A rhapsody! Contestants in disguise
  A nation of desire but who will win the prize?
  The people stand united, reluctantly aligned
  Copying and lying are the favorite pastime

  (Coros)
  You've got a chance to confront the world today
  Desperate romance is the curse of castaways
  What good is skill if you don't make it to the dance?
  Despite circumstance
  You've got a chance

  Common life, depicted on afternoon TV, is spiked to give the
  miserable a  vogue identity
  Hate your neighbors, cheat your friends, they don't discriminate
  Popularity and fame don't care if you're a reprobate

  (Coros)

  I'm tired of all this Shakespearean misinformation
  I want to win the game

  You've got the right intentions but who's got time to think?
  You've got a noon appointment, you've got to hit the links
  You're talking in the stratosphere, you're curled up on the floor
  With such a wealth of information, why are you so poor?

  You've got a chance to be relevant today
  Desperate romance is the curse of castaways
  What good is skill if you don't make it to the dance?
  (Don't you believe what the wise men have to say)
  Despite circumstance
  You've got a chance

It's A Long Way To The Promise Land

It's a long way to the promise land
so you'd better well know your way
There's a ship on the ocean
and an albatross who is trying to lead you astray
Leaders, politicians,
and power whores are in line to receive your choice
And you bet your ass, if you give it to them,
they will gladly take your voice
And it's a long way to the promise land Wo-oh Oh oh oh

It's a long way to the promise land,
if we work we might find it here
There's no substitute for enlightenment,
there's no reason for bridled fear

When you join the people who've joined the club you gotta clench and play your hand
'Cuz if you fall in line you're gonna fall in time and you'll never make a stand
It's a long way to the promise land Wo-oh Oh oh oh

What are you going to do? When they call for you?
Bend and capitulate? Or keep your head on straight?

Easy answers bought without experience,
is gonna lead you to certain doom
Because the truth is just what you make of it,
it begins and ends with you!
And it's a long way to the promise land Wo-oh Oh oh oh
 

A World Without Melody

  I don't want to live in a world without melody
  Sometimes the rhythmic din of society is too much for me
  But purpose is prioritized these days, the goal is win the prize
  There's a sleeping resonance we hold, through which we're unified

  So let it out! Don't just get lost in the crowd
  No one can deter you from your own path
  There's no trip too remote from which you can't come back
  And I've got this hunch about you and me
  None of us are ready for a world without melody

  Melody is the key, it's the surest way to unlock your individuality
  Melody is the key, it will set you free!

  Don't disrelish harmony, community will make you whole
  Work and understanding are the chords way deep within your soul
  They only need to be struck once, and the vibrations swell and spread
  But if we mute them they decay, our sensibilities are dead

  So let it out! Don't just be one of the crowd
  Hesitance and diffidence will do you in
  And your soul doesn't care for social medicine
  And I've got this hunch about you and me
  None of us are ready for a world without melody

  Melody is the key, it's the surest way to unlock your individuality
  Melody is the key, it will set you free!
  And I know, together we could change the world
  Just you and me
  But I won't live without melody
 

New America

  Do you know the cost of future misery?
  Have you lost your sense of sustainability?
  We are just a step away from realizing what we strive to be
  But we've got to break out from this insulated blind and lame senility

  Wake up the new America Wo-oh!
  Transcend the mass hysteria Wo-oh!
  Change is the thing you're wary of Wo-oh!
  We need a new America Wo-oh!

  Laurels, human triumph, bestowments from the past
  Victories don't mean a thing if they don't last
  We are just marching toward extinction with blinders on our eyes
  Jeopardizing everything we've learned and come to realize
  You call that wise?

  Open your eyes America Wo-oh!
  See through the lies they tell to us Wo-oh!
  Confront the fears that worry us Wo-oh!
  We need a new America Wo-oh!

  We don't have to be afraid to re-invent
  We've got to start to build, progress, and implement
  For when we take our fill, and never pay the price
  We only build ourselves a fleeting, false paradise

  You can live in staunch denial and mark me as your enemy
  But I'm just a voice among the throng who want a brighter destiny
  They say with me

  We are the new America Wo-oh!
  This is the new America? Wo-oh
 

1000 Memories

  You were the one, you were my everything
  Never apart, no one in-between
  Then one day, when you went your own way
  You felt justified, and I was mortified
  But today...

  You are just a picture
  And a thousand memories is all I take with me
  'Cuz your smile is just too much to see
  You're just a thousand memories

  Fantasies, broken dreams
  Reveries, sordid histories
  Following my heart, laden with reaction, without calibration or design
  Committed to a trial, a life of understanding
  Can't somebody show a sign to you?
  For me, to see if you only knew

  That you were the one...
  (First verse)

  'Cuz a picture is worth one thousand memories
 

A Streetkid Named Desire

  Well, it was punk-fifteen in the morning and it was time to stand my ground
  And as the gawks and stares bombarded me I didn't even hear a sound
  No one gave a damn if I was there or away
  If I died and went to hell,
  they'd throw a party on my grave and they'd all  say,
  "This kid is just a fool, he'll never be cool,
  they might as well just ship him off to some other school"
  Plain destitute
  Just a little too guilty, just a little too soon

  (Coros)
  But that day was just like any other day
  No work, and no pay
  I knew that paradise was some other place and I'd get there another day
  I will find it before I expire 'cuz I've got the desire

  Well, it was punk-fifteen in the evening and it was time to set the town on fire
  I saw my boots and my hair, as reflected in the mirror, reveal a streetkid named desire
  I didn't give a damn because I was just dying to be
  And as the Hollywood street scene left its mark on me I changed from a boy into a man
  I said "Never again!" I stuck out my chin when I should have ran
  Shit in the fan
  I was driven so hard by the sound of my heart

  (Coros)

  When the walls surround in deeper shades of blue and there's no voice of reason inside you
  And you search for meaning on an empty shelf
  Then you're always dreaming of somewhere else

  (Coros)
  Today is just like any other day
  No fear, no restraint
  I know that paradise is some other place and I will get there another day
  You can come with me, no conditions or fares
  Somehow, somewhere
  I will find it before I expire, 'cuz I've got the desire
 

Whisper In Time

  All those stories that my dad told me, they are just a whisper in time
  All those things that never came to be, they are just a whisper in time

  (Coros)
  A whisper in time, a whisper in time
  Things that I can't shake from my mind
  A whisper in time, a whisper in time
  Moments that just flicker and die
  (Memories that flicker and die)

  All those places I wanted to go, they are just a whisper in time
  All those friends who now I do not know, they are just a whisper in time

  (Coros)

  Maps and roads that brought me here today, they are just a whisper in time
  Circumstances that were explained away, they are just a whisper in time

  (Coros)

  ... we are messengers of memory, just whispers in time
 

Believe It

  It could happen to you, a defect from the wasted outskirts of Los Angeles
  With a crumpled-up pass for the RTD
  And no authority or trajectory
  On the brink of insanity

  (Coros)
  You'd better believe it
  Because it's written all over your face
  Just a neighborhood reject, out of step and out of place
  You'd better believe it

  Would you ever have thought persistence could prevail against the almost unbearable weight of the system?
  With nothing better to do, and no one else who you can look up to

  (Coros)
  You'd better believe it
  Because it's written all over your face
  A political defect, out of step and out of place
  You'd better believe it

  And the future is bright when ideas run astray
  So turn out the light, a punk can't have a say
  Sometimes desire is all that's there
  Who said life was fair?

  (Coros)
 

I Love My Computer

  I love my computer you make me feel alright
  Every waking hour and every lonely night
  I love my computer for all you give to me
  Predictable errors and no identity

  And it's never been quite so easy
  I've never been quite so happy

  (Coros)
  All I need to do is click on you and we'll be joined in the most soul-less way
  And we'll never ever ruin each other's day 'cuz when I'm through I just click
  And you just go away

  I love my computer you're always in the mood
  I get turned on when I turn on you
  I love my computer you never ask for more
  You can be a princess or you can be my whore

  And it's never been quite so easy
  I've never been quite so happy

  (Coros)

  The world outside is so big but it's safe in my domain
  Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name

  All I need to do is click on you and we'll be together for eternity
  And no one is ever gonna take my love from me because I've got security,
  Her password and a key
 

The Hopeless Housewife

  Oh me Oh my
  Get out of your 1950's fantasy, your face shines with misery transparently
  Spew out that sobering half-assed victim rhetoric
  Make 'em all squirm while they chew on it
  It's a secret handshake and a passing wink of the eye
  As the witches bridge club weekly meets to pen the tail on the sly

  (Coros)
  But they never ask "Why oh why
  don't we raise our voices to the sky?"
  Instead you're mute and fawn just waiting to die like some kind of hopeless housewife
  But you can change while you're alive and let 'em all know at least you tried
  To kill the demons inside

  Oh me Oh my
  Damn your transcendental paralysis, we can work together and make sense of this
  Don't be so sure you can chuck it all away
  You've got to proceed no matter how bad you want to stay
  It's a natural cause and a comfort zone there in your head
  And the world turns away as you tap the snooze button in bed

  (Coros)
  But nobody can hear a word you said
  Your history was never read
  Instead you're mute and fawn just waiting to die like some kind of hopeless housewife
  But you can change while you're alive and let 'em all know at least you tried
  To kill the demons inside
 

There Will Be A Way

  Shut your eyes, see the future's distant shore
  March ahead more enlightened than before
  And there's sure to be bumps and distractions but I know we'll get through
  There will be me, there will be you
  There will be a way

  Unresolved repercussions from your life
  Fortified with the vitriol of strife
  And you can be gridlocked by predictions, but you're wise grab the prize
  Then revise, realize
  There will be a way

  Hey.... Ho
  And I don't know where we are going but we're here on this ride
  And we'll stand side by side all along the way

  Follow me to the future's distant shore
  Vagary needn't haunt us anymore
  And now it's time to set the agenda, learn the past, make it last
  Share the wealth, hold your fire, conserve life, make it right
  Kill the hate, negotiate
  There will be a way
  There will be a way
  There will be a way
 

Let It Burn

  Let your mind wander, look beyond the shadows
  Focus on the skyline, read the silhouettes
  Your deepest desires are a picture of tomorrow
  All your darkest fears are just a vestige of regret

  (Coros)
  And it's Wo-oh oh oh
  It seems like such a long way to go
  As obstacles get bigger, prevailing winds blow stronger
  And the fire continues to grow

  Don't let shallow water limit your perception
  Heed the new horizon, muster to it fast
  The moments of your yesterdays are in the wake behind you
  You can't assess the future if you're living in the past

  (Coros)
  Keep it stoked!

  If you are committed to a life of understanding
  Then there's no agenda for vengeance in your life
  Sharpen all your senses, face the opposition
  You can overcome with fortitude and mental might

  (Coros)
  The fire continues to grow, in your soul
  So be bold, Let it grow

  Don't let it die
  Let it burn!
 

Don't Sell Me Short

  We don't need any more mountains
  Because the trail builders failed to give us passage there
  So we can't reach the sky
  We don't need any more failure
  There is human tragedy that's written everywhere
  And we are all too young to die

  Like a mystery that's here to stay
  Some people never go away
  'Cuz they've got something to say

  (Coros)
  Don't sell me short! You've been wrong too long
  Don't brush me off just because I don't belong
  Like it or not I'm all you've got, dispose when I'm shot
  Just don't sell me short, I might not be who you thought

  We don't need any more fables
  Because the writers have passed and left us lessonless
  And we must find our own way
  We don't need any more privilege
  There is vivid desperation that is powerless
  That no surplus can repay

  Like the fix of rapture in a trance
  Oh, fates are sealed by circumstance
  So you've got to take a chance

  (Coros)
  Don't sell me short! You've been wrong too long
  Don't brush me off just because I don't belong
  Pass me on by, ignore my cry, forget me when I die
  Just don't sell me short, not while I'm still alive

  Everybody's talking about heaven on earth,
  I'm still trying to figure out just what I'm worth
  I'm full of emotion and stuff you can't contain
  And you just want to flush me down the drain
  But you can't make me go away

  (Coros)