Zombie Restaurant

paranoia scares
paranoia sells
paranoia burns and kills
it will kiss and tell
paranoia do anything
that you need it to
bring the people
to you

paranoia smiles
paranoia frowns
paranoia screams and shouts
it will bring you down
paranoia say anything
that you want it to
bring the people
to you

marching in the angry masses
whipped up in a ragged frenzy
paranoiac demon dances
evil words are necessary
vote for me i’ll save our country
vote for him we all will die
vote for fear ‘cause fear will save you
forget about the other side

paranoia loves
paranoia hates
paranoia twists the words
burns truth at the stake
paranoia be anything
that you want it to
bring the people
to you

marching in the angry masses
whipped up in a ragged frenzy
paranoiac demon dances
evil words are necessary
vote for me i’ll save our country
vote for him we all will die
vote for fear ‘cause fear will save you
forget about the other side

(2012 db michel)

I think that you could apply this to many of the arguments going around now…That alone should make us all sick…We segregate the news to feel good for liberal and conservative…while the truth lies somewhere hidden in the middle…afraid to show it’s face because it’s too one thing and not enough of the other for those on the fringes.

There are always alternatives…There is truth on all sides all over the place…All of us owe it to ourselves…our country…and our world…to step out and listen to all the news…all the views we can…and not just embrace the information that feels good to us individually.

the bar is empty
an empty beer stands alone
on a vacant table
left by someone who’s gone
the night is over
the morning has come
my eyes are weary
it’s time to move on

i’m stone cold sober
as i look at the scene
like a thousand barrooms
that i’ve seen in my dreams
the party noises
have faded and gone
the party’s over
it’s time to move on

(bridge)

and where do we go
now that we’re fading away
the ghost of you and me
in a memory of yesterday

i turn around now
and see the faces we’ve been
friends and lovers
we thought till the end
but the light brings changes
the morning bares scars
from  the people we were
to the people we are

(2007/2011 db michel)

i think of time and money spent
drivin’  cars with bumpers bent
all those crazy nights barkin’ at the moon
time goes by…no matter what you do
i guess it helps…to know it’s true
i had to go everywhere i went

(2012 db michel)

the tides are changing once again
i guess the last one wasn’t bad enough
choose your poison…hold your breath
and make believe that you’re tough

the world is turning like it does
but the world ain’t turning fast enough
pain is coming…hold on tight
cause the ride is gonna get rough

another summer
on the beach
just like the ones that came before
except the sense of doom you feel
is like the devil knocking at your door
the evil headed for the shore
you can’t deny it anymore

the peace is crumbling faster now
from the rumble you foresee the roar
time is moving…day is night
so how many days more?

the days behind you fading fast
and you gotta wonder what the hell for
time is over…game is done
it’s the hellfire winds of war

another summer
on the beach
just like the ones that came before
except the sense of doom you feel
is like the devil knocking at your door
the evil headed for the shore
you can’t deny it anymore

(2012 db michel)

if you haven’t got a fire burnin’ inside you
if you don’t know where to look when darkness blinds you
if everywhere you look it’s the same old thing
twilight time and the night won’t sing

find a light
find a light

if the road you walk is cold and rocky
if gettin’ out of bed is the end of talking
if the life you live doesn’t mean a thing
don’t get the call  ‘cause the phone won’t ring

find a light
find a light

find a light that’s out there somewhere
even if you think you’re nowhere
change the channel…turn it up
find a light
find a light

(2012 db michel)

I don’t say what i dream
i feel what you dream
i don’t sell you my mind
i drink of your mind

and if i could never be the one
to be the one you see
maybe then i’ve done all that you need
and if i could never say the things
to make you think of me
i’ve loved you long enough to set you free

i don’t raise up my hand
i reach for your hand
i don’t call you at all
i wait for your call

and if i could never be the one
to be the one you see
maybe then i’ve done all that you need
and if i could never say the things
to make you think of me
i’ve loved you long enough to set you free

time wasted
no i don’t think so
you’re a part of the way i feel
and even so you’ll never know it
‘cause i never found a way to show it

i don’t shine my light
i look for your light
i don’t know what to say
so i look your way

and if i could never be the one
to be the one you see
maybe then i’ve done all that you need
and if i could never say the things
to make you think of me
i’ve loved you long enough to set you free

(2008 db michel)

looking at people
i once used to know
they used to know me
i just let it all go
i couldn’t hang on to
whatever i lost
just passing the days
counting the cost

some may have wondered
where have i been?
i used to be here a lot back then
i remember the days
i remember the times
then i lost my way in the year of the nine

i had a dream
guess i had quite a few
but the dream was obscured
so it’s long overdue
what’s left of my voice
still wants to sing
but time passed me by
i don’t sing anything

some may have wondered
where have i been?
i used to be here a lot back then
i remember the days
i remember the times
then i lost my way in the year of the nine

my greatest weakness
is my greatest strength
i don’t know how to give up
when the quittin’ bell rings
i still see the world
in the back of my heart
just like it was then
just a pure as the start

some may have wondered
where have i been?
i used to be here a lot back then
i remember the days
i remember the times
then i lost my way in the year of the nine

(2011 db michel)

holding on to nothing
tight as i can hold
i say to me
you will be free
if you could just let go
waiting here for something
to erase this sad regret
to take away
the hurt and pain
of all the things you said

(chorus)
all the things you said
were all the things i know
but in the end
it was the end
i never thought you’d go
all i ever wanted
was shattered, torn and dead
the moment i believed in
all the things you said

make believe is ending
reality is cold
i try to find
a place to hide
a refuge for my soul
i’m living in the moment
like a book i’ve never read
i turn the page
on every page
is all the things you said

(chorus)
all the things you said
were all the things i know
but in the end
it was the end
i never thought you’d go
all i ever wanted
was shattered, torn and dead
the moment i believed in
all the things you said

(db michel)

Lyrics for song i never finished writing…