Lyrics by Lisa Swain

The Future Stole

Genres: Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Verse I
You just canâ€™t give your heart to another
When itâ€™s no longer yours
Captured by some other
In a game of love and war
Tugged by angelâ€™s breath
Against devil's advocate
Ah, but push pull attraction
Between polar opposites

Chorus
Nothing more, nothing less
Than a game of chess
Played by pleasant torture
And some say
Ignorant bliss
Blessings or a curse
Every disease
Healed by a cure
When one is all knowing
But the other never sure

Verse II
Eyes canâ€™t drink in anotherâ€™s beauty
When they are held blind
A black velvet mask
Tied true by hands of divine
But hands still youâ€™d hold
Fiery hot or freezing cold
Even if that touch bruised you
In its grasp your future stole

Verse III
Arms pinned behind oneâ€™s back never hold
When heartstrings bind wrists
Fine as spider web
Spun in Avalon like mists
Offered chest exposed
To blunt knives or loveâ€™s arrows                                                           
Both cause a bleeding heart
That cripples all tomorrows

Chorus repeated

Ending
Nothing more, nothing less
Then a never ending game of chess
That steals our tomorrows
For the win

Rise Lady Rise

Genres: Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Rise Lady Rise

Verse I
Her shoulders carry the weight of yesterdays
Ev'ry unkind word they threw at her
Each good deed she did undone
All the mistake she's ever made
Trying to save everyone

Verse II
There were those who tried hard to pull her under
When she tried to save them from themselves
She offered them her Heaven
Rather than take her hand to join her
They each pulled her into Hell

Chorus
Rise Lady rise
Put it all behind
The chains that bind you belong to others
But now has come the time
Let go of what was
And once again you'll fly
Fly away, fly away

Verse III
No pheonix has flown that wasn't first reborn
Rising from a dark pool of ashes
From a slow burning fire
A time to be rejoiced not mourned
New wings will carry higher

Chorus II
Rise Lady rise
Put it all behind
The chains that bind you belong to others
But now has come the time
Let go of what was
And once again you'll fly
Fly away, fly away

Till Then (already recorded)

Genres: Singer-Songwriter

Wait Till Then

*Verse I

I'm the one you sometimes flirt with
You've almost kissed me several times
Just to turn your head at the last moment
And my kiss denied

*Verse II

I'm the one you sometimes search for
The one you love to tempt and tease
But one day you'll be begging at my feet
Postured on your knees

*Chorus I

It just wasn't the time
Our lips, last breaths
You declined
But I know someday
We will meet again
And you will be mine
I'll just have to wait till then


Verse III

You can't tempt Fate too often
The day will come when you won't win
I, Death's Favorite Angel will collect you
No more waiting then


*Chorus II

'Cause it will my time
Our lips, last breaths
You'll resign
See I knew one day
We would meet again
Your soul would be mine
I just had to wait till then

Shadowbox (has alreardy been recorded)

Genres: Singer-Songwriter

Iâ€™m feeling trapped
Like a butterfly that's been pinned under glass
For too long
I find it hard to breathe
'Cause youâ€™re slowly
You're slowly suffocating me

On a dusty shelf
Iâ€™m on display
Pleased with yourself
You got a hold over me
Well youâ€™ll never set me free
Iâ€™ll never be free again
Will I ever be free to fly again

Break this glass cage
That you keep me in,
I feel that Iâ€™m fading
Your love
Is just a shadow box shut tight
Or is this
Is this to be my end

On a dusty shelf
Iâ€™m on display
Pleased with yourself
You gotta hold over me
Well youâ€™ll never set me free
Iâ€™ll never be free again
Will I ever be free to fly again

This shadowbox will be my ending
This shadowbox will be my ending

On a dusty shelf
I'm on display
Pleased with yourself
You gotta a hold over me
Well you'll never set me free
I'll never be free again
Will I ever be free to fly again