Stillness by EXIS RAZE

And the story begins...

The Horse
It's time I sling the baskets, off this overburdened horse.
Sink my toes into the ground, set a different course.
Cause if I were here and you were there...I'd meet you in between.
And not until my dying day, confess what I have seen.


On the Way : Premonition
So one heads out and the other in, neither one knows where they're goin'. They met outside long ago, long enough to know.
You get a look ahead and a look behind, and all you find...is the
Time, chasin' you around, begging you...to keep movin'.

You came in first and you came in last, but all the time you didn't know it.
Holdin' on to the things that last, ideas the rest threw away, and got goin'.
You could go or you could stay, but either way...you're on your way.
Cause it's the end, that makes you begin, and you set off again.
It never ends...it's you against the time, like you're racing to die.
And it begins, to feel like the end, before you begin.

Tryin' to find where I've been...nothing's here, everything's lost.
Only shadows of what I knew.
And the darkness finds its way in...
And the light drains from my mind...
It's a light that was never mine...
And the voices scream in my head...
"You're finally on your way!!!"


Fading : Into Dark
I know it's wrong... it's been here so long, won't let go.
Harder I fight, faster it grows...cause it knows, what I know.
Screaming my name! Calling my shame!
But it won't be the same, no!

I won't let it in, it's me who wins this time. First to see, and to strike.
So full of sin, black rushes in. It's me who's in the fire!

Look for an answer, but no one dares. No one cares that it's gone.
They stare and they shout, confusion only grows...there's no way out!
And I let go... I let go...


Unsettled : A Light Returns
Nothing's the same...lost and insane. I knew who I was until today.
But released from the pain, something calls my name.
And I start to climb, up and out, not disturbed by the time.
I've come to claim what's mine...

Out of the darkness, on top of the hill... A light returns, enough to fill.
The sky is high, after so many lows... and away they go.

They eye what was theirs, for so many years...
Preying on fears... fed on the tears of a fool...

Out of the darkness, on top of the hill...A light returns, enough to fill.
The sky is high, after so many lows...I step into the light!


Peace : Stillness
So hard to come by...and you're sure it won't come without a fight.
You'd give it up just to find a way, even though you know it just ain't right.

Well the thinking's all been thought.
And the fights have all been fought.
That feeling's why you're here...

Cause you wanna hear! And it feels so near!
But all you can feel...is the fear.

You're right, you're wrong, the voices ring in your ear.
It can't be long when it feels so near.
A little peace in life, but there's always somethin' else around.
Can't seem to find the time...but now,
It's all that's on my mind. I've been tryin' to make it mine.
And I just 'bout crossed that line.

Tryin' to find! It's all in my mind! It's all in my mind!
But I'll find it this time! My peace of mind!
My piece of mind! I'll make it mine!


Freedom : Second Circle
A life assumed, but not shown how... how to live a life in the now.
Look inside and you will see, what it is you see in me.

Freedom from you, and the way you do.
From who you think I am...this running keeps me where I am.

A reason made alone but sane, released from your view...and free.
To find true peace, and to give it back,
I know we need to take the good and the bad.
But from a place outside I can see...what it is you see in me.

Freedom, from you, and the way you do.
From who you think I am...this running keeps me where I am.

I only knew one way around...and it went down.
Like water that flows underground, no need to be around.
But I'll make it to where I need to be, like a river to the sea.
Returning once more, just like before.
And if this time up, now I know why.
I look to the sky...just in time!

Exis Raze is:
Jason on vocals, guitars and strings
Moro on drums, and
Pras on bass.

exisraze.hiddenlight.net