TAMBU

Gift of faith

All this pain surrounding me; hopelessness is all that I see now.

Does it have to be this way? Brought up on hypocrisy, the seeds

they sow don't last forever, they just fade away...

Don't be confused by the lies of the fools and deceivers. Hope and believe in the things that we need to survive.

We can make it if we'd only take the gift of faith. We can change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith.

Take away my dignity. Take away my hope and my freedom.

You got a world full of rage. Don't cover me with apathy.

Don't buy and sell what I believe in. Don't lock me in a cage.

In a world where no one's alone, trust should come easily. Just reach out your hand, and I'll give you mine.

We can make it if we'd only take the gift of faith. We can chage it if we'd just accept the gift of faith.

Don't be confused be the lies of the fools and deceivers. Hope and believe in the things that we need to survive.

We can make if if we'd only take the gift of faith.

We can change it if we'd just accept the gift of faith.

We can make if if we'd only take the gift of faith. It's yours to choose but only fools refuse the gift of faith.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

I will remember

I was born in the land of the sun and the tall green grass,

and I don't understand how all this has come to pass; how we've come

to surround ourselves in a sea of thieves; in a land without learning only the fools believe.

I went driving last night on a dark canyon road; had the sky to myself but I wasn't alone;

had the pain of my lifetime for my company. How did it end up like this for you and me?

When love breaks the promise the heart has to keep, it leaves only truth here to find.

When the spirit is crushed and the hurt is so deep, between you and I.

Even when love has come and gone and our hearts have moved along, I will remember.

There was a time we had the trust, and

that always was enough. I will remember. I will remember you.

As I open my eyes to one more day, the wind burns my face as it whispers your name,

as it's pulling me forward it tears me

free, and the only thing left is the tears for and me.

'Cause when love breaks the promise the heart has to keep,

it leaves only truth here to find, when the spirit is crushed and hurt

is so deep between you and I.

Even when love has come and gone, and our hearts have moved along.

I will remember...there was a time we had thetrust and

that always was enough. I will remember.

I will remember you.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

Slipped away

You're a soul with no religion; there's ice in your embrace.

In your dance of indecision, I see the anger in yor face.

A little drink to help my vision. A little something for the pain.

There's no drug for my condition, there's no sweetness in the taste.

Tell me where the ride's gonna lead you. Do I have to pay to be your friend?

There's nothing left to say, when you slipped away.

I can see you fading fast. I won't let you take me.

When you slipped away. I can see your burning stare.

Nothing's gonna shake me, as you slip away.

You're a world of blind ambition, staring through the looking glass.

You will meet your own collision, when your conscience comes to ask.

Steal the love from those around you, help yourself to everything.

Take the shelter that surrounds you... it leaves you standing in the rain.

Tell me if the money can heal you. Do I have to pray to make it end?

There's nothing left to say when you slipped away.

I can see you fading fast. I won't let you take me. When you slipped away...

I can see your burning stare. Nothing's gonna shake me.

As you slip away.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

If you belong to me

I left you crying on that angry morning. You know I lied;

I'll always run from anything that loves me to my safe side.

My world circles 'round a different sun, that's all burned away.

I know that you're the only one. Now I'm walking down some distant street,

and I know your touch is out of reach.

Girl you belong to me I know. And it was wrong for me to ever let you go. Girl you belong to me I know.

Everybody has a lonely moment, they can't explain. And everybody wants to feed their hunger, without the pain.

There's no shadows in my hiding place - I'm so locked away. Now I wish that I could see your face.

I know I hurt you when you say we're through. I never really will get over you 'cause...

Girl you belong to me I know, and it was wrong for me to ever let you go. Girl you belong to me I know.

Girl you belong to me I know.

And it was wrong rof me to ever let you go.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

Baby he’s your man

Well it's two a.m. You're just getting in. Soon you'll be creepin' into bed.

Later you'll pretend you were out with a friend, but I'm still inside your head.

I don't understand. You say I'm your man, when it's clear you're seein' another.

You can call me a fool for just loving' you. But girl I'll never find another.

If you think he'll love you better, your every wish is his command. Baby he's your man.

Baby he's your man.

Well, you spoke your mind. But I still can't find what's wrong with you and me.

I got something' to say and baby come what may. Baby we were never meant to be.

So I want you to know, I can't let him go, 'til find a love that's real. I don't like this game.

I don't need this pain. I'm just saying what I feel. I know he can love me better. My every wish is his command.

Baby he's your man.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

The other end of time

Sometimes it hurts clear to the core, when we lose all we've cared for.

The hunger and thirst for love that endures is never ending.

What will I do with my life? Try to share it with somebody new?

And how can I learn to disguise that I'm lost without you.

All I have left is a heart full of mirrors. A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over... girl it's over.

I'll hear it echo deep inside 'til the other end of time. The other end of time.

Left over dreams fade in my mind, and I'm counting on this love to die,

'cause all that I need is to give my whole life a new beginning.

But something is holding me down, like I'm under a mountain of stone,

and all I can hear is the sound of my own heart breaking.

'Cause all I have left is a heart full of mirrors; a heart full of voices reminding me that it's over... girl it's over.

I'll hear it echo deep inside 'til the other end of time. 'Til the other end of time.

'Cause all I have left is a heart full of mirrors. A heart full of voices reminding me that it's over... girl it's over.

I'll hear it echo deep inside.

All I have left is a heart full of mirrors; a heart full of voices reminding me that it's over... girl it's over.

I'll hear it echo deep inside 'til the other end of time. 'Til the other end of time.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

The turning point

I went down to the highway that runs between love and pride.

And I tried to get sideways across the great divide.

But my mind's eye's on the key ring crying in misery. 'Cause it won't spend one more evening staring back at me.

It may be by choice or a small inner voice I can't say.

When you add up the cost we all have a cross. How do you write off the loss?

Where do I go from here? How do I find my way? When is it loud and clear, that there's no turning back?

No looking back.

Where do I go from here? Nobody gets away. It''s a new kind of fix, for the poor and the rich.

You never know what's coming next... at the turning point.

The rules are unwritten and nobody knows the deal.

Where have I been driven; are deamons behind the wheel? Yeah, I know

my days are numbered, we're only flesh and bone, and I've been left to wonder how it went so wrong.

Is it all tailor made, can the sinner be saved, I can't say.

So don't hang your hat on the knife im my back. 'Cause nobody treats me like that.

Where do I go from here? How do I find my way? When is it loud and clear, that there's no turning back?

No looking back.

Where do I go from here? Nobody gets away. It's a new kind of fix, for the poor and the rich.

You never know what's coming next...

At the turning point.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

Time is the enemy

Those days we gave our all. Unaffected. I bravely faced the fall.

No reflection. Freak armies of the night. Misdirected. I fought the useless fight. Unprotected.

Don't cry for me. Time is the enemy. Soon I'll be free. I surrender.

Sweet moon, she marks the year. Unreflected. How sad she has no tears. So neglected.

Don't cry for me. Time is the enemy. Soon I'll be free.

I surrender.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

Drag him to the roof

They keep looking through the window - a cathode glaze across their eyes.

Now that I've been betrayed, I must be well

behaved...I'll drink corruption with their lies.

Why was I hiding out? What am I running from? Why are they waiting? Have I always been the choosen one?

Drag him to the roof; just push me over. I've got no better place to be. Drag hime to the roof, let's get it over...it's a

perfect day to punish me.

I wish that lady would defend me. I can't abide by all the laws.

I'll buy the magistrate, can't be a second late... I anxiously await his call.

Who made this jigsaw puzzle? Who'll put the pieces back?

Who'll come and get me when I have fallen through the cracks?

Drag him to the roof; just push me over. I've got no better place to be...drag him to the roof; let's get it over.

It's a perfect day to punish me.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

Just can’t get to you

I'm driving' through the rain, just to talk to you again.

Please don't run away this time, until I say what's on my mind.

Tonight I need to stay with you. This time I'm not passing through.

Tear down the walls around your heart, and though I know it's who you are...

I just can't get to you girl. Oh yeah, I just can't get to you.

If you won't let me through girl. Oh no, I just can't get to you.

You say you really need me here, so I can't let you disappear.

Even though it's getting late, somehow I seem to hesitate.

'Cause I just can't get to you girl. Oh yeah, I just can't get to you...if you won't let me through girl.

Oh no, I just can't get to you.

You're afraid that you'll get hurt again. Yes, I knw that's how it feels.

Don't surrender, that's no way to win. Let it go, let me in.

'Cause I just can't get to you. Just can't get to you girl. Oh yeah, just can't get to you.

If you won't let me through girl...oh no, I just can't get to you.

Just can't get to you girl. Oh yeah, just can't get to you.

You won't let me thfrough girl...oh no, I just can't get to you.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -

The road goes on

Not by the way of an apology for the things that I have done,

do I set my boat upon the sea. So like thunder, I am breaking

free. In the landscape of the heart it's hard to tell what's really taken me.

Now I see it all through different eyes. This emotion can't be wrong.

Past the mountains under empy skies, and the road goes on and on.

I've been living through this poetry. Tangled words and worn out prose.

Love is needing, love is bleeding me.

Now I see it all through different eyes. This emotion can't be wrong.

Past the mountains under empty skies. The road goes on.

Now I see it all through different eyes; where I'm going, where I've gone.

All I know - I'm still surprised that the road goes on and on.

- Chommar Ipiet Ira Hani Apop -