Devin Townsend

[fox69]

"Fake Punk"

"Fake Punk"


"Zeppelin!"

This here's a song about the things you don't find in nature
This here's a tale about conditions of the head
At one time I wanted to expand my education but
Now I'll make more money if I dye my hair instead

I've gotta be more punk, and forget about writing love songs
'Cause even though I'm a middle class white Canadian
God knows I've been done wrong
I'm a fake punk! I'm a fake punk!
I'll even use a dirty word, I'll even write a mean song
I'll even take a mean picture
'Cause I've got the hair for it!

I've always tried to dig myself out of the sewer
I've always strived to be a little bit more well-read
But oh no! Here comes that rock press interviewer so
I'll just look real tough and say fuck a lot instead

I'd be all right if I could just hang out with my girlfriend
I'd be just fine if they would close down all the bars
And maybe one day I'll join a protest against smoking
But when it comes to sincere angst you can just
Leave me the fuck alone!

 

[fox69]

"Fallout"

"Fallout"


As we're born to ride alone
Never to return
Cry unfair if you want
So we grow in the ways we were
To the way we are
Fallout
You're on your own
You're all, you're always home
And we fall now
As we live to right the wrongs
Never to return, then the truth hits you hard
So we've grown from the ways we were, to the ways we are
Fallout
You're on your own
You're all, you're always home
And we fall now
If you could say, anything you wanted
What would you say?
I'd tell you all
We are young, at the end of this cycle
And there may be no rest even when we are done
That's when you're feeling empowered
You'll trade your fear in for power
If we knew what came tomorrow
There'd be no time for the sorrow
Throttle!
As we're born to ride alone, never to return
Cry unfair if you want
So you've grown in the ways we were
To the way we are
Fallout
You're on your own
You're all, you're always home
And we fall now
If you could say anything you wanted...what would you say?

 

[fox69]

"Farther On"

"Farther On"


She called you out of your waiting area in your heart
She tried, you're waiting here
You, where did you go?
Oh, you're running away, pay the door
But you're free!
And if you let me go on home
We promise to return
Just listen: it leads you farther on! On!

I want to know if you're waiting, is it because you're blind? Oh!
I haven't got the time, no!
Oh, you're running away, pay the door
'Cause you know, and if you let me go on home
We promise to return
Just listen: it leads you farther on!
Oh, and if you let me go on home
We promise to return
Just listen: it leads you farther on! On! On!

 

[fox69]

"Feather"

"Feather"


Hey little one, think about our time
When all the pain we've overcome
Hey little one, think about a time
When all the boys are older
All I'll ever think about is you
And you'll be there when we are through

And all are drinking from our hearts
Of all the love that comes apart
Is all for you or all for 'I'?
I want to wait until we die
You're here afraid yet still you try
As life for me is life through 'I'
If all for three is all for five
Then we'll have peace until we die

Close your eyes and go to sleep
Close your eyes and go to sleep
Peace to you
Peace to you
Peace to you

Hey little one, think about a time
When all the waves and oceans rise
Hey little one, think about a time
And all the way, you loaded all your dolls and toys into the car
And we are here while you are far
And all I ever think about is you
It's only father feathers
It's only feathers

They say heaven was in tune, your point of view
I try to see your point of view

The door opens into your eyes
And I have wondered when we die
He won't have due this falling ride
As I'll have to already child
So all for you and all for I
Lets just forgive and let this child
So all for you and all for I
So lets forgive and let this lie

Close your eyes and go to sleep
Close your eyes and go to sleep
Peace to you
Peace to you
Peace to you

Peace to you
Peace to you
Peace to all
Peace to you
Peace to all
Peace to all

Generally we are a lonely people
Generally we are alone
Generally we are alone in lonely worlds
Generally we are a lonely people
Generally we are alone, alone
Generally we are alone in lonely worlds
Generally we are a lonely people
Generally we are alone
Generally we are alone

Peace to you

 

[fox69]

"Fly"

"Fly"


I fly over the mountain to save my solar wake
I fly over the mountain to save my solar ways
I fly over the mountain and save my solar gain
I fly over the mountain to save my soul again
I fly...
I fly, Monday morning
I fly, Monday morning
I fly, Monday morning
I fly...
I fly, Monday morning
I fly, Monday morning
I fly, Monday morning
I fly...

 

[fox69]

"Forever"

"Forever"


Dreams of pain, never wanna know
Everybody talks and you're on your own
Would you be OK if you're left alone forever?
But it ain't no way for a boy to grow
You'll never take a break when you're on a roll
And all that time you'll never know forever
In this life we've grown a little
In this life we've lived a little
So they say
So they say
So on that way that you've gotta go
Your eyes were always on the door
And everybody thought that you'd won the war
In this life I've grown a little
In this life I've lived a little
So they say
God I love you
I won't let you down
God I love you
Goodbye

 

[fox69]

"From Sleep Awake"

"From Sleep Awake"


[Little boy:] Mommy, mommy, is he really here? Is Ziltoid really here?
[Little boy's mother:] Yes he is... in fact. There he is now!

Dominate, dominate, dominate...

[Captain Spectacular:] As your elected representative, I, Captain Spectacular, have the distinct honour of presenting to you the intergalactic sensation... Ziltoid The Omniscient!

[Ziltoid:] Yes...

So the mourning comes alive, now I can fly
Go, dominate their lives, I cry, but never forget this warning
I cry out loud, show me this chosen liar

Liar, liar, liar, liar... never!

[Narrator:]
Humans are a strange species, equal parts good to evil, and at this time in their development they're not ready for interactions with other life forms.
His appearance, and the reality that Ziltoid is from another planet, has thrown their primitive society into mass hysteria!
He is being revered as a God... for now...

 

[fox69]

"From The Heart"

"From The Heart"


As I go through life in search of everything
I have wished my heart away
I have watched this all behind a fear of pain
No one knows this more than I

I need one more to take it home now
I've got no more to turn the page
Please, I love her

Jaya seeyaa raama, jai jai hanumaan
Jaya seeyaa raama, jai jai hanumaan

Have I told you lately all that you mean to me?
Have I told you that I love you?
Have I called to say I'm sorry I made you feel this way?
Even told you that I care?

Just need one more to take this home now tonight
I've got no war to fuel the rage
Just need one more to take this home now
I've got no more to fear the pain

I love her

Jaya seeyaa raama, jai jai hanumaan
Jaya seeyaa raama, jai jai hanumaan

(Hare raama raama raama, seetaa raama raama raama)

 

[fox69]

"Funeral"

"Funeral"


Jesus, here lies my brother
Tortured and blown
Stretch for the heavens and go
I watch him go
Here it comes

Jesus was a poor boy
Jesus was a poor boy
"It's just a spring clean for the may queen"

And this one's for the life
This one's for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight
This one's for the funeral in the rain

The day's gone, and the year's gone
And I don't know when I'm coming home
I can't hold on to what I've had
When in what I've had
There's nothing left at all

So this one's for the life
This one's for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight
Close your eyes and try to sleep again

A world away, you turn away
I'm wide awake, and I don't need your home
Tell me why he went, it seems to be
An element to this mystery
It's so cold today, so I get away
And I'm left behind with nothing but words

 

[fox69]

"Gaia"

"Gaia"


She's a woman
Feel good Mordecai
Known exactly where she's been
Sooner or later well the, fear's gonna hunt you down
Tell me everything you feel
The fear is overwhelming
The air is getting thin
Seems to save myself my friend
I'd known where I'd begin
And I'm running on empty
See the lady, dueling motor care
Knows exactly what she's seen
It seems like every moment when the wind it blows
And the will it goes and I'm waiting
I'm still waiting
Sphere the sense of self my call
Is the lightning in the rain
Seen the lights of hell my soul is sure to find again
And you're running the nails
Seen the world through everybody's eyes
To know you have to go alone