The Purple Pill- Full Album Lyrics
I Still See Chains
By Simon Meola
Looking out of my window, black clouds swelling with rain
Noticing all this darkness, a metaphor of these days
Putting out fire with diesel, many mistakes I’ve made
Kicking out all of my demons, the rent’s too high to be paid
Nice, but I still see chains
Fire in the skies burning me
Chasing my tail it’s gonna be fun for a while, stupidity
Nice, but I still see chains
Picking up where we left off, realize you’re nothing but a meal
Something else looking through my eyes, killer trying to work through me
Cackling laughter crazy, struggling to find my feet
Hold me up, hold me up heart please, still water runs so deep
Nice, but I still see chains
Clipping off these chains all over us
Sick of the restraints I’ve had enough poison of the mind,
It’s seeping out
Nice, but I still see chains
Weight, weight off my shoulders
Wait now, weight off my shoulders
Weight, weight off my shoulders
Life pouring down
The Purple Pill
By Simon Meola
You welcomed me in love
swam through my mind and remained
showed me my weakness
threatened to dance on my grave
Painted me a picture, gave me a taste
Swam against the river, what a mistake
Stand by, the veil has unfurled
I’m not resisting, the turn
I might elude to the truth
Surrender and flow with the river of life and in turn
sever the blinders and spiral down into the burn
blowing out the candle
with all of this hate
complicate the simple
destroy and create
I’m tired of waiting for you
strap down the ego, wont you?
I might elude to the truth
And I’m bleeding at the end
But the soul is at peace
It’s just a moment at the end
Diamond Mine
By Simon Meola
Let it come on out, let it come on out
Let it come on out, let it come on out
Laughing and crying at the state we’re in
our minds ain’t ready for revolution
so here I sit underneath the sun
eating my words and twiddling my thumbs
Hey diamond mine, dig me up a little prize
Before winter comes, coz I’m running out of steam
But hey, there comes a time, to give back what you never owned
And catch a glimpse of what your kin might know
Everyone’s an expert it seems
Blowing hot air from keyboards and screens
It is what it is, eternal now
Whatcha gonna do with your sacred cow?
Feel the penny drop, feel the penny drop
keep it rolling, keep it rolling
don’t keep it under lock and key
See the wise man come, see him cut right down
but he keeps coming, (he) keeps coming
running like a big old train
Hey diamond mine, carving out the new ground
Don’t blow my mind, so far that I no longer see
Shades of black and white, loosening the grip of pride
A day may come, to slap you around for clarity
Let it come on out, let it come on out, let it come on out
Silence Speaks
By Simon Meola
Time, to shut my mouth down, for a while
my head ain’t matching my words
the solace of night is baiting me
to enter the world of silence
whispers to me, the vulnerability
Just biding out time, until we die
Silent are the signs
I feel your warmth, breeze by me
Your Cheshire grin my memory
But now and then I see your hints
Behind the insane
The insane logic of a world gone crazy
Crazy with greed, but remember the beauty
That you hid right in front of me
We’re watching everything
Made out of Men
By Simon Meola
The fault lines are restless, so tired of these clowns
Listening intently to the lies on the ground
Man has hate, and seldom will listen to
Voices from strangers, aligned to the truth
I don’t wanna see such a fall
It’s just I can’t help but feel we are due
To right this wrong of broken exchanges
I’m not about to peter out and fade
I’m not about to peter out
This choice we’ve made to shamefully walk away
From all that we used to be
Don’t come without a price that we’ll have to pay
But I hope I’m wrong
The war machine rising, again with these clowns
Aggressively posted in tired worn out towns
Hired to kill, empathy’s beat out
Obeying the orders of men with no heart
They’re told that it’s for greater good
So blindly they’ll follow the men in suits
To death in the sand, ignorance made this
(But) I can imagine that the paradigm will change
And I can imagine that it will stay the same
Here come the armies again
Shaking their fists and they’re made out of men
The brainwashed up soldier is me
It’s him and it’s her, and it’s you can’t you see?
But you don’t want to see
Does it hurt you to see the responsibility is on me?
Take all of this pain and turn it around
Realize your chains were never locked down
The chains of your family, the chains of religion
The chains in your mind, you made it your prison
We’re made out of men, shaped in the clay
I hope to see you all again
Phoenix tears
By Simon Meola
Hey yeah, shimmering warmth down my spine
Hey yeah, a little of you makes us shine
Phoenix tears stream in my dreaming
Changes, whether you want them or not
Imagining everyone, taking their power
Leaving all the chemicals, the banks are left sour
I believe the time has come from here to across the pond
Sweet lady you’re breaking through
Time’s up for this endless fued
Hey yeah, a little of you makes us shine
Patience, everything comes in good time
Phoenix tears stream in my dreaming
Changes, whether you want them or not
It’s nothing new for her to heal
(you were always here and you always will be)
Emerald arms beneath the sun
(you were always here and you always will be)
For many an age we would do what was right
(thinking about the way that we left off)
Lady May forgive this pass
(you were always here and you always will be)
Lady Sound
By Simon Meola
Well I remember lemon trees and
Cutting beams of sun through leaves and
My Grandfather showing me the life
And I remember days never ending
The front yard seemed bigger back then
The simple joy of creatures in the clouds
And where do we all come from
before we all come as children in to Kali Yuga fusion?
This is our downfall
Now I can see the patterns forming
The innocence of my child is golden
Enjoy these times, we only get one round
Why do we sacrifice uniqueness?
Boys don’t cry, girls wear this dress
The aching stress of conformity
And as the years rolled back to the ocean
Lady sound I heard you calling
In my final hours of childhood
I dove right in and swam through your rhythm
From end to end, the colours of radiance
But I’ll never know what you really are.
Running Mouth
By Simon Meola
Hey, you caught me unaware
But you can’t shake a stone, no
The cowards are everywhere
You’re kidding yourself again……
Never, never bleed out the burning
Never, never fight what you’re feeling
Go and take the time to turn around
Face the fear that greets you in the now
You, twisting the truth, burn
Living in fantasy, spare me your pain
Go chase down your running mouth
Undevil
By Simon Meola
I never did agree with
anything that crossed my mind
I’ve been battling evil
from when I let my guard right down
My demons had a field day
chasing all my angels off
I gave them all free reign
to see if I could cope with loss
of an ideal humble life
and now I find I’m forever waiting, for
Coming full circle
Talking at a dead mans tomb
Never got nobody nowhere
Beating your heart like it’s going out of tune
Checking my free will
I think it left it in your room
The clock reads 5:55
Striking like a viper
I’m still here waiting for a ride
I feel you shine divine creation through my heart
You know I regret all the times I spat on me
I’m gonna welcome you with arms branching out to sea