BarakaSolo The Words Pilot is a collection of early and later works that generally use the guitar more dynamically with very simple phrasing or chord changes that are driving and percusive, although a few pieces are more lyrical. It is a reflection of a mood or state of mind at the time, like any expression of emotion, captured in a musical composition. Copyright 2009 BarakaMusico All Rights Reserved. Any use of the following material without written permission from BarakaMusico will not be looked on kindly and is strictly prohibited.
Pilot Fire
The smoke has filled a city street The ash has burned our eyes
A tragedy of such magnitude Can only polarize
Muhammad tell your children They better run they better hide
The vengeance has paved our avenues With the souls of those that died
Lady please remind me Of the good deeds that you’ve done
Of the peace you brought to strangers Thru all the wars you and won
It’s hard to see this image As the blood red river runs
The portrait of a victim Behind a smoking gun
A wind has blown in from the east With prophecies to come
It fills our hearts with disdainful hate It taints our hard won freedom
In our land of liberty we are the righteous ones
But in their world of poverty we are the landlords of their slums
Where children die and women cry The men bring out the guns
A better life awaits the son Who will die for the chosen one
Piracy, hypocrisy there‘s fire on the plain There’s murder in this village And only innocence to blame
Fooled
We’ve all read it in the daily papers We’ve all seen it on the nightly news We’ve heard it from the radio instigators How each and every one of us has been Slightly abused
Sitting out there in the heart land Trying to hear both sides of the debate Sometimes I only heard the argument That’s when I knew we were doomed To this unholy fate
Don’t come preach to me about tomorrow Don’t recite to me your hollow creed I am the man with the sign Who’ll work for next to nothing I am the mothers with children You refuse to feed
We all care too much for our possessions We expect too much from the other guy We give too little to our neighbors Can’t seem to live our lives Without an alibi
There’ve been some who’ve tried to guide our future There’ve been others who’ve tried to save our soul There’ve been those who’ve searched The mountains, valleys and harbors Still no one has determined what it is We really need to know
Wars come and go for so many But for a select few it means the end In our poorest neighborhoods they hear the calling From a nation they give their lives to defend
You won’t see this in the daily papers You can’t watch this on the late night news Flag draped coffins returning by the hundreds A picture they tell us is too depressing To be viewed
Storm
Dark clouds are forming up ahead of me Starting to rain getting harder to see Always the same, there’s trouble to be
My friends all talk about paradise Never been there but I’ve paid the price No time to bother now but it would’ve been nice
Must be something to do about the life I’ve been living Must be something to do with the life I’ve been given
Shadows surround everything that I’ve done There’s no harmony in a life unsung Been so desperate to end what has never begun
Never been to heaven but I’ve been thru hell I’ve walked with satan but never talk to Gabriel Been searching for God but that’s not going so well
You know I heard since it happens so fast Best time to take it is on the first pass Rest assured the pain won’t last
Look’s like a storm’s coming thru
End of the Line
It’s been coming a very long time You’ve worked so hard to keep it out of your mind It’s no longer possible to deny the signs When your friends have re-christened you deaf, dumb and blind
You claim you never loved her At least not for very long You try to hold on You try to be strong The pain can’t last forever At least not for too long
Ten million love songs on the radio Ten million struck by Cupid’s bow and arrow Feels like you are the only one not caught up in the flow How this could ever happen I guess we’ll never know
You’re crying your eyes out You know where she been You’re crying your eyes out You know this is the end
End of the line – no where to go End of the line- nothing to do End of the line- nothing to say End of the line- except go away
End of the line- conductor called out End of the line- trains coming to a halt End of the line- track has run out End of the line- this ride is sold out
Watch it Grow (War Song)
Watch it grow Low and slow Watch it rise In disguise Feel the pain Every vein See the fear It draws near Watch it grow Low and slow
Watch it grow Low and slow Hear it speak Whisper weak Start to stalk As you walk Catch the glow You will know Watch it grow Low and slow
Watch in grow Low and slow Feel the rush Faces flush Bodies melt Death is felt Razor thin Cuts the skin Watch it grow Low and slow
Watch it grow Low and slow See it move Watch it flow Feel it move Touch the flow Watch it rise In their eyes Hear the cries You despise Watch it grow Low and slow
All Their Faces
As I look into the sun All their faces everyone When will I have peace When will I have release
As I walk into the sun And unload this heavy gun All their faces everyone As I look into the sun
As I walk this city street All their faces that I meet When will they allow me peace When will they provide release
As I look into the sun All their faces everyone Today will bring me peace And tomorrow release
Bring Back
Angry foolish people all out in the streets With plastic friends just molded from some lonely island Smiling smiles you all still smile and try to repeat Some well used words with meanings that we’ve never really learned
Bags at hand in rags that demand a life of solitude No one speaks avoiding a request for a spare coin or two Disbeliefing, every meeting, expectations of servitude Held to blame in a moment of shame their not too concerned
Brightly shining lights are burning holes in your eyes As windy storms raining down distorts and deforms Concurrent schemes and hopeless dreams make no sense of lies Your children learn to share concern of how they’ve been deceived
Tapestries, conspiracies, plagues your gratitude Ancient spires, city of liars, rooms with no view Justice escapes as you all debate this new attitude A source of neglect, prolongs, protects lies you once believed
Empty faces in empty spaces, no one really cares About how you live, we stand and embrace but we never forgive And as you’re doing this or you’re doing that you must always beware Of anyone who calls to you to let down your walls
Bring back the living
Not Enough
More than we need Less than we have Together in a life we seldom share Less than we need More than we have Lost in a shadow of endless despair Maybe love’s just not enough for us to care.
Empty in life But full of its years hardly a day without anger and pain Full of this life Yet so empty the years To live this way will drive us both insane Maybe love’s just not enough for us to blame
When’s our day of Retribution Too long to be so manicly depressed Let’s find a place of Absolution To free us from this loneliness and distress Maybe love’s just not enough for us to confess
My Love (Under the Stars)
Under the stars tonight My love shines so bright In the break of day My love finds its way And as I sing you this song I hope it won’t be long Before I see you again In the break of day Under the stars tonight My love shines so bright In the break of day My love finds its way An as I sing you these words I hope they will be heard Before I’m with you again Under the stars tonight Across a moon lit sky My love to you will fly Melts the miles between Into our precious dream And when I sing you this song You know it won’t be long Before we dream once again Across the moon lit sky
Song of Love
One voice makes a melody Two voices bring harmony Together they sing Their song of love
On this day before our eyes The journey of two young lives Lifts our hearts to hear Their song of love
As their new life will unfold With a joy we’ll all behold Together we sing Their song of love
In a world where love is rare The deep love these lovers share Fills our lives with hope Their song of love
One voice makes a melody Two voices bring harmony Together they sing Their song of love
This Night (Night Vigil)
Out of the darkness I take up your hand I look in your face But don't understand This night
I wish I could be The man that you need The one to let go So you can be freed This night
Just watching you breathe I hold my own breath Refuse to believe So few moments left This night
We whisper our love The same as before Accepting the truth We choose to ignore This night
Into the darkness The chill is so cold I look in your eyes As darkness takes hold This night
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