Stop The Clocks (Free Mind Suite)

Stop The Clocks has been published in All of Me Vol. V, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Free My Mind by Dream Frequency.

Listen to Stop The Clocks by Richard Charles Stevens (Free Mind Suite)

reconnect the child inside of you
resumed from way back in the day
for memories may serve
yet have a disconcerting tendency to fade
we seldom see dependency unless we think sequentially
and venture back to childhoods in our wake
take a trip down mazy lanes to reacquaint faint reveries
present them slack to cut back on the chains
.
take a trip down mazy lanes to reacquaint faint reveries
present them slack to cut back on the chains
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
drop the airs and the graces
take every book you ever read
and tear out empty pages
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
drop the airs and the graces
take every book you ever read
and tear out empty pages
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
tap each vein
and renovate it
take every fraying wire inside your head
and then replace it
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
remembrance for some equates to pain we feel best placed lest we forget
(make a date with destiny anew)
for others there exists a hiding place where we delight in retrospect
(make a date with destiny anew)
regardless of the reminiscence kept
and ammunition left
conditions met request a recognition test imperative
we take each trip down every mazy lane to graze at greater gain
relating understanding where it’s relative
.
ownership is everything
when only in our minds
for our true selves lack showmanship
when peeking through the blinds
holding close our poker chips
our faces wear the lies
we tell ourselves when certain harms are wired
.
should we aspire to overcome
then we must travel through
get blind drunk then sober up
and realign each view
life soon sees us overrun
with oh so much ado
yet nothing quite as paramount
as taking care of you
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
drop the airs and the graces
take every book you ever read
and tear out empty pages
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
tap each vein
and renovate it
take every fraying wire inside your head
and then replace it
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
make a date with destiny
make a date with destiny
make a date with destiny anew
.
make a date with destiny
make a date with destiny
make a date with destiny anew
.
without such fundamental self pursuit
we make a thousand points with precious few we feel adroit to prove
the true blue hearts we tend to guard from menu cards aloof
while weathered engines fail to start anew
.
the flowers in our bones can only bloom with light and air
there seems no sense in feeling when ill-tempered to declare
appearances can be deceiving
leading to extensive dealings
yet revealing little but despair
.
for every dying ember
there’s a long doused flame to be reclaimed
a joy translating every pain
a smile remaining tucked away
eventually to ebb away
potentially be led astray
under such tremendous strain
we’re headed straight to senseless pain
.
relentless as it pens us in to devastate potential gain
with no great lengths extended to explaining its extended stay
.

a memory can soon become erased
lest we remember
and make a date with love not hate
retouching fate to destiny anew
.
retouching fate to destiny anew
.
retouching fate to destiny anew
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
drop the airs and the graces
take every book you ever read
and tear out empty pages
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
stop the clocks
hold your breath
tap each vein
and renovate it
take every fraying wire inside your head
and then replace it
dare challenge the view that nothing truly ever changes
and make a date with destiny anew
.
make a date with love not hate
retouching fate to destiny anew
(destiny anew)
make a date with
(make a date with)
make a date with love not hate
retouching fate to destiny anew
.
a memory can soon become erased
lest we remember
and make a date with love not hate
retouching fate to destiny anew
.