Face of time betrays the hour
Second thoughts defeat the plan
Basking in the sun at midnight
Basking in the sun at midnight

Image is clear, I see it all
Fluorescent grey matter, splattered
On the wall at midnight
On the wall at midnight

I turn white
Basking in the sun at midnight,...,...

Had a dream but it didn't matter
Found the answer but it was too late
Couldn't save anyone, and I almost remembered
And it was gone, and I almost remembered
And it was gone

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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Tangled in thought
Words will not flow
Caught in the light
Of green midnight glow

If I could see
What would you show?
How would you be
In green midnight glow?

Only a song
That I didn't know
Could keep you alive
In green midnight glow

All these things haunt me now...

lyrics-Bryna Golden, Music-Bryna Golden/Marcus Mindte
(c) Bryna Golden/Marcus Mindte
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)


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Hell is during life
And hell is after death
The taste of life gets sweeter
With each dying breath

To be born we did not choose
But to die is not for us
We fight to grow older
We live to turn to dust

Heaven is but for a moment
You cannot call it home
They say he stands beside you
You look you're all alone

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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The walls are closing in on rooms within our hearts
Shutting you out there is no vacancy
Youth sells to older occupants and doesn't save the key
The key to the house of cards

I tried to see you but you wouldn't let me in
I can tell you're not the same
you've given your life to another place and time
You're lost in the house of cards

It is a color that I'd like to keep inside a jar
It is a feeling that I've felt before
It is a place where my mind will always be
We all build our house of cards

The halls are dark but there are no shadows
No light comes in from the outside
Both day and night could be just an hour
You can't tell in the house of cards

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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Up on Mis'ry Mountain
A child will spin your grave
The elders have been waiting
A meeting in the cave

Crystal, wax and mirth
The future's not revealed
Granite, wood and earth
Your fate will soon be sealed

Many miles they'll travel to witness the parade
The pounding of a gavel, a judgment has been made
Mourners and maligners mingle on the hill
Thrill-seeking spectators gathered for the kill

Crystal, wax and glamour
The truth is not revealed
Granite, wood and hammer
The fates of those you've sealed

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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Something 's gone amiss
A traveler alone is too much to resist
Something's gone awry
The world will always prey on the kindness of strangers

Put your trust in me
For I'll never let you down
Hold on tight and see
That I'm steady and I'll show you
Where to go
Where to go

Something's gone amiss
A traveler alone is too much to resist
Something's gone awry
The world will always prey on the kindness of strangers

Put your faith in me
Though the ground is getting closer
We're both going down
And I know it's where you want to
Go!
Run
Better hurry
You're too late
You're caught!

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly/Boom Sonic Music (BMI)

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Will someone please give him a sweater
No love makes him cold
His life is spent by the fire
With no hand to hold

They've taken all his love away
He gave them all he had
He'll never get it back again
He's breathing but he's dead
He's dead

He's no one now
He is no one now

The people that he called his friends
Were busy having fun
They didn't notice when he died
They handed him the gun

He's no one now
He is no one now

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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One only knows that I feel
The other can tell what I'm thinking
One only measures my touch
The other can measure the feeling

After some time you won't be so blind
After some time you won't be so blind
And all the time it's there in my mind
That after some time you will know
You will

One only, one only knows
One only, one only knows
One only, one only knows
One only, one only knows
You will know

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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No disappointment, no secret insight
That I hope to obtain
I keep hoping through all disappointment
That I will obtain some secret insight

I've een told that happiness comes from one's self
Only then is it real
I get mine from the outside
I can't find it within myself
I can't find it within myself

No disappointment, no secret insight
That I hope to obtain
I keep hoping through all disappointment
That I will obtain some secret insight

Artificial aids to obtain a sense of well being
All the things that money can buy
All my beauty comes from a jar
I can't find it within myself
I can't find it within myself

Creation tells the world of its creator
But don't look to what I've done
I get my spark from others' inspirations
I can't find it within myself
I can't find it within myself

No disappointment, no disappointment
No disappointment, no secret insight
Zero within me, zero within me
Zero
Within
Me

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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The bodies of water that lie in your eyes
Your heart is an ocean frozen to ice
Your soul is a fire that could keep me so warm
And I'd melt your ocean if I were your sun

Page after page, song after song
You'll take the poison until you are gone
What can I do so that you'll want to live
I'd give you my life but it's not mine to give

You look at her, she stares straight through you
You say you don't mind but you know that you do
You say you can't stay
You say you can't stay
You say that soon you'll be gone
And you just don't care

The bodies of water that lie in your eyes
Your heart is an ocean frozen to ice
Your soul is a fire by which I could live
I'd give you my life but it's not mine to give
Not mine to give...

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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A little black buglet that creeps through your mind
Disturbing your thoughts, no peace can you find
Creating a shadow that fills you with dread
Frozen with fear as you lie in your bed
Your bed
No sleep til morning

Eyes closed and weary, sure sleep must ensue
But creeping and crawling, the insect is due
The day's past events now come up for review
The buglet assures there's no Sandman for you
For you
No sleep til morning

Exhaustion takes over you as you undress
Can't wait to take off your makeup
Head on the pillow for sleep, nothing less
The wheels start to turn and you wake up
You wake up

(c) Bryna Golden
(p)Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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The other side is far from sight
I know that side from a distant place
Saw its face in the fading light
In the fading light I saw its face

I saw....
Its face

Mistakes I've made can't be undone
To make amends I've more than tried
To have only known before I'd begun
To have started on the other side
The other side I might reach soon
I follow as it fades from sight
Across the waves, under the moon
I saw it's face in the fadng light

I saw...
Its face

Lyrics and Music by Bryna Golden, adapted from a poem by Tim Thayer
(c) Bryna Golden/Timothy Thayer
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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The light went out for some
But it still shines
On our side of town

The days are bright
The night still sings
On our side of town

And when I need to feel the rain
It's always wet
On our side of town

Feeling alone and unsure
I close my eyes
And I pretend
That I'll return
To our side of town

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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Once it has gone
Its parting unnoticed
That left remaining
Passes by the naked mind
The end of a dream
The end of a nightmare
What may be beginning
Passes by the naked mind

Not always to be
And not meant to see
But going and going away
Wanting to stay
But here for a day
And going and going away

Once it has come
Its arrival unnoticed
That not remaining
Passes by the naked mind
The start of a dream
The start of a nightmare
What may be an ending
Passes by the naked mind

Not always to be
And not meant to see
But going and going away
Wanting to stay
But here for a day
And going and going away
We're going and going away...

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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Well you say that there's a fire burning
And you say that it's a big one
And you say it will consume me
If I don't carry out your will
won't carry out your will
I won't carry out your willWell there's nothing in the attic
And this place, it has no basement
And I think it all just happens
Right here on the ground floor
Right here on the ground floor
Right here on the ground floor

The whole world is losing its color
My color TV, it's seeming much duller
I can't tell the right from the wrong
All our old values are hiding or gone
I can't tell the wrong from the right
Grey is replacing the black and the white

Well I don't want to know
Where you think I'm gonna go
But if you're not gonna be there
Then it's good enough for me...,...,...

Yes it's good enough for me...

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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Bei ng observed by electrified eyes
Something's disturbing my skin
Taking a slice without using a knife
Finding the matter within

There is just one
Who can know what's inside of you
There is just one
Who can take the whole ride with you
There is just one
Who can suck all the life from you
There is just one
Who can breathe life into your lungs
Into your lungs

I've been to places you still haven't seen
You're still in pieces, I'm whole
Lately I'm thinking it wouldn't be right
To try and detox your soul

There is just one
Who can know what's inside of you
There is just one
Who can take the whole ride with you
There is just one
Who can suck all the life from you
There is just one
Who can breathe life into your lungs
Into your lungs

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)

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There won't be a tomorrow
You won't feel joy or sorrow
Who you are might be random
Who you are could just stop

Surrender, close your eyes
And fade to nothing
Fought it all your life
But now you're there

In your mind are you weary?
Your mind's eye blurred and teary?
Is your grip taxed and waning
Is your grasp weak or gone?

Surrender, close your eyes
And drift to nothing
Sought it all your life
And now you're here

Now you're halfway there
So be still and careful
Or you might return
To the living

Inhale my breath as you start to leave
For my kiss, it won't deceive
Hear my voice deep inside
Know my touch, I'm your guide
Your guide

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)





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Dyeing my mind
Thoughts that once were blue melt to purple
In sleep I find
Tunes for words I tune in
I'm not lost
I have changed

Dyeing my head
To another hue, 'til I'm certain
Words in my bed
I sleep on them and tune out
I'm not lost
I have changed

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)





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One too many times
Hung up, ground down
Glass words, broken smiles
Hung up, ground down

Don't call me brave
'Cause I can't conceal
The anger I have
The fear that I feel

That's not the way
I want to see myself
That's not the way
I want to free myself

One too many times
Hung up, ground down
Glass words, broken rhymes
Hung up, ground down

Bad thoughts I think
That I can't reveal
Could you accept
The dread that I feel?

That's not the way
I want to see myself
That's not the way
I want to free myself

(c) Bryna Golden
(p) Chinch Belly Music (BMI)