Disclaimer, released 1997

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This is the Force
Serpent
She Said
Abbey
Just a little habit
No Mother's Son
Isle of Dreams
Angry Man
As Close to Heaven
Copyright © 1997 by Jessica's Attic. All rights reserved.

This the Force [back]

we're explorers in robes of purple
we're warriors of the light
in imperfect grace we seek the temple
we interpret all the signs

before the Christians and the Greeks
before historic times
before the goddess ruled the planet
before the human split from divine

in a balance we all long for
in a mystery sublime
the power of the earth entire
captured in a ring of fire

moving in a wave like water
invisible as air
from the cardinal directions
captured in a living scale

this the gift from unknown hands
this the answer we so crave
this the harmony of the planets
this the Force of life we share

Serpent [back]

On the tail of the serpent
coiling as it flies
holding for dear life

The smoke if taken
brings the serpent
the serpent is not satisfied

Cobra headed
variegated
curling changing hues

Driven forward
through the levels
up and down on rings of light

lord of dark
and lord of light
wrapped around the heart

Driven forward
through the coils
electric up and down the spine

Obsidian mirror
crystal sharp
riven from the heart

Once, twice step aside
three times over
can't deny

Feel the serpent dive
from the lungs
feel the serpent climb

She Said [back]

She said:
You can tell a lot from a hand
the way the lines weave and cross
it's your heart that does all the work
but it's your head who's boss

(Pre Chorus)
well, I'm not going to tell you
how to live your life
but I'm pretty certain
you can't do it twice

(Chorus)
I knew that she was right
but I didn't say a word
staring at the distance
'till she asked me if I'd heard
I got up and made to leave
but I knew a bridge was burned
I knew a bridge had burned

She said:
I see great things in front of you
if you will but let them be
The way you always fight yourself
you are your own worst enemy

(Pre Chorus)
well, I don't need to tell you
what is yet to come
I'm pretty certain
you know what must be done

(Chorus)
I knew that she was right
but I didn't say a word
staring at the distance
'till she asked me if I'd heard
I got up and made to leave
but I knew a bridge was burned
I knew a bridge had burned

(Bridge)
That's when it was she took me in
gave me all I ever dreamed
That's when it was I let it go
much easier than it seemed

(Chorus)
coz' I knew that she was right
I didn't need to say a word
staring at the distance
'till she asked me if I'd heard
I got up and made my choice
and I knew the bridge was burned
I knew the bridge had burned

Abbey [back]

I went alone to the Abbey
I found you there in thought-
Through the stained glass window
a beam of gold and rose
kaleidoscope on the floor

So now it truly comes unfolding
this long awaited fourth
starting from this place of echoes
and rooms as dim and still as tombs
we break the seals
hands outstretched on the walls
Braille-like reading the stones

In a dream we stood all waiting
you and I side by side
and palm to palm
and on your side, like my double
they arrayed in a row
as on my side, like your twin
through our hands it flowed

In the dream you jump the chasms
like they aren't there at all
just when it seemed for certain
that time had come and gone

In place in the center
one who holds the cords
heavy with the weight of ages
a premonition unconsoled

All around us the rosy motes
like the stained glass upon the floor
reflecting like a powdered gold

Now at last no explanation
nothing left to load
in tune to the resonation
packed and ready, here we go

Just a little habit [back]

Are you fascinated?
Look into my eyes.
Do you start to tremble
when you hear me sigh?
If I stay up for you
late into the night
will you be my servant
in the morning's light?

(Chorus)
Just a little habit
that I don't want to break.
Such a little habit
and so many left to take.
Just a little habit
and I can always quit.
Such a little habit
it doesn't bother me a bit.

Do you want to know me?
You know how to please.
I like adoration
so get down on your knees.
Do you know my power
extends through time and space?
I can feel your passion
don't need to see your face.

(Repeat Chorus)

Are you hesitating?
Do you think I tease?
I take over souls
like Mephistopheles.
Did you think I'd need you?
You really are confused.
You're here for my pleasure,
a pleasure to be used.

(Repeat Chorus)

No Mother's Son [back]

I'm the static on the wire
when the talking's done
I'm the halo 'round the sun
I'm the movement out of eyereach
turn to face me and I'm gone
I'm no mother's son

I'm the thorn left on the flower
when the buds are out of bloom
I'm the sand left in your shoe
I'm a storm cloud full of thunder
after all the rains are through
I'm the break in the monsoon

I'm the dark spot on your white shirt
no cleaning will remove
I'm the theory you can't prove
I'm a reefer, leave you reeling
feeling addled, feeling bruised
I'm the penny you can't lose

I'm the one that you can't point to
I'm the one you think you know
but I'm the one that pulls the punches
until I strike you low

You can feel my itch in mid-spine
You can see me when you're alone
You can hear me when I'm not speaking
You can feel me when you think I've gone

I'm no mother's son

Isle of Dreams [back]

Trapped inside the Cave of Longing
in the dark
wandering through passages
under the illusion you're outside
though you're not
the Siren weaves her silken web
her words wrap you
enchant you
you call out from time to time
but all you hear
is the echo coming back
and my voice is too far away to reach you
and my words
fall like rain in a narrow well

on the shore of the Coral Sea
I wade in the warm clear water
I float and a mysterious current
carries me
effortlessly
to the Isle of Dreams

ripping tears into the clouds
the Isle of Dreams reaches to the sky
the mist on shore
clears on approach
each step brings new revelations
each step brings new exultation
and day slips soundlessly
into a full moon night

under the stride of Orion
and Casseiopia's guiding hands
the night slowly turns
over the Isle of Dreams

Angry Man [back]

By the time I met him
he was already lost.
Mad at the world
and hang the cost.
On the edge-
walking that line.
But he wound up losing
most of the time.

(Chorus)
He was an Angry Man-
fighting to the end.
An Angry Man
left without a friend.
Made his final, bloody stand.
In a blaze of bullets died an Angry Man.

We tried to help him
and reach him somehow.
Yea, we did our best
as I look back now.
But he was fighting some devil
he could not cast out.
And somehow his future
was always in doubt.

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
Sometimes, no matter what you do,
you cannot help a poor soul through.
You'll shake your head and wonder why
he made the choice to quit and die.

So now it's over,
his story is done.
He wasn't good
at life on the run.
His name in the papers-
his face on the news.
And the final battle
he knew he'd lose.

(Repeat Chorus)

As Close to Heaven [back]

We rode like thieves into the desert:
that's how the dream began.
By the light of a thousand candles
we rode all night to the caravan.
When daylight came, we watched the tents rise.
The heat made sand shimmer like glass.
Inside, we lay on velvet carpets
and found a way to make time pass.

(Chorus)
One part scorpion,
one part slave.
Part mirage,
part heaven-made.
Burning heat
and blinding snow.
You're as close to heaven
as I'll ever know.

It was the magic from a genie
that made our carpet fly.
It was the lightning from our loving
that kept us up so high.
And in that endless moment
we were in the world alone.
The sizzling heat of passion
tore through our flesh and bone.

It was the thunder in the distance
that broke into the scene.
You and I, we awoke from sleeping
and stepped into the dream.
Now I know there is no difference
just as long as you're with me.
In your arms on this magic carpet
is where I'll always be.

(Repeat Chorus) [back]