JOHN'S SONGS
All songs written on this page are © 2003 of John Colaw
All of the songs below are seperated by horizontal lines. The title is
in Bold. If there is a meaning for initials of a song, they will be in (Itallics
in parenthesis). All songs on this page were written by the Drummer,
John Colaw.
ETERNAL DARKNESS
The stars in the sky,
Feel so empty tonight!
And I wonder why,
They do not shed their light!
The darkness is forsaken,
The light is far away!
The loneliness can't be shaken,
The dark is here to stay!
The darkness neverending,
The light is sure to come!
My loneliness is pending,
My voice still sings a hum!
Hoping for the safety,
For the light to come!
The chokehold on my throat,
I'm suffocating!
Surrounded by a moat,
THE PAIN THE HATE IS NEVERENDING!
Getting hard to breath,
I fall to my knees!
The light heals my disease,
Surrounds it like a wreath!
Send the light to me,
Bring it to me, please!
The darkness neverending,
The light is sure to come!
My loneliness is pending,
My voice still sings a hum!
Hoping for the safety,
For the light to come!
Smothered in betrayal,
My last breath is escaping!
The darkness my apparel,
SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!
SOMEONE SET ME FREE!
The light is never coming,
That dream will never be!
My voice endlessly humming,
The light so close, so far from me!
The darkness neverending,
The light is sure to come!
My loneliness is pending,
My voice still sings a hum!
Hoping for the safety,
For the light to come!
My breathing is increasing,
My pulse is back to throbbing!
My eyesight is returned to me,
The light, I see it coming!
It's here to set me free,
I hoped it would be something,
That would stop and let me breath!
Smothered once again,
Can't escape the Pain!
The darkness neverending,
The light is sure to come!
My loneliness is pending,
My voice still sings a hum!
Hoping for the safety,
For the light to come!
For the light to come,
Come and set me free!
I must have been dumb,
Baby you're the light to me!
And now it seems to be,
No one will ever set me free!
HOLLYWOOD
Overcrowded prisons, trouble in the home!
Disruption of the system, living all alone!
Disruptive force of war, live your life like a whore!
Holly wood makes gain off your pain!
Hollywood! The home of movies and shows!
Everyone thinks it's where all the, perfect people go!
But go there and you'll know, life is just a show!
Hollywood is psycho, but they won't tell a soul!
Overcrowded prisons, trouble in the home!
Disruption of the system, living all alone!
Disruptive force of war, live your life like a whore!
Holly wood makes gain off your pain!
Acting like we care, just who you know!
You think you're so cool, cause you hit the "blow"!
WAKEUP! SMELL THE COFFEE! There's something you should know!
Let your feelings show, let Hollywood know,
To pack up their bags, to just fuck off and go!
Tell them shove it, you're leaving them for home!
Overcrowded prisons, trouble in the home!
Disruption of the system, living all alone!
Disruptive force of war, live your life like a whore!
Holly wood makes gain off your pain!
Making such a joke, of the life that we all know!
Hollywood's intentions, are making me insane!
Causing so much pain, it's making m sore!
You play their game, meaning that you have no shame!
Hollywood is dirty, it's such a filthy whore!
Overcrowded prisons, trouble in the home!
Disruption of the system, living all alone!
Disruptive force of war, live your life like a whore!
Holly wood makes gain off your pain!
The rest of the world believes, everything you say!
They don't even care, so long as you give them their pay!
Since you don't have a referee, I don't want to play your game!
Causing so much pain, it's driving me insane!
Corrupting our youth, and disrupting the truth,
I am so glad that I'm not you!
Overcrowded prisons, trouble in the home!
Disruption of the system, living all alone!
Disruptive force of war, live your life like a whore!
Holly wood makes gain off your pain!
HOLLYWOOD!
No one wants to play today!
HOLLYWOOD!
No one cares, what you say!
HOLLYWOOD!
This is the end of the pain!
HOLLYWOOD!
Life will never be the same!
HOLLYWOOD!!
REALITY CHECK
Everything is falling down,
I guess it's not,
Safe and sound!
Watch it fall,
To the ground,
IT'S TOO LATE FOR REPRISAL NOW!
Everything is splintered, it's broken and bruised!
My mind cannot take this, mental abuse!
And now it's too late, to stop the spread of hate,
Now there's not a thing that I can do!
Everything is broken,
Blistered twisted and used!
reality is shattered by this mental abuse!
Everything I know is destroyed and confused,
Everything I know is, Broken and Bruised!
The pain is so unbearable, it's hard to contain!
Life as we know it, will never be the same!
Nothing anymore, is just simple and plain,
Everything in life is causing so much pain!
Everything is broken,
Blistered twisted and used!
reality is shattered by this mental abuse!
Everything I know is destroyed and confused,
Everything I know is, Broken and Bruised!
Spirits have been crushed,
Emotional destruction!
Hopes falling down,
Broken souls flood the street!
Looking for a sweet reprieve!
Hate floods the minds of the simple and the weak,
Everything is broken,
And it's all because of you!
Everything is broken,
Blistered twisted and used!
reality is shattered by this mental abuse!
Everything I know is destroyed and confused,
Everything I know is, Broken and Bruised!
Everything is broken,
Everything is bruised!
Everything's destroyed,
Everything's confused...
Everything is falling down,
Spirits have been crushed!
Reality is shattered by this mental abuse!
Everything I know, is broken and bruised...
Everything I know, is destroyed and confused...
Everything is not your fault, it's not because of you...
VORTEX
Always causing trouble,
Caught up in the Vortex!
Better make it double,
Before I start to Vex!
Nothing wrong with me,
Nothing I can see,
Caught up in the Vortex,
Swirling, nevernding!
Swirling, swirling,
Causing Chaos, Causing Chaos,
Never ending, Never ending,
STOP THE PAIN! STOP THE PAIN!
Always turning,
Causing distress,
To my pain I'm tending,
NOTHING LEFT FROM IT TO GAIN!
Going nowhere fast,
My life's a downward spiral!
I fall, always down!
I look at my past,
the verdict is final!
I look to the future and I frown!
Swirling, swirling,
Causing Chaos, Causing Chaos,
Never ending, Never ending,
STOP THE PAIN! STOP THE PAIN!
Always turning,
Causing distress,
To my pain I'm tending,
NOTHING LEFT FROM IT TO GAIN!
Drowning, falling, to the ground,
Spinning, falling, round and round,
Falling, falling, falling down!
Swirling, swirling,
Causing Chaos, Causing Chaos,
Never ending, Never ending,
STOP THE PAIN! STOP THE PAIN!
Always turning,
Causing distress,
To my pain I'm tending,
NOTHING LEFT FROM IT TO GAIN!
Look at,
What' you've done to me!
Falling down,
My life is full of agony!
Dig my grave,
Live a life, full of pity!
Look at,
What you've done to me,
Without you though,
I'd never be,
Happy enough to get up and go,
Now I'm free, of the pain you're causing me!
Swirling, swirling,
Causing Chaos, Causing Chaos,
Never ending, Never ending,
STOP THE PAIN! STOP THE PAIN!
Always turning,
Causing distress,
To my pain I'm tending,
NOTHING LEFT FROM IT TO GAIN!
Pain is coming,
Anger's rising!
Please do something,
Bring my love, out of hiding!
My heart is jumping,
I'm sick of fighting!
Set me free, then you'll see,
How happy together you and me,
How happy we will finally be,
Come and make me happy, come fly, with me...
WAR AGAINST MORALITY
It's a call to arms,
Run the race to fame!
Receive the heroes welcome,
For playing such a deadly game!
it is such a shame, all their reasons are the same!
Disrupting the peace, and nobody takes the blame!
War causes problems, more than it heals!
War causes confusion, for everyone who's real!
War's the cause of pain, more than you can feel!
War destroys the innocence, there's nothing left to steal!
Misconceptions of reality, disrupting the truth!
Destroying all that's moral, without a trace of proof!
You think you're always right, as you go and start a fight!
But is it truly needed, or is it all a spoof?
Looking for the answers, looking all night!
Is it truly moral, is it truly right?
War causes problems, more than it heals!
War causes confusion, for everyone who's real!
War's the cause of pain, more than you can feel!
War destroys the innocence, there's nothing left to steal!
So you say it's ok, to play the deadly game!
Not for good intentions, simply for the fame!
Or just for revenge, or personal gain!
If it heals your own discomfort, who cares about the pain?
That you cause, for your own, righteous cause!
It goes on, it goes on, it goes on, it goes on!
War causes problems, more than it heals!
War causes confusion, for everyone who's real!
War's the cause of pain, more than you can feel!
War destroys the innocence, there's nothing left to steal!
War destroys the innocence, the last thing left to steal!
War destroyed the innocence, there's nothing left to steal!
FLESH TO FLESHLESS
They work his fields,
They mow his lawns!
Raise his creatures,
Milk his cattle!
Cook his meals,
They are his pawns!
He’s their teacher...
Against each other: Neverending battle!
Machine is to Man,
As Man is to God!
Made to serve,
Do the labor that’s at hand!
Respect with a nod,
Getting more than they deserve!
Flesh to Fleshless,
Battle of the titans!
The planet’s a mess,
Because of our creations!
Take a look to the future,
Where Man is obsolete!
Take the tour
Of the facts!
To machine: Man admits defeat!
Machine is to Man,
As Man is to God!
Made to serve,
Do the labor that’s at hand!
Respect with a nod,
Getting more than they deserve!
Physical to Spiritual!
Searching for a higher level,
Something to hold on to!
In the beginning it was tranquil,
Now it’s all out war!
Man against God,
What is there to do?
What’s it all for,
The service with a nod...
Machine is to Man,
As Man is to God!
Made to serve,
Do the labor that’s at hand!
Respect with a nod,
Getting more than they deserve!
Creator and Creation,
Fighting all the time!
One is obsolete,
The other can’t be beat!
Until the new creation,
Comes along and you admit defeat!
The war will never end,
Of the flesh to fleshless...
The battle of the greatest...
FLESH! TO! FLESH! LESS!
M.O.A.B. (Midnight Oil's Always Burning)
Power struggle never stops!
Fighting to see who's on top!
Power struggle never stops!
Fighting to see who's on top!
POWER STRUGGLE NEVER STOPS!!!!!!
Light the spark,
set up the bomb!
Cock the rifle,
it has begun!
Arm the missiles,
this battle is a trifle!
This is "the one",
The WAR HAS BEGUN!!!!!
Fighting on and on,
to see who's gun is bigger!
The battle has begun,
with the pull of a trigger!
When someone tops your weapon,
it's time for you to figure
the way back on top, to being number one!
To the drawing board, and to start turning,
the gears inside your head,
The Midnight Oil's Always Burning!!!
Chemical's fill the air,
dumped into without a care!
Radiation is destroying our nation!
Toxins fill your veins,
the one's who made them ignore your pains!
Pollutants are everywhere,
the nation's in despair!
Everyone's agreeing that,
LIFE'S! NOT! FAIR!!!!!
Fighting on and on,
to see who's gun is bigger!
The battle has begun,
with the pull of a trigger!
When someone tops your weapon,
it's time for you to figure
the way back on top, to being number one!
To the drawing board, and to start turning,
the gears inside your head,
The Midnight Oil's Always Burning!!!
So what's the price we pay,
of living day by day?
We don't have a voice,
these facts are not our choice!
Villains hiding everywhere,
our goverment says to beware!
You try to run, to nowhere!
Where is there that's safe?
We can't hide from the truth!!!!!!!!!
Fighting on and on,
to see who's gun is bigger!
The battle has begun,
with the pull of a trigger!
When someone tops your weapon,
it's time for you to figure
the way back on top, to being number one!
To the drawing board, and to start turning,
the gears inside your head,
The Midnight Oil's Always Burning!!!
Watching you from in the sky,
noone's caring if you die!
There's nothing we can do but TRY!
Fighting on and on,
to see who's gun is bigger!
The battle has begun,
with the pull of a trigger!
When someone tops your weapon,
it's time for you to figure
the way back on top, to being number one!
To the drawing board, and to start turning,
the gears inside your head,
The Midnight Oil's Always Burning!!!
Run...hide....turn out the lights!
Run..hide..turn out the lights!
Run, hide, turn out the lights!
RUN! HIDE! TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUN! HIDE! TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!
RUN! HIDE! TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!
RUN!! HIDE!! TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!!
RUN!!!! HIDE!!!!! TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!!!!!!
it's ok to be scared....