SCORPIO RISING
lyrics by em

ah-oh, oh-ah
ah-oh, oh-ah
I will sail to

meet the horizon
heave to 'n' helms alee
the trident of poseidon
drowns out the roiling sea

I know, you're slow
that's okay tho
I will wait here

til the dead end
I am patient
but it's wasted

scorpio rising
blots out the galaxy
from the belt of orion
to alpha centauri

I HAVE WAITED
IT WAS FATED

I know your way
that is okay
I will wait here

in this nowhere
it is unfair
but it's fate

like the 9 heads of hydra
we're cut off at the knee
the sting of the sign on
our heel of achilles

IT WAS FATED
I WILL WAIT WHERE

stars meet horizon
and set our destiny
the scorpion poison
our teleology

PUNCH YOU OUT
lyrics by steph, em, jen

I didn't like you
the first time that I met you
You made me watch your nasty Sex Trek
and Bakshi's Hobbit too

thinkin about the things you do
makes me wanna punch you out
dirty dishes and rotten food
makes me wanna punch you out

yr only friends are from a chatroom
and you let them trash the place
slander me by blog, mouth, and zine
you're dead to me, erased

Thinking about the things you say
makes me wanna punch you out
single white female seeks dopplegang prey
you make me wanna punch you out

My room was in the attic
but I could hear you roar
who ate my peanut butter
slam the cupboard door

thinking about the fits you throw
makes me want to punch you out
angry notes and tables thrown
make me want to punch you out

thinking about the things you do
makes me want to punch you out
your overbearing, condescending attitude
makes me want to punch you out

THE LOOK
lyrics by paul
Everything's so complicated
Your silver tongue, sharp and serrated
Then I look in your eyes
And when I look in your eyes

Everything's so crystal clear
Looking through me, your gaze severe
And when I looked in your eyes
I saw the daggers, the knives.

Everybody's so frustrated.
Sullen, angry, agitated.
Then I look in your eyes
And when I look in your eyes.

Anger forming, burning fires
Trouble, torment, razor wires
And the barriers fail
Face forward, out into the stinging hail.

Everyone's so aggravated.
Everything's so complicated.
And when I look in your eyes
How it cuts me inside

FIRE AWAY
lyrics by jen

Fire Away
You can fire away
I'm beggin you to
the time has come
it's come and gone

I asked before
I begged for more
but now it's time
it's come and gone
so do it now

fire away (you can fire away)
it's not that bad
it's not the end of an age
it's the end of an end

out on a ledge
out on the street
drinks are all free
but that's the price you pay

the time came and went
from where I stood
i missed that train
so just fire away

da da dadada da da da (you can fire away)
da da dadada da da da (you can fire away)
da da dadada da da da (you can fire at me)
is that the worst you can do? (I can fire at you)

I thought I could care
I thought I could play
I ate crudité
and dressed nice for the man

but the hours stack up
like dominoes
and the minutes drag past
like ages of stone

fire away (you can fire away)
please just fire away (you can fire away)
what's the worst you could do?
I wish you'd come through

(Can I ask you a question?
should we work it all through?
are you talkin to me?)
yeah, I'm talkin to you

da da dadada da da da (you can fire away)
da da dadada da da da (you can fire away)
da da dadada da da da (you can fire at me)
what's the worst you could do? (I can fire at you)

Cherry Hill on a Friday night
It's a lonely party
it's a failed foray
close your eyes
and hold your breath
this weekend's strange so just fire away
fire away like the news of the day

you're a liar
you're a liar
a liar
a liar
you lie and that's the truth

MILD AS MILK
lyrics by em (parenthetical lyrics by jen)

I woke up in the night
and froze in the lights
with the knowledge I had
stolen from your eyes
and now I see both sides

tho I am blind
I see through your eyes
I hit the mark

Strapped to the bow, ripped by the tides
and sank without a sign
I washed up on the shore
and hanged out to dry
but I left all that behind

Still I think twice
I paid a handsome price
I bear the mark

(I'm one fire away
from a conflagration
I'm one blaze below ash
I don't breathe anymore
I just let in the air
I don't care)

I am mild like this milk
and cold as the ice
but I spoil in the air
and burn by the light
I am all this combined

yet I am fine
turned and mild at the same time
I make my mark

IRON HEART
lyrics by em

i am the rising tide
with briny depths and siren cries
i spit on the fire
it spreads like a well-timed lie

and i! will heed the signs! and walk the line!

i am the mighty lion
with shining teeth and wiry hide
i eat your smile
it spreads like a wildfire

and i! will walk the line! and fight the fight!

I am the violent night
with sharp white stars and satellites
i twist in the knife
it spreads like the sky

and i! will fight the fight! into the night!

i am the white knight
with iron heart and diamond eyes
i beat back the en'my line
it spreads like the maiden's thighs

and i! walk through the night! into the light!

i! will fight!

ACROSS THE OCEAN
lyrics by paul

Stuck in place, dangerous straits
Tossed and thrown in
Battered and broken.
We're so close to the rocks again.
At the edge of the world.
To the edge of the world...and then.

Backed up hard, the edges sharp.
The edges are sharp
They'll tear us apart
One of these days I'll fall to pieces
A thousand shards strewn across the sands.

Come back into our arms again.
Forget the times that you were broken
All of those days, I'm sorry you saw them
Across the world, across the ocean.

The tempest strikes, a terrible blow
Calling your name, against the dark winds
We're so close to the rocks again
To the next world
To the next world...but when?

Against the rocks, the edges sharp.
The edges are sharp
They'll tear us apart
One of these days, I will break free
My broken past floats across the sea.

I fell back to your arms again
Forgetting the days that I was broken.
All of the time at the edge of the world
Adrift upon the roiling ocean.

BLACK HOLE
lyrics by jen

overwhelmed
the days laid out end to end
they stretch to eternity
try to see the end of time

undertow
drawn into the certain center
drowning in gravity
light and me are one in time

THE WRONG WAY
lyrics by jen (parenthetical lyrics by em)

end the scene, don't mind me
I'm just occupying space
never did believe
it would carry you away
all of the time
that you occupied my mind
then turn and go
like it's the end, the end of a show

I tried fighting inside but the battle it shows (I know...you wanted me to go...yeah it shows)
I tried hiding my scars from your eyes but you know
... you know (and it cut me to the bone, all alone, I know)
you know, you know you know you know...(I know)

the sun always shines
when you open up your eyes
the fire only burns
when you feed it with those words
the light on the street
is threatening to me
so bright in the dark
and I don't trust the light in the dark
I don't trust the light in the dark

you tried taking the hard way a long time ago (I know...you called me on the phone...ah oh)
there was no easy way out for you I suppose (and now I'm talking to the dial tone)
(unhhhhhhhhhhh)
...

but the sun only shines
when you open up your eyes
and your fate only turns
when you believe your words

you tried fighting the wrong way, a long way to go (I know...you wanna be alone...so go, go home)
you tried hiding your scars but now everyone knows
...I know (all alone, I know)
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know... (I know)

WHAT THE MAILMAN DOESN'T BRING
lyrics by paul

It must have been your second sense
cuz you never looked at me again
The cold indifference, it tries
to hide the sparkle in your eyes

And...I'll stand...right here
And wait...another year for your valentine
The mailbox is empty every day
Every Day
I wait for the mailman to ring
And he's not bringing Anything

I called your name in the hall last year
You didn't seem to hear
I wish so hard, but it never works
I always feel like Such a Jerk

THE LIGHT
lyrics by jen (parenthetical lyrics by em

Dare you to look out the window
there in the light that you see
look close and make out a shadow
a map of your old miseries

Over your head,
all those inaudible things that I said
Listen up tight,
you'll hear the light

(Ready or no
i am ready to go
do you get that feeling?

Started out slow
but now it's starting to grow
and it sends me reeling

I don't know
but I really wanna go
and are you willing to tell me
that it's worth concealing?

I know
it's coming...the light)

Left a note under your pillow
wrote in invisible blood
read and reread memorize it,
see how you misunderstood

Under your bed,
all of those monsters are wanting you dead
Open up wide,
you eat the light

(the light has shone
and it's shown me I'm alone
as it hits the ceiling

then on the floor
as you're runnin out the door
and the paint is peeling

All I know
is I think I'm on my own
and are you really gonna leave me
are you that unfeeling?

I know there's something...the light
oh, oh, oh

All I know
is I'm really on my own
and I'm not ready for the light yet
and I don't think I can deal oh

I know, oh I know...

THE LIGHT!
THE LIGHT!
THE LIGHT!
THE LIGHT!)

FIRELIGHT
lyrics by paul (parenthetical lyrics by em)

The desert sky
it burns my eyes
my face, my throat, my heart
And I can't last forever
with the devil on my shoulder

Six long days in the desert
I've run out of water
I won't make it 'til morning.
The fire is dying as the night drags on.

I could sleep forever (hours on end hours on and)
I want to sleep right now (hours on end hours on...)
I can't last much longer