Songs of Divan
˜A Greener
Land [Track Preview]
˜International
Passport [Track Preview]
˜Martinis Turn
Dry [Track Preview]
˜Moments of
Mine [Track Preview]
˜Sea of
Tranquillity [Track Preview]
You want to be a
place far away
From what you
know and what you are
A place to heal
And soothe your
battle scars
Maybe there it
all will fall
You’ll walk
instead of crawl
Try to understand
Find that greener
land
A greener land
When your
favourite satellite falls out of sight
Close your
eyes…it’ll soon turn bright
If you had time
you might find
A place like that
inside your mind
Shine bright you
star
I’ll know where
you are.
A greener land
When your favourite
satellite falls out of sight
Close your
eyes…it’ll soon turn bright
A greener land
Ó 1999 Nicholas James Bray
She made all the right
moves, in all the wrong places
She sold all her
friends, and bought all her faces
She got on a
train, down at the station
And travelled all
night, to find a new destination
Tall buildings
are coming down
Stones falling
upon the ground
Just another day,
in another town
For the amnesia
girl
Who fell from the
world
Amnesia girl
You fell from the
world
She ran through a
desert, to find an oasis
She cut off her
fingers, so not to leave traces
She lived in a
box, for inspiration
When she got out,
she built her own nation
Tall buildings
are coming down
Stones falling
upon the ground
Just another day,
in another town
For the amnesia
girl
Who fell from the
world
Amnesia girl
You fell from the
world
She wrote down
her memories
On the back of a
postcard
And sent them to
the one she loved
Yeh the,
Amnesia girl
Who fell from the
world
Amnesia girl
You fell from the
world
International
Passport
Burn little
friend
Burn while you
can,
You often offend
In many a land,
Burn little
friend.
Give little
friend
For many adore,
You take as all
do
But you give so
much more,
Give little
friend.
International,
there’s no need to run
International,
there’s no need to hide
International,
you hold no gun
Yet you threaten
my life
Fly my good
friend
Freedom is yours,
Your cage may
come soon
As continue do
laws,
Fly my good
friend.
International,
there’s no need to run
International,
there’s no need to hide
International,
you hold no gun
Yet you threaten
my life
No sadness now
friend
Your death may
soon be,
Though the price
of your death
Is the price to
be free,
No sadness now
friend.
Ó 1999 Nicholas James Bray
Riding in a soft machine
Watching violets turn to green
Hope that you can see what I mean
Baby lets go.
Riding on an all night trip
Watching all the curtains drip
Hope that you don’t lose your grip
Baby lets go – oh - oh
Hey Ken Kesey
Jump
on the bus for a ride
Lets
take Further to nowhere, everywhere is somewhere
Let’s
see what we find
Riding in a soft machine
Watching violets turn to green
Hope that you can see what I mean
Baby lets go – oh - oh
Hey Ken Kesey
Jump
on the bus for a ride
Lets
take Further to nowhere, everywhere is somewhere
Let’s
see what we find
Hey Ken
Is it really over?
Hey Ken
Ah, ah, ah!
Hey Ken Kesey
Jump
on the bus for a ride
Lets
take Further to nowhere, everywhere is somewhere
Let’s
see what we find
Ó 2002 Marc O’Byran & Nicholas
James Bray
You crawled from
the sea
You thought you’d
reached your destiny
In your best suit
and six degrees
Six degrees! Six
degrees!
With pen in hand
I’d found I’d
drew
A picture of your
point of view
Oh.. you built
your life on fire
Now you’re left
with charred remains
Oh.. you built
your life on fire
Now it’s time to
put out the flames
Now you look to
the sky
A new destination
in your eye
But will you ever
qualify
Qualify! Qualify!
With pen in hand
I’d found I’d
drew
A picture of your
point of view
Oh.. you built
your life on fire
Now you’re left
with charred remains
Oh.. you built
your life on fire
Now it’s time to
put out the flames, the flames
Ó 1999 Nicholas James Bray
This city shows
no fear
This jungle of
man holds back all tears
Streets echo with
calls of desire
Small men build
unseen empires
Cool rhythms of colour
not known by the eye….
Ashtrays
overflow, as martinis turn dry
Alarm clocks
enforce routine
Shirt collars
stain in pursuit of a dream
Lost minds drink
coffee in lost cafes
While waiters
clear tables & put glasses on trays
Cool rhythms of
colour not known by the eye….
Ashtrays
overflow, as martinis turn dry
Taxi drivers
queue to eat drive-thru
While waiting for
fares at an urban venue
Warm breezes blow
round buildings and into faces
While beggars
hide in shadows in self embraces
Cool rhythms of
colour not known by the eye….
Ashtrays
overflow, as martinis turn dry
Ó 1999 Nicholas James Bray
Robotic
faces
With
nomadic fears
Dull
all my senses
With
borrowed cheers
But in the end it
don’t seem right
As I lie awake
tonight
Yeh ... it’s
hardly a sign
When we cross
that line
Well-meaning
families
With no meaning
at all
Are building
fences
And building
walls
But in the end it
don’t seem right
As I lie awake
tonight
Yeh ... it’s
hardly a sign
When we cross
that line
Moments of mine
Cascading layers
Of forgotten
friends
Hold
down my eyelids
Slip
through my hands
But in the end it
don’t seem right
As I lie awake
tonight
Yeh ... it’s
hardly a sign
When we cross
that line
Moments of mine
Ó 1999 Nicholas James Bray
Burning candles
On your beach
Summer’s gone
It’s out of reach
If I stay here too
long
I may never leave
I could find
myself
With no air to
breathe
Building
moon-dust castles
In the night
The weather’s
warm
Stars are bright
If I stay here
too long
I may never leave
I could find
myself
With no air to
breathe
By the sea, I captured
all the light
By the sea, it’ll
all turn out right
By the sea, every
day is night
Riding cosmic
waves
To the shore
There’s not much
time
Anymore
If I stay here
too long
I may never leave
I could find
myself
With no air to
breath
By the sea, I
captured all the light
By the sea, it’ll
all turn out right
By the sea, every
day is night
Ó 2000 Nicholas James Bray
Ranger boy
Your colours like
a flame
Danger boy
Think it’s all a
game
Find salvation in
the bottom of a jar
Your lips are
sealed but that won’t get you very far
Breakaway
Options disappear
Lead the way
Get us out of
here
Fight your way
through all the trouble in your mind
Leave the scars
and all the battle wounds behind
I’m… chasing
shivers down my spine
I’m… living out
my state of mind
Hesitation… lying
breathless on the floor
I don’t think…
that I can take this world on anymore
Ó 2002 Marc O’Bryan & Paul
Chappell
Roll on, day is gone
Never seems to take to long
Junk mail, make bail
Just another fairytale
Forever torn
Between the times we knew
Roll up, take the cup
Just another runner-up
Drive by, getting high
Glowing in the evening sky
Forever torn
Between the times we knew
And when it’s torn
It’s never gone
And…it’s …never
Enough
Forever torn
Between the times we knew
Ó 2002 Nicholas James Bray
2014 WWIII
Frolic in meadows
round an apple tree
Reap in the
summer, sow in the spring
Lets all go
conquering
Dig another hole,
homes for the free
Leaves fall off
the family tree
Cowboy fighting
in a foreign land
Don’t believe in
superman
Now every kitchen
has a silver lino
And
every fist is filled with gold
If
there’s some thing that you and I know
We
never learn from what we’re told
If the shoe fits
We’ll make a
profit
Driving down that
same old…
2014 WWIII
Its good for the
economy
Cowboy fighting
in a foreign land
Don’t believe in
superman
Now every kitchen
has a silver lino
And
every fist is filled with gold
If
there’s some thing that you and I know
We
never learn from what we’re told
If the shoe fits
We’ll make a
profit
Driving down that
same old road
Ó 2001 Nicholas James Bray
Our fantastic
hats
Never left their
hooks
They landed in a
stream
Floating on a
dream
Mid-night stars
get down to play
Watching bridges
burn
And the children
of seventy-one
Are waiting to
return
Tattooed hearts
may never be revealed
Given
all that we’ve been through
Tattooed
hearts may never be revealed
It’s
the best that we can do
Our fantastic
thoughts
Never saw the
light
They ran into the
night
And turned to a
dream
Mid-night stars
get down to play
Watching bridges
burn
And the children
of seventy-one
Are waiting to
return
Tattooed hearts
may never be revealed
Given
all that we’ve been through
Tattooed
hearts may never be revealed
It’s
the best that we can do
Ó 2001 Nicholas James Bray
Drop your arms
Say goodbye
Fragile hopes
will surely die
Tomorrow is not
today
To the passenger of
destiny
Now
the streets are all filled
…with bloodshot eyes.
Take a chair
Close your minds
Welcome to the
great divide
Tomorrow is not
today
To the passenger
of destiny
Now
the streets are all filled
…with
bloodshot eyes.
Trippin’ on Rainbows
A long and pointless life
Picture a thousand words
…then you can tell.
Drop your arms
and say goodbye
Fragile hopes
will surely die
Drop your arms
And
say goodbye
Fragile hopes
will surely die
Ó 2000 Nicholas James Bray
I’ve been sailing
rivers, and jumping seas
I’ve been
spending all my time, counting all the trees
I’ve been
catching bullets, and avoiding love
I planted all my
seeds, with a sliver glove
So now you’ve
found yourself
But you forgot
your name
Your pocket’s
filled with tears
But you’re still
the same
Now there’s no
reason
For warmer
seasons
Now there’s no
reason
Without you…
You say you’re
doing fine, yeah you’re doing well
You’ve been
spending your free time, counting your seashells
You’ve been
catching bullets, and avoiding pain
So if you run all
night, would it stop the rain?
So now you’ve
found yourself
But you forgot
your name
Your pocket’s
filled with tears
But you’re still
the same
Now there’s no
reason
For warmer
seasons
Now there’s no
reason
Without you…
Ó 1999 Nicholas James Bray