Requiem
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This is the verse you grave for me:
'Here he lies where he longed to be;
Here is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.'

Shackled
by Vertical Horizon

For so long my life's been sewn up tight inside your hold
And it leaves me there without a place to call my own

I know now what shadows can see
There's no point in running 'less you run with me
It's half the distance through the open door
Before you cut me down
Again...
So let me introduce you to the end

And I feel the cold wind blowing beneath my wings
It always leads me back to suffering
But I will soar until the wind whips me down
Leaves me beaten on unholy ground again

So tired now of paying my dues
I start out strong but then I always lose
It's half the distance 'fore you leave me behind
It's such a waste of time

'Cause my shackles
So you won't be
And my rapture
So you won't believe
And deep inside you will bleed for me

So here I slave inside of a broken dream
Forever holding on to splitting seams
So take your piece and leave me alone to die
I don't need you to keep my faith alive

And I know now what trouble can be
And why it follows me so easily
It's half the distance through the open door
Before you shut me down
Again...
Let me introduce you to the end

'Cause my shackles
So you won't be
And my rapture
So you won't believe
And deep inside you will bleed for me

So though you know you care

'Cause my shackles
So you won't be
And my rapture
So you won't believe
And deep inside you will bleed for me

Yeah... yeah...

And my laughter
You won't hear
The faster
I disappear
And time will burn your eyes...

The Chemicals Between Us
by Bush

"We're all together
I'm a black man
I'm a white man
I'm an Englishmen
I'm an American
This is the chemicals between us
This is the communication." ~Woodstock '99

I want you to remember
A love so full it could send us all ways
I want you to surrender
All my feelings rose today
And I want you to remain
The power of children can amaze
I'll try not to complain
I know that's a pisser baby

The chemicals between us
The walls that rise between us
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier place
Than lying in this bed

I want you to remember
Everything you said
Every driven word
Like a hammer
Held
To my head

The chemicals between us
The walls that rise between us
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier state
Than lying in this bed

We're of the hollow men
We are the naked ones
We never meant you harm
Never meant you wrong
And I'd like to thank
All my lovers
Lovers
Lovers
Lovers
Lovers
Lovers

The chemicals between us
The army of achievers
Lying in this bed
The chemicals displaced
There is no lonelier face
Than lying in this bed

The chemicals between us
The chemicals between us
Chemicals
The chemicals between us

The alias is a quote from Shakespeare's Othello.