Wabi Sabi: Lyrics

THE POWER
words and music by Damian Cartier


She asked him for his weakness, and he lied, he lied
So he told her that he loved her and she tried, she tried
to use his love against him, to bring him to his knees
but she could not make him answer, the man like Hercules
But then, one day, he told her, the truth that made love real,
so she grabbed herself a sciccors and she cut herself a deal

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But, the power was not in Samson’s mighty hair
The power was in his heart, so Delilah, you beware
The walls will come down to the ground while you sit back and stare,
‘cuz the power was not in Samson’s mighty hair


He asked his God for mercy, “What have I done, what have I done?
I let that woman cut my hair, I let her be the one
who took away my power, and took my faith to hell”
But, in that final hour, he broke that witch’s spell
The walls came down to the ground while everybody sat back and stared,
“Cuz the power was not in Samson’s mighty hair.

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You ask me for my weakness, and I lied, I lied
And I told you that I loved you, so you tried, you tried
To use my love against me, to bring me to my knees,
But you’ll never make me answer, ‘cuz your love was built to tease me
And then you’ll never find out the truth that makes love real
And there will never be no sciccors, and there will never be no deal

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APPLES
words and music by Damian Cartier


Now there’s something in the apple she gave me
there’s something in her way that says she’ll save me, so bravely
I take my first bite
the world spins around and I lose my sight,
so I’m hoping that gravity will find me
and put me on the ground and then unwind me – remind me
not to eat again, but when I look into her eyes, my whole life I’ll spend

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with the apples
I’m hanging out with the apples

Now, there’s something in my ribs that’s aching
when I looked into her eyes, was it real or faking? I’m making
too much of this, but there is something in her apple that I simply can’t resist
I insist on a list of ingredients, ‘cuz there is something in her apple that makes me think obedience, I pledge allegiance like the snake in which SHE charmed,
though she tries to act defenseless, she is clever and well armed

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And now I’ve lost my way back to the garden
each time I gain directions, I want to discard them, beg your pardon
do you know the way back?
well, if you do, don’t tell me now – I want another snack
I can’t believe my mind has been shaking,
moving black to white to back to front to clean this mess I’m making, mistaking
my heart for my mind
‘cuz when I ask myself a question, multiple choice is what I find – I designed
a method to be free,
but I threw it out the window, ‘cuz I just wanna be

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Lady Luck
words and music by Damian Cartier

Just when I closed my eyes, she appeared
From the minute I stopped looking, I now could hear
Something in the distance that felt so near
Something in her presence that made life clear

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So put on my chips on red,
Take all my money, give me her instead.
‘Cuz now I’m living in style.
Since I made lady luck smile.

When I opened my eyes, she was there
She was looking like my woman, so I just stared
She said all the winning numbers were in her hand
Well, she had all the winning numbers, but she had no man.
And I can’t understand why.

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Well, I tripped on a black cat, fell under a ladder,
Had a mirror in my pocket, when it broke, I heard it shatter,
Had a bad case of bad luck and slipped on a banana,
Stepped on a crack and met a devil from Savannah,
and the salt that I spilled on my food just made me fatter –
but, now it doesn’t really even matter..

Since I made Lady Luck smile
Since I made Lady Luck smile…

SONG 4 MOTHER
words and music by Damian Cartier


Sweet Marijuana, they keep you from me
I really want to help set you free
Now I am going to help people see
You’re just a tree
So let you be

I can’t plant that seed (Legalize the Weed)
God is in that tree (Legalize the Weed)
Why can’t I be free? (Legalize the Weed)
Help everybody see (Legalize the Weed)

People are used to so many lies
So we must be truthful and open their eyes (like a child)
God’s gifts are useful (At least for the wise)
We realize – They energize

YOU AIN’T EVEN ON MY MIND
words and music by damian Cartier

There’s another place in time where you weren’t even on my mind
your hair was dirty and danced upon – but now those dancing days are gone
I’m here to tell you love is wrong – if you love me, my life goes on and on and on…
‘cuz there’s another place in time, where you weren’t even on my mind

you ain’t even on my mind

now it’s a bright and cloudless day – and the wind has come out to play
here’s the hope I hoped to find – my mind is free and so’s my time
‘cuz I can’t wait until tomorrow – if I want that day today
and what’s the point in all this sorrow if yesterday has gone away?

you ain’t even on my mind

now it’s another lonely night – I’m with myself and that’s alright
my head is dirty and some say gone (gone, gone, gone)
but my heart is sturdy and so, so , strong
and if it breaks, at least I tried – to get your damn self off my mind…

FUZZY PLASTIC PEACH
words and music by damian cartier


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you look good
good enough to eat
but noone sinks their teeth into a fuzzy plastic peach
you feel good
a superficial treat
but what’s the point of living, when you life is out of reach?
you’re inedible (you’re inedible)
you fuzzy plastic peach


you’re not real
and the magazines tell you just how to feel
‘cuz a salad is your supper,
and a mirror is your meal
but it always leave you hungry, and it never helps you heal, but you look good...

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you want a man
with leather shoes and gold cards in his hand
he showers you with good looks and his deep delicious tan,
but he leaves before the moon does
and you never understand, that you look good....

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you’ve got to go to hell, just to get the hell away
4X

and when you’re dead
an empty grave might be your final bed
you’ll find your lifelong purpose as the worms crawl through your head,
then you’ll finally come to dinnner, but you’ll be the food instead,
‘cuz you’ll look good...

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PLEASE RESCUE ME
words and music by Damian Cartier



You are not responsible for every dream that fell between my hopes like sand through broken hourglass.
And you are not convictable for every crime that locked me up and kept me in a room inside my past.
But, Please, Rescue Me.
He laughed and said, "well, I am just a criminal. I'll steal your heart and sell it for some piece of mind, but if only I could change"
I said, "Beneath the subliminal, you're asking me to blow your mind to pieces, and then desist all the pain."
And then he said, "Please, Rescue Me."

Well the siren's getting louder, but my heart still makes a sound.
So I feel there may be hope for me.
'Cuz my pulse is getting fast, and I've caught my breath at last,
And it looks as if I now can see...

That we are not responsible for every line that tied us up 'cuz since that time we both have made a change.
So, make me invincible, from all those times that you gave up on hope just 'cuz the love felt out of range..
And in the meantime,
Please, Rescue Me

TIME IS RUNNING OUT
words and music by Damian Cartier

No one can stop the rain from falling
no one can stop you girl from changing your mind
no one can ever replace this feeling
but if you don’t care you don’t care and I’m wasting my time

moving on to a brighter blessing
moving on to a lighter piece of mind
losing a few of my possessions
but if I don’t care, I don’t care ‘cuz I’m tasting my time

well, my time is now delicious ‘cuz I’m granting all my wishes
other fishes, other kisses, other this is not my missus right now
(she’s ms. right now)
‘cuz I’ve got to find devotion, meaning put myself in motion,
other potions, other oceans, can I grow some true emotion somehow?

somehow I knew I had to be here
somehow I know I’ll get my soul to shine
28 years to finally see clear
and in 28 years I’ll be here with just half of my time..

MOVE ON
words and music by damian cartier

you’ve been hurt, wounded, and let down
no matter how i try i always say the same damn thing
i feel like dirt, and ruined by this meltdown
i always hear the answer, but after the buzzer rings

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SO MOVE ON, MOVE ON, MOVE ON
AND GO COMPLETE YOURSELF
MOVE ON, MOVE ON, MOVE ON
AND FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO TREAT YOU BETTER
MOVE ON, MOVE ON,
BUT PLEASE REMEMBER
I’D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, I’D EVEN LET YOU GO
I’D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, I’D EVEN LET YOU GO

now, i’ve been tired and drinking and nowhere
no doubt about it, you shoulda been long since gone
but, now i’m fired up, and thinking, and so there
it’s such a shame i wasn’t like this all along

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maybe next time i’ll do better
maybe next time i’ll get it right
and i’ll think of you from now ‘til forever
and i hope that we won’t ever have to fight

‘cuz you’ve been shoved, mistreated, but so kind
anytime you leave, i make you come back for more
but you need love and sweetnes and sunshine
and i really hope you find what you’re looking for

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I’M NOT LION (The Wolf Song)
words and music by Damian Cartier



I am not here. I don’t exist
Until I hear some movement from your lips
I am not well, I cannot hear
the phone is still asleep next to my ear.

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And the wolf is really here this time
But I fear you do not care that I’m not lyin’
I’m not lyin’
Little boy cries true love.
True Love

My hands are up, the flag is high
If you’re looking for surrender, I’m your guy
‘Cuz you’re my way, and you’re my song
and you are every single answer I guessed wrong..

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and the phone is still asleep next to my ear…

So I will wait, and I will call
And I will run around in circles on my wall
Said I will wait…I had to call
It’s either that or just do nothing at all..

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CONFUSED
words and music by Damian Cartier

Man you got a devil in the side of your head
He won’t speak on the level, and he ain’t even red.
So you don’t know what he looks like.
You don’t know what he looks like, but he is there.
Man, you’ve got a monkey who is on your back
you better turn your head and smile, or he will attack,
‘Cuz you don’t know what he feels like
you don’t know what he feels like when he is there
When he is there

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So everyday comes and you continue to run, farther away from the truth
And when the day(night,life) is done and you still have noone, what’s gonna be your excuse?
That you were confused?
Were you confused about Love?

Man, you’ve got a woman who’s in love with a lie
And when she finds the truth out, she might kiss you goodbye.
“Cuz she don’t know what you feel like
She don’t know what you feel like, so liar, beware – liar beware
Because you married her and carried her away from your home, and all this time with you, she’ll find she’s really alone
‘Cuz she don’t know what you feel like – Do you know what you’ll feel like when you are there? When you are there?

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Now they say that love is patient, and they say that love is kind
And they say that love is truthful, that’s the way it’s designed
So you don’t know what it feels like
You don’t know what love feels like if truth is not there. If truth is not there.
You got to tell her ‘bout your mirror and the way to your soul, I’ll bet right then she’ll see thing clearer, and then love can take hold
And then you’ll both know what it feels like
You’ll both know what love feels like, and love will take care..
love will take care

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NOT REAL
words and music by Damian Cartier

she put her heart in her purse and to make matters worse
she puts makeup on her seams, ‘cuz she’s starting to burst
but she don’t know the truth
‘cuz if she wants to stay young, she’s gotta let go of youth
and buy her a man with money
and walk around dead preserved like a mummy

‘cuz she’s not about the afterlife
she’s all about looks and surgical knives
she needs a new job, so she’ll “make” a new wife

and she’s got his attention
and he’s got his intentions
but the’re no good

‘cuz they’re not real
cuz they’re not real


he’s got two cars and a yacht and a woman he bought
he puts makeup on his dream ‘cuz she’s starting to rot
and now he knows the truth
as he puts money in x-rated video booths
his hand changes directions
‘til he sees his own reflections, but

he’s not about the afterlife
he’s all about looks and investing in vice
he needs a hand job, so he’ll pay the full price
‘cuz he’s got lots of tension
and all his sweet possessions can’t make it good
cuz they’re not real...

illusions
confusions
delusions
illusions

she’s got a straw up her nose and her new vintage clothes
she is there on the scene and the dj she knows
but she don’t know the truth
as she passes me by, she is grinding her tooth...
looking for connections
which trade her for erections, but

she’s not about the afterlife
she’s all about up and a baggie of ice
she can’t keep a job, but she’ll pay the full price
and did i fail to mention
she sells half grams of ascension, but they’re no good
‘cuz they’re not real...

WHAT’S GOING ON?
words and music by Damian Cartier

you don’t know what you’re looking for and you don’t know where to begin
you can’t remember how to love anymore, and I know you don’t want to give in
I know you don’t want to give in
so I’ll try, I’ll try
to show you the way to your heart
and I’ll stay by your side
until you want to be apart for good

your soul has not expired, you are much too strong
but you wish that you were stronger still
and even though my soul is very tired, if you want me to try then I will
continue to love you still
swallow my pride like a pill
and I’ll try, I’ll try
to show you the way to your heart
and I’ll stay by your side
until you want to be apart for good

What’s going on?
what’s going on?
where are all of my pictures?
‘I can’t believe they would have walked away
every time I think I’ve kicked this
my love for you is here to stay, so I wait for you another day

wabi sabi
words and music by Damian Cartier


she was undone - she had no ring finger on
her kingdom was messy - she had only begun
she got things that can wait
things she can do
and a thing you can’t imagine making love to you
and she’s got - wabi sabi
she’s got - wabi sabi
and she’s got you

he was all wrong - his dependence was gone
his style was real messy - like the thoughts he had on
he’s got a little too late
a little to lose
and a little bit of nothing that he knows how to use, but he’s got - wabi sabi...

there’s a little bird in from the woods,
telling everybody in the neighborhood
that the UFOs have landed and I think they left me stranded here alone with you..

‘cuz they are all gone - but their bodies are warm
they’re neat rooms are messy - like the smiles they have on
they got time on our side
no time for a ride
and only time will tell if bring them to life, so give them... wabi sabi...
and give us you