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Random Rising

Lyrics

Verse 1

They arrive . . . in our town, in random waves

No warning when they will appear

When I was young, they’d make their way down to Main Street square

The cycle – now months, was about a year

Pre-Chorus (1)

Slow moving darkness continues to spread

The empty souls of the undead

Chorus

Growing up with random rising…RAN-DOM RI-SING

Most of us have stayed – not surprising

Some survive, and some just don’t

Will we back down?… WE WON’T

Verse 2

Isolated from the rest;

Living self sufficient

Cut ties with the outside

We now have opened lines to share

Outbreak information

To track; defend – we won’t be denied

Pre-Chorus (2)

Remote towns – not immune to the bite

Now I’m of age, I can help fight

Chorus

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

We sit and watch the entry paths;

Next wave’s likely date

Armed to decapitate – we wait

It’s after midnight, for now the town seems

Zombie-free; ZOMBIE-FREE

But don’t turnaround, don’t turn around . . . you may not like what you see

Escape from Braddock Forest

Lyrics

Verse 1

The brush on the ground is crack-a-lin

Feels like I just awoke, branches are snap-in

Why am I running hard, why am I trying to flee

There’s a danger, I sense, closing in on me

Pre-Chorus (1)

There’s a sign ahead – aged into the greying wood,

Welcome to the Forest of Lost Souls

Push, Push, Push away the darkness

Chorus

Trying to Escape from Braddock Forest

This place is unknown, no clear paths to take

Am I dreaming, dying, or wide awake

Could this be purgatory, am I about to expire

Back to my life, back in the crossfire

Verse 2

The hunter steps up the pursuit, closing the distance

Time to hit issues head-on with survival persistence

As resolve sets in, transformation taking shape

The forest joins forces, clears a path for my escape

Pre-Chorus (2)

Is the hunter the angry spirit of General Braddock, or a

Manifestation that’s weighing on my mind

Push, Push, Push away the darkness

Chorus

Trying to Escape from Braddock Forest

This place is unknown, no clear paths to take

Am I dreaming, dying, or wide awake

Could this be purgatory, am I about to expire

Back to my life, back in the crossfire

[Guitar Solo]

Verse 2

Wake up in my room, cold sweat and a racing heart

Scanning for evidence of the forest, where do I start?

Sorting things out, how was I revived?

My trip to the Forest, I survived

Coda

The darkness of the forest was pushed aside

Because I reached within, and I tried

Push away the darkness

And use the forest to get back home

Slowing the Wake

Lyrics

Verse 1

I pretend, with artificial smiles and appeasing responses

to be O.K., getting on with living

When I get in the path of a memory stream, a turbulent jolt,

a brief moment of joy, sadness unforgiving

I don’t want to let go of any memories, let them roam free;

I need to find a way so they don’t consume me

Chorus

I am living, or trying to live, in your wake, and it’s hard

Failing to maneuver your wake effect, for my heart, no regard

In the face of a sudden illness, with certain death

your unwavering faith gave us strength, until your last breath

Your wake strikes without warning, always a direct hit

The curse of finding real love – learn to live on without it

Verse 2

We met while she was helping someone from falling

I was drawn to help, an unusual calling

I opened up to her with feelings that had been under protection

Conversation evolved – a deep, loving connection

She saved me from a self-centered life of emptiness

We built a new life together, she saw in me goodness

Chorus

I am living, or trying to live, in your wake, and it’s hard

Failing to maneuver your wake effect, for my heart, no regard

In the face of a sudden illness, with certain death

your unwavering faith gave us strength, until your last breath

You wake strikes without warning, always a direct hit

The curse of finding real love – learn to live on without it

Bridge

Sometimes I feel I hit your wake at maximum speed,

And my heart breaks into fragments,

each special memory; please slow it down – I plead

Verse 3

How do I keep the memories, and filter out some of the pain; some of the pain

How do I quarantine, re-start my life, before I go insane? before I go insane?

Can there be another?; can’t lose again

For these questions, I kneel for your guidance and await your answer

Coda

She fueled a light of goodness deep within my soul,

Her loss from my life, is taking such a toll;

She said she will find me when my time comes to pass on and we will be together, in the life beyond