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WHAT GOOD COMES FROM IT ALL?
by: Lance HaunRogue
for: Julia Sage

I have flown, too close to the sun
drawn in by the light like a fluttering moth
and I dove, into the deep end of the sea
without the fear of consequence at all

(pre-chorus)
so I will fight, for I have lived to tell... that I am alive
I may not always be right, but I have been through hell... and survived

(chorus)
What good are fins, if you never swim?
What good are wings, if you never fly?
What good are senses, if you refuse to feel?
What good is living, if you're too afraid to die?

I'm not alone, too secluded at times
afraid to say, the things you are too afraid to hear
I'm not the only one, in this dance I know
and so we spin and sweep and glide across the fear

I have leaped, out into the open air
and I trust, that the clouds will break my fall
I can't keep these emotions for my own
I cannot hold them deep inside my walls... forever

(pre-chorus)
so I will fight, for I have lived to tell... that I am alive
I may not always be right, but I have been through hell... and survived

(chorus)
What good are fins, if you never swim?
What good are wings, if you never fly?
What good are senses, if you refuse to feel?
What good is living, if you're too afraid to die?
What good are lungs, if you never sing or scream?
What good is success, if there is not a threat to fail?
What good are beliefs, if you are too frightened to doubt?
What good are memories, if you have no tales to tell?

(pre-chorus)
so I will fight, for I have lived to tell... that I am alive
I may not always be right, but I have been through hell... and survived
so I will fight, for I have lived to tell... what good comes from it all.

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-PROVEN-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

Perfection goes against what we are...
Reflections of our unsightly scars-
Suspicion goes a long way just to turn the bend...
And in the end, you'll come to trust again-
And I've begun, to use my old escape...
When these decisions are difficult to make... I break.

(chorus)
Nothing can ever stay the same...
We must be, willing as the change.

Confusion holds me in a tight embrace...
Disillusion written on my face-
When my conclusions fail to understand...
The illusions I define to find out who I am-
And I for one, refuse to be afraid...
When these decisions are begging to be made... I'll stay.

(chorus)
Nothing can ever stay the same...
We must be, willing as the change.
The challenged always bear some scars...
The proven challenge who they are.

Seclusion hides all the tragedy...
A psychological lock and key-
Terrified to face the fears I won't let in...
I've become a stranger within my own skin-
Yet I'm the one, who'll answer to this name...
When my reactions have a price to pay... I'll pray.

(chorus)
Nothing can ever stay the same...
We must be, willing as the change.
The challenged always bear some scars...
The proven challenge who they are.

(solo)

(chorus)
Nothing can ever stay the same...
We must be, willing as the change.
The challenged always bear some scars...
The proven challenge who they are.
Some things can never be explained...
We must stay, willing as the change.
Nothing can ever stay the same...
We remain proven...

Proven as the change.

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-SUPERHUMAN-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

I am visionary... Stationary, nothing shakes me now...
I am in transition... A new religion, no one nails me down...
Begging, no one, knows... Don't let the, panic, show...
Love is, far too, shallow... Just let your, feelings, go...

(chorus)
An inhumane, to senseless pain...
I am a superhuman
An acid reign, forfeit and gain...
I am so superhuman
Dim the dreams, to a din of screams...
I feel so superhuman
No content, yet non-content...
I am now superhuman

My mantra in a tantrum... Internal cries no one should hear...
I am facade, I am phantom... Behind this veil of all I fear...
Begging, no one, knows... Don't let the, panic, show...
Love is, far too, shallow... Just let your, feelings, go...

(chorus)
An inhumane, to senseless pain...
I am a superhuman
An acid reign, forfeit and gain...
I am so superhuman
Dim the dreams, to a din of screams...
I feel so superhuman
No content, yet non-content...
I am now superhuman

(solo)

Begging, no one, knows... Don't let the, panic, show...
Love is, far too, shallow... Just let your, feelings, go...

(chorus)
An inhumane, to senseless pain...
I am a superhuman
An acid reign, forfeit and gain...
I am so superhuman
Dim the dreams, to a din of screams...
I feel so superhuman
No content, yet non-content...
I am now superhuman

(repeat)

Begging, no one, knows...
Don't let the, panic... Show.

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-LIQUID SKY-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

The stars must thrive...
On the very same sin as I...
This lust to shine...
Till the absolute end of time...
Ah... Ah...
In the pulsing tide...
Light reflects to the sky...
Dancing brightly by...
In brilliance we unite...
Ah... Ah... Ah... Ah...
And I have come to find,
we are of chosen kind...

(chorus)
You and I...
Liquid Sky...

Flood the naked night...
Under waves of my desire...
Ebb and flow at height...
A shooting star on fire...
Ah... Ah... Ah... Ah...
And I have come to find,
we are of chosen kind...

(chorus)
You and I...
Liquid Sky...
You and I...
Liquid Sky...

(solo)

(chorus)
You and I...
Liquid Sky...
You and I...
Liquid Sky...

The mirrored sea and sky...
Reflect which neither can... combine.

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-NEVER BEFORE-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

There's a picture in my mind...
I have painted just for you-
There's a place within my heart...
Your hope has seen me through-
And I, can't remember who I am...
And I, am not sure where I stand-

(chorus)
For I, never could see love...
And never above, saw heaven before in the blue...
Before you...
Never before you...

It's the first time in my life...
I am sure where I belong-
It's the first time that my soul...
Is crying out in song-
And I, believe in who I am...
When I, can trust that I'm your man-

(chorus)
For I, never could see love...
And never above, saw heaven before in the blue...
Before you...
Never before you...

(bridge)
And I alone have always known when they lie...
I've seen it before, and heard more than my share in my life-
But your eyes, show truth and true wonder to mine-
And all I can tell you, is I'd fight through hell, just to hold you...
Forever this time!

(solo)

(chorus)
For I, never could see love...
And never above, saw heaven before in the blue...
Before you...
Never before you...
Never before... you.

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-TO TASTE THE WIND-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

Like the night, into my life... Bathed in velvet rain...
Blind the sky; misty blue... I’ll never see again-
Touch the past and let it go... It’s better not to know...
Sweet the taste, of warm embrace... Is bitter to let go, oh...

(chorus)
And I cry... I sing...
I laugh until my eyes dry, I weep until they sting-
I break... I bend...
Smell purfume she once wore, I’d die to taste the wind-
I would die... I’d die to taste the wind-

Should the thoughts, of wandering through your mind... Bring fantasy my way...
Then I have brought her here a thousand times... Reliving yesterday-
I touch tomorrow, and it makes me burn... You’d think I’d learn after all this time...
The taste of laughter on the breeze... Enough to teach you how to cry...

(chorus)

(bridge)
Each night the same ol’ dream... And I chase her... To embrace this pain again-
Sweet time can’t change a thing... I can’t erase her... Oh I’d die to taste the wind-

(solo)

I would die to touch your face... To hold you once again...

(bridge)

(chorus)
I would die to touch your face... I would die to taste the wind...

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-YESTERDAY SHINES-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

Each faded photograph brings on a memory of love...
Or a thought not quite escaped, a tremble to the touch-
And his face holds all expression, never feeling enough...
Still I fear I may have made him feel a little too much-

(pre chorus)
And I wonder what he's thinking in his powerful stare...
I can understand his silence, but there's something more there-

(chorus)
For tomorrow shines as brightly in a young boy's eyes...
As yesterday shines... In the tears an old man cries-

Before me sits a man of strength, who's too proud to cry...
But I can see that she's his strength, when he looks me in the eyes-
It's a bond that never linger's, yet I'd never deny...
From what I've seen, I can't begin to know his feelings inside-

(pre chorus)
And I wonder what he'd tell me, if the thoughts he would share...
I can understand his silence, but there's something more there-

(chorus)
For tomorrow shines as brightly in a young boy's eyes...
As yesterday shines... In the tears an old man cries-

(break)
I remember as a child, the effect that he could have on me...
My Grandfather had a way of speaking, he was more the scilent type...
And you didn't dare upset him.
I always wondered if he liked me, but now I know that, that's just his way...
He can love as much as any one of us, it's just a silent love...
You might have to look a little further... But it's there.
And it was there for Grandma... I can see it in his eyes...
And it's always been right there, in his eyes.
As intimidating as he was, or as mad as he could be...
His eyes were always young and strong, and saying... What he can't.
So now, when I tell him that I love him, and he mumbles out the words,
or the times I've tried to hug him and he sort of backs away...
He doesn't scare me so... Because I know exactly what he's trying to say...
Yeah, I can hear you Grandpa...

(chorus)
For tomorrow shines as brightly in a young boy's eyes...
As yesterday shines... In the tears an old man cries-
And I wonder what he's thinking in his powerful stare...
I can understand his silence, but there's something more there.

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-DEPTH GAUGE-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

Is it all too shallow in the other end? In another life, was it sink or swim?
Toss your anchor overboard... Hold on by a thread, an umbilical cord...
Throw this lifeline to the wind-

Beneath the skin you’ve pricked enough... Below the surface of anesthesia...
Cold for Autumn in the breeze... Snow so deep it buries trees, at least a mile deep...
Now will the flowers bloom again?

(chorus)
What lies below the surface, beneath the painted smile?
Do we dare? Are we too scared of all that’s said in someone’s eyes?
What is under all the cover and a few well practiced tears?
Does it show enough she wonders... As her cheap mascara smears...

Is it all that green there on the other side? In your little world, tell me who am I?
Muscles stiffen in defense... Awaiting rescue of a conditioned sense...
And then just take that step behind-

Walls are raised as thick as stone... Wars once waged, are now strategies well known...
Sheltered in a trench so deep... Laying low and still... Praying for a soul to keep...
Will the child ever grow?

(chorus)
What lies below the surface, beneath the painted smile?
Do we dare? Are we too scared of all that’s said in someone’s eyes?
What is under all the cover and a few well practiced tears?
Does it show enough she wonders... As her cheap mascara smears...

(bridge)
Veils in the breeze... There’s a memory of me...
And yet a glimpse is all you’ll see-
It’s a glimmer of hope... Between the phases of cope...
And it shimmers endlessly-
Sometimes so deep, for so long now...
She’s a stranger still to me-

(solo)

(chorus)
What lies below the surface, beneath the painted smile?
Do we dare? Are we too scared of all that’s said in someone’s eyes?
What is under all the cover and a few well practiced tears?
Does it show enough she wonders... As her cheap mascara smears...

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-WHEN FOREVER ENDS-
Lyrics & Music: Lance HaunRogue

Well, all that I remember now... About last night my dear...
Is the smell of smoke still on my clothes... And this ringing in my ears-
There’s an empty bottle next to me... And a spinning of my head...
It’s a mistake I planned to make...
Tell me all I fear was said-

Just remember who had asked for this... If you’re licking your own wounds...
Blame the sunlight in your swollen eyes... For lack of vision you consume-
There’s an empty bed beside you love... It could have damn well been quite warm...
Remember all your empty words, then recall my body...
In your aching, empty arms-

(chorus)
It’s love that you take, instead the love you can’t make...
I’ll tell you... When Forever Ends-
From the grace that you fell, a price you pay when you sell...
I’ll tell you... When Forever Ends-
And if this it isn’t hell...
Then I’ll be damned for when it is-

The faults I have are many... But I just can’t accept the blame...
When your mind was made before I once explained... You still complain I never change-
There’s an empty glass distorts my view... And the answers drown me blind...
It still remains a mystery...
Could you ask the question one more time?

So tell me why you never thought... Before you acted such the fool...
It wasn’t like I never warned you... That the scene just wasn’t cool-
Now an emptiness belongs to me... Once filled with hopes you couldn’t prove...
Yesterday is past me now... You’re not here...
And tomorrow’s just no good-

(chorus)

(bridge)
Admit you love me and I’ll go...
Oh, that’s never been enough-
Build me up to knock me down again...
Why can’t you see when you have won?
Oh, just for once...
For once... Let the words mean nothing more than love...

(solo)

(chorus)
It’s love that you take, instead the love you can’t make...
I’ll tell you... When Forever Ends-
From the grace that you fell, a price you pay when you sell...
I’ll tell you... When Forever Ends-
And if this it isn’t hell...
Then I’ll be damned for when it is-

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