Yellowfly
Erich Glaubitz
Yellowfly lyrics
Sadistic
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
I wanna sell you a little story
About a girl so fine
She's sultry, seductive
With addicting lines
But that's surface, 'cause dark embers
Glow deep inside
But she lures me with her sweet eyes
So what's a boy to do, what's a boy to do
What's a boy to do?
When she only smiles if I'm feeling down
She only laughs if I hit the ground
Seems her only joy is to watch me suffering
She says, "It's just one of those things"
Well it pains me to think that I love this
Sadistic little bitch
Sadistic little bitch
I'm a wise one, I know better
I should run away
But as she tongues me, her poison
Seeps into my veins
She traps me, her legs wrap me
I try to escape
Then I look in those sweet eyes
Oh, what's a boy to do, what's a boy to do
What's a boy to do
When she only smiles if I'm feeling down
She only laughs if I hit the ground
Seems her only joy is to watch me suffering
She says, "It's just one of those things"
Well it pains me to think that I love this
Sadistic little bitch
Sadistic little bitch
To hear about her you may think that I have lost my mind
But trust me boys if you were in my place you'd do the time
She only smiles when I'm feeling down
She only laughs if I hit the ground
Seems her only joy is to watch me suffering
She says, "It's just one of those things"
Well it pains me to think that I love this
Sadistic little bitch
I will be damned
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
Watching in waiting
I follow with my eyes
The innocent stranger as she nears
My smile deceives her
It draws her in closer
My soft, sweet words dispel her fears
There's something inside me
Like a devil in my skin
I will be damned, I will
I try to fight this desire
But there's no use saving me
I will be damned, I will
My hand upon her face
I feel her lips breathing
I draw my mouth near to taste her flesh
Oh, so alive now
Oh, so precious
But just a souvenir I now possess
There's something inside me
Like a devil in my skin
I will be damned, I will
I try to fight this desire
But there's no use saving me
I will be damned, I will
With my hunger satisfied
I return to my happy home
Where my love sleeps by my side
In her dream world
There's something inside me
Like a devil in my skin
I will be damned, I will
I canít fight this desire
And there's no use saving me
I will be damned, I will
I will be damned
I will be damned
Change
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
I guess you're getting tired of me
Saying, when will I grow up
Take life seriously
Sure, that was so endearing once
So why not now
You've known that I'm a little strange
Since we first met
I am who I am
And I am what I am, yes I am
Don't try to change me
Cause we are who we are
And no matter how straight or how odd
Don't ever to change that
Would you take a lie from me
If I play an ideal man
Would you be happy?
Or would you lose the reason why
You love me?
I don't mind compromise
From time to time
But I am who I am
And I am what I am, yes I am
Don't try to change me
Cause we are who we are
And no matter how straight or how odd
Don't ever to change that
You can drive me crazy
Make me so angry
Still, I think youíre perfect
Donít ever change
Be you always
Iíll be me always
I am who I am
And I am what I am, yes I am
Don't try to change me
Cause we are who we are
And no matter how straight or how odd
Don't ever to change that
Don't try to change me
(I am who I am and I am what I am, yes I am)
Don't ever change you
(You are who you are and are what you are yes you are)
Don't try to change me
(I am who I am and I am what I am, yes I am)
Let's never change
Stranger
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
I watch you dance around with flowers in your hair
And peace signs on your sparkled skin
Everythingís so pretty in your sunny world
But the darkness thatís within
It's your way to escape
Feed it, your fantasy
You run from all that know
As you're giving yourself to a crowd of strangers
Drink in the ecstasy
You want it to be your savior
Lose yourself in a crowd of strangers
At night
You wake up all alone inside an empty room
Your colors have turned black and white
You're not sure where you are or what you may have done
Reality seem surreal
But you know the way to escape
Feed it, your fantasy
You run from all that know
As you're giving yourself to a crowd of strangers
Drink in the ecstasy
You want it to be your savior
Lose yourself in a crowd of strangers
At night
You numb your mind, you spin, you fly
Your skinís alive, you wave goodbye
You live your lie, lose touch, deny
The moment breathes, the moments dies
You crash, you burn, no lesson learned
You scream, you cry, you hide
Feed it, your fantasy
You run from all that know
As you're giving yourself to a crowd of strangers
Drink in the ecstasy
You want it to be your savior
Giving yourself to a crowd of strangers
You've lost yourself in a crowd of strangers
Same old story
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
Maxine has herself her dream man
Two years they have been together
Their love seems so very pure
Her man treats her like an angel
Her man has himself a halo
Who could ask for anything more
They move into a happy home
Her slice of heaven
But she feels the gates closing in
It's the same old story
It's the same old story
It's the some old story
Never happy with what you have
Never happy with what you have
Maxine slips out undercover
She scores herself another lover
Turned on by her little sin
She wants to runaway forever
Start a life with her latest treasure
This time it seems so genuine
But diamond eyes, if given time
They lose their shine
And her lover tosses her away
It's the same old story
It's the same old story
It's the some old story
Never happy with what you have
Never happy with what you have
As I watch from afar from the perch of a star in a jar
I'm feeling so cynical
I'm feeling so cynical
Iíve seen it time after time and again and again and again
It's getting so predictable
Getting so predictable
We've all had what she had and weíve lost what she lost
As we go chasing our rainbows
Chasing our rainbows
It's the same old story
It's the same old story
It's the some old story
Never happy with what you have
Never happy with what you have
Let's be happy with what we have
Wildflower
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
You intice me with your beauty
My how your colors are now in bloom
You've got all the bees a buzzin'
Hypnotized by your sweet purfume
If I promise you my heart
If I promise you my soul
If I promise you my love
If I promise you the world
If I promise you the sky
If I promise you heaven
Oh, my wild flower, won't you open up your pedals to me
Oh, my wild flower, just let me in, let me in
I wanna taste your pollen
Oh, my wild flower, won't you open up your pedals to me
Oh, my wild flower
I'd love to make some honey
With you
With you
You've got me tripping on a heartbeat
You've got me defying gravity
You seem so pleased to just tease me
As you shake for me in the breeze
If I promise you my heart
If I promise you my soul
If I promise you my love
If I promise you pearls
If I promise you gold
If I promise you diamonds
Oh, my wild flower, won't you open up your pedals to me
Oh, my wild flower, just let me in, let me in
I wanna taste your pollen
Oh, my wild flower, wonít you open up your pedals to me
Oh, my wild flower
I'd love to make some honey
With you
With you
Mellow day
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
It's a mellow day, it's a mellow day
It's a mellow day, such a mellow day
Drivin' out east with the car top down
I feel autumn kiss my face
Got my girl by my side
No destination in mind
Just want to get away
It's a mellow day, it's a mellow day
It's a mellow day, such a mellow day
We make a turn down a narrow, bumpy road
Drawn by the lack of a street sign
On a tiny beach, we find a secret hideaway
With no one around for miles
We walk along this postcard
So taken by the view
It's a mellow day, it's a mellow day
It's a mellow day, Such a mellow day
Inspiration in me bears a melody
So I pick up my guitar and play
I write these simple lines, then we sip some wine
She whispers, "ain't life great?"
I close my eyes, hear the water lick the shore
And the sound of birds high above
The sun begins to set
And a breeze bites our skin
But our bodies keep us warm
We indulge in each other
Underneath the moon
It's a mellow day, it's a mellow day
It's a mellow day, Such a mellow day
Jimmy had a nickel
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
Jimmy turned 18 today
He was always a good boy
He wanted to try something that
He'd never done before
So Jimmy bought a nickel
Jimmy bought a nickel
He felt his fingers trembling
As he paid the corner man
The police rolled up silently
And caught him with red hands
Cause Jimmy had a nickel
Jimmy had a nickel
The trial was predictable
How can this poor boy win
When the Judges eyes are painted by
The color of Jimmy's skin
Jimmy had a nickel
Jimmy had a nickel
Jimmy spends his time away
In the corner of his cell
The brothers love their tight young boy
As they welcome him to hell
Jimmy had a nickel
Jimmy had a nickel
Little miss innocent
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
I always will remember
This cold night in November
As she called me on the phone
A strangers accusations
Detailed your relations
Never felt so alone
So I waited, waited
Hour after hour
Till you returned
It's as if you had rehearsed it
How calmly you reversed it
Deflecting all the blame
You act the part supremely
How could I not believe it?
But I wonít play that game
And in-between the talking
Oh, that silent silence
You are revealed
I see it, I see it
I see it in your eyes
I taste it, I taste it
In every word you lie
I feel it, I feel it
As it burns inside
Looks like little miss innocent
Don't practice what she preaches
Never had a reason
To think that you'd deceive me
You were so righteous and shy
All these years I've known you
I guess I never knew you
Who were you all this time?
And in-between the talking
Oh, that silent silence
You are revealed
I see it, I see it
I see it in your eyes
I taste it, I taste it
In every word you lie
I feel it, I feel it
As it burns inside
Looks like little miss innocent
Donít practice what she preaches
Oh, you're sugar sweet
Oh, you're so polite
Oh, you're so complete
Oh, you're pure and white
I see it, I see it
I see it in your eyes
I taste it, I taste it
In every word you lie
I feel it, I feel it
As it burns inside
Looks like little miss innocent
Don't practice what she preaches
My baby blue
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
Oh, my baby, I love her
I dream night and day about her
Oh, my baby, I love her
I dream night and day about her
She's the moon and the sun and the Earth and sky to me
Oh, my baby, I need her
And every day I see her
Oh, my baby, I need her
So every day I see her
I could stare at her every moment of my life
Well, she looks at me with those big blue eyes
And quickly looks away
It's so cute these coy games she likes to play
My, my baby blue
She's the only woman that will ever do
My, my, my baby blue
Oh, I love her, I love her and I donít know what to do
Oh, my baby, she's perfect
She's the idol that I worship
Oh, my baby, she's perfect
She's the idol that I worship
There is nothing I would ever want to change in her
Well, she looks at me with those big blue eyes
And I can tell that she loves me
And the way she skips away from me, I know she's happy
My, my baby blue
She's the only woman that will ever do
My, my, my baby blue
Oh, I love her, I love her and I don't know what to do
Well, she looks at me with those big blue eyes
And screams at the top of her lungs
Oh, it turns me on the way she like to always role play
My, my baby blue
She's the only woman that will ever do
My, my, my baby blue
Oh, I love her, I love her and I don't know what to do
Hero
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
It's been a while since that day
I'll never forget that feeling when I heard your name
Yet somehow I knew it all along
You're gone, you're gone
Got your voice inside my head
All those silly jokes are trying to make me smile
But they cannot fill the void
That's in me, in me
There, under the sun
Sand on your feet
You said it was your heaven
There, by the ocean
Is where I will run
To find you in your heaven
I close my swollen eyes
And your face is there, reassuring me
Damn, you never think of yourself
But don't go, no don't go
There, under the sun
Sand on your feet
You said it was your heaven
There, by the ocean
Is where I will run
To find you in your heaven
I watched as the towers fell
And breathed the bitter taste of hell
And you were there, you were there
More concerned with another's life
You gave one final sacrifice
You're my hero
My hero
I bet you never realized
How you touched so many, oh so many lives
And you'll live in all of us
Always, always
There, under the sun
Sand on your feet
You said it was your heaven
There, by the ocean
Is where we will run
To find you in your heaven
There, under the sun
Sand on my feet
Is where I'll always find you
Holy war
lyrics by E. Glaubitz
Light up the candles
Remember the lives of friends I have lost
I stare out my window
Where I watched the flames devour our innocent
So sickened and angered
By murders committed in the name of God
You declared a holy war on us
Cause freedom is so dangerous
Must be destroyed at any cost
Well, let me get this point across
Fuck your holy war
Fuck your holy war
Fuck your holy war
Taste this freedom
You think you're so pious
But there's a stain upon your white robe
What form of perversion
Would cheer at the slaughter of women and children?
No God would condone this
No matter whose God you pray to
The sky is raining tears of red
For blood that has and will be shed
If morality's indeed your cause
You've broken its most basic law
So, fuck your holy war
Fuck your holy war
Fuck your holy war
Taste this freedom
I still don't understand why you had to take
The lives of friends I loved
Please explain
I know you're not afraid to die
You've been nurtured on a twisted lie
That when all of your killing's done
You will rise beyond the sun
And a little bonus above the blue
All those virgins wait for you
So is this just a case of lust
Is this just a case of lust
I don't know
Do you know?
Fuck your holy war
Fuck your holy war
Fuck your holy war
Taste this freedom
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONGS
Sadistic
I wrote this one a few days before going into the studio to record this CD. Writers tend to always love their last song best, which is how it ended up as track 1, but in retrospect, it's not one of my favorites. Lyrically it's not about anyone in particular, it's just "sadistic little bitch" seemed to fit that great riff. There was one line about my girlfriend in there, who always laughs when people fall down, but it didn't make the final cut.
I will be damned
This is a song about sin. I wanted the listener to not know whether I was talking about a cheating lover or a Hannibal-esque murderer. It is actually about an affair I had, but to reach the double meaning, I had to make it more twisted than it really was. I originally wrote the riff for a band I was producing, Red Karma, but liked it too much to give it away.
Change
I was walking in the front door of my house when the chorus popped into my head. I rushed to pick up a guitar and write a song around it. After releasing this CD, I grew to dislike the bridge of this song, so I rewrote it. We never perform this version live. Lyrically it is about one of my best friends. He is a fun, carefree guy, which is exactly what attracted his girlfriend to him--and eventually what drove them apart (though I wrote this song before the breakup). Oh, and there is a bit of me in the lyric also. Trivia--the girl in the Family Photographs video is the girl in this song.
Stranger
Pat wrote the main chord progression to this one. The opening guitar part is something I wrote for my old band, Liquid in it's waning days. Lyrically it is about a girl I know who at the time was lost in an ecstasy induced haze, living from rave to rave.
Same old story
I originally wrote this a few years back for the singer, Raquel. It was to be three separate stories that came together at the end. It ended up being too long, so I just kept the Maxine story, though it made more sense the other way.
Wildflower
I first wrote this as a medium tempo, groove type thing. Every time we played it at rehearsal, it got faster and faster. Though I still like this song, looking back I think it lost the coolness of the original groove. One the first things I sang when writing this song was the "open up your pedals" line. I built the whole lyric around that line.
Mellow day
I wrote the hook of this song while driving in my car with Pat. Lyrically, it is basically a blow by blow account of a day spent with my girl out near Orient Point.
Little miss innocent
It was not a happy day for me when I found out the girl I was seeing at the time was having an affair. Several years later the disillusionment of that experience led to my affair referred to in "I will be damned." Funny how that happens. We wrote the groove of this song at a rehearsal. The opening riff was from an Extreme Sports Theme I wrote (originally played twice as fast).
Jimmy had a nickel
When I first heard Pat playing that bass line I immediately came up with the verse and chorus of this song, twisting the meaning of the old 1920's song of the same name. Though the lyrics only took me minutes to write, it's one of my favorites on the CD.
Baby blue
I wrote the music to this at the beach as a goof when my friend, Mike Trunkes, jokingly said, "You need a song that sounds like Elvis." We weren't going to put this on the CD, but I really liked how it came out, so, much to Pat's chagrin, it made the final cut. Lyrically, it is a bit deeper that it appears. It is written from the view point of a stalker (me being the stalkie). Myself being the victim of a stalking for years, I'm amazed how a stalker can twist anything you say or do into what they perceive to be real. Read the lyrics again and you'll see where I'm coming from.
Hero
I wrote this a few months after 9/11 for two great men and great friends, Captain William (Billy) Burke, and Dave Fontana. Capt. William F. Burke Jr. had just led people to safety out of Tower Two of the World Trade Center. He told the firefighter with him to leave and then went back into the building to look for more civilians. Seconds later, the tower collapsed. Google their names to get their amazing stories. This song is my favorite on the CD.
Holy war
Holy war is my anger towards 9/11. Hating America enough to kill innocent people is one thing--justifying it through god and religion is another. By the way, when a female suicide bomber dies, does she get male virgins? Musically it started with Pat's intro bass line. I came back a week later with the verse and chorus. The bridge we all wrote together at rehearsal. This was one of the hardest lyrics I ever wrote.