Crimes Of The Heart

CRIMES OF THE HEART - Written by Carroll Bryant

The morning comes

After an endless night of pain

Still on the run

Your hurt nearly drove me insane

I guess that's just part of the game

You twisted and turned my mind around

Trampled my heart into the ground

My soul has been lost since and never found

Scratching at my brain

Guess I'm just going crazy

Isn't it a shame

How you tore it all apart?

Call it satisfaction

Call it crimes of the heart

Are we the ones who's lucky?

Now we both can make new starts

Call it inhabition

Call it crimes of the heart

The evening comes

After a lonely day is done

Long over due

It's time I grab a little fun

After all, you were the one

You twisted and turned my mind around

Trampled my heart into the ground

My soul has been lost since and never found

Scratching at my brain

Guess I'm just going crazy

Isn't it a pity

How two people fell apart?

Call it temptation

Call it crimes of the heart

Are we the ones who's lucky?

Now we both can make new starts

Call it superstition

Call it crimes of the heart

See the boy? ... He's a fool

See the girl? ... Watch her drool

Is it fair? ... Or is it cool?

Scratching at my brain

Guess I'm just going crazy

Isn't it a shame

How the whole thing fell apart?

Call it annihilation

Call it crimes of the heart

Isn't it lonely

All alone in the dark?

Call it a fantasy

Call it crimes of the heart

Call it like you see it

Call it crimes of the heart

Extra Intelligence

EXTRA INTELLIGENCE - Written by Carroll Bryant

In the state of your bewildered emotion
I play my fingers to your fantasy
In the way that is your sweet devotion
I move my body to your ecstasy

Pick me up and give me
Extra intelligence don’t
Serve me up to be
Another lost experiment don’t
Pick me up
If I’m not inside your thoughts
And kill me
With the meaning of existence
You dance with fever
Touching yourself to pleasure
And to know that
You could be my flavor
And when the promises are broken
How will you deal with me?

Pick me up and give me
Extra intelligence don’t
Lick me up to be
Another kind of condiment don’t
Pick me up
If I’m not inside your thoughts
And thrill me
In the kiss that is the death of me

You can program my untangled emotion
With a secret that you hide from me
And or end it now real quick
With the power you attest

Pick me up and give me
Extra intelligence don’t
Wake me up to put me
Back into my slumber (I’m sleeping) don’t
Pick me up
If I’m not inside your thoughts
And thrill me
If you’re not in love with me

Pick me up and give me
Extra intelligence don’t
Serve me up to be
Another unconnected reality don’t
Pick me up
If I’m not inside your thoughts
And kill me
With the meaning of existence
You dance with fever
Touching yourself to pleasure
And to know that
You could be my flavor
And when the words are spoken
How will you deal with me?

Loves Joan Of Arc

LOVES JOAN OF ARC - Written by Carroll Bryant

"The adventures of love begins with an adventurous heart that is willing to settle for satisfactory memories once the adventure has ended."

Sometimes when sitting alone in the dark

I think of battlefield baby

Loves Joan of Arc

It hurt me deep when she broke my heart

Can't stop thinking about her

Loves Joan of Arc

She came into my life prepared for a fight

Her armor shinning bright

While she held her sword so tight

I was fooled by her crisp and imaginative tales

She slashed my dreams of her and I

Slashed them all too well

I fall asleep to the sound of a broken heart

Collecting vivid nightmares of 

Loves Joan of Arc

Can't stop the pain once the pain does start

Someone help me forget about her

Loves Joan of Arc

I fell deep within her power

Like a communist, my freedom she devoured

I was never to ever see a ray of light again

Glad to see the adventure 

Glad to see the adventure

I'm so glad to see the adventure finally end

Collect the pieces of my clearly broken heart

Send them emergency to

Loves Joan Of Arc

Looking for my angel wings so I may play my harp

Put some flowers on my lonely grave from

Loves Joan of Arc

Please tell me doctor that you can save my desolate heart

Send the bill to battlefield baby

Loves Joan of Arc

Clash of emotions, this is tearing me apart

Can't stop thinking about that girl

Loves Joan of Arc

Loves Joan of Arc

Loves Joan of Arc

 

Loves rebel heart

Pretty Blue

PRETTY BLUE - Written by Carroll Bryant

Working day to day

Don't have the strength to fall in love again

And the people who look my way

Can't see the pain that I'm going through

Then I saw you

You put me in another dimension

You, pretty blue

I've fallen in love with you

Working night to night

Don't have the strength to fight the fight

And the people who wear the paint

Can't see the pain that lives inside of me

Then I met you

You took me to another part of me

You, pretty blue

I've fallen in love with you

Could it be that God has seen

That life has been rough with me

He decided to send me you

Maybe no one else would ever do

Pretty blue

You, pretty blue

The planets took their turn

Giving me a chance to finally learn

How love really feels

You care for me

You told me so

You said you loved me

Now I know

That your words

Aren't rehearsed lines

You say "I love you" all the time

You ease my mind

Can it be true?

You

I love you

Pretty blue

You, pretty blue

I've fallen in love with you

Every Word Tells A Story

EVERY WORD TELLS A STORY - Written by Carroll Bryant

Well, their eyes shine in the darkness
By the moons light, I can see them
They try to hide as they do whatever
And they do whatever does move them

Well, their movements talk to the stillness
And their feet shuffles them away
So I’m happy to say I don’t care where they are going
No attention to that do I pay 

No, no, no, no attention to that do I pay

And every word will tell the story
Of everything that you have heard
You can say it and believe it
Believe it and you know it
And you know it when it sounds so absurd
And every picture paints an image
Of it, something that you have seen
You can take it if you want it
If you want it then believe it
And believing it is what I mean
Oh yes, believing it is what I mean

And every word will tell the story
No matter how strange it may be
You can fiddle, you can faddle
Dribble, doodle and dabble
But it’s always the same to me
And every picture paints an image
Of it, something the mind can only see
If you want it you can have it
You can have it, but believe it
And it doesn’t mean a thing to me

And every word will tell the story
Of something that you have heard
You can say it and believe it
Believe it and you know it
And you know it when it sounds so absurd
And every picture paints an image
Of it, something that you have seen
You can take it if you want it
If you want it then believe it
And believing it is what I mean
Oh yes, believing it is what I mean

Well, their eyes shine in the darkness
By the moons light I can see them
They try to hide as they do whatever
And they do whatever does move them

Well, their movements talk to the stillness
And their feet shuffles them away
So I’m happy to say I don’t care where they are going
No attention to that do I pay
No, no, no, no attention to that do I pay

Stay Away

STAY AWAY - Written by Carroll Bryant

How could you just pretend
Pretend that you didn't know me
When you saw me yesterday

I thought at least we could be friends
Friends can last forever
But I guess you will never think that way so

Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna be
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna treat me
You got a lot to learn
A lot to learn about love
Instead you just burn
You burn hearts and tear them apart so
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna be
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna treat me
You act so immature
So I'm closing the door
And if you're gonna act that way then please
Just stay away

What am I to do
Do now that we're through
I guess I'll have to play it day to day

I thought that I would try
Try but didn't know why
Until you passed me by with nothing to say so

Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna be
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna treat me
You got a lot to learn
A lot to learn about love
Instead you just burn
You burn hearts and tear them apart so
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna be
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna treat me
You act so immature
So I'm closing the door
And if you're gonna act that way then please
Just stay away

It's the dawning of a new beginning
It's time I learned to live
I'm done with letting you do all the taking
It's your turn to give
Because I already gave to you the part I never gave before
But you had to completely destroy me
And leave the pieces laying on the floor

I can't take anymore so

Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna be
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna treat me
You got a lot to learn
A lot to learn about love
Instead you just burn
You burn hearts and tear them apart so
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna be
Just stay away if that's the way you're gonna treat me
You act so immature
So I'm closing the door
And if you're gonna act that way then please
Just stay away

Eye Of The Storm

EYE OF THE STORM - Written by Carroll Bryant

There's a wicked world out there

With so many people who just don't care

All alone and I know it as I'm sitting here

It's a tough situation

And I need a vacation

Try to get away and get my mind clear

Oh, dear

I'm living in the eye of the storm

I need your love to keep me safe and warm

I go crazy from all that this world puts me through

I need someone like you

It's a terrible feeling

When you give up your dreaming

It's all you got that gets you through your day

It can drive you crazy

When you're looking for a lady

Living numb to the sting is the only way

Hey, hey

I'm living in the eye of the storm

I need your love to keep me safe and warm

I go crazy from all that this world puts me through

I need someone like you

Please someone, please

Throw me something to hold onto

A heart,a  soul, it doesn't matter

I'm going under

I need something that's true

I need someone like you

I'm living in the eye of the storm

I need your love to keep me safe and warm

I go crazy from all that this world puts me through

I need someone like you

Mind On Fire

MIND ON FIRE - Written by Carroll Bryant

Alone

At night

I hold my pillow tight

Close my eyes and dream of you

Your face

Has a glow

On the wall it casts a shadow

I guess all of those rumors are true

I guess those rumors are true

I see you dancing in my dreams

I'm not quite sure just what it means

Love has touched my soul

Love is come and go

Mind on fire

In the dead of the night

I get this burning desire

Fire

Smoke filled brain of overloaded wires

Just beyond midnight

Reality fades from sight

Mind on fire

Light

It's dawn

I get up in the morning and yawn

And think about what became of me

Trapped

By a sound

My heartbeat pounds out loud

Realizing to myself I got no place to be

I got no place to be

I see you dancing in my dreams

I'm not quite sure just what it means

Love has touched my soul

Love is come and go

Mind on fire

In the dead of the night

I get this burning desire

Fire

Smoked filled brain of overloaded wires

Just beyond midnight

Reality fades from sight

Mind on fire

Love Is Like Sunshine

LOVE IS LIKE SUNSHINE - Written by Carroll Bryant

No need to talk about the past

Let's leave it all behind

I finally learned at last

It's nothing but lost time

And the world is so much better

When you learn to share it

Sooner or later you find that someone special

Love is like sunshine in my mind

Love is like sunshine all the time

As crazy as it may be

You're starting to get to me

Because when you smile

Sunshine is all I can see

It's funny how life works out

As I sit back and recall

The times when life was so exciting

And the times it's been so dull

But the world is so much better

When you learn to share it

Sooner or later you find that someone special

Love is like sunshine in my mind

Love is like sunshine all the time

As crazy as it may seem

I saw you in a dream

And when you smiled

Sunshine was all I could see

I don't want you to think 

That I'm some crazy man

Trying to steal attention

With just a paper and a pen

Just try and understand

If you would take my hand

I would lead you to that promised land

Of love

Love is like sunshine in my mind

Love is like sunshine all the time

As crazy as it may be

You're doing something strange to me

And when you smile

Sunshine ... is all I can see

Fly away with me

Special Love

SPECIAL LOVE - Written by Carroll Bryant

I will see you in the morning

When we wake up together

The love that we share

Feels as light as a feather

And you are so tender

Your touch is so magical

Your eyes sparkle so mystical

Your love is so special

And no, I will never want to wake up

From this special dream

I will always want to spend

My mornings with you

Your presence is so enllightening

Calling out to my magic

Your hair so soft and lovely

Your love is so special

And we have a special love

Like no one has ever seen

I love you

And your special love

She Is Gone

SHE IS GONE - Written by Carroll Bryant

I was the king

She was the queen

Now she is gone

And I'm all alone

I was the man

She was the woman

Now she is gone

And I'm trapped inside myself

Everything seemed beautiful

When I held her in my arms

Now she is gone 

 She ... is gone

Every day goes by

Slower than the day before

How I miss her love

More and more and more

I am only kidding myself

Living in a world of expectations

I got to learn to accept it

And learn about moderation

Everything seemed beautiful

When I made love to her

Now she is gone

She ... is gone

I was the king

She was the queen

Now she is gone

And I'm all alone

When ones spirit flies

Where does it go?

Nobody knows

Only the Lord

The Red Rose

THE RED ROSE - Written by Carroll Bryant

She brought me a flower

Red was the color

It represents love

She loves me

I know somehow she needs me

The red rose told me

It represents love

She loves me

And I love her from the bottom of my heart

No human being could ever

Break us apart

Our love is what keeps us hanging on

And I know she loves me

The red rose told me

She brought me a flower

Red was the color

It represents love

She loves me

I know somehow she needs me

The red rose told me

It represents love

She loves me

Love You Forever

LOVE YOU FOREVER - Written by Carroll Bryant

You came along into my life

So many things were wrong

But you made them right

And you understood

When you took me in

I never thought it could

But life begins again

Girl you showed me just how much you care

I promise that I will always be there

I'm going to love you

Love you forever

This love of mine will last forever

We will always be together

Love you forever

It seems so much like a dream

Who would have believed

That this could happen to me?

You came along at just the right time

I was waiting for someone 

That I could call mine

Girl you showed me how I could really live

I promise I will give you all that I can give

I'm going to love you

Love you forever

This love of mine will last forever

We will always be together

Love you forever

The Morning Sun

THE MORNING SUN - Written by Carroll Bryant

Just like the morning sun

Your eyes shine so bright

Please let me be the one

To make love to you tonight

We will share each dream we can

Going on a special ride

And hope the night will understand

Because the darkness won't be a place to hide

We will keep each others hearts

Wrapped up in each others arms

Where we won't fall apart

Where our love will be safe and warm

Stay with me forever girl

I will stay forever with you

We will soon build a world

Where there will be just us two

Just like the morning sun

Your eyes shine so bright

Please let me be the one

To make love to you tonight

Powers So Wonderful

POWERS SO WONDERFUL - Written by Carroll Bryant

Love

The truest emotion

Love

Never felt so good

She

Is my truest devotion

Like

Just like I hoped she would

And now I can feel no pain

The sky has lighted up again

She's filled the powers so wondeful

Into my heart

There's no escape from the kind of hold she has on me

I can only speculate of the kind of he I used to be

And she is the only star that shines

She would someday like to be mine

So now I fly through the night

Spread my wings and take off on flight

For she has the powers so wonderful

In her heart

There's no escape from the kind of hold she has on me

I can only speculate of the kind of he I used to be

But she has the powers so wonderful

Yes she has the powers so wonderful

She has the powers so wonderful

In her heart

Sweet heart

Sweet love

Life After You

LIFE AFTER YOU - Written by Carroll Bryant

There you are again

I see you every night

Sweat is on my face

And I'm losing the fight

Reaching out for love

That I didn't think I'd need

Used you in every way

Until I decided to leave

Life after you never came like I thought it would

And life after you never began just like I thought it could

It just came to a stop

And my whole life was through

Because there isn't any life after you

The city streets are empty

Just like my lonely heart

Many a few faded shadows

And a world that's torn apart

Gazing at the moon

Trying to regain my strength

I want to stretch myself back to you

I will go to any length

Life after you never came like I thought it would

And life after you never began just like I thought it could

It just came to a stop

And my whole life was through

Because there isn't any life after you

I toil around in ditches

Of a life that just aint there

I meet too many bitches

All of who I know don't care

So yes I'm feeling the pain

Of a past that is insane

Calling out your name but you're not there

You're everywhere

I thought I could live without you

Life after you never came like I thought it would

And life after you never began just like I thought it could

It just came to a stop

And my whole life was through

Because there isn't any life after you

No, there isn't any ... life after you

Last Night She Cried

LAST NIGHT SHE CRIED - Written by Carroll Bryant

Last night, she cried

And I didn’t even ask her why

When she needed me the most

I left just like a ghost

Fading into the night

Yesterday she said

Her heart was all and everything but dead

When she reached out for my hand

My mind didn’t understand

Lingering there instead

There was a moment to the scene

It was all just standing there for me to believe

I froze like a stone of ice

Looking deep into her eyes

Looking deep into a dream

Tomorrow is the time

When I think I know what she will find

Nothing is all you gain

When you throw it all away

A picture so sublime

There was a reason to discard

The feelings of the girl who made me hard

I wilted like a weed

In search of what I need

Like Napoleon Bonaparte

There was the hope of season two

Before the curtain fell right down on you

It’s a road to lay the blame

Like on a runaway train

And you don’t know what to do

Last night, she cried

And I didn’t even ask her why

When she needed me the most

I left just like a ghost

Fading into the night

If I was what she needed least

I could have been a better beast

I would have gave it another try

And last night, she cried

Cold Soul Winter

COLD SOUL WINTER - Written by Carroll Bryant

So this is how it feels

A heart that never heals

A world that never breathes

A hurt that never leaves

So this is who I am

Just a shadow of a man

Just another Ponzi scheme

Just another dead end reverie

There was a time when I thought the job was mine

All I had to do was just show up

Back when I was young and much too dumb

Back into the future of a babies cry

So this is where it ends?

A place full of faceless trends

A house filled with emptiness

A bargain not for sale

So this is what it means?

To hear her silent screams

To know it was all my fault

To bring what was already brought

There was a way I could get them all to stay

With nothing more than a look

Back in the days of unsophisticated ways

Back into the future of a paradox

There was a song that I know I used to sing

Now to only hum the tune

Back in the days of my delirium

Back into the future of girl named June

So this is what it’s all about?

A winter that you can’t get out

A moment in unsheltered eyes

A fragment of unhardened time

There was a road that I always loved to stroll

Where unicorns welcomed trolls

Back in the hope of all isolated fears

Back into the future of an angels tears

So this is how it feels?

A heart that never heals

A world that never breathes

A hurt that never leaves

A dream that never dreams

Painted In You

PAINTED IN YOU - Written by Carroll Bryant

I stare at the clock

Time ticks away

It doesn’t like to leave much behind

Dancing with memories

They always see through me

Looking at life through the blind

Looking at life and I find

That maybe I’m crazy

There’s no explanation

For all the things lost in my heart

There’s too many reasons

Why I can’t believe in

What don’t kill you just tears you apart

What didn’t kill me just tore me apart

She keeps on talking as I keep on walking

Down a road painted in blue

She plays with the blame as the tears fall like rain

Never trusting my lies were the truth

All that she’s after is love and the laughter

I could have given that to you

The pieces all shatter as I watch them scatter

Down a road painted in blue

Down a road painted in you

Damn this cold winter

I don’t understand it

Why it’s so strange in my head

Reliving the moment

You apparently stolen

Right from the warmth of my bed

Right from the place where I bled

She keeps on talking as I keep on walking

Down a road painted in blue

She plays with the blame as the tears fall like rain

Never trusting my lies were the truth

All that she’s after is love and the laughter

I could have given that to you

The pieces all shatter as I watch them scatter

Down a road painted in blue

Down a road painted in you

So maybe I’m crazy

There’s no explanation

For all the things lost in my heart

There’s too many reasons

Why I can’t believe in

What don’t kill you just tears you apart

What didn’t kill me just tore me apart

She keeps on talking as I keep on walking

Down a road painted in blue

She plays with the blame as the tears fall like rain

Never trusting my lies were the truth

All that she’s after is love and the laughter

I could have given that to you

The pieces all shatter as I watch them scatter

Down a road painted in blue

Down a road painted in you