Another day dies in the world I've made It's a tragic and unsung passing The zero sum of the time I've left Claims another victim Looking at all of the things I...

[m van Dyk: l van Dyk/Schooling] As I lay dying I saw the eyes The eyes of God Thy kingdom come A force so strong pulled me along As I lay dying As I lay dyi...

I used to see in color But now it's only black and white Black and white I used to hear your voice But now I can't make out the sound Not a sound And in the s...

Bind to me – keep me in the shadows of your life Terrified – frightened I might step into the light Drinking deep from wells of bitterness within your soul Hold...

Can you see past this place Where our failings took us unaware? I have dreams of a future brighter than the past Faith sustain me Take away my fear Hope reclai...

[m/l van Dyk] Peter and Mary, drive cross-country Entering Desperation, Nevada Red lights flash and their destines changed As the patrol car pulls behind them ...

[m/l van Dyk] Years of writing books Long behind him now A nihilistic confidence and a smile upon his face Johnny Marinville and his Harley through the desert ...

[m/l van Dyk] Hiding in the theater, listening to Tom Telling whitewashed lies about the China Pit Whatever has happened, started when they opened it And broug...

[m/l van Dyk] Johnny knows why he was spared in Vietnam God has a reason for his sacrifice Johnny knows David thinks it all will fall on him But the message is...

There'll come a time when love outlasts my insecurities And I'll be unafraid that you're not here with me I hold on And I face another day I hold on urgently to...

Thrust your hand into my chest And pull out a fistful of sand Cast it down upon the ground And watch as it blows away The world keeps spinning ever-on And dark...

Seems only just yesterday I held you, and sang a song about your eyes So perfect, and innocent, now failing My God I'd rather die Than live with you in pain Re...

Leviathan rises From the ocean of our fear Falling to our knees we cower Bequeathing to this edifice A monopoly of force This parasitic beast is drunk with powe...

Every summer leads to fall And we give our hearts Hoping there's no chain of consequence And there's nothing I can do To change my past mistakes That built up t...

Look at me – deep into weathered eyes that have Seen too much of the world and far too many Failings in myself Look at me – deep into bones of glass Shards of ...

I still remember the sound of your voice calling out my name And I still remember my face examining itself, knowing things would never be the same I still remem...

[m Versailles/Roy/van Dyk: l Roy/van Dyk] When we enter its domain Will the answers follow Or will the wind and rain Predict tomorrow Or will they combine And...

Look at you You haven't seen anything Your eyes so white and pure Without a trace of red No signs of self-abuse there And no tears have yet been shed Just pure ...

I've been peeling away the layers Digging to the center Trying to find some common thread to follow Turning to face the mirrors In deepening reflection But all ...

The road I've walked for my whole life Has brought me to this crossroads And I'm standing here beside you I know you've never been someone To take things on a ...

I am scarred from the actions of others I am scarred from the actions of self I am scarred by the times That I held back the storm With no one to turn to Nobody...

[m/l van Dyk] [Part I: Arrivals] October's a rare month for boys When life is simple, pure and sweet And the foolish youth can overlook The wolf outside the d...

Wipe out all the wonder from creation Replace it all with fractals And synthesize the beauty and design Pulling wings off spiritual flies So smug and oh so cert...

[I Rage:] Struck down by the persons that I trusted Robbed of dignity and left for dead I can feel unmeasurable anger building in me Emptiness and rage begin t...

Hand on heart, head in hands The light is fading now, it cannot pierce the darkness Nothing left to build upon Except the mounting fear that none of this was wo...

Something's going on here – the object is uncertain But I can see the makings of a sinister design The bristles of the tightening noose are scratching at my thr...

You and I alone Standing on shaky ground Wondering what became of yesterday Everything seemed simple then We fit together hand in glove But now everything has c...

You haven't drawn a breath But I know you Still unformed, and yet The flame burns true And I can't stop what's already begun Where can I go when nowhere else e...

I don't know how to finish what's begun Or how long I might wonder if it's done Windows open when the doors are all closed But if you step through them, you mig...

Fifteen hours I've been staring at these walls Waiting for the call that never comes I thought I had figured it out Giving you the benefit of doubt [Chorus:] ...

What will you say about me? Will you say I was a good man? That you felt my love and that you loved me too What will you say about me? Will you say that it was ...

[m van Dyk: l Boyarsky] There's a kid who sees the world A selfish kid: a good kid: a good kid By his own means he knew the price of life By his own means he k...