downcurv "dC" - lyrics
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State Of Affairs

"We all make mistakes. But
when you have an eternity to think
about them the only question you can
ask yourself is 'Why?'

Why, Why, Why…

Why can't we turn back the clock
Until at least I'm innocent
Why can't we pretend we just met
So we might be friends again
And since we created these fairy tales
Where's our happy ending
Our love was to be forever
But my jealousy was so overwhelming
Why can't we turn back the clock
Until at least I'm innocent
Why can't we tear down these walls
To make the past irrelevant
I never thought this would happen
That what we had would go
The way it did I'm the guilty one
And I can't take this pain anymore
Somebody shake me
I don't care how but wake me
From these eternal nightmares
I remember your eyes
And I've come to despise
Our current state of affairs
I know what I've done I repent
Your judgment was heavensent
All our time gone to waste
Now Your fire is all I can taste
Here it is all, Your fire is all ...
In this prison that holds me
Burning me 'til I break
A sea of penance to drown me
In memories of my mistakes
Somebody shake me
I don't care how but wake me
From these eternal nightmares
I remember Your eyes
And I've come to despise
Our current state of affairs
Our state of affairs
This state of affairs

 

Music (c) 2000, downcurv
Lyrics (c) 2001, R. Shepherd Written for the devil*His apology to God
*the devil being my character in "When The Devil Repents"

 

Broken

Stumbling and falling, I'm desperately crawling
And trying to find my way out
Continually searching but nothing is working
I'm trapped in this world of doubt
A pessimist, I'm half empty
An optimist, I'm half full
I held the glass when it shattered
I thought I had control
I'm broken, somewhere inside
What shattered my ego devoured my pride
Broken, somewhere inside
Where I tried to run there was nowhere to hide
There's cures, there's diseases, there's war and there's pieces
Rattling around in a box
There's storms and there's breezes
There's doors and there's keys that never fit in the locks
A stairway leading nowhere, the ceiling full of holes
A fire weakened the structure
I thought I had control
I'm broken, somewhere inside
What shattered my ego devoured my pride
Broken, somewhere inside
Where I tried to run there was nowhere to hide
So here I am a prisoner trapped inside myself
The doors are locked and this house
Strangely resembles Hell
These ghosts and these demons are twisting my feelings
The tension's becoming too great
And everything I thought was glue slowly dissipates
Even Jericho's walls caved in and just
Like them, somewhere I am
Broken, somewhere inside
What shattered my ego devoured my pride
Broken, somewhere inside
Where I tried to run there was nowhere to hide
Nowhere inside of me
I wipe a window clean but a graveyard's all I see
It's inviting me to rest my bones
To experience a peace unknown
But I will not admit defeat
Until I am completely broken

 

Music (c) 2000, downcurv
Lyrics (c) 2001, R. Shepherd

 

Lost

To Whom It May Concern: Lost
Shadowpuppets on the wall
Re-enacting imagined history
When will you reprise your role
To make dialogue of these soliloquies
Am I lost, to Your hand
Where are You now to lead the way
Guide me, I promise I'll obey
I'm searching but I don't see anyone
...to follow
Betrayal, the gift that you gave
You pried open my treasure box
The skeletons that laid inside
Escaped laughing while they refastened the locks
Am I lost, to Your hand
Where are You now to lead the way
Guide me, I promise I'll obey
I'm thirsting but I don't have any pride
...to swallow
So where are You now that I need You the most
The Father, The Son, nor The Holy Ghost
Now I lay me down because I want this to end
And all that I ask is a second chance
But You looked away as I knelt down to pray
I won't see Your face, but I'll remember Your name
Here without You
I am lost, to Your hand
Where are You now to lead the way
Guide me, I promise I'll obey
I'm hurting but I can't feel anything
...so hollow
So hollow
So hollow
So hollow
So hollow

 

Music (c) 2000, downcurv
Lyrics (c) 2001, R. Shepherd

 

Deeper

A dream-like fantasy
Created by you and me
A journey 'til now, but illusions are shed
What we once were has been pronounced dead
When we fell it was surreal
You taught my broken mind to feel
Then stabbed it when it dropped its' guard
This lion never even roared
A deeper scar drove me to cut
My mind erased but my heart could not
Say anything you feel you need to
This blame you placed I give back to you
Believing meant to you a search
For what you thought my love was worth
Our storybook had one last page
You removed it with a razorblade
A deeper scar drove me to cut
My mind erased but my heart could not
Say anything you feel you need to
This blame you placed I give back to you
A dream-like fantasy created by you and me
A journey 'til now, but illusions are shed
What we once were has been pronounced dead
These deeper scars drove me to cut
My mind erased but my heart could not
Say anything you feel you need to
This blame you placed I give back to you
Innocent but blamed just the same
You played my trust like it was a game
So I sew closed this bleeding heart
With a thread of cold ... hatred
So dream-like I never woke

 

Music (c) 2000, downcurv
Lyrics (c) 2001, R. Shepherd Written for Felicia Gail Evans

 

Stalker
Enter the mind of a hunter
Thinking only of his pride
Looking to fulfill its hunger
And she is what he had in mind
The beast is loosed and he's on the prowl
Suddenly feral he lashes out
Don't look now there's a stalker
There's a certain safety in numbers
In just being a face in the crowd
But between the folds of grass lies a hunter
And he has her singled out
The power's in his hands, between the folds
Every time again, between the folds
Instincts understand, between the folds
He's proving he's a man ...
Don't look now he's the stalker
But you'll never see it in his smile
Keep glancing over your shoulder
He'll play this game for a while
Folds of grass form a corridor
Following the prey
This delicate little creature
Should never have gone astray
The power's in his hands, between the folds
Every time again, between the folds
Instincts understand. between the folds
He's proving he's a man ...
Don't look now he's the stalker
But you'll never see it in his smile
Keep glancing over your shoulder
He'll play this game for a while
Don't look now ...
The beast is on the prowl
At our local watering hole
Next time you're standing around being social
The animal might take control
He's proving I'm a man ...
Don't look now I'm the stalker
But you'll never see it in my smile
Keep glancing over your shoulder
We'll play this game for a while
Is this all that it takes
To finally get what you want
To enter the mind of a predator
And participate in the hunt
Now I hunt

 

Music (c) 2000, downcurv
Lyrics (c) 2001, R. Shepherd