New lyrics and vocals on a 4-year-old gem. My initial explicit lyrics replaced by Tracy Hutchison’s view on fear. And convincingly performed by Mark Alan Dooley. With special thanks to Peter Hendriks for panting, screaming and backing vocals.
‘Everything you dream will never be fulfilled.’
Open your mind You’re lost Living a dream Under a scream It triggers you On all you do When the last day Fades grey and sheer It’s under control Except your fear A shadow crawls Up darkened walls
A vision screams At sights unseen
The dead will rise With living eyes When the last day Fades grey and sheer It’s under control Except your fear
A spider spins Those webs of sin A books lost pages Written by sages But knowledge lasts The die is cast When the last day Fades grey and sheer It’s under control Except your fear
Everything you don’t ask becomes your favourite nightmare Open your mind
Everything you dream will never be fulfilled You’re lost in time
Everything you don’t ask becomes your favourite nightmare Living a dream
Everything you dream will never be fulfilled Under a scream
It triggers you On all you do When the last day Fades grey and sheer It’s under control Except your fear The dead will rise With living eyes
Typically JustVera: powerdrums & powerbass. But it would be nothing without the contributions of Alan Abernethy. His lyrics and vocals make this one stand out. Plus Jarek Adamowski’s brilliant solos ofcourse.
I estimate I listened at least 500 times to the entire track over the past six months. And I still dig it. Which is quite remarkable.
I wonder how many plays you need to discover its full potential…
Looking out of the window at a desolate place What was an eden now is turned into a waste Trying to find religion to explain all of this shit I pray to the man, but he’s not having any of it He says: “You can only blame yourself And your petty lack of faith Don’t ask me to provide you with a cure…”
Deep in the mire where the dirty mothers rise I see the root of all my earthly desires Maybe a demon has got hold of my soul Once there was completion now there’s just a black hole He says “I’m moving on, from this hopeless case Ain’t gonna listen to your prayers no more…”
And there it is All of a sudden We’re too late on the panic button We’re on our own A long long way from home Out of reason, out of time Stuck behind these enemy lines Save yourself for the battles to come Your faith is gone… And you’ve lost your halo
Looking to the future I see more of the same greed corruption envy hate, it’s all a game Taken for granted by our leaders full of sin Lost the advantage even ‘fore we begin No more to gain Emptiness & despair tryin’ to find a way to end this pain…
And there it is All of a sudden We’re too late on the panic button We’re on our own A long long way from home Out of reason, out of time Stuck behind these enemy lines Save yourself for the battles to come Your faith is gone… And you’ve lost your halo
To be honest: I didn’t expect my instrumental track to transform into this awesome song. Fortunately some talented musicians -online, whereelse?-)- made it happen. First of all Tracy Hutchison came up with the powerful lyrics. Then Caleb Anderson surprised me with his distinctive tasty vocals. And finally Louis Marchena took the lead and blew us all away with his convincing vocal performance. Hear all about it: Change Ahead.
Tear down the walls Of separation Put out the fires Of conflagration
Tear down the walls Of separation It does not matter Your place or station
There’s a change ahead A change ahead There’s a change ahead A change ahead
We live in a world Where truth don’t matter We ignore the cold And wet blood splattered Do we want it to End this way Will history reflect All we did was pray
Will our children Pay the price Because we blindly Blindly rolled the dice
How can you sleep soundly In your bed When you can feel A change ahead
A bright new world Or Armageddon Will it be hell Or will it be heaven Change change change
There’s a change ahead A change ahead There’s a change ahead A change ahead
Holy Moses! Wield the knife! No one can save you…
Alan Abernethy in the background of your conscience.
Let JustVera drag you under… CRUSADE
I am a traveler of the night I’ll take my sleep by day, while you’re awake I’ll shun the light I’ve come here to this foreign land Where crusaders came with God and banner, sword in hand to claim the sand A far off place to feed their greed, A gift for the pleasure of the Papacy
I am the shadow of the light (Everywhere you can hear the sound of the rumblin’ Earth as it spins around) I am the darkness of the dawn (I’m beside you all night long, But I dance all day to a different song)
A new day is dawning But I will be there In the background of your conscience Coming to the fore From the ends of the extreme And your periphery I will slowly drag you under Making you believe I will slowly drag you under I will slowly drag you under I will slowly drag you under
This is the time This is the place Coming to a head For the whole human race By sowing fear greed and avarice I’ve made a virtue out of Every single vice
A new day is dawning But I will be there In the background of your conscience Coming to the fore From the ends of the extreme And your periphery I will slowly drag you under Making you believe I will slowly drag you under
Holy Moses! Wield the knife No one can save you They’re all running for their lives! My day is come You see me on the news I pull the strings I walk in everybody’s shoes I am your friend I am your neighbour I’ll be your lover Even dress up as your saviour I am the voice whisperin’ in your ear Incite your darkest urge Of hatred and fear
I am a traveler of the night I’ll take my sleep by day, while you’re awake I’ll shun the light I’ve come here to this foreign land Where crusaders came with God and banner, sword in hand to claim the sand A far off place to feed their greed, A gift for the pleasure of the Papacy
I am the darkness of the dawn (I’m beside you all night long, But I dance all day to a different song).
From the ashes of the conflict A new age will dawn You’ll be on the front line A sacrificial pawn As the age of absolution Draws to an end Chaos emerges…
‘Make me believe nothing’s going on…’ Serenn crying her heart out. With the help of Jarek Adamowski, Andrea Spaziale and Jean Lui Toudou. The best guitars, drums and bass around on Kompoz. Some team. Probably the most powerful JustVera-track so far.
Make me believe Nothing’s going on That this dream Can still be built upon
I know that time Won’t change what we’ve done But can we find Who we will become?
There’s a light shining in your eyes (History taking hold) What’s in the past and in our minds (A story to be told) Stay with me for another day (Let my desire unfold) Speak the words that I long to hear you say (Say, say, say, say)
Say, say, say, say
And give me hope (Give me hope) And give me hope in this Universal cold
Aching to breathe Stringing me along Minus thirty five degrees I can feel this is all wrong
I know that I’m Not having fun (I’m so done) Isn’t it time You’re the one who’s on the run?
When you leave your memories behind You’ll find I’m not so easy to unwind I wonder why There’s no winner in the games we play Love’s just a casualty of the war we wage (Wage, wage, wage, wage)
Way-ay-ay-ay-age
(Keep it steady) (Fire when ready) And aim for the soul In this Universal cold
Just Dreaming…
With a little help from my friends: Rab M. (engineering/mastering tips), Alex Zulaika (drums), Michel Pilotte (synth, bass and guitars) and Steve Rice (songwriting, lyrics, vocals). Quite a pearl in the Justvera crown.
She called from across the stream What’s your name, will you play with me? I just stood there mesmerized A shy little boy, at the age of nine
That’s the way it began Soon we were holding hands And dreaming, just dreaming
Now our hair is turning grey How I miss those simple days Just dreaming, just dreaming
The actors, yeah we’re still the same But now we’re playing grown up games I still hold you close at night You listen to my dreams of flight My best friend through thick and thin Our lover’s touch, it never ends And dream we do again Dreaming, just dreaming
I love the way your body moves When you look back and bend You know just what to do To put my head in a spin Give it all back to me As we chase our dreams
What I need, what I need What I need is your sweat dripping in my eyes What I need is your laughter I can’t describe What I need is your smile to never fade What I need is you here ’till my dying days
Find me, I’m not too far away You need to find me Look in between the sheets Find me, I’m never out of reach Find me, you’re such a little tease Find me, I’m just a kiss away
Hear all about it: Mirror Man. How I love David Gardiner’s poem/lyrics AND vocal performance. Expect the unexpected…
There’s a man behind the mirror by the table in the hall Though the social worker tells me that he isn’t there at all But I’ve seen him in there staring and he wasn’t there before With those eyes that seem to follow you, and chill you to the core
He’s old and stooped and wrinkled and his beard is long and grey I’ve asked him what he wants with me; of course he doesn’t say But he’s watching and he’s waiting and there’s hatred in his stare And I know he sees inside me, that to him my soul is bare
I know I shouldn’t talk about him, no one understands They haven’t seen what I have seen, or travelled other lands They haven’t any notion of what worlds might lie beyond Like a little swimming insect that has never left its pond
They want me to move out of here: I know I never can I’d have to pass the mirror and defy the mirror man He never would allow it. No, there wouldn’t be a hope He would put me to the guillotine, the cutlass or the rope
And the door behind the mirror man would open for my soul And the doorman at the gates of Hell would find me on his roll And tell me they’d been waiting and my place was long prepared That the kind of life I’d lived would mean I never could be spared
And the door behind the mirror man would close for ever more And everything would seem to be the way it was before The table and the hat rack and the ducks upon the wall But not a trace of me, as if I’d never been at all
This is not another JustVera-track. This is Bryan Shoemaker (lyrics), Jarek Adamowski (leadguitar), Maurizio Marini (drums) and Alan Abernethy (vocals) at their best. It’s such a joy to collaborate with these profesional and talented guys. Take your time and discover the power and the beauty of this song. Because it’s not that often you can enjoy magic.
Once in a lifetime
Here we are In the mix Play your cards No defense
Arms length Instinct Walk away Don’t let ’em in
Catch me Hold me Can’t you see through my indifference
This game makes me Swallow my pride Don’t let it show Want to let you in my life
Once in a lifetime Out of the blue Out in the open Now
How far now
If you come in How far now If you come in How far now
If you come in Love is real
Once in a lifetime Out of the blue Out in the open Out in the open Dreaming
Usually I create my own collaborations, but this time I was invited by Duane Lajoie who asked me if I could put his words to music. Quite a different way of working and pretty much out of my comfort zone…
Ian Cube -lead vocals- stepped in and we turned Duane’s lyrics into a real song. And finally Alan Abernethy came along to top it off with his tasty oohs and eerie screams. Check it out!
Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts
My picture is in all the papers And I am the talk of the town The tabloids try to drag me under But they cannot keep me down
I have become a big rock star With money, fortune and fame Though you see my name in lights I will always be the same
Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts
When on stage people want you And skeletons come back to haunt you It is no big deal Once you start to feel Those naysayers can never taunt you
Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Who is afraid of ghosts
