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Between The Eyes

by Francis Voignier

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1.
BETWEEN THE EYES WE’VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE THOUGHT WE LONG SETTLED THE SCORE IT SEEMED THAT WE WERE TO LEARN AHEAD OF THE CURVE SO WHY ARE WE HERE? TIME WAS THEN ON OUR SIDE LOTS OF ROOM TO TURN THE TIDES THE MESSAGE WAS LOUD AND CLEAR THE VISION SO NEAR SO WHAT HAPPENED DEAR? WE WERE TO RETAIN CONTROL DECIPHER THE CODE NEUTRALIZE THE BREACH SOME HAVE FAVORED THE LIES WHILE OTHERS DELIVERED THE FACTS IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THE BALANCE SHALL SEAT RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES FOR NOW THE FAKE MEETS THE REAL HYPNOSIS RULES THE FIELD THE VEIL SUITS THE GUISE Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier, May 8, 2013 © 2013 US Copyright Office
2.
The Mist 05:42
THE MIST WHEN THE MIST DRAWS IN THE SILENCE OF WHAT IS BEST UNSAID AND THE THOUGHTS HIDE IN THE DISTANCE OF DARKNESS CLEVERLY SPREAD SHALL WE BE PARTED AND BE DRIVEN BY SHADOWS INTO DIFFERENT HELLS AS WE GREW ON GOOD INTENTIONS AND PROMISES WITH NO ENDS DID THE PLAY OF COUNTER MOTION TURN THE TABLES TO EAST FROM WEST INSTEAD OF THE SUN FEARLESS WE STEADILY WALKED INTO THE HAZE PLEASE HOLD MY HAND IS THERE A WAY OUT OF HERE? CLEAR THROUGH THE MIST MUST WE TREAD BACK THROUGH THE GRID OF RENTED DREAMS WHEN WE SHALL REGAIN OUR SENSES AND SWEAR TO NEVER STRAY WON’T THE DRONE OF THE USUAL PULL US IN THROUGH THE GATES INTO THE MIST WHERE ALL INCONVENIENCES ARE LAID TO REST PLEASE HOLD MY HAND IS THERE A WAY OUT OF HERE? CLEAR THROUGH THE MIST MUST WE TREAD BACK THROUGH THE GRID OF RENTED DREAMS Lyrics & Music by Francis Voignier, August 18, 2013 © 2013 US Copyright Office
3.
Raffle 05:13
RAFFLE DOWN IN THE TRENCHES AND SHELTERED FROM HOPE THE SUNKEN EYED MAN CLUTCHES AT FROZEN STRAW THE ROARING CROWD WAVES THROUGH THE SHOW EACH LONGS FOR A WIN AT THE RAFFLE DRAW THE NEWS PLY AND UNFOLD A LIE OR TWO THE TV SET FLICKERS SPUTTERS AND SPEWS THE NETWORK PAGE MISSES THE CUE FRIENDS OF FRIENDS RISE TO CENSOR THE TRUTH TO WIN THE RAFFLE DRAW AND LEAVE WITH THE PRIZE COVETED BY ALL BATTLE TO BATTLE THE GAME IS RIGGED ONE NEVER TAKES THE FALL DREAMS OF WIDE SPACES CROUCHED IN THE DARK THE STENCH OF HUMAN DECAY DOES NOT CARRY THAT FAR THE MEMORIES OF WHAT IS LOST EXIT THROUGH THE CRACK OF THE BACKSTAGE DOOR TO WIN THE RAFFLE DRAW… Lyrics and music by Francis Voignier November 2, 2013 © 2013 US Copyright Office
4.
WITHOUT THE TOUCH OF LOVE IT’S ALMOST A GIVEN THAT IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES THE COURSE OF WINDS WOULD CHANGE TOO MUCH HAS BEEN TAKEN TOO LITTLE RETURNED ONE CAN SENSE THE END OF AN AGE OF EXCESS A SPIRAL OF DISGRACE OF THE RULE OF THE FEW OVER COMMON SENSE A KID LOOKS AT THE WORLD FROM THE DARK OF A ROOM SHE SEES AN EMPTY WASTE THE TREES HAVE GONE BARE THE BASKETBALL COURT HAS BEEN LEFT UNKEMPT THERE USED TO BE JOY AND THERE USED TO BE PAIN THE GREY OF LASSITUDE HAS JUST BROUGHT IN THE RAIN SOME STORIES DO FADE SOME ABRUPTLY END SOME CALL FOR A SEQUEL AS THE WRITER COLLAPSED A DAGGER IN HIS BACK BLOOD SPILLS ON THE PAGES WITH THE SUN IN THE REAR THE BOWELS OF THE BEAST LEAD TO AN INDISTINCT FATE LAUGHING TO THE BANK WITH A POCKET FULL OF CHANGE YET CRYING TO THE GRAVE ONE THINKS HE HAS IT MADE THE PROOF HANGS ON THE WALL WITHOUT THE TOUCH OF LOVE ONE HAS NOTHING AT ALL Music & Lyrics by Francis Voignier November 23, 2013 © 2013 US Copyright Office
5.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN YOU LEAVE THE MASQUERADE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN YOU RETIRE THE SHADES WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM RISES FROM THE SHADOWS OF MEDICATED FEARS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN YOU LET GO OF PRETENCE YOU SHED OFF THE LIES WHEN THE NIGHT DESCENDS AS YOU DRINK THE WINE FROM THE CUP OF REGRETS FLASH ONTO THE YEARS YOU CONSIDER YOUR BESTS SEDUCE WITH A SMILE REEL IN AN EMPTY HEART STEAL AWAY THE NIGHT FROM THE END OF THE BAR IN A DARK RECESS YOU BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE GET YOURSELF READY TO STRIKE WITH ASSURANCE OUT OF THE BLUE A STRANGER ENTERS TIPS THE SCALES UNSETS THE POWERS YOU LEAP HE FALLS THE MIRROR SLIDES IN DEADLY SHARDS THE SCREEN IS BEING RIPPED APART THROUGH IT YOU WALK WHEN THE MORNING COMES YOU LOOK AROUND THE BED NOTHING OUT OF PLACE BUT FOR A SENSE OF DREAD GUILT IS ON THE RISE YOU STEP INTO THE STREET LOSE YOURSELF AT ONCE INTO THE MOVING SEA WHEN THE SUN GOES UP YOU DON THE WORLDLY GUISE YOU COVER YOUR FACE ASSUME YOUR PLACE IN LINE Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier, December 7, 2013 © 2013 US Copyright Office
6.
LITTLE RED BOOK OF DREAMS WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU LEARNED WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT YOU HEARD WHAT IS SAID WHAT IS SHOWN WHAT IS FED AND WHAT’S TO COME DO THESE THINGS NEATLY FILL YOUR LITTLE RED BOOK OF DREAMS OR DID YOU FORGET THE REASON WHY YOU’RE HERE? TO THE DANCE OF THE FOOL RAISE YOUR GLASS TO THE MOON TIME TO LAUGH TIME TO SHOUT TIME TO HYPNOTIZE THE CROWD SLIP A PILL IN THE WATER SPLICE A GENE CHANGE THE ORDER OF ALL THAT IS TOUCHED BY THE HAND THAT TAKES WHAT ARE THE STAKES WHAT IS THE GAMBLE TO BRING FORTH? DANCE TO THE FLAMES DRINK TO THE VICTORY OF LOSS SPREAD ALL THE ASHES TO THE WINDS OF REMORSE WHAT IS HIDDEN IN THE PAGES OF THE LITTLE BOOK OF PHRASES MAY NOT MATTER AFTER ALL AS THE RACE TAKES ITS TOLL WHAT IS LOST TO THE GAME DEALER TAKES TO THE RAKE SO YOU DID FORGET THE REASON YOU ARE HERE WHAT ARE THE STAKES WHAT IS THE GAMBLE TO BRING FORTH… Words & Music by Francis Voignier 12/31/2013 © 2013 US Copyright Office
7.
DRINK TO THIS DARE WE TURN AROUND FACE THE DREAD HEAR THE MUSIC PLAYING RISING FROM THE DEPTHS IGNORE THIS DENY THAT OR TAKE A WALK INTO THE WILD EVERY STEP WE TAKE AWAY FROM THE HEART DIVIDES THE BOND OF LOVERS AND POISONS THE WINE DRINK TO THIS DRINK TO THAT ONE MAY CHOOSE TO TAKE ON THE FIGHT ROB FROM THE TAKER RETURN TO THE KIND THE TRUTH IN EVERY LIE ISN’T WORTH THE PRICE PAY FOR THIS PAY FOR THAT FOR FREEDOM’S SAKE DON’T OWE THE MAN Words and music by Francis Voignier January 23, 2014 © 2014 US Copyright Office
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DOWN THE LINE DOWN THE LINE THERE ARE MANY STORIES OF CONFLICTS THAT BLEED THROUGH TIME OVER HERE THERE’S A MAN TELLING IT ALL AND HE THINKS HE KNOWS IT ALL WHAT A MIND AND THERE THE WOMAN IN THE SUIT IS BUSY WITH THE DUST IN HER EYE FAR AWAY THE HUNTER OF THE SEA KILLS A WHALE OR TWO FOR GREED WHAT A CATCH THINGS FEEL HAZY TODAY THE WIND HAS STOPPED IN ITS COURSE THINKING IS DIFFICULT THE HEAT IS DRYING THE SOURCE DOWN THE LINE IT’S NOT SUCH A HAPPY TALE THE BAD HABITS THAT PERTAIN TO THE PAST WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SMALL GROUP ENTITIES SHARING FOOD AND SHARING DREAMS WHO ASKED? HEAR NOW TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE SEEMS WE SET ANOTHER STONE ON FIRE HOWEVER THERE’S MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THE OTHER END MUST BE FOUND OF THAT WIRE THINGS FEEL HAZY TODAY THE WIND HAS STOPPED IN ITS COURSE THINKING IS DIFFICULT THE HEAT IS DRYING THE SOURCE Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier © 1991-2014 US Copyright Office (Mission Blue BMI/FV Music)
9.
INSIDE THE BOX OUTSIDE THE WINDOW PANE STRETCHES A LAND OF GRAY FAR IN THE DISTANCE SOMEONE RODE THROUGH THE RAIN A VISION THAT WENT AS IT APPEARED SO SUDDENLY AN ILLUSION OH I WISH THAT WHAT I KNEW STUCK TO SANITY BEHIND THE BARS SILENCE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING ON THAT DESCEND INTO HELL A NIGHTMARE THAT BEGAN WITH A SMILE THEN ALL WENT DARK SOME NONSENSE SOMETHING SOMEONE WROTE IN RED ON WHITE SO HERE INSIDE THE BOX I KEEP A PAIR OF SOCKS A TOKEN OF MY FREEDOM THE CERTAINTY THAT ONE DAY I’LL BE HOME OUTSIDE FROM INSIDE IT’S HARD TO READ THE GAME I SEE IT IN THEIR EYES POISON RUNS IN THEIR VEINS ONE MORE TWISTED LIE ONE MORE LINE ON THE WALL THEN THAT’S WHEN I CROSS THE LADDER’S UP AND HIGH AT THE RING OF THE PHONE I WILL BE GONE Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier on February 5, 2014 © 2014 US Copyright Office FV Tunes/ASCAP Criminal Records
10.
Clara 05:07
CLARA UP AND DOWN AND ‘ROUND THE BEND THE ROLLERCOASTER TAKES LIFE TO THE EDGE SCREAMS AND SHOUTS ARISE AND FADE HAIR-RAISING DROP ONE CLINGS TO THE CHAIN TO THE TOP AND HIT THE BOTTOM AGAIN LITTLE CLARA SHE FEELS NO FEAR A CONDITION SHE HOLDS VERY NEAR NO-ONE MUST GET TO THE CORE THE GENETICS HAVE NOT BEEN MAPPED BEFORE IN THE WIND SHE READS THE CALL FROM THE SHORE COME AND JOIN US ON THE OTHER SIDE COME PLAY WITH US UNTIL WE DIE THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO WASTE YOUR SKILLS THE WORLD IS DEEPER THAN ONCE BELIEVED SO TAKE YOUR CHANCES AND LIVE THE DREAM BEYOND THE DARKNESS OF THE TWISTED ILL FLAPS AND TURNS THE REVOLVING DOOR IN AND OUT THE RELENTLESS FLOW SPIRITS COME AND SPIRITS GO THE CHOSEN ONES JOIN IN A STAGNANT ROW EASY GOES THE WALK INTO THE SUN COME JOIN US ON THE OTHER SIDE…
11.
Hey Hi 05:15
HEY HI GOT TO SEE THE LIGHT BEFORE THE DARKNESS GOT TO FEEL THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RISE GOT TO RIDE THE WAVE INTO THE COLDNESS GOT TO SWIM ALONE AMONG THE SHARKS HEY HI HEY HO WANT TO KNOW WHERE I BELONG? FOLLOW THE WIND AS IT BLOWS AS WE SPREAD OUR WINGS ACROSS THE THIN AIR AS WE STRAIN TO LOOK TOWARDS THE SKY AS WE FEEL THE WEIGHT PULL AT THE ANKLES AREN’T THE CHAINS JUST LYING ON THE GROUND? HEY HI HEY HO IF ONE WANTS TO FLY AWAY ONE FIRST LEARN S HOW TO PLAY AS ONE HAS BEEN TOLD BEFORE THE ANSWERS REST WITHIN THE FOLD THIS TRAIN’S ON A COLLISION COURSE ONLY THE SKILLED UNDOES THE HOAX THROUGH THE BROKEN GLASS STREWED DOWN THE ALLEY THROUGH THE MAZE OF TIME ONE FINDS HIS MATE NO MATTER HOW HARD THE PATH TO KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE THICK AND THIN ONE PLOWS AHEAD HEY HI HEY HO BEYOND THE DEAFENING ROWS AWAITS THE BEST OF THE SHOW Music & Lyrics by Francis Voignier March 19, 2014 © 2014 US Copyright Office
12.
Street Level 03:30
STREET LEVEL STREET LEVEL DEFINES THE SET SCREECHING TIRES TO THE TEST NO POINT IN AIMING FOR THE TOP WHEN THE MIDDLE MAN CALLS ALL THE SHOTS THE RACE IS ON BUT HE SPINS OUT OF CONTROL HE REACHES FOR A CIGARET A SHADOW FLICKERS FOR A SEC HE BLOWS THE DAMAGE TO HIS PRIDE TAKES A HARD LOOK PAST THE LINE THE DAY WILL COME WHEN HE WILL GET ACROSS THERE WAS A TIME OF REAL POSSIBILITIES THEN THE GATES CAME DOWN ON ORDERS FROM STRATEGISTS LIFE UNWINDS LIKE A TV SHOW LAYS THE HITS HARD AND LOW STREET LEVEL IS ON THE MOVE THE HIGH TOWER HAS LOST THE GROOVE THE TIME IS NOW THE BATTLE’S AT THE DOORS ONCE UPON A TIME LAY REAL POSSIBILITIES AS THE SYSTEM CAME DOWN DE-STRUCTURED FROM WITHIN HISTORY LOVES TO REPEAT FORGETFULNESS WEAKENS THE LEAD THE BATTLE PLAYS LIKE A STREET SHOW LOSER LOOSES YET ONCE MORE THE RAGE IS ON ON ITS PREDICTED COURSE THERE WAS A TIME OF REAL POSSIBILITIES THEN THE GATES CAME DOWN ON ORDERS FROM STRATEGISTS Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier April 26, 2014 © 2014 US Copyright Office

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Steve Hillage, take that! One of A Family Affair S.A.'s favorite players, Steve's passionate serendipity with what we call *electric guitar* has had few equals in my lifetime. Francis' CD Between the Eyes displays similar elan, hypnotic grace and just the right touch of danger. Serious shredding + composition @ work, FV! We are your groupies -Zen Archer, A Family Affair-

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released June 1, 2014

Music and lyrics by Francis Voignier © 2013-2014
Photography FV Photoworks "Face behind glass" 1986

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Francis Voignier San Francisco, California

Francis Voignier formed his first band in 1968. He moved from Eastern France to Paris and then London where he made his professional debut. He worked in NYC
as a sideman between 1978 and 1982, before heading for San Francisco where he spent 10 years performing and recording with many bands, as well as producing artists in his own studio. He now lives in the Northern California city of Eureka.
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