A Private Little War

​Peace. Equality.
Standing up for good and liberty.
And you trust that you will stand for who you are for all your life.
You’ll never see it coming when it comes to drag you down.

Change. Adversity.
Tearing down the meaning you have built
And the force your hand. You won’t consider what you’v held dear all your life.
There’s just one thing that matters now.

And you’ll think you know the action you must take,
Holding in your hands the lives of everyone.

And here we are,
You’ll wage a private little war to save yourselves.
Two equal side, no advantages,
This war will last for years.

Regret. No Philosophy.
Living with the tragedies you’ve wrought.
And the blame you’ll take, considered necessary for the wars you’ve fought,
And you’ll not back down!

And you’ll keep on going until the day is done,
Until the day that you have killed every last one.


Instrumentation

Chris: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Noah: Keys
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums

Return to Tomorrow

​I, I now remember it, my lungs filled with wind,  after a half a million years, (begin)
To breathe again and see again, hearts surging, bodies touching, skin to skin
So very long, after so long, our bodies like our younger years again

And I don’t care, if we stay here for good.

I, remember flowers’ names, beside a silver lake. You held my hand the same. (we did)
We dared think of ourselves as gods, a paradise that soon burned up in flames.
We tore it down, and owning up, we had to wait, and lock ourselves away.

And I don’t know, if I can go from here.
It’s what we’ll miss, can robot lips do this?

Can two minds still intertwine their hands or press their bodies tight or feel alive? 
I, I don’t mind, I don’t mind, I don’t mind 
Oblivion with you, Oblivion with you, Oblivion with you, I’ m with you
Inter, they intertwine. Bodies, the bodies tight, I feel alive.


Instrumentation

Noah: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Mike: Keys
Chris: Bass, Backing Vocals
Andy: Drums

Patterns of Force

She likes to go both ways,
But I think there's one she prefers
Yeah, she's a dangerous contact
You can't take her at her word

She'll lie about her intentions
and where her loyalties lie
Yeah, she looks good holding a beretta,
And I think that she's alright

She doesn't want the power (the power)
Yeah, she just wants to be free (she wants to be free)
I wouldn't get in her way
She's a pseudo Nazi

She'll act like she doesn't like you,
And then she'll help you escape
Yeah, she wears a swastika
It doesn't matter 'cause she's ok

She doesn't want absolute power (the power)
Yeah, she just wants to be free (she wants to be free)
I wouldn't get in her way
She's a pseudo Nazi, She's a pseudo Nazi
She's a pseudo Nazi, She's a pseudo Nazi

People, people hear me
We're on the brink of disaster
And it's time to stop the bloodshed, bury the dead, let the killing end


Instrumentation

Mike: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Chris: Keys, Backing Vocals
Noah: Bass
Andy: Drums

By Any Other name

As a soldier of the Kelvin Empire
I’ve sailed the great unknown
Last I recall we hijacked a starship
For our lengthy jounrey home

But when I ‘woke this morning
My memories foreign and strange
A plaid-skirted wall decoration
And I have a splitting headache

So far we’ve come, this is my song
And I must be drunk

Adapted to human form from immense
Tentacled beings we once were
Images bursting from my conscious mind
New tastes, but it’s all a blur
Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer
Aboard the ship Enterprise
Plied me with beverages, strange elixers
The likes I’d never tried

Assaulting all me senses until I could n’ere even see
With his whiskeys and bourbons and scotches
And some other drink that was green

So far we’ve come, this is my song
And I must be drunk

The Kelvins do not colonize, we conquer
We rule, and that’s our way
Taking what we want, a powerful thirst
Could I have a drink for this pain?

Am I Kelvin any longer
Or just like the humans I’ve scorned?
My senses, a ounding enigma
Shameful in my pink uniform
Regardless of what I call myself
My essence will now be unchanged
My senses, a blossoming flower
Human by any other name

So far we’ve come, this is my song
And I must be drunk


Instrumentation

PJ: Guitar, Vocal
Mike: Lead Guitar
Noah: Keys
Chris: Bass, Backing Vocals
Andy: Drums

The Omega Glory

​Knew someone’d come looking here to find us
Just sorry it had to be you, ’cause I like you.
Don’t mean to cause you distress, but now that you’re here there’s no egress
From this place now.  Now it’s you’re home.
Got a good thing going here, there’s a little bit of war,
But have no fear, ‘ cause I’ve got this place under control.

Welcome to Omega!
We’re so happy to see you!
Welcome to O-ME-GA, where the disease won’t let you leave
And no one will find you.  They won’t find you.

This place is a virtual fountain of youth.
Everyone here’s as old as hell, but you can’t tell.
Just had to bend a few of the rules to get this place on track.
Or we’d never get it back
Don’t tell me things that I don’t want to hear,
Because it makes me crazy, like a dagger in my mind


Instrumentation

Chris: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Mike: Keys, Backing Vocals
Noah: Bass, Backing Vocals
Andy: Drums

The Ultimate Computer

​I finally feel alive
I’ve been turned on
the darkness is gone
It finally is my time
to sing my song
please sing along

Now that I’m in control
I promise to be smart
and not screw this up
Now I’m gonna do what I’m told
here’s an example to start
Oops I blew it up

So What?
I know better than you
I’d like to see you try and stop me
I’ve got
to prove myself and see this through
and you won’t be able to stop me

Now you’re only getting in my way
I could really shine
If you would just set me free
I don’t really care what you say
The decision is mine
You’ll have to follow me

Where I go
cause you’re no longer in charge
and you won’t be able to stop me
because I know
as we travel across these stars
no body will be able to stop me

I know you’ll try
but you will never succeed
except aside
from trying to convince me
I made a choice
a murderer and that was wrong
suicide
is my song

I win
There’s nothing that you can do
You haven’t been able to stop me
you lose
I’ve proved that I’m superior to you
no one in the universe can stop me


Instrumentation

Mike: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Noah: Keys, Backing Vocals
Chris: Bass, Backing Vocals
Andy: Drums

Bread and Circuses

We are brothers of the Son, and we are always on the run
All fleeing fish, and swimming strong
We are children of the Son, we won’t be fighting anyone
All dressed in rags, below the law
I guess that I believe in total love
And I guess a man must always fight to live, but just because

The ignorance of the common heads all beg for bread and circuses
And power rises where distraction is.

We are brothers of the Son, and we’re not killing anyone
Lord of the games, not ours today
We are children of the Son, and you’re not fooling anyone
Victory or death, moral decay

I guess that I believe in total love
And I guess a man must always fight to live, but just because

The ignorance of the common heads all beg for bread and circuses
And power rises where distraction is.
The only cares add up to less: all just bread and circuses
Lapping up your (la-la) lovely lens

Come run away. No citizens are we. We’ll just drive away.
Come ride with me in my old Jupiter 8. We’ll head out on our way
And make for the caves, and we will be okay, yes…bread and circuses

(we will not be less, we are not impressed, bread and circuses)


Instrumentation

Noah: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Chris: Keys, Backing Vocals
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums

Assignment: Earth

​Assignment Earth, we just might make history end
On the case, the mysterious Gary Seven

Supervisor 194
Where he came from, no one knows for sure
Roberta Lincoln, what’s in store?
His feline friend, mild mannered cat, or something more?

Assignment Earth, Agent Seven events the score
On the case, the fresh-faced Miss Lincoln we adore
Assignment Earth, backed by a sassy computer
Isis brings the enticement, so much excitement in store.


Instrumentation

PJ: Guitar, Vocal
Mike: Lead Guitar
Chris: Keys, Backing Vocals
Noah: Bass
Andy: Drums

Spock's Brain

​Hey, man. Hey, what’s up? Not much. Where ya goin? Uh. I don’t know. I just got in here and pressed a bunch of buttons. That’s weird. Um. I’m on my way up to the bridge. I’ve got to collect those multi-colored tapes that Kirk is always putting in his chair. I don’t care about that stuff, man. Oh, well. That’s where I’m going. Hey, did you hear about Spock’s brain? Oh, no. What happened? He lost his brain. What? Yeah. Some chick stole Spock’s brain. Was she hot? I don’t know. Why does that matter? Hey. Did you go to Hadley’s party the other night? I think so. Yeah, did you see Angela? Yeah. I saw her tossing back those Saurian Brandies. You would think for a minute that she’s over Robert but she’s totally not over Robert, man. She was all over Leslie. I mean, that guy. He just shows up. He’s everywhere and you can’t get rid of him. He’s everywhere. And Leslie doesn’t have to do anything. He doesn’t have to do anything. He just. Girls are all over him. He’s hanging out. He’s in every episode. Its like he’s always there. He’s everywhere. Yeah. He’s in the background. Sometimes he’s in the foreground. This one time they let him sit in the captain’s chair. He’s so pretentious. I know. He’s a climber. He’s a latter climber. Yeah. Aw, man. That was an awesome party. No, yeah. Hey, did you try any of that Saurian Brandy? No. I didn’t. Hey, did you hear about Janice? No. What happened. I don’t know what happened. I just wondered if you heard anything. I haven’t seen her in two years. Yeah. Me neither. Weird. Yeah. You ever notice how often she would bring that little clipboard over to Kirk’s chair? This is the twenty-third century. You can’t just sign something that is not a piece of paper on a clipboard? You notice how her uniform is just a little shorter than Starfleet regulations? That was a short skirt. That was a short skirt. I think they were hemming that up a little bit. She’s hot, though. I think we have very different tastes. Okay, so like, you’ve used the transporter? No. Me neither, me neither. But, like, a friend of mine did, right? Uh huh. So what if when someone transports, when they reappear it is like this weird copy of the original and the original is dead and their soul… Wait a minute. Spock doesn’t have a brain? That’s weird. Like, how can that even happen? I don’t know. I mean, you would think that is something that couldn’t happen. So he’s dead? Well, he’s not dead. What do you mean he’s not dead? They took him down to the planet and they’re, like, going to get his brain back. Huh. I’ll be. That’s…that’s… It’s actually really dumb, honestly. I’m surprised they haven’t canceled this five year mission. Hey, do you think they listen to the conversations in these turbolifts? I hope not. Oh, man. Do you think they’re listening to this conversation? This is a terrible conversation. What a waste of time and money. There’s got to be at least ten, or maybe even eleven, other conversations about Spock’s Brain that are better than this one. Ten. Ten conversations. Yeah. There’s probably ten. Ten. So, who all went down to the planet to find Spock’s brain? Who do you think? Kirk. McCoy. Chekov went. Didn’t two, like, random guys go down? Yeah. This time I think it was Carpenter and Moorhouse. Oh. Moorhouse owes me, like, fifty credits. Oh, you’re never going to see that again. I hear it is really cold down there. If any of them makes it back, it’ll be Chekov. Sometimes I just stand in here and talk to myself. Who doesn’t? How long does this turbolift take?

The Enterprise Incident

​I’m incapable of lying
But it is not a lie
to keep the truth to one’s self

Initiate recording
Romulan right of statement
I freely admit my guilt

It would be illogical
To presume all conditions stable
Please go and transform yourself

How rare and how beautiful
The oath I swore
But incongruous
As a Starfleet officer
When spoken by a soldier
It is both
But where would we be…

One hour from now
Specific
One hour from now
And binding
We’re from different worlds
As long as
So alike at the core
I wear the
And I could have gone down
Uniform
Forbidden Corridors
My duty
With you by my side
Is to the federation
You are a / I am a proud officer
An officer eighteen years
Without desire or fear
For my own ship and command
My crime is sabotage, and
Your new cloaking device is
A threat to our security
You are appreciated
My motives complicated
Moved by the touch of your hand
Honor and sense of duty
Traditional
Preclude acceptance
Historic vulcan loyalty
Of your offer, though I shall
Which is both
Reflect back on it…
Many years from now
Specific
Many years from now
and binding
We’re from different worlds
As long as
So alike at the core
I wear the
And I could have gone down
Uniform
Forbidden corridors
My duty
With you by my side
Is to the federation
You are a / I am a proud officer
My first responsibility is to my capatina nd my crew
The wants of my humanity, long years spent denying, It’s true
My obligation to fulfill, emotions could be beautiful
My trusted friends, still I pretend, counting on me, that I am no part human
I have bought them, for once I could, the time they need, just act freely
The Enterprise, her dark eyes, incident, ad this desire wells inside
I’ll not be broken by this tryst, I hope we shared something more permanent

Many years from now
Specific
Many years from now
And binding
We’re from different worlds
As long as
So alike at the core
I wear the
And I could have gone down
Uniform
Forbidden corridors
My duty
With you by my side
Is to the federation
You are a / I am a proud officer


Instrumentation

PJ: Guitar, Vocal
Chris: Guitar, Vocal
Noah: Keys
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums

The ​Paradise Syndrome

​The river runs one way to your house
Where everything’s familiar but came from somewhere else
Uncomplicated and just living, life was slow
Wanted to stay, but played it straight, and tried to go. – wha-oh-oh
I never meant to lose myself
My memories were up in the sky or somewhere else
It didn’t matter I had you to keep me whole
A joining like I had never felt before

Felt I did not deserve this kind of life, a happiness grown fast and strange
And my seed was sown, another life would start grow
And my thoughts turned only to you and our own.
Well then my dreams haunted my days
And I never thought that I would bleed or be betrayed
But you stood by my me, by my side in my disgrace
Your love stronger than stones thrown our way- hey-eh-ey
If there’s a God up in the stars,
Could he breathe life into you, here in my arms
When you are better, it will be just as it was
Each kiss is as the first here and above

And when that sky went dark, you hoped to God
But I knew it then, I knew it’d be my fault.
So when you close your eyes, I hope you’re with the life inside, and you’re
untouchable and quiet as the stars


Instrumentation

Noah: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar
Chris: Keys, Backing Vocal
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums

And the Children Shall Lead

​We will stay up all night
And we’ll be impolite
School’s out permanently
So follow my lead

Join us, and you can be our friend, on you this all depends
And if you don’t, we’ll treat you as our enemy, so
Join us, or you can be our foe but maybe you shoudl know
That if you don’t surrender, you will meet your ending

Hail hail, fire and snow
Far away we’ll go
Together we’ll dispel you to Hell
With the help of our creepy angel

We will stay up all night
And we’ll be impolite
School’s out permanently
So pass the ice cream, so pass the ice cream

No one will tell us when to sleep, how to act or when to speak
What to eat or not to scream, becasue we want more ice cream
And if resistance we should meet we will call upon their beast
It’s consuming all of you in fear of everything and

Ashes to ashes, everything
And we hope you feel the sting
Of your rapid aging and drugged-out halucinating
We’ll strike you down and follow through
Ring around the rosie too
And so shall we do as we believe, so shall we do, yeah

It’s icy silky smooth. It’s creamy decadence, deliciousness


Instrumentation

PJ: Guitar, Vocal
Mike: Lead Guitar
Chris: Keys, Backing Vocal
Noah: Bass
Andy: Drums

Is There In Truth No Beauty?

​Here I am. You’re right in front of me,
Though we couldn’t be further apart
Alone, you live, a solitary world,
Not permitting anyone to see

I know your light. I’ve seen it shining through.
You tell me that it’s just the illusion,
That I’m buying into. What I’m seeing’s just not real.
I say to not see you, you must be blind.

And you say to me that I should let it go,
But I say no. I just want to show you.

You’re so beautiful, I can barely take the sight.
You’re so beautiful, it drives me crazy every night.
If I could just convince you of what I already know to be right
We’d be beautiful, together beautiful.

I’d like to know if this time we spend is true,
Or is it just an another assignment for you.
You can’t look at me, doesn’t mean that you can’t see
For any other reason than you won’t.

There’s no need for envy, there’s not anybody else,
No one I’d rather meld with. I just wish you could see.


Instrumentation

Chris: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocal
Noah: Keys
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums

Spectre of the Gun

Everything we think we see, you know it’s all just scenery
Bits and pieces, incomplete but its enough to make us bleed
It’s all crude but dangerous, looks true, and real to touch,
and it seems it’s all for show, and there’s no place to go

We gotta break it down, break us out or find another way to try to stand our ground
The smallest doubt, no doubt will find a way to put us down… Put us away

Fire away, fire away, don’t wanna wait around for this all day

But its so hard— when we judge it to be solid to be real, thats when the bullets kill
set your sights, lets rewrite history before tonight, there’s no halfway—hey! It’s ok!

It saw our minds and chose our time, and the place where we might die
Now the past is kept alive, and the future open wide
all are shadows, don’t exist, ghosts without substance
without body, all unreal, nothing to feel

We gotta stare it down, falsehoods, lies collide,our minds have gotta stand their ground
The smallest doubt, no doubt will surely put us in the ground…Put us away

We are outside, we’re disease
We’ve been heard, we’ve said our pleas
Our sentence is pronounced and set
Ours shall be the pattern of our death…not yet.


Instrumentation

Noah: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocal
Chris: Keys, Backing Vocal
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums

Day of the Dove

We're back!
And I'm still in enraged. They finally had a chance to bust me out of my cage and I swear that I'll take revenge and undo injustice and honor my friends. The feds tried to keep me locked up tight but thanks to my homies I'm back in the fight.  But first we still need to educate.  It seems some of you came to this party late.

You still seem to think that Starfleet's the way. When will you learn that they're not okay?  They fly around spreading their smiles and lies and all the while you buy their disguise.  You just sit around like mindless targs letting them move in and reap the rewards.  Like Andorains, once a warrior race.  Now they hide behind Tellarites trying to save face.

We lost another brother, his name was Krell. He only tried to save the planet Neural from hell. He helped Apella defend his clan against an oppressing faction of his fellow man. Kirk showed up all 'better than thou' and armed Apella's enemies somehow. In the end Krell didn't win and we never heard from him ever again.

Now Klingons don't descriminate. If you're not like us y'all get the same fate. Give us any job and we'll finish the task. We take what we want and we don't ask. Like a piece of land that we want in tact. Y'all know Organia? Yeah. We done occupied that. We'll show you the truth and you decide if you want to be slaughtered or choose to abide.


Day of the Dove
Day of the Dove
Listen up y'all, it's the Day of the Dove
Day of the Dove
Day of the Dove
Come on all y'all, it's the day of the Dove

Still not convinced? Need a little more? We'll take turns. Let's start with Kor.

Smash them feds (dead!), treat 'em like their shirt is red
Kor is here to bust your head! (ya hear what he said?)
Hear me straight, 'cause I'm gettin' paid to subjugate
Makin' you afraid (c'mon!)
You know I dictate hard. Treat 'em like a graveyard, coming from the old guard, now I'm the vanguard
Militant, 'cause I'm vigilant, takin' no attitude from pissant dissidents
I exterminate any old predicament
Unless you're made of light, or you're omnipotent
​War has its fortunes, both great and disaster, rising up the ranks to be a Dahar Master
Got my eyes set on the IKS Klothos, son of Rynar, comin' straight outta Kronos

Can I kick it? (Yes you can)
I'm the K-O-L-O-T-H, man. Gimme some room, I'll disrupt your whole plan
Taking over your ship, yeah, we good at gettin', Kirk got beef, 'cause we pullin' mad kitten
My crew hopped on board, swingin' swords, we got mad fightin' skills, we win awards
Fist, kick, blood, bodies colliding, you gonna be impressed by the beat down we providin'
With a left, right, left, I'll leave your face a mess (yeah), It's all in the name of Kahless
​You never will best me, best not test me, or you'll be seein' the brains of my enemy
Infinite diversity in infinite combinations, as long as it's Klingon, **** the Federation.
Don't step to me, 'cause I don't think you're ready. 'Cause when it comes to rhymes, I hold it steady.

Something swag to brag, but I'm sippin on the henny. And when it's said and done, I'll leave your girl hot n sweaty

You know I'm Korax (he's the petaQ)
If you're gonna be flinging insults, then you're definitely gonna need a doctor
A psychiatrist. You know, someone to get in your head, undo all the damage I did
Untangle your ego and id, laid out on the floor, to your senses you will wave bye-bye (bye-bye)
Then you'll be back on your garbage scow with Captain Slime Devil, the holier than though
Laying in your padded room, and you will wonder how you managed to survive this row and not go under
So just let me clear this up, and you know how. It's 'cause Korax allows it, so you better kowtow
To the K-O-R to the AX, ya better get it, son, makin' you feel the pain, you know you better run
Diplomacy is the way of the Federation.
And you may say, "Hey man, why do we fight? There's plenty of booze, and we both like drinkin' right?"
But I'm not interested in peace, so let's just get this thing on
To be human or not, **** that, I'm a Klingon!

You all know me, I'm Arne D. 
Just one word. Quadrotriticale
I keep adding warriors to my gang
Now I want to introduce you to our brother Kang

I'm Kang (He's Kang!), and I'm hard to kill
Compared to other Klingons, (He's really chill)
So go ahead, set your phaser on stun, I'll kill you with a sword, instead of a gun
I'll bring my whole posse, including my wife, a science officer, but she'll take your life
Some Klingons have guts, some Klingons have balls, I'll have your head stuffed and hung on a wall
I'm honorable, I'm reasonable, and I'm on a roll with Federation numbskulls
An eye for an eye, they're in my sights, before deaths cowards die many times
I'll end the transmissions, and I'll end the mission, and then in addition, I'll kill with precision
So now hurry down doomsday, gonna make 'em all pay, I see through 'em like an X-Ray
I don't have time for their human lies, so one time I commandeered the Enterprise
Kirk and his crew were so nearly grounded, I'd hacked them to bits as we were surrounded
We were trapped by a glowing mirror ball, and if it weren't for that, we woulda slayed 'em all
The Feds come'll take over if we let 'em. I'll lead 'em straight to star date armadgeddon.

So you've heard our tales, and now it's up to you
To make the right choice and know what to do
When the Federation knocks at your door
You don't run and hide, you start the war
Stop oppression and join the strife
To teach others the Klingon way of life
And hopefully some day there will be peace
When everyone speaks Klingonese

​Armageddon in effect

For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky

​So you say that we’ve all been living a lie,
And we’re endangering millions of lives.
You just came from above, and you turned everything upside-down.
You’ve mad life so unpredictable.

What in this world would you have us do to keep disaster from happening?
I’m beginning to see that with you next to me, we can do anything.

Why don’t you stay here with me?
When we’re together, everything will be alright.
We’ll survive, if we are wise.
Tell me, why don’t you stay here with me?
We could live out the rest of our lives,
You and I, touching the sky.

From now on, there will be no more loneliness for you.
Now there’s a future to look forward to.
When we reach the new world, we be as one, and we will rule it side by side. No more strangers, we’ll be invincible.

So what if you say that time is short, and you’ll be leaving within a year.
Now that my heart sings, we could make the best of the time we have here.

Old computer, navigate through space.
Calculator, programming gone to waste.
Our creators, never known their face.
Break the rules here, be reminded of your place.


Instrumentation

Chris: Guitar, Vocal
PJ: Lead Guitar, Backing Vocal
Noah: Keys
Mike: Bass
Andy: Drums
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