The Setlist for Friday August 28th

Mass Street Crash

You crash too much
Just like the time your smile
Collided with my eyes
An image exquisitly splatter painted on the canvas of my memory
A masterpiece in my mind
That I can only use words to describe
are my words enough to paint pictures?
With grace you rode by beaming
Mass street never looked so sweet
Weak in the knees with jello mold feet
My brain starts to work overtime
Treading an ocean of thought waves began to swell
Crashing on the shores of my perception
Leaving patterns in the sand of my understanding
Distance may have changed the tides
Disconnection is like a drought
Memories wilt and wither longing to be hydrated
Your voice is like a steady rain
That brings a refreshing sensation to my brain
Your smile was like a seed planted in my thoughts
Watered by your voice and nourished by your words
You were a farmer before canada opened its doors
My smile is organic and it sprouted from Yours

Wild Man
I was born in the wrong time period
If I could go back
I would be a wild man!
I would roam the wilderness
Fighting beside my comrades
My heart longs for Adventure
For battle and beauty
I am not made for this time
I was not made within the walls of Eden
Like Adam I was molded by my maker for the wilderness
The call of the wild becomes ever quiet
Less than a whisper
Drowned out by cubicles and clacking keys
Covered up by the noise of this pre-packaged lifestyle
A soft echo throughout Manufactured landscapes
Mountains replaced with Skyscrapers and Office buildings
Valleys and the great plains covered by suburban living
Where then can I find Adventure?
I long to wander the icy tundra and the mossy Forrest
With the Fellowship of my brothers in arms
I yearn to fight for the beauty He hath sent me.
My desire to wake up to your eyes is intense and true
My Heart set on Adventure even after I find you.

On Ignorance
Nobody is as close as I had thought

The truth is I have never been this far

I am a million miles away

Floating among the stars

You'll lay staring into my speckled black abyss

But you'll never find me as long as I am easy to dismiss

Consider your life for a moment

Ponder the finer points and reflect on your pain

These are the things that fuel my brain

I slip easily through freezing nothingness

No real direction, eyes closed against icy emptiness

Forever in all directions

Any glimpse and your head will swim

Your stomach will turn and your heart will freeze

The epitome of fear will burrow into your back

Trust me any ignorance you find will tell you

It is best to stay blind

Thats all.

May the Force be with you.
Andy

I had this sung to me today.

He sailed away off the coast of maine where the waves no longer show their shapes.
They just are, like the wind through the grass, it moves.
And as we said goodbye upon the shore I dipped my fingers into his skin and the waves grabbed around my ankles, but they could not hold and the ocean thrashed blindly at it's edges without eyes to see ripping away the sand beneath me.
But the calm at the center of the ocean pulled him in and away from me.

They say his boat went down off the coast of Maine where the waves no longer show their shapes. They just are, like the rain down your cheek, it moves.
And as we said goodbye upon the shore I dipped my toes into his skin and the waves grabbed around my ankles, but they could not keep hold.
So I walked where he would pull me without eyes to see letting go of the fear which held me in his absence, but the grace at the center of the ocean pulled me in.

-Lauren Ray

She wouldn't appreciate me Slapping her name on this However. its beautiful and she wrote it. I want people to read it. in fact I want people to hear her sing it. its excellent it really is.
She inspires me.

I love you Lauren.

on ignorance..

Nobody is as close as I had thought

The truth is I have never been this far
I am a million miles away

Floating among the stars 
You'll lay staring into my speckled black abyss

But you'll never find me as long as I am easy to dismiss

Consider your life for a moment

Ponder the finer points and reflect on your pain
These are the things that fuel my brain

I slip easily through freezing nothingness

No real direction, eyes closed against icy emptiness

Forever in all directions

Any glimpse and your head will swim

Your stomach will turn and your heart will freeze

The epitome of fear will burrow into your back

Trust me any ignorance you find will tell you

Its best to stay blind

May the Force be with you.
Andy