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The Physical version of this song book encompasses currently seven folders and spans 26 years. It will be an ongoing thing to keep adding the songs from there to here, so there ya go. All songs, lyrics, poems below are copyrighted by myself and Dimestore Productions, if you are interested in using something you see here write to me and offer me what you think fair for the piece. It's possible I'll sell usage rights...but I hope to use the best of em in my own recording projects. Now, onward with the festivities....
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Writing # |
Title of Song/Poem |
Written |
Appeared in print? |
| 489 | A good thing | 12/3/92 | MVA-9 |
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649 |
7/9/95 |
MVA-7 |
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| 694 | Guilt | 11/18/95 | MVA-3 |
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726 |
2/16/96 |
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| 728 | I said Nothing | 12/30/96 | MVA-10 |
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748 |
2/28/97 |
MVA36 |
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| 768 | Noise Is... | 4/17/97 | MVA-6 |
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772 |
4/26/97 |
MVA35 |
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776 |
5/12/97 |
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787 |
7/2/97 |
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| 793 | The Wall of Sound | 7/17/97 | MVA-11 |
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802 |
8/7/97 |
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| 833 | The Art of the Artist | 4/8/98 | MVA-2 |
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860 |
12/31/98 |
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875 |
4/15/99 |
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| 881 | Beyhold the Horizon | 6/11/99 | |
| 888 | Hooray for the living | 10/6/99 | MV-AH3 |
| 894 | .333 | 1/25/00 | |
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906 |
8/1/01 |
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908 |
8/17/01 |
MVA-V4-4 |
*MVA = Mysterious Visions Anthology. Issue numbers with a dash are the comic
book size series. Without a dash are the earlier minicomics and Digest size
ones.
*MV-AH is the 'After Hours' horror issues of MVA
©12/3/92 By Ian Shires
Communications breakdown--no one listens what they're sayin'
In denial as gods are playing out their games
Total systems failure across the board the lights are flashin'
The dealers are all cashin' in their chips it's time to go
Back home the shadows are still silent under beds
Occasionally we wonder if it was all in our heads
Memories flicker brightly voices slightly telling lies
And they still don't hear the cries
Living in excesses--pushing all the limits
To destroy the excuses--time will tell
If it was a good thing
If there's more to this than meets the eye
At least that's what I want to do while I can
Absence of reason--they will rule by confusion
So no one can come to a conclusion of their own
Destruction of innocence--it's their way or none
Teach you to be dumb brainwash your mind it's what they do
Government corruption devils in disguise
Well practiced in the arts of telling the prettiest of lies
Memories showing images of what they wanted me to know
I can see it clearly it is time to go
Living in excesses--pushing all the limits
To destroy the excuses--time will tell
If it was a good thing
If there's more to this than meets the eye
At least that's what I want to do while I can
Written 7/8/95 by Ian Shires
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
Come see the time warp I live in it's chaos
I'm nothing without you I can't see your features
I'm screaming for something I'm dreaming in color
The fear of the failure we're such fragile creatures
If I can find just one second of pure clarity
Perhaps I'd be - less confused
The war is on to entertain who can get them
The most amused
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
Compressed in a vacuum the gravity welling
Pulls back in the light that it's heat was creating
The eyes in the darkness the pressure is swelling
The dance of two forces they're in love they're mating
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
And if I could find just one second of pure clarity
You know I'd be - all alone
The whiplash ride we're all the same
But we have grown
I'm screaming for something I'm way past the reason
I'm nothing without you why can't I see your features
We're all born to die yeah I know but it's treason
The fear of the failure we're such fragile creatures
Some day I'll find my one second of pure clarity
And then you'll see - me explode
I scream at you for now it's my only way
To unload
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
Aaaaaaaaah-eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah, eee-aaaah-eee-aaaah
© 11/18/1995 By Ian Shires
See the true face of anger
Watch it twist in a sneer
Set aside the sense of danger
And there's nothing there to fear
And you listen for the sirens coming down the road
And you listen to the ticking of the bomb set to explode
In your mind....in your mind....in your mind
The mirror keeps calling you into it's presence
Inspecting your status, seeing what's in your mind
You meditate daily while burning some incense
And keep looking deeper but nothing you find
The wishing that something would happen is torture
The elusive trigger must be deeper inside
You think you hear music but nowhere you find it
The only conclusion is that it must be
In your mind....in your mind....in your mind
Feel the true strength of power
As it courses through your veins
Yeah the aftertaste is sour
But it lets you hide the stains
You're still waiting for the sirens coming down the road
And you're waiting for the world you created to explode
The mirror keeps calling you into it's presence
Don't tell me you haven't figured out why
The secrets you carry are known to no other
It's a burden you'll carry till the day you die
(c)2/16/96 Ian Shires
I look at - the satellites - the things that swirl 'round me
All the familiar ones've swung out of reach - i can no longer see
How they pulled - while they pushed - yes they all had gravity
We are magnets - we are wired
the energy is inspired
I can feel the pull of new things - drawing near
I'm an orbiter - I've been orbited
I've been flung through the great unknown
On a collision course with my destiny
What's going to become of me
Nothing means nothing till you give it meaning
Nothing means nothing I'm standing here screaming
Nothing means nothing when you're in free fall
The pushing the pulling the thrill of it all
The wounds I have won't heal - so this is how I feel
I'll collide any moment with something so very real
I suppose then I'll know if it's true if it's so
I'm a victim to how the winds blow
We are challenged - we are lonely
I must believe I'm not the only
One who can feel the pull of new things - drawing near
I'm no satellite - I'm no center
My size and scope change over time
Casually accepting or rejecting fate
My fear is I'll be too late
Nothing means nothing till it's given meaning
Don't know what is real in awake or dreaming
Nothing means nothing if there's no shared feeling
In vertigo warp the mind begins reeling
©12/30/96 By Ian Shires
And the tide began turning just as I turned way
Yes I thought it'd keep rising, perhaps wash me away
Where I've gone isn't comfort, what I feel is sad
Should have tried to hold on to the things that I had
----And that which is lost will never be seen again
There is no cost I could pay that would take me to then
When I could have said something but said nothing at all
And what would I do there knowing what I know now
I couldn't promise forever without breaking that vow
Cause the winds keep on changing, don't know which way they'll blow
Sometimes you don't notice the divergence - off you go...
----and what you thought you had has been gone for so long
You just don't understand how you could have been so wrong
And end up talking to yourself in the words of some song
Where you think you've said something but said nothing at all
And the plot of destruction that comes from the stranger within
Sets yourself up for failure way before you begin
Watch it drain in a spiral and go where'll never be seen
Ask yourself in a mirror who you are and where you've been
----and everything you know in an instant will blur and turn gray
Yes the tide began turning just as I turned away
I wish I knew for what I've been searching to say
So I could have said something when I said nothing at all
And there's nothing to do but to go on from here with a smile
Unashamed of the failures of how to myself I've been vile
My strength is returning as I go to walk my final mile
Somehow I think I should say something
But I'll say nothing at all
(c)2/28/97 Ian Shires
I watched it slip--through the crack
I cannot reach the knife in my back
I can't believe--that it was you
I could just drop dead, man--we're through
I have no friends--no one to trust
They all gave in to dirty lust
When will I get--the things I lack
I cannot reach the knife in my back
Tell me once again that we're blood brothers to the end
Our childhood dreams are gone like our games of pretend
Tell me once again that you're sorry I'll say it's true
You wasted everything for nothing but that's what you do
I felt the pull--gave it some slack
Didn't even feel the knife in my back
It all makes sense--now that I know
You lost my sympathy on with the show
Tell me once again how it wasn't under your control
Don't you feel the lies as they eat your soul
There's been a knife in my back--twisting so long
I couldn't feel the pain--couldn't tell what was wrong
And the world's been black--a cold hated place
All the evidence of weakness was right on your face
I will mock you forever--unforgiving
- 7/9/95 Ian Shires
Please stop all thought--Be logical--Be logical
What have you got--inside your head
Just ways to work with what you see around you
Your perception of body is wrong--it's just an anchor
Dragging through the energy fields...
Bombardment from all around--all the sound
It's alive, you know...you can tell cause it's moving...
Noise is a tree--noise is a rock
Noise is whatever it wants to be
Noise is a thought--just one building block
Noise in the silence between you and me--says everything...
Don't say anything...
Bombardment from places unseen--you've never been
It's intrusional...it goes where it's not wanted...
Noise is a fire--noise is all wet
Noise goes through boundaries we don't know exist
Noise from the past--becomes what we forget
Noise rules all with an iron fist
If a tree falls--in the forest--does it make a sound?
Yes it effects everything around--for years to come...
Please stop all thought--I know you can't--I know you can't
What have you got--inside your head...
Just ways to deal with what happens around you...
Your perception of body is wrong--it's just an anchor
Dragging through the energy fields...
The Truth
© 4/26/97 Ian Shires
Shed a little light on the shadow
Show 'em all it's not really there
It doesn't change in light or darkness
Visual trick if you stare...
Right at the truth -- it's purely subjecture
Paid for the seminar -- missed the lecture
The truth doesn't change -- if you think you know it
Don't speak it unsure 'cause you'll surely show it
Changes -- the perception of truth
Surely there's nothing I can say for sure
I've recorded the moments but they're all a blur
They change 'cause my memory sees what it wants to
Surely you want to know just the facts
But light through perception is just showing cracks
It's strange 'cause my memory says that it's true
Shed a little hope on disaster
Show 'em all it just makes you strong
It doesn't change the hurting or failure
but it's possible that I'm wrong....
Aim for the truth -- it's all that has mattered
Since the moment -- my life -- it shattered
The truth doesn't change -- but how can we know it
If the things we perceive simply don't show it
Strain for the truth -- it's the greatest
treasure
With your wealth of knowledge live your life of leisure
The truth stays the same -- but do you really know it
Don't speak it unsure I tell ya you'll blow it
Changes -- the perception of truth
(c) 5/12/97 Ian Shires
It we only had one another to rely on
would the trust be the kind of trust that
would never die
I'd never lie to you - I'd never lie to you
In this world it's so hard to find someone
with whom there's no doubt that they'll be
there
I'd never lie to you - I'd never lie to you
I'm crying out - I'm crying out - please
someone take my hand
Don't leave me out - don't leave me out here
all alone
I've spent enough time alone - dying in
moments
I've gotta shout - I've gotta shout - please
someone understand
just drag me out - drag me out of my empty
cave
it may be my soul you save - confused and
helpless
If we only had one another to talk to
would the words slowly trail off going
nowhere
I'd never lie to you - I'd never lie to you
If the look in my eye said it all would you
know the truth
drifting through love is so noble a goal
I'd never lie to you - I'd never lie to you
I'm crying out- I'm crying out - please
someone understand
don't leave me out - don't leave me out here
all alone
too much time spent alone - dying in moments
and I've gotta shout - do you hear me shout -
won't you take my hand
yes you could drag me out - drag me out of my
empty cave
before it turns into my grave - obscured and
forgotten
(c)7/2/97 Ian Shires
Give me the quiet peace - of being left alone
let no one disturb the slumber of my raging heart
as time passes slowly by - and moss grows on the stone
know that it's symbiotic world will be torn apart
and tonight - as the stars burn out one by one
in the fading light - all will be undone
ashes to ashes now - don't let tomorrow come
So where's the stolen hope - of being free again
please don't ask me how I am I could cry
as time passes slowly by - I think I'm escaping then
it returns that helpless feeling and I don't know why
so tonight - as the stars burn out one by one
just tell me it's alright - it's over and done
in the fading light - as I'm drifting off to sleep
tell me I've earned the rest - don't let tomorrow come
I don't want to wake up to find the waking world the same
on a roller coaster emotion ride it must be a game
give me the quiet peace - of being left alone
the unthinking ways we all hurt the feelings of our friends
step on this one's toes to help another I'm afraid it never ends
as time passes slowly by - and moss grows on the stone
let tonight - as the
stars burn out one by one
be the end of the fight -
I just don't care who has won
make it right - as we
watch the setting sun
ashes to ashes now -
don't let tomorrow come
tell me I've earned the
rest - don't let tomorrow come
I have past every test -
don't let tomorrow come
Kill me - kill me - don't
let tomorrow come
won't someone kill me -
kill me in my sleep
©7/17/97 By Ian Shires
Throw a rock watch the ripples move out
An accepted and dealt with intrusion
Put a finger on the wall of sound
See the same or is it illusion
Dare to put your hand in too
What if something grabs hold of you
What if you stepped into the wall of sound
See the colorswirl maze begin
Clearly there is more there than meets the eye
The clues to secrets blink true then fade
They want to tell you you will never die
Dare to ask what they want of you
is there something that we should do
I have come to climb the wall of sound
What's a barrier--what's a barrier for
And the portal--with the tight locked door
With the right key you get to go where no one has before
But you won't come back to tell the tale
It is talking calling out your name
Some say the future and the past are one and the same
Destiny's guidance surely seals your fate
Done come alone ----or is it too late
Dare to stand on a wall of sound
Really take a good look around
You're brought right back to the shore
Throw a rock watch the ripples move out
© 8/7/97 Ian Shires
I feel your Heartbeat - from a distance - synchronizing
I don't even know who you are - Oh...But I've known you forever
And you know the truth of the soul that we share
in our darkest hours we've always been there - knowing that we'd find each other
Betrayals can't kill - The faith in our eyes
Misplaced trust unfortunate - but we know where destiny
lies
And the moment we meet - The proof it was true
It will be redemption for all that we've been through
This song I'll sing - for you - let it echo in time yet to be
A beacon for forever only the other could say was true
you are the love.... That I've searched for.....
This much I know - today - as I put the words on the page
no distance is too far to cross in my journey to you
this song for my true love.... It will be you I adore.....
Come to the edge of the unknown and there I'll take your hand
We'll do the leap of faith together - take our final stand
You're the stranger within that I can't do without
I know you're out there of that I've no doubt
Betrayals can't kill - the faith in our eyes
Lost time must be given meaning - the maze of riddles,
whys
Will be answered the moment we meet - and the proof it
was true
Echoes forever our redemption for all that we've been
through
(c)4/8/98
Untie my hands - I need blood to my fingers
Unlock my door - I just gotta get out of here
Unclose your eyes - can't you see what I'm fighting for
Don't speak my name - Just let me walk away...
See my creation a pure thing of beauty
Ten versions before have been destroyed in my mind
Time to turn it over mass produce the product
Each one sickens me more they're disgusting and vile
Hear my prayer for the art of the artist
May you find your way to your true destiny
Like the dancers plea to the gods with their bodies
Say: I'll not create art for anyone but me
Slave to the grind searching for recognition
You've blown it already it's tasteless and bland
You'll never see anything more beautiful
Than the things you've created destroyed where you stand
My conflict within surely must be self evident
There's nothing I crave more than a cheer when I'm done
I realize the performance is purely technical
But the music's alive, given birth by someone
Hear my prayer for the art of the artist
May the gods see the vision you're trying to have
Grant power to find the truth and the meaning
Hear my prayer for the art of the artist
Untie my hands I need blood to my fingers
Unlock my door I just gotta get out of here
Unclose your eyes, can't you see what I'm fighting for
Don't speak my name--Just let me walk away....
© 12/31/98 Ian Shires
Is it thunder -- or the sound
Of a sleeping dragon that's 'round
Shake the hills like an earthquake, or imagination...
And a beacon calls in the distance
It's the quest for magic begun
To be found in the touch of two souls finding true love
Is it lightning -- or the flash
Of the powder when you cast a dash
Into the potion that's brewing momentum, crush hesitation....
And a full moon eclipse on the horizon
It's the quest for magic begun
Sleeping dragon raise your head and yawn
For the moment soon to be gone
In the fight -- of the day -- do not blink, look away
You would miss the moment of realization what you live for
And the sight -- of the bay -- do not think, words to say
It's your home laying in ruins where you lived before
Fly the dragon into the beyond clouds
In the echo of the terrorized crowds
And she cries please save me to the only one who can
Is it sorrow -- or the weight
Of suddenly realizing your fate
That would cause a young hero to doubt what to do....
So the truth it calls from a distance
It's the quest for magic begun
Is it thunder -- or the sound
Of the fine forged weapon that's found....
© 4/15/99 Ian Shires
The Day is done - all that's left is the closing down
can't we leave for tomorrow - what should be finished now
have we not worked hard - peeled skin worked these fingers to the bone
No it leaves me no comfort - as I walk off alone
oh watch out tomorrow - I'll be comin' to give a show
cause that's all that is left me - the empty charade
Madness reigns - in the land of the free and brave
Keep a firm grasp on your soul - for that's all you can
save
Madness reigns - yes we're serving the chaos lords
See the twinkle in their eyes - turn into the flash of
their swords
Impaled on the truth - and it pales by comparison
to the dream that still dances - in the back of my mind
have we not been strong - in the face of incredible odds
yes watch us keep laughing - at the jokes of the gods
Oh watch out tomorrow - I'll awake with that smile on my face
you'll see that I've lost my hold - in free fall I go
Madness reigns - in this world the ends are frayed
you can look back on the journey - to see where
destiny's made
Madness reigns - yes we're serving the puppet kings
see the glint of their pearly whites - as they're
pulling the strings
I stand before you with nothing to prove - nothing to lose
and the name I've made for myself says it all
oh watch out tomorrow - if you come I will put on a show
as I jump through the hoops of the day - I'll send my message clear
(c) 6/11/99 Ian Shires
Behold the Horizon - I am the distance
within you
The idea born in ignorance - I grow to fill the void
For what is there if not I?
What is there if not to learn
What is there to leave behind for others...
Oh the light show - a spectacular display
There to greet me - when I opened my eyes today
Behold....the horizon
Distance is never what it seems - I am
beyond and here at the same time
moments expand and contract with the flux of their whims
and we meet in the dance of what comes together
from our searching - and still wanting
and still looking - at the distance....
There I spot
all dreams as one
the known and the knower
Behold the horizon - I am the distance -
without you
the sameness and the difference - will grow to fill the void
for what is there if not we?
This day I wake to learn to be
what is there if not to shine
like stars in darkness so entwine
what is there to leave behind for others...
The light show - a spectacular display
There to greet me - when I opened my eyes today
Shall we go now - to the distance
Behold....the horizon
Written 10/6/99 by Ian Shires
From the dust of shattered stars- I draw my power
And I come through with rays of hope to the disillusioned
Rise - At my own speed - but I keep on rising
And for those that have thought they passed me by
Isn't it surprising
Here I am--Here I stand
I see you reaching out a hand
I am nothing but giving
Hooray for the living
For the dreams of fallen friends - I hold the ladder
And I know that the world below is dark
And will drive you crazy
Climb - if you believe - you can always keep trying
And never take your eyes off of the goal
All the while crying
Here I am--Here I stand
Though I've been crushed like a grain of sand
I will still keep on giving
Hooray for the living
To the static that hangs in the silent air - I send my message
Sacrifice for your dreams and see nothing else
Today is an illusion
Rise - at your own speed - but just keep on rising
And for those that may say that it can't be done
I say isn't it surprising
Here I am--Here I stand
Watch it slip through the palm of my hand
It returns from the giving
Hooray for the living
(c) 1/25/00 Ian Shires
Tell a machine to create a better
machine and it does it
with steel precision
It has perception beyond what a human mind can bear
Point three three three to infinity
The creation of a new element is at hand
and it's presence will change the lay of the land
oh it goes around and around
...sometimes the echo precedes the sound...
Program a mind to choose right from
wrong and it does it
with human reason
who has perception beyond what they were taught to bear
point three three three to infinity
The assimilation of a new truth is at hand
but you can't digest it nobody has the gland
oh it goes around and around
in the distance you hear the howl of the hound
yeah it cries at the moon - cries at the moon...
oh it goes around and around
see them standing at the ceremonial mound...
Transform a form from one form to another
form and it changes
with some finality
it can't go back to be what it was before can you bear
Point three three three...
© 8/1/01 Ian Shires
Chatter like whispers are filling the room
I think I hear music with a thunder beat
My mind's floating high above --thoughts larger than life
Raining like static hellfire in my eyes
Burning desires unfulfilled in this time
I've traveled far to be here a stranger amongst you
In the datafeilds where my mind's connected to all
A catalyst shimmered and became a call
Magnetically shaping waves of metal filings
Go forth and spread the word
Go forth and spread the word
Reigning from stone thrones in ancient days
Planning the power that will rule the world
I've traveled far to be here a stranger amongst you
Chatter like whispers spread out from the trees
I think the wind's moaning heavy with pain
My mind's floating high above -- faces in the clouds
And I'm a stranger amongst you
"The Way of the Unknown" © 8/17/01 Ian Shires
My prison: The limits--of what I know
I go to breed a new thought, and watch it grow
The seeds spread the passion for bringing change
And as they're taking hold I know you'll feel strange
But it's alright there's nothing wrong
The summer nights are warm and long
We'll bear the fruit as planned out
My Home: The darkness--of the great unknown
Come to the maze and feel your way, see how it's grown
The species compete for dominance to find the light
Evolution giving out new tools it's gonna be a fight
Beyond the pain is a whisper
Nothing can stop---
The way of the unknown....is stronger
Is stronger--is stronger!
My journey: The learning--of new things unfurled
Get you banners wave 'em proudly, all over the world
You can be like the chosen and blaze a new trail
When you get the seeds inside you no you never can fail
So it's alright there's nothing wrong
The call goes out we'll strike a gong
Beyond the pain is a whisper
