‘Atrium’ Lyrics

‘Rumour Mill’ Lyrics

Someone told me something someone said
It’s not true but tempting nonetheless
Why not weave this fiction into life
Give it breath while none suspect a thing

Don’t quote me on this, but pass it on
Just the facts, but easier to repeat
Grind away the truth my rumour mill
Play it how it lies, make lies the game

Things have gone too far this time
But who’s counting
Now I’m lying to myself
I’m in too deep
and sinking…

Broken on the wheels of my disgrace
Verity lies tattered and abased
Grind away the truth my rumour mill
Communicate the virus, pass it on…

‘Barefoot Over Nails’ Lyrics

you are not the poets
you are not the children of love
you are not the chosen
what have you been given
that cannot still be taken
you are not protected

choose your steps carefully
be sure to wear strong shoes
the rocks are slippery
the streets are paved in broken glass

choose your friends carefully
living in interesting times
far too many play harlequin as well as you do
you would be wise to wear your eyes behind your head

you may be the lowly
but you are not the pure at heart
too soon for you my friend
the appointed time comes

you have become so blinded
you cannot see the hole you’re digging
and you’ve become so lame
it’s a wonder you can even crawl
yet here you are
walking barefoot over nails

keep on the road you travel
go with the life you’re leading
I guess I’ll see you round
happy to see you are so sure
walking barefoot over nails

‘Division By Zero’ Lyrics

‘Antigravity’ Lyrics

‘Nova (Stranger By Degrees)’ Lyrics

‘Nevermore’ Lyrics

I’d smile if I could
through quills of pitch
blacker than life
now and for nevermore

these spines define
my state of mind:
“Once upon this time”,
now and for nevermore

sever self from the kind
bind within the fold
raise your face and breathe
this place is home to me

‘Dead Again’ Lyrics

Find myself here
Only in this place
Forgetful time
Everything falls away
Self persecuting I
Fall victim to the day
Everything else fades
Now I’m dead again

Born doubting I
Fall victim to the day
There is no suicide
Innocent of shame
In your welcoming arms
Find myself dead again
When shadows fade
Just you and I remain

‘Nadir’ Lyrics

‘Absolution’ Lyrics

‘Exuviae’ Lyrics

twisting in my skin
I cannot feel this
a void centred on me
I am its founder
I created you and
came from within you and
today I welcome you
like a father

uncoiling histories
before and behind
disfiguring to
uncover the cause
beneath the weight of
forgotten futures
too few by far
to meet the glow
of possible pasts

been in here for
far too long and
I am tired from
all of the waiting

safe in my flesh disguise I
tried not to make any sound
almost believing that I could see it
a little closer
closer
beyond the edges of me
just past the next lamplight
still just out of reach
but moving nearer

larger than
older skin
turning inside
itself out

cover me in blackness
I can sleep at last
what will I be
as I wake
into sunlight
crawling from its shell
from the further reaches

crawling from the wreckage
stumbling across the grave
forsaking older skin
confronting the day