Lyrics de Osi

Sliver A sliver of space
Not enough time to get out
Trapped behind the teeth
The words will always fail...
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aModerno We still devour flesh
But no longer have sharp teeth
Still thrive on death
But no longer stand near the bequeathed...
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Alpha & Omega **This track is best understood when followed by Galaxies Forming. They are actually one song but the intro was so long I decided it was best to break it up on the album. I suggest listening to them...
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Galaxies Forming There are galaxies forming in the flowing of my out breath
In its midst is a showing of life and death
Scattering a mist of stars and dark matter
Blowing from my chest I spark atoms, and...
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7minutes Walking across the Milky Way
Waiting for the sun to become gamma rays, blue at first
On a burst that rips through the earth
Charcoaled skin, piercing radiation, scorched eyes...
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Let's Pretend I'd like to say forever and always
I'd like to say till we're old and grey
I'd like to say we're star crossed soul mates
But just in case, let's pretend all we have is this...
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Float On Head held on a fingertip pedestal
While thought pedals drop to the floor
The allure of the unspoken
Licks my lips...
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Tech Age The technological age where everything is easy
Well at least it's supposed to be
Life aint like it is on TV
I'm struggling to make ends meet...
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I'm Alright Now I'm alright now
I'm alright
What do I have to give?
What do I have to give to you?...
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Dipped The Apple I dipped the apple in the trails of a passing god
I let it rot on my tongue
And I felt no pain, for a minute, for a second
I felt no pain...
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Looking For 13 I face my fear, you all waste your time
Chorus:
While you look into the mirror and get lost in your reflection
I see a box and take note of its dimensions...
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WanderLust From day one I was drawn
To walk alone, leave this place travel till my head fell off
To embark on a vision quest
Until death or God manifest...
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Switchblade Masquerade 80 miles an hour flashing red and blue
The mind is gone but the body's moving
Only after impact do I come to
The smell of air bags and green confetti...
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Swim to the Surface The way she looked at me... once
It could clear my head
But it never could last, no it never could
Oh that much we knew but what could we do?...
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Phoenix Rewind (Original version in 2002)
Chorus
Long overdue JohnnyOsi with a big fuck you, yeah
Long overdue Osi with a big fuck you, yeah...
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Hom...e I fear I may never get home
I fear I may never get home
Sins of the father passed down to son
Sins of the mother belong to no one...
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More Than This Intro:
Don't enter my world
And tell me how I should be
(where have you gone)...
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Looming Jupiter The revolution is of the mind now
We aren't far from batteries
New Age slaves getting paid to perform a trade
That we never liked in the first place...
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Pyre I've built my pyre
Can't touch me now
I've got my mind set on rebirth in the fire
Everything I've known at once it will become smoke...
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We All Fall In Line ** this was an impromptu song. I started playing that riff repeatedly and ended up in the zone. All the lyrics are off the top of my head. I guess it's pretty clear what was on my mind that day...
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Live In Peace Chorus
We are all one entity
We all can live peacefully
We are all one Can you hear me...
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Over It (Excuse me... Bartender)
Can I get a splash of wisdom in
this watered down ash tray
What's a man gotta do to have a talk with God these days...
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Plastic Ivory I'm depressed like ivory I press to iron out misalignments
The switch is either on or off
Illumination never at will
Quick draw and quick wit...
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You're Done...Float On Head held on a fingertip pedestal
While thought pedals drop to the floor
The allure of the unspoken
Licks my lips...
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That Space I felt your soul and I
I’m gonna miss you forever, I don’t lie
I finally broke you
I’ll keep this piece it’s mine...
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Home of The... This empty existence
can only go on for so long
We are trained to be complacent
We are ingrained in the cultureWe are oppressing ourselves...
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Dead Stars Lost enthusiasm spilled in excess
Waiting on complex chemical reactions
Patient, passion for life used up
In twelve hour blocks of time...
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Through This House You're eyes follow me through this house
But the walls are so thick I can't get out
I'm forced to spend the days without you
You’re just a breath away...
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JC Joseph Campbell: “I don’t believe in being interested in subjects because they are said to be important and interesting. I believe in being caught by it somehow or other but you may find that...
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Anodyne Joseph Campbell: “...you have to work it out yourself."
Wrists itch for release
Drunken majesty envisioning razors cutting deep
Temperamental tragedy painting my tapestry in blood over grief...
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Two Feet Tall In an eon
Even earth shattering events
Are easily forgotten
Life is passing in handfuls of time...
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