bookmark_borderAll In

[Intro – Steady Pulse, Clean Guitar Picking]
You stacked the odds, rolled the dice
Told yourself it would suffice
Every caution pushed aside
Riding hard on reckless pride

[Verse 1]
Every chip across the line
Every risk you called as mine
No retreat and no delay
Burning every bridge away

Eyes ahead, you couldn’t see
What it cost eventually
Every win just fed the flame
Till you couldn’t leave the game

[Pre-Chorus]
When the door you close is every door behind
You don’t lose—you just run out of time

[Chorus]
You went all in
(Without an out)
No doubt…
(Nowhere to begin)
Every loss comes crashing in
(Underneath your skin)
You went all in
(Without an out)

[Verse 2 – Drums + Bass Enter]
Every warning left unread
Every “maybe” pushed to “said”
All the lines you crossed too fast
Turned the future to the past

Now you’re standing in the smoke
Of every promise that you broke
Trying just to understand
How it slipped right through your hands

[Pre-Chorus]
If the path you chose erased the way back home
Then you built this place of standing here alone

[Chorus]
You went all in
(Without an out)
No doubt…
(Nowhere to begin)
Every echo wearing thin
(Spinning deep within)
You went all in
(Without an out)

[Refrain]
Champ,
Where’s your offramp
(Up to your ears in fears)

Start a war
Now there’s only more
(More, more, more)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Piano + Ambient Swell]
No pause, no reset line
No rewind, no “one more time”
Just the weight of what you chose
And the truth that slowly grows

Not a hero, not a loss
Just a ledger of the cost
Every answer you denied
Now is standing by your side

[Build – Rising Drums, Guitar Swells]
If there’s no way out ahead
Then you face it all instead
Not by fighting one more round
But by laying weapons down

[Final Chorus – Full, Intense]
You went all in
(Without an out)
No doubt…
(Nowhere to begin)
But you won’t keep doubling down
(On this battleground)
You went all in
(Now you’re turning ‘round)

[Final Refrain – Layered Vocals]
Champ,
Found a new ramp
(Climbing out of fears)

End the war
No need for more
(No more, no more)

[Outro – Soft Guitar, Fading Pulse]
All in…
Was the wrong way to begin…

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderFish Out of Water

[Intro – Spoken Word]
Should’ve had a better plan, man

[Bridge – Clean Guitar, Light Percussion]
Waves still ringing in my ears
Now there’s silence nowhere near
Breathing feels a little wrong
… don’t know where you belong

[Verse 1]
Used to move without a thought
Every current felt so taught
Now the ground won’t let you glide
Every step a shifting tide

Eyes are wide, but nothing’s clear
Everything feels out of gear
What was easy, what was free
Now just feels like gravity

[Pre-Chorus]
Out of place, out of sync
On the edge of what you think

[Chorus]
Are you a fish out of water
(Should’ve done what you aught to)
Flip flopping over the land
(Don’t seem to understand)
Every move just getting harder
(Trying just to make a stand)
Are you a fish out of water
(Learning how to live on land)

[Verse 2 – Groove Builds]
Every breath a borrowed skill
Every moment standing still
Feels like something you can’t fake
Another risk you shouldn’t take

Voices say “you’ll be alright”
But they don’t feel what to fight
Every instinct pulling back
To a place you sure do lack

[Pre-Chorus]
If you don’t belong out here
Why’s the water disappear?

[Chorus]
Are you a fish out of water
(Should’ve done what you aught to)
Flip flopping over the land
(Don’t seem to understand)
Trying hard to go farther
(But I’m sinking where I stand)
Are you a fish out of water
(Learning how to live on land)

[Bridge – Piano + Ambient Pads]
Maybe it’s not where you are
Maybe you pushed too far
Or maybe plans just wash away
When the tides begin to sway

Maybe you can grow new ways
To survive these different days
Not the same as where you’ve been
But a place you’re growing in

[Build – Drums + Guitar Rise]
If you’re stranded here for now
Then best learn the where and how
Every fall a lesson clear
You can breathe a little here

[Final Chorus – Full, Uplifting]
Are you a fish out of water
(Should’ve done what you aught to)
Flip flopping over the land
(Don’t seem to understand)
Maybe change is not a bother
(Just a shift I hadn’t planned)
Are you a fish out of water
(Finding ways to live on land)

[Outro – Soft Guitar, Gentle Fade]
Out of water…
(Still flipping…)
Still flopping…
(Water’s dropping)
Should’ve had a better plan, man

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderFire!

[Intro, Spoken Word]
Fire!

[Intro – Alarm Pulse, Urgent Drums, Distorted Guitar]
Red lights flashing through the haze
Every second starts to blaze
Smoke is rising, tension climbs
No more room for wasted time

[Verse 1]
Heat is creeping up the walls
Echoed warnings through the halls
Every exit sign’s a plea
Pointing toward what we can’t see

Voices cut through growing fear
“Move it now, don’t linger here”
Every step a racing beat
Pounding hard beneath our feet

[Pre-Chorus]
Do you know where…
(The fire exit is?)
Are you aware
(This is not a quiz)

[Chorus]
There’s a fire
Burning higher
(And, we’ve gotta get out of here)

Hey! Did you hear
Just to be clear
(There’s a fire burnin’ higher)

[Refrain]
(Fire, fire, fire)
It’s our desire
(To get outta here)
Far, far from dire
(Please bring it near)

We gotta get out of here!

[Verse 2 – Intensified Rhythm]
Ceiling cracking, sparks ignite
Turning shadows into light
Every moment closing in
Like the air is growing thin

Hands are reaching, pulling through
No one’s leaving anyone behind you
Through the smoke, a path appears
Cutting through the noise and fear

[Pre-Chorus]
Do you know where…
(The fire exit is?)
Are you aware
(This is not a quiz)

[Chorus]
There’s a fire
Burning higher
(And, we’ve gotta get out of here)

Hey! Did you hear
Just to be clear
(There’s a fire burnin’ higher)

[Refrain]
(Fire, fire, fire)
It’s our desire
(To get outta here)
Far, far from dire
(Please bring it near)

We gotta get out of here!
(Fire, fire, fire)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Half-Time, Heavy Atmosphere]
Don’t freeze, don’t wait
Every second shifts your fate
Follow signs, stay low, stay tight
Move together toward the light

No panic, no fall
We can make it through it all
Through the heat and through the flame
We don’t leave the same

[Build – Snare Rolls, Rising Guitar + Synth]
Closer now, don’t lose the line
Every step we’re buying time
Through the smoke, a glow appears
Cutting through our doubts and fears

[Final Chorus – Full, Explosive]
There’s a fire
Burning higher
(And, we’ve gotta get out of here)

Hey! Did you hear
Just to be clear
(There’s a fire burnin’ higher)

[Final Refrain – Layered Vocals]
It’s our desire
(To get outta here)
Far, far from dire
(Please bring it near)

We gotta get out of here!
(Fire, fire, fire)
Fire, fire, fire
(We gotta get out of here!)

[Outro – Sirens Fade, Soft Guitar]
Out of the smoke…
(Relieve the choke)
Into the air…
(Outta there)

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderPlanet B

[Intro – Soft Piano, Distant Ambient Noise]
A pale blue dot in the dark unknown
Spinning quiet, all alone
We drew the lines, we claimed the land
Like we could shape it with our hands

[Verse 1]
We built our towers to the sky
Watched the oceans slowly rise
Turned the forests into flame
Still we said it’s not our blame

We chased the stars for somewhere new
Like there’s another world in view
But every map we try to read
Leads us back to what we need

[Pre-Chorus]
We keep pretending there’s a place to run
But every road begins and ends in one

[Refrain]
Are you telling me
There is no planet B
(Really)
I guess we all forgot
This is all we’ve got
(Why? Why not?)

[Chorus]
Oh, no planet B
(We chart our destiny)
Woe, oh no planet B
(Just planet A… what else can I say?)
Oh, no planet B
(No reset, no guarantee)
Woe, oh no planet B
(It’s slipping away)

[Verse 2 – Drums + Bass Enter]
Every warning in the air
Still we act like we don’t care
Every headline, every sign
Draws a sharper, thinner line

We debate while seconds pass
Future buried in the past
Every choice we fail to make
Is another risk we take

[Pre-Chorus]
If we keep waiting for a better plan
We might not get another chance to stand

[Refrain]
Are you telling me
There is no planet B
(Really)
I guess we all forgot
This is all we’ve got
(Why? Why not?)

[Chorus]
Oh, no planet B
(We chart our destiny)
Woe, oh no planet B
(Just planet A… what else can I say?)
Oh, no planet B
(No backup we can see)
Woe, oh no planet B
(It’s slipping away)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Piano + Atmospheric Synth]
We reach for rockets, reach for space
While losing touch with this one place
Dreaming of escape velocity
Ignoring our reality

We had the answer all along
But we kept choosing what was wrong
Now every second, every breath
Feels like we’re bargaining with death

[Build – Full Band Rising]
Can we turn before the end?
Can we break or can we bend?
Is there time to change the way
Or is this where we fade away?

[Final Chorus – Big, Layered Vocals]
Oh, no planet B
(We chart our destiny)
Woe, oh no planet B
(Just planet A… what else can I say?)
Oh, no planet B
(No second chance to see)
Woe, oh no planet B
(Don’t throw it away)

[Outro – Piano + Fading Ambient Noise]
Are you telling me…
There is no planet B…
(Really…)

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderStrategy Survivability

[Intro – Warm Synth Pad, Clean Guitar, Steady Pulse]
We drew the lines in darker days
Built our walls in careful ways
But every wall became a weight
Every “safe” just came too late

[Verse 1]
We tried control, we tried to win
Tried to lock the chaos in
But every lock we engineered
Only magnified the fear

Numbers rising, systems strain
Short-term comfort, long-term pain
Every shortcut left a scar
Every “near” still felt too far

[Pre-Chorus]
If survival’s more than just getting through
Then maybe it begins with what we choose

[Chorus]
A strategy
(Of survivability)
A clean exit
(You won’t regret)
Not escape but clarity
(A new trajectory)
A strategy
(Of survivability)

[Verse 2 – Drums + Bass Enter, Groove Builds]
We can pivot, we can bend
We don’t have to break again
Every failure holds a clue
Pointing to a better view

Not a race to outrun time
But to change the paradigm
What we take and what we give
Defines the way we live

[Pre-Chorus]
If the path ahead is one we make
Then every step’s a chance to recalibrate

[Chorus]
A strategy
(Of survivability)
A clean exit
(You won’t regret)
Built on shared responsibility
(And accountability)
A strategy
(Of survivability)

[Refrain]
Man,
My exit plan:
(Love!)

Come rise above!
(Sustainability)
Come on and love!
(… rise above)
Survivability
(Our exit strategy)
Love
(Love, love, love)

[Bridge – Piano + Ambient Textures]
Not a door we run toward
Not a line we can afford
But a shift in how we see
What it means to truly be

Less extraction, more repair
More intention, deeper care
Every system we redesign
Leaves the past a bit behind

[Build – Full Band Rising, Choir Layers]
From the ground up, from within
Where we stop is where we begin
Every voice becomes a part
Of a wiser, stronger heart

[Final Chorus – Anthemic, Expansive]
A strategy
(Of survivability)
A clean exit
(You won’t regret)
Not the end but continuity
(A new reality)
A strategy
(Of survivability)

[Final Refrain – Layered, Uplifting]
Man,
My exit plan:
(Love!)

Come rise above!
(Sustainability)
Come on and love!
(… rise above)
Survivability
(Our exit strategy)
Love
(Love, love, love)

[Outro – Gentle Guitar, Fading Synth]
Love…
Rise above…
(Find out about)
… the way out…

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderRevolving Door

[Intro – Soft Organ, Looping Guitar Motif]
Steps repeat on polished floor
Footfalls echo, nothing more
Every exit leads me in
Back to where I just have been

[Verse 1]
I thought I left it far behind
A straight line drawn in my mind
But every path I try to take
Turns to circles I can’t break
Faces pass like déjà vu
Same old words, just slightly new
Every choice I think is mine
Ends up back in perfect time

[Pre-Chorus]
The harder that I try to run
The more I feel I’ve just begun
Once more!
(Around the revolving door)
Once more!
(I swear I’ve been here before)

[Chorus]
Going round and round
(Can’t figure my way out)
Going round and round
(Out turns into doubt)
Going round and round
(Every exit shuts me down)
Going round and round
(Spinning back around)

[Verse 2 – Drums Enter, Slightly Faster Pulse]
Signs are pointing every way
None of them are here to stay
I follow one, it fades away
Like it never meant to say
Time is bending at the seams
Or that’s how it always seems
Memory and present blur
Nothing is what I prefer

[Pre-Chorus]
I reach for something I can’t name
And end up in the same old frame
Once more!
(Around the revolving door)
Once more!
(The exit is the floor)

[Chorus]
Going round and round
(Can’t figure my way out)
Going round and round
(Out turns into doubt)
Going round and round
(No end I can sound)
Going round and round
(Just spinning around)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Minimal Piano + Echo]
If every path returns to here
Is “forward” just a shifting mirror?
Am I moving or standing still
A passenger without a will
Every door I try to break
Turns into the same mistake
Every answer that I find
Leaves the question far behind

[Build – Guitar + Percussion Rising]
I won’t stop, I won’t concede
Even if it’s what I need
Every turn I take again
Feels like somewhere I began

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Going round and round
(Can’t figure my way out)
Going round and round
(Out turns into doubt)
Going round and round
(I hear the same sound)
Going round and round
(Spinning me down)
Going round and round
(I’m lost but I’m found)
Going round and round
(Still chained to the ground)

[Outro – Looping Guitar Fades, Soft Organ Return]
Once more…
(Around the revolving door…)
Once more…
(And back to before…)
[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderSlippery Slope

[Intro – Low Drone, Distant Percussion]
Drip by drip, it starts so slow
Lines we cross we barely know
Shiny surface, hidden cost
Every gain already lost

[Verse 1]
Easy answers, quick returns
Feed the fire that always burns
Promises in barrels sealed
Truth is something never revealed
Blackened rivers, poisoned air
We pretend it isn’t there
Short-term wins, long-term debt
A future we already bet

[Pre-Chorus]
We keep telling ourselves it’s under control
While the ground keeps giving way below

[Chorus]
Oil is a slippery slope
(Running out of rope)
Burning up destiny
(Burning right in front of me)
Trading all our hope
(For what we can’t unsee)
Oil is a slippery slope
(Pulling down you and me)

[Verse 2 – Full Band Enters]
Infrastructure built on sand
Pipelines drawn across the land
Every mile a deeper tie
To a system we can’t deny
Storms are stronger, heat is high
Still we look to the other side
Counting profits, counting loss
Never counting what it costs

[Pre-Chorus]
If the warning signs are written in the sky
Why do we keep choosing not to ask why?

[Chorus]
Oil is a slippery slope
(Running out of rope)
Burning up destiny
(Burning right in front of me)
Clinging just to cope
(Blind to what will be)
Oil is a slippery slope
(No place left to flee)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Piano + Ambient Synth]
Step by step, we justify
(Every reason, every lie)
Say it’s progress, say it’s need
(Still we feed the endless greed)
One more drop, one more day
(Push the consequence away)
Till the edge is all we see
(And there’s no Plan B)

[Build – Drums Rising, Guitar Swell]
Can we turn before we fall?
Can we hear the final call?
Or are we too far gone to change
Locked inside a burning cage?

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Oil is a slippery slope
(Running out of rope)
Burning up destiny
(Burning right in front of me)
Reaching out for hope
(But it won’t set us free)
Oil is a slippery slope
(What will be, will be)

[Outro – Guitar Fade, Low Ambient Pad]
Drip by drip… it takes control…
(Have you thought of your own role)
Oil is a slippery slope…
(Who is the blatant dope?)

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderRaspberries

[Intro – Playful Whistle, Light Percussion]
Pucker up, don’t take it serious
Little noise, a little delirious
Not a word but loud and clear
Say it all without a fear

[Verse 1]
You can dress it up in a clever line
You can spin it out, take your time
But sometimes words just get in the way
Better off with what you don’t say

Roll your eyes, take your stance
Give the moment half a chance
When the world gets way too tight
You can answer back just right

[Pre-Chorus]
No debate, no apologies
Just a sound that breaks the freeze

[Chorus]
Raspberries
(A Bronx cheer)
Blowing a raspberry
(Intent is clear)
Raspberries
(Loud and near)
Blowing a raspberry
(…very…)

[Verse 2 – Bouncy Bassline Enters]
Every rule you’re told to keep
Every promise buried deep
Sometimes all it really takes
Is a noise that gently shakes

Not polite, not refined
But it speaks what’s on your mind
When the pressure starts to build
Let it out, unfiltered

[Pre-Chorus]
No permission, no decree
Just a little mockery

[Chorus]
Raspberries
(A Bronx cheer)
Blowing a raspberry
(Intent is clear)
Raspberries
(Far and near)
Blowing a raspberry
(…very…)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Claps + Minimal Beat]
Stick out your tongue some
(Outcome varies)
Let it roll, let it come
(No need for worries)

Make a sound, say it all
(Big or small)
Sometimes simple says it best
(No need for the rest)

[Build – Full Band Returns, Energetic]
When the words all disappear
And the meaning’s crystal clear
You don’t need a grand decree
Just a bit of honesty

[Final Chorus – Big, Playful Vocals]
Raspberries
(A Bronx cheer)
Blowing a raspberry
(Intent is clear)
Raspberries
(Year to year)
Blowing a raspberry
(…very…)

Raspberries
(Loud and free)
Blowing a raspberry
(Just let it be)

[Outro – Whistle + Fade Out]
…very…
…very…
(Raspberry)

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderRandom Man

[Intro – Quirky Guitar Riff, Bouncy Bass]
Step out of line, don’t ask me why
Flip a coin and let it fly
Left or right or upside down
He’s the strangest guy in town

[Verse 1]
Wakes up late or not at all
Answers questions with a drawl
Starts a sentence, ends it twice
Rolls the dice and calls it nice

Every plan gets rearranged
Nothing steady, always changed
Talks in riddles, walks in loops
Trades his shoes for hula hoops

[Pre-Chorus]
You can’t map what won’t stay still
He’s chaos dressed in will

[Chorus]
He goes around saying
(Yes, I am)
Random Man

He just keeps on playing
(Missing his brain pan)
Random Man

[Verse 2 – Drums Kick In]
Paints the sky a different hue
Just because he hates it blue
Calls it logic, calls it fate
Shows up early when he’s late

Builds a bridge to nowhere fast
Says the future’s in the past
Laughs before the joke is told
Breaks the mold, then breaks the mold

[Pre-Chorus]
Every rule just slips away
He rewrites them day by day

[Chorus]
He goes around saying
(Yes, I am)
Random Man

He just keeps on playing
(Missing his brain pan)
Random Man

[Bridge – Breakdown, Funk Groove]
Is it madness? Is it art?
Is it pieces torn apart?
Or a pattern we can’t see
Hidden in absurdity

Every turn a brand-new spin
Every loss a twisted win
If there’s meaning, he won’t say
He just laughs and walks away

[Build – Layered Vocals, Rising Energy]
Try to follow, lose the thread
Every path you thought you read
Leads you somewhere unforeseen
In his shifting in-between

[Final Chorus – Big, Playful]
He goes around saying
(Yes, I am)
Random Man

He just keeps on playing
(Missing his brain pan)
Random Man

Says it all without a plan
(Wave your hand)
Random Man

[Outro – Instruments Drop One by One]
Random steps…
(Most regrets)
Random chance…
(Missed last dance)
Never still enough to land…
(Doesn’t even understand)

Random Man…

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderFeet First

[Intro – Slow Build, Low Guitar Drone, Distant Drums]
Countdown whispers in the dark
Every second leaves a mark
No more room to second-guess
All that’s left is forward press

[Verse 1]
Tried to reroute, tried to stall
But the writing’s on the wall
Every fallback disappeared
Every outcome now is clear

Lines are drawn, no in-between
What we were and what we’ve seen
Every choice has led me here
Past the edge of doubt and fear

[Pre-Chorus]
When the moment locks you in
There’s no out—just begin

[Chorus]
As a last resort
(Going out feet first)
Too late to abort
(Heading out feet first)
No more time to distort
(Truth unrehearsed)
As a last resort
(Going out feet first)

[Verse 2 – Drums Hit Harder]
Every signal turns to go
Even when you don’t quite know
If it’s right or if it’s wrong
You’ve been moving all along

Every fear you tried to fight
Now just fuels the final flight
Every doubt that held you back
Fades away into the black

[Pre-Chorus]
When retreat is just a word
And advance is all that’s heard

[Chorus]
As a last resort
(Going out feet first)
Too late to abort
(Heading out feet first)
No more time to distort
(Truth unrehearsed)
As a last resort
(Going out feet first)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Half-Time, Echoed Vocals]
No return, no rewind
No more pause, no more time
Every step already made
Every debt already paid

Not defeat, not the end
Just the point where paths transcend
What was fear becomes release
In the forward motion’s peace

[Build – Rising Guitar, Snare Rolls]
Feel the ground begin to fall
Hear the silence call it all
Not a crash but something new
Breaking through what once you knew

[Final Chorus – Full, Intense]
As a last resort
(Going out feet first)
Too late to abort
(Heading out feet first)
No more time to distort
(Truth unrehearsed)
As a last resort
(Going out feet first)

[Outro – Instruments Drop Away, Soft Echo]
Feet first…
No looking back…
(Back, back, back)
Just forward…
(Onward… toward)

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderHead First

[Intro – Driving Guitar Riff, Tight Drums]
No hesitation in my step
No safety net, no second guess
Feel the edge beneath my skin
That’s where I begin

[Verse 1]
Every warning sign I read
Turns into a dare I need
Every line I shouldn’t cross
Feels like something worth the cost

Voices telling me to wait
But I’m already through the gate
If it breaks, then let it break
I don’t bend—I elevate

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a map to dive
I just need to feel alive

[Refrain]
Divin’ in
(Head first)
Look second
(Head first)
Call on reckon
(Head first)
No protection
(Head first)

[Verse 2 – Bass + Drums Heavier]
Every fall just fuels the rise
Every risk electrifies
If I crash, I learn the shape
Of the limits I can break

No more waiting for a sign
No more standing on the line
If it’s wrong, I’ll make it right
Somewhere on the other side

[Pre-Chorus]
Fear’s a language I outgrew
I translate it into “do”

[Refrain]
Divin’ in
(Head first)
Think later
(Head first)
No savior
(Head first)
Game changer
(Head first)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Half-Time Groove]
No backup plan, no exit route
No quiet voice to talk me out
Just momentum, just the leap
Into something wild and deep

If I’m falling, let it show
Every scar is something known
Every impact leaves a spark
Lighting up the dark

[Build – Snare Rolls, Rising Guitar]
I don’t slow, I don’t stall
If I’m going, I go all

[Final Refrain – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Divin’ in
(Head first)
No turning
(Head first)
Still learning
(Head first)
Keep burning
(Head first)

Divin’ in
(Head first)
No question
(Head first)
Full session
(Head first)

[Outro – Guitar Feedback Fade, Drums Cut]
Head first…
(Broken skull)
Still diving…
(Score is null)

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderRun

[Intro – Pulsing Synth, Distant Drums]
Heartbeat ticking in my ears
Counting down through all my fears
Every second feels too loud
Lost inside a moving crowd

[Verse 1]
No more time to hesitate
Every choice arrives too late
All the plans I never made
Now collapse and start to fade

Footsteps echo down the line
Every shadow looks like mine
Every road begins to blur
With the things I can’t deter

[Pre-Chorus]
When the walls all close at once
You don’t think—you just run

[Chorus]
Exit strategy
(I had none)
Exit strategy
(Now it’s run)
Every option come undone
(All that’s left is run)
Exit strategy
(Now it’s run)

[Refrain]
Run!
(Into the setting sun)
Run!
(Until your days are done)
Run!
(Run, run, run)

[Verse 2 – Driving Beat Kicks In]
Every breath a burning thread
Every thought just push ahead
No more looking back behind
Nothing there I need to find

Lines I drew have disappeared
Everything I thought I feared
Turns to fuel beneath my feet
Pounding out a steady beat

[Pre-Chorus]
When the ground won’t hold you still
Motion is your only will

[Chorus]
Exit strategy
(I had none)
Exit strategy
(Now it’s run)
Every doorway weighs a ton
(So I choose to run)
Exit strategy
(Now it’s run)

[Refrain]
Run!
(Into the setting sun)
Run!
(Until your days are done)
Run!
(Run, run, run)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Half-Time, Echo Vocals]
No direction, just escape
Every step a different shape
Not a plan but not defeat
Just refusing to repeat

If I stop, I face it all
If I move, I never fall
Somewhere in the endless race
I might finally find my place

[Build – Rising Synth + Drums]
Faster now, don’t lose the thread
Leave the past where it has bled
Every mile strips away
What I couldn’t face to stay

[Final Chorus – Full, Intense]
Exit strategy
(I had none)
Exit strategy
(Now it’s run)
All the damage overrun
(Still I choose to run)
Exit strategy
(Now it’s run)

[Final Refrain – Layered, Chanting]
Run!
(Into the setting sun)
Run!
(Until your days are done)
Run!
(Run, run, run)

Run!
(No more holding on)
Run!
(Until the night is gone)

[Outro – Beat Drops, Soft Synth Fade]
Run…
Still running…

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderExit, Stage Left!

[Intro – Theatrical Organ, Audience Murmur, Dramatic Guitar Stabs]
Curtain twitching in the wind
Another scene about to begin
Spotlight flickers like a thought
Between what’s real and what is not

[Verse 1]
Lines rehearsed but half forgot
Improv life, ready or not
Every gesture overdone
When the crowd thinks it’s all fun
Backstage chaos, quiet sweat
Every cue I can’t forget
Stagehands whisper, count me in
For the next time I begin

[Pre-Chorus]
But somewhere in the chaos I recall
A voice that cuts through it all

[Chorus]
What Snagglepuss said
(Keeps going through my head)
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
(Play some Pink Floyd)
Exits shine a stop sign red
(Still ringing overhead)
A line I can’t avoid
(Play some Pink Floyd)

[Refrain]
Exit!
(Stage left)
Exit!
(Stage right)
Take a break
(From the spotlight)
Make a break
(For broad daylight)

[Verse 2 – Groove Tightens, Bass Prominent]
Every act just blends to one
Underneath the burning sun
Costume changes, name tag too
But I still feel strangely new
Audience dissolves to smoke
Every joke becomes a cloak
Hiding something I can’t say
In the role I play each day

[Pre-Chorus]
And in the wings where silence grows
That strange old wisdom softly flows

[Chorus]
What Snagglepuss said
(It rattles in my head)
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
(Reality deployed)
Curtains drawn in shades of red
(Still echoing instead)
Some cosmic twisted ploy
(Play some Pink Floyd)

[Refrain]
Exit!
(Stage left)
Exit!
(Stage right)
Slip away
(Out of sight)
Fade to gray
(Out of light)
Exit!
(No applause tonight)
Just the fade
(Of spotlight)

[Bridge – Psychedelic Breakdown, Reverb Guitar + Synth Swells]
Is it acting if I stay?
Or just forgetting how to play?
Every mask becomes my face
Every space becomes the stage
Time dissolves into the cue
Nothing left I didn’t do
But somewhere in the painted scene
I’m not sure what I mean

[Build – Rising Drums, Choir-like Vocals]
Cue the silence, cue the break
Every line begins to shake
Curtain breathing, open wide
Something waiting just outside

[Final Chorus – Full, Anthemic]
What Snagglepuss said
(It lives inside my head)
Heavens to Murgatroyd!
(The walls of sound deployed)
Exit signs in burning red
(Still glowing where I tread)
Play the truth I can’t avoid
(Play some Pink Floyd)

[Refrain – Final Repeat, Layered Vocals]
Exit!
(Stage left)
Exit!
(Stage right)
Slip away
(Out of sight)
Into night
(Out of light)
Exit!
No more role to play
Just fade away

[Outro – Soft Piano, Curtain Closing Sound]
What Snagglepuss said…
Still echoes in the head…
Exit… stage left…
[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderBomb ‘Em

[Intro – Heavy Drum Hit, Distorted Guitar Stabs]
Lights go red, crowd goes thin
I count it down and dive back in
No safety net, no second guess
Just noise and motion, nothing less

[Verse 1]
They said play safe, I said no way
I came here just to misbehave
Turn the volume up too loud
Make the silence scream out proud
Every doubt I used to know
Gets swallowed in the overload
No retreat and no delay
Gonna blow the whole thing away

[Pre-Chorus]
When the pressure starts to climb
I don’t fold—I detonate all time

[Refrain]
Man,
I’ve got no backup plan
(Once again)
Gonna bomb ’em
(Bomb ’em!)
Yes, I am

[Verse 2 – Driving Groove]
Every word is gasoline
Every line is pure machine
Built to crash and built to despise
Underneath these flashing lights
Crowd has left… what’s left’s far-right
Caught inside the rage and frigth
No more rules to hold me in
Let the chaos now begin

[Pre-Chorus]
If you want control, forget
Sanity has lost her bet

[Refrain]
Man,
You’ve got no backup plan
(Once again)
Stop! Don’t harm ’em
(Don’t bomb ’em!)
No, that’s no win

[Bridge – Breakdown, Half Time, Echo Vocals]
Destruction, but not the end
Some day the energy mends
Every silence gets replaced
By the “our” we’ve embraced
No collapse, no final fall
Just a signal through it all
Turning nothing into flame
Calling out you’re filthy blame

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Explosive Energy]
Gonna blow the truth wide
Make the night electrified
Every wall I ever knew
Falls apart in what I do
Gonna shake the whole place down
Turn the silence inside out
No retreat and no demand
Just the power in my hand

[Outro – Guitar Feedback Fades, Crowd Noise Distant]
Bomb ’em…
(No not again)
Bomb ’em…
(Time for your end to begin)
[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy

bookmark_borderPlan B

[Intro – Muted Guitar, Light Percussion]
We had it mapped out line by line
Every move by your design
No room left for chance or doubt
Now I’m staring at the fallout

[Verse 1]
We built it up like it couldn’t break
Every promise we chose to make
Stacked so high on certainty
Now it’s crashing down on me

You pulled the thread, it all came loose
Every win turned to an excuse
All the trust we tried to save
Buried in the plans we gave

[Pre-Chorus]
When everything we counted on just disappears
We’re left with all the questions and the fears

[Chorus]
Can you please tell me
(Is there a Plan B)
O.K. so you say
(Failed Plan A)
So, we’d really love to see
(Plan B)
Something more than make-believe
(Plan B)

[Verse 2 – Fuller Band Enters]
Every fallback feels the same
Just a different kind of blame
Shifting ground beneath our feet
Turning circles on repeat

You say we’ll figure something new
But it sounds like déjà vu
Another version, different name
Still the ending stays the same

[Pre-Chorus]
If every road we take just leads us back again
Are we adapting or pretending we can win?

[Chorus]
Can you please tell me
(Is there a Plan B)
O.K. so you say
(Failed Plan A)
So, we’d really love to see
(Plan B)
Not just words in theory
(Plan B)

[Bridge – Breakdown, Piano + Ambient Synth]
Plan A failed
(Now that you’ve bailed…)
Left us stranded in between
(All the what-could-have-beens)

Plan A fell
(Nothing left to sell…)
Every promise out of reach
(Just beyond our speech)

Plan A’s gone
(But we carry on…)
Still we’re searching endlessly
(For a Plan B)

[Build – Drums + Guitar Rising]
If there’s another way, then show it now
No more empty lines or broken vows
We don’t need perfection, just a sign
That we’re not running out of time

[Final Chorus – Full Band, Layered Vocals]
Can you please tell me
(Is there a Plan B)
O.K. so you say
(Failed Plan A)
So, we’d really love to see
(Plan B)
Something we can finally be
(Plan B)

Can you please tell me
(Is there a Plan B)
No more drifting aimlessly
(Plan B)
Give us something we can read
(Plan B)

[Outro – Guitar Arpeggio, Fading Synth]
Maybe there’s no master key
Just fragments of a Plan B…

[Silence]

From the album Exit Strategy