Dancing With The Devil

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL - Written by Carroll Bryant

 

The devil wants to come to me tonight

The devil wants to get into a fight

He circles like a predator

I can’t even talk to her

The devil wants to get it on alright

 

The devil wants to give it to me good

The devil lives inside my neighborhood

He wants to put me in my place

Think of her, slap my face

The devil thinks I can, I know I should

 

And to this I wonder

My fear becomes my bride

Forever starts to ponder

Where on Earth to hide?

Never to surrender

She lives too deep in me

My faults I have to render

To the serpents fantasy

Tears to travel endlessly

 

The devil wants to try and take a stand

The devil wants to make his sweet demands

He offers up his universe

Her love I just can’t reverse

The devil doesn’t seem to understand

 

And to this I wonder

I take another ride

Heartbeats I have squandered

To Hell, a sacrifice

Always to dismember

A nightmare from a dream

Dying in the ember

Of a serpents sexuality

There is no flexibility

 

The devil wants to come to me tonight

The devil wants to get into a fight

He circles like a predator

I can’t even talk to her

The devil wants to get it on alright

The devil wants to come to me tonight

 

 

 

Acquiesce

ACQUIESCE - Written by Carroll Bryant

Reaching in the dark

I try to hold your hand

It all falls apart

And I don’t understand

 

It can’t be figured out

Or taken out of text

Only tossed about

In line for the next

 

When reason doesn’t even come close to explain

Love dances in the rain

Love dances in the pain

 

When seasons come and go again and drives you to insane

Love dances in the rain

Love dances in the pain

 

Searching for the light

You take full control

Prepared to take a life

And I don’t want your soul

 

It can’t be very well

Or beaten down to size

Instinctively to tell

Instantly realized

 

When reason doesn’t even come close to explain

Love dances in the rain

Love dances in the pain

 

When seasons come and go again and drives you to insane

Love dances in the rain

Love dances in the pain

 

Falling to the ground

I try to intervene

Heads will spin around

And I don’t want to dream

 

It can’t be too mundane

Or else there is no tear

It’s part of the game

Acquiesce to fear

 

When reason doesn’t even come close to explain

Love dances in the rain

Love dances in the pain

 

When seasons come and go again and drives you to insane

Love dances in the rain

Love dances in the pain

 

 

 

Black And White

BLACK AND WHITE - Written by Carroll Bryant

 

 

I see you running from something

Hiding in your shell in the dark

You’re reaching out to nothing

To keep you from falling apart

 

When yesterday claims your happiest ways

And nothing is quite what it seems

Just think of you and think of me

Together again

 

Everything with your heart deals in black and white

All the things that you choose dance in day or night

Everything that can bring the song that you sing from emotions you can’t hide

Stand before your eyes when they materialize in black and white

 

You’re so black and white

 

You say you’re learning and leaning

On someone who can bring you relief

I doubt it, what you’re claiming

The words you speak play like a thief

 

When yesterday breaks all the plans that you make

And nothing chases shadows away

Just think of you and think of me

Together again

 

Everything with your heart deals in black and white

All the things that you lose escape outside the light

Everything that can reign in your kingdom of shame will dominate the fight

Stand before your plight if to realize you’re so black and white

 

Monkey see and monkey do

This is so obviously true

There’s a whisper in your ear telling you

What to do

 

Monkey see and monkey do

This is so obviously you

There’s nothing I can prove

So you throw away originality

And the truth comes back too soon

 

I see you running from something

Hiding in your shell in the dark

You’re reaching out to nothing

To keep you from falling apart

When yesterday takes all the love you forsake

And throws it right in your face

Just think of you and think of me

Together again

 

Just think of you and think of me

Never to end

 

Everything with your heart deals in black and white

All the things that you choose dance in day or night

Everything that can bring the song that you sing from emotions you can’t hide

Stand before your eyes when they materialize in black and white

 

In black and white

Girl, you’re so black and white

Stand before my eyes and materialize in black and white

 

You’re so black and white

Epitaph

EPITAPH - Written by Carroll Bryant

Angels don’t fly much anymore

Children will cry about it, sure

 

I’m not wasting time on the things I left behind

I’m not going to mind

If heaven denies me

The angels can’t find me

My eyes are blinded

 

Lovers don’t talk much as it is

Hearts that live outside the bliss

 

I’m not holding hands with empty friends

I’m not going to end

If romance is dying

Two lovers are fighting

My soul is guided

 

Angels aren’t flying

Children are crying

Romance is dying

Lovers are fighting

 

I’m not sinking stones on the things I left alone

I’m not leaving home

Because everything is changing

The answers are questions

My heart is pounding

 

Everything is changing

I can’t find the questions

My heart is pounding

 

Angels don’t fly much anymore

Children will cry about it, sure

 

I’m not wasting time on the things I left behind

I’m not going to mind

If heaven denies me

The angels can’t find me

My eyes are blinded

 

 

 

Forever Things

FOREVER THINGS - Written by Carroll Bryant

You’re a star

Falling from nowhere from afar

You are nothing like anything I have ever seen

A dream inside a dream

You’re the way

The way I know that I can never say

And any place I go I know I’m not suppose to be

Lost in eternity

Fly into my heart …. Dance inside my pain

Hide behind my fears … Melt inside my flames

Fly into my heart ... Dance inside my pain

Hide behind my fears ... Melt inside my flames

Fly … fly into another place and time

Fly through all the madness that swirls inside my mind

And maybe you will find forever things

Fly … fly into the darkness of my light

Fly through all the weakness that grows on the other side

And maybe you will find forever things

Fly into my heart ... Dance inside my pain

Hide behind my fears ... Melt inside my flames

Fly into my heart ... Dance inside my pain

Hide behind my fears ... Melt inside my flames

Fly … fly into another place and time

Fly through all the madness that swirls inside my mind

And maybe you will find forever things

Fly …. Fly into the darkness of my light

Fly through all the weakness that grows on the other side

And maybe you will find forever things                                  

Sabbatical

SABBATICAL - Written by Carroll Bryant

Here I am once again

Missing yet another friend

All alone and way too soon

Screaming at another moon

 

Red blood eyes are haunting me

Spirits of the night be free

Moving slow to move so fast

Leaving it in the past

 

Kidnapped from her piracy

Killing ghosts of jealousy

Fever burns all through the night

Demons left for me to fight

 

Poison running through my veins

Eruption of volcanic pain

Voices that are telling me

Love is lovers only greed

 

Chances taken here and there

Shadows follow everywhere

Day or night I can’t break loose

Your grip, I slip, comes the noose

 

Power trips and fateful lies

Idle talk and compromise

All of it just can’t be true

You to me and me to you

 

Your sword of words cutting deep

Blades that slice and make me bleed

My revenge, retaliate

Close the door to heaven’s gate

 

Here I am once again

Missing yet nobody’s friend

Drowning in her sweet monsoon

Screaming at another moon

 

Here I am and I pretend

What we did start will never end

What broke my heart will never mend

Missing yet another friend

 

 

 

Said And Done

SAID AND DONE - Written by Carroll Bryant

Standing in the rain today

Seemingly a fool

Calling out your name again

Chasing after you

Everywhere I go

Everyone I see

I can’t take another step

I just stand there and bleed

After all of this time

You’re still in my mind

And I can’t figure it out

I can’t get you out

I just can’t get a grip

And I need you here

I need you now

I’ve cried my tears

Picked myself up off the ground

And I need to know

Exactly where I stand

After all is said and done again

After all is said and done

I’m still not the one

Running down a hallway

In a house of haunted thrills

I catch a glimpse of history

And how it used to feel

I meet another ghost from

All my yesterdays gone by

Still without conclusion

Living in denial

After all of these days

You’re still in my way

And I can’t figure it out

I can’t get you out

I just can’t let it go

And I need you here

I need you now

I’ve cried my tears

Picked my heart up off the ground

And I need to know

Exactly how you feel

After all is said and done again

After all is said and done

I’m still not the one

After all of this time

You’re still in my mind

And I can’t figure it out

I can’t get you out

I just can’t get a grip

And I need you here

I need you now

I’ve cried my tears

Picked my soul up off the ground

And I need to know

Exactly where I stand

After all is said and done again

And I need you here

I need you now

I’ve cried my tears

Picked myself up off the ground

And I need to know

Exactly where I stand

After all is said and done again

After saying that we’ll still be friends

After all is said and done

I’m still not the one

The Yelling Tree (Family)

THE YELLING TREE (FAMILY) - Written by Carroll Bryant

 

 

Eyes of a child

An ignorant mind

I should be seen, not heard

Those were your words

 

Speak only when spoken to

Nobody did

 

You told me to be quiet

Pay attention

Who would have thought that would become my future?

 

Vagabonds of the elite

We traveled about like the wind

Like currents in the ocean

 

Friend today

Gone tomorrow

It doesn’t matter, the chatter

Everyone likes blue eyes and blonde hair

 

Even Spanish babysitters

 

My world

Isolation

Observance

Then one Christmas Eve it happened

I was blessed

I was cursed

I was chosen out of all of you

 

Jealousy is a texture that cuts soft egos

 

Why me?

 

Why not me?

 

Abandonment is not a pretty sight

Were you angry that I chose you not to be my teacher?

I knew you wouldn’t understand

You never do

You never see the truth right before your sights

Only the imagination lost that lives inside your thoughts

 

Cruelty disguised as tough love

 

Tough what?

The world is my oyster

The world is my oyster?

Why limit yourself like that?

The universe is my pearl

 

The universe is my pearl!

 

You served your purpose

For that I am grateful

Only now can you see what your purpose was

Now you sit on the sidelines and watch me play my game

I am the star

I am the universe

 

Envy is a food best regurgitated

 

Choke on it

 

And love looms on the horizon of our acceptance

The acceptance of the knowledge that every path leads to a home

Or the homeless

 

My path led me to me

How iconic is that?

 

You now sit there before the lighted screen

A high definition view for a low definition you

A fan of the dreamer and his dreams you could not be

A fan of reality now

 

Money is your source of success

You still haven’t learned a damn thing

My success is worth more than your burnable paper

My success is my self acknowledgement

My self to be true

 

Value is a friend who continually changes its mind

Unless that value is your own self worth

And that self worth is confidence and love

Then value may have a purpose

 

Watch as everything I warned you about comes full circle

Watch as everything you denied comes to past

Watch as everything you thought I wasn’t proves you wrong

 

Do you love me now?

 

Do you love me now!!!

 

 

 

Happy In Love

HAPPY IN LOVE - Written by Carroll Bryant

This is just another song I wrote you

Early in the morning when I thought that you were sleeping

It kind of just moves along

Like purified water rolling down into a fountain

It’s just me being silly

You of all people should know how I get crazy

You’re the one I like to blame

For everything I’m feeling and baby I’ve been thinking

Happy is as happy does

And it’s a happy, happy feeling

When you’re happy in love

Happy is as happy was

When you can’t get any happier

Then you really know for sure

You’re about as happy in love

These are just the words I’m writing for you

Early in the afternoon when I thought I saw the moon

They’re written as non-fictional truth

And glamorized daily by a pulverizing heartbeat

It’s just me being lazy

You of all people should know of my affliction

You’re the one I play this game

For everything that’s happening and maybe I’m addicted too

Happy is as happy does

And it’s a happy, happy feeling

When you’re happy in love

Happy is as happy was

When you can’t get any happier

Then you really know for sure

You’re about as happy in love

Yesterday is so far away

I’ve packed my bags and moved onto the station

Tomorrow is so close to me like you

But you’re a little closer

Than what my eyes will care to see

You’re a little closer to everything a part of me

Today is all I really have

And you … in my arms forever

Together

We can make it through just as long we don’t forget how to laugh

This is just another poem I wrote you

Early in the evening when butterflies were chasing me

It kind of just floats along

Like caramel molasses on Sunday morning waffles

It’s just me being silly

You of all people should know how I get crazy

You’re the one I like to blame

For everything I’m feeling and baby I’ve been thinking

Happy is as happy does

And it’s a happy, happy feeling

When you’re happy in love

Happy is as happy was

When you can’t get any happier

Then you really know for sure

You’re about as happy in love