1. |
Soliloquy
04:00
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Soliloquy
No conversation do we need to have
It's only a soliloquy
I'm only looking for a soundbite
Something snappy while I stuff my face
Not too deep, not too demanding
Two sentences or less I'm sure would be just right
Just right
Dont' confuse me with the details
Just give me something I already believe
I don't have the concentration or the need to understand
Don't have the need to hear, to think, to see
No conversation do we need to have
It's only a soliloquy
If I can talk a little louder you won't need to be heard
A simple line in the sand separating you from me
Stop your yelling and concede that I'm right
It's been passed down through generations
No need to analyze or think it through for yourself
Just give me familiarity
No conversation do we need to have
It's only a soliloquy
If I can talk a little louder you won't need to be heard
A simple line in the sand separating you from me
Red state, blue state
Primary colors
Left state, right state
What more do you need?
Liberal, conservative
Labels make it easy
With us, against us
That's how we play the game
No conversation do we need to have
It's only a soliloquy
If I can talk a little louder you won't need to be heard
A simple line in the sand separating you from me
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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2. |
Far Away
03:50
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Far Away
The heart never stops it yearning
No matter how hard we try to quell the voices from deep inside
The world never stops its turning, the days and years spin by
Just a grain in the hourglass, faster and faster you can't deny
Far away
You're so far away
Say goodbye to yesterday
It's been years since I've seen your smile
Heard your laughter ringing out
Seen the world through the filter of your eyes
But in my head you're still here beside me
I still know what you'd say
You can still make me smile, light up my day
But you're faw away
Far away
Say goodbye to yesterday
Far away
You're so far away
Say goodbye to yesterday
There was still so much to say
Well I'm missing you today
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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3. |
Changes
03:24
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Changes
Eight to five
Feeling like I'm half alive
Trying to pretend
That I can see the end
All I want to do is see...
I don't know when this feeling started
When the walls started closing in
Don't want to be one of the broken hearted
Just need to get my eyes open again
What I've got to do is see...
I'm going through changes
Surrounding me
Changes
Breaking free
Changes
You've got to see this life
It ain't no fantasy
Connected without
Connected within
Don't need to know what it's all about
Just need to groove on where I am
What I've got to do is see...
I'm going through changes
Surrounding me
Changes
Breaking free
Changes
You've got to see this life
It ain't no fantasy
Changes
Breaking free
Changes
Got to see
Changes
Surrounding me this life
It ain't no fantasy
It's life
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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4. |
No Place to Hide
03:27
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No Place to Hide
Eyes closed tight
You can't see
Head in the sand
You can't breathe
I know you're thinking
You can hide from it all
No use in slinking away
Fist clenched tight
You can't hear
You think it's anger
But it's fear
No escape from it all
What you're feeling inside
It's your curtain call
No place to hide
Your heart is pounding
And you're set to explode
For all your expounding
You can't crack the code
Windows shut, doors locked
No one's here
Lights off, curtains closed
Feel your fear
Don't look in the mirror
You won't like what you see
It's getting clearer
No place, no place to hide
No place, no place to hide
No place, no place to hide
No place, no place to hide
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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5. |
Voices
07:40
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Voices
Voices calling
Across the years
No sense of falling
Drifting away
Time stands still
Voices calling
I stand alone
Facing the darkness
Facing unknown
The past lies in shadows
A warm cacophony
I stand alone
Voices calling
Across the years
No sense of falling
Looking forward
Bouyed by the past
Voices calling
And there's nothing I need
And there's nothing to fear
And there's nothing I need
Drifting away
Time stands still
Voices calling
And there's nothing I need
And there's nothing to fear
There's nothing I need
No mistakes
There's no reason to hate
No reason to waste
And there's nothing I need
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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6. |
Snake Oil
04:00
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Snake Oil
You smile your plastic smile and prattle to the masses
Hoping that no one is listening too close
Step up one and all - we're here to save your asses
Twenty-first century shaman you're the host with the most
Just sign the dotted line as if it made a difference
Haven't needed your approval for quite some time
But it's always good to have someone inside the crosshairs
Someone to play the figurehead
Someone to save the day
Snake oil
Makes my blood boil
Makes me recoil
You know you're going to pay
Snake oil
Makes me recoil
Makes my blood boil
You know you're going to pay
You can't always see the figures hiding in the shadows
But we've always been here and always will be
Would you rather see the puppet or the puppeteer?
Keep that self delusion
Land of the free
Snake oil
Makes my blood boil
Makes me recoil
You know you're going to pay
Snake oil
Makes me recoil
Makes my blood boil
You know you're going to pay
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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7. |
Reflections
02:54
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Instrumental
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8. |
Angry Man
06:17
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Angry Man
Angry man sitting alone in his room
Typing furiously
I found this picture
It says what I think I feel
Click Like if you agree
Been here all night refreshing this page
I'm slowly going out of my mind
The things I see are cutting me deeply
Much more of this and I'll go blind
I'm sending you this video
That you're not going to want to see
Decapitations, conflagurations
It's just my duty
I think you'll agree
I'm an angry man
Trying to find a plan
The walls are closing in
Can't you see the shape I'm in?
Angry man sitting alone
Alone in his underwear
I should be out
I should be sleeping
But I'm pissed off that you just don't care
Moral decay is eating away at my soul
All around me is apathy
So many strangers so many points of view
Overwhelmed got no empathy
I'm sending you this video
So that you'll understand our plight
Persecution, insurrection
Why do we not get to say what's right?
I'm an angry man
Trying to find a plan
The walls are closing in
Can't you see the shape I'm in?
I just want things to be comfortable
I just want everyone to see
How much better life would be now
If everyone was just like me
I'm an angry man
Trying to find a plan
The walls are closing in
Can't you see the shape I'm in?
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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9. |
Gone Too Long
03:55
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Gone Too Long
Well you watch your evening news
Branded packaged and approved
Celebrity fashion, police action
Riots in the streets, you know we've got the product for you
Our little blue pill will give you a thrill
Everybody's doing it you don't want to be left out
That's what it's all about
Is this reality?
I've been gone too long
Is this reality?
I've been gone too long
Life doesn't count if no one is watching
Everybody hungers for their fifteen of fame
It's going to take some time for this to go viral
But I can't keep on waiting so I'll do it again
They pass in the streets
Heads down no eye contact to the people that they could meet
It doesn't matter anyway
Is this reality?
I've been gone too long
Is this reality?
I've been gone too long
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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10. |
Mystery
07:20
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Mystery
All your yesterdays
They all seem so far away
And all those memories
All you were going to be
A shadow play
Faded photographs
And all those things that couldn't last
And all you've left behind
It's all inside your mind
And now you're on the path
Faces watch behind the glass
To make sure that you obey
But you just turn away
You turn away
Just close your eyes and feel
Each moment of the day
Only you can make it real
Each second of the play
And now you're on your own
But you don't feel alone
You know you've got to dream
If you want to swim upstream
You're not alone
Inside your mystery
You see the way the world should be
It's for you to be the change
Up to you to rearrange
You know it's true somehow
No illusions now
You're on your own
Words and Music copyright 2016 by Bill Cornish
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Reason's Edge Chicago, Illinois
From the early 80s through the mid-90s, keyboardist / composer Bill Cornish spent twelve years touring throughout the western United States, Alaska and Japan with the San Diego-based band Crystal. During that time he opened for artists such as Kansas, Steelheart, Joan Jett, Steppenwolf, Firehouse, The Romantics, Pat Travers, and many others. ... more
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