Black Valley (2021)

Black Valley

Without Love

Slip Away

Black Valley

Down in Black Valley

Where nobody goes

I left my true love

Alone in the cold

Down in Black Valley

Once she was faithful

Once she was true

Once I believed her

Now those days are through

Down in Black Valley

She said she’d always love me

She said she was mine

She lied and she deceived me

Darkened my heart and mind

In Black Valley

So down in Black Valley

Where nobody goes

I left my true love

Alone in the cold

Down in Black Valley

Without Love

I never learn my lessons, I never hold my tongue

I never make excuses for the things I’ve done

I never take for granted everything I’ve got

I never waste a tear on anything I’ve lost

Dust to dust, if I must I must, without love

Ask me any question, I’ll always tell the truth

What’s the point in lying, I’ve nothing left to lose

I’ve told you all my secrets, I’ve nothing left to hide

Try and cut me open, take a look inside

Dust to dust, if I must I must, without love

I understand my future is born out of my past

There’ll be a day of reckoning, I’ve no doubt of that

There’s no starting over, there’s no turning back

There’s no resurrection, this is all I have

Dust to dust, if I must I must, without love

Slip Away

If you keep crossing the line, it’s just a matter of time

Before the ties that should bind become unraveled by lies

And when the truth is revealed and all your done dirty deals

And inclination to steal, will leave no chance for repeal

Now wouldn’t that be a crying shame

Living the rest of life in vain

Watching the future slip away

And in the darkness of night, you’ll have to pay for your crimes

And all the guilt it implies will burn inside like a fire

Until you can’t take the heat, the fact you’ll never be free

Just like a cancer will feed, on every dream that you dream

Now wouldn’t that be a crying shame

Living the rest of life in vain

Watching the future slip away

Let’s go right back to the start, when being good wasn’t hard

Before you took it too far and had an innocent heart

You did your best to do right, but you weren’t up to the fight

It just got to hard to hide, how you had compromised

Now isn’t it just crying shame

Living the rest of life in vain

Watching the future slip away

This I know

You must believe in something

Have someone you can hold

You’ve got to dream of somewhere

Some place that you call home

Go walk among the living

Let go those chains you hold

They’ll drag you down to nothing

This I know, this I know

It’s time to face those demons

That prey upon your soul

The ones who try to lead you

Where no one has a hope

Go walk among the living

Let go those chains you hold

They’ll drag you down to nothing

This I know, this I know

Forgive the world it’s folly

And learn to trust again

It does no good to follow

A path that brings your end

Go walk among the living

Let go those chains you hold

They’ll drag you down to nothing

This I know, this I know

Take Away The Hurt

She said, lets pretend that we never were together

Better yet, let’s pretend we never met

Let’s just say that we’re innocent

No broken promises left to mend

Let’s forget that we know it doesn’t work

And take away the hurt

I replied that I wished it was that easy

We both know that the truth is sometimes cruel

I remember the bitter words

How it all went from bad to worse

I recall how we tried but never learned

To take away the hurt

What’s been done can’t be changed or just forgotten

There’s no saving what’s thrown away in vain

Let’s accept that we can’t go back

Never reclaim the time we had

Let’s remember the best for what it’s worth

And take away the hurt

Angel Town

I dreamed last night I was dreaming

I flew above the clouds and even higher

I was on my way to somewhere

The gravity of life can’t drag you down

In Angel Town

I dreamed last night love was sacred

And no ones life was ever wasted

Everybody helped each other

You got a bigger piece, than pass it round

In Angel Town

I dreamed last night I was dying

And with my death I started rising

I was part of something bigger

A part of what we’re really all about

In Angel Town

Falling Down

Yesterday I was better at this

Yesterday I was right in step

But lately I’ve found

I keep falling down

A moment ago I was full of hope

A moment ago I stood strong alone

But lately I’ve found

I keep falling down

Once in my dreams I climbed high enough

Once in my dreams I could rise above

But lately I’ve found

I keep falling down

Poor Man's Lullaby

Stay calm, be strong, just close your eyes

It does no good to question why

There are no answers in the darkness of the night

No master plan to fix it all and make it right

Head down, step out and face the day

You know too well the game won’t change

Today like yesterday and every day before

Will fade together till you just don’t care no more

Yes sir, no sir, just do your job

Breathe in, breathe out like nothing’s wrong

Good night, sleep tight and free of stress

You know deep down, you’ve done your best

And come tomorrow with the morning sun you’ll rise

Singing to yourself this poor mans lullaby

Crossed My Heart

Yes, I’m as guilty as they come

Of everything you think I’ve done

But there is one above the rest

The wicked thing that I did best

I set afire my one desire

Burnt to ash and therefore never more

I tell myself most every day

It’s time to throw the past away

And break these chains of loss and guilt

That bind me to a broken will

I set afire my one desire

Burnt to ash and therefore never more to cherish

Cause I went to far and crossed my heart

And so I’m stuck here in-between

Reality and some bad dream

In which I’m neither here nor there

In fact I’m never anywhere

I set afire my one desire

Burnt to ash and therefore never more to cherish

Cause I went to far and crossed my heart

Broken Eyes

Let’s not talk about the future

I don’t need it fucking with my mind

I’m not chasing after rainbows

I’m colourblind with broken eyes

Nothing said here is important

Since my walls came tumbling down

Bow your head and run for cover

But you cannot hide from my broken eyes

What’s the point of being free

Here in the dark where I can’t see

I’ve stopped looking for an answer

Now I’ve lost my will to dream

I can’t fix my sight with reason

I won’t even try with these broken eyes