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****WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS, ADULT THEMES,
DIRTY THOUGHTS & SHIT THEY DON'T WANT
YOU TO KNOW IS IN THIS M*THAF*CKA********
"I'm not gonna lie... I wrote and read all this shit...
and I'm kinda f*cked up!" - Tom Jensen, collaborhythm
SOLITARY PARADE by Tom Jensen
Alone in the crowd
My solitary parade
Shame holds my hand
As surrounding faces start to fade
We all walk in unison
Chained by despair
Footstep after footstep
And yet going nowhere
Never asking directions
At least never out loud
So I just keep on walking
Blending back in the crowd
Fading into the darkness
Of self-induced pain
Finding my way
By tapping my cane
After wandering for hours
Searching for my guide
I finally closed my eyes
And I looked deep down inside
With these severed handcuffs
Now left behind
I may now travel on my own
For I found the error of my ways
In thinking that walking with shame
Was better than walking alone
SOMEWHERE by Tom Jensen
A handful of empty promises
all about a better tomorrow
I’ve found them to be all hollow
Leaving me here with just this sorrow
Once I had all I thought I’d need
But now I got nothing but memories
It’s time to show me a sign
God, let me know you’re up there…
Somewhere
Lately it seems my faith
has somehow been misplaced
I hope it hasn’t disappeared
And that it’s still round here…
Somewhere
When the yellow sun is glowing way, way up high
You could never expect to see any stars in the sky
But you know they’re up there…
Somewhere
But it can boggle the mind
just what goes on…up there
Surely the stars still shine
some places sometimes…
Somewhere
Yet where we come from a
nd where we all go surely I don’t know
But everything here had to come from…
Somewhere
It’s lonely in the dark on a cold night
Feeling without an ember, without a spark
Clinging to emptiness oh so tight
Yet you know love is inside you…
Somewhere
KEEPING UP By Tom Jensen
Once I found the key to my mind
But then I dropped it and lost it
Right before I could unlock it....
So now wherever I go I carry my phone
And I keep my friends inside my pocket
I've been at peace with myself
Despite my fighting daily
Suddenly I've been seeing myself
In a whole new light lately
I've been recently sorting out
Business partners from friends
And I've learned a lot about
Who I am and so many other things...
I've been digging myself deeper in debt
Keeping up with the Jones
I've been pawning the hardest work off
On to my newly cloned twin
I've been living in a glass house
And throwing stones and...
I've been hiding my head low
Every time I hear a phone ring
'Cause I don't wanna be a number, baby
Even if it's number one
It's thinking in binary code
That first drove me crazy
Once I got computer smart
I found myself being socially dumb
As well as irrevocably numb
SPINNING By Tom Jensen
It is said that every
body is a temple
So surely somewhere in here
there's a place of healing
Lately I've found my hands
folded and praying
Though I'm not sure
if I should be standing,
sitting or kneeling
I've been having
the strangest of feelings
But I can't quite
put my finger on it
Though I know
there is a key
unlocking and revealing
That which I have been
searching and seeking
Still I have yet to
lay my hands upon it
In all of these --
my wheelings and dealings
Perhaps I lent it,
lost it or pawned it
For this isn't how
I planned it
I've slowly become
an army of one
I'm beginning to sense
that I'm surrounded
As around and around
and around I'm being spun
And I spin...
Seems I can't win
Yet I'll die before
I ever surrender
So I fight...
My own insides
And all these memories
I don't want to remember
I can't lie...
Or try to hide
In this journey
of mine to venture
Into the very
core of my mind
Just to see what
is at its center
So I pry...
From here outside
Whenever I find a room
with a chained door
That I know still has
yet to be explored
One that some day
I shall have to enter
PLEDGE By Tom Jensen
Globalization without exploitation
Should be the pledge
of this next generation
The goal set forth
for this new millennium
More songs that unite...
That's right...
I'm penning them
So who is with me?
(thunderous clapping and applause)
Alright now who is against me?
(solo person clapping fades out)
The only weapon you need is love
To destroy any potential enemies
It's thoughts like these that make me
The most dangerous man in the world
Someone that can teach these beliefs
To all of Mother Earth's
little boys and girls
Every arm in arm
Each hand in hand
That's the one nation
For which I'll stand
TIMES UP by Tom Jensen
My misdirected passion
Has led to many lashes
Put all my eggs in one basket
As if you even had to ask it
I made a rash decision
And did something I wish I didn’t
Now everything is broken
All black with ash and smoking
As I’ve lost all intention and desire
To ever again go near or play with fire
I know I’ve said this all before
But this time I won’t be called a liar
I don’t wanna feel
Like love’s not real
But I’ve grown sick and tired
Of being used
And if it’s self-abuse
I’m thinking I might retire
Take up another trade
In my old age
Hey, this gun’s for hire
Got a few bullets left
But at least I’m outta debt
So what if my plan backfired?
Sure you can save for a rainy day
Then watch as a typhoon comes your way
You can look around there’s no escape
Right now you are face to face with the wave
Sometimes it’s water
and sometimes it’s mud
Sometimes it’s floating debris
coming to f*ck you up!
Sometimes it’s earned
and sometimes bad luck
Sometimes you jump
when you should have ducked!
Time’s up!