1. DEFIANCE

On the horizon
Far away in the unknown
Wherever you go, there’s snow

Pulling you forward
Towering like a shrouded spire
A peak forever out of reach

The rock slips from your fingers
Rolling down the hill again
You heed your only dream and
Roll it up the hill again

A world below you
As you blink, it calls your name
Knees twitch and you lose your grip

The rock slips from your fingers
Rolling down the hill again
You gaze to distant skies and
Roll it up the hill again

Show me the path and I’ll follow along
I will get there someway
Take me back to the place I belong
I will be there someday
I will be there someday
I will not fade away

The rock slips from your fingers
Rolling down the hill again
You heed your only dream and
Roll it up the hill again

The rock slips from your fingers
Rolling down the hill again
You gaze to distant skies and
Roll it up the hill again

Defiance
Rolling down the hill again
Defiance
Roll it up the hill again

(Can’t go on anymore)


2. MYOPIA

Inside a hidden hollow
Tunnels underground
There was a jarring echo
And the chamber walls could not douse the sound

Beneath a weeping willow
The ants were marching on
And sick of their oppression
A torch was lit, our shades grew stronger

On that day
We fanned the flames
Of our myopia

We watched the blaze
As fire rained
Onto the soil

And from the ash
We prophesied
A new utopia

A vision of
Steel and stone
And broken homes

Buried underneath hard clay
Tunnel vision was our way
As we walked in single file
Something crucial passed us by


3. MURALS

Here’s where I live
I don’t belong and never will
Can’t you see?

I’ve felt your pain
The chaos in your ruthless chains
And in the dusk, forgotten trails of us

Alone running in a tunnel
Looking for a way out
Leaving our murals on the walls

I hear the tunnel rumble
Round and round it echoes
Leaving our murals on the walls

Lost out of sight
Thought I could see eye to eye
Here with you

Against the grain
I see you bite your tongue again
And you don’t know where you want to go

Alone running in a tunnel
Looking for a way out
Leaving our murals on the walls

I feel the tunnel tremble
Pray the stone remembers
Leaving our murals on the walls


4. FEATHERS

Snowflakes dance and
Then dissolve
Passing glances and stories told

Like a shredded
Piece of paper
Fragments hinting at something whole

Please come back
Being alone is hard and lonely
I had a dream, but now it’s over
Someone please wake me up

Perched on aspen
Silent, still
Watching on as I climb this hill

Onyx blinking
Feathers glinting
As I fall to my knees again


5. MOONEATER

Ocean, still now
No wind, not a cloud
Nothing to break the drought

Left at first light
Faded out of sight
Where will you fly, my dear?

Breathe in and drift out from shore
Set sail, it’s time to let go
Travel towards the unknown
To where the moon’s devoured by the sea


6. PERIL

Sight of dawn
It’s been so long
Since I had a thought I could call my own

In that light
Ashes fly
Drifting with the memories of you and I

Every time I close my eyes
I see a great divide
Stories of you, cluttered and wild
That I can’t realign

Wide open sky
Where will you fly

Far away
Peril awaits
As your courage wanes with the light of day

Cold winds blow
You’re alone
Setting out a course for the unknown

Every time I close my eyes
I’m going back in time
Stories of you, glimpses of light
Outlined against the night

Wide open sky
Where will you fly
I’m right behind
It will be alright


7. LITTLE ONE

I was deep down under the ground
Looking up at you
Hanging my head, holding my breath
Looking up at you

Water fell down, onto the ground
Nothing scared me more
Hanging my head, holding my breath
Nothing scared me more

I was chained to soil and field
Then you came to me and told me I was free
Rise up, shake your feet
You’re with me now

Water was cold, water so old
Falling down on me
Out in the hills time stood still
You looked down on me

The path went up, up to the top
I held on to you
Dazzling heights, I covered my eyes
Clinging on to you

We were nearly at the top
Then you said to me our journey doesn’t stop
Top-down, bottom-up
Just like raindrops

We were standing on the edge
Then you whispered in my ear that I was dead
Fly-fall, little one
Don’t go breaking bones

Little one
Falling on his head again
Little one
Breaking all his bones

I was falling in a dream
Then I saw you standing down there at the peak
Black clouds, white relief
Somehow looking weak

I knew nothing then of fear
To the sound of rolling thunder I drew near
Look up, little one
See what I’ve become


8. SHARDS FROM A BROKEN CROWN

Reigning from above
Your looming shadow
Shrouded more
Than you could know

Your crown fell in your eyes
And hid me from your
Line of sight
I bode my time

Howling with the wind
Willing me to cave in

What you tried to break resolved to bend
Slipping through your fingers once again

And I can see the outline of your old and weary soul
Emptiness has floated into cracks and taken hold

Lying gently on the ground
The rusted shards from a broken crown
All that’s left of your renown
Are rusted shards from a broken crown


9. ATTAKULLA

Hill and hollow
Sparrow and swallow
Blackberry, redwood
Pass and peak

Bank and bower
Snowfall and shower
River and ridgeway
Mighty, meek

Oh, Black Dome, what have I done?
Bound here to roam upon your stone
Show me where to go

After dreams of hills and storm clouds I have come to
In the shade of your throne
And I shall know each crevice
Each stone

At the highest height
There’s a shining light
Hidden from unseeing eyes
Flicker under dark blue skies

At the proudest peak
Show me what I seek
Visions that will shepherd me
When I reach the apex I will see

Planning now for my ascent
See the mountain as it stands
Rising up from Earth’s bowels

Unmoving in its vigilance
It’s an island
I’m the sea

Beneath the shadow of your walls
I slip and slide in search of hold
In time I’ll find the best face to climb

Around the mountainside I go
With no regard for what’s below
In time I’ll see what you have in store for me

Scarlet sunlight fading away
Past rolling hills as colours decay
Moonlit midnight breaks into dawn
Time marches on as I waver
I won’t take you head on
Until I’ve seen each crevice
Each stone

Tunnel vision fades away
I’m emerging from the mist
Passing footprints and murals

A winding path that pulls me in
Now I know what I’ve become
Tracing a circle
I will rise, I will fade
Like a wave that breaks
On stone