Phantom Limbs
Lyrics: C. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
Flashes of the past, ephemeral memories,
Gazing back, perhaps merely an elusive dream.
Haunted by thoughts (and) infinite possibility…
…submerged in this newfound simplicity…
A perpetual stream (of) madness and tranquility…
Reflects off this grim, vacant entity…
Focused on a pale world – tinted black and white
Conjugated to phantom limbs of a euphoric life.
Inferno
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
I look back to see the footprints in Hell behind me.
I recollect a time when you were standing near.
It seemed to me like a simple act to debase me,
But how was I to know, for I was not there.
You
Poured the kerosene on my soul
And all it took was a lick from that fiery tongue
To spark the blaze reducing me to these charred remains.
Yes, I recall the inferno.
Did you know you stuck your finger right through my eye
And probed around , wondering if you’d find
Another way to get into my head.
But little did you know, I’d wake up to be dead.
You!
I found myself wandering with these fools,
Ingrates and inmates ignorant to the rules.
But they know the reason that I am here.
I know, for I must bear what they must bear.
You!
Follow
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney, A. Douville, T. Black
I can see you watching your TV.
Media’s perception is reality.
Exposure to the comics and horrors,
Thoughts from a mind being led by the blind,
Extrapolating images from the dots.
Did you think that I would follow?
Could you read my mind?
Taking bites too big to swallow,
Ponder one more time.
Wake up on the southern side of the street.
Memories are lost in the empty bottles by your feet.
Stealing what the bible has to get your next fix.
The grim side of your wandering time will speak to you in ticks.
Contemplate alternative forms of a life left behind being given a choice.
Consider all the changes made by one voice.
Rectify the years stolen by technology gone astray.
Find a way to savor tomorrow today.
Follow Me
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
The One
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
I was driving backwards down a one way street
Always in anticipation of a chance to meet.
I’d make several variations hoping life would change,
I’d leap straight from the frying pan, right into the flame.
No words of wisdom could sway my way.
No opportunities could change today.
No change, no change, no change
My hands were tied.
This onus weighs me down.
No time to waste,
I’m feeding the flame.
Several pacts I’d made to keep me living in my youth,
But suddenly it dawned on me I might not know the truth.
Another test in loyalty? Another burning cross?
Another situation just to tell me I had lost?
I welcome a voice of reason, please
Reveal all that I should see.
Change, change, change…
In my younger days, I’d ponder many thoughts.
I’d preach and teach my mind to any hearing sod.
Until the willing sunlight crept in through my blinds
I’d feared a life of love would leave me far behind.
But no, a seraph took my hand
And she delivered to me comfort I could understand.
Change, change, change…
Make me the one.
Phoenix
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
Now that I’ve seen you,
There’s no light that outshines,
The flash that gleams from your tooth,
The burst of flame in your eye.
So I had met you one day
On separate sides of a rift.
Your brilliance escaped me
My wings soon caught the drift.
Show me the way (show, show, show), my Phoenix,
Out from the depths of decay.
Lend me your billowing blaze.
I’ll grasp your smoky haze.
Show me the way, my Phoenix.
Odious solitude.
I tread viscous seas,
A trend that’s unfounded,
A pattern in me.
Show me the way (show, show, show), my Phoenix
Out from the depths of decay.
Lend me your billowing blaze.
I’ll grasp your smoky haze.
Show me the way
Out from the depths of decay.
Turn Around
Lyrics: M. Mahoney, A. Douville
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney, A. Douville, T. Black
I was walking on a wire when I saw your face at last.
I didn’t know much about you, so I thought it time to ask.
You seemed to look right through me, but I followed anyway.
I traveled close behind, down distant highways, faraway.
You turned around.
You turned around.
You turned around.
You turned around.
You stopped me before sunrise, so I asked you for your name.
You wouldn’t give it to me, but I knew it just the same.
A smile passed across your lips, then I saw it fade away.
And as you left, my eyes fell on the lonely S.F. Bay.
I once had a future, but now that’s all in the past.
I had eternal love, but then I knew it wouldn’t last.
An apparition haunts me but it’s you who drives me mad,
A living incarnation of a dream I must have had.
I would walk a million miles
To kiss your lips
If you would only turn around.
Turn around…
Demons
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
We sink and rise
Until our waves intertwine.
With you I long to be.
We’ve felled countless trees
To build bridges o’er the sea
Of eternity.
Don’t strand me here.
No demons shall drive us
Apart.
Fall into the groove.
Interact and make my heart move.
A pair we’ll always be.
September Eyes
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
I was staying up late at night writing songs by myself.
She’d be out with her friends making toasts to their health.
Then one night we met by a chance, a dare I’d once refused.
We walked through the motions, danced through the dance, no time to be confused.
I never knew I’d fall so hard so fast.
I never thought I’d wish that feeling would last.
No questions asked, no compromise.
Just falling into those September eyes.
After a few days, I found myself alone with this girl
Staying up late at night laughing and talking without a care in the world.
She held my hand, I couldn’t understand how this could happen to me.
We were in tune, and not immune to that infectious disease,
Love.
Love.
No questions asked, no compromise.
Just falling into those September eyes.
The Peak
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
My eyes were blind from light, I could not see
In an infirmary, what’s this chicanery?
No use detecting what was meant to be.
It’s our society, right in front of me.
I’ve spent years in the crowd
But now I’m climbing towards the peak.
The slope is steep, but still I give no ground.
I’ll make it to the top.
Still can’t decipher what she said to me,
A sense of dignity, and sensibility.
Out from the darkness that surrounded me,
Out from obscurity, a new identity.
I’ve spent years in the dark
But now I’m climbing to the peak.
The slope is steep, but still I give no ground.
I’ll make it to the top.
But now I’m found, no binding belts to hold me down.
I’ll plant my flag atop the hill
Just hold my hand until…
Words of wisdom cannot claim
The sweet emotion, free from pain
Of times long past, or so it seems,
Where shattered hopes and broken dreams
Dwelt in my head, a cancer growth.
But then you said that we, us both,
Might carry forth, arms intertwined
To brave the future, so unkind.
As one, we walk upon the land,
Embrace each other as we stand.
Our lips draw near in times of need
A kiss to seal the lover’s creed.