LYRICS
CARDINAL
01) For You Alone
The only sin / that I could commit against you
Might be to want you
More than you might want me to
For when we met
I was just a passerby
But now you have me
Turning water into wine
CHORUS: The stars up in the sky
like the twinkle in your eye
Are telling me just how much I have grown
That's how I realize that without you I would die.
Let the heavens open wide for you alone
Deep in your heart
I know that there is room for two
And I am honored
That I share that space with you
And if you swear
to spend all of this life with me
Then I will love you
For all of eternity
[CHORUS]
BRIDGE: If true love consists of growing
There is none truer than ours
And this love will keep on growing
Well beyond any known chart
[CHORUS] x2
[CHORUS breakdown]
Let the heavens open wide for you alone (x4)
©2012 Laurier Tiernan
02) Twin Flames
Twin flames are born in darkness
But they / come from the light and
Twin flames can not be harnessed
Because they / burn as they fly and
CHORUS:
Everyone has someone for whom
There is nothing they won’t do
Every flame has its twin flame
Like I belong to you
Twin flames all love to travel
And they / will leave a trail and
Twin flames can not be stopped
Because they / can never fail and
[CHORUS]
There are some things that you can not measure
Like when your lover asks how much you care
But you know that you would feel their absence
As sharply / as the absence of air
Twin flames came here together
And they / have come so far
Twin flames will share a mission
And then go / back to the stars
[CHORUS]
+ Like I belong to you (x2)
©2014 Laurier Tiernan
03) A Special Kind of Tragedy
Roses are beautiful
Everybody wants one
As a symbol
Of their lovers love and what it cost them
Flowers never can appreciate their own beauty
Therein lies a special kind of tragedy
You are so beautiful
Everybody wants you
As a symbol
Of the love of G-d
For which they need proof and
Flowers never can appreciate their own beauty
Therein lies a special kind of tragedy
Most people have it when they are young
But most of them are all too busy having fun
A battle fought but never won
Echoed every day in the setting sun
[CHORUS] x 2
© 2009 Laurier Tiernan
04) Stand
Many lifetimes have gone by
Many times you've laughed and cried
You died and were reborn many times
And for all the world to see
You now have a set of keys
That could set every last human free
You just have to give the word / and the future will unfurl.
Chorus: Stand on a star, and see how life looks from afar. Stand on a star, and realize who you are.
Since you have come from the source
It is a matter of course
That you hold its power in your hands
Pry apart the mystery so everyone can believe
That we create all that we can see
Some will pretend to be blind / but they will wake up in time.
[CHORUS]
Usher in a time of peace
And Conflict will disappear
The most certain way to teach
Is to shut up and lead.
[CHORUS] x3Realize who you are (x2)
© 2011 Laurier Tiernan
05) Time
Few of us will dare to go the distance
Most of us would rather stand in line
Most of us would rather pay with boredom
Rather than risk minutes of lost time
But I am here to tell you that time is never lost
It is always counted up
Through summer sweat and winter frost
Chose your destination. Marry it within your heart.
Follow it around the world
'Til death will do you part
Men have fought too many wars
For temporary gain
Knowing that their souls would come to
Feel empty again
I have come upon you now to highjack history
If you want to save the world
Pick up your dreams and follow me 'cause
[CHORUS]
[REINTRO - INSTRUMENTAL]
[CHORUS] x 2
© 2009 Laurier Tiernan
06) Temps de fête
Chaque jour est un temps de fête
Chaque matin est une chanson (et)
Tout le monde connaît les paroles
Chantons tous en unisson
Vies-tu vraiment la vie de tes rêves?
Le cheminement peut être vite fait
Portes-toi comme si tu y étais
Et tu ne vivras que le succès
Chaque jour est ce qu'on en fait
Tout se passe comme on le veut
Le ciel entend toutes nos prières
Et agit selon tous nos voeux
Toutes tes erreurs sont pardonnées
Tiens-toi droit debout sur tes deux pieds
Laisse ton visage se faire ensoleiller
Tu auras une très belle destinée
© 2011 Laurier Tiernan
07) Way Up There (LYRICS)
If you can imagine it
then hold on to your seat.
Everything you keep in mind
will show up at your feet.
{Be careful to choose / what you let your thoughts stray to.}
Some people let destiny
or chance become their voice.
I will never settle for less
than a conscious choice.
{It is clear to me / that I am choosing to be.}
WAY UP THERE. Like flower in the breeze.
WAY UP THERE. For all the world to see.
WAY UP THERE. Some say it's destiny
But we will always be
way up there.
From a higher vantage point
you can see much more.
And you will never lose sight
of what your life is for.
{Changing point of view / allows you to never lose.}
[CHORUS]
Happiness is often just a matter of perspective.
Raise your consciousness and you will find yourself...
[CHORUS]
Laurier: Some people let destiny or chance become their voice.
[Eiko: WAY UP THERE] I will never settle for less than a conscious choice.
[Eiko: WAY UP THERE] Laurier: From a higher vantage point, you can see much more.
Unison: And we will always be…
Eiko: way up there.
© 2011 Laurier Tiernan
08) Potential
This world cheats itself of possibilities
It may all depend on those like you and me
We are not afraid to follow our guts
We are not content to keep our windows shut
If you do not take control, somebody else will.
This may be the difference between good and evil
CHORUS: I have potential that you cannot see.
Put your hand in my hand, and tell me what you feel. (x2)
Tell me what you feel.
Do you remember the voice
That you only heard as a child.
Remember the voice that you heard
When there was no one else in sight.
If you do not take control, somebody else will.
This may be the difference between good and evil
BRIDGE: I am here to connect you
To everything you could be
To the world that you can see
In your most beautiful dreams
Chorus (x2)
© 2009/2011 Laurier Tiernan
09) (You Will) Die as You Have Lived
You’re planning the end
According to an ancient script.
Why are you in such a hurry to die?
Your slaughters go unchecked by any foreign power
No matter how many mothers cry.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
Than for a rich man to pass through heaven’s gates.
How long will you wait to share your life preserver?
Or, will you hang on until it is too late?
You’re building your empire
Up into a tower.
When you kneel, I don’t know to whom you pray,
Because if it’s the one that I am thinking of,
When you die you will go the other way.
[CHORUS]
You say that you need
To fight fire with fire
But how much did it cost Gandhi
To hold a hunger strike?
How much money did a desert prophet have saved up
When he sealed his manifesto with his life?
[CHORUS]
Pop stars
The Pope
The President
And me
© 2008 Laurier Tiernan
10) Letting Go
I’ve come too far to turn back now
I've come to far to just give up
And when I’m feeling empty
An angel always fills my cup
Then my blood reveals a rose
On the path to fame lined with bones
And the only road to growth is letting go
I had to stretch myself so far
I felt my skin become so thin
And even when I felt it break
I never wanted to give in
For the few times I changed course
Were the only ones where I lost hope
And the only road to growth is letting go
I’m questioning all that I think I know
And paling in comparison to gold
I’m losing my resistance to the cold
And there's a feeling in my soul
When I start to lose sight of my goals
That the only road to growth
Is letting go
© 2015 Laurier Tiernan