"Hip Today"


you'll be gone tomorrow
you'll be gone tomorrow
gone tomorrow

you're preoccupied
with the latest fashion
hip today, hip today
with wide open eyes
on the next big thing
you can cash in
hip today, hip today

no never contrived
it's an overnight sensation
a clever disguise
that hides all of your
pretension
sally's selling out
her seashells for souls
hope i don't die
before i get old

hip today
you'll be gone tomorrow
you'll be gone tomorrow
gone tomorrow

dancing in your head
visions of rave reviews
hip today, hip today
believing all that's read
conceiving another guru
hip today, hip today

having made your bed
falling short of filling shoes
you've been left for dead
'cause there's always
someone new
sally's selling out
her seashells for souls
hope i don't die
before i get old

"Naked"


so you want me to take it off
just to see what's
underneath my cloth
i'll show you i'm every
inch a man
measure all that you
think you can

i'm more than what
meets the eye
flesh 'n' blood is
often a white lie
by the cover you misjudge
the book
open your mind and take
another look

naked, and i'm unashamed
naked, with no one to blame
naked, ya you want the truth
naked, here's my birthday suit
naked, naked, naked, naked

i pretend to be not anyone
except me and my imperfections
there is nothing i
expect of you
that you wouldn't
expect of me, too

[chorus]

will you excuse me for my ignorance
'cause i can see only one
difference
those of you who seek to find
while all the others choose
to walk 'n' talk blind

"Leave Me Alone"


as for this song
i'll set the mood
there's nothing wrong
prefer solitude
alone to think
of what i don't know
the deeper i sink
the further i'll go

nothing to fear
no need to hide
i'm already there
came in from outside
safe in my nest
home sweet home
no invited guests
i want to be alone

leave me alone
leave me alone
i wish you would
leave me alone
leave me alone
i just want to be alone

it's better this way
no one will get hurt
if you stay away
i won't lose my shirt
if i have become
too defensive
i'm not the one
you have to live with

[chorus]

i want to be, i want to be
i want to be, alone

don't feel sorry
it's not your concern
only the lonely
are the ones who get burned
safe in my nest
home sweet home
no invited guests
i want to be alone

"No Respect"


respect,
always everybody looking for some
respect,
who do you think you're gonna get it from
respect,
anybody here deserving of none
respect,
tell me what makes you think
you're not the one

no respect, no respect none
no respect, no respect none
no respect, no respect none
no respect, no respect none

respect,
why be concerned with
public adulation
respect,
pat on the back crying
for attention
respect,
finding out what it really
means to me
respect,
honor comes only after
humility

"Evilangelist"


little lamb come out of
the rain
you'll catch your death in
the cold
a helping hand to come ease
the pain
in peace you'll rest in
our fold

i can be a watch
towering light
for those of you who can't see
i'll separate the truth
from the lies
blind faithful come follow me

evilangelist
you name is on my list
i'm your evilangelist
in what god you trust

close your eyes while i
hypnotize
a friend in need to confess
you've been denied the cock
crowed thrice
surrender all you possess

evilangelist
your name is on my list
i'm your evilangelist
i was betrayed by a kiss

so many claim
to come in thy name
promising peace they'll bring
lest ye taste
the fruit of the vine
they're just wolves in
sheep's clothing

"Shadow Boxing"


last round
looks like i'm in for a fight
knocked down
there is nowhere left to hide
stick 'n' move
when i try to run away
old one two
i only end up face to face

mirror mirror getting clearer

it's just me and my shadow
dancing round the ring
i try to fight it
but then how can i win
when i'm only shadow boxing

time out
i'm looking for a
standing eight
no doubt
my inside has come out to play
bob 'n' weave
it's conscious of my
every move
been deceived
can no longer ignore the truth

mirror mirror getting clearer
split decision blur my vision

"Unconditionally"


so tell me what can i do
that you couldn't see through
from the very start
there is only one thing
yet to come from my heart

loving you, unconditionally
loving you, unconditionally
that's what i want to be
what you are to me

can you see why it's so hard
for me to break apart
from all the things i hold
closer to a heart
that has grown, far too cold

loving you, unconditionally
something new
to a heart yet not free
that's what i want to be
what you are to me

and though it seems impossible
when both of my hands are full
that's the only condition
that keeps me
from loving you. . .