VOODOO CHOCOLATES (BOX 2)

1. THE TRUTH HURTS

I wear my heart on the sleeves of my shirts

as if to show the world the truth really hurts

you have to see your life for what it truly is

you have to find your peace somewhere inside yourself

the truth hurts

I dreamt I saw myself in a different form

finding shelter in your arms beneath the storm

I pulled you closer until we were almost one

but you evaporated and the dream was done

the truth hurts

love soars

higher than a bird

barely holding on

clinging to a word

float down

dropping like a stone

love falls

leaving us alone

I thought we found a way to gather up the mist

holding faces in the darkness where we kissed

you told me nothing else could ever quite compare

the way you smiled as you vanished in the air

the truth hurts

love soars

higher than a bird

barely holding on

clinging to a word

float down

dropping like a stone

love falls

leaving us alone

I thought we found a way

2. DIRTY CALCULATOR

life is seldom ordinary

you and me, quite contrary

two peas in a pod of wary

we should never have been married

I took one look at your face

killing me with glances

I am dying for a taste

better not take chances

all my love is counted

dirty calculator

we don’t have to say good bye

I will see you later

jealousy will fill the sails

jlowing in betrayal

train is running off the rails

looking like it’s fatal

poison takes the slightest drop

murder is a crime

am I pushing you too far

waiting for the right time

all my love is counted

dirty calculator

we don’t have to say good bye

I will see you later

you are so persistent

tangle with a traitor

we don’t have say good bye

you will kill me later

we are together

hand on throat forever

add up everything you want

put it in a basket

you could have my heart and soul

when I’m in the casket

all my love is counted

dirty calculator

we don’t have to say good bye

I will see you later

you are so persistent

tangle with a traitor

we don’t have say good bye

you will kill me later

3. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED

I would ever see

skyward

barely peeking through

cloud banks

very high above

the far below

murky corral reefs

where dreams go to sink

this is not allowed

we must have broken

the rules

they created just for us

the many fools that follow you around

like a pack of blind desire

sniffing at the ground

headlong in the fire

that glimmers on your crown

this is not allowed

you should look away

abandon me

for leaving you alone

constantly

in my evil plan

we’re together

glue never melts

when dreams go to sleep

this is not allowed

we must have broken

the rules

they created just for us

the many fools that follow you around

like a pack of blind desire

sniffing at the ground

headlong in the fire

that glimmers on your crown

this is not allowed

4. IT'S NEVER LONELY AT THE BOTTOM

from the embers of a burning house

to the tears of a sobbing spouse

dog tired from the cat and mouse

cleaning off stains from a dirty blouse

she will never see the view from above

the cherry on top of the cream of love

the fuzzy inside of the butler's glove

new glass slippers and a playful shove

it's never lonely

here at the bottom of the bone arcade

underneath the ashes of the ever-brave

it's lonely

never lonely

there is no cure for what ails

the shattered crystal ball foretells

empty horses on the carousel

spinning too fast for the clientele

it's never lonely

down at the bottom of the dirt capades

underneath the rubble of the never-saved

it's lonely

never lonely

cut the edges of a worn out dress

spill the beans on a giant mess

where this ends is anyone’s guess

one girl’s burden is another’s best

it's never lonely

here at the bottom of the hit parade

underneath the chaos of the noise brigade

lost in the wreckage of the almost-made

it's lonely

never lonely

5. IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE

put myself in the way of harm

generate good data

help you burn my battered soul

alpha testing beta

all in the name of science

all in the name of Darwin

all in the name of Einstein

double your pleasure

double blind

take the key to my busted heart

trusted information

fill my mind with haunting words

pure imagination

all in the name of science

all in the name of Darwin

all in the name of Einstein

double entendre

double blind

take your clothes off

put on the gown

just relax

lay yourself down

you might experience

a slight pinch

keep calm

try not to flinch

trance is the drug

that gives you the feeling

fuzzy girl

floating to the ceiling

it will be over

before you know

just sign the waiver and

away we go

all in the name of science

all in the name of Darwin

all in the name of Einstein

double your trouble

double blind

sneak inside my blah blah brain

to clean up information

you might have to torch the lab

messy situation

all in the name of science

all in the name of Darwin

all in the name of Einstein

double your blindness

double bind

all in the name

double your ego

Sigmund Freud

double your pleasure

triple your pleasure

quadruple your pleasure

one million times

double blind

6. PULL ME OUT OF THIS

I’m just pretending

not to be in love

trying to forget

what’s on the tip of my tongue

lies that slip into

the things that I say

truth is in my heart

where it wants to stay

anyone

pull me out of this

anyone

pull me out of this

I hang around with fools

to feel more at home

lemmings in a conga line

together and alone

deep in daylight

a fine linguistic mist

nothing left to say but

pull me out of this

anyone

pull me out of this

mouth the words

like a ventriloquist

anyone

pull me out of this

press your lips

in a saving kiss

I tried to find myself

buried in a dream

lost inside your eyes

losing everything

deep in darkness

sorry and aghast

haunted by the memory

fighting with the past

anyone

pull me out of this

mouth the words

like a ventriloquist

anyone

pull me out of this

press your lips

in a saving kiss

anyone

7. LOVE IS STRONGER THAN SECRETS

why do you force yourself

to forget about me?

I’m the lunar king

of an airless place

why do you fool yourself?

hidden in a dream

where I can’t escape

the pull of your face

love is stronger

than secrets

love is stronger

why do you hurt yourself

to forget about light

you’re the solar queen

hiding in the sky

why do you love me less

than you hate yourself?

when you can’t excuse

you don’t even try

love is stronger

than secrets

love is stronger

like a castaway

so far away

like a million suns

in everyone

love is stronger

than darkness

like a masquerade

in the cabernet

like a hit and run

in everyone

love is stronger

than darkness

stronger

8. ALL DECEMBER

gold leaves are falling

twirling in the air

dropping ever downward

you don’t even care

all things around you

descending like a dream

nothing that you tell me

is ever what it seems

all december

remember

you said

hold together

connected

by a thread

warm steam is rising

ascending to the sky

floating in the cold wind

a glimmer in the eye

all things around you

lifting off the ground

nothing stays attached to you

lost but never found

all december

remember

you said

hold together

connected

by a thread

cold december

forever

in your arms

hold together

captured

in your charms

all december

hold together

connected

by a thread

9. IN OUR DREAMY WORLD

rain in the mountains

flowing down in streams

filling up our memories

with the cloudiest of dreams

snowy grey white forest

obscuring what we see

shivering and shaking

I hold you close to me

in our dreamy world

so we build a fire

to generate some heat

softly touch our fingers

and whisper something sweet

huddle close together

we are beautiful and free

no one else exists

(when) it’s only you and me

in our dreamy world

it couldn’t be more real

the way you make me feel

you’re never what you seem

always lost in reverie

in our dreamy world

drunk on wine and passion

making love through the night

we fall asleep together

embracing warm and tight

when I finally wake up

I am naked and alone

you have disappeared

like a liberated ghost

in our dreamy world

tell me what to say

to make you want to stay

tell me what to do

to keep me close to you

in our dreamy world

10. REAR VIEW MIRROR

I keep looking, looking

no one’s ever here

in the rear view mirror

floating in the sky

in the back of my mind

where your name was written

in the darkest crimson blood

I keep talkin' talkin'

no one seems to hear

in the rear view mirror

where I could rest my head

in the back of the car

where my hopes were written

in the darkest crimson blood

darkest crimson blood

I keep reaching reaching

no one’s getting nearer

in the rear view mirror

breaking down the night

in the back of my eyes

where my dreams were written

in the darkest crimson blood

a flower from the mud

floating in the flood

darkest crimson blood

we keep talkin'

in the darkest crimson blood

a flower from the mud

darkest crimson blood

floating in the flood