JOSE DIAZ

DISINTEGRATED
By: Jose’ Luis Diaz-12:28am-4/14/2005
(V-1)
High on life, one hand on the reigns
Always a smile, I was never in pain
My castle walls, were high and strong
I could not see, there was something wrong
(CHORUS)
Success was there, I could taste it
But then my life, disintegrated
(V-2)
What do you do, when things you love
Slip through your fingers, like so much dust
What can you say, what will you pray
When you can’t regain, what crumbled away
(CHORUS)
Success was there, I could taste it
But then my life, disintegrated
(V-3)
Down in the mud, I struggled like hell
I tried to climb, but only failed
So I gave up, and sank beneath
I let go of, some part of me

The bottom rung, before my eyes
I took a hold, began to rise
Like the phoenix, from it’s ashes
But I’ll gain what’s lost, then surpass it
(CHORUS)
Success is there, I can taste it
And nothing will, disintegrate it(repeat)

WIDE ANGLE DREAM(S) by:Jose’ Diaz
2/7/05-2/8/05
(v-1)
Looking down on us from his high place of intellect
Smirking in the back of his great mind
We have given up on his higher education
Cause there’s’s simply nothing more to learn
(pre)
Success means he’ll be lonely
But he’s lonely even now
We really want to help but don’t know how
(chorus)
What does he see
What does it mean
What’s on the screen of his
Wide angle dream
(v-2)
Something in his eyes is scaring each and everyone of us
That’s because it’s something we don’t know
His wisdom’s far beyond his age
And we see no evidence of fear
(pre here)
(chorus here)
V=B,A||: PRE=G,A||:,F,G,A CHORUS=A,D||:A,G,F,G,A
4x 2x 2x

KNIGHTS OF THE DARKNESS
WRITTEN BY: JOSE’ DIAZ AND HERMAN CARDONA
(V-1)
Words may be spoken, the truth may hide
Down to the outcome, who’ll be surprised

Dogs in the doorway, blind in the eyes
Go through the doorway, into the night
(CHORUS)
Knights, of, the darkness
Knights, of, the night
Silent ‘til sundown
But ready to strike
The knights
(V-2)
Down through the ages, we’ve heard the lies
Who will protect you, Who’ll be the guide

Who’ll do the fighting, Who’ll stay alive
Who’ll face disaster, Who will survive
(CHORUS HERE)”The knights!”-4x
(LEAD)
(CHORUS HERE)”The knights!”-4x
(LEAD)
“The knights!”-4x(end last “-“ with a yell)

DEATH AND DECAY
BY: Jose’ Luis Diaz 3/21/05-11:33A.M.
(v-1)
Scavengers are circling waiting for a taste
Looking up through blood and mud
We slowly fade

Followed orders to the end proud for what we gave
Though we die we realize
We saved the day
(Chorus)
Death and decay, remember us today
Death and decay, accepted as our pay
Death and decay, bullets bombs and blades
Death and decay, Death and decay
(V-2)
Bones bleach in the sun lighter every day
sure to crumble into dust
Then blow away

Flowers grow in the fields where our blood ran
Like millions of markers
Where we made our stand
(pre)
God has sorted out the souls and carried them away
The memories we leave behind slowly fade
(Chorus Here)
The scavengers feathers were red that day(repeat)

REMEMBER ME Jose’ Luis Diaz
(Verse1)
I don’t see you, you don’t see me,
That’s not the way it should be.
But then again, I would spend,
So few days at home.

How do you do, in school these days?
I hope you keep good grades.
Graduate, you’ll need it,
When your on your own.

I miss you so, thought you should know.
Some things don’t work out he way we plan

Like falling rain, my problems,
Finally broke through the dam
(Pre1)
I’m someone tired and old, who knows your name,
You don’t understand but I hope you’ll see
(chorus)
Remember me--------------my son
Thru winters chill and summer sun
Remember me--------------proud of you
I meant to see your childhood through
Remember me--------------please do
Cause I will remember you
(Verse2)
If many years, do pass us by,
I’m sure you’ll still have questions why.
I could explain, but only,
If you’d listen well.

It’s just a thing, of fourteen years,
Of wasted time and wasted tears.
I realize, what ended, never had a chance.

So I moved on, but not by choice,
Forgot her face forgot her voice.
I think of you, too young,
to really understand.
(Pre2)
I’m someone tired and old, who knows your name,
My mind may fade but not your memory.
I’m someone you once held, in high esteem,
You don’t understand but I hope you’ll see
(Chorus)
Remember me--------------my son
Thru winters cold and summer sun
Remember me--------------proud of you
I meant to see your childhood through
Remember me--------------my boy
Cause I will remember you
(Lead outro with additional vocals below)
Remember me--------------
I will remember you-----------
Remember me----------------
yeah----------------------

All words and music written and composed by Jose’ Luis Diaz
There is no sheet music as I don’t know notation. Recorded in 2003-2004 written in 2001
THIS IS DEDICATED TO MY SON Gideon Luke Diaz I miss you,and I love you. Stay good!

FINAL WORDS
By: Jose’ Luis Diaz-3/23/05-1:45pm
(V-1)
I inhale, deep as I can
Not deep enough, to breath again
My life replays, thruogh my mind
From my beginning, to this point in time
There’s screaming, it might be me
I cannot tell, but that does not matter
Coherence, melts away
I feel my soul, and it seems to scatter
(CHORUS)
I part my lips, as if to kiss
My final words, go unheard
Into the wind, I speak the truth
My final words, I love you
(V-2)
I feel you, from everywhere
I coalesce, To just be there
You feel me, as if I live
You turn and look, into thin air
You smell me, in the room
You shed your tears, I sense your doom
In your veins, the pulse of life
I grab your wrist, you drop the knife
(CHORUS HERE)
(OUTRO)
I love you, I love you(2x)

WHY DOES LOVE WALK AWAY
(V-1) BY: Joel Lopez, Jose’ Diaz, Roland Valdez, Herman Cardona
She came to me with arms-open love
Said I would be her only
I gave her my heart but she threw it away
The things that girls do to break a heart these days
O----O-----O------O----------
(Pre)
I’m alone, now that your gone and I tell my self everyday(repeat)
(chorus)
Why does love walk away--------------------
But the feelings, they always remain(2x)
(V-2)
I told you baby I’d give you a dynasty
Buy you fancy cars and diamond rings
I turned to you but you turned the other way
The things that girls do to break a heart these days
(pre here)
(Chorus Here)plus “pain-----“
(solo)
(Pre here)
(Chorus Here)plus “pain--------“
(v-3)
When I close my eyes I wanna wake up next to you
So I can know that it’s not only a dream
O-----O-----O-----O------
(outro chorus)
Why does love walk away-----------------------------------------
Where does your love go to baby
Why does love walk away------------------------------------------
How many hearts have you broken lately
Why does love walk away-----------------------------------------
How many hearts must you break, must you break
Why s love walk away-----------------------------------------
O----------O----------O--------O----------------------------------

CUPID SHOOTS TO KILL
By: Jose’ Luis Diaz 5/1/2005 10:52am
(V-1)
She hits deep, like a blade, that’s twisted both ways
With a smile, she locks your gaze, trapping you in a daze
(CHORUS-1)
She’s a harbinger of thrills,
Cupid shoots to kill
(V-2)
Like the wall, in turn three, or the punch, you never see
If you could blink, you might get free, either way, you know you’ll bleed
(CHORUS-2)
It’s not a question of her skill
Cupid shoots to kill
(V-3)(vol/down)(decelerate)
She is all your eyes can see, are you forgetting how to breathe
You can taste her on the wind, as she licks her lips again
You can feel your mind cave in, as she slowly starts to grin
(CHORUS-3)
Way too fine to be real
Cupid shoots to kill, Hey!!!!

Guitar solo through a 10 watt amp!

MEMORIES MESMERIZE
Jose’ Luis Diaz 4/7/05-4:09pm Lopeno,TX
(V-1)
Here in this haze of endless days longing for your touch
I star off into nothingness missing you so much
I cherish the time that we had it’s burned into my mind
All those years laughter and tears I’d lost all track of time
(CHORUS-1)
These memories, that MESMERIZE
Cry me to sleep, every night
I need her here, by my side
Thru these long days, and lonely nights
These memories of her, still MESMERIZE
(V-2)
There in the clouds I see her face I see her every place
I close my eyes and look into hers a smiling angels face
But she’s not here I shed my tears I tremble thru and thru
I lift her picture off the wall and mumble I miss you
(CHORUS-2)
These memories, that MESMERIZE
They run so deep, I can’t deny
I need her here, by my side
But she’s gone home, where angels fly
These memories, they MESMERIZE

‘TIL MY BODY’S IN THE GROUND
By: Jose’ Luis Diaz 5/12/05 11:26pm, 5/13/05 9:15am, 5/13/05 10:38pm
(v-1)
Like some one screaming, softly in your ear
You try to listen, but you can’t, quite, hear
I’ve made no plans so, just do what you feel
Most of what you feel, will be my will
(pre-1)
I’ve left you behind because God said it was time
He lets me take my last look around
(chorus-1)
And I’m not leaving ‘til my body’s in the ground
(v-2)
So gather friends, and enemies as well
Beware your words, you will be overheard
Your thoughts betray, the truth of your ways
Your tears burn deep, both sour and sweet
(pre-2)
Those feelings you show, with those faces I know
I’m taking my last look around
(chorus-2)
But I’m not leaving ‘til my body’s in the ground
(v-3[hard!!!!!!])
Looking ahead, into the unknown
I wonder who of you might follow along
Your fistfuls of dirt, cascade down
Yeah I’m not leaving ‘til my body’s in the ground

SEVEN MANIFESTED
By: Jose’ Luis Diaz 4/7/05-6:17pm-Lopeno, TX
(V-1)
There is no tug of war for our souls
Adrift in life, we have to row
The dice are thrown, when we are born
The skin we’re given, must be worn

The wooden spoon, silver or gold
Just hold it tight, as you grow old
(Chorus-1)
Seven sins, manifested
They seek us out and we detest them
Sloth, pride, wrath, envy, lust, glut, greed
Seven sins, our souls are tested
Seven sins that we don’t need
(V-2)
See your neighbor has it so good
Your next thought, might be your fall
Don’t get upset, that might make three
The final four, you just don’t mean

It’s deep within, just look again
Nothing’s as good, as it might seem
(CHORUS-2)
Seven sins, manifested
They seek us out and we detest them
Seven sins, manifested
They bind our souls as we protest them
Seven sins, block the door
These seven sins, should be no more
Sloth, pride, wrath, envy, lust, glut, greed