The Lucky One lyrics
Armistice Day
Okay, okay
Battlefield is empty
All the crows have flown away
Bloodshed, you fled
Leaving me alone here, burying the dead
And I cannot run away this time
I cannot run away
Okay
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Allright, allright
Armistice is signed now
No one left to fight
But ghosts, just ghosts
It's the ones that whisper in my ear
That bother me the most
But I will not listen to them now
I will not let them bite
Allright
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Who won this war?
Who remembers what the fighting was for?
All the generals all alone
All the soldiers trying to find their way back home
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Oohwee I give
Time to start all over
Learn to live and let live
Oohwee, resigned
Lawyers have been paid
All the papers have been signed
And the judgement came down yesterday
It tells me I am free
Oohwee
No Man's Wife
I never will marry I'll be No Man's Wife
I intend to stay single all the days of my life
That was a song that I sang to the world
What did I know I was only a girl
I was a girl who was bitter and raw
I didn't know better I just knew what I saw
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So I did tarry so reckless and wild
Shameful sister, terrible child
I could not stay in my unhappy home
Could not be bound so I set off to roam
There was a boy who would give me the world
But what did I know I was only a girl
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I set off in the darkness to make my escape
Thinking I was so clever and strong
I thought I was free that was my first mistake
I was bound by my fears all along
I kept walking into traps I kept setting off snares
I drank the poison and told myself I didn't care
And I landed in a cage and I said it wasn't fair
But I made myself terribly comfortable there
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Now I have been freed from my captivity
Thirty long years now the joke was on me
Playing a part, I was buried alive
But deep in my heart the young girl survived
Clawing my way up and out of the dirt
It's time for the meek to inherit the earth
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I never will marry I'll be No Man's Wife
Not to Care
Once I had a home, a castle
Once I had a throne, a chair
Overnight they turned into ashes
And I'm trying hard not to care
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Once I had a friend whose heartbeat
Disappeared into thin air
First a solemn oath of loyalty
Then a game of deceit
And I'm trying very hard not to care
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Once there was an island, a beautiful island
Sunkissed and swept by the sea
Then to my door he came promising more
The mermaid would become royalty
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Once I had a king, a husband
And a friend with long yellow hair
When I turned around
She was wearing my crown
And I'm trying hard not to care
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Oh the island, the beautiful island
Windswept and kissed by the sea
I'm going home now, all alone now
Home to the mystery
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If I had a new companion
With a heart so true and rare
I would give my all just to let met heart fall
But I'm trying very hard not to care
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The Lucky One
I'm The Lucky One, I'm The Lucky One
Yes I am the Lucky One
I'm The Lucky One, I'm The Lucky One
Oh, I am the Lucky One
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Everything was wrong, everyone was cruel
Life was a mistake, I was such a fool
Put the shovel down, stop digging that hole
Climb up to the top, reach into your soul
Find out what you're made of
There's nothing here but time and love
What was I afraid of?
I'm the Lucky One
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I'm The Lucky One, I'm The Lucky One
Yes I am the Lucky One
I'm The Lucky One, I'm The Lucky One
OhI am the Lucky One
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Started to believe that magic could be true
Everything the same but my point of view
Birds began to sing, clouds began to clear
I began to see, I began to hear
What was I afraid of?
There's nothing here but time and love
Tell me what you're made of
I am the Lucky One
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Working in the garden
Planting seeds and having fun
All my weeds are wildflowers
And we have just begun
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I am the Lucky One...
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Mermaid
Mermaid sitting on a rock
Making up her simple songs for nobody
Girl just talks and talks
Chatters to the gulls then dives down deep deep deep
With the turtles and whales
Wags her beautiful mermaid tale
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Mermaid's got a reputation
With the sailors who pass by
They don't know the situation
They don't know why this mermaid cries
They've never looked into that deep blue mermaid eye
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They're just scared of getting caught
in all that mermaid hair
All the rocks and reef around that mermaid stare
So they tie themselves to their easy chair
And listen to her sing
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Mermaid sitting on the shelf
Throwing rocks and talking to herself
She's got nobody to sing to
Just this old pile of rocks to cling to
She's as bored as she can be
Sends her beautiful mermaid voice out on the sea
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Mermaid's tired of the stories
She don't understand
Odysseus and all his glory
Calling her a siren calling her a danger to the man
No that's not what she had planned
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Is she devious, evil and mean?
Sweet and innocent or somewhere in between?
Does she understand the signals that she sends
When she sings?
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Mermaid doesn't see the bodies
Floating like flotsam around her home
Girl just wants to party
Wonders why she always ends up alone
Singing why am I always alone?
Not Yet a Love Song
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This is not yet a love song
Just the expression of a slight possiblity
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I thought
There was a moment when you might have connected with me
I don't know you from Adam, don't know
I just like your vibe
Something too deep to fathom right there, plain site
Hidden in your eyes
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This is not yet a love song
Just something I feel like singing today
Got a whiff of something oh so strong
I couldn't help myself, I just had to say hey hey
Hey hey hey--Can you come out to play?
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I am not writing a love song, oh no no
It's just a daydream I am sending out on the wind
Might forget it before too long, maybe so
Unless you answer, then let the games begin
I know you're busy, I know you're a man
Who's got places to go, oh yes I understand
You've got planes to catch, you've got people to see
You got a life to live, but do you realize you've also got me?
Yeh, you got me
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So maybe this is a love song, well OK
Imagination has got the best of me
I haven't felt this good in so long
I don't care what you see
I'll be your lover, your mother, your sister, your friend
I'll be your Crazy Aunt Cici that you knew back when
I'll be an ally of your heart, I'll be your biggest fan
I'll be a friend of your soul right until the end
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Enjoy the Ride
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The ghost of my dreams came to me last night
He was laden with laughter, so full of delight
He told me a secret and he picked up my phone
He punched in his number and then
He left me alone
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I'd seen him before, sure I knew his name
He rolls in like thunder it's never the same
The air goes all thick with a mystical light
He flashes and crackles and then
He just fades out of sight
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But I know the truth, I'm surrounded by love
It's here all around me, below and above
And each time I check it is right here inside
Saying patience dear, patience dear
I'm right here---Enjoy the Ride
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The ghost of my dreams comes into my head
I stare at the phone as I'm lying in bed
Cuz I sent him a message I sent up a flare
But the screen is still empty
Just seems like there's nobody there
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But I know the truth, I'm surrounded by love
It's here all around me, below and above
And last time I looked, it was right here inside
Saying patience dear, patience dear
I'm right here, nothing to fear
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Enjoy the Ride with your friends
Enjoy the Ride all alone
Enjoy the Ride til it ends
And know you're right where you belong
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The ghost of my dreams he may never be mine
He may not return to this place and time
But he left me a gift and I share it with you
This song I am singing
And that much is true
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Cuz I know the secret, I'm living in love
It's here all around me, below and above
And each time I check, it is right here inside
Saying patience dear, patience dear
I'm right here
Enjoy the Ride
Exist
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I love it that you exist
I'm crazy for what you do
I won't beg and I won't insist
I'll just love you
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The air goes still
My heart goes boom
It's such a thrill when you're in the room
I'm eight miles high
I'm oceans deep
You woke me up and I can't get back to sleep
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I love it that you're out there
Somewhere in the world
It's crazy but I don't care
I'm your girl
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I'm eight miles high
I'm oceans deep
You woke me up and I can't get back to sleep
The air goes still
My heart goes boom
It's such a thrill when you're in the room
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I love it that you exist
Out there doing what you do
I won't beg and I won't insist
I'll just love you
I won't beg and I won't insist
I'll just love, love you
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To Birth the Dancing Star
Years from now, your grandchildren's children
If there are still children living on earth
They're gonna want to know what you were doing
While the planet was burning
What was it worth?
Years from now, if we survive this
Unlike the hundred other species
That are dying off every day
They're going to want to know what you were thinking
What were you doing? What part did you play?
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What were you doing while the planet was burning?
What were you doing? What part did you play?
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Here and now, my four inner horsemen
Are trying to trample my heart to the ground
Dread, despair, my secret death wish, dissociation
In the face of the chaos, they're trying to take me down
But here and now I'm gonna learn to be fearless
I'm going to shed my tears and stand back up and sing
Because here and now I've got my reasons
My grandchildren's children are worth everything
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There's a fire burning in my heart
There's a passion that is only starting to grow
It's going to take more than we know we are
To give birth to this dancing star
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Years from now our grandchildren's children
Might want to have children of their own
But only if we know how we are connected
The planet is sacred, and she's everyone's home
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What are we doing? The planet is burning
What are we doing? What part do we play?
What are we doing? It's transcendence or ruin
What are we doing today?
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This is a Test
It was just another day, just another dollar
I was taking it for granted, taking life by the collar
When the phone rings blows it all to smithereens
Cuz I got some news brought me to my knees
I was down there trying to remember how to breathe
When a still small voice spoke up and said to me
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This is a test, this is a test
This is only a test
Do not touch the numbers on your dial
This is only a test, it is all for the best
You are safe and loved my child
You are safe and loved my child
You are safe and loved,
You are so very loved my child
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So I went along my way I got myself calmed down
I am learning how to stay, keep my feet on the ground
Believe in love above all other things
Because that is what I need when I need relief
I say love is in charge that is my belief
And it makes me strong and it makes me want to sing
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This is a test, this is a test
This is only a test
Do not touch the numbers on your dial
This is only a test, it is all for the best
You are safe and loved my child
You are safe and loved my child
You are safe and loved
You are so very loved my child
Shift your focus from the negativities
Find that light that keeps you warm
There are lessons in all life's calamities
Peace inside the eye of every storm
This is a test, this is a test
This is only a test
Do not touch the numbers on your dial
This is only a test, it is all for the best
You are safe and loved my child
You are safe and loved my child
You are safe and loved
You are so very loved my child
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Together Again
I want to sing you back to life
I want to bring you holy medicine
Like Osiris and his wife
I want to travel the world
Find your scattered parts
Bind your shattered heart
And sew you back Together Again
Together Again
I want to be Together Again
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I want to show you how I feel
I want to know you as more than a friend
I want to tell you something real
And like Sheherezade, instead of taking flight
I'll take a thousand nights
To put us back Together Again
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Oh let the rain fall down now
Listen, I think I hear the rain fall down now
Down on our thirsty hearts
Let's do our part and grow
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I want to read you the whole book
I want to feed you sacred storylines
Like Inanna on her hook
You take one breath in then you let it go
Then you do it again and you take it slow
You take another breath, reaching for the sun
No such thing as death when you know the One
Baby let it out, baby let it in
We can make it through this night
Together Again
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Vampire
I let you in, I let you in
With your blood-stained face & your great big toothy grin
You had a big black cape and laser eyes
And everything about you made me want to compromise
Let you under my skin
I let you in
I let you stay, I let you stay
Even when I knew that this was never gonna be OK
When you disappeared inside that mirror
And I learned to live inside that fear
I remember the day
I let you stay
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How many times you got to see that movie?
How many times do you have to be told?
If you cannot face the sun
You grow bitter, bent and cold
This is not the song of the unrequited
If he got in, he was invited
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I've got to go, I've got to go
Well it took some time but I think I finally know
I have to face that I had my part
As I drive this stake into your heart
Even though I loved you so
I've got to go
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Free
This pain is so familiar it's hard to let it go
It's mommy daddy baby, it's everything I know
This longing has beguiled me, it's lodged inside my heart
Without it who would I be? Wouldn't I just fall apart?
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Into a million pieces, into the hurricane
The fear that it unleashes to release this kind of pain
Shatters all the armor that's wrapped around my heart
Without it where would I be? Where would I even start?
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Are you going to be free
Or go on kneeling at the feet of the master?
Dark angel of pain, lord of impending disaster
It all went down so long ago
He was the one who ran the show
You were so young you couldn't know
But now you do, now you see
You could be Free
Look behind the curtain you'll see nothing there is real
Imaginary pleasures that you could never feel
So you settled for the anger, you settled for the ache
But you were always hungry so you took what you could take
Are you going to be free
Or go on kneeling at the feet of the master?
Dark angel of pain, lord of impending disaster
It all went down so long ago
He was the one who ran the show
You were so young you couldn't know
But now you do, now you see
You could be Free
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This pain is so familiar it was everything I knew
And so I light a candle, and so I let it through
This pain is so familiar, but I want mystery
And so I light a candle
And so I set it free
All songs © Cici Artemisia 2019