MR

Here are some musings? lyrics? poetry? from Arnel's Facebook page (which is on public view, so nothing under the radar here). Little snippets of wall posts, spread out over the last week or so.

Have a gander and let us know what you think they are and if it's something you could dig as far as song material IF it did happen to be lyrics..

A shout out to ****, who got the wind up on these.







mystified by her gracious ways
innocence sets in as she sways
her hands,her hair
almost perfect
i could follow her every shadows
...tip toe tip toe tip toe
tick tick tick tick tick tick

and her eyes...


Battered we may from the very words uttered by our minds
Comes A flicker of awakenings
That'll lead to new beginnings
Set forth my friends with the harness
Leave the verbs of madness
...Behind the tears your eyes shed
A long time ago...



to belie what's so obvious
to portray what's hidden beneath
while galloped by injustices
hard it may be to breathe
prevail we will
...for mankind's prayer has power over evil
so gather and thank the ALMIGHTY...
he has and will always be and for eternity
only the one ONE who has the power
to hear and heed our pleas...



fun friends are so common nowadays
but true friends...yes,true friends..
as rare as meeting your once in a lifetime's soul mate
like a blue diamond
or a one in a billion coincidence
...mysteriously intangible
reachable and yet,elusive
wherever you are TRUE FRIEND
i'd like to have a chat with YOU....



seated on the corner of our bed
trying to focus on what my eyes are looking at
but everything looks blurry
im searching deeper down my memory
ive got to empty my head
...maybe it'll help me figure that
old feeling,somehow empty
trying to whisper something but no hurry
coz i'll be in this corner of our bed
for a while....
take your time old feeling
lull with me..



subtle lies
then shuttle flies
yet there she cries
oohh,thats all she does...
her wishing well
...her rundown tale
she feels to tell
a story so pale
nothing gain
nothing won
all are lost
we are not one




Somehow she's managed to escape from my wrath
Yet somehow she wasn't that lucky enough
Coz I'm on her,still
While I'm breathing,still
She can run all she wants
Take a leap as she pants
She won't miss me
Coz I'll be in her dreams...
Wearing a colored grin
With a light that beams
Through her soul
I'll come so whole...


Let's just all try
At least a little bit more effort...
To find within us
That caring fort
The tender love
...Those reaching hands
Kind and understanding
And ready to offer earth's fallow lands


Winning seems to matter more than losing
At least to a lot of people I see everyday...
Ever tried breaking into a million pieces before finding yourself whole and new?
Easier said than done,I know..
But all things done shortcut shallows you only
...And the rest done in a manner so painful
Deepens more but your relationship with your GOD

Look at us..
Standing around,feeling
As if we have achieved so much
When all what we've got
Are just a handful grains of sands
...To reflect against our full magical potential
Look at us...
Fighting over something
Like we're kicked right to our crotch


forgiveness in our hearts was left to rot
where have all they gone,those kind caressing hands?
dancing to glitz of masquerades and superficial..
maybe someday
...maybe never
maybe somewhere
maybe we're just...
another sad story told
then to be left forgotten..

Not feeling Led Zeppelin here, but I am detecting a bit of Neil Peart channeling through.

man o man... if he's posting lyrics that are or could be on the forthcoming release... Neal would pitch a huge fit...

Well, like I said, these could just be musings or his own works that haven't been used for anything, even poetry for all we know.

Or it could be nothing at all, but since we got another six months to kill before a potential new release we might as well have a go at playing Sherlock Holmes.

Arnel is sure to have Neal's blessing if these are lyrics. He knows anything he says will spread like wild fire, no way he does something reckless like that.

mystified by her gracious ways
innocence sets in as she sways
her hands,her hair
almost perfect
i could follow her every shadows
...tip toe tip toe tip toe
tick tick tick tick tick tick



Knowing two potential song titles already, I'll take a guess on this.

She's A Mystery?

Maybe these are Arnel's attempts at haiku.

I'll tell you what. If these really were lyrics to songs from Journey's upcoming album, I'd have to applaud Neal because with the exception of Dream After Dream, this doesn't sound like anything I've heard from the band before and definitely not since Cain joined the line up.

Talk to yourself much?

Jana wrote:Talk to yourself much?

I tend to usually converse with the wisest person present.

If it wasn't for me starting such stimulating threads down here, we could just lock this place up for the Summer.

Those can't be potential Journey song lyrics - "Tip toe tip toe tip toe"... I hope the concept for the "concept album" isn't an 'Ode to Bad Poetry'.

SherriBerry wrote:Those can't be potential Journey song lyrics - "Tip toe tip toe tip toe"... I hope the concept for the "concept album" isn't an 'Ode to Bad Poetry'.

Perhaps some of the ideas from this "concept" came from inspiration from some of these lyrics/poems, and honestly some of it is a fresh move away from the same stale Cain lyrics we're all used to hearing. I know he wasn't the only writer, but if Perry can get away with god awful lyrics on Street Talk and FTLOSM, and Cain can get away with shit like "What it takes to win" this shit will do just fine.

Ligzig wrote:

SherriBerry wrote:Those can't be potential Journey song lyrics - "Tip toe tip toe tip toe"... I hope the concept for the "concept album" isn't an 'Ode to Bad Poetry'.

Perhaps the concept is inspiration from some of these lyrics, and honestly some of it is a fresh move away from the same stale Cain lyrics we're all used to hearing. I know he wasn't the only writer, but if Perry can get away with god awful lyrics on Street Talk and FTLOSM, and Cain can get away with shit like "What it takes to win" this shit will do just fine.

Perry had the soulful, sexy, emotional vox to back up the reading of Sally, Dick and Jane ...
AP Hmmmmm...don't know!! SP could tip toe all over my tulips, but nooooo not everyone ...

Michigan Girl wrote:

Ligzig wrote:

SherriBerry wrote:Those can't be potential Journey song lyrics - "Tip toe tip toe tip toe"... I hope the concept for the "concept album" isn't an 'Ode to Bad Poetry'.

Perhaps the concept is inspiration from some of these lyrics, and honestly some of it is a fresh move away from the same stale Cain lyrics we're all used to hearing. I know he wasn't the only writer, but if Perry can get away with god awful lyrics on Street Talk and FTLOSM, and Cain can get away with shit like "What it takes to win" this shit will do just fine.

Perry had the soulful, sexy, emotional vox to back up the reading of Sally, Dick and Jane ...
AP Hmmmmm...don't know!! SP could tip toe all over my tulips, but nooooo not everyone ...

Well, I'm a guy so.....I couldn't care less about smokey and sexy vocals.

I just think the content of some of these poems is pretty fresh for Journey IF they are involved.

Ligzig wrote:

Michigan Girl wrote:

Ligzig wrote:

SherriBerry wrote:Those can't be potential Journey song lyrics - "Tip toe tip toe tip toe"... I hope the concept for the "concept album" isn't an 'Ode to Bad Poetry'.

Perhaps the concept is inspiration from some of these lyrics, and honestly some of it is a fresh move away from the same stale Cain lyrics we're all used to hearing. I know he wasn't the only writer, but if Perry can get away with god awful lyrics on Street Talk and FTLOSM, and Cain can get away with shit like "What it takes to win" this shit will do just fine.

Perry had the soulful, sexy, emotional vox to back up the reading of Sally, Dick and Jane ...
AP Hmmmmm...don't know!! SP could tip toe all over my tulips, but nooooo not everyone ...

Well, I'm a guy so.....I couldn't care less about smokey and sexy vocals.

I just think the content of some of these poems is pretty fresh for Journey IF they are involved.

Perhaps you would describe them in a more manly way ...you must have loved them to become a fan
or are you a new fan ...Pinhead?!?! Kneeler?!?!
I agree ...some of it!! I mean Sweet and Simple, was just that ...nothing lyrics, but made into something
soooo beautiful and to this day, one of my favs!! You could be right!!:wink:

The right music and vocals can elevate some borderline lyrics, but "subtle lies, then shuttle flies yet there she cries oohh..." - just because it rhymes doesn't mean it will work!

Like I said, it could just be bad poetry or attempts at Haiku. If it's lyrics, I see it more along the lines of Rush or even early Triumph.

Let me get this straight ... these are poetic snippets from Arnel's Facebook page, written by him???

Saint John wrote:Let me get this straight ... these are poetic snippets from Arnel's Facebook page, written by him???

They're from his facebook wall and are being posted by him. Most of the verses have been posted on different days. I felt it would give us something to discuss as it's pretty much dead in here regarding anything Journey related.
And these are on his public page, nothing private at all. With 4,000+ friends linked to that account, I don't think he's going to post anything private there to begin with.

Well, anyone that can write poetry is more talented than me. As far as how it will work in a song, I will reserve judgment until I hear the song(s) .

Don wrote:

Jana wrote:Talk to yourself much?

I tend to usually converse with the wisest person present.

Lol! I Don't think these are lyrics. At least I hope not.

No more additions since the other day. Either he's run out of ideas or he just got a call from Neal.

Don wrote:No more additions since the other day. Either he's run out of ideas or he just got a call from Neal.

I though Jon makes the phone calls

portland wrote:

Don wrote:No more additions since the other day. Either he's run out of ideas or he just got a call from Neal.

I though Jon makes the phone calls

We are talking about the NEW Neal.

Don wrote:

portland wrote:

Don wrote:No more additions since the other day. Either he's run out of ideas or he just got a call from Neal.

I though Jon makes the phone calls

We are talking about the NEW Neal.

Oh and Jon's a better person now...my bad!