Gabriel Ratchet - Deca

One by One the angels fell

God had sent a horrible plague of deaths

Why do you think that God would do a thing like that?

Deca presents a new world of sound

Back chasing dreams here we go again

Run’em down with bloodhounds and dobermans

I’m at the mercy of the blowin' wind

It’s all open ended like

Everything in life 'till your soul ascends

From madmartigen

To sad harlequin

To black hearted kin

Flashbacks bar to chems

Cardinal sins hypodermics in the garbage bin

Marked men follow when the saints go marching in

Dreams crack then fade into memory

My Pops said that we share the same brain chemistry

That’s where I get my appetite for self destruction

I need balance I need help adjusting

But one day I’ll awaken to state of grace

Quit making the same mistake

Of abating the pains and aches

Maintain a creative space

Get loose with the papermate

I’ve been waiting for day to break

The future is taking shape

Remember that language is power

I will, I will.

I’ll remember that

Lone steppenwolf offer no apologies

Until their brains snap open

God said

We’d be in trouble if we ate that fruit

Nameless soldier

Trying to get over

No peace

Show teeth hold a grudge

Find another soul to judge

No peace only blood

Nameless soldier

Exile driven out

Sinner drifting on a cloud

Wild child in a crowd

No peace

No peace only blood

Don’t sleep show me love

Only blood

I chased dragons now I’m chasing the dream

They’re both mythic

One’s a ball and chain the other’s the soul’s image

Restrained manical child so afraid

Like somebody’s trying to tear the wings out of my shoulder blades

The whole wide world’s obsessed with the false legend

You gotta go through hell to get to heaven

Me I know the beast well

He’s hiding in the flowers and the details

Enjoys long walks on the beach and collecting seashells

Recording live from the belly of the beached whale

East of eden where the fallen angels and the meek dwell

Where love’s the color of blood an pure devotion

And cascades pools on the ground and forms a notion

Deca the bard the penman, deadpan

Solitary dreamer, watch the vision expand

There’s no time for dogma an genuflection

The future is taking shape

Lessons in free expression

Remember that language is power

I will, I will.

I’ll remember that

Where do we come from, who are we

And where are we going

Eternal questions never answered

God said

We’d be in trouble if we ate that fruit

Nameless soldier

Trying to get over

No peace

Show teeth hold a grudge

Find another soul to judge

No peace only blood

Nameless soldier

Exile driven out

Center drifting on a cloud

Wild child in a crowd

No peace

No peace only blood

Don’t sleep show me love

Only blood