"Burn This City Down"

“Burn This City Down”

Copyright by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

[Vs1]

There’s a fire in the Heartland,

You’re part of it’s blue flame;

Lost passions burn beneath you,

Scorching through each lover’s game…

In the winds of quick deceivers,

You’re the heat that brings a chill;

They have fooled you once or twice –

But your heart is burning still.

CHORUS

Your heart’s like an inferno,

Blazing passions burn around –

You’re just waiting for ignition,

To burn this city down.

You’re just waiting for ignition,

To burn this city down.

[Vs2]

When your dreams were left in ashes,

They vanished with the wind;

You just saw that tragic end,

As a new way to begin…

So your furnace of desire,

Started with a mighty roar;

The brimstone of your heartaches,

Wants to settle those old scores.

CHORUS

Your heart’s like an inferno,

Blazing passions burn around –

You’re just waiting for ignition,

To burn this city down.

You’re just waiting for ignition,

To burn this city down.

[BRIDGE]

You’re a twister throwing fire,

Burning clouds filled with desire,

All you’re flames are growing higher,

There’s no ceasefire…

CHORUS

Your heart’s like an inferno,

Blazing passions burn around –

You’re just waiting for ignition,

To burn this city down.

You’re just waiting for ignition,

To burn this city down.

"Until It Bleeds"

“Until It Bleeds”

Copyright by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

<All Rights Reserved>

[VS1]

This night’s a clear reflection,

Of broken lover's dreams;

You held midnight's deception –

‘Cause it ain't what it seems…

Lost shadows chase you closely,

Apparitions of your past;

They sneak behind you slowly,

Then swallow you up fast.

PRE-CHORUS

The road erases dreamers,

The streets destroy all hope;

You’re life’s been slashed by schemers,

Leaving you battered and broke.

CHORUS

I don’t have much to offer,

But I’ll give you what you need;

My love’s not an imposter,

It’ll fight for you –

Until it bleeds…

It’ll fight for you –

Until it bleeds.

[Vs2]

The streets are blue with fire,

Your tears can’t put them out;

They burned all your desires -

Left behind piles of doubt…

You should have seen the danger,

But you fell for every lie;

That came from pretty strangers -

Now it’s time to realize…

PRE-CHORUS

The road erases dreamers,

The streets destroy all hope;

You’re life’s been slashed by schemers,

Leaving you battered and broke.

CHORUS

The road erases dreamers,

The streets destroy all hope;

You’re life’s been slashed by schemers,

Leaving you battered and broke.

I don’t have much to offer,

But I’ll give you what you need;

My love’s not an imposter,

It’ll fight for you –

Until it bleeds…

It’ll fight for you –

Until it bleeds.

[BRIDGE]

There’s light on that horizon,

My fire’s burning bright;

Don’t give up - you’re not done,

I’ll rescue you tonight.

PRE-CHORUS

The road erases dreamers,

The streets destroy all hope;

You’re life’s been slashed by schemers,

Leaving you battered and broke.

CHORUS

I don’t have much to offer,

But I’ll give you what you need;

My love’s not an imposter,

It’ll fight for you –

Until it bleeds…

It’ll fight for you –

Until it bleeds.

"Holding Paradise"

“Holding Paradise” (Long Version)

Copyright by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

[Vs1]

Rose petals and a bottle of wine –

Slow kisses moving in a rhyme –

One shadow made by our design –

Paradise...

[Vs2]

Small candles burning as one flame –

Heart’s tangled in a lover’s game –

No midnights left to hide in shame –

Paradise...

Holding paradise...

CHORUS

Nothing else we’d rather do;

But blend together as one from two –

In a paradise –

Holding paradise.

[Vs3]

No myst’ries left for us to find –

Two heartbeats beating at one time –

We’re partners in a passionate crime –

Paradise;

[Vs4]

Two lovers loving in the rain –

Lips melting to a song’s refrain –

We will never ever be the same –

Paradise

Holding paradise...

CHORUS

Nothing else we’d rather do;

But blend together as one from two –

In a paradise –

Holding paradise.

[BRIDGE]

There’s no island to getaway,

We are fine where we are;

When together we are far away,

Hidden in each other’s arms…

CHORUS

Nothing else we’d rather do;

But blend together as one from two –

In a paradise –

Holding paradise.

"Midnight's Hand"

“Midnight’s Hand”

©️ by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

<All Rights Reserved>

[Vs1]

When we met, we saw it coming –

Like two magnets we were drawn;

Science books could never show,

Our chemistry was wrong…

So we just blended together,

We were young, but we weren’t scared –

Now we stand upon a summit,

Where alone would never dare.

CHORUS

There’s no moonlight squeezed between us,

Holding closer than two can;

Our eyes sing silent love songs,

As we’re held by midnight’s hand –

[Vs2]

Our feelings have been gathered,

Lit together by our flame;

Blades of fire show skeptics,

Our two hearts react the same…

There’s no formula to master,

No equation can be found;

We’re an unexpected mys’try -

Everything love can allow.

CHORUS

There's no moonlight squeezed between us,

Holding closer than two can;

Our eyes sing silent love songs,

As we’re held by midnight’s hand –

[BRIDGE]

In the silence of our love song,

No words can be enough;

We’re a secret in a songbook, 

Of what midnight’s magic does…

CHORUS

There's no moonlight squeezed between us,

Holding closer than two can;

Our eyes sing silent love songs,

As we’re held by midnight’s hand –

In the quiet of each minute,

Love embraces all it can;

We’ll forever steal this moment,

Never leaving midnight’s hand.

"Illusions"

“Illusions”

Copyright by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

[Vs1]

You slipped on moonlight’s shadow,

As you raced clear out of sight;

'Cause you lost the bet you gambled,

That those feelings felt right…

When he said he found another,

Someone else who said alright,

You wiped away the heartache,

Now you run through the every night.

CHORUS

No more heart-breaking confusion –

No more questions, no more whys;

No more one night false delusions –

You can see through smoky lies;

No more searching through illusions –

You just need someone who tries.

[Vs2]

There’s no need to search for answers,

They don't matter anymore;

When midnight brings your mem’ries;

Know those aren’t what you're for…

'Cause you can’t give what you’ve given,

In a lifetime of mistakes;

So keep searching till you find him –

One who gives more than he takes.

CHORUS

No more heart-breaking confusion –

No more questions, no more whys;

No more one night false delusions –

You can see through smoky lies;

No more searching through illusions –

You just need someone who tries.

[BRIDGE]

Shadows hide illusions –

They are built from lost goodbyes;

If you keep them you will never find –

Any love that satisfies…

CHORUS

No more heart-breaking confusion –

No more questions, no more whys;

No more one night false delusions –

You can see through smoky lies;

No more searching through illusions –

You just need someone who tries.

"A Moment From This Moment" (Draft)

“A Moment From This Moment”

©️ by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

<All Rights Reserved>

[Vs1]

When she left without a warning,

He was still falling in love;

He couldn’t believe, that she could just leave,

All they could have been made of…

But he keeps writing their story,

Hoping that new words will last;

Looks through his broken window,

And thinks about moments passed.

CHORUS

Tomorrow brings the future –

It won’t keep you here today;

But a moment from each moment –

Doesn’t need to fade away…

‘Cause a moment from each moment,

Is still just one away.

[Vs2]

As he rides out into midnight,

He can't hold back and cries;

From his burned out heart, all broken apart,

Since she forgot goodbye…

So he searches through that wasteland,

Filled with romantic lies;

He hopes he'll find her somewhere;

Given up on stranger's lies...

CHORUS

Tomorrow brings the future –

It won’t keep you here today;

But a moment from each moment –

Doesn’t need to fade away…

‘Cause a moment from each moment,

Is still just one away.

[BRIDGE]

He finds in a small bar room,

Drowned out by drunken tunes;

He walks to her, she looks at him,

Said she still holds him within...

CHORUS

Tomorrow brings the future –

It won’t keep you here today;

But a moment from each moment –

Doesn’t need to fade away…

‘Cause a moment from each moment,

Is still just one away.