KAMI HITO E (2003)

01 ) Nowhere to Hide 

When I came upon my troops 

They were cold and tired 

In the face of this battle 

They seemed so uninspired 

I led them all down into an all too familiar cave 

Each one amongst them was afraid it would be their grave 

for 

[Chorus] 

Down to a man they had been broken 

In matters relating to their pride 

Too many of them were forsaken 

And as a result too many had died 

I had lead them off on many missions 

Without thinking of how many of them would survive 

They had laboured hard in bad conditions 

Not one of them dared question my single-minded drive 

for 

[Chorus] 

And if you had been hoping 

That I would leave this door open 

You had better be approaching this house 

From the other side 

I got pretty good at coping 

Because I can't spend my days moping 

And I've been to many places 

But I've found nowhere to hide 

Yes, I've 

Been to many places 

But I've found nowhere to hide. 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

02) 8:15 a.m. 

She was blinded by the blast 

And then overrun 

By the shelves of books behind her 

Showered by the glass of flying glass 

That used to be a window 

Through which she could admire 

A city that was now in flames 

She had not seen the plane 

Not having heard the blast 

She could not have guessed that 

[CHORUS] 

Many people were vaporised 

And the pavement memorized 

Their shadows as they left their lives 

In such a legendary time 

Harnessing the power of a small sun 

A hundred thousand people 

Could now be killed at once 

And many more would die slowly 

Alongside their young 

Stricken by a sickness there was no protection from 

In a city now in flames 

They had not seen the plane 

Not having heard the blast 

They could not have guessed that 

[CHORUS] 

And as their skin hung off in sleeves 

They chose to admit defeat 

For after all what does one say 

When one nation has the power to 

Decimate the human race 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

03) Old 

She sees you looking at pictures of her 

Feeling all the while 

The glory it would bring you 

To scrape her clean and tame her wilds 

[CHORUS] 

You hate her because she’s old 

According to money’s sense of time 

You hate her because she’s old 

And you weren’t alive to rape her in her prime 

You call her decadent 

Leaving all of nature’s truth behind 

The gold beneath her surface is the wisdom of age 

And you’ll never find the mine 

[CHORUS] 

Your pleasure depends on someone else 

You’re trapped in a childhood cage 

You don’t even bother to learn anymore 

You’re getting off on having people cower at your rage 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

04) Fits in a Suitcase 

Some days when I wake up 

I know that I am alive 

I’m comfortably complacent in the First World 

And the luxury weighs on my mind 

For what am I doing to help change the system 

That keeps the Third World at the end of a gun 

[CHORUS] 

And if when I go nothing remains of me 

I just hope I will have helped someone 

Soya beans that could feed many a family 

Instead are fattening up the beef 

Fed to America and its children 

Who more than ever are obese 

Now some people have told me that this world’s problems 

Are too big and not much can be done by one person 

[CHORUS] 

Is it simplistic to allocate blame? 

Are the dice not loaded in this 

New World Order game 

I recently read that the modern version 

Of the bomb they dropped on the rising sun 

Fits in a suitcase is easily carried and could be owned by anyone 

With this in mind if I chose to take up arms 

I would never waste money on a gun 

And if when I go I take Washington with me 

I just hope that it helps someone 

And if when I go I take D.C. with me 

I just hope that it helps someone 

Yeah, if when I go nothing remains of me 

I just hope I will have helped someone 

I just hope I will have helped someone 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

05) Kiss 

I know your name 

I know your sign 

I hope you’ll call me 

If you find the time 

[CHORUS] 

‘Cause if you don’t call 

How are we supposed to kiss 

I feel there’s so much 

That we’re going to miss 

If you don’t call 

You took some time 

To go away 

Are you back 

Or are you gone to stay 

Are you looking at a name and number 

Thinking that it’s late 

You always come to me, Boy, in my slumber 

Will you come in person if I wait 

I can’t wait 

‘Cause 

[CHORUS] 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

06) Since I Met You 

If I was made of milk 

Then you would be the cream 

You are the perfect sum 

Of all my dreams 

You have an effect on me that is pure and clean 

It needs no explanation 

I know just what it means 

[CHORUS] 

You bring out the best in me 

You show me things I cannot see 

And I swear to God I have been changing since we met 

You bring out the best in me 

You show me things I cannot see 

And I swear to God I have been changing since I met… 

You are the one 

I’ve been waiting for for years 

You single-handedly 

Wipe away my fears 

You have an effect on me that is pure and clean 

It needs no explanation 

I know just what it means 

[CHORUS] 

When I look at you I get a feeling deep inside 

A light inside of me glows in reaction to your name 

When we’re getting closer and the feeling starts to burn 

I’m afraid that we could soon be bursting into flames 

I find myself shining like a mirror in your light 

I cannot help but ask you, “Will you be my wife”? 

[CHORUS] 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

07) From Your Love 

When I look up into your eyes 

I can see the open gates of paradise 

It seems that I have finally found the right path 

Now that you have become my better half 

[CHORUS] 

‘Cause I can’t walk away from your love 

I can’t walk away from your love 

Can the see walk away from the sky above 

No, I can’t walk away from your love. 

Push comes to shove, you choose to fly away. 

Exactly nine months to this day. 

My love was true. I suffered through the daily news. 

Sifting through your emails for the slightest of clues. 

[CHORUS] 

I’m fighting off armies of athletic banalities. 

I’m wading through a sea of endless triviality. 

And somewhere in the deep your voice just keeps on calling me. 

It isn’t doing me much good. 

[CHORUS] 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

08) Waiting for the Summer 

You know it’s true 

You must go out and do what is right for you 

Regardless of whether or not she says I do 

You know it’s true 

[CHORUS] 

Please try and work through winter 

You can’t always waste time 

Waiting for the Summer 

Look at her face 

Is she someone you could ever hope to replace 

Look at her face 

[CHORUS 2] 

And try and work through winter 

You can’t always waste time 

Waiting for the Summer 

After all the time that we have spent on the telephone. 

You can throw your doors wide open. I am coming home. 

To your sunshine and your palm trees. 

To your Sunday Service that we can spend on our knees. 

There comes a time 

When we must account for all our heinous crimes. 

There comes a time. 

[CHORUS 1] 

After all the time that we have spent on the telephone. 

You can throw your doors wide open. I am coming home. 

To your palm trees and your sunshine. 

To the day when I hope that I can make you mine. 

You know it’s true 

You must go out and do what is right for you 

Regardless of whether or not she says I do 

You know it’s true 

Please try and work through winter 

You can’t always waste time 

[Repeat] 

Please try and work through winter 

You can’t always waste time 

Waiting for the Summer 

You know it’s true. [x4] 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

09) S.W.M. 

What do I have to do to convince you that rape is wrong. 

Is it something you have to realize on your own. 

If you knew your mother had been raped 

And you might now have been alive today 

Would it help you change your mind and change your ways 

What made you into the monster you are today. 

How long can you blame your childhood and your fate. 

Some people would kill you for revenge and would not hesitate 

To put an end to what you perpetrate. 

[CHORUS] 

I’m sick and tired of being ashamed of the behaviour of my gender. 

Whose solutions are few and far between. 

I have some idea of how I want the world to be. 

So, let the revolution start with me. 

I knew a girl who was raped as a child. Her best friend’s father was a pedophile. 

I fell in love with her, but she was cautious for a while, ‘cause it took a lot of work to make her smile. 

I knew a woman raped as an adult. She kept herself locked up in a vault. 

Finding the combination proved to be quite difficult, and I could not accept that it was my fault. 

Even when she wears your ring. Even when she says I do. 

She is still her own person. She does not belong to you. 

She’s completely free and she’s not forced to serve you on her knees. 

 

I have some idea of how I want the world to be. 

So, let the revolution start with me. 

[Repeat] 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan

 

10) Once Impossibilities 

There once was a boy who wanted to kill himself. 

So, he just wasted ten years of his life. 

He was afraid to dive into unknown waters. 

So, he let the flames consume him every night. 

The deepest part of emptiness 

Is deep within your own human soul. 

I hope you can find your way back home 

Before you think that you have grown too old 

[CHORUS] 

(‘Cause I’m) falling deeply in love with everything I see. 

I see the prize and I know the pain was meant to be. 

[Repeat] 

Further along on a rope that gives me enough slack. 

Further along, take two steps forward for each step back. 

I am amazed that I am beginning to see 

Feasible things that were once impossibilities. 

The deepest part of emptiness 

Is deep within your own human soul. 

I hope you can find your way back home 

Before you think that you have grown too old 

[CHORUS] 

There comes a time in everybody’s life 

When the water seems to rise until it almost hits the ceiling. 

People point to all the good things in your life. 

And then, everything can fit, without having any meaning. 

We’ve fallen on some desperate days 

Where desperate thoughts lead to desperate ways. 

And, somehow in these desperate days 

I have finally made sense of my life. 

My life. 

I have finally made sense of my life. 

And, I’m… 

(‘Cause I’m) falling deeply in love with everything I see. 

I see the prize and I know the pain was meant to be. 

[Repeat] 

© 2003 Laurier Tiernan