Save His Soul

Music & lyrics: brendan hill

Hot lights across his face
They told him he was just a disgrace
Stripped down like a frightened child
A shadow stood before him
He thought he saw a smile

Guilty of nothing more than fear
It was the dogs of war that sent him here
Caught across enemy lines
Shot in the back
Now he's running out of time

They all said they loved him
But where were they all now
Thinking about his hometown
Back in new york city

A slap across his face
Brings him back to this painful place
He would not talk god save his soul
They took him out and beat him
His mind felt cold

A change takes place
It makes you feel numb
Realizing you're just a man
Can make your soul want to run

Standing in the firing line
The smoke fills his lungs one last time
And with his last breath he cries out
Dear god what have i done

A shot rings out

Music: chan kinchla
Lyrics: john popper

I want to tell you about something special
I want to tell you what makes men need
I think i'm talking 'bout what we all get into
I think i'm talking 'bout love & greed

You can take it anyway but take it at your own speed
'cause you wouldn't be the first to fall to love & greed

A man in love willing to walk through fire
A greedy man like a moth to a flame
A man in love willing to go half crazy
A greedy man likely to go insane

You can take it anyway but take it at your own speed
'cause you wouldn't be the first to fall to love & greed

So the trap's been set and you've took the bait
You saw it all go down just a little too late
But now you're hooked and to your surprise
You saw how some of it was real and some was lies
But you're in too deep 'cause you care too much
And there's never been a cure for that as such
You could see prison bars or call it home sweet home
But like it or not you're no longer alone

A man in love don't know what he's doing
A greedy man always says he does
A man in love sold his soul up the river
That's where a greedy man's soul always was

You can take it anyway but take it at your own speed
'cause you wouldn't be the first to fall to love & greed

Music & lyrics: john popper

Have you ever seen an atom
Little bits of everything floating by
Take a good look at them
Collectively they compose all you see including your eye

Brilliant puzzle
A living rubix cube we think we can figure out and solve
But we're just monkeys
Scratching our heads trying to open our ears
To a chord that just won't seem to resolve

And we call it wisdom
Yes intellect in our truest sense of the word
You see for us security means a harmony
According to only what we have heard
And this along and nothing less
Will ease our heart and our mind
In the hopes that in feeling free we'll reach paradise
On that hilltop we're still trying to find

But the possibility exists no matter how scary it may seem
That paradise was once the world and it wasn't just a dream
The earth was our heaven and we didn't know there were rules for us to break
And maybe now we'll find out too late what a clever hell we can make

Whoops
Whoops

In this corner
Weighing in at almost every weight imaginable...
Life, and all that surrounds it
And in this corner
Weighing in at well, not really very much of anything;
A very sound and user friendly idea
On finally bringing that pesky mountain to mohammed
Gentlemen at the sound of the harmonica solo you may come out fighting

Take a look at the horizon
Quiet and still
You know there used to be bison
Gentlemen you may fire at will
They say this land won't go to waste
But you gotta wonder how
You know we're chopping down the air we breathe
As fodder for the cow

That's right so we can eat well
Yes and starve to death
And say there's nothing we can do
Because we really don't want to do a goddamn thing
Look i'm shrugging and so are you
We can imagine the straightest of lines
But our fingers can't control the pen
And it's this frustration that yields relief
As we say we're just mortal men
And that means we get to torture a chimpanze
And infect him with disease
Because he screams just like a human child
While we study his desperate pleas

But the possibility exists no matter how scary it may seem
That paradise was once the world and it wasn't just a dream
The earth was our heaven and we didn't know there were rules for us to break
And maybe now we'll find out too late what a clever hell we can make

Whoops
Whoops

While we're on the subject you know my conscience hurts
And it will not go away
So please concoct me some pill i can take
While i think of something clever to say
So i can look in my mirror made of polished glass
And find no need to cringe
And forget that sinking feeling i'm a dinosaur
Out on his drunken last binge

...from fossil to fossil
Dust to dust
I'll see you all in the earthy crust

Whoops
Whoops

Music: bobby sheehan
Lyrics: john popper

Step in from the rain
It's the nightingales on 2nd avenue and i can't complain
It's a busy night
The regulars know me but all the same they decide i'm alright
Whiskey hit me fast
Don't mess with that stranger over there he'll do the same & you both may last

No i won't regret
The air is thick and wet
With defense & desire

Little girl what you doing here
Don't mess with that vampire in the corner who beckons you near
Are you waiting for the band to play
It's too loud in here for words but those staring eyes have much to say
If you meet those eyes in fun
Could be trouble for you if you don't back up what you've begun

No i won't regret
The air is thick and wet
With defense & desire

Gonna run the show someday
Gonna buy this bar and everything in it and run it all my way
Talk to you about it till dawn
Tell you all my plans and twisted dreams until the blow is gone
By providence i'm sent
Into this unsuspecting tavern to build and feed on your discontent

No i won't regret
The air is thick and wet
With defense & desire

Music & lyrics: john popper

Raise your head
Meagerest of fledglings
And breathe in deep
And cease to cry
For life it beats within you
To fix upon the sky
And fix upon...

The sky
Is beckoning your coming
Your feathered nest
Has grown too small
The wind
Is here to greet you
Spread your wings and simply fall
Spread your wings and simply fall
Spread your wings
Spread your wings and simply...

Fall
Into the rushing air
And struggle
And fight to rise above
And then surrender
To your freedoms
For these are the pains of love
And these are the many pains of love
And many, many are the pains of ...love

That frightening fall has become a friend
With gravity now do you play
Inches from death and the frozen ground
And then away
The clouds separate to reveal the warmth
Of the goldenest bright shining sea
Nigh falls and it's gone again
But now you're free
To give it chase
And to...

Soar through heaven
Mightiest of eagles
And rule your minions
Of the sky
The earth
Is far below you
Once it s prisoner now do you fly
Once just a fledgling now
Do you fly
Now my fledgling now my fledgling do you

Fly...free

Music & lyrics: john popper

I walked clean through the party
Without a sin put to my name
Then they got to know me
Then all the sins they came
To fruitions visibility
I suppose them always there
Back when no one knew me
I saw no need to care

But now such luxury is gone
And i've got to do my part
And the faces that i know, know me
Have laid claim to my heart
Like speculated real estate
Their investment should do well
But me i've bought a ticket
An express train straight to well...

Well perhaps that is self pity
But i'm remembering a dream
Some damn thing about lost love
How foggy it does seem
So now i wade in muck and mire
And they tell me that it's fun
But all it does for me is make me ask
When will it all be done

Please don't be mad i'm sorry
And it's just the way i feel
But its hard enough to spot the lie
And figure out the real
So i maintain and ply my wares
And have my goods to sell
And say to those who gawk and stare
I'll see you all in hell
...i'll see you all in hell!

Music: bobby sheehan
Lyrics: john popper

Never a day goes by when i can't see his face
And i can hear a thundering voice that no one will replace
But since he left you've been hiding out and i can understand
It seems to me about that time you should be coming back again

I can feel the pain
That won't go away
We can't change that he left us
But it's up to you to stay

And i will make sense of it all
Gonna try to make sense of it all
You ask me why
'cause it's all i can do
I miss him every day
But now i miss you

I know it hurts right now but you've got to keep moving on
And i know how good it can feel when you're safe and withdrawn
But he can live in our memory and you don't yet have that choice
'cause you're still here and to speak to me you're gonna have to use your voice

I ain't telling you what's right
And i ain't telling you what's wrong
But it's he who has died
And it's you who has gone

And i will make sense of it all
Gonna try to make sense of it all
You ask me why
'cause it's all i can do
I miss him every day
But now i miss you

I know you're thinking now you must go through this alone
But it's time to come home

I can feel the pain
That won't go away
We can't change that he left us
But it's up to you to stay

And i will make sense of it all
Gonna try to make sense of it all
You ask me why
'cause it's all i can do
I miss him every day
But now i miss you