Tiles Lyrics: Pretending 2 Run
Que ferai-je donc?
(What then shall I do?)
Où aller?
(Where shall I go?)
Où me tourner?
(Where shall I turn?)
Vers qui me réfugier?
(To whom shall I flee?)
-Girolamo Savonarolo (1452-1498)
Pretending To Run
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
Sit – Stare... I hear voices
Noises in my head
Looping endlessly
Through my wing-clipped history
There’s no place to run
From uncertainty
My illusions are mocking me
Your broken faith
Has turned my heart to stone
Endless night
Cold and dark
A poison pen
Poison mind
Answers crawl from the wound
Casting shadows in my corner
Invisible in plain sight
Pretending to run away
Heavy the wooden door
Like nothing I have seen before
Indecision delivering destiny
Something that was never meant to be
Sit – Stare... pray silent grace
Fears to erase
Memories shift like sand
On winds I never planned to sail
I return from yesterday
Where the hours pass like days
A sentimental dream
Carries me
Shelter In Place
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Caught between the waves
in an undertow
Struggling to breathe
pulling me out to sea
Waiting for the current
to spit me out
Hostage to a force
far beyond my control
Changes chasing me
As I retreat
Searching for a sign
that can ease my mind
Paranoia grows
as the hours unwind
Sanctuary
where I can disappear
Desperation near
Shelter me ... Where I lie
When I dream ... I can hide
To protect ... And survive
Shelter me ... In plain sight
Screaming at the demons of destiny
Running from the lies that are smothering me
Haunted by a future that’s flying blind
Scavenging for truth in the embers of time
Stonewall
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Shades of disbelief
I’m crippled by the silence of the sin
Questions you’re not answering
Eager to retreat
You can’t ignore the chains around my feet
Rage in vain I raise the stakes
Fear is etched upon your face
Stonewall
Not a word
Stonewall
So absurd
Spinning out the lines
On a long and lonely climb
War of ignorance
I didn’t recognize the subtle signs
Clipped the wings that tried to fly
Dignity denied
I should have set aside the ties that blind
Tried to do the best I could
Can’t pretend I understood
Ľessential est invisible pour les yeux...
(What is essential is invisible to the eye...)
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), Le Petit Prince
Drops Of Rain
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
In the corner
In the sun
Trembling hands
Coming undone
As the scenery
Blurs around me
I leave everything behind
Torn asunder
Broken in the blink of an eye
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
The family portrait slipped to the floor
With each closing door
Was it easy?
Was it strange?
Trading us for some spare change
Did your thoughts justify
Destiny denied
You turned the key to cheat the future
Out of its promise
Killing thoughts as they grow
Can’t protect me from what I should know
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
The family portrait slipped to the floor
With each closing door
The slow unwinding lies
Show Babylon in disguise
The battle lost between what was done
And what should have been
Now my eyes are open wide
As suspicion scars my mind
Yet there is nowhere I can hide
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
The family portrait slipped to the floor
With each closing door
I felt the drops of rain
Then all I knew was changed
The battle lost between what was done
And what should have been
A scarlet sunset melts in the west
As I disconnect
Taken By Surprise
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle, Evans
Hollow words
Insincere
More than I can hear
Wagons circling
Treason whispering
Push the truth down the stairs
Broken wings
Clamoring
Navigate the thinnest space
Taken by surprise
Thunderheads and burning beds
Riddle in the rhyme
Didn’t see through your disguise
Taken by surprise
Every signal turning red
Word and deed collide
Exorcising bitterness,
fear and lies
Taken by surprise
Thunderheads and burning beds
Riddle in the rhyme
Didn’t see through your disguise
Taken by surprise
Every signal turning red
Catcher in the rye
Liberating bitterness,
fear and pride
Small Fire Burning
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
In the half-light
Of a dying night
I contemplate my changing story
When a slow dawn
Keeps hanging on
I hesitate to face the morning
I find sanctuary
When I close my eyes
Dreaming without sleeping
Safe inside my shell
Keeping tomorrow out of reach
When will a small fire
Burn in the distance
Beacon of promise
On an uphill climb
Keeping tomorrow out of reach
What then shall I do?
Where shall I go?
Where shall I turn?
To whom shall I flee?
-Girolamo Savonarolo (1452-1498)
Midwinter
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
Sit – Stare... I fear voices
Pulling down the shades
Dark room barricade
Faint steps on the floor
Cold wind at the door
Turn the handle to pass...
Weightless
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
Prone beneath the friendly fire
Floorboards creak toward collapse
I close my eyes wishing for a pair of wings (opening)
Spirits lifting over looming cliffs
Smiling faces meet me in the sky
What goes up it must come down
Falling through the pages of the past
Weightless
Out of body out of mind
I’m escaping gravity
Sailing weightlessness
Take me far away from here
Above the burning pantomime
Putting trust in broken promises
Flying colors flying blind
Hard to let go
Hard to get out
Cherished my illusions to survive
Hard to get over shadows of doubt
Weightless
Out of body out of mind
I’m escaping gravity
Sailing weightlessness
Take me far away from here
Above the burning pantomime
Knowing winds of change will never die
Friend Or Foe
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
When will time resume?
Walking wounded, thinking slow, talking low
There’s a tear across the shade
Where some light slips in
Darkness still framing my days
Always cold and always the same
Not all secrets stay disguised
Time unravels silent lies
My friend or foe
When will I know?
Do I take the olive branch?
Thin the wallflowers from the dance
My friend or foe
When will I know?
Battle Weary
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Walking on the cobblestones
Up a gentle slope
Shadows dance & ghosts appear
Challenging my strength
Leaving an exile self-imposed
Dragging my burdens that won’t let go
I had disappeared
Sitting in the sun
Senses numb to sight & sound
With nowhere I could run
Leaving an exile self-imposed
Dragging my burdens that won’t let go
Battle weary - I bury my regret
Battle weary - remember to forge
The Disappearing Floor
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Evans
Standing on a disappearing floor
I hoped to find the right in the wrong
Reach out to touch the truth
Lost among the smoke and mirrors
My balance won’t return
When all that there was is gone
In the dark before the struggling dawn
Standing on a disappearing floor
I saw the future fading fast
While I did battle with the past
Moments slow to slip away
My expectations hang around my neck
As I obsess to be anywhere ...
but where I’m at
Standing on a disappearing floor
Fait Accompli
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Hear the noises fade
Everything has changed
Even though I look the same
The burden still remains
Small lights appearing
I watch the sun begin to set again
I can’t see the stars
Unless it’s dark
My misfortunes are my own
From seeds that I let grow
What would a wise man say?
Draw wisdom from a wounded heart
A fait accompli
My destiny
Ghosts of injury
Resting in their place
Giving up and giving in
Ignore the fear within
I’m cleansed in waters deep
The place I almost drowned
Trying to escape
From the past
A fait accompli ... delivering destiny
Pretending To Run (reprise one)
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Trade then for now
Leave my island in the stream
Dressing my wounds with gold
Disguise the scars that show
The truth unseen
I pretended to run away...
Pretending To Run (reprise two)
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Sit – Stare... pray silent grace
Fears to erase
Memories shift like sand
On winds I never planned to sail
I return from yesterday
Where I was running in place
Making other arrangements
White dove estrangements
Per Aspera Ad Astra
Backsliding
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Rust on my resolve
Bitter residue
Time can’t overcome
Shadows taking shape
Comfort cold inside a life resigned
I can carry on
When moonlight cheats the night...
Toi, tu auras des étoiles comme personne n’en a...
(You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them...)
Je me demande..., si les étoiles sont éclairées afin que chacun
puisse un jour retrouver la sienna
(I wonder..., whether the stars are set alight in heaven so
that one day each one of us may find his own again.)
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), Le Petit Prince
Que ferai-je donc?
(What then shall I do?)
Où aller?
(Where shall I go?)
Où me tourner?
(Where shall I turn?)
Vers qui me réfugier?
(To whom shall I flee?)
-Girolamo Savonarolo (1452-1498)
Pretending To Run
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
Sit – Stare... I hear voices
Noises in my head
Looping endlessly
Through my wing-clipped history
There’s no place to run
From uncertainty
My illusions are mocking me
Your broken faith
Has turned my heart to stone
Endless night
Cold and dark
A poison pen
Poison mind
Answers crawl from the wound
Casting shadows in my corner
Invisible in plain sight
Pretending to run away
Heavy the wooden door
Like nothing I have seen before
Indecision delivering destiny
Something that was never meant to be
Sit – Stare... pray silent grace
Fears to erase
Memories shift like sand
On winds I never planned to sail
I return from yesterday
Where the hours pass like days
A sentimental dream
Carries me
Shelter In Place
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Caught between the waves
in an undertow
Struggling to breathe
pulling me out to sea
Waiting for the current
to spit me out
Hostage to a force
far beyond my control
Changes chasing me
As I retreat
Searching for a sign
that can ease my mind
Paranoia grows
as the hours unwind
Sanctuary
where I can disappear
Desperation near
Shelter me ... Where I lie
When I dream ... I can hide
To protect ... And survive
Shelter me ... In plain sight
Screaming at the demons of destiny
Running from the lies that are smothering me
Haunted by a future that’s flying blind
Scavenging for truth in the embers of time
Stonewall
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Shades of disbelief
I’m crippled by the silence of the sin
Questions you’re not answering
Eager to retreat
You can’t ignore the chains around my feet
Rage in vain I raise the stakes
Fear is etched upon your face
Stonewall
Not a word
Stonewall
So absurd
Spinning out the lines
On a long and lonely climb
War of ignorance
I didn’t recognize the subtle signs
Clipped the wings that tried to fly
Dignity denied
I should have set aside the ties that blind
Tried to do the best I could
Can’t pretend I understood
Ľessential est invisible pour les yeux...
(What is essential is invisible to the eye...)
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), Le Petit Prince
Drops Of Rain
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
In the corner
In the sun
Trembling hands
Coming undone
As the scenery
Blurs around me
I leave everything behind
Torn asunder
Broken in the blink of an eye
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
The family portrait slipped to the floor
With each closing door
Was it easy?
Was it strange?
Trading us for some spare change
Did your thoughts justify
Destiny denied
You turned the key to cheat the future
Out of its promise
Killing thoughts as they grow
Can’t protect me from what I should know
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
The family portrait slipped to the floor
With each closing door
The slow unwinding lies
Show Babylon in disguise
The battle lost between what was done
And what should have been
Now my eyes are open wide
As suspicion scars my mind
Yet there is nowhere I can hide
I felt the drops of rain
Then revelation came
The family portrait slipped to the floor
With each closing door
I felt the drops of rain
Then all I knew was changed
The battle lost between what was done
And what should have been
A scarlet sunset melts in the west
As I disconnect
Taken By Surprise
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle, Evans
Hollow words
Insincere
More than I can hear
Wagons circling
Treason whispering
Push the truth down the stairs
Broken wings
Clamoring
Navigate the thinnest space
Taken by surprise
Thunderheads and burning beds
Riddle in the rhyme
Didn’t see through your disguise
Taken by surprise
Every signal turning red
Word and deed collide
Exorcising bitterness,
fear and lies
Taken by surprise
Thunderheads and burning beds
Riddle in the rhyme
Didn’t see through your disguise
Taken by surprise
Every signal turning red
Catcher in the rye
Liberating bitterness,
fear and pride
Small Fire Burning
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
In the half-light
Of a dying night
I contemplate my changing story
When a slow dawn
Keeps hanging on
I hesitate to face the morning
I find sanctuary
When I close my eyes
Dreaming without sleeping
Safe inside my shell
Keeping tomorrow out of reach
When will a small fire
Burn in the distance
Beacon of promise
On an uphill climb
Keeping tomorrow out of reach
What then shall I do?
Where shall I go?
Where shall I turn?
To whom shall I flee?
-Girolamo Savonarolo (1452-1498)
Midwinter
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
Sit – Stare... I fear voices
Pulling down the shades
Dark room barricade
Faint steps on the floor
Cold wind at the door
Turn the handle to pass...
Weightless
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Whittle
Prone beneath the friendly fire
Floorboards creak toward collapse
I close my eyes wishing for a pair of wings (opening)
Spirits lifting over looming cliffs
Smiling faces meet me in the sky
What goes up it must come down
Falling through the pages of the past
Weightless
Out of body out of mind
I’m escaping gravity
Sailing weightlessness
Take me far away from here
Above the burning pantomime
Putting trust in broken promises
Flying colors flying blind
Hard to let go
Hard to get out
Cherished my illusions to survive
Hard to get over shadows of doubt
Weightless
Out of body out of mind
I’m escaping gravity
Sailing weightlessness
Take me far away from here
Above the burning pantomime
Knowing winds of change will never die
Friend Or Foe
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
When will time resume?
Walking wounded, thinking slow, talking low
There’s a tear across the shade
Where some light slips in
Darkness still framing my days
Always cold and always the same
Not all secrets stay disguised
Time unravels silent lies
My friend or foe
When will I know?
Do I take the olive branch?
Thin the wallflowers from the dance
My friend or foe
When will I know?
Battle Weary
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Walking on the cobblestones
Up a gentle slope
Shadows dance & ghosts appear
Challenging my strength
Leaving an exile self-imposed
Dragging my burdens that won’t let go
I had disappeared
Sitting in the sun
Senses numb to sight & sound
With nowhere I could run
Leaving an exile self-imposed
Dragging my burdens that won’t let go
Battle weary - I bury my regret
Battle weary - remember to forge
The Disappearing Floor
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin, Evans
Standing on a disappearing floor
I hoped to find the right in the wrong
Reach out to touch the truth
Lost among the smoke and mirrors
My balance won’t return
When all that there was is gone
In the dark before the struggling dawn
Standing on a disappearing floor
I saw the future fading fast
While I did battle with the past
Moments slow to slip away
My expectations hang around my neck
As I obsess to be anywhere ...
but where I’m at
Standing on a disappearing floor
Fait Accompli
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Hear the noises fade
Everything has changed
Even though I look the same
The burden still remains
Small lights appearing
I watch the sun begin to set again
I can’t see the stars
Unless it’s dark
My misfortunes are my own
From seeds that I let grow
What would a wise man say?
Draw wisdom from a wounded heart
A fait accompli
My destiny
Ghosts of injury
Resting in their place
Giving up and giving in
Ignore the fear within
I’m cleansed in waters deep
The place I almost drowned
Trying to escape
From the past
A fait accompli ... delivering destiny
Pretending To Run (reprise one)
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Trade then for now
Leave my island in the stream
Dressing my wounds with gold
Disguise the scars that show
The truth unseen
I pretended to run away...
Pretending To Run (reprise two)
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Sit – Stare... pray silent grace
Fears to erase
Memories shift like sand
On winds I never planned to sail
I return from yesterday
Where I was running in place
Making other arrangements
White dove estrangements
Per Aspera Ad Astra
Backsliding
Lyrics by Herin / Music by Herin
Rust on my resolve
Bitter residue
Time can’t overcome
Shadows taking shape
Comfort cold inside a life resigned
I can carry on
When moonlight cheats the night...
Toi, tu auras des étoiles comme personne n’en a...
(You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them...)
Je me demande..., si les étoiles sont éclairées afin que chacun
puisse un jour retrouver la sienna
(I wonder..., whether the stars are set alight in heaven so
that one day each one of us may find his own again.)
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), Le Petit Prince
