LYRICS:

from the cut spills the milk from her veins

the sacrifice?  the sum of all that remains

she summons the courage

and proffers a drink

she undoes her pure urge

and offers the pinkness
– of all that is potent – of all that is pure
– of all that is sugar – as sweet as liqueur

she...

purges herself of what has kept her bound

she plunges

the wealth of her values and drowns
– in her shallow assumptions
– and tallies the score
– for the face – face of an angel
– is the face of a whore.

I give you good face

didn't I give you good face?

said I give you good face.

when the...

dribble of your words ain't got no effect

when you're down to the wire
that runs neck and neck

when the nudge

of what's coming has lost it's reflex

I will...

elbow-my-way-through this Quixotic wreck
– when the elastic-snap
– of approval don't stretch
– any further than any further than any further than
– it can get

didn't I piss in the face of derision and frown?

didn't I swallow my scruples and wet kiss the ground?

I found my Faith under these nails

and nailed that face to the door

it's the face – face of an angel, baby

and the face of a whore.

I give you good face

didn't I give you good face?

said I give you good face.

can't be bothered with details –
can’t be bothered no more

swear to hell, ain't no heaven

until we settle this score...

said I give you good face...

face of an angel...

whore.

there's not a dead-beat daddy-o daddy-o

that could fix this bet

‘cause I don't never wanna remember

what I ain't never gonna forget:

the face of a whore...

face of an angel...

I give you good face.


4.)  eLeVeN

(Lisa Dalbello / Stefano Dalbello)

Drums & Percussion: Randy Cooke
Bass: Steve Webster
Guitars: Kevin Breit
Keyboards: Dalbello
Background Vocals: Dalbello, Gord Prior

I follow

head over heels

taunting me like a messiah

says, "do you believe in me?"

I see you

call out for me

the line between Truth and Desire

crumbles so easily

I count the seconds

and the minutes seem like hours to me

I count to seven

and the heat turns up another degree

I count eLeVeN for the

reasons why it happened to me, so easily

I count eLeVeN

eLeVeN

"Free me", she says, "heal me"

eLeVeN

I count eLeVeN when you
offer me the length of your hand

I count eLeVeN when you

caution me to strengthen my stand

I count eLeVeN when you

say that you're an innocent man – oh

spare me, baby – spare me

ah, did you ever

stop to think about the need of a friend

and go easy on me, easy?!

I count eLeVeN when

my patience hits a quarter to three

I count eLeVeN

in the name of what's important to me

I count eLeVeN

strikes for you, for not believing in me

there ain't no heaven

when a promise doesn't mean anything

if all's forgiven

I count eLeVeN –

I count eLeVeN

don't save my soul

don't raise my hope

then take it away

don't make me whole

don't saveth my soul

just let me go

to rise up from the sleep I'm deep in

to walk out from

the dream I breathed in....home....home

one....two, the colour of blue

lightening strikes in a moment of truth

three....four, the night that I swore

I got nothing to prove – you got nothin’ – no more

and if all's forgiven, I count eLeVeN

thou shall not take a woman in vain

thou shall not take another woman

thou shall not put a promise to shame

thou shall not make a fool of no one

I count eLeVeN

thou shall not take a woman in vain

thou shall not take another woman

thou shall not shape a man into clay

thou shall not go on unforgiven

(I gotta count)

one....two, the colour of blue

lightening strikes in a moment of truth

(and then I go)

three....four, the night that I swore

I got nothing to prove – you got nothin’ – no more
six....seven, is almost eLeVeN

you broke a word not easily given

eLeVeN

all's forgiven when I count eLeVeN


5.)  Falling Down

(Lisa Dalbello / Stefano Dalbello)

Drums: Randy Cooke
Bass: Steve Webster
Guitars: Kevin Breit
Keyboards: Dalbello
Background Vocals: Dalbello

like the times that I swore

like the wine that I poured

like a blinding fact

you can't ignore

like the motion

that delivers you forward

'til you can't go back

not anymore

can't dive into an ocean

and not leave the ground

can't trade in your devotion

for what you haven't found

can't go beyond the limit without falling down

can't go beyond the limit without falling down

and it's not what I say

it's a lot what I do

'cause you can't go back

not on you word

it's the moment

when you're riding on fear

that you can't look back

you live and learn

can't start at the beginning

when you're in-between

can't know if where you're going's

where you haven't been

can't give away the centre

without spinnin' 'round

can't go beyond the limit

without falling down

like the signs that I feared

and the lines in the mirror

like a haunting ghost

that will return

like the moment

when its suddenly all clear

what I needed most

to live and learn

what a lovely day it is for falling down

(mmm... what a lovely day it is for f-f-allin')

what a lovely day it is for falling down

(mmm... what a lovely day it is for f-f-allin')

can't go beyond the limit without falling down

can't go beyond the limit without falling down

can't bruise below the surface

what's not above the skin

can't lose the war on purpose

and not breathe to win

you can't throw away the minutes

you can't go beyond the limit

you can't tell the tale to live it ....

....without falling down

and it's not what I say

it's a lot what I do

what a lovely day for falling down

what a lovely day it is for falling down

what a lovely day it is for falling down


6.)  O L’il Boy

(Stefano Dalbello / Dani Elwell)

Drums: Randy Cooke
Bass: Steve Webster
Guitars: Kevin Breit, Stefano Dalbello
Keyboards: Dalbello, Stefano Dalbello
Dumbec: Ricky Lazar
Tablas: Ravi Naimpally
Background Vocals: Dani Elwell, Dalbello

I hear your voice

obsessing

still in my view

obsessing

lost in my world

I can't be

without you

posessing

I gotta keep him outta my head

I gotta keep him outta my head

CHORUS

I wanna be alone with you

the sound of everything that's true

I wanna be alone with you

eyes like a child

noon at night

will be here soon

noon at night

i'll lock the door

i'll be safe

without you

i'll be safe

I gotta keep him outta my head

I gotta keep him outta my head

CHORUS

I wanna be alone with you

the sound of everything that's true

I'll hold you hostage in my room

I gotta be alone with you...

BRIDGE

o L'il boy across the street

you are the one I'd like to eat

I'd like to taste you o so sweet

o L'il boy across the street

CHORUS

I'm like a mirror watching you

(I wanna be alone with you)

just like a knot you can't undo

(I gotta be alone with you)

it's like the silence in my room

(the sound of everything that's true)

I gotta be alone with you

REPEAT CHORUS


7.)  Deep Dark Hole

(Lisa Dalbello / Stefano Dalbello)

Drums: Randy Cooke
Percussion: Stefano Dalbello
Bass: Steve Webster
Guitars: Kevin Breit
Clavinet: Dalbello, Stefano Dalbello
Jew’s Harp: Gord Prior
Background Vocals: Dalbello

you might be dumber than I really care to think

you might be clever but you've barely reached the brink

and if you're not too careful what you think about

you won't think about tomorrow

I guess it's all if you swim or you sink

you might be headed for a

HOLE

a DEEP DARK HOLE

I think your spinning into something you can't control

a DEEP DARK HOLE

a pocket

of penitence wall-papered to your floor

an arsenal of

evidence thumb-tacked to your back door

and there's

a razor-edge benevolence sliced like

a zig-zag through your core

left from the backlash of your bloody war

I think you're headed for a

HOLE

a DEEP DARK HOLE

I think you're

over your head way beyond your control

a DEEP DARK HOLE

and all the darkness you create for me might be...

all the darkness you create for me might be...

of all the righteous fools I'd hate to be...

it's likely

it might be

it might be....

YOU

and if Justice's hand prevails

well then you might tip the scales

if all else – all else fails

well then – you might be,

you might be, you might be,

you might be headed for a....

HOLE.


8.)  Yippie

(Lisa Dalbello / Stefano Dalbello)

Drums & Percussion: Randy Cooke
Bass: Steve Webster
Fuzz Bass: Richard Benoit
Guitars: Justin Clayton, Kevin Breit
Guitar Solo: Justin Clayton
Keyboards: Stefano Dalbello, Eric Caudieux
Background Vocals: Dalbello

i-yi-yippie-i-ay –
tell me which way the wind is blowing and

i-yi-yippie-i-o – no,
not even if the gods are rolling

say please – string those beads –

place your bets – put away your wallet

more grease on those knees –
or have it any which way you call it

never goin’ back when you're hands start shaking

never look back when you hit the pavement

never turn back ‘til you know where you're going

never turn your back – not even if the choir's singing

never lean back when the beggar's kneeling

('cause you) never see dirt ‘til it hits the ceiling

i-yi-yippie-i

CHORUS

you don't think about

tomorrow (ahh – not afraid of dying)

you don't act your age (ahh – gotta let it go)

it don't even hurt to swallow (ahh – got a way with lying)

not even if you let it show

cruel age, swing that cage.... out

let's cause another chain reaction

this place smacks of Rage

what that get, and – see it all come crashing...
down.

never goin’ back to a cloudy vision

never goin’ back until you quit that bitchin’

never goin’ back until the temperature's holdin'

never goin’ – back to another empty feast

never goin’ back until we kill that beast

never goin’ back unless a palm gets greased

you bet, no sweat – it’s open season

REPEAT CHORUS

and i-yi-yippie-i-ay

put that thumb in your mouth

and i-yi-yippie-i-o

what's that shit all about?


9.)  All That I Want

(Lisa Dalbello / Stefano Dalbello)

Drums & Percussion: Randy Cooke
Bass: Dalbello, Richard Benoit

Guitars: Justin Clayton, Kevin Breit
Guitar Solo: Justin Clayton
Keyboards: Stefano Dalbello, Dalbello
Background Vocals: Dalbello

c'mon out to play

hear the mermaid say

rivers sweep and bend

the sea can be your friend

(I'm falling.........where do we meet?)

(I'm falling.........where do we meet?)

CHORUS

all that I wanna do

is bring it on up to you

girl, all that I wanna do...is

give it all that I got – give it all up

all that I wanna do

is bring it on up to you

give it all that I got

baby all that I want

all I ever really wanted

water's cool and deep

calms myself to sleep

stay or swim to shore

play for evermore

(I'm calling.........where do we meet?)

(I'm falling.........where do we meet?)

REPEAT CHORUS

all I ever really wanna do…

BRIDGE

and I don't – I don't wanna go

and I won't – I ain't goin' home

I really wanna fly

I really wanna fly

and I don't – I don't wanna go

and I won't – I ain't goin' home
call out your name 'cause I just wanna hear it

say it again but my heart ain't in it

just can't change in the flash of a minute
– I try to laugh.....try to laugh

call out your name ' cause I just wanna hear it

say it again but my heart ain't in it

just can't change in the flash of a minute

– I try to laugh.....I try to laugh

REPEAT CHORUS


10.)  The Revenge Of Sleeping Beauty

(Lisa Dalbello / Stefano Dalbello)

Drums: Tommy Lee
Bass: Ric Markmann
Guitars: Alain Johannes
Keyboards: Dalbello
Background Vocals: Dalbello

behind the veil, skin as pale as a virgin

fear velvet red, drapes the bed like a curtain

mix the elixir she drinks from her vial

give her the river that soothes her denial

--what have I got to do with it?--

--what have I got to do with it?--

CHORUS

far from the world that she's in

away from all she resents

if she forgives herself, depends

on Sleeping Beauty's Last Revenge.

how long has she been sleeping?

beauty's only skin-deep

if she forgives herself depends

on Sleeping Beauty's Last Revenge.

hanging my head on her bed, I am waiting

I stand on guard for her heart, yet she hates me

I steal the kiss right from her lips

stealing kisses from her lips

I steal them softly while she's sleeping

I feel the fault – all I can feel

I taste the salt – it tastes so real

oh, I can taste it when she's weeping

--what have I got to do with it?--

--what have I got to do with it?--

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

in every shadow there's
a deeper reason searching for a seam

in every nightmare there's

a darker meaning waiting for a dream

if I could take you from this corner,
if I could shake you from this spell

the cold would seem a little warmer,
heaven knows it must be hell

for you to stand in frozen silence,
while I dance over your grave

you never reached out through

the violets,
ever asking to be saved

and if winter could meet summer,
could they tell each other apart?

what's life worth without
a little change of weather in your heart?