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Album cover for the KYSHERA album 'Circle'

KYSHERA - CIRCLE KONIC RECORDS 2015

WORDS & MUSIC BY JAMES KENNEDY

1) NAPOLEON
Enter the new King
And let the show begin
Where the one’s who’ve got everything
Still need more

I live your wildest dreams
To the soundtrack of a million screams
But do you wanna go behind the scenes?
Do you need more?

Come watch the Freak show
As they sacrifice their lives
To appease the gods
With mirror tinted eyes

For this world I walked a million miles to get in
For this life I lost so many others trying
That road seems so hard to remember
The stepping stones

So get fucked up,
Care for your vices
Put that finger up
No apologising
‘Cos I’ve already been through Hell
So I’m not scared to go back
I said I’ve I’ve already been to Hell
And I’m not gonna go back

Fame, Sex, Wealth, Power
Drugs, Lust, Speed, Glamour

Now see the underdog roar
The one that they ignored before
Now its more than art, it is war
Do you want more?

They fill their holes up
With things that are the wrong size
And its always too late
Before they realise

For this world I walked a million miles to get in
For this life I lost so many others trying
That road seems so hard to remember
The stepping stones

Fame, Sex, Wealth, Power
Drugs, Lust, Speed, Glamour

For this world I walked a million miles to get in
For this life I lost so many others trying
That road seems so hard to remember
The stepping stones

2) BEHIND THESE LIES
Hold your empty symbols, empty hero’s to the light
If you wanna see just what I see when I look inside

I don’t wanna be me, you don’t wanna be you
So why don’t we be, someone else
You wanna be me, I wanna be you
We’ve gotta be free, from ourselves

‘Cos I’m just living life as actor with a Plastic Crown of Thorns
And all the time what I really was after was what I had before
Keep those Demon’s at your door
And just be careful what you wish for

I don’t wanna be me, you don’t wanna be you
So why don’t we be, someone else
You wanna be me, I wanna be you
We’ve gotta be free, from ourselves

You don’t wanna live behind these lies
You don’t wanna live behind these lies
You don’t wanna live behind these lies
I don’t wanna live behind these lies no more

I don’t wanna be me, you don’t wanna be you
So why don’t we be, someone else
You wanna be me, I wanna be you
We’ve gotta be free, from ourselves

One day we’ll see, one day we’ll feel
One day we’ll be, just ourselves
Won’t wanna be me, won’t wanna be you
We will never be free, as someone else

But are you ever gonna let me leave

3) DEMON
Scream out if you don’t give a fuck
I don’t give a fuck
Stand out if you’re alive and dangerous
Inertia

I’m not the one you choose
I’m the one that you can’t resist
And you are free
When I’ve got you under my grip

Raise a Glass
As your Angels crash

Take your desires
And live with no limits
You are an animal
And I, I am your Demon

x2

Don’t try to fight it
Be the best Sinner you can be
I am all your vices
And what would life be without me

Raise a Glass
As your Angels crash

Take your desires
And live with no limits
You are an animal
And I, I am your Demon

x3

4) GONE
Go and live the life that I can’t live with you
I can’t wait no more for the promises to come true
I feel like I always crash you down
And I’m stealing your air when I’m around

I wont be the villain but I won’t be the clown
That sits around waiting for the show to end

‘Cos I only see the best of you
When you are pretending
But I still miss your shadow tonight
You say everything you do
Is for a happier ending
But I’m the first one that you sacrifice

Gone, I hope you can see what you had now that it has gone
And trace the steps that made it all go wrong
Don’t you come round to see me crashing down
‘Cos I can breathe without you now

I can’t be the hero but at least I am real
But I don’t know if you even remember how to feel

‘Cos I only see the best of you
When you are pretending
But I still miss your shadow tonight
You say everything you do
Is for a happier ending
But I’m the first one that you sacrifice

Too much of a good thing, can turn you bad
So I’ll be the only saviour you have
Don’t promise me that it will change
For once in your life its too late

‘Cos I only see the best of you
When you are pretending
But I still miss your silence tonight
You say everything you do
Is for a happier ending
But I’m the first one that you sacrifice

5) THE WRONG SIZE
You’re always there for me
Just a click away or the turn of a page
I know you care for me,
Even though I have to pay, we got something special

Keep changing like the seasons
Keep giving me a reason

For all the words you wrote
For all the hearts you broke
For all the things you sold
I’m in love with you
For all the dreams you give
For all the lie’s you live
For all the cracks you fill
I’m in love with you
Until the next one

I’m always there for you
Until you stop coming round in a glossy magazine
You now I care for you even though you have to fight
To get some of my time day and night

For all the words you wrote
For all the hearts you broke
For all the things you sold
I’m in love with you
For all the dreams you give
For all the lie’s you live
For all the cracks you fill
I’m in love with you
Until the next one

Keep changing like the seasons
Keep giving me a reason

For all the words you wrote
For all the hearts you broke
For all the things you sold
I’m in love with you
For all the dreams you give
For all the lie’s you live
For all the cracks you fill
I’m in love with you

x2

Until the next one

6) BREAK THIS
So you’ll have the song
But not the singer no more
I should be dead and gone
To live forever in your heart

Ain’t that how the story’s meant to end

I gave you all of me
And you took it so greedily
But you always loved me most
In broken pieces, so now…

Before I disappear,
I am only here
To break this,

And I’m taking all of you with me
All the way down
If you wanna know how it feels
Well you’re gonna found out

Guilty, my destiny
Just as guilty as you

So this is how it feels
The story was always real for me
‘Cos all good things must come to an end
But the bad are meant to last forever
So move on and leave the pieces behind

‘Cos before I disappear,
I am only here
To break this,

And I’m taking all of you with me
All the way down
If you wanna know how it feels
Well you’re gonna found out

Guilty, my destiny
Guilty of humanity
Just as Guilty,
Just as Guilty, as you

Break this x3

What if I’m as guilty as you?
I’m just, I’m just, I’m just, I’m just as guilty as you

So I’m taking all of you with me
All the way down
So if you wanna know how it feels
Well you’re gonna found out

Guilty, my destiny
Guilty of humanity
Just as Guilty,
Just as Guilty, as you

Break this x3

7) ENDGAME
This is the end, I’d rather leave quietly
But lets not pretend that this ain’t what you want to see
My memory a gift to the industry
Forever young, a sensational tragedy
And you got a front row ticket to it
You want more, bigger, louder, brighter, I can do it
It’s gonna be a show you’ll never forget
‘Cos I know you expect nothing less
Than the best in a death

Death, the giver of life
You know we can’t live forever
Now or never
The dark, the giver of light
So I am gonna be your maker
Be my maker tonight

Show time and I’m leaving this behind
If you ever would have known, would you try to change my mind?
Too kind but I don’t believe ya
Shall I make it easier and just relieve ya?
There ain’t gonna be no encore tonight
But if you turn up the lights I’ve got a special surprise
I’m gonna show you the nightmare behind the dream
And on the count of 4 I’m gonna hear you scream

Death, the giver of life
You know we can’t live forever
Now or never
The dark, the giver of light
So I am gonna be your maker
Be my maker tonight

X2

8) COMA
I fall inside the only place that’s left for me to hide
From you, from me
A locked Cocoon, in exile from the life I couldn’t save
Am I to blame

A refugee, loveless relic, plastic legacy
A forger of dreams
How did it get like this?
The steps deceive us to where they lead us
Am I to blame

9) INERTIA
Am I evil? Or do you just bring out my dark side?
I’m two different people
But one got left behind

When I was frozen, you answered my calling
You made me a shooting Star, then left me free falling

Inertia, took a hold of me
Inertia, so fast I couldn’t see
This is how a man becomes a monster
But the day will always come to answer

Was it you or was it me? x2

The road to evil metamorphosis
Goes in steps so little
We don’t even notice

They say its better to burn out than to fade away
But even a supernova becomes a candle flame

Inertia, took a hold of me
Inertia, so fast I couldn’t see
This is how a man becomes a monster
But the day will always come to answer

Was it you or was it me? x4

For that world I walked a million miles to get in
For that life I lost so many others trying
That road seems so hard to remember
The stepping stones

10) HELEN
I awake reborn
Free from the life I had before
But as I try to start again, the truth is plain to see
Have I lost everything?

I wasn’t a bad person, I just had bad options
I did what I did with the best intentions
But step after step I got further away from what
I really wanted and loved more than anything

You took the other road that didn’t need a king
And I’m all alone just looking in

You can’t love a dream and you can’t hold a fantasy
Everything, any time, anything that money could buy
We’d never want for anything again

But it didn’t mean nothing ‘cos I wanted you
Not the toys you left me with after all we’d been through

And I still don’t believe that you can really see
When you’re at war with the world
Everyone around you becomes a refugee

No, no, I’m not that man that you speak
No, no, how did I become that man you speak of

Someone tell me that this isn’t happening
I don’t deserve this, why is this happening
I thought I had it all but you’ve got so much more
But if I lose you there’ll be nothing left to live for

There’s nothing to say, its over
And nothing will change, its over forever
I had to make a new life while you lived yours
I said its too late, its over, just walk away

11) FULL CIRCLE
So I have come full circle
And I have seen it all
And I know that life waits for no one
Just be careful what you wish for

And what did it really cost me
And what was it all worth
When the best things in life really did come for free
And I sold them all under a curse

Look in to the eyes of your demons
You’ll be looking at you as an infant
You can never kill all your demons
You can only set them free

And by showing you the dark
May I give you the light

All that you see, all that you do
All that you say, all that you choose
All that you are, all that you’re not
All that you want, all that you’ve got

All that you learn, all that you know
All that you earn, all that you grow
All that you dream, all you achieve
All you distrust, all you believe

All that you fear, all that you blame
All you regret, all that you change
All that you think, all you create
All that you love, all that you hate

All that you lose, all that you win
All that you worship, all that you sin
All that you fight, all that you feel
All that you build and all your ideals

Will fade and turn to dust
As the circle always must
Start again.

12) THE END
This is the end, my final moments
This is the end, I’ve always wondered how it would be
So these are my last words
And these are my final thoughts

I’ve seen the highs, I’ve seen the lows
I’ve seen everyone I’ve ever loved come and go
I’ve seen heroes die poor and prophets ignored
While the lost souls are watching the show

This is the end, there’s nothing I can do
If I could start again, I’d be so much better to you
‘Cos I can see so clearly now
Now that its too late to change a thing

I wish I could tell you now, the words I never said when you were around
And if I could hold you again, time could take me then
Because love was all that mattered in the end

And this is the end of my life
By showing the dark, may I give you the light
As I fade away, as I fade away

This is the end, this is the end
This is the end, this is the end

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