In The Beginning

In the Looking Glass
music by Sumper
lyrics/ vocal by T.J. Phoenix

Once upon a time
there was a girl named Alice
now Alice didn't come
from the waking world
like you and I
she came from some place
far away
her rabbit hole was different
you know

And as she fell down
as she feel down
boy was she surrounded
and she just wanted
one more ride
on the carosel
I'll slip away
into the night
if you promise
not to tell
on me
for coming back
for wanting to believe
in something more
than
what I saw

falling to
my knees

oh please know
tell this is not
how it has to be
I don't know
any of you...

you'll shoot me down
you'll steal my soul
there'll be nothing left
it's true

ah but
one more ride and then
no more confessions
will I give...

Here on Earth
music by Sumper
lyrics by T.J. Phoenix

Even at the end of time
I'd still be coming back for more...
even if the rest of the world
has turned away
given up
and has nothing left to say...

I don't really believe it's that difficult
we all want to be healed
always looking for that
place where everything
turns out for the best
we close our eyes
we close our eyes
so we can rest...

to rest...

Even at the end of time
I'd still be hanging round for you
everyone so skin deep
while we are only beginning
to dive deep
into beautiful waking
beautiful waking

here we are
here we are
Another day
and another
shining star

shining star
here on Earth
Here on Earth

that's where we are
to go on
so it's not
the end of time
after all...
sea of dreams here on Earth.

...

Mistakes
music by Sumper
lyrics/vocals T.J. Phoenix

Mistakes

How many of us
how many of us
swept away.

How many of us
in the mistakes
we've made

How many of us
how many of us
swept away.

How many of us
of us
of us
in the mistakes
we've made

We're falling down
we're falling down
again.

Turn around quickly
they have not left yet

It's okay
for just awhile
to let go
of these mistakes

that we'll make again
with every time
we fail to rise

to rise again

Time
for us to move
on

moving on.

No Response
music by Sumper
lyrics/vocals by T.J. Phoenix

No response
how about now
still
do you know what

do you
know
what

time is slipping by
catch it silently
you won't
even if you try...

trace the trail
around in the night
won't matter
the echo chamber
still has you
still has you
for as long
as it takes

slipping by
you know
what I'm saying
can you feel now?
do you understand?
do you understand why?

do you understand?

do you understand...

so much more
than this
unabridged
still might live
in the place between
as we rise above
still unseen.

Staying in the Box
music by Sumper
lyrics/vocals by Phoenix

staying in the box
maybe it's better
if I stay inside the box

I'm no longer convinced
the world needs me in it

I was convinced
I was convinced
like some dream
that doesn't let go
I didn't let go
for the longest
for the longest
time

ho really cares
what goes on
in the world outside
I want to stay
tucked away
in box where I hide

in the box
where I hide

Now what to do
that old panic rising
up inside
won't make me
change my mind
going nowhere
after all

Nothing for
the requiem...

Strings and Noise
Music by Sumper
lyrics/vocals by Phoenix

When
nothings
getting through to me
when I'm lost and
it's a dreamless sleep
I just
close my eyes

and the music
takes me
heart and soul
by surprise
every
time
that I hear
your voice
it's all just
strings and noise

the world just
fades away
to another
to another
day.

Take It Slow
Music by Sumper
lyrics/vocals by Phoenix

I know some days
you don't think
you're going to smile again

you don't want to get up
you don't want to
pretend anymore

So why don't you
lay down by my side
and let me
just take it slowly
for awhile

I want to make you
feel really good inside
oh darlin... you know that
I need
to see you smile oohhh...

Every one of us
gets the blues
once in awhile
I know
let me kiss them away

(so slowly)
make you feel
like you haven't
in a long while

mmmmmmm...
want to take it slow
gonna take it slow

Technical Difficulties
music by Stranger
lyrics/vocals: T.J. Phoenix

Our records indicate
that you have been
taken out of the files
some time ago
you are no longer
among the living

If you feel
you have reached
this message in error
please try your call again later
try your call again later

Every day
wondering should I even try
to on again
to listen and then
pick up the pieces
of my life
and go on
everyone keeps telling me
that
I got no right to be
but
I'll still believe
and I'll go on
I'll go on awhile longer
even if
you don't understand
where it is
I'm coming from
I get it
you don't give a damn
I get it
you're not interested
in holding my hand
keeping me alive sinking down deep
trying to reach
some part
that's trapped inside

trapped inside
of yesterday
swept away
with another page
something familiar
something you need
could I be
could I be?

More than
you might believe in
I don't know
I can't say
I'm slipping off of the page
slipping off
into
a self induced coma perhaps
something more
than
your senses can...

Please try your call again later
please try your call again
later
later
later on...

Wasting Time
music by Sumper
Lyrics by T.J. Phoenix

No matter
where I go
what I do
I feel like I'm wasting
it feels like
I'm wasting time.

The horizon is
much too far
I'd try on
but I don't
think it will make
any difference
to anyone

to anyone
wasting time
my mind
pulled in
too many directions
for it to matter
for anyone to see

Hold my breath
try again to believe
try again
that's what the horizon
calls out to me

One more moment
in time
for me to
try and
try and
hold onto

Wasting
could it be
such a crime
It's only something intangible
after
after all....

I wish I
could do something more

In The Beginning

Here On Earth * In The Looking Glass: Confessions * Mistakes * No Response

Staying In The Box * Strings & Noise * Take It Slow * Technical Difficulties

Wasting Time

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