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The Tea Party - TRIPtych
1. Touch
2. Underground
3. Great Big Lie
4. Heaven Coming Down
5. The Halcyon Days
6. The Messenger
7. Samsara
8. A Slight Attack
9. Taking Me Away
10. These Living Arms
11. Chimera
12. Gone
13. Unnamed
1. Touch
catatonic listless creaturetry to comprehend
everything you've ever wanted
is around the next bend
don't try to fake it
I see you shaking
it doesn't mean a thing
look at you, the freak attraction
in this carnival of souls
failing all negotiations
you'll be the next sold
don't try to fake it
I see you shaking
it doesn't mean a thing
now love, don't make a sound
reach down and touch the ground
emptiness is almost certain
like an automatic dream
you're closing in on the final curtain
you're on the next scene...
2. Underground
I don't need your redemptionI don't want you to deceive me
and I don't need your forgiveness
I only want you to believe me
do you see me here
I'm standing naked
do you see me here I'm on my knees
now all my life I've be wandering
looking for teachers with the keys
nothing found still searching
for sound...
underground
now let me tell you about a story
it's about a man consumed with vice
he's theosophical in nature
and hedonistic in disguise
and all his life he's been wandering
looking for teachers with the keys
nothing found still searching for sound
underground...
3. Great Big Lie
god is pressuregod is pressure more or less
and it takes a lifetime
a life of lies to make a mess
ah but you suffer
I see you suffer with a smile
well look around yourself
baby don't you know you're in denial
and it hurts so bad
to see your garden of debris
don't make a move now
it could be the thing that sets you free
all you say now
is a great big lie
(just say you didn't mean)
and you'll still deny
it's a great big lie
you pulled the plug
you pulled the plug to save your face
and I'd be the first
to reconcilliate the grace
ah but you suffer
I see you suffer with a smile
well look around yourself
baby don't you know you're in denial
all you say now
is a great big lie
(just say you didn't mean)
and you'll still deny
it's a great big lie
4. Heaven Coming Down
With nothing to do you'd waste awayObscured in exile
They've witnessed the times
You've gone astray
Whose fault? now you're thinking...
There's nothing to prove
A message from the crowd to the shore
And it feels now
Just like heaven's coming down
So strange are the ways
Thay all have changed
Still life it stays the same
A break from the past
Could make it last
Maybe just a little bit longer
There's nothing to prove
a message from the crowd to the shore
And it feels now
Just like heaven's coming down
your soul shakes free
As it's conscience hits the ground
You surrender
Love under will
Rest assured
You're adored
And it feels now
Just like heaven's coming down
Your soul shakes free
As its conscience hits the ground
This time, no tears
Just one last chance to see you prove
Stay strong, no fears
Yhere is a change that's
Coming through
Hold on my love
Hold on...
5. The Halcyon Days
Alone, left here in dustAmidst my fears and doubts
Lifes shattered dreams
I could have done without
Now chthonic life has set its sights on
Making me a slave to its ways
I wait for return
Until then my soul it burns
And it burns only for you...
And I'll be with you soon...
Night it falls on me endlessly
And I search for you in this blindness
I'm a prodigy of lust and loss
'til sleep comes down
I can't explain, this disdain remains
This treason I can't reason
They left me here for dead my dear
Barely breathing, but I'm still breathing
Now I see a light
It's shining from above
I think they've finally come
The halcyon days
I'm crawling now up
Towards the sound
Vengeance moves so swiftly
I've conquered fear
I've shed my tears
Now I'm seething, barely breathing
Now I see a light
It's shining from above
I think they've finally come
The halcyon days
Now I see a light
I think it's shining from above
I think they've finally come
The halcyon days
6. The Messenger
got a letter from a messengerI read it when it came
it said that you were wounded
you were bound and chained
you had love and you were handled
you were poisoned you were pained
oh no you were naked
you were shamed
you could almost touch heaven
right there in front of you
liberty just slipped away on us
now there's so much work to do
oh the door that closes tightly
is the door that can swing wide
oh no not expecting to colide
for a minute I let my guard down
not afraid to be found out
I completely forgot dear
what our fears were all about
oh no there's no need to be without
if there's a chance I would take it
this desire I cant' kill
take my heart please don't break it
I will crawl to your foothill
I frightened but I'm coming
please baby please lay still
oh no I'm not coming for the kill
7. Samsara
please would you tell me my friendwhich direction is the way?
beacause I'm lost, I'm confused
this reality we choose
is a long, long way from the dream
all you'll feel is pain and suffering
wading through samsara
yes but I've heard that before
from those teachers of dreams
but it's old and its cold
I just can't feel it in my soul
am I damned to a life of extremes
all you'll feel is pain and suffering
wading through samsara
but I've looked to the east
and I've prayed in the west
what I know, what I've seen
you just couldn't imagine
where I've been
and I feel at his time
I just need to rest
and I'd like to stay here
I would love to stay here
would you let me stay here, please
8. A Slight Attack
demonic little love goddo you want to see me bleed
anarchistic little beggar man
now you want a piece of me
you're just a lot of talk
with not a lot of sense
here comes another slight attack
it's got you hanging from the fence
oh the tears will fall
and the tears will fall
you say these tears will wash away
the stains
tell me now do you feel no shame
when it all falls through
will you feel this way?
you're just another chronic liar
a sentinel of farce
integrity's a fairytale
it makes me wonder who you are
it's just another creed
shame it's gone to seed
here comes another slight attack
it could be the thing you need
9. Taking Me Away
a view from a broken windowI can hardly breathe
clouds are forming faces
and they laugh at me
strange desires
under friendly fire
but it's alright it still feels nice
it's taking me away
I'm seeking shelter from pain
I'm holding on again
holding on again
seeking shelter from pain
it gives me a line and I cross it
an acrobat graced with skill
getting your freedom's easy
surviving it's harder still
strange desires
under friendly fire
but it's alright it still feels nice
it's taking me away
I'm seeking shelter from pain
I'm holding on again
holding on again
seeking shelter from pain
and the race is on
I'm out of sync now
and the hands withdraw
I'm out of sync now
is there something more
it's taking me away
I'm seeking shelter from pain
I'm holding on again
holding on again
seeking shelter from pain
10. These Living Arms
so a crowd has gathered around usI'm pining one last kiss
I'm struggling with the lifeline
in the shadow of this bliss
patience my love it will all be alright
but ain't it funny how the fates work
I feel cheated by this turn
still this love that hovers over us
and the lessons that we've learned
patience my love it will all be alright
with your arms around me
you're singing softly
and I fade from memeories
and move on
we were lost inside a wasteland
of fools groping for the gold
I wonder if they'll think of us
while they're searching for their souls
patience my love it'll all be alright
with your arms around me
you're singing softly
and I fade from memeories
and move on
so never put it out
the spirit is the flame that burns within
hold onto it
and it'll all be alright
sleep now is descending like a dream
still I'm shaking from the sofness
of your skin
hold on to me love
and make it all feel alright
with your arms around me
you're singing softly
and I fade from memeories
and move on
may nothing harm you
I'm still inside you
with my wings around you
you'll go on
sweet lover go on
my love be strong
11. Chimera
You say it's all about intentionA chimera in disguise
It's about your life, the greed
The loneliness it needs now
Just to say you've claimed the prize
Of letting go...
You say it's all about your virtue now
But like a harlequin of shame
You look around and hear the sound
Your intentions gone aground now
Because it's all about the fame
And now you're letting go
But it's a little late
There's little time to show
So tell me now...
Would you do it all again?
Could you do it all again?
You say it's all about forgiveness now
Well you can grovel if you'd like
But turn around
Do you hear that sound
That's integrity gone aground now
In the name of sacrifice
And now you're letting go
But it's a little late
There's little time to show
So tell me now...
Would you do it all again?
Could you do it all again?
Would you do it all again?
Would you do it all again?
Could you do it all again?
Would you do it all again?
Would you do it all again?
12. Gone
Broken moments in time could still shineBut they're getting old
If you could see this world with my eyes
You'd be so surprised at what you'd know
So, if you see my angel of light
With her sweet wine
Could you let me know
Because I think she's gone again
I think she's gone again
Fatal are these moments of trust
That please us and who would know
Helpless in these passions of life
Now strife won't let me go
So, if you see my angel of light
With her sweet wine
I think she needs to know
That I've gone again
I've really gone again
I think I'm gone again
Fatal are these moments of trust
That please us and who would know
Helpless in these passions of life
Now strife won't let me go
So, if you see my angel of light
With her sweet wine
I think she needs to know
That I've gone again
I've really gone again
I think I'm gone again
I'm so lonely
I'm so lonely