Soulless

(Guitar INTRO)
(Drums BEGIN)
(Bass and Piano BEGIN)
(Guitar SOLO)

(Instrumental Section 2 minutes)

(Drums Stop)

(Bass SOLO)
(Guitar SOLO)
(Drums BEGIN)

In the coldest mornings
I wait alone for your warmth
Something that I seek in the flame that is burning
Somewhere but here

(Guitar SOLO)

Eluding devotion of love
Aimless in the fog
Deaf under the rain
In sadness I crumble

(Bass SOLO)

(Instrumental section 2 minutes)

(Guitar SOLO)

She said, "I know"
And, soulless I stood in my own ashes

To the World she spoke
But, he understood
He listened, he felt, no expectations
And, he understood

In the darkness we walk
Hope lights the way
Courage takes the steps
Faith binds our souls

Now, I think it is time
I bid you farewell

(All instruments stop except Guitar)

This I do just for you


Image by Ajey Padival

Copyright © Ajey Padival 2011 (Brisbane, Australia; +61-434360675; ajeypadival@msn.com)

They

(Drum SOLO)

These words leak from my heart to the pavement
Take it as my feelings, or just a statement
The things you do, I don’t do the same
So, before you do what you do
Keep your hands clean

(Pain BEGINS)

The cold reality
Is often dismissed
Ease of mind relies on your imagination

Believe in my words, not others
I can bring a better day
And, help you from crumbling

(Bass BEGINS)

Fantasies are palaces of sand
They fill empty hours in life
And, they, they listen and say they things they have not felt

The star says a different tale
Feelings, they know not
Yet, they speak

Tomorrow is a day
A chance to live your dream
Today is a possibility
To live your dream

In love with a stranger
Unaware of the danger
I pour my heart out

But, in these moments
I ask myself
Did I let her see the stranger in me?

(Piano SOLO)

He is first to be there around
When hands turns to claws
You will see the flaws
And

Me.
(Instrumentals – 4 minutes)

(VOICE OVER)
“Judge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged”

(Strings BEGIN)

So, I say
I will never stop running
Running
Running
Running
Running
After my dreams
Chase away my screams

I will never, ever
Stop running
Without a map
Without a doubt
I know these things
Better than the ones who judge me

(Choir AH)

This is the time
To hold her hands
And, find out about me
The stranger in me

I entered through the door
The door I cannot remember
I will leave happily
Through the window

(Guitar BEGINS)

And, there the sun shines
The faces in the mirror
Will be revealed to you
If only, you’d trust him

(Bass EXTRO)


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Image by SNIK

The Little Lamp

(Piano INTRO)

In the land of belated wishes

Where the shadows eves drop on the forgotten dreams

And, silence weaves a web of enchanted themes

(Drums BEGIN)

(Instrumentals – 1 minute)

Lives

Have stories of their own

Lies

Give birth to the unknown

(Drums STOP)

Live with me for this moment

That is going to become a memory

The little lamp scares the fear away

In the darkest night

If you don’t risk a thing

You risk even more

So remember

Surrender to the moment

(Drums BEGIN)

(Guitar SOLO)

The blanket of ignorance covers everything

But, it watches all

It hides away the fiery lightning

Muffles away the thunder

Cushions every fall you have

And, what you’ve seen is hard to recall

(DUAL VOCALS)

I am

Burying in time

The regret

I try to forget

(Drums STOP)

(Guitar + Piano DUAL)

(Drum BEGINS)

Live with me for this moment

That is going to become a memory

The little lamp scares the fear away

In the darkest night

If you don’t risk a thing

You risk even more

Surrender to the moment

(Piano EXTRO)

  
Photo and Effect by Ajey Padival

Copyright © Ajey Padival 2010 (Brisbane, Australia; +61-434360675; ajeypadival@msn.com) 

Strange people

(Only GUITARS and DRUMS)

This is for them, for all the strange ones

The ones who smile to stab you later

People who need you, they smile and then greet you

And, once they’re done, they show you the door

When you are like them

You sit and defend them

And, when you’re unlike them

You stand and offend

You strange people

You may have seen them, you may know their names too

You just smile and greet them, but you call them your friends

When others do something, something you’ve done too

You stand up in front and preach to them

When you promise that, you’ll do something

You don’t keep your word and act to be strange

And, when you lie, you lie right at her face

And, you simply say, “I did it for you”

You strange people

When you are like them

You sit and defend them

And, when you’re unlike them

You stand and offend

You strange people

Photo by Ajey Padival 

 

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Colours

(Piano INTRO)

(SFX – Thunder)

(Bass BEGINS)

“The colour of rage

Swells up inside me

I change it to become a

Colour of energy and passion

Happiness that I am a part of

The colour that keeps me warm and happy

Becomes stronger

It makes me feel happy

The colour of laughter spreads through

The dark sky

Calm and cool, I feel

Now, here, in this moment of blueness

With crayons in my hand

I craft my life

The slight shade of pink on my cheeks

I am blushing

Colours of life

Red to orange to yellow to green

More than just

Black and white

I see colours too”

(Strings BEGIN)

The purple sun

The pink sky

The yellow night

The blue clouds

The violet moon

The green stars

The white leaves

The gray ocean waves

The bronze sand

The silver snow

The grey rainbow

(Piano SOLO)

Red brings life

Orange brings a smile

Yellow bids goodbye

Green brings envy

Blue brings tears

Indigo brings peace

Purple brings loneliness

Shades of light

Shades of dark

“Both black and white

Blind the sight

Both black and white

Bind the right”

(Bass SOLO)

“A large sunflower cries

A small forget-me-not

A strong and warm beam of sunlight

Comes between the pouring rain”

Photo by Ajey Padival 

Copyright © Ajey Padival 2006 (Brisbane, Australia; +61-434360675; ajeypadival@msn.com)

Song for the Week - This instrumental is composed by Silvio Pfiffner. It inspired me to write this post.  

It's okay

(Drums BEGIN)

(Piano BEGINS)

(Bass BEGINS)

You need to wake up

Don’t stay here, go to a better place

You must try it yourself

And see

Broken dreams can be fixed again

Just wait for another day

Another night

(Guitar BEGINS)

(DUAL VOCALS)

When everything is empty now

I say, okay

When everything is blurry now

I say, okay

(SPOKEN)

It will be okay

(Keyboard + Guitar DUAL)

While sadness takes over you

You see the world the way it bothers you

See not the tears, see not the pain

See them all, seek the reason

And, be there

Stay

(Choir – AH)

You’re walking through the dark

Yourself

Sometimes

It takes a twig to help you survive

Sometimes

Candlelight can warm you from across the room

(Backing VOCALS – AH)

When everything is empty now

I say, it’s okay

When everything is blurry now

I say, it’ll be okay

(Guitar SOLO EXTRO)

Photo by Ajey Padival 

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