MANDALA

Just A Matter of Time (from the album Mandala)

Do I talk too much? Is it not enough to know…
That you’re my friend? Is that how it ends?
You’re so far away, I wish I could stay in the middle of the night
I would hold you right.

CH1
I’m calling out but you’re not there
I’m reaching out in my despair
I’m buying time ’til I get things right
I’m all yours, it’s just a matter of time

The secret’s out with a whisper and shout
I spoke my mind, but did I cross the line
It’s time for a change, what they see isn’t me.
Hope it’s not too late now’s my chance to see

CH1

BRIDGE
No matter what they think, no matter what they say
No matter what they do, not gonna take you away

The stakes are high but it feels so right. I feel so close as our lives collide.
But I have to be brave, not for one but for two. Just say the words and I’ll fly with you.

CH2
I’m trying not to lose my hold. I’m breaking down and feeling bold.
All this time I’ve kept it inside. Now’s my chance, got nothing to hide.

CH1

Ending:
I’m calling out…
But you’re not there…
I’m reaching out…
In my despair…
I’m buying time ’til I get things right
I’m all yours, it’s just a matter of time

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Promises (from the album Mandala)

Promise me your love in the darkest hour
Promise me you’re here to stay

Don’t ask me why I’m crying
‘Cause I don’t seem to know
But at least it’s from joy not pain
But there’s something you should know

I’m not asking for a ring
I just need a reminder
That our lives are meant to be
Entangled in each other

CHORUS
Promise me your love in the darkest hour
Promise me you’re here to stay
Promise me your love in the darkest hour
Promise me there’s nothing in our way

BRIDGE
The future may be scary but with you by my side
I know I’ll be strong all the way
Let’s fight every fight together and win every time
and hold on to the promises we’ve made

You’ve had one foot on the ground
And another in the water
All I ask is that I have your love
And that you want no other

Promise me your love in the darkest hour Promise me you’re here to stay
Promise me your love in the darkest hour
Promise me there’s nothing in our way

Promise me your love in the darkest hour Promise me you’re here to stay
Promise me your love in sunshine and in shower
Promise me there’s nothing in our way

Promise me your love in the darkest hour Promise me you’re here to stay
Promise me your love in bitter taste and sour
Promise me there’s nothing in our way… there’s nothing in our way…

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement by:
© 1996 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Give Me A Break (from the album Mandala)

I’m your consciousness speaking through
I’m the riddler riddling to you
What’s that you say? Don’t like my choice of words?
Maybe I am saying something you don’t want to hear.

CHORUS
But give me a break, just give me a chance
Hear what I say, this time flies fast
In every way, your life’s upside down
Your stumbling steps have taken you off the ground

In your life you’ve always been true
Your state of mind has always served you
But corruption, celebration, holding people tight
Has generated mass destruction of the highest kind

CHORUS

Solo

Who’s in charge? Is it them or you?
Never far from yourself, you can’t hide from the truth
What’s in your way? Leave it in the past.
Live life alive, this day may be your last

CHORUS (2X)

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Morning Blues (From the album MANDALA)

It’s 5:00 AM and I can’t sleep no more.
Said it’s 5:00 AM, and I can’t sleep no more.
All I can do is watch the cockroaches cross your floor.

I’ve got something to say baby — can’t hold back no more.
Said I’ve got something to say baby — can’t hold back no more.
I’m gonna let the cat out of the bag and spill all my secrets for sure.

Staring at the ceiling trying to put my life in place.
Said I’m staring at the ceiling trying to put my life in place.
Maybe by the morning child, I’ll know the words to say.

BREAK
Now… don’t hold back, cause you only live once.
You gotta break these chains and start having fun.
We got the morning blues…
I’m trying not to give myself away but it’s no use.

SOLO

It’s 5:00 AM and I can’t sleep no more.
Said it’s 5:00 AM, and I can’t sleep no more.
Gonna let the cat out of the bag and spill all my secrets for sure.

BREAK

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1995 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

What Have You Done Today (From the album MANDALA)

High and dry and quite alive I’m wandering in this world
Awake just enough but as we speak I’m trusting in a god I just can’t seem to see
But I think he’s got me on the right feet.

CHORUS
What have you done today to make you feel so real?
Who has saved you from the hunters in the field?
What have you done today to make you feel so real?
Who has saved you from the hunters in the field?

Pretty pictures tenderized with brushes full of hymns
The crazy painters harmonized while the judges gave their jeers
Packed away inside a box lies treasure great unknown
The muses keep it locked up tight, to block the danger zone

CHORUS

No answer in sight no matter how hard you try
And every time you turn away it seems to pass you by
Wandering in circles the feeling never ends
But get a grip, and don’t you slip, look at life through a different lense

CHORUS

Each man takes a step greater than a thousand stairs
Then from under his feet flies the carpet unawares
You may think you see, but you only see so far
And you may need help along the way, so beware of who you are

CHORUS (All you cannibals in the field)

The destination may be the journey, but we’re too short sighted to see
Are we prisoners in the dark? Can you uphold what you believe?
There’s plenty of baggage on The Way. While you travel, travel light.
You’ve got to look the wind straight in the face cause in you the solution lies

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement by:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

The Shadows On My Wall (from the album Mandala)

The shadows on my wall, they remind me of you.
The cracks in my wall, they are open, you can see right through.
The shadows on my wall can’t be seen from outside.
The cracks in my wall provide a space where the night can hide.

The shadows on my wall can’t be seen from outside.
The cracks in my wall, provide a space where I can hide.

The shadows on my wall, they are dark, as you can see.
The cracks on my wall, they are empty, just like me.

The shadows on my wall, can’t be seen from without.
And the cracks in my wall, provide a place to hide my doubt.

LEAD BREAK

The shadows on my wall, are as dark as my soul.
The cracks in soul they are empty as a black hole.

The shadows on my wall, they remind me of you.
The cracks in my wall, they are open, you can see right through.

Lyrics, Music, & Arrangement By:
© 1992 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Someone to Touch (From the album MANDALA)

Who the hell wants to be smart when they’re happy being dumb?
Who the hell wants to have none when everyone else has some?
Who the hell wants to fly when they’ve got no wings?
Who the hell wants to die when all they want to do is sing?

CHORUS
Now I’m not one of the lucky ones, but I don’t want that much
I just need somebody to hold and someone to touch

Who the hell wants to by rich when they’re happy being poor?
Give a man some money honey and he’s out the door.
Who the hell wants to be weak, when they can be very strong?
Who the hell wants to seek what they’ve found for so long?

CHORUS – SOLO – CHORUS

Who the hell wants to be normal when everything is turning strange?
Who the hell wants to be neat, sometimes you’ve got to rearrange.
Who the hell wants to fly when they’ve got no wings?
Who the hell wants to die when all they want to do is sing?

CHORUS 2X

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Word Traffic (from the album Mandala)

I’ve got plains trains and automobiles
Got a fast flying motion, got no time to kill… oh oh
I’ve got a fast ticking woman, she’s made of steel
Gotta lot of grease lightning but I’m spinning my wheels… oh oh yeah

CHORUS
Traffic makes me sick – gonna heartattack. This guy in this Chevy really needs a smack
Guess I’ll have to use my head to find a better way home instead.

There’s a lotta people out there in my way
Trying to cut loose – got something to say… oh oh
There’s one on the soapbox now
Gotta million words a minute and he don’t know how to think.
He don’t know how to think.

CHORUS
Traffic makes me sick, gonna heartattack – that politician really needs a crack
Now I want to get back home where the truth is spoken and the facts are known… oh oh.

SOLO

BRIDGE
It’s the same thing I always hear
Too many buttons to push, too many people fear
It’s the same thing I always see
Too many on the scene oh oh, yeah

It’s driving people crazy, drivin’ them wild
Gotta find a new way to keep up with the style, oh oh
Forget the way I look and the way I sound
Gonna pick up my friends and break it on down, oh oh, yeah

CHORUS
Traffic makes me sick – gonna heartattack. This guy in this Pinto really needs a kick
Guess I’ll have to use my head to find a better way home instead.
Now I want to get back home where the truth is spoken and the facts are known.

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement by:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

I Ran Away (from the album Mandala)

City lights, your hand touched mine we walked along South street at night
Looking back at the day when I was in your arms
Everything was perfect, everything felt right
I was on the top of my world and the stars were bright
Looking back at the day when I was in your arms
But the romance of it all was more like Satan’s fall

I ran away, I ran away from myself (Rpt)

It was great while it lasted, short and sweet – brought together by chance
First a friend, then a lover, then a friend again
Back forth – now it’s over, we’ve reached the end
Now we’ve got no shoulder to cry on
We’ve erased the past, hope I can forget you fast
The Titanic love I’d miss soon hit icebergs in the mist

CHORUS

BRIDGE
What were we thinking, were we selfish to the bone?
Were was all of that moralization we learned at home?
Were was the common sense of who we were and our place in the life?
We crossed the New Age, bullshit boundary and we crossed the line.
And with every step I take, I get further away.

CHORUS

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1998 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Taller (from the album Mandala)

Now the pop plays and the DJ says there’s a rockin few hours to come
When all I care to do with my time is stare at this notebook so long

CHORUS
There’s some kids riding bikes and I remember the times
when I wore a shoe size much smaller
But now I’m alive and grown up inside, feeling older and looking taller

Now there’s fewer trees I can climb today though I used to climb quite high
When the blood was younger it pumped a little stronger
Now I’m lucky if it pumps half the time

CHORUS
And as the sun shines through the leaves I remember the dreams
When I thought the world was much smaller
But now I’m alive and grown up inside, feeling older and looking taller

SOLO

Now it’s not so bad – this isn’t meant to be sad
I know there’s many good years to come
When I look back, I smile and I know it was worth while
Some things could’ve been different but why bother?

CHORUS
And to this day I see through a child’s eye and laugh a bit at myself
And even with gray hairs and a few that aren’t there
I know I’m much stronger – cause I’m feeling older and looking taller

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP

Why? (from the album Mandala)

Feel the fire, feel the stone. Feel your breath, you’re not alone.
Feel the magick in the air. Feel the presence, it’s there.

CHORUS
Why are we here? Why isn’t it clear?

That inner journey, sometimes the best. Know Thyself – the only test.
Feel the power in your veins. Blood and rain, it’s all the same.
Force of life, the force of the soul. Now it’s your time to take control.

CHORUS
Why should you run? Why should you hide?

BRIDGE
Symphony of sound opens your heart,
opens your soul, opens your mind…
This symphony of mine.

SOLO

CHORUS
Why are we here? Why isn’t it clear?

Feel the fire, feel the stone. Feel your breath, you’re not alone.
Feel the magick… Feel the presence in the air
Now you know it’s there

WHY?

CHORUS
Why are we here? Why isn’t it clear?

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1994 Jeremy J. dePrisco (ASCAP)

Breathe Deep (From the album MANDALA)

When we try to look inside ourselves
there’s a stone wall between the sides
Of where our minds have placed themselves
and where we feel confined

White hot sand between your toes
or thick green grass
Lightning flashes turns to gray
The cinema sounds of yesterday

Of course I’m looking through my own lens
Of course I know that I’m alone
But there’s a reason I am living here
There’s something under this stone

CHORUS
Breathe deep. Fall asleep.
You are more than you can feel or see.
Breathe deep. Fall asleep.
You are more than you can see or believe.

BREAK

When your past blurs away
And the future disappears
Have you got something close to hold on to
To get you through the years?

Now – how many times have you cried?
How many times have you listened
To the sound of your voice inside
to the gasping, rasping vision

CHORUS

Lyrics, Music & Arrangement By:
© 1997 Jeremy J. dePrisco ASCAP