Keep Your Head Low

Keep your head low
And you will miss the blow
Tighten up to take
It in the body

I never want to know
Exactly what you did
But if you want to show
Me, I'll play the part again

Lights out, it's time tonight
Same thing every night
Tighten up to take
It in the body

I want to break and take
Everything beautiful
Don't bother standing in
My way, my way
Mine

And if you have the chance
Look at me
Look at me
Worlds go crashing in each day
But this gravity
It's too close
Too close
I'm warning you to take
Safety, careful now
Cause I'll pull and push you under
My skin

Days pass and I'm the same
Way that you left me
I tighten up to take
It in the body

But my head was high
And my eyes were closed
I've drained so much pride
You have to know
You've got to know

And if you have the chance
Look at me
Look at me
Worlds go crashing in each day
But this gravity
It's too close
Too close
I'm warning you to take
Safety, careful now
Cause I'll pull and push you under
My skin

I wait

I wait

I wait

I...wait

And if you have the chance
Look at me
Look at me
Worlds go crashing in each day
But this gravity
It's too close
Too close
I'm warning you to take
Safety, careful now
Cause I'll pull and push you under
My skin



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

The War Will Come

Don't respond right away
I need time to compose myself
Spending and wasting life
Under stars that could care less

Breaking bridges and burning towns
Pillaging homes of the homeless ones
To disregard all the strife and pain
Is tragedy - it's tragic and in vain

The war will come to you
The dead will come
The war will come to you
In time, my son

Hours pass as days fade
Bursting fruits boom in the sky
Leaders leave questions open
For us to ignore and belittle

Swiping with lead reapers all the young
Holding music in burning palms
To wish upon God and call his name aloud
Is tragedy - it's tragic and in vain

In vain I say
You need no one else to complete you
Realize the fire inside

Peaceful sleepers won't wake
They pray in sleep and stay that way
Problematic poster child
Take your medicine today

Stealing organs, harvesting souls
Revealing secrets where no one knows
I know the path and so do you, but
It's tragedy - it's tragic and in vain

The war will come to you
The dead will come
The war will come to you
In time, my son



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

F.A.P.T. (working title)

Well I'm the selfish animal
Diseased, the fever, got it all
Undressed, my willful, seething skin crawls

My lungs are blacker than my soul
Don't ask me why, 'cause I don't know
Just hope I die before I'm old, YEAAAAAAH

Well I'm unclean, a libertine
At least I'm more than a machine
Cruisin' in my lust patrol
Got my gun, got no control

So no one knows you like I do
Tragic tongues and words all true
Guess we didn't think this through too well

Got some pills, I'm on the run
Three shades of plastic, had my fun
My shock machine is set to stun again

Well I'm unclean, a libertine
At least I'm more than a machine
Cruisin' in my lust patrol
Got my gun, got no control

Yea, I'm unclean, a libertine
At least I'm more than a machine
Cruisin' in my lust patrol
Got my gun, got no control

So go to hell, mom and dad
No wedding bells to make you glad
And bigotry don't make you mad no more

And this is for all poison tongues
And all your drowned and broken lungs
And all the songs we've never sung again

Well I'm unclean, a libertine
At least I'm more than a machine
Cruisin' in my lust patrol
Got my gun, got no control

Yea, I'm unclean, a libertine
At least I'm more than a machine
Cruisin' in my lust patrol
Got my gun, got no control



Music by Evan Klee-Peregon
Lyrics by Evan Klee-Peregon and Sam Russ

Consequences of the Blameless

How happy can the night sky be
When its dazzle distills into day?
If the winds howl and the shadows fray
Warm welcomes are lonely to me.
Far away, flew, from the cusp to see
How close the earth would come to betray;
I stole away love and chose not to obey
And landed with bones all too empty.
But fleeting words do drift abound
And in their language flaunt;
My subtle tongue longs to expound
The miseries that haunt!
But blameless me expels old sound
As mysteries still taunt.



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

Rule Are a Rule of the Past

In the middle of the night
I told you
Take your time
It will be alright
But what you did not know
Was that I was to go
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night

I'll race you to the middle class
Two kids, a cat, and a compact car
We'll take our time
Having a blast
Off into commercial space travel
Because rules are a rule of the past

So while the washer is going
And the tv is glowing
Take your time
It will be just fine
If you think that I'm leaving
Baby, you're mistaken
I'm only disappearing
For a little while

And when our white walls
Surround us
Our weak bones
Will ground us
But if we're judged
By our actions
Then what we've done
Defines us

We all grow tired of hating games
Burning bright like a fading star
But we will find what we're looking for
Just some of us have to go so far away



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

For the Best

The sun may rise on the other side
I only see it when it sets
I've walked backwards twice before
Always tripping on the threats

He told me how I was wrong
That everything I knew was tainted
From nothing grew the big picture
The same picture he always painted

I was sold on the first night
Never knew I'd get this chance
If I'm wrong it's for the best
At least I took a stance

I've never touched a soul so rough
No I've never touched a soul

The sun may rise on the other side
I only see it when it sets
I've walked backwards twice before
Always tripping on the threats

Sometimes we're just speechless
When we want everyone to hear us
But I believe in the atoms
Composing stratums beneath us

I was sold on the first night
Never knew I'd get this chance
If I'm wrong it's for the best
At least I took a stance

There are no voices here
That speak more than softly
Just one second is all I need
To show you that I'll be

I've never touched a soul so rough
No I've never touched a soul

I know who I am
I know who I am
I know who I am
I know who I am

I was sold on the first night
Never knew I'd get this chance
If I'm wrong it's for the best
At least I took a stance

I've never touched a soul so rough
No I've never touched a soul



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

Catch This Fire

I remember when you told me
"I hope this will never change"
and on our hands and scraps of paper
scribbled secrets I've kept safe
for all the days that I've been dreaming now
and the nights I lie awake
will you take my hand and promise me
that you will never break?

There are times when I still taste you
on this bitter summer air
and the ghosts of hatred once deserved
are more weigh than I can bear
but I'm so sick of saying sorry
and of saying it so well
and of asking your forgiveness
when I can't forgive myself

so I build this pyre
strike this match like lightning
burn myself, that liar
down until

nothing's left but this, the only way
To stop us growing numb
Tonight I swear, I'll catch this fire
Destroy what I've become

Do you remember when I told you
that this life is a war?
waste our deeds on the field of dreams
don't know what we're fighting for
But this is where I'll make my stand
upon this hill I'll die
witnessed now my certainty
my fist raised to the sky

as I build this pyre
strike this match like lightning
burn myself, the liar
down until nothing's left

but this, the only way
to stop us growing numb
tonight I swear, I'll catch this fire
destroy what I have loved

Immolate this
These masks
These cold and fragile crutches
To flames
Forsake
all hoods and veils and snakeskin
cough up all things blind and broken
black and wretched
cold and ugly
is this ghost an empty shell
or is there still some last spark of me?
when all else is torn away
there remains one truth unbroken
in passion and purity rise
reborn, as one, we are ignited

i will build this pyre
strike this match like lightning
burn old self, that liar
down into nothing

i will build this pyre
strike this match like lightning
burn old self, that liar
down into nothing

At last I've found the only way
To stop us growing numb
Tonight I swear, I'll catch this fire
Destroy what I once was

At last I've found the only way
To stop us growing numb
Tonight I swear, I'll catch this fire
Destroy what I once was



Music and lyrics by Evan Klee-Peregon

Whispering Tides

I save everything
And of all the things I give
And take away
Smile lines map out
Just where I stray,
They're yours to keep,
To keep you happy in the light,
Where all can see.

Resign,
Calmly sit upon the rocks and sigh
Washing hands in salty, whispering tides
Where sand will fill the holes
Complete the picture
As it hangs crooked from off your nose.

Oh, the tumble of the falls
The wind that breaks and stalls
The sails from bursting in
The right direction.

Off to Antarctica we go
Where no one knows our faces
And cannot distinguish
Me from you.

Oh, the canopies save the angels
Dangling from the skies
And we still sail
To distant lands with hair for twine
And scarves as flags to claim for keeps.
We will save everything
From the seas.



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

Forecast Read Showers

Forecast read showers; I witnessed sunshine
And stowed my umbrella away.
Billowing knocks forced me to stay
And soon after I followed the decline.
All distant desires I resign
As easily as forks lead astray.
Drinks on the fire to slay
My desire to steal whatever is thine.
Blood rush to the head: 17 MHz
I blink and you slip from my hands.
126 ways to sleep in the dirt
But not one which works, I understand.
Slender radii, eyes in staunch alert
I witness the sky expand.

I'm losing control; I'm losing it all



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

Lockpick Fingers

Tousled
My twisted hands gripped at my future
Held it like sand
When you squeeze too hard it escapes.

Trying
Since when was breathing not instinctive?
I dream of lockpick fingers
But wake up only to find
No combination
No key
It's all lost on me.

So sensory
Smells are memories
And while I've got recorded sight
It won't help me
As I silently tie my tongue.

The right thing's not the right thing
When the scene is wrong
And intentions aren't worth mentioning
When the deed is done.

Heaving
Spitting it up to save myself
Because nobility only lasts
One short lifespan.

Dreaming
Not called nightmaring for a reason
But when you're searching for the answers
You will see
There are only consequences.

Living life with the mentality
That since muscles grow tougher with use
That I will be stronger with abuse
And it tears me up
And breaks me down
And the certainty I see
In the words you say to me
Leave no room for doubt
For hoping
For optimistic pleas.
So the stares that stun my smile
Will have me standing for a while
Here with wails and flailing arms
Splintered pieces left behind
These tossed desires
In bottled mire
Sold to bidders
Who understand that the things worth taking
Are always taken.



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ

Virtuous You

Malevolent me
Dare I say it, the real me
I take control of even centipedes
As if I know I'm better
Virtuous you
And dare I say it, the Godly you
Pull me into your wings
Where I'd know right from wrong

Though I'm alone
My iceberg stare into the ocean is
Warranted
Though I am cold
Concealed emotions are revealed
My hands are scraping just to steal
Your knightly piece of mind

Pretentious me
My thoughts, my feelings are
So much more important than yours
That I don't listen anymore
Valiant you
So noble, so quick, so courageous
My hero won't be there to save me
To find the truth in my lies

My worth is greater
My days are harder
And I'm afraid of holding on
Your eyes are brighter
Convictions stronger
I choose to wallow in my safe delusion

Though I'm alone
My iceberg stare into the ocean is
Warranted
Though I am cold
Concealed emotions are revealed
My hands are scraping just to steal
Your knightly piece of mind



Music and lyrics by Sam Russ