Opened Eyes
Adam Cooper (1995)

Where must we run
where must we hide
hide from the sun
and leave life behind
go away to nowhere
searching for somewhere
finding the light
that never burned
because you said

we can take it all
we can make it all
we can fake it all
if we lie

You can run on
you can hide now
the sun is gone
and life is how?
we've been to nowhere
and can't find somewhere
you imagined the light
and now it is gone
and I say

You can take it all
you can make it all
you can fake it all
if you lie

cutting the strings
that bound my heart
have heard the rings
of lies you start
Found myself deep in me
and I finally now see
the joy in the world
now that you are gone
and I say

I can do it all
I can say it all
I can make it all
if I see

Eyes Go Stone
Adam Cooper (original 2001 added to 2002)

The glow of your smile
sets me off
your tears of Denial
fall so soft
But in these dreary days
I walk alone
and in you eerie way
eyes go stone

I fall apart in front of you
and you walk on
I become a part of you
you cut me off
for all these crazy nights
I drift away
and in my lonesome flight
I leave today

gone from the spotlight
into the darkness
don't know if its right
to be obsessed
but I know how I feel
and I'm lonely
I just want to be real

Windows of the Soul
Adam Cooper (unknown date)

This world closes in
on the lonesome hearts
the rustling winds
will shake us apart
Do you hear the screams
of the abandoned love
and all the stars stream
falling down from above
when the mind reels
and the legs give out
and the hearts you steal
will bring you drought
I have seen through your eyes
deep into your soul
all I see are darkened skies
as the thunder rolls

So Lonely
Adam Cooper (2002)

The burn of your eyes
remnants of the tears
that came with lies
through all your years

why did he have to be
why did he have to be
all you need

hear your heart break
feel it falling down
in your tears' wake
is where you drown

why did you have to be
why did you have to be
so lonely

Dark Dance
Adam Cooper (2002)

I have felt like this all my life
walking against the wind of strife
two steps forward swept back six
don't know what I can do next

the limp has impressed upon my lonely walk
I thought I saw you before I heard you talk
you fell away from me in a flash
and took my heart along in your stash

away

I can't walk forever
I can't search forever
no matter what I want
at some point I must admit I failed
at this point

Your vision graces this cloudy mind
as do the memories of all our times
thought I could go on through it all
realized it is time for me to fall

made the excuses to let life go on
now my head aches and my heart is gone
I want to make it but I know I can't
and now with dark death I must dance

alone

I can't hurt forever
I can't fall forever
from the grace of you
the dark cloaked hand is reaching for me
I must take it

Feel My Pain
Adam Cooper (1996)

here's to the end
take away your pain
lost all your friends
hurt him for your gain
can you handle the thought?
did you feel your loss?
now it is time you rot.
hope you know the cost.

Did hurting him give you joy
tossed his heart like a toy
someday it will happen to you
I hope it hurts too

you know it is coming on
back around to you
this is what you want?
then hell wants you.
your fall from grace was quick
no longer the angel imitated
it's your turn to get the kick
and feel how you degraded.

Did hurting him give you joy
tossed his heart like a toy
someday it will happen to you
I hope it hurts too

I know who you are
and where you live
you keep running far
but I will not forgive
too many times of hurt
too many lies have been told
now is time for your heart
to be the one to feel cold

Care?
Adam Cooper (2002)

Realized you left me
So I walked away
back to you to not see
where you are today
I hope you are fine
because I still hurt
this heart of mine
tossed in the dirt

Do you feel my pain
when skies shed rain
Do you feel my loss
when the sun drops
Do you even care?
Do you even care?

Months have passed on
everything passed me by
wills no longer strong
my eyes no longer cry
with every broken Heart
and every soul we lost
there is left a part
at such extravagant cost

Do you feel my pain
when skies shed rain
Do you feel my loss
when the sun drops
Do you even care?
Do you even care?

Do you stare in the mirror?
Do you wonder where
My love has disappeared?
Do you know your loss,
or all its cost?
Is the future now your fear?
Or do you even care.....?

Bridges to Ash
Adam Cooper (2001)

Burnt our bridge once again
too unstable to rebuild
My time as your crutch
has left with my hopes
You spew your lies
and roll your eyes
and force me to oblivion
you as much as me

Kiss our dreams goodbye
throw the promises aside
and live your insane life
without the only pure
You will regret
when you lost me

My body rots as my heart drops
I turn avoid your empty eyes
and feel your blank stare
why must we part like this
how I loved you so
as faithful as you know
now we are no more
we are still not free

all the moments shared
and promise made in whispers
now we move far apart
to ramble on our own
I will still regret
when I lost you

Blind
Adam Cooper (2002)

I fall apart now
my pieces you pick up
mend them with glue
and clean with love
you were always there
right beside me
but I was so blind
your heart was mine

blinded with ignorance
left and forgotten
where's my importance
apples gone rotten
time has left me here
and taken you away
what did I have to fear?
where's my happy day?

Plague of the Needy
Adam Cooper (2002)

My heart darkens and my face
ages faster than ever before.
Sweet eleven, sour twenty-four.
Take me back to when I wanted no more.
For wants are the plague of the needy
and I am needy of someone to hold
and someone to love.
Love is the bastard child that haunts our dreams,
Cupid is a bitch,
and hope is a whore
and I am forever all of their slaves.
I want to survive and I want to succeed
but everyone lets me know it is not for me.
In this darkening hour
I lie here staring at the ceiling,
tossing away my hopes,
and forgetting my dreams.
None of them matter
in the end it seems.
Goodbye.

Hard-head
Adam Cooper (unknown date)

I won't go
I have no reason why
now you know
never again will I cry
stepping above
all the corpses of past
long gone love
that won't be the last

you know you left me all alone
but I don't care if it's known
you will think back before long
and realize when you went wrong

I saw you
as you walked away
all was true
that I heard them say
oh no oh no
It won't even bother me
so just go
before I let you see

Made Fate
Adam Cooper (unknown)

Somedays just weren't meant to be
staring at the world but fail to see
all that life has done right for me
and sob as the tears flow daily

Images of the love joy and faith
are quite quick to be replaced
by the moments of sad, anger, hate
maybe I made sadness my only fate

And if I did,
What does it matter to you?!

Seen you stargazing down at me
say your praises when I can see
but I turn and you have to be
the negative one that gets to me

Proud
Adam Cooper (2002)

Time to keep rollin
through this life
and keep strollin
with the strife
can't let it keep me down
cause then they win
won't see with a frown
sitting on my chin

I won't let you win
I won't let you see me down
I won't let you win
cause I am too damn proud

Falling
Adam Cooper (2000)

I feel the thrash
of the music
I feel the crash
as I lose it
Will you stop
me from crawlin
Can you see me
as I'm fallin

Will you be
the one
to save me
From this
awful
plummet

self-righteous end
Adam Cooper (1996)

hello let me introduce myself
I have been sent here to destroy
everyone of the unfaithful
and I will do it with joy
Did you think you would see
the day you all were taken
self-righteous bastards will be
all but forgotten.

how does it feel
to be the one who is hunted?
now you will know
how you made me feel!

you won't see me coming
and won't know my name
but you will feel it
the wrath of your own game
years of frustration
finally set free
and in its migration
it will lead me

how does it feel
to be the one who is hunted?
now you will know
how you made me feel!

Nothing Left to Give
Adam Cooper (2002)

What else did you want?
I gave you all I had
and you still turned away
will you find better than me?
I have seen the world
and what it has to offer
people just like me
crying for the love that leaves

as you leave, I see
as you leave, I see
as you leave, I see what happens to me

we all want to shimmy
and shake around
but many are missing
that lovely sound
I look in the mirror
into my saddest eyes
the picture is so clear
no more blue skies

untitled - 1
Adam Cooper (2002)

With freedom comes loneliness of the soul
now completely alone without a goal
to roam through the darkness of myself
refuse your sympathy, refuse your help

untitled - 2
Adam Cooper (2002)

felt the hard disgrace
of a childs crushed pride
with the loss of face
a scar is always left behind

Ramble: To all of my friends
Adam Cooper (2002)

We come to each other as many individuals but when we meet, we are but one, brought here by friendship and united by the love for each other and ourselves. Rolling on down the long, bumpy road of life, we let our troubles, fears, and disappointments fall away and lose ourselves in the joy of our togetherness. Together we free our mind of all we have known and all we have thought to have been fact. Tomorrow is too far away to worry about what it may bring along with it. Tomorrow may never come. Today is here and we must all enjoy it's uniqueness. No matter what happens, today is completely different than every day before. Nothing is set in stone besides death, and death still has a certain mystery to it. Today we must take each other's hands as we fly high above these burning troubles, problems, and worries. Do not worry about how far we will go before we fall because until the time comes, it does not exist. Within us, we possess everything we need to survive. Within us burns a fire that was started by the friends we care about most.

Ramble: untitled
Adam Cooper (2002)

Love brightens the days of those who feel it and darkens the days of those who don't. It is all anyone wants and all anyone is truly afraid of. The ultimate double edged sword sent to protect and then to maim. To bring joy and to bring sadness. The closest thing to love is hate and the farthest is indifference. I have felt the burn of indifference and wish to never feel it again. Love me or hate me there are no other ways. I beg for love but recieve hate so I shall never beg again for any love. Love begged for is not love at all but a form of indifference disguised as love. Purity gone and hopes only told but never exist. Burn me with your indifference and send me away for that is all I need. When I feel the burn I can walk on.