Lyrics

Commitment to Healing

Take Action

Chorus
Take Action
If you’re not part of the healing
You’re part of the destruction
Do Something
But be certain when you do
You know whose needs are being met
(It should be a balance)
And make sure that the power isn’t yours
It must flow through you from above

Take Action

I look around this city
And I feel a great despair
The faces filled with anger
And the lives that need repair
I look into my own life
And I’m filled with hurt and rage
I’ve learned to feel it deeply
And then use the strength it gave
Oh – o – oh - Use the strength it gave
You never meant to hurt me
Or at least that’s what you say
I think I can believe it
But it’s in a different way
I can see that you’ve been lacking
Of a love that I have found
And you won’t face the pain it takes
To turn your life around
Oh – o – oh - To turn your life around

Take Action

If you’re not part of your healing
You’re part of your destruction
Do Something
But be certain when you do
You know whose needs are being met
(It should be a balance)
And make sure that the power isn’t yours
It must flow through you from above

Take Action

Cold Cement

They roam the city streets at night
They don’t know where to go
They learn to kill steal, and fight
‘Cause the learning world is closed
Discrimination all around them
Breeding of itself
We create the problem
In a world of power and wealth

Chorus
Oh, to die on the cold cement
And the blood runs warm and red
Oh, to meet such a tragic end
With a gun in your hand
And a bullet in your head

They start as needy babies born
Into a world they can’t control
‘Till the wasteland that surrounds them
Begins to take its toll
Children of the poor, sick and weak
Sometimes never have the choice
With a world of cold survival
Drowning out their inner voice

Chorus
Oh, to die on the cold cement
And the blood runs warm and red
Oh, to meet such a tragic end
With a gun in your hand
And a bullet in your head

They learn quickly in their youth
All the lessons they are shown
They learn not to trust and not to feel
‘Cause the world leaves them alone
No one ever reaching out
With a warm accepting hand
They always get the other side
And it leaves a painful brand

Chorus
Oh, to die on the cold cement
And the blood runs warm and red
Oh, to meet such a tragic end
With a gun in your hand
And a bullet in your head

Vocals, Synth. Programming, Drums: Ellen

A Child in the Night

Oh, the feelings are coming again
And I don’t know what to do with it all
Can I call on you
Oh, the night it brings up my fear
And I’m scared
As a lonely tear rolls down my face
Just a trace of what I feel inside

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I’m lost and alone
I’m reaching out to you
So maybe if you can, hold my hand
Please help me through
I feel like a child in the night
I’d cry like the sadness just might be
You see, someone crushed me
Way back then
And I couldn’t run

My mind plays so many tricks on me
It fills with a fog so I can’t see
Because there must be no memory
Denial is such a funny game
It protects me from a world of pain
Maybe if I don’t recall
It didn’t happen to me at all

One Step Closer

All my life I’ve been the one who smiles
I say it’s fine, I’ll be alright
Now I’ve made some changes and I see
What I need is to live my life for me
I’ve never really known the way I feel
I’ve always thought
That words were what was real
I’ve believed a lot of lies for many years
I held a distance behind my fears

You know I’d take it one step closer
But I’m scared of being used
All my life when it meant this much
I was left to sing the blues
You know I’d take it one step closer
If you will understand
It takes a lot of time to live again

Now that I’m on my own I’ve gotten free
I have the choice of who I want to be
So I started to construct this careful self
I gave her strength, I gave her health
She reaches in and finds a gentle song
She plays it slow with caution long
Now it seems the time has come to share
This hopeful girl
Who wants you to be there

Let Go

Chorus
Set your soul in flight
Dance like moonlight on the water
Fly to freedom now, it’s alright
Let go of this life
Just let peace flow gently through you
And know you’re going home tonight

I have watched you fading
For sometime now
You’ve fought the virus proud and strong
Well sometimes in life
We’re not meant to win
And sometimes it seems so wrong
Oh, it’s very hard for me to let you go
Isn’t there anything else we can do
But the pain is worse
When I try to hang on
For a higher need is calling you

Set your soul in flight
Dance like moonlight on the water
Fly to freedom now, it’s alright
Let go of this life
Just let peace flow gently through you
And know you’re going home tonight

I see your body, slipping slowly away
But your spirit grows fast and strong
Don’t you ever believe
That your fight was a waste
‘Cause your beauty
Has touched my heart
Love from the soon free
Is a powerful love
It’s not caught up in judgment or fear
And you have a wisdom
That I’m trying to learn
What really matters to you is clear

Set your soul in flight
Dance like moonlight on the water
Fly to freedom now, it’s alright
Let go of this life
Just let peace flow gently through you
And know you’re going home tonight

We’ve been fighting for life
And we’ve bought you some time
I wish I had more to give
But the life that you’ve had
Is what is meant to be
We can’t worry for what hasn’t been
When you’re lonely and scared
Know that I feel it too
And I’m here and I will stay with you
Now you open your heart
With acceptance and faith
And together we will see you through

Set your soul in flight
Dance like moonlight on the water
Fly to freedom now, it’s alright
Let go of this life
Just let peace flow gently through you
And know you’re going home tonight

When gently you go, to a higher world
I will miss your part in my life
But the way I have grown
Just from knowing you
Makes me stronger, the gift is mine
There are times that I cry
For the loss of you here
And the feelings can wear me down
But the love that I’ve gained
Made a permanent change
And you’ve taught me how to live

Set your soul in flight
Dance like moonlight on the water
Fly to freedom now, it’s alright
Let go of this life
Just let peace flow gently through you
And know you’re going home tonight

Set your soul in flight
Dance like moonlight on the water
Fly to freedom now, it’s alright
Just squeeze my hand goodbye
And let peace flow gently through you
And know you’ve meant
So much in my life

Guitar: Beth
Vocals, Synth. Programming, Drums & Percussion: Ellen

Magic Bottle

Well, I’ve tried so hard to tell you
But you wouldn’t listen to me
Seems funny that I can’t sell you
On a life that’s peaceful and free
You tell me that you’re happy in life
But now you’ve lost
Your kids and your wife
You talk real big
And act like you’re winning
Will the pain go away?
if you keep grinning
Do you feel small
Do you see that you could lose it all

You’ve got your magic bottle
Through the years so dear to you
I’d like to tell you brother
The bottle was my friend too
I thought I’d found the perfect solution
But all I’d really found was delusion
I lost my heart and my will to live
But now I’m back with so much to give
I’ve been there too
And I know what you’re going’ through
Well, you know just what can happen
‘Cause you’ve seen it happen to me
I made my life a prison
I destroyed my family
I know there’s hope
‘Cause I’ve been through it
And it seems to me that you can do it
Just take the first step
In the right direction
And find yourself some good connections
And I’ll be there
When you need someone to care

I’ll try once more to tell you
I just hope you’ll listen to me
‘Cause I’d like for you to have
A life that’s peaceful and free
Buts it’s up to you to make your choice
Just listen to your inner voice
I believe you know for you what’s best
But please don’t try to judge for the rest
In the family
‘Cause freedom’s a two way street
Yes it is

Guitar: Beth
Vocals, Piano, Drums: Ellen

They Say it Isn’t So

Well they say it isn’t so
When I tell them I love you
They say that my
Love isn’t worthy or true
The loneliness kills me
When they tell it can’t be
That a women like me
Should love a woman like you

Well I’m sick of the lies
Of the hiding and fear
And betraying the beauty
Of a love I hold dear
Oh I try to be strong
But I was lost for so long
And I won’t buy the story
That my true self is wrong

Well they say it isn’t so
Will our understanding grow
Can we let our judgment go
It never was a choice
It just is my inner voice
There’s no other way to o
Well they say it isn’t so
But the difference has to show
They’re not like me
So how could they know

Well I feel all the drive
Of a life that’s worth living
But my lonely frustration
Grows more every day
I feel all the pain
Of a love that’s worth giving
When the world won’t accept
That I can’t love their way

Well they say it isn’t so
Will our understanding grow
Can we let our judgment go
I know the truth inside
But I felt I had to hide
‘Cause people can be cold
Well they say it isn’t so
But the difference has to show
They’re not like me
So how could they know

Well they say it isn’t so
When I tell them I love you
But I love you so tender
And gentle and true
They just won’t understand
That I can’t love a man
With the meaning and friendship
And depth that shines through

Well I want all the rights
That a love should receive
We have beauty enough
For the world to believe
If only our love had
Support to be free
Not hidden away
So they don’t have to see

Well they say it isn’t so
Will our understanding grow
Can we let our judgment go
I know what’s right inside
And I refuse to hide
My integrity won’t go
Well they say it isn’t so
Can a healthy relationship grow
Must we destroy in public
The love I build at home

Guitar: Beth
Vocals, Synth. Programming: Ellen

Private Hell

Oh, here that feeling comes again
You know it well
It’s just a release of a piece
Of your private hell
It’s the time when your terror burns
But just hold on tight
And flashback to the time when no one
Heard your screams in the night
Heard your screams in the night

There’s no way to control this pain
You have to ride it through
Behind the memory of hell is just
one more piece of you
And if you want it back
Be prepared to fight
‘Cause you must feel insane to reclaim
Such a shattered life
Such a shattered life

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No one can save you except for yourself
When you walk through the depths
Of your own private hell
With hatred and terror
To act as your guides
Give up the protection of your pretty lies

Well it comes out of nowhere
And it grabs a hold
And it’s all you can do to remember
How to use the phone
And you call out for help
And you cry through the night
And you listen for word that say
There’s and end in sight
There’s and end in sight

Chorus
No one can save you except for yourself
When you walk through the depths
Of your own private hell
With hatred and terror
To act as your guides
Give up the protection of your pretty lies

And it takes all the strength you have
Not to kill the pain
You’d be killing the piece of yourself
That you are here to claim
So you act out of love
For yourself and your life
And you learn that the winner is the one
With the strength to cry
With the strength to cry

Chorus
No one can save you except for yourself
When you walk through the depths
Of your own private hell
With hatred and terror
To act as your guides
Give up the protection of your pretty lies

Lead Guitar: Beth
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Percussion: Ellen

To Her

Chorus
Let me heal your pain
Let me ease your mind
We all need a shoulder
To lean on sometimes
So when the road is hard
And the hurt so strong
I’ll be here to guide you home
And it won’t take long

I’ve been here waiting
I’m open to you
For a time when emotion
Can dare to come through
You ‘ye been there watching
With mistrusting eyes
You’ve been damaged so much
That you don’t realize
On the horizon
There’s a hope growing there
And if you are open
You’ll feel people who care

Let me heal your pain
Let me ease your mind
We all need a shoulder
To lean on sometimes
So when the road is hard
And the hurt so strong
I’ll be here to guide you home
And it won’t take long

You’ve had a hard life
For such a beautiful child
And in your gentle nature
There’s a magical style
So full of wonder
And so full of pain
Overwhelmed by the contrast
You’ve been so afraid to see
On the horizon
There’s a light shining there
And if you look closely
You’ll see people who care

Let me heal your pain
Let me ease your mind
We all need a shoulder
To lean on sometimes
So when the road is hard
And the hurt so strong
I’ll be here to guide you home
And it won’t take long

You've been hiding
In an innocent way
What you don’t understand
You’re too young to explain
How could those who love you
Have hurt you so much
And your pleading for help
Always lost in the dust
On the horizon
There’s a song playing there
If you listen closely
You’ll find people who hear - sing –

Let me heal your pain
Let me ease your mind
We all need a shoulder
To lean on sometimes
So when the road is hard
And the hurt so strong
I’ll be here to guide you home
And it won’t take long

Vocals, Synth. Programming: Ellen

Gentle Tears

Chorus
Oh, Lord - Bring me gentle tears
Give me the strength to face the pain
Of all my shattered years
Oh, Lord - Can I try to forgive
I just can’t carry this hatred anymore

When it’s quiet and I’m all alone
I feel my deepest truth - I search my soul
I feel a hunger that’s been all my life
My secret burdens that burn inside
And the only healing is to turn to love
Surrender my frightened heart
To the Power above

Oh, Lord - Bring me gentle tears
Give me the strength to face the pain
Of all my shattered years
Oh, Lord - Can I try to forgive
I just can’t carry this hatred anymore

The broken teachings of the ones before
With quiet lies
They passed on their inner war
They taught resentment
And to fear the truth
They say they love me
Is this the best we can do?
Arid the ways they’re teaching
Were their own instruction
I won’t close my eyes
And pass on the destruction

Oh, Lord - Bring me gentle tears
Give me the strength to face the pain
Of all my shattered years
Oh, Lord - Can I try to forgive
I just can’t carry this hatred anymore

I’ve traveled lonely
And I’ve traveled scared
With the scars I suffered
When my core was bared
I tried to cover in a thousand ways
But the hurt returns
And I’m left face to face
So now my calling is to reach beyond
To search inside for love
And turn the hate around

Oh, Lord - Bring me gentle tears
Give me the strength to face the pain
Of all my shattered years
Oh, Lord - Can I try to forgive
I just can’t carry this hatred anymore

Vocal, Piano: Ellen