Discography
Last Chance to Fly (1993)
Members
- Jeff Garrison – Guitar
- Tom Gebauer – Drums
- Phil Phoenix – Vocals
- Matt Rainville – Guitar
Produced and engineered by: Phil Phoenix
Sleeve design by: Deviation
Recorded: February 1993
Released: April 30, 1993
Fourth Dimension
Written & Arranged by:
Matt Rainville | Phil Phoenix | Tom Gebauer (1992)
Lyrics by: Phil Phoenix
The dust in the air all around me,
made clear by the beaming sun.
I pull myself to the edge of the bed,
I know that all dreams must come to an end.
And when my feet reach the cold of the floor,
I return to reality.
I stair into open songs of rain,
I feel them covering over me.
Chorus:
Cold wind blows through the viens of time,
I see lights ahead my friend, but it’s far from here.
Cold wind blows through the viens of time,
Time is all we have and it’s come, it’s ticking away.
What would you say to me if I said Armageddon?
Has our path been proven self-destructive?
Many nights I lay awake to see the sun fall,
and every time blurs swirling gulls upon the dead shore.
No tears in my eyes,
but I’ve been mangled inside.
Now my world is now collapsing in pain,
it’s crushing over me.
Not to mention what you’ve become,
not to hear is your excuse not to see.
And so I’ve pulled it together again,
and you haul me away to my grave.
Repeat Chorus
Scavenger of Life
Written & Arranged by:
Matt Rainville | Tom Gebauer (1992)
Lyrics by: Phil Phoenix
A faint sense of mission, here in the cemetery.
Seems so long ago that she’s gone, but I won’t let her go.
Now it’s time for the seasons to change, but something surely remains in the place of my heart.
I’ll cast my fears into the wind, just to feel once again.
Pre Chorus:
I’m wading in darkness, I’m scared.
I’m wading in darkness, I’m scavenger of life.
Chorus:
And a walk outside, becomes a journey into the past.
I am wading in darkness, I’m scavenger of life.
Dying day she seemed so removed, with pain of the soul from yesterday.
I see it clear and in my heart, she left me with a voice of remorse.
Repeat Pre Chorus & Chorus
Slip the serpent around your throat and die,
watch the pain increase then begin to fly.
I know some say that soon times will be light;
Into to my eye’s gaze blind, I’m scavenger of life.
I never felt such hatred, in my mind before.
Tell me sir do you name him? Yes my son, and his name is Satan.
Repeat Pre Chorus & Chorus
I’m scavenger of life!
Mourning After
Written & Arranged by:
Phil Phoenix (1992)
Lyrics by: Phil Phoenix
Look in my heart young lady,
it’s not a crime to feel what you need to feel.
And I remember, why you started here.
And I remember, why you started here...
Chorus:
We’re walkin’ hand in hand through the sand,
gripping tight these chains of addiction.
You see one set and yes your right,
tis only I on the shores of life.
We’re walkin’ hand in hand through the sand,
I know I’ve felt this way before.
You see one set and yes your right,
she wanders alone on the shores of life.
You will see them reaching high, calling you coxing you to take this last ride. Empowering poison was self-inflicted on his mind.
So know the pain, the pain of the dawn. Women in love, are you sure, are you sure? So know the pain, the pain...
It seems you lost his control, and now your spending, all this time alone. ’Cause you know outside there’s, there’s casualties. ’Cause you know outside there’s, there’s casualties...
Repeat Chorus
Second Chorus:
We’re walkin’ hand in hand through the sand,
gripping tight these chains of addiction.
You see one set and yes your right,
she wanders alone on the shores of life.
We’re walkin’ hand in hand through the sand,
I know I’ve felt this way before.
You see one set and yes your right,
tis only I on the shores of life.
Last Chance to Fly
Written & Arranged by:
Jeff Garrison | Phil Phoenix (1992)
Lyrics by: Jeff Garrison & Phil Phoenix
I:
(I’m)Sailing the seas on an empty dream.
I wait for her, though I know she’ll never be home.
II:
Hello and goodbye,
Hello and goodbye, all in the same breath.
III:
All these times it seems you’re right,
but the bullet’s left the gun.
And all along the music was,
colliding screams of pain.
And now I see that I’ve been wrong,
it will break my mind to speak.
Through all these times have lead to one,
this one last chance to fly.
Repeat II
IV:
Light streaks by and leaves you blind,
as I take the lead again.
(And all these/Many) times I’ve played this game,
Lord I pray this is the one.
The finish line, locked in my sights,
but I won’t be easing up.
Through all these times I lead to one,
this one last chance to fly.
With every passing day, it seems my dreams are washed away, the sea, she calls me.
I’m one and all alone, one without love and no home, no rest for the weary.
Embracing the night she comes to me, on the winds of my mind she comforts me, in touch yet out of reach.
Can I ever feel what I can’t see, no life in reality, no reality in a dream, in a dream...
Repeat I (twice)
Repeat II
Repeat III
Repeat II
Repeat IV
Within
Written & Arranged by:
Phil Phoenix | Tom Gebauer (1993)
Lyrics by: Phil Phoenix
Have you ever been bitten by the sword?
Many truths my friend and I open up the only door.
Chorus:
And then you’ll see that it was always me,
and then they’ll feel from deep within.
The life force that drives us all to win.
Mind vision’s blind, looking back to see what’s mine,
knowing where to go is just another game of she said so.
Second Chorus:
And then you’ll know that it has always been me,
and then they’ll feel from deep within.
The life force that drives us all to win.
So you may rise from your six below,
Seen horizons but on your stone behold your soul.
Third Chorus:
And then you’ll see a writing left by me, we’ll call it your epitaph,
and then they’ll feel from deep within.
The life force that drives us all to win.
I:
Breath within, song after song,
feel within, what you need to keep in sight.
II:
You must know, I’m not gonna die here,
in this hell, where there’s never a yesterday.
Repeat I
Repeat II
And they’ll feel from deep within.
The life force that drives us all to win.
Deep within!
Empty Sometimes
Written & Arranged by:
Matt Rainville | Tom Gebauer | Phil Phoenix (1992)
Lyrics by: Phil Phoenix
I found a ride, to a desolate town far away.
And though it’s not the best time, it’s the only time for me, can you hear me?
A lonely shadowed child entered the room,
all eyes turned to stare.
I turned away when I realized,
it was me twenty years ago.
Chorus:
“Wait by the door little one,
I will return in a while.”
Need I say, she never did what she said,
and no, I never forgave her.
Times will change, times will change,
and we’ll see that the truth was already released.
Looking back at the child, he begins to cry,
just like me, he feels empty sometimes.
Wipe away all of those dreams,
I don’t need to hear them calling me home.
I turned around to the child, and asked him why,
he turned to be me... she said
Repeat Chorus
Staring down at the keys below, I’m wondering why,
it sounds so empty sometimes.
Haunting images shadow the walls of days ahead.
A rocking chair confined the old man,
he’s whispering, I still don’t understand... she said
Repeat Chorus
Mother I’m feeling so empty sometimes,
but I know that you don’t understand.
So, brother I’m feeling so empty sometimes,
and I know that this world is our home no more.
Father I’m feeling empty sometimes,
twas as if God came and closed my door.
Sins of Time
Written & Arranged by:
Jeff Garrison (1993)
Lyrics by: Jeff Garrison & Phil Phoenix
Mankind lives day to day, today.
Soon life’s joy will fade away, away.
And the sea begins to rise, another soul missed it’s chance to fly.
Chorus:
Rise and fall into a daze of confusion only to reopen,
another past sunset of engraved memories.
Five sensations surge inside me,
Wind and light they call me.
I’m over thrown by the sins of time.
Laughing briefly your only fading emotions inter-twine with greatness.
Yet all will feel.
Pre Chorus:
Setting suns have fallen never to be reborn,
I remember their rays piercing my eyes.
Just a moment ago my mind said good bye to my soul.
Second Chorus:
So rise and fall into a daze of confusion only to reopen,
another past sunset of engraved thoughts, memories return.
Mankind lives day to day, today.
Soon life’s joy fades away, away.
And the sea begins to rise, another soul missed it’s chance to fly.
Won’t you say goodbye to my soul,
Third Chorus:
So rise and fall into a daze of confusion only to reopen,
another past sunset of engraved thoughts, memories...
Rivers are flowing, tides are pulling,
I hear myself scream I’m drowning, Sr. God forgive for the sins of time.
One direction defines the forward irretrievable dimming lights of the past.
And then you’ll view.
Repeat Pre Chorus & Third Chorus
Seconds are ticking while hours are waiting,
through all these years of wasting,
all life all cease.
Saving the Millennium
Written & Arranged by:
Tom Gebauer | Phil Phoenix (1993)
Epitaph
Written & Arranged by:
Matt Rainville | Phil Phoenix | Tom Gebauer (1993)
Lyrics by: Phil Phoenix
Mark the days with an X for the past,
Such a cold reminder.
Turn away this light from my eyes,
I’m the scorned deceiver.
Pre Chorus:
She knelt before my bed,
“We’ll all miss you,” she said.
But I just need someone to hold on to,
someone to share in my goodbyes
Chorus:
In the end, there’s nothing more to say,
and in the end, there’s no one left to hear me.
How could you ever divide the two of us,
so deeply divine.
Though if she doesn’t need me anymore,
I’ll walk away through life’s empty door.
Repeat Pre Chorus
Second Chorus:
In the end, there’s nothing more to say,
now it’s the end, there’s no one left to hear me.
A little twisted I might admit,
if I could add it’s the sensible way.
Today you see life’s not what it appears,
when all I need is someone to be near.
Repeat Pre Chorus
Third Chorus:
In the end, there’s nothing more to say,
but in the end, there’s no one left to hear me.