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