Note Spread,,Choir of Impending Doom.... David Bell,,Mercenary Percussive Attack Satanic Reich had risen to try and take us out But a mighty giant awakened to swing the hammer down Twin Towers toppled in an act of cowardly disgrace By a demonic abomination to the human race If you're so strong and mighty, tell me why you hide! You know we're going to get you squarely in our sites Only a matter of time until your destiny and death the same Blessed be the blazing bullet that bears your bastard name CHORUS Don't tread on me unless you're ready to reap the wrath These colors don't run, talons are poised for counter attack Don't tread on me, spineless coward who runs and hides We've yet begun.....we've yet begun to fight! Not just an attack on me And not just my country But an attack on liberty For all the good world to see You think you'll see Heaven?! Oh..you probably will I'm sure they'll let you look up at it From your shroud of flames in Hell! Grief turns to anger turns to resolution The armor is dented, but the spirit's not broken You only forged the mettle of our resolve So shall arise the day we smoke you out You say your god commanded this insanity? Then damn you eternally for your blasphemy Hold to thine lips vented grapes of wrath of a nation Slowly sip the Chablis of your termination REPEAT CHORUS ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Have a Nice Day...(Always) (Part 3 of The Corporate Greed Trilogy) Lyrics and Music by Scott Mapes(with some really cool suggestions from Dave)..... Scott Mapes:Guitars,Basses,Vocals... David Bell:Drums and Cymbals... John Gillispie:Keyboards. You shake my hand and smile as you stab me in the back Twist the knife between my ribs like I don't notice that You rub the salt into my wounds and tell me not to scream The bitter bile burns in my mouth and fuels my hostility Love the people, hate the job yin and yang-opposing force You wouldn't know the truth in front of you you conniving corporate whore Depressive demeaning tasks undermining our esteem Blank stares of the walking dead cut and bled by corporate greed Imminent synaptic shutdown thought process losing control Rage broiling beneath my skin Tedious toil takes its toll Euphemistic language contorted in vain attempts to conceal the truth I can hear what is unspoken and it's exposing you Drowning in deception one lie at a time Remind me again how lucky I am it always slips my mind Going through the motions Triggering emotions of frustration, angst and spite Repetitive monotony Monopolizing me taking the time to take away my time We aren't the mindless driveling drones that you'd love for us to be We have our own lives away from here so screw the company!!! ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Québecois Rain Lyrics and Music by Scott Mapes... Scott Mapes:Guitars,Bass,Vocals... David Bell:Drums,Keyboards Oú sont-elles? Les joies de la vie? Always seem to be eluding me A friend to talk to is all we really need Don’t need the money, Don’t need the greed Why do I try? Tell me now, what do you care? I guess I should be glad somebody’s finally there All those nights alone seemed like a million years to me The nights we had together flashed by instantly CHORUS I was trapped in an aura of emptiness darkness in my soul Pain despair and hopelessness taking all control Then one night I bared my soul you listened to my pain as I stared through empty eyes into the Québecois rain I guess my only hope is to remember to forget Always looking back has done nothing for me yet Except make me the one I never wanted to be If I looked a little harder, maybe I could see If you could see yourself anytime through my eyes You’d see things differently from a different line of sight The way that others see us is seldom how we see ourselves Everybody always sometimes has their doubts Forgive me, if you can, for my lack of expression You know I truly care, but I’m no good with affection Maybe I show it best when I give it no thought You know I mean it if I say it or not But, what I feel, I cannot describe Something simply amazing inside Maybe some day, the words will finally find me Then again, maybe not, mais he, c’est la vie REPEAT CHORUS Where one’s from makes no matter What’s important is who they are after Initial contact has been established And you see the soul within the shell Love and friendship, a strong combination The world against you, with you I’d be standing Makes no difference that surely we’d be losing It’s just the price one pays for a friend No price too steep...not even the end REPEAT CHORUS ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Nanji Lyrics and music by Scott Mapes... Scott Mapes:Guitars,Bass,Vocals... David Bell:Drums Only but a glimpse on the eye of the mind of a memory once beautiful And even the mightiest of men might kneel to weep Another place I’ve been to-another part of me left behind That I’ll never get back no matter how I try Yet I keep returning to search for the missing piece Questions asked into the air will never answer me Timeslides from days gone past play on the viewscreen of my mind Memories once beautiful-some still so both can bring me down to cry Old school days and long lost friends running through the rain in the summer time Ocean breeze and coast side towns and sunrises over mountainsides Inner visions seen unto ourselves - people and places passing through our lives The ones we Don’t want seen can’t be helped for they are engraved upon our minds And so they’ll be remembered until we are no more Until then I must sometimes watch mine as you must sometimes watch yours ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ IF Lyrics and Music by Scott Mapes..... Scott Mapes;Lead/Ryhthm Guitars-Bass Guitar-Vocals... David Bell;Drums, Acoustic Guitar.... Jon Gillespie:Keyboards and Additional Background Vocals If I had a million dollars I guess that would be all right But there’d still be something missing without you by my side They say money can’t buy happiness and what they say is true On a long and lonesome sunny Sunday it just can’t kill the blues If I could rule the world I’d try hard to be fair All that power would mean nothing If I didn’t have you there If our actions affect appearance how do we present ourselves? No second chance at first impressions so what do we say or tell? CHORUS If I had half the answers could I turn you back around? Sometimes things unseen Are meant to be unfound If the trail of a thousand tears starts with one mistake Can we learn to sidestep circle 'round the game? If dreams reflect our hearts’ desires is that why you’re there each night? Do I have to dance with darkness 'fore I finally see the light? If truth fell on fertile soil would deceit destroy the seed? Or does the light find a way when it has to do its deed? If we could have one question answered would we choose the right thing to ask? A new enlightened point of view or would we blow the chance? As we increase our tech-knowledge does our spirit fade and die? When I find you in my thoughts I know my spirit’s still alive REPEAT CHORUS ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Reflections Lyrics,music,guitars and vocals by Scott Mapes Eyes of my reflection reflecting into me I can't see what it is that you see in me I guess I should just be grateful, and not question the reasons why I find all the answers that I need when I look into your eyes Somebody told me, someday, -someone would see the things you see In my bitter blackness, I could not believe I had abandoned hope, but hope awaited patiently And in my darkest hour, you gave your heart to me Now I see that prayers are answered, and sins can be forgiven Though not always in the manner that we had intended My eyes were finally opened to what was given us To think I almost lost it nearly breaks my heart Often I had questioned my being- could it be a mistake? Somebody told me God doesn't make mistakes Perhaps I was overlooked in the cosmic scheme of things? No, there's a path for you, a path for me, a path laid out for everybody Then our paths crossed and our lives touched slowly merged to one So many connections so close to us that we never saw Ten-thousand days alone nearly broke me in two But I see it was worth the wait to find the love in you No matter how long I hold you, it's never long enough Every kiss you’ve given me, I clearly recall Every time you look at me, I see more than just a look Every time you touch me, I feel more than just a touch So I give you now no boundaries, no line that can't be crossed Put your arms around me and listen to the beating of my heart ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Something Else Lyrics and music by Scott Mapes..... Scott Mapes:Guitars,Bass,Vocals.... David Bell:Minimalist Percussion I’ve been looking for a better way So I can wake to a better day 9 to 5 has got me down Pushed and shoved and kicked around I’ve got to find a way so I can get away I’m tired of being a rat trapped in a little cage I’ve been looking for a brand-new road One I’ve never been down before Discovery is half the fun Arrival means departure’s begun You’ve got to take the time and see the sights along the way Or you’ll never know what’s outside your little cage Just outside your little cage CHORUS We’re all looking for something else A little extra outside ourselves A little something just beyond our reach A little extra no one can teach Are you looking for something else? A little something just within yourself A little something just within your reach A little song only you can sing Looking for the little red-haired girl Working up the courage to get my nerve Walk on over and just say “hi” You might just be her kind of guy But you'll never know if you never take a chance So get out on the floor Charlie Brown and dance I’ve been looking for a brand-new dance Leave them mesmerized, in a trance Ginga en la roda, step in, play the game Inside the circle, we’re on a level plane Give in to your instinct , relinquish all control The beat of the music will show you where to go REPEAT CHORUS I’ve been looking for some brand new words Another way to expand my world Je voudrais pour parler en français O hablar en español today The more you know to say, the more you’ll understand If ever you’re a stranger lost in a stranger land REPEAT CHORUS I’ve been looking for a better way Tired of being trapped in a little cage Looking for the little red-haired girl Working up the courage to get my nerve “Do or do not, there is no try” Said a little three-foot green Jedi In small packages there come big things Now let’s see what tomorrow brings I’ve been looking for a better way ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Manual Circuit Override(The highest price, PT II) Lyrics and music by Scott Mapes..... Scott Mapes, guitars, bass,vocals,Casio Data Bank 150 digital wristwatch.... David Bell:Drums A real human caught in a trap of cold, heartless technology if only I could find a route for escape Somebody please alter the inferior programming have human emotions faded away? Walking through the green fluorescent static I realize I’m completely alone Does anybody out there hear me plead or have they all gone home? How did I ever fall into this machine? How many victims has it already claimed What becomes of the data they feed into its electric brain? Through the walls, I hear them converse- people of the outer world They no longer have feelings of joy, nor hurt this damn machine is their precious pearl Human emotions have been forgotten this mechanical world is so stale and bland While I’m trapped inside this computer I might as well rewrite its program The circuit boards might take my life but I’m willing to face that risk I must make sure that the human mind is not overrun and replaced by data disk To the computer’s brain I make my way when I reach it, I’ll reroute its cerebral lines When its thinking is rearranged it’s worshipers are in for a surprise Here they come now to appraise their megabyte gem summoning its power, they stare-hypnotized by its glowing screen I smile inside their god as I await my emotive revenge logic presented is not what they’re expecting “Attention all humans in my presence...hear me and obey! I am a man-made machine with no pulse nor feelings, and what thoughts I might have, were programmed into. Me. I am only a circuit board and a screen. It is not right for you to worship me as you have, even though what you put in, I give back. I am here only to serve yo-not to be worshiped by you. In worshiping me, you have forgotten that your fellow humans need appraisal too. I need only electric power to bring me to life, humans need companionship from other humans if your race is to survive. I am only a machine. I need no love-only electricity-to make my screen glow. Heed my warning, you will reap what you sow..." My goal has been reached, I escape the machine and regain my memories in time But I wonder if the message they’ve seen has gone further than their minds Then they look around and realize the message’s worth and mingle amongst themselves But someday in the future, the machines will again take over Earth and again I’ll have to break their evil electric spell ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Uroboros,Conspiracie en Rouge,Requiem for a Coward,Have a Nice Day,Marshall Law,If,Reflections,and Something Else recorded at Monastic Chambers,New Haven IN. Produced by Jon Gillespie. Mixed by Jon Gillespie and Skovol Unit. Québecois Rain,Nanji,and Manual Circuit Overrirde recorded at Recycled Music, Kendallville,IN. Produced by Jim Reiske. Mixed by Scott Mapes and Jim Reiske. Remastered at Monastic Chambers by Jon Gillespie All selections Copyright © 2003 Skovol Bomb Music LTD. |
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