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Chasms & Echoes

by Francis Voignier

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1.
Alone 06:15
ALONE THERE YOU STAND ALONE AT THE END OF THE EMPTY ROAD THE JOURNEY THAT YOU'VE MADE SAW ALL THE CROWDS DISSIPATE SAVE FOR ONE RADIANT SOUL THAT LIVES WITHIN YOUR OWN TILL YOU HAVE ALL THAT YOU NEED THE WORLD WONT BE AT PEACE BATTLES HAVE BEEN LOST SOME CHALLENGES WERE OVERCOME LOVERS CAME AND WENT MOST ENEMIES WERE PUT TO REST NOW WITH YOUR BACK TO THE WALL YOU SEE ALL OF THE PAST THE ONLY WAY TO ACE THE COURSE IS FOR YOU TO BRAVE THE TASK HERE YOU PAUSE YOUR MIND IN THOUGHTS YOU HESITATE EVALUATE BUT YOU KNOW YOU MUST GO FRIENDS ARE NEAR THE FIELD IS CLEAR THE MOON IS HIGH COMES THE TIDE ALL’S AGLOW TIME TO GO Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier July 1, 2015 © 2015 US Copyright Office FV Tunes (ASCAP)
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CONFIDENTIALLY THERE’S A GLAZE ON THE EYE OF THE ONE WHO BUYS ALL THAT IS FED PRE-CHEWED TO HIM SPOONED CONFIDENTIALLY AND SHE FLIES LIKE THE HUMMINGBIRD AISLE TO AISLE SHE SUCKLES SHE’S OH SO AUTOMATIC FULL OF RANDOM ENERGY THEY’RE ON A JOURNEY INTO THE KNOWN SO READY TO GAMBLE THE LAWN A FORRAY INTO THE GLITTTER OF THE CHEAP HE TAKES IN ALL THE LIES FROM THE VENOMOUS RHYME THEY RING OH SO TRUE TO HIM SO WHISPERED CONFIDENTIALLY SHE DOES A THING OR TWO THAT INDICATES SHE’S NO FOOL BUT SHE PUTS NOTHING TO THE TEST OPTS FOR LETTING IT REST THEY’RE ON THEIR WALK INTO THE SUN CASHING EARLY ON THE RETURNS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR OF THE FAST FOOD CHAIN TUMBLEWEED ROLLS BY THE MOTEL FIVE THE DIRT IS BAKED UNDER THE SKY VISITORS PAUSE AS IN TO THINK THE HONEYMOON HAS REACHED A PEAK HE STRADDLES TO THE BAR BUYS A ROUND LIKE A STAR IT FEELS OH SO GOOD TO HIM IT FEEDS INTO THE SELF-ESTEEM SHE DANCES LIKE A BALLERINA DOES THE PLIE IN THE MIRROR THAT SHINES WITHIN HER MIND FLATTERS THE CURVES OF HER LINES THEY’RE A PAIR IN THE PEAPOD OF TIME FABULOUS HEROES OF THE GRIND THEY SHAPE THE NEWS INTO THEIR DAILY GLARE Music & lyrics Francis Voignier, September 27, 2014 © 2014 US Copyright Office
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THE OTHER NIGHT THE OTHER NIGHT I DREAMT OF A STORY IN THE PAPERS ABOUT A SIMPLE MIND WHO INVENTED A WAR IT SEEMED THAT HE AND HIS FRIENDS SHAMELESSLY LIED ABOUT THE LOGIC ABOUT THE REASONS ABOUT THE PURPOSE IT WENT ON TELLING ABOUT SOME WICKED ELECTIONS ABOUT A STREAK OF GREED RUNNING THE NATION’S SPINE IT SEEMED THAT ONE BY ONE THE STARS FELL IN THE HANDS OF TWISTED MEN, CORPORATE FANATICS STRATEGISTS, HYPNOTISTS AND BOUGHT-OUT JUSTICE THE OTHER NIGHT I DREAMT OF A STORY IN THE PAPERS ABOUT THE NEWS THAT BROKE AWAY ONTO THE OTHER SIDE IT SEEMED THAT AS SKIES DARKENED AND OIL COVERED THE SEAS TURMOIL AND MADNESS POURED OUT THROUGH THE GATES SMOKE FILLED THE AIR WITH THE ACRID SMELL OF DEATH THE OTHER NIGHT I DREAMT OF A STORY IN THE PAPER IT SEEMED THAT ONE BY ONE THE STARS FELL IN THE HAND OF TWISTED MEN, CORPORATE FANATICS STRATEGISTS, HYPNOTISTS AND BOUGHT-OUT JUSTICE THE OTHER NIGHT I READ A STORY IN THE PAPERS IT WENT ALL ABOUT SOME WICKED ELECTIONS THE OTHER NIGHT… Music & Lyrics by Francis Voignier © 2005 FV Music
4.
AT THE BOTTOM One has seen the light When one has heard the silence When one has felt the hand That takes away the desire to live As moments come and go And nothing’s in the making The sense of emptiness Washes away the unraveling will As the night hovers without stars At the bottom some quietly lie As one thinks he knows About the fight of others One is forever lost Deep in a gap littered with empty words From where I stand the light Is always a shining Come near and sit with me Your heart aches For some understanding Where the night hovers without stars At the bottom they quietly lie As one arises From the depths of within One has conquered the fears Of not being able to fix the broken One has seen the light When one has known the darkness When one has probed the soul From cave to cave and abyss to abyss As the night hovers with no stars At the bottom some quietly lie Lyrics and music by Francis Voignier, January 10, 2015 © 2015 FVMusic
5.
Your voice in the night I thought I heard Your voice in the night It did not awake me Yet I was alive A warm breath in the ear A dream pillow kiss Carry me softly On a current of bliss Your voice in the night Oh sweet lullaby Often I rise From the depths of beyond Drenched and frightened But your body is warm You say something sweet You bring on the calm Soon the storm passes I lay in your arms Your voice in the night Oh sweet lullaby You draw upon your strength Strands of love made in a veil That keeps the lost and the wounded safe You give all that you have You rise above the ills of the past Never doubting the healing will spread So when we lie down Embraced and weaved Whatever the dream I shall be at peace Maybe in a dance Perhaps through a song We will be set free Yet forever belong To that voice in the night Oh sweet lullaby Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier February 10, 2015 © 2015 FV Music
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7.
Dirt 04:49
DIRT HAD MY NAME DRAGGED IN THE DIRT JUST LIKE THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT I PULLED THE LINES, DUG THE TRENCHES BUILT THE ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT THERE WOULD NEVER BE AN END THE SIMPLE THANK YOU I ASKED FOR WAS MY ONE-WAY TICKET TO HELL EXPENSIVE FAVORS PAID IN DIMINISHING RETURNS CHARM AND PROMISE OF THE MOON LUST SOON MORPHED INTO DUST IT WAS A CYCLE OF DISGRACE TO WHICH MY TIRED EYES WERE SHUT THE DAY WHEN IT ALL CAME DOWN MY GOOD NAME WAS DRAGGED IN THE MUD NOW I LOOK BACK AT THAT ALIEN WORLD SEE MYSELF CAUGHT IN THE CROSS-FIRE OF BATTLES THAT BELONGED TO OTHERS AND THOUGH I DO NOT REGRET THE PAST NO WAY WOULD I RE-ENACT THE ERRORS I ALLOWED TO LAST SO THE RULES WERE BROKEN WITH EACH PASSING FANTASY WORDS WERE WRITTEN IN THE SAND FOR THE TIDE TO WIPE THEM CLEAN TO PULL FOR A VACANT NEED TO PUSH AWAY AFTER THE FILL WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE MY NAME WAS HUNTED FOR THE KILL Music & lyrics by Francis Voignier June 17, 2015 © US Copyright Office/FV Tunes (ASCAP)
8.
JEST OF TRAGEDY WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU HAVE DO NOT ALWAYS MASK WHAT YOU SEEK TO HIDE WHEN DORMANT THE DANGER LIES DO YOU KNOW THE COURSE YOU’LL TAKE WHEN THE WINDS ARISE? IT’S A GAME WITHIN A PLAY IT’S AN ACT AND THE SCRIPT WILDLY FLUCTUATES IT’S A JEST OF TRAGEDY YOU CAN BET THE TRUE PLAYER WILL NEVER BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE FRAY LENDING A HAND TO THE WILLING HYPNOTIZED THE JOKE IS LAID BETWEEN THE LINES WILL YOU BREAK BEFORE YOU DIVE? WILL YOU THINK OF ALL THE THINGS YOU COULD HAVE DONE? OR WILL IMPULSE LEAD THE ACT? YOU WILL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL YOUR MIND TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS ABOVE THE STAGE TILL DARKNESS SILENCES THE APPLAUSE AND THE PRAISE IT DEPENDS ON WHO WROTE THE LINE THE SLOW HAND BURNS THE TABLE TURNS THE GLASS HITS THE FLOOR THE WIND SLAMS THE DOOR HISTORY UNRAVELS WITH THE FLIGHT OF CROWS AS THE SIRENS CRY THEIR CODE RED PLIGHT SHADOW DANCES ALONG THE FRACTURED WALL WILL YOU STAND TRUE AND PROUD OR WILL THE CLAY FOOT OF TIME BREAK YOU APART? WILL YOU DON AN EMPTY SMILE AS THE COLD OF WINTER FREEZES YOUR TIRED SPINE AS YOUR MIND TURNS THE PAGES AS THE PICTURES FLY BEFORE THE EYE THAT COUNTS THE AGES? IT DEPENDS ON WHO WROTE THE LINE Music & lyrics Francis Voignier 05/11/2016 © 2016 US Copyright Office
9.
KING OF THE WORLD THE FOOL ON THE WALL FELL DOWN ON HIS HEAD HE GOT UP AND WENT “THIS AIN’T NOTHING YET THE STRONGER I STAND, THE WEAKER YOU GET BECAUSE I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD I’M THE GREATEST MAN ON EARTH AND SO WHEN I SPEAK, YOU LISTEN.” THE FOOL ON THE WALL POWEDERED HIS FACE PREPARED HIS LIES AND LOOKED INTO THE LENSE “MY SUBJECTS,” HE SAID, “WE’LL BE GREAT AGAIN BECAUSE I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD I CONTROL THE WHOLE UNIVERSE THE NEWS WILL BE NIPPED IN THE BUD.” OOH OH DO I HEAR THE WIND THE HISSING IN THE DISTANCE IS THE SOUND OF ALL THINGS GOING AWAY FADING AWAY THE FOOL ON THE WALL WITH THE SOUTH ON HIS BACK TOSSES BROKEN TOYS ON TOP OF THE PILE THE WATER IS BROWN AND THE SKY IS BLACK IN THE LAND OF THE KING OF THE WORLD WHERE THE PROUD WALLOW IN THEIR DIRT MAY THE BOOK OF WISDOM BE BURNED OOH OH DO I HEAR THE WIND THE VACUUM OF IGNORANCE IS THE SOUND OF ALL THINGS GOING AWAY FADING AWAY HEY YOU, CAN’T YOU GET OUT OF BED PICK YOUR FIGHT AND RAISE HELL OR IS IT TOO INCONVENIENT? HEY YOU, DON’T YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO LOSE (SAY) WHEN THE PIPES WON’T CARRY THE NEWS (OR ARE YOU TOO TIRED TO CLAIM) AND YOU’RE LEFT IN UTTER DARKNESS? (YOUR SPOT UNDER THE HEAVENS) THE FOOL ON THE WALL SURVEYS RIGHT AND LEFT “NOTHING TO SEE,” HE SAYS, “NOTHING TO DREAD FIRE AND FLOOD ARE ON OTHERS TO BLAME COZ YOU MADE ME KING OF THE WORLD BROUGHT MEANING TO MEANINGLESS WORDS SO WELCOME TO THE PARTY MY FRIENDS!” Music & Lyrics Francis Voignier © 2017 US Library of Congress FV Music/ASCAP
10.
WATER IN THE GASOLINE I REACH THE CROSSING WHERE THE RAILS MEET THE ROAD THE LAW IN MY BACK IS CLOSING IN ON MY LOAD DUST IS RISING PRESAGING A STORM WITH FATE ON MY SIDE BY NIGHT I SHOULD BE GONE I DIDN’T KILL THE MAN WITH THE MASK HE FELL TO THE SPELL OF OLD CRAZY EYES ALL I HEARD WAS THE BELL AS JONI LAY ON THE BED I SLIPPED OUT INCOGNITO IN HOPES OF LEAVING THAT HELL MY RIDE SPUTTERED AND PUFFED THE KIDS IN THE ALLEY MUST HAVE BEEN PLAYING ROUGH AND PUT WATER IN THE GASOLINE I BARELY MADE IT OUT CACTUS REMUS IS POINTING TO THE WEST WHILE COYOTE JACK IS MESSING WITH MY HEAD ENGINE IN SIGHT, I SPIN MY WHEELS THROUGH THE GATE I LOSE A REAR LIGHT BUT I MAKE IT ALL THE SAME I DIDN’T KILL THE MAN WITH THE MASK HE FELL TO THE SPELL OF OLD CRAZY EYES I SPEND A SLEEPLESS NIGHT FIGHTING COPPERHEADS AS LIGHTNING STREAKS THE SKY BY MORNING COMES THE RAIN THE DRYBED TURNS TO A STREAM I DRIFT AMID EMPTY OIL CANS BUT SOON ALL WILL BE DRYING EXCEPT FOR WATER IN THE GASOLINE I BARELY MAKE IT OUT I GET INSIDE MY WHEELS MAKE IT TO THE ROAD THE POSSE BLOWN TO THE WIND ACROSS THE DESERT FLOOR AS TUMBLEWEED ROLLS BY SPIRITS TAKE TO THE FORM A MILLION SCATTERED THOUGHTS RACE THROUGH TIME’S CORRIDOR I DID NOT KILL THE MAN WITH THE MASK HE FELL TO THE SPELL OF OLD CRAZY EYES I LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND THE DREAMS AND THE NIGHTMARES LOVE WILL FIND A PATH AMID THE TORRID AFFAIRS I LOOK INTO THE SUN FOR EMPTY PROMISES NOTHING COMES OF IT BUT THERE’S STILL WATER IN THE GASOLINE I HOPE I MAKE IT OUT Music & Lyrics Francis Voignier © 2017 US Copyright Office FV Music/ASCAP

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released August 5, 2017

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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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