Cityzen

The Lizard People – lyrics by Tobias Forrest / music by Cityzen (2008)
Contributors: Tristan Cannizzaro
Verse:
I believe in the lizard people lizard people taking over the world
They hide behind disguises look like every boy and girl
That’s why you shouldn’t trust children because they could be lizard folk
It could be your own son or daughter and you would never know

Chorus:
Who ho ho – Yea y heah – You better, better, better be scared

I believe in the lizard people lizard people taking over the world
They arrived in a magic spacecraft powered by fossil fuel
Destroyed their own home planet and now they can never go back
Keep an eye open over your shoulder cause they are about to attack

Chorus: (X2)
Who ho ho – Yea y heah – You’d better, better, better be scared

I know I have seen them – I’m not the only one
You too can see them – Just look into the sun
It only takes a moment – Then just turn your eyes
That is when you see them -These children of lies – These children of lies

(X2) w/ Backup Vocal
They walk among us right here in the streets
Soon they will hunger and then they will start to eat

War has begun and an army has formed
The air is quiet awaiting the storm
Rain comes to fall so does their skin
Revealing the truth, the beast is within
Start the motor, time has run out
Transformation has started what’s wrong with you now?
Your skin is shedding – Your eyes start to glow
You look at me hungry – I back away slow

All of my fears so suddenly true
I never saw the lizard in you

(X2)
I turn to run – find an escape
You are too fast – I am too late

Outro:
And when it is over when it’s all said and done
When there’s no soldiers and the reptiles have won
Then they will find out their greatest mistake
The humans are a poison that the lizards just ate
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RESTLESS-  lyrics by Tobias Forrest / music by Cityzen (2008)

Verse 1:
Dreams         don’t seem so simple to me
I spend my time     trying to find out what they must mean
Deep inside         know I’ll find out something is wrong
Keep my eyes          closed too tight too often for way too long

Chorus:
Trying to fall asleep
Slowly start to think
Keep blinking looking up at the dark
Think I’m falling apart
Trying to fall asleep
Slowly twitch and wink
Keep sinking feeling it from the start
Think I’m falling apart

Verse 2:
Dreams         don’t seem so simple to me
Bend my mind     to decide on what this all means

Chorus:

Bridge:
Creature – Nature – Nurture – Rape you
It all just seems so insane – everyone is to blame

Chorus (extended):
Trying to fall asleep
Slowly start to think
Keep blinking looking up at the dark
Think I’m falling apart
Trying to fall asleep
Slowly twitch and wink
Keep sinking feeling it from the start
Think I’m falling apart
Trying to fall asleep
Finally finding peace
Start dreaming leaving into the dark
Think I’m falling apart    (x4)
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DIZZY – lyrics by Tobias Forrest  / music by Cityzen (2008)

Verse 1:
Every night – every day – I play the blues for you
And I know – you feel the same – the way I do
Every time – that you smile
I can see right through you

Chorus:
Why don’t you go tell all your pretty friends
This is just a game that you like to play
You do it all time messing with my mind
I can finally say I’m leaving you today

Bridge 1:
All you wild horses come in from the field
I am slowly changing

Verse 2:
Everyone – everywhere – sees all the things you do
so they stop – and they stare – look at you
every once – in a while
they can see right through you

Chorus:

Bridge 2:
Falling angel voices ringing in my ear
I am slowly changing

Verse 3:
Every time – every lie – I wish it was the truth
But I know – you never change – what  you do
Every time – that you cried
I can see right through you

Chorus: (X2)
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RIDE ON – lyrics by Tobias Forrest / music by Cityzen (2009)

Verse 1:
Life can change in so many ways
We don’t all just fade away
Some get broken get battered and bruised
Some get beaten get taken and used
But have no fear no worries no doubt
Where there is a will there is a way out
Said have no fear no worries no doubt
Where there is a will there is a way out

Chorus:
Even when the road gets rough         Ride on – Ride on
Even when the times get tough         Ride on – Ride on

Verse 2:
Accidents and miracles happen everyday
Some call it circumstance and some call it fate
It doesn’t matter just make the choice
to break the silence to use your voice
ask for help I’ll always be there
your never alone don’t ever be scared
ask for help I’ll always be there
your never alone don’t ever be scared

Chorus:

Verse 3:
Look back on life see how far you’ve come
The love you gave the good you have done
Throughout the hurt, the aches and the pain
Throughout the storm, the winds and the rain
You keep the pace no matter how long
You give me strength to keep right on
You keep the pace no matter how long
You give me strength to keep right on
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FATAL LULLABY – lyrics by Tobias Forrest / music by Cityzen (2008)

Pre-Chorus 1:
Not far away in a place just like this
Lived an old maid who made her promise
Gather the children into her home
Sing them a song here’s how it goes

Chorus:
This is finally it – story of your lives – if you miss one bit
Then you – will surely die – don’t cry
Fatal lullaby (Backup Vocal)

Verse 1:
Once upon a time when strange creatures roamed the earth
Before we all arrived and turned them all to dirt
There was a wicked beast who ruled over the land
It had an empty heart swung an iron hand
Animals would run when they saw the beast arrive
It killed them just for fun just to watch them die
Poisoned all the seas ate the air above
Gave the world disease but it never gave it love

Pre-Chorus 2:
Children listened closely as the tale went on
They were slowly learning how it all went wrong
And if you missed the message here is how it goes
It is a tale of terror every human knows

Chorus:

Verse 3:
Soon the sun had seen all that it could take
It fell upon the earth as ground began to quake
rock started to crumble trees began to fall
all the things that ran soon began to crawl
The beast had felt the heat and tried to hide inside
but even in the deep it still had caught the fire
with nothing left upon it the earth had set things right
a vine grew from the darkness reached into light

Bridge:
Rising from the ashes feeding off our plight
As time slowly passes bringing you to life
Where are you going ignoring not knowing your fate
You’ve seen the signs warning and now it is coming the fatal lullaby

Verse 4:
The moral of the story is such a simple one
We are all earth’s children she is the old woman
And if this sounds familiar well that in fact is true
You see this is something we’ve already been through
The beast that killed the creatures was nothing
More than us hungry filled with hatred we fed on greed and lust
Now we have a choice to live and not to die
Written in these words in this fatal lullaby

Outro:
Heed the words of the story – you have all been chosen
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SUITE 68 – lyrics by Tobias Forrest  / music by Cityzen (2008)

Verse 1:
I used to hope and I    ‘d pray that love
Would come open gray skies above
So the rain would not fall on me
All alone in my misery
And just when it seemed so black
Like there was no turning back
The sun finally broke on through
With the words that I spoke to you

Chorus:
You smile and you look my way
We fall in love – in Suite 68

Verse 2:
I used to dream we were all the same
Puzzle pieces in a lovers game
Though we often got close to it
We never could make the pieces fit
Now I know that there’s hope in fate
Just be calm and just let it wait
And when the time is right
I will be there right at your side

Chorus:

Pre-Bridge:
I Love You    I Love You

Bridge:
And when I say – I – do (X2)
Well the words are True – True – True

And when I say (X4)
I – Do – Do- Do –     I – I Love You

Verse 1: (Outro)
I used to hope and I    ‘d pray that love
Would come open gray skies above
So the rain would not fall on me
All alone in my misery
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BITTERSWEET – lyrics by Tobias Forrest & Chris Woods / music by Cityzen (2008)

Verse 1:
Do what you want what you love what you need
But if you want dance then you best follow me
We gonna hit it out on the floor
All that we need is a minute or more
People will circle come watch the show
When the joints jumpin time to go

Chorus:
Two to tango – Two to fight – Two of us – Could last all night
Two wrongs – Make it right – Two of us – Could dance all night

Verse 2:
Say what you will what you won’t what you wear
It really don’t matter cause I really don’t care
We both look good no matter what
We gonna dance til sun comes up
People will follow show them the way
When the joints over dance through the day

Chorus: (X2)

Bridge:
Girl come with me
Let the music bleed
Shake shake it for me
Shake shake it for me
Girl my music
Runs through your veins
Shake shake it for me
Shake shake it for me

Chorus:
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SMOOTH DIRT – lyrics by Tobias Forrest / music by Cityzen (2008)                           Contributors: Tristan Cannizzaro & Adam Pingleton

Verse 1:
Theoretical thoughts of the radical canibal’s mandible bone on the golden throne of the lonely lord whose broken sword once had saved his people with equal amounts of madness from sadness of hunger they plunder each other like lovers like thunder when lightening is frightening to children biting on lips like licorice sticks fit into this sentence of repentance in the form of a sin like a long time friends says goodbye I think its time to die I think think its time to fly into the sky like a rocket on the rise into the spires of heaven where all desires are given and nothing is hidden so give in to the mission and make your decision and make your decision

Chorus 1:
Sick dog wish you could run- You wanna let a howl you can’t get it out

Verse 2:
Have you heard the absurd word of the false prophet fall upon the flock of open pockets and not stop it or fill the coffer with an offer of fodder from your soul sold straight to a mystical hole that can never be filled like a bowl but spills over with matter getting fatter and fatter from disaster the almighty master devours us all as we fall into space from the face of the earth seeking to search for the answers to why this all happens and what’s the next chapter after this laughter off track from the train of sane people whose brains feel the fecal treat of the mythical beast who eats the world slowly

Chorus 2:
Sick dog you wanna come fight – Open up your mouth you can’t even bite

Chorus 3:
Sick dog wish you could run – Now I gotta kill you with old shotgun

Pre-Bridge: (X2)
Happened to the hound that had the whole pack happened to the beast with the burden of attack

Bridge:
Yeah (X12)

Outro: (X4)
Do you like it six feet under – Do you love it dead and buried