Maktub (2008)

Swept by throngs swelling around me Peopled with king and commoner Reined in by the invisible yokes of reason And the warm tyranny of the familiar Opened my eyes again To hear a man call my name As I reached for him I found a prayer Seems to me we walked on water Now did I dream up the stranger? I’m no longer sure I understand The crossing deepens with every truth I discover I need a helping hand I’ve stood outside the banks of heaven Wondering if I’ll ever wanna belong Too i

There was one who gave dignity to the dying who brought hope to the living There was one who gave to a different degree who proved with certainty, that before one million comes one There was one who gave a handful and a smile who brought rest for just a while There was one who did what was possible who took small sacrifices and built a miracle there was one now there are a million there was one now there are a million coz when the horizon of a desert speaks of an ocean a rain

Mmm, I take a step In my sleep The id lies bleeding in mindstreet My angel's shot, full of holes But now I know how to get him home In this world Made of myth The rules change with every beat There's magic In the air 'Cos here the gods hear your prayer Come act your dream in mindstreet Do what you want, go where you please Kick the devil in his B's Stop living on your bleeding knees Will... not give up, they say This is the way to Serendip Close your eyes Learn to breathe The

Death continues to stalk us Sometimes gently, mostly not I'm at the age when loved ones die And as I live I understand why

I look into the dark pool of suffering And I’m transfixed in its stare Like a moth lured into a universe screaming As death comes alive in its godless air Watched it steal succor from my sleep With dreams conceived in a poisoned womb Suffer me tears of anger to weep And eyes that feel like open wounds. They say home’s a place that ends a journey Mine’s just a picture gone up in flames Burning in homage to another mans memory A guiltless being who once held my name. And now yo

We've all been broken Shattered, left mute with regrets unspoken We've all loved and lost Been forsaken, repented our deepest trust We've all wondered why Destiny picked us to cry Why faith has to be tested, And life doesn't turn out the way intended We're mended We're mended to be broken Yet human clay believes itself golden Stunning in its courage to be happy As wild elations tempered with black melancholy

Amidst rituals of living We surrender to the beyond Crossover worshippers swaying To the hypnotic colors of sound You’re not here in body Yet your songs with us remain Like waves that will not weary To claim these shores again Blessed travelers from the fields of sound You’ve roamed the paradise of the musical legion Pushing boundaries from the eye of the storm Baptizing with melody, the sweetest religion You’re the beautiful notes in a symphony of spirits The threads in our

Fireworks & frightened birds Framed against a startled sky A fleeting canvas, a tableau of life Fireworks & frightened birds Framed against a startled sky Moment of celebration, moment of strife I still hold the remnants of that picture That time erased from the sky Was it just nature or sublime scripture? I still hold remnants of that picture That time erased from the sky Played out for my questioning eye Coz I have seen life in crowded places Every one visits, no one stays