Joseph Arthur

[fox69]

"Heroin"

"Heroin"



I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell you things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me now, you guys
And all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know

I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man can not be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know

Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off and dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
And everybody putting everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then Ithank God that I'm as good as dead
Then I thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know

Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, be the death of me

 

[fox69]

"History"

"History"



You're the shaded sun
You're daddy's broken gun
You're the loneliest moon
You are a butterfly dreaming about your cocoon
You're the only sound when I am blind
So I label you mine

You're the house you grew up in
You're always just arriving at your end
You're your mama's shit eatin' grin and your daddy's double chin
You're the first pair of shoes you ever went to school in
And you're the kid pretending she's in prison
Behind the bars of a jungle gym

Someone's gonna give you wings
And you'll think it's what you need
And you'll fly
You'll be so high

But you're history acts as your gravity
Your history acts as your gravity
Acts as your history acts as your gravity

You're the only one you ever believe in
You're the solution and you are the problem
You're a rapist and your only victim
You are fact and you are fiction
You're the only one you've considered a friend
And now you're alive
Waiting for your life to begin
Again

You try to find you, you who is lost
But your hooked to the rush of approaching chaos
You're king for a minute but a fool for an hour
Alone in your room
You are a closed flower
Dreams of your shadow you're going to destroy
The way you handle yourself
Like an unbreakable toy

 

[fox69]

"Hold On Dear"

"Hold On Dear"



Hold on dear
Let me wipe away your weeping eyes
I love you
Even in a wind thats cold as ice

No rule can make you stay
My soul can make you stay
No more time

My eyes can see
Where your gonna hide
I love you
Even though your dreams
Have stolen my nights

No rule can make you stay
My soul can make you stay
There's no more time

 

[fox69]

"Holding The Void"

"Holding The Void"



She lives in a world of her own making
She floats like she will soon be hung
She takes the wind from his creation
And forgets the way that peace will come
She blames the world for all her problems
She forgets herself in everyone
She sees the dark side of their nature
And wants the darkness to destroy the sun

She whispers symbols and hieroglyphics
She stands beneath the moon and sea
She says she kills the one who loves her
And then she points her gun at me
I gave her vision in all her bullets
I gave her words which calmed despair
I gave her love against her shoulder
I buried diamonds in her hair

I said I love you to her shadow
Even as her figure walked
I blamed my sadness on her words
Remembering the way she talked
The shape of masters long forgotten
She formed without the need to say
So I knew, and then in silence
Understood that I would pay

Her fragile grace inside deep yearning
Her eloquence with what she wore
The way she woke up like a virgin
The way she lay down like a whore
Battle scars and sweet oblivion
She whispered all these things to me
And when she left me in the shadows
I could no more seem to see

In the darkness
I destroy her
In the darkness
I'm destroyed
Without a season
Or a lover
I slip myself
Into the void

She lives in a world of her own making
She floats like she will soon be hung
She takes the wind from his creation
And forgets the way that peace will come
She blames the world for all her problems
She forgets herself in everyone
She sees the dark side of their nature
And wants the darkness to destroy the sun

In the darkness
I destroy her
In the darkness
I'm destroyed
Without a mission
Or a cover
I attempt
To hold the void
Without a season
Or a lover
I slip myself
Into the void
Without a mission
Or a cover
I attempt
To hold the void

 

[fox69]

"Honey And The Moon"

"Honey And The Moon"




Don't know why I'm still afraid
If you weren't real I would make you up now
I wish that I could follow through
I know that your love is true
And deep
As the sea
But right now
Everything you want is wrong,
And right now
All your dreams are waking up,
And right now
I wish I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom,
Where no one lives.

Remember when we first met
And everything was still a bet
In love's game
You would call; I'd call you back
And then I'd leave
A message
On your answering machine

But right now
Everything is turning blue,
And right now
The sun is trying to kill the moon,
And right now
I wish I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom,
Where no one lives

Freedom
Run away tonight
Freedom, freedom
Run away
Run away tonight

We're made out of blood and rust
Looking for someone to trust
Without
A fight
I think that you came too soon
You're the honey and the moon
That lights
Up my night

But right now
Everything you want is wrong,
And right now
All your dreams are waking up,
And right now
I wish that I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom
Where no one lives

Freedom
Run away tonight
Freedom freedom
Run away
Run away tonight

We got too much time to kill
Like pigeons on my windowsill
We hang around

Ever since I've been with you
You hold me up
All the time I've falling down

But right now
Everything is turning blue,
And right now
The sun is trying to kill the moon,
And right now
I wish I could follow you
To the shores
Of freedom
Where no one lives

 

[fox69]

"Horses"

"Horses"



I don't wanna hold you hostage
I wanna set you free
If I could I'd pay your ransom
And give your eyes to see
You know my love, it will follow
If you only follow me
Your eyes will open up so easily

I don't wanna make you suffer
Or fill you up with shame
What I want is to protect you
Give you shelter from the rain
If you take my hand and maybe
Even take my name
We won't have anyone else left to blame

See how the horses run
Round the track
Until the winner come
Wait for the sound of his gun
And then the horses run

I guess I was only dreaming
I'm here all on my own
I remember how you left me
Homeless in my home
But you said I had it coming
'Cause I've always done you wrong
But I was finding out where I belong

See how the horses run
Round the track
Until the winner come
Wait for the sound of his gun
And then the horses run

See how the horses run
Round the track
Until the winner come
Wait for the sound of his gun
And then the horses run

 

[fox69]

"House Of Your Love"

"House Of Your Love"



In my hopes and dreams
A light will shine and I will make it home
Into the house of your love
And in your hopes and dreams
The darkness will lift itself into ecstasy
In the house of my love

So you don’t have to slip away
You don’t have to slip away
Oh whatever you want
Whatever
Oh whatever you want
Whatever

In this wasted life
No one else should tell you what your dreams are about

In my hopes and dreams
Forgiveness will be the only memory
In the house of your love
And in your hopes and dreams
Compassion will go on for eternity
In the house of my love

So you don’t have to slip away
Oh no
No you don’t have to slip away
Oh whatever you want
Whatever
Oh whatever you want
Whatever

Oh whatever you want
Whatever
Oh whatever you want
Whatever
Oh whatever you want
Whatever
Oh whatever you want
Whatever

 

[fox69]

"Humanity Fade"

"Humanity Fade"



We are connected to the main frame
Connected to the wire
Connected to the human brain
Of roses and fire

We are connected to cyber space
Connected to death
The only thing we never feel
Is the weight of our breath

Out here in the country
With the night coming on
Connected now to nothing
Like dogs in a storm

Apocalypse is coming
Here come the undead
Marching in chaos
Like the thoughts in your head

We are connected to the main frame
With our souls plugged in
Our spirits are now digital
We were electrical skin

We are figments of the Internet
It's hand reaching out
Bleeding through our eyes
In the heart of our drought

The desert here is empty
Our cure is disease
Our god is on a screen
The sky on its knees

The rain of pollution
The fog of ideas
There is no absolution
Just crocodile tears

Here comes the revolution
No army to beat
No big bomb exploding
Or cyanide to eat

Computer domination
A world without bounds
A soul in mutilation
Like the silence of sounds

Here come the revolution
Electronically made
The death of evolution
The humanity fade
Humanity fade
Humanity fade

 

[fox69]

"I Am"

"I Am"



You live in a darkness
Made out of your fear
Looking to the future
Never are you here

You are not a person
Nor are what you see
Beyond this world you live in
Beyond your memory

To find out what you really are
You must wake up from this long night
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am

Your world is in danger
But your world isn't real
You see what is imagined
Dreaming what you feel

To find out what you really are
You must wake up from this long night
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
Repeat the words I Am
I Am, I Am, I Am

 

[fox69]

"I Am The Mississippi"

"I Am The Mississippi"


Along the edge of the mississippi
A thousand hearts bleed
My heart looking for something to execute
In the mississippi
Up against its current
My heart so alive
Submerged in the [?] dark

Who could hold me here
Who could hold me down
Sitting on the edge of the mississippi
River of slaves
River of bones
I have been down here
Across generations
A lifetimes ago
I was sold amongst the thieves
I don't ignore the cries
I hear them

I am conscious along the mississippi
I hear the footsteps of ghosts
I hear them scream behind me
I see their boats sink

But I am very alive
She draws me to her breath
She whispers with her voice
Her comfort is all I want or need
Alone on saturday night
Me and the mississippi

Two rivers flowing together
Flowing internal
A river of darkness
A river of light
Blend as one

Together against the impossible
Ends we face
Our lunatic charm
She can never claim me
Nor I her
We flow together eternal
We flow together as one

And I am the mississippi