X, Y, And Z

X, Y, AND Z - Written By Carroll Bryant

My heart lingers in a state of discontent 

Watching all the suffering in the world

Over here we have people trying to make sense 

Over there people are dying from another war

When will everything be about peace and harmony? 

Why can't people stop already with all of their Goddamn hate?

Nobody said it was gonna be easy

In life you're always left to believe 

Troubles come down hot and heavy 

Bringing you to your knees

You're trying to put the pieces together 

It's another job that you don't need

Time keeps dragging on forever 

All the while you're searching for x, y, and z

Communication breaks down in heated misery

Communities fall apart from bigotry disease

Over here we have the hero's sitting in their government seats

Over there we have the victims happy in their poverty 

When will anything be about the truth and honesty? 

Why do people just pretend they care about humanity? 

Nobody said it was gonna be easy

In life you're always left to believe 

Troubles come down hot and heavy 

Bringing you to your knees

You're trying to put the pieces together 

It's another job that you don't need

Time keeps dragging on forever 

All the while you're searching for x, y, and z

Reporters never ask the hard questions 

Politicians always seem to have the easy answers

Everybody has a ton of suggestions 

Adding to the problems obvious cancer

My heart lingers in a state of discontent 

Watching all the suffering in the world

Over here we have people trying to make sense 

Over there people are dying from another war

Nobody said it was gonna be easy

In life you're always left to believe 

Troubles come down hot and heavy 

Bringing you to your knees

You're trying to put the pieces together 

It's another job that you don't need

Time keeps dragging on forever 

All the while you're searching for x, y, and z

Revolution 2016

REVOLUTION 2016 - Written by Carroll Bryant 

People of Earth I'm coming back home 

Hold your breath 

Prepare your souls 

You're looking for answers that don't exist 

Smoke and mirrors 

You're broken to the bone 

The world's a test 

Your mind's a mess

Blaming Trump when you should be blaming the president 

Your heart's a wreck 

But what the heck 

You can't take it anymore 

Stupid amid confusion 

Welcome to the fake revolution

Buried in their thought pollution 

Welcome to the fake revolution 

Paid to misbehave 

People of Earth I'm standing right here 

You don't care 

You like it over there

You're crying the tears that drown your sorrows

By night and day 

There's no tomorrow

There's no success 

No wound to dress

No one's happy until somebody ends up dead 

Your time's a riot 

And you can't buy it 

You're hiding deep inside of your head

Stupid amid confusion 

Welcome to the fake revolution

Buried in their thought pollution 

Welcome to the fake revolution 

Paid to dig your grave

The world's a test 

Your mind's a mess

Blaming Trump when you should be blaming the president 

Your heart's a wreck 

But what the heck 

You can't take it anymore 

Stupid amid confusion 

Welcome to the fake revolution

Buried in their thought pollution 

Welcome to the fake revolution 

Paid to misbehave

Stupid amid confusion 

Welcome to the fake revolution

Buried in their thought pollution 

Welcome to the fake revolution 

Paid to preach their ways

Paid to misbehave

Paid to be a democratic slave 

I'm Dynamite

I'M DYNAMITE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

It's three A.M. 

Baby, let me in 

Been thinking of you all day

Oh, come on and hold me tight 

Yes girl, I'm dynamite 

So, I'm just a little bit drunk

And you are all the love I want 

So come on girl and open the door

We can do it on the living room floor

The back door

Oh, here it comes again 

That feeling 

Let me in 

Oh, it's so cold outside 

Yes girl, I'm dynamite 

So, I'm just a little bit goofy

Sweet wine, and I love my Lucy 

So come on girl and open the door

I'll give it to you good

The what for

We can do it on the living room floor 

The back door

It's three A.M. 

Baby, let me in 

Been thinking of you all day

Oh, come on and hold me tight 

Yes girl, I'm dynamite

I'm dynamite

It's three A.M. 

I could be your best friend 

It's all right 

I'm dynamite

Yes girl, I'm dynamite 

I'll give it to you good

The what for

You want more? 

Then open the damn door

Shame Away

SHAME AWAY - Written by Carroll Bryant 

There's something caught in the back of my throat 

Words I can't seem to swallow 

There's something happening over my head

Thoughts that seem to be too hollow 

Take my shame away by midnight 

Lay the blame all on me if you like 

I got a name that keeps me going strong 

And you stand there with so much need

And broken 

You claim the covers when we're sleeping 

We're not lovers anymore when we weep

I kick myself out of bed when you kick me 

We become whores to our society 

Take my shame away by midnight 

Lay the blame all on me if you like 

I got a name that keeps me going strong 

And you stand there with so much need

And broken 

My dream is your nightmare 

That's what you say 

Every night is a million different faces

Memories you didn't want to see with your own eyes

I warned you about my history 

There's something caught in the back of my throat 

Words I can't seem to swallow 

There's something happening over my head

Thoughts that seem to be too hollow 

Take my shame away by midnight 

Lay the blame all on me if you like 

I got a name that keeps me going strong 

And you stand there with so much need

And broken 

We are so broken

Love is slipping away 

Two people broken

Every night the same thing

The same pain

Loneliness eats them both alive 

My Salvation (Hopeless)

MY SALVATION (HOPELESS) - Written by Carroll Bryant

You can't see what's on the inside 

I protect myself by being shy 

You can't feel the angry anxiety 

I take my pills and lay down to cry 

I'm flying away

So far away

Lead me not into temptation 

This is my salvation 

Talk is cheap when there's no philosophy 

Just stupid kids playing ring around the rosy 

You roll your eyes and I begged you to treat me sweet

I can't believe that I even begged you 

I'm flying away

So far away

Lead me not into temptation 

This is my salvation 

I know I'm nothing to you

I'm just a throw-away

Neurotic to the point that I drive you crazy

I got no money to offer your insecurities 

Nothing here for you to respect 

You can't see what's on the inside 

I protect myself by being shy 

You can't feel the angry anxiety 

I take my pills and lay down to die

I'm flying away

So far away

Lead me not into temptation 

I'm flying away

So far away

Lead me not into temptation 

This is my salvation 

Exit Wounds

EXIT WOUNDS - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Life is implacable and fatuous, too

Danger has a gun and is pointing it at you 

Don't be so diffident when it's your turn to die 

There is no time to stop and wonder why

Everything scatters all over the place 

Nobody matters when the bullet hits the face 

Everything important doesn't matter anymore

Just watching the blood pour 

Spilling on the floor 

Living in the fastest lane and running to survive

Dodging the darkest shadows in the darkest of nights 

Don't be so hesitant when reaching for your gun 

The party's only started so I hope you're having fun

Everything scatters all over the place 

Nobody matters when the bullet hits the face 

Everything important doesn't matter anymore

Just watching the blood pour 

Spilling on the floor

This whole thing is making me sick

When you're down, everything spins around 

This whole thing has to be a trick

Clearly, I am homeward bound 

This city is so dirty 

Life is implacable and fatuous, too

Danger has a gun and is pointing it at you 

Don't be so diffident when it's your turn to die 

There is no time to stop and wonder why

Everything scatters all over the place 

Nobody matters when the bullet hits the face 

Everything important doesn't matter anymore

Just watching the blood pour 

Spilling on the floor 

Just watching the blood pour

You Talk Too Much

YOU TALK TOO MUCH - Written by Carroll Bryant 

You're deadly glamorous with a nefarious smile

You get around girl, all of the while

Your attitude reflects your ineptitude 

You remind me of this girl that I once knew 

You live in circles that long for the lunch 

Where the chitter-chatter is way out of touch

You talk too much 

Secrets get exposed

Relationships become toast 

You talk too much

Girl, you can't control the words that you say

You know it's wrong, but you say them anyway

You won't shut up

You talk too much 

You're silly indolent and off you went 

You find a way to get your money spent 

Your desperate cries reveal your alibis 

You remind me of this time love said goodbye 

You live where reason doesn't even have a clue 

You're always walking around with one missing shoe 

You talk too much 

Secrets get exposed

Relationships become toast 

You talk too much

Girl, you can't control the words that you say

You know it's wrong, but you say them anyway

You won't shut up

You talk too much

How is that you can keep a friend? 

One day your perfect world has to come to an end

You're always so sorry when something gets out 

Always acting like you don't know what anything is ever about 

Where is it coming from?

You live where decency doesn't exist 

You're always sinking ships with those loose lips  

You talk too much 

Secrets get exposed

Relationships become toast 

You talk too much

Girl, you can't control the words that you say

You know it's wrong, but you say them anyway

You won't shut up

You talk too much

You talk too much 

Even in your sleep those secrets you can't keep

You won't shut up

You talk too much 

You talk too much

You talk too much

Simplicity

SIMPLICITY - Written by Carroll Bryant 

There is a universe of time waiting

For me

This is my world of simplicity 

You can't make up my mind 

For me

You can't take away my simplicity 

Everything!

I break it all down!

Everything you see is .....

Everyday! 

I break it all down!

Everyday I break it all down

To be

Simplicity

Sometimes you have to fight for territory 

Everyone gets challenged eventually 

You can choose to close your eyes if you like 

But that won't save you from the beast 

When everything is alive

Nobody dies

That's why I live my life 

In simplicity 

When everybody cries 

I know I'll survive

That's why I live my life

In simplicity 

There is a universe of light shining 

On me

This is my world, my galaxy 

You can't make up my mind

For me

You can't break away from my simplicity 

When everything is alive

Nobody dies

That's why I live my life 

In simplicity 

When everybody cries 

I know I'll survive

That's why I live my life

In simplicity

Everything!

I break it all down!

Everything you see is .....

Everyday! 

I break it all down!

Everyday I break it all down

To be

Simplicity 

This is my life

Simplicity

A Sexual Paradise

A SEXUAL PARADISE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Here we stand

Somewhere on the precipice 

Hand to hand

You and I living so deep in the love

They can see it in our eyes

The joy shows on our faces 

A virtual sexual paradise 

Taking us to so many places 

Here we are

Riding high upon our wave

We find our star 

Smiles and all the love we make 

They can find it in our life 

The laughter sings it well 

A virtual sexual paradise  

A story we can tell 

And it's the life all around us 

And all can see

What we have and what it really means 

Together to be 

Always you and me

And the world is our oyster

Let us believe

And it's the love all around us 

The air that we breathe 

What we want and everything we need

Forever the sea

Always you and me

And today is our tomorrow 

Let us believe it 

Let the wind blow it all away 

We can always rebuild 

It's our natural skill 

Let the wind blow our minds

It's only time that gets left behind 

The world will always be our sexual paradise 

I can see it in your eyes 

And it's the life all around us 

And all can see

What we have and what it really means 

Together to be 

Always you and me

And the world is our oyster

Let us believe

And it's the love all around us 

The air that we breathe 

What we want and everything we need

Forever the sea

Always you and me

And today is our tomorrow 

Let us believe it

Just let us believe 

I can see it in your eyes

A virtual sexual paradise

By The River

BY THE RIVER - Written by Carroll Bryant

I'm gonna lay

Gonna lay me down by the river

Raise my hands and then shed my skin

It's okay

To be good enough for decent 

I forgive myself for all my sins 

It so happens that life gets so little 

Before it gets too big

When you're young 

You only live to reach the middle 

Because you never think you will ever make it to the end 

That's the sickness

Being invincible 

Being all you can

I'm gonna lay

Gonna lay me down by the river

Raise my hands and then shed my skin

It's okay

To be good enough for decent 

I forgive myself for all my sins

Life's lemonade is made with imperfect lemons 

Bitter to the taste so swallow what you can

Mysteries and magic

You hold it in your hands

Best to be gentle and a gentleman 

We're only human

Woman to woman 

And man unto man 

I'm gonna lay

Gonna lay me down by the river

Raise my hands and then shed my skin

It's okay

To be good enough for decent 

I forgive myself for all my sins 

A team of wild horses couldn't pull me away 

Drag me away from the likes of you

So, listen closely

I will be your hero and I will be your fool 

That's the sickness

Being invincible 

Being all that you can 

We're only human

Woman to woman

And man unto man 

I'm gonna lay

Gonna lay me down by the river

Raise my hands and then shed my skin

It's okay

To be good enough for decent 

I forgive myself for all my sins 

Kim Kimmy

KIM KIMMY - Written by Carroll Bryant 

Kim Kimmy

I was feeling a little bit down

Kim Kimmy

Sorting through memories until I had found
All the good times I spent with you

In the hot nights of summer

Your husband never knew 

Kim Kimmy

You stood about five feet seven

Kim Kimmy

Your perfect little body was my piece of heaven

For the sake of letting me in 

We escaped to our little island of sin 

Nobody even tried to figure it out 

And the earth moved

The sky fell apart

Two children of fate making out in the dark

And the music played on the radio station and then

Two people trying to solve mysteries - again

Kim Kimmy

I was only trying to look back

Kim Kimmy

My heart went off into another attack

Of all of the days that I need a kiss

Why does it always happen in a moment like this?

A family reunion of every emotion inside

And the earth moved

The sky fell apart

Two children of fate making out in the dark

And the music played on the radio station and then

Two people trying to solve mysteries - again 

We were baptized by the night 

Lurking undercover out in plain sight 

Never again, you said, to fall in love 

Kim Kimmy

I was feeling a little bit down

Kim Kimmy

Sorting through the memories until I had found you

And the earth moved

The sky fell apart

Two children of fate making out in the dark

And the music played on the radio station and then

And the earth moved

The sky fell apart

Two children of fate making out in the dark

And the music played on the radio station and then

Two people trying to solve mysteries - again 

Two people passing themselves off in the daylight as friends

Kim Kimmy

Kim Kimmy

Kim Kimmy

I'm doing it all over again

She's Too Sexy For Me

SHE'S TOO SEXY FOR ME - Written by Carroll Bryant 

She's too sexy for me 

She's so hot she can never cool down

Lord have mercy, baby

She'd tap her own ass if she thought she could get away with it

Never ask her twice

If she doesn't answer 

It means she wasn't listening 

She's always acting naughty and nice 

If you catch her in the right mood 

She'll give you something good to groove

She's way past anything you could smell

The very thing you'd love to play with

Her body rocks so wild as hell 

Whatever she gives to you, consider it a special gift 

She's too sexy for me 

She's so hot she can never cool down

Lord have mercy, baby

She'd tap her own ass if she thought she could get away with it

Never turn away

If she thinks you disrespected her

She'll eat you up like cake

She's always talking fashion about your face 

If you drop her like a time-bomb

She'll sing you to death with a Taylor Swift song 

She's way too fast for you to even touch

The very thing you would go to jail for

Her fatal charms will knock your socks off

Whatever she tries to sell you, buy it out, the whole damn store

She's too sexy for me 

She's so hot she can never cool down

Lord have mercy, baby

She'd tap her own ass if she thought she could get away with it

She's way past anything you could smell

The very thing you'd love to play with

Her body rocks so hard as hell

Whatever she gives to you, consider it a birthday gift

She's too sexy for me

She's too sexy for you

She has to be a lesbian 

Imagine what she likes to do

Locked inside her sexy bedroom

OMFG!

She's too sexy for me 

She's so hot she can never cool down

Lord have mercy, baby

She'd tap her own ass if she thought she could get away with it

You can fool yourself into whatever you want to believe 

But she's too sexy for me

My Strawberry Girlfriend

MY STRAWBERRY GIRLFRIEND - Written by Carroll Bryant

You never did worry about getting in a hurry 

Before

Has love become forgetful?

You never did question when you're handing out suggestions 

Galore

Has love become regretful? 

I'm hanging on tight with all I have inside

While you're letting go 

And you can't let it go fast enough 

Is this the end?

Two become lovers 

Now there's nothing but shenanigans 

I can't pretend

It hurts forever

As I'm losing my strawberry girlfriend

You never did like the taste of what you bite

Or more

Has love left you hanging high?

You never did spit when you swallowed the shit like you did

You whore

Has love left you banging guys?

I'm holding on hard to a broken part of me

While you're slapping everybody all around

Slapping all around the town 

Is this the end?

Two become lovers 

Now there's nothing but shenanigans 

I can't pretend

It hurts forever

As I'm losing my strawberry girlfriend

Is this the end?

Two become lovers 

Now there's nothing but shenanigans 

I can't pretend

It hurts forever

As I'm losing my strawberry girlfriend

Now I think I know why I like to kiss

Your strawberry lips

Now I think I realize why I insist 

On giving in to compromise 

You're hiding out behind those eyes

I'm hanging on tight with all I have inside

While you're letting go 

And you can't let it go fast enough 

I'm holding on hard to a broken part of me

While you're slapping everybody all around

Slapping all around the town 

Is this the end?

Two become lovers 

Now there's nothing but shenanigans 

I can't pretend

It hurts forever

As I'm losing my strawberry girlfriend

Is this the end?

Two become lovers 

Now there's nothing but shenanigans 

I can't pretend

It hurts forever

As I'm losing my strawberry girlfriend

I'm buried alive in sin 

In love with my strawberry girlfriend

I Wrote It Down

I WROTE IT DOWN - Written by Carroll Bryant 

You took me by the hand

You led me into your room

You turned this boy into a man 

Many years way too soon

I walked the road of my life

I married not a single wife

No child of blood to call my own

I am alone

I'm all alone

Funny how it started in that room

Funny how I roamed my days underneath the moon

Funny how I got caught up in my ways

Funny how I came to be from all the words I couldn't say 

I wrote them down

I wrote my feelings down

I got it all out of my system 

You come to me in dreams

You haunt me when I sleep 

You gave me relief and baby, that wasn't cheap

You took my virginity 

Funny how it started in that room

Funny how I roamed my days underneath the moon

Funny how I got caught up in my ways

Funny how I came to be from all the words I couldn't say 

I wrote them down

I wrote my feelings down

I got it all out of my system 

I wrote them down

I wrote my feelings down

I got it all out of my system 

I walked the road of my life

I married not a single wife

No child of blood to call my own

I am alone

I'm all alone

Funny how it started in that room

Funny how I roamed my days underneath the moon

Funny how I got caught up in my ways

Funny how I came to be from all the words I couldn't say 

I wrote them down

I wrote my feelings down

I got it all out of my system 

I wrote them down

I wrote my feelings down

I got it all out of my system 

I wrote it down

I wrote my feelings down

I wrote it down

Vegas And Vega

VEGAS AND VEGA - Written by Carroll Bryant

There's so much trouble and so much hate

People living on the brink and they can't escape

Children hiding in fear where dignity is shamed 

Cracking under pressure and feeling the hard pain 

Killers on the streets running fast to their regrets 

Fighters in the shadows and bullies on the internet 

The terrorists haven't even begun yet

Everyone waits their turn so who is gonna get it next?

Somewhere in between Vegas and Vega 

An angel is being pulled into another black hole 

No one can hear the bitch screaming 

Because everything on planet earth is spinning out of control

There's so many of them living in their fantasy 

I'm living the dream in my reality

When everything turns left and you know they go green

They come after me with that goddamn envy

You know what I mean? 

Somewhere in between Vegas and Vega 

An angel is being pulled into another black hole 

No one can hear the bitch screaming 

Because everything on planet earth is spinning out of control

I can't hide from all of this shit 

Even though it's the hardest thing I try to do 

My reputation takes another fucking hit 

So many accusations with zero convictions 

You know the lies can never be true

There's so much trouble and so much hate

People living on the brink and they can't escape

No, they can't escape

I can't relate

They're making a break for it 

Somewhere in between Vegas and Vega 

An angel is being pulled into another black hole 

No one can hear the bitch screaming 

Because everything on planet earth is spinning out of control

Somewhere in between Vegas and Vega 

Another angel is being paid for being a ho 

No one can hear the bitch screaming 

Because everyone on planet earth is selling their soul

Because everything on planet earth is spinning out of control

Selling their soul

Selling a ho

Because quite frankly I've no other place to go

Take Me Down (You Can't)

TAKE ME DOWN (YOU CAN'T) - Written by Carroll Bryant

You're learning how to be somebody

Growing into your own

You're probably better off just falling

In love and all alone 

It's always gonna be eccentric 

When passion gets hotter than hell

Time has a way to help you forget it

But I can see in your eyes that you remember it well

Take me down

Isn't that your one objective?

Shake me around

Like the rag-doll bitch you think I am

(You can't) Take me down

Power can be so subjective

Take me down

Even if you really think you can

You can't

I'm starting to believe the whispers

This is gonna end the worst possible way

Stand up, your ground, or stand and deliver

No soup for you today

It's always gonna be electric 

When two powder kegs meet head to head

Face to face and we both regret it 

Preying on each other and praying for death

Take me down

Isn't that your one objective?

Shake me around

Like the rag-doll bitch you think I am

(You can't) Take me down

Power can be so subjective

Take me down

Even if you really think you can

You can't

I lay awake at night waiting for your skin

Together, wrong or right

Making the baby we so aptly name, Sin

I fall asleep sometimes waiting for you to put it in

The dagger

It's always gonna be eccentric 

When passion gets hotter than hell

Time has a way to help you forget it

But I can see in your eyes that you remember it well

You're growing into your own

Take me down

Isn't that your one objective?

Shake me around

Like the rag-doll bitch you think I am

(You can't) Take me down

Power can be so subjective

Take me down

Even if you really think you can

You can't

You can't take me down, you can't