Legacy Lyrics

That Won’t Hold Me back

There are times when it’s hard to find my place

Spending time, but still just loosing face

I know

 But that won’t hold me back

 

Need a bigger clock to have more time

I know, but that won’t hold me back

Only get a nickel when I stop on a dime

I know, but that won’t hold me back

 

Stared at the fist coming in for a punch

Rubbed the lamp, but the genie’s out to lunch

 

Sometimes I feel like my back’s against the wall

Lost at sea looking for my port of call

 

Someday’s I feel like I just can’t get the knack

I know, but that won’t hold me…

 

Sometimes I feel like my back’s against the wall

Lost at sea looking for my port of call

Eye of the Storm

What’s the matter with the world today when you can’t even speak your mind

Dry drunk’s in the captain’s chair while solid shadows stand behind

Food line stretch on for miles, but men with guns always keep their bellies full

Everyone bleeds red inside, but those with bullets always make the rules

 

We’re in the eye of the storm in a world gone crazy

Did we take to the sky or did we go too high?

 

Proud structures line the streets, now reduced to rubble and ash and frames

Another body hits the floor as men in suit and ties play out their game

Soulless hearts and greedy minds never spare a thought for those they use

Eyes only on the bottom line and how to turn out a cheaper pair of shoes

 

We’re in the eye of the storm in a world gone crazy

Did we take to the sky or did we go too high?

We’re in the eye of the storm in a world gone crazy

Will we open our eyes or will we say good bye?

Hey Kid

Hey kid, I’m glad you came

Let me take your coat and get out of the rain

How you doing? I’m still the same, and I’m really glad to see you too

Been a while since I saw your face

Your smile does a lot to brighten up the place

Sit back, there’s no need to race

There’s some things I want to say to you

 

You know I know that you’re doing good

Made all the moves like you knew you should

I never doubted, I knew you would

But it’s taking its toll on you

 

Burn the candle at both ends

Not really something that you need to defend

Before you break you need to bend

And I think that you know it too

 

Take it slow

You gotta’ take it slow

 

Hey kid, I’m glad you came

Be careful on the road driving home in the rain the rain

I know that you’ll stay ahead of the game, and I’m really glad to see you too

Perchance

How do I know what I really feel when I don’t even know what I felt before?

How can I tell what is really real, if all I can recall is waking up on the floor?

Tried so hard to do it and to work my way through it, but I find myself living in the past

Tried so long to make it, I’m not sure I can take it; don’t know how long I’m gonna’ last

 

How do I know what I really feel, when I’ve been so numb for so very long

How can I give myself to steal, when I cant tell inside what’s right or what’s wrong

Tried so hard to blind me, I was not sure that I’d find me, but I guess I’m still looking back over the years

As I stand right on it, am I so sure that I want it, or to sleep and to dream my way through the tears

 

Let it go away from me

Separated

I know how you feel when you say you need a rest

I know how you feel when you say there’s nothing left

Don’t look surprised to find you’re not alone

I can’t heal the wound but I can take you home

 

You know that feeling you get when it feels like your life is a runaway freight train

Separated, falling off the tracks going down, down

The cargo that it’s holding on to, everything you are all the measure of your self worth

You try to get it all back but it’s gone, gone

 

You say you can’t deal with their words and deeds and actions

They make you feel like a side show attraction

Take all of this and put it up on the shelf

It’s always all right if you can wake up with yourself

 

You know that feeling you get when it feels like your life is a runaway freight train

Separated, falling off the tracks going down, down

The cargo that it’s holding on to, everything you are all the measure of your self worth

You try to get it all back but it’s gone, gone

Balance the scales

Yelling fire in a crowded room but you just can’t seem to find the door

You know the rules and play the game; but just who’s keeping score?

I know the winds gonna’ blow

Balance the scale sometime

 

Flicking through the TV screen shows you every thing you could have had

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can surely buy a better grade of bad

Always tossing out the time, sitting patiently waiting for the when

If you only rely on time, it only makes a fool of you again

I know the winds gonna’ blow

Balance the scale sometime

Tired

Memory goes hazy recalling where I’ve been

But I’m so tired

I’m so tired

Too many names attached to the face that I’ve seen

But I’m so tired

I’m so tired

 

Run around like a circus clown, and the smile that’s painted on is not what it seems

So much for this world I own, built on the tortured stone of broken dreams

 

Try to run the good race; I stumble, sometimes fall

But I’m so tired

I’m so tired

Sometimes I get so crazy, my hand goes through the wall

But I’m so tired

I’m just so tired

 

Run around like a circus clown, and the smile that’s painted on is not what it seems

So much for this world I own, built on the corner stone of broken dreams

So it seems

 

Replay the movie of everything I’ve known

Ride on the wind and land exactly where I’ve blown

Recall the visions that have moved me to my soul

Safe in satisfaction that has left me wanting more

 

Memory goes hazy recalling where I’ve been

But I’m so tired

Legacy

Behold the legacy that was left here for you

You learned all of the lessons taught, thought the words were untrue

And you cry in the darkness

Called a name in despair

The only voice is in your head, there’s no one else there

 

Forget

Forgive

 

Disregard the memory of what came before

The words that you hold sacred to and the life you adored

As you cry out for answers

To the Love you misplaced

The only reply that you get is this dark, empty space

 

And the memory of pages turned were like hands upon your throat

Squeezing

And you try to self assure, and help endure

But the words only come back to haunt you

(Dreaming)

 

Behold the inheritance that was taken from you

You held the world with in your hands, though the years were so few

And you cried in the darkness

Called a name in despair

As you travel through the wilderness, there’s no one else there

 

And the memory of pages turned were like hands upon your throat

Squeezing

And you try to self assure, and help endure

But the words only come back to haunt you

(Dreaming)