(The Divine Sky 2024) Full album lyrics by Paul Ryan
Released November 11th, 2024
Tracklisting:
- DIZZIEST STARS
- THE DIVINE SKY
- WISH COME TRUE
- PICTURED FOR JULY
- DANIELLE
- MULTITUDES
- RUFFIANS
- FINGER ON DESTRUCTION
- VIOLET RAYS
DIZZIEST STARS
A voice born from the void
Blitzed those paranoid
I've watched them dust their blame
Dissipated like a moth to the flame
The dizziest of stars
Got caught between these hearts
Left bruised, confused in dismay
The World won't hear what I'll say
Down the stream we'll float
Winter winds blow our coats
We're statues, so stone faced
Dissolved like a man without trace
Back to the holes you go
Killing fields littered with snow
THE DIVINE SKY
Looking into you makes me cry
As your spirit passes by
Solitude had made me stronger
Yet it is still you that I longed for
The Divine Sky
Viewing from a window so afar
As your spirit became a star
Touched each and every soul
Yet it has still left all these holes
The Divine Sky
WISH COME TRUE
These four walls, trapping me
Then you came and set me free
That feeling was so new
Wings that flew, for the first time
After feeling blue - you're a wish come true
After holding you - you're a wish come true
Points of view, falling through
The hands of time, and set on you
I'll turn the key, to break on free
Away from all that past misery
Stood in rain without pain
Happy now, that I drew your name
PICTURED FOR JULY
LIBERTY ONCE TIED
SILENCED MOUTHS EYES BLIND
WAGED ANOTHER WAR
NOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR
PICTURED FOR JULY
SWIMMING SUMMER HIGH
EVERYWHERE IS FAIR
TRANQUILITY IN THE AIR
LAND OF THE FREE
HOLY WORDS CAN'T SPEAK
SPLITTING BLACK AND WHITE
CORRUPTED WRONG FROM RIGHT
I'VE JUMPED THAT BERLIN WALL
WAVES SO HIGH SO TALL
I'VE SEEN HER STATUES SINK
NOT THAT YOU WOULD THINK
THAT EVERYWHERE IS FAIR
TRANQUILITY IN THE AIR
DANIELLE
I WROTE A SONG FOR YOU
THAT BURNING PAGES DREW
A GOLDEN GLOWING KISS
MY LIPS HAVE SORELY MISSED
I'VE CROSSED OLD RAGING STORMS
FROM WHERE I WAS DRAGGED TORN
YOU'RE MY FRIEND, UNTIL THE END
DANIELLE - MY HEART COULD TELL
I WROTE A SONG FOR YOU
WITH NOTES SHINING THROUGH
THE ENDLESS SPACE AND TIME
THAT LENDS YOU PEACE IN MIND
THROWN PAST CROWN OF THORNS
CAN'T HARM A HEART SO WARM
I WROTE A SONG FOR YOU
TO HEAR THEN START ANEW
WORDS CONCISE AND CLEAR
THAT KEEP THESE FEELINGS NEAR
multitudes
You give me your all
All I’m falling for
You show me your door
What I’m knocking for
Is you love me, lead me
Take me anywhere
Away from these numbers
Away from these cares
These colours of blue Are bleeding out of you
These visions of truth Are burning in my view
You give me your all
All I’m falling for
You show me your dawn
It’s all I’m rising for
To know you, show you
New meaning of life
With multitudes of laughter
Multitudes of strife
RUFFIANS
They’ll build you up
To knock you down
Then steal your money
To see you drown
While I’m enslaved forever
With the blue and brown
These Ruffians Loot town to town
Home again
With no real friends
Are you one of them?
Relentlessly hell bent
They’re Napoleonic
To climb to fame
Wear your death masks
Conceals your shames
Sent Trotskys’ ice-pick
Through the flames
Don’t want to get
Struck down again
But I’m back again
With your brain dead friendS
Can’t they read my signs?
“Real eyes - Realised - Real lies”
One last curtain call
Before I lose it all
Heads in a guillotine
The 21st century is so clean
FINGER ON DESTRUCTION
How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk in day?
With your finger on a trigger
With your finger on a dead pulse
With your finger on a H-Bomb
With your finger on abortion
How do you sleep at night?
How do you walk in day?
With your finger on a country
With your finger on a dead God
With your finger on religion
With your finger on destruction
I’ll never forgive you
I’ll never bow down to you
VIOLET RAYS
Violet rays beam down below
Behind your mind
Where you will go
Weary ways sure set the tone
Lifted her skin Exposed to the bone
Violet rays shine on these days
Violet rays shine on always
Violet rays beam down below
Beyond your winds
Where they will blow
Dying days sure set the night
Blackened skies Devoured all light
Violet rays beam down below
Before your waves
Where reflections show
Fires ablaze sure set the dream
Swallowing thoughts And armies screams
(EYES OF AN ENEMY 2025) FULL ALBUM LYRICS BY PAUL RYAN & OLIVIA THOMSON
Released December 5th, 2025
Tracklisting:
- EYES OF AN ENEMY I.
- BURNING NEON
- LONGED FOR LIFE
- WORTH THE KNOW
- SOFIA STANDS SO NEAR
- HEART SUNK WITHOUT YOU
- TRAIN ON WRONG RAILS
- EYES OF AN ENEMY II.
- DRINKING WINE
- CHARLES BUKOWSKI
- CARRY ME HOME AGAIN
BURNING NEON
THE CITY LIGHT REFLECTS ALL SIDES
I'VE BEEN DREAMING OF MY ENTIRE LIFE
TIME DOES US SO MUCH HARM
BUT THERE'S NO NEED TO BE ALARMED
Fate twists this tale of time
Not being in love, is not a crime
Now I’ll open up that door
Because I can’t stay here
Can’t stay no more
I carry on, I carry on
The burning neon hotel signs
Shines beyond the rooms inside
Want to be someone
Can’t you help me through?
It’s hard at times, but I’ll do it for you
Those days evaporated all around
Waves on waves of solid sound
Now I’ve opened up the floor
Because I can’t stand here
Can’t stand no more
I carry on, I carry on
The morning hit, I received the call
A motorcade dipped into dawn
The highway seemed so surreal
Dressed white lines with floating steel
Now I’ve been so lost, then found
Now we’re in the air
Now we’re in the ground
LONGED FOR LIFE
AN UPPER IN THE MORNING
A DOWNER LATE AT NIGHT
IT'S THE ONLY WAY I KNOW
HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE
A WAITRESS BY THE DAY AGAIN
A POET WHEN TURNING DARK
A POSER ALL OF THE TIME
I MAY TAKE THINGS WAY TOO FAR
I GUESS I'VE BEEN WRONG
AND COME ON TOO STRONG
MAYBE IT'S MY FAULT
BUT AT TIMES I'M TOO DRUNK
I JUST WANT TO BE RIGHT
BUT I STILL LONGED FOR, I STILL LONGED FOR
I STILL LONGED FOR LIFE
COLD WEATHER HAS GOT ME
BOB DYLAN WALKIN'
SHADOWS CROWD THE STREETS AGAIN
SO SICK OF TALKING
I'VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH
I'M STILL SO GUILTY
I'M SO TIRED AT EDGE OF NIGHT
EVERY THOUGHT, CAN'T SLEEP AT ALL
I GUESS I'VE BEEN STRONG
I'M STILL TRYING TO HOLD ON
IT'S ALL MY FAULT
AND YES, I'M STILL SO DRUNK
I JUST WANT TO BE RIGHT
AND STILL LONG FOR LIFE
I'M STILL TRYING TO DECIDE
IF I STILL LONGED FOR
I STILL LONGED FOR LIFE
WORTH THE KNOW
ACROSS THE NAKED STREETS
OF AN OLD ENGLISH TOWN
MINDLESS CLOWNS SURROUND THEIR CROWDS
TO MARCH ABOUT, TO PUSH AROUND
CAN'T FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS
WRAPPED AROUND A POISONED KISS
YOU'VE WALKED AROUND FEELING LOW
(WALKED AROUND, WALTZED AROUND)
YOU NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME
(NEED TO ROAM, NEED TO ROAM)
AS YOU'VE REACHED THIS POINT
(IT'S TIME TO GO, TIME TO GO)
AND FIND YOURSELF A PLACE TO GROW
(THAT'S WORTH THE KNOW, WORTH THE KNOW)
NO STRANGER TO THIS HEAVEN
TRIED ESCAPE SINCE SEVEN
CLOUDS ABOVE BEYOND BLEAK GREY
ON EVERY SINGLE COMING DAY
CAN'T FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS
WORLD FULL OF INJUSTICE
YOU'VE WALKED AROUND FEELING LOW
(WALKED AROUND, WALTZED AROUND)
YOU NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME
(NEED TO ROAM, NEED TO ROAM)
AS YOU'VE REACHED THIS POINT
(IT'S TIME TO GO, TIME TO GO)
AND FIND YOURSELF A PLACE TO GROW
(THAT'S WORTH THE KNOW, WORTH THE KNOW)
SOFIA STANDS SO NEAR
How far I’ve gone to see your smile
When left adrift for miles
Smoking beacons light the way
Leads me into a brighter day
Sofia, stands so near
Fallen angel shows no fear
How long have you been here?
Felt like an absence of years
Freeway by the old bay
Sinks me into a childlike play
Sofia, eyes so clear
Fallen angel rolling tears
HEART SUNK WITHOUT YOU
I can’t shake this feeling
Could dive through the ceiling
My heart sunk without you
And left me dark blue
Cherry blossom hillsides
Alleviates my mind
Wanna cleanse those tomorrows
Dissolving sorrows
I couldn’t dream without you
I wouldn’t want to
Can’t believe without you
Just heart sunk without you
I can’t fake this meaning
After all my cleaning
Way past your windows
Where our minds glow
Bursting with colours
As everything suffers
Under small large hands
Turning round and round
I couldn’t drEam without you
I wouldn’t want to
Can’t believe without you
Just heart sunk without you
I’m so glad that I found you
I’m so glad that I’ve known you
TRAIN ON WRONG RAILS
Rest your weary head on me
Before we descend into sea
Once my hands they were bound
With you, I’ve found my past sound
There
I’ll meet you where
Eyes no longer stare
At ears which were pressed to where
We never belonged
Now we are strong
Rest your weary mind on me
Before we transcend completely
Once this ship, cursed and sailed
Like a train on wrong rails
There
I’ll meet you where
Eyes no longer stare
At ears which were pressed to where
We never belonged
Now we are strong
There
I’ll meet you where
Eyes no longer stare
At ears which were pressed to where
We never belonged
Now we are gone
EYES OF AN ENEMY II.
Golden words of love blew our minds
Rises to the vowels above then unwinds
Sources of light
Burnt through me
At the crossroads
Of our destinies
Torched forever
By a fever dream
Inside the bind
Of orchestrated Queens
Silver flows from rusted chewing chains
Lowering razor blades, bled down your drain
Scenes of liars
Bent their stories
Broken clocks
Roads weaved unevenly
Dropping bombs
Unapologetically
Inside the cold
Eyes of an enemy
Black crows swam divine skies
Universal collapse suspected any cries
Weighted down
In wings of mirrors
Swirling around
Bars, pubs, and diners
Panzers
Cunts
Drunken currents
In poems unheard
Left so raw and blunt
How many times
Have I lived this story?
Existential crisis
Of no memory
Swelling tides
Served them jealousy
From New York
Now you’re fucked at sea
DRINKING WINE
Caught between enemy lines
My cuts are deep
Ears opened wide
Not as naive as I used to be
Like Joni’s guitar strings
I’m tuned differently
Striving for truth
In a World full of lies
Circled the wagons
Far and wide
When we were younger
We watched all the T.V.
Through long summer days
The best of memories
The adult World
Set our backs against the walls
So I’ve scribbled these lines
After drinking wine
Caught between enemy lives
All books replaced
By guns and knives
Stifled in this shallow purgatory
Then Joni’s guitar tone
Reminded me
THAT When we were younger
We watched all the T.V.
Through long summer days
The best of memories
The adult World
Set our backs against the walls
So I’ve scribbled these lines
After drinking wine