Bad Choice

She's gonna be a bad girl
With a choice
Better than a good girl
With no voice
She's gonna be a bad girl
With a choice
And she'll choose
Who'll abuse her
Again and again and again

She's gonna give up her soul
To the night
Better than trying and crying
And losing the fight

She's gonna be a bad girl
Creating her own dark world
She's gonna take the pain
She's gonna wear the blame
Like a badge of honour she's earned

She's gonna live it like she sees it
Believing her own lies
The fault is hers
Better than she had no choice
No voice, no right to deny
She believes she's free
How can she be
When she keeps him locked inside

She's gonna be a bad girl
With a choice
Better than a victim
With no voice
She's gonna be a bad girl
With a choice
And she'll choose
Who'll abuse her
Again and again and again

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What The Child Knows

The child knows no hate

The child knows no war

The child knows no religion

The child knows no church

The child knows no colour

The child knows no race

The child knows no country

The child knows no politics

The child knows no law

The child knows no culture

The child knows no history

The child knows no grudge

The child knows no sex

The child knows no master

The child knows only that it is

The child knows more than us

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Tongues

Tree شجرة arbre staude arba
Hat قبعة chapeau hut ĉapelo
Bird طائر oiseau vogel birdo
Heart لب cœur herz koro
Hope أمل espoir hoffnung esperi
Love محبوب amour liebe amo
Peace سلام paix frieden paco
Child إنتاج enfant nachkomme ido
Play تمثيلية jeu spiel ludi
Trust إتفاق منتجين confiance vertrauen konfidi
Joy فرح joie freude ĝojeco
Give أعطى donner bestimmt donaci
Share قسمة part anteil dividi
Care حذر attention sorge prizorgo
Forgive سامح pardoner verziehen pardoni
God إله Dieu Götze Dio

Gun مدفع revolver kanone fusilo
Bomb قنبلة bombe bombe bombo
Knife شفرة السيف couteau messer tranĉilo
War حرب guerre krieg milito
Hate كراهية haine hass malami
Take صورة prise strechen preni
Break استراحة cassure bruch dividstreko
Kill حظر mise à mort abschuss mortigi
Shame خجل honte scham fi
Anger غضب colère ärger kolero
Blame لام faute schuld riproĉi
Fear خوف peur angst timi
Loss خسارة perte verlust perdo
Soul نفس روح âme seele animo
Devil شيطان Demon Teufel Diablo

Many tongues, many words, one meaning
Many cultures, many ways, one beginning
Many reasons, many excuses, one ending
Many people, many lands, one world
One creator, one destroyer, many hands

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All The Things I'll Never Say

I'd cut you out of my heart
If I could
But you haven't been there
Since childhood

You don't know me
Don't know who I am
You created me
But I made me
With my own hands

You gave me life
Then walked away
Made me feel
I was a debt you'd paid

I'd cut you out of my heart
If I could
But you haven't been there
Since childhood

You believe I hate you
With all of my soul
Because I gave up on you
So long ago

But one little thing
You never could see
You just don't mean
That much to me

I'd cut you out of my heart
If I could
But you haven't been there
Since childhood

You never need, wanted
Or cared to be
Even a minor part
Of the life I lead

I never mattered
No matter how I tried
Now you wonder
Why I say goodbye

I'd cut you out of my heart
If I could
But you haven't been there
Since childhood

I don't hate you
Couldn't if I tried
I have a life of my own to live
And you are just too much
Wasted time

I would cut you out of my heart
If I could
But you chose not to be there
In my childhood

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The Man

Are you coming home to me
Do you want to be with me
Build your dreams with me
Take on the world with me
Are you free

Can you spare a thought for me
Alone in our bed
Waiting for you
I’d wait for eternity
If I knew you would be mine

There’s a thought inside my mind
A dream inside my heart
You inside my soul
A future and a past
Can we be together
Can we get past the past

Lying all alone
Thinking of a dream
A man I met not long ago
So sweet, hurt, all alone
Afraid to make a choice
A move towards the light
Holding on to the past
Heart closed so tight

There is a man I’d like to know
The man inside the man
So gentle and so sensitive
Afraid of so much pain
Living with the memories
Losing more to gain
Can he be the man I love
Or is he just a dream
I hope I never wake up.

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Weightless

This pain is mine alone
There is none here for you
The tears are mine also
To shed when I remember you

The anger, the fear and the guilt
I'll carry deep inside
You cannot have it now
It's all I've left of you for only mine

I'd fight the demon
I'd battle the monster
As you did when I was small
I'd beat them down if only I could

I'd drag you back from heaven
I'd make you stay
But I need all the strength I have
Just to carry all my pain

I'd bring you back to my world
And never let you go
If only I knew for sure
I could bring you back whole

This pain is all mine now
There is no more for you
The tears I'll shed alone
When I remember you

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Just Go

Reach the sky
Don't look back
See how far you can go
Don't say goodbye
Just go

No regrets
To hold you down
No burdens of guilt
No dreams undone
Just go

This is your time
Your moment to fly
Forever in forever
No time to say goodbye
Just go

Don't stay just for me
For what could've been
Let go, don't worry
You have a new journey
Just go

You have places to go
Where I cannot be
So much to do
I cannot share
Just go, do, be
I'll see you again
When it's time for me

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Angel Too Soon

I looked into your eyes
And saw pain
I looked deeper
And saw peace
Forever in a moment
The stars yours to reach

I held you close
As you drifted far
Tighter in my arms
You couldn't be
Gone forever
Gone beyond my reach

I loved you too much
To let you go
But not enough
To keep you close
Our past kept us together
Till the last bindings broke

I listened to your heart
And heard it no more
As mine tore
I couldn't keep it beating
In a moment too soon
You were gone

Your last breath
My first alone
My last memory of you
The moment you became
An angel too soon

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Letting Go

Letting go is hard to do
But I won't hold on
I wouldn't do that to you
You have your life
Your family and friends
It's time to move on
Maybe one day we'll be friends
I treasure each moment
We spent in the sun
Now it's time for the shadows
To return to this one
I never told you
What I wanted to say
My feelings for you
Run deep through the pain
I fell for a man
I could not hold
Now it's time to let go
Say goodbye and remember
The times that we shared
Go on and be happy
You don't belong here
I'll pick up the pieces
As I always do
And move on to the future
Alone with my memories of you
I'll let go as I know you will too
I won't hold on
I'd never do that to you

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Afganistan Women

Equals
That's what they really were
Standing, living, fighting beside their men
Laughing, loving, dying for themselves
When war came, they stood
Together as equals
How did it come about
They now shy away from life
They hide their faces
Because they are told to
Doctors, nurses, teachers no more
Lawyers, painters, mothers now slaves
These strangers that once were powerful women
Cowering beneath the boots of men
Men from across someone elses border
Overnight their peace and equality was lost
The women now beg for scraps
After the men and dogs have eaten
The wives flogged for presumption
Children raised to hate and scorn their own mothers
They are the life givers and nurturers
But the cry of "Evil" resounds
If they so much as look in a mans eyes
Or show an inch of skin
From Equal to Evil
How did it happen
And who the hell are these men
From foreign lands, to say this is so

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Fundamental Flaw

You are weakness
You are fool
You are religions
Fundamental tool

You are coward
You are shame
You hide your women
To hide your blame

You cry freedom
For your land
Yet imprison your women
Beneath your hand

You claim your martyrs
Your leaders of men
Army of God
Your honour, pretense

Who are you
To raise your hand
And claim God's will
As you demand

You lie, you cry, you kill, you die
You fight and fall
In religions war
That my friend is
Your Fundamental Flaw

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My Christmas Wish

In these times of joy
For all girls and boys
Remember to give a smile
For the days of yule
And all things cool
Should be enjoyed all the while

As you pull your bows
And tear your wraps
And exclaim in wonder and awe
Give a moment of thought for a child forgot
In a world of rich and poor

Look at the world
Where many are lost
But forget not those close to home
For a child nearby is easy to miss
When the children so far are shown

Charity, so they say
Is meant to begin at home
But Christmas time when all is gay
Is when charities begin to roam

Reach out your hand to the one you love
But reach out your heart to a stranger
Be a friend to the people in your life
Be a hero to a child in danger
Give a gift that brings a smile

Christmas trees and ringing bells
Santa Claus and all his elves
Good will to man, woman and child
Take just a moment and give a smile
Make a difference every day
And learn the truth
Life repays

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The Mirror

What do you see
Behind your sad eyes
When you hear the music
Of years gone by

What do you hear
In the wind's lonely sigh
As you look at the past
And say your goodbyes

What kind of memories
Dwell in your heart
Dreams built on happiness
Lost in the dark

Who are you when you look deep inside
Where do you go when you need to hide
Do you have anyone to come to your aid
Or are you alone again

Where did the days go
Whwn we had forever
When we could have had everything
When we knew it all

Where did time go
We know no tomorrow
The future just dreams
Of memories yet to be

What do you feel
When you think of friends, family
Strangers and enemies
Lost in the pages of history

What do you see
Through the eyes in the mirror
Someone to target
Or someone to remember

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Under The Red Light

She walks out into the darkness
Clutching her battered dreams
Just another broken soul
Her life coming apart at the seams
Waiting for someone to save her
Listening to all of their lies
Does it ever get better
Or do we just say goodbye

Standing on the corner
Selling all she has
Wishing for a better way
Just fightig to survive
No on knows what she has done
How she's had to get by
Going on till morning
To face the brutal daylight

She can't hide anymore
The truth is breaking free
Unlike a girl wh's given up
On who she wants to be
What's left for her
Where can she go
When she's someone else
She doesn't want to know

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Goodbye

Shadows in the darkness
Pain of a broken soul
Lost inside forever
Don't know which way to go

I should have done it differently
It shouldn't be this way
I made a mistake
You had to pay

I thought it would work out
We'd be together still
We had the time
My mistake killed

Let me see you once again
Let me see your heart
Lie beside me soft in sleep
In my dreams we'll never part

You saved my life
My heart and soul
Who will save me now
Without you to hold

Break my heart
Tear me to pieces
I've lost my best friend
What am I left with

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Set Me Free

I close my eyes
I see your face
I know your name
I feel the burn in me
I hear you call
You call for me
What do I know
Who do you see
I feel the burn in me

Little by little
The flame grows
Little by little
The burn makes me
A piece at a time
I fall into you
A part of my life
Belongs to you

I close my eyes
Open my heart
Your face in my mind
Your name on my tongue
I taste you
I give me
What can I do
Set me free

Set me free
I need to fly
Lift my wings
Feel the breeze
Take me up
Show me the moon
From the other side
Set me free

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A Night Full Of Tears

You saved my life
You gave me hope
You gave me strength
You made me cope

When I fell down
You made me stand
When I gave up
You made me try again

When I cried
You took my tears
When I was afraid
You eased my fears

When I thought
I was alone
You made me see
You were my home

When I was lost
You were my guide
When I was bowed
You were my pride

When I was weak
You were my strength
When I was lonely
You were my friend

When I was angry
You were my calm
When I as hurt
You were my balm

When I failed
You never judged
You never wavered
Or held a grudge

You never left me
When I got mad
You never laughed
When I was sad

You slept beside me
Every night
You forgave me
Our every fight

I told you I love you
You loved me too
You trusted I'd protect you
I trusted it too

Together just us
For so many years
What am I without you
But night full of tears

You saved me before
I should have saved you
Now I'm alone with my pain
And I don't know what to do

Can't stop crying, can't stop the hurt
Can't let the guilt go
Forever I'll remember
I should have brought you home

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Inside

I cannot go into your darkness
I know I would not survive
I would never find my way back
You would leave me with no where to hide

I cannot carry your pain
I live with too much of my own
I am not strong enough to hold you
When you tell me you just don't want to go on

Your anger you wear like a banner
Your hate like a weapon in hand
You weld both with deadly precision
And care not who you have damned

I cannot hold you together
When you choose to fall apart
I cannot make it all better
When you want to tear it apart

Life and anger and pain and darkness
Hate and blame and fear
The bitterness you hold on to
The past that is always there

I cannot go into your darkness
The place you choose to dwell
I need too much what I fought for
The light inside of myself

I cannot carry your pain
When my own weighs more than my heart
I need to let go of the burden
Leave it behind in the past

Your darkness, your pain and your fury
Your suitcase of shadows and loss
Too full for you to carry
How much longer and at what cost

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Nightmares

If you find yourself lying alone in your bed
Wondering if it was all in your head
Look up, look down
I'm all around you
Not just a dream
I'm your nightmare

I'm your desire
Your fantasy
Your wish come true
I'm all you ever wanted and more
But don't you remember
A day long ago
When someone told you
Be careful what you wish for
You should have listened

A touch in the darkness
A whisper of sound
I slip into your brain
I turn you around
I lift you so high
You don't want to come down
I warned you before
I'm your nightmare unbound

If you find yourself lying alone in your bed
Wondering if it was all in your head
Look up, look down
I'm all around you
Not just a dream
I'm your nightmare

I play with your memories
Steal your soul
Pray for salvation
I'm coming to call
Look for your gods
They're never around
I'm the only one here
The only one to be found

Did you know I'm the devil
I created your fears
I live for your failures
I cause all your tears
Try to escape and I'll know where you go
I've had all the time in the world
Now you're all alone

If you find yourself lying alone in your bed
Wishing it was all in your head
Look in, look out
I'm all around
I'm not just your dream
I'm your nightmare
Not just a bad dream
Your worst nightmare

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We Could've Had More

You gave me a thousand promises
You gave me a thousand lies
You told me all the things I wanted to hear
Now you're telling me goodbye

I wish things could've been different
That you could've been a man
All the things we could've had
And now we never can

You took all that I had to give
And now you take everything else
Leave me with nothing but memories
Of times I should've been by myself

If wishes could've had substance
I'dve had the whole world
But like a child living a dream
I fell in love with a fool

For all that's gone wrong
All the anger and pain
For this I have you to thank
The dream child finally awake

Look at the world through rose coloured glasses
That's what I used to do
But you crushed them as you walked away
No more am I blinded to the truth

You gave me a thousand reasons
You gave me a thousand excuses
Why nothing was as it should've been
Now I know it was because of you

Hello, how are you
Didn't I used to know you
Sorry can't stay
I have a life to get back to you

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11 September

The world holds it's breath
On a day of blue skies
The clouds made by man
Tear at a billion eyes
Hearts breaking all over
A world mourns the loss
Of illusions of invincibility
A war brought to a land
So proud of it's strength
It's size always before
Enough to protect a people
A dream, a life of ease
Now the blue skies broken
Thunder without storms
Storms without rain
Peace in our own time
Another truth lost

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Table Manners

Sitting at the table
Alone at dinner time
A little boy
Who used to dream
Who used to hear nursery rhymes
Watches out the window
As the world passes by
All alone at dinner time
He's trying not to cry

Sitting at the table
Playing with his food
A little boy
Wonders why he's left alone
To brood
Sitting at the table
Doing his own time
He figures since he's already here
Why the hell not do the crime

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