The Battle
By Doppio (Tim and Brittany Cretella)
Endless waves of raw emotion ride me into dawn
Flood my senses' deep devotion, deflated but not yet gone
The clarion calls, the first few golden rays reveal the misty morn
And all that kept sweet solitude beholds a new day born
The careless notes of the waking lark fall with gentle scorn upon your ears
And who's the lone rider, silhouetted by the rising sun
Yonder, on the distant horizon?
Now sleeps the lonely owl, now wakes the swan
The candle burning hope through the restless night now gone
Now gone, now gone
And overhead, what proud eagle lights across the western sky?
Leads my heavy thoughts through the endless halls of time
A distant memory floats below the clouded, hazy sun
A dream unfulfilled escapes
The Battle, not yet begun.
Gambler's Horizon
By Doppio (Tim and Brittany Cretella)
When the time was ripe for leaving I looked up at morning sky
Said a prayer for her to keep believing, never was one too good at goodbyes
Then I called, I called out your name
But it swept away with the wind's lonely sigh
And lingered on
Until I gazed into those eyes
Said, "I'm a gambler now mama"
When I arrived alone at that steeple door, a stranger seeking shelter from the storm
I was told "Though this is a Holy house of God, it's full now you'll have to move on"
Then I called, I called out your name
And it swept away with the wind's lonely sigh
So I struck a match, went on my way
Oh can a gambler be saved mama?
Wake me up now, I'm still dreaming
How the world can shine and gleam just right
When you're thinking' nothing's left to believe in I felt alive in your eyes
The Golden Key
By Doppio (Tim and Brittany Cretella)
Time, don't wait for you Don't wait for me, What's more, I've grown tired Of feeling blue
Let's start anew Styles and trends Casual friends Here for awhile But gone in the end It's all a mystery to me To hold the Golden Key
Life, can't press rewind
As for the ever-shortening line Don't ask the time
It's a game of men and mice Roll the dice
Be sure not to count your Blessings twice
It's all a mystery to me
To hold the Golden Key
And all along the blazing fire inside, growing bright The whipping wind outside, grows stronger with the night The omni-present eye keeps always out of sight The ever-blurring line, confuses wrong from right Love, may bring you 'round A better answer not to be found A brighter day What better than today And in your handEvery moment at your common It's all an endless sea to me
To hold the Golden Key
Paradise Lost
By (Tim Cretella of DOPPIO)
There was a time I lived in days
Colored with life that danced in me and sung
Now the tune's up and the ride
Feels 'though it started before it begun
There was a time I held the key
And without answers, I was set free
The fruit of the vine, the harvest was mine
The golden brick road had come to unfold
The gate that was shut
Was wide open, but
Can't the mind make a Heaven out of hell
And a hell out of Heaven