Mid-tempo alt-classical-techno, a la Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited", or Massive Attack's "Teardrop"
Songwriter specializing in modern rock, country, easy listening and pop music.
I'm a songwriter with a wide variety of influences. I am currently seeking a publisher for one or more of my songs. Though I focus on commercially viable Country/Rock and Adult Contemporary, my wide range of infuences ensures that on any given CD of my work, there's something for all tastes in music.
Story behind the song
A line from a television show...
Lyrics
“This Is Not A Test – Vision Mix”
Dr. Drift / cRAYNe
VERSE SET I
(Life) /can only be lived as it’s given and you can take back /the unused the portion in the hope /that you’ll get a second chance. That’s not how it works.
-
(And Death) /is not a state of mind it’s just a state, you’ll find quite /disappointing when faced with the hype that you’ve heard all your life. So of course you start wondering….
-
(Why) /were we placed here in the first place with the fear that our lives are meaningless? That this is all there is? And when it’s over its back to the grass? Well I say…
-
(No)! /This is not test, it can’t be. I refuse to believe that when my breath leaves me I simply cease.
I’d rather rest in hell then rest in peace, /even if it meant I’d be on a leash.
It’s better than eternity of darkness…silence…simply quiet…having no sense of time…it’s violent.
-
PRECHORUS I
I simply /wont take it. /If you put me in chains I’ll break it. If you ask me to prove, I’ll fake it.
Death can’t beat me, just release me.
CHORUS
This is all that you get, unless perchance someone saves you
Defeating death. Only unless
Someone catches your breath, puts it back inside you,
And resurrects.
This is not a test
VERSE SET II
(Check) Mic check, test-one-test-two, turn the volume up and the bass track, too
Preaching y’all the Prophicy, tell me the truth – I can sense guilt or innocense breaking through. Take it to the
(Beat) machines, artificial emcees, spreading synthesized sounds like some sort of disease
You can believe what you want to believe, and you can fall to your knees and pray this ain’t the real thing
Called to account, count your days on the line – tie a knot. Cut a notch in the hands of time
It’s a universal crime and we all got served, damn the nerve
No probation, straight from Satan, but don’t be wicked and don’t be hating
Got the cure right here; I won’t keep you waiting
Take the test and taste salvation
PRECHORUS II
Test test testing, one-two-three
Are you on? Are you there? Can you still hear me?
Break in case of emergency
Inside you’ll find a clock and a key
Count down your days on the face of the clock
And the key’s a fake ‘cause it doesn’t unlock
You can’t reset, you can’t rewind
Just chase down your days ‘til you run out of time
~ CHORUS ~
BRIDGE
Step a little closer to the microphone, please
I need to be sure that you’re listening
Breathe to the beat of the metronome, sing
Spit sixteen then stop to think
Step a little to closer to the precipice, please
I need to be sure you can see how deep
The abyss looks back as you try to see
The bottomless bottom when you try to leap
When you can’t grow wings or learn to fly
You can live your life, never see the sky
But no one ever told you not to try
If you believe, then you might be right
All that’s left is a lone “unless”
Unless you try you’ll never guess
You get one chance to be your best
Try, ‘cause this life is not a test
CHORUS II
This is not a test if you believe in the everlasting
Place all your bets
Spin the wheel of fortune, the wheel of karma
The wheel of the chariot never rests
~ CHORUS ~
