A soft-spoken Southern girl ripping hearts open with her emotional lyrics and heavy metal guitar playing.

5 MP3 Songs in this album (16:40) !
Related styles: Rock: Hard Rock, Metal/Punk: 80's Metal, Mood: Brooding

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Resilience Redefined CD Insert Notes:

My Innocence

Whispers in the darkness
Telling me not to make a sound
Forced entry, robbed of my innocence
My body froze as my heart began to pound

Donât leave me
Donât forsake me
Donât escape me
My innocence
[repeat lyrics]

Tarnished by the darkness
Hoping to regain my shine
More events robbing my innocence
Longing for that I no longer call mine

Donât leave me
Donât forsake me
Donât escape me
My innocence

Donât leave me
Donât forsake me
Donât escape me

You were there as a child
You were there in my heart
Now youâre gone
Now youâre gone

Comforted by the darkness
A veil that shields my eyes
Memories of my innocence
Within me they still reside

Chorus


Fly, My Love

Tightly I held you close to me
Your love was all I could feel
Silently you slipped away
If only I could hold you again
My heart cries

Fly, my love, fly
Spread your wings
Fly, high
Follow your dreams

Fly, my love, fly
Spread your wings
Fly, high
Now that youâre free

I see you in my mindâs eye
In my dreams, stay a while
As I hold onto these memories
Hoping that theyâll never leave
My heart cries

Chorus

I must learn to let you go
Though Iâll always love you heart and soul
Whisper in my ear that itâs all a dream
And youâre coming back home to me

Chorus

Searching for happiness
Through all this sadness
Can I find it on my own
Now that Iâm all alone
Without you
Without you


Day In, Day Out

The sunâs not up yet
Time to get out of bed
Take a shower, get dressed
Wake the kids and get them fed

Get their lunches, get their bags
Get their coats and get their shoes
Load the car, itâs time to go
Drop the kids at different schools

Day in, day in
Day in, day in
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
[repeat lyrics]

Every day itâs the same old thing
Every day, same olâ same olâ
Every day, itâs the same olâ thing
Every day, same olâ same olâ

Get stuck in a traffic jam
Have to wait and wait and wait
Blood pressure rises
Chances are that youâll be late

Get to work, itâs nonstop
All throughout the whole day
Five oâclock, itâs time to go
Have to stay and work late

Chorus

Donât be late to daycare
Dollar a minute past six
Get home, time for dinner
Figure out what food to fix

Clean the kitchen, sweep the floors
Finish homework, get their baths
Bedtime stories, lights out
The day is over at last

Day in, day in
Day in, day in
Day in, day out
Day in, day out
[repeat lyrics]

Day in, day in
Day in, day out
Day in, day in
Day in, day out


Not Dead Yet

Donât go ahead and buy my casket
Donât go ahead and buy my funeral wreath
Donât go ahead and dig my deep, cold grave
Donât go ahead and bury me

âCause,
Iâm not dead
Not dead
Not dead, yet
[repeat lyrics]

Donât throw me out like rotten fruit
Donât throw me out like an old worn shoe
Donât throw me out like dirty water
Donât throw me out like last weekâs news

âCause,
Iâm not dead
Not dead
Not dead, yet
[repeat lyrics]

Donât throw me out with the trash, like Iâm a rusty old, worn nail
Donât throw me out with the trash, like Iâm a piece of junk mail

Iâve got more to give
Iâve got longer to live
Iâve got more to do
Might live longer than you!

âCause,
Iâm not dead
Not dead
Not dead, yet
[repeat lyrics]
Iâm not dead, yet

Tear Down This Wall

Lived my life a lone star
Built my fortress and made it strong
Lived my life my own way
Drew the bridge and closed the gate

Tear down this wall Iâve built
Weathered by years of guilt
Tear it down, stone by stone
Tear it down, am I all alone

Many friends, many lovers
Yet no one to call my own
Hoping you will come my way
Fearing that youâll see my soul

Tear down this wall Iâve built
Constructed by the pain Iâve felt
Tear it down, stone by stone
Tear it down, am I all alone

The winds of time
Will erode
The strongest stone
Flesh and bone
Only it remains

Tear down this wall Iâve built
Weathered by years of guilt
Tear it down, stone by stone
Tear it down, am I all alone

Tear it down, this wall that Iâve built
Constructed by the pain Iâve felt
Tear it down, stone by stone
Tear it down, am I all alone


Thank You:
Tommy and Eric Alexander, Mom, Dad, Robin and Ron Vick, John and Janine Tokarczyk, John Plymale, David Steele, Brent Lambert, Lee Olsen, Phil Robertson, Mitch Bentley, Ken Weiss, and all my family and friends not listed here.


Cheryl Alexander â guitar and bass
David Steele â vocals
John Tokarczyk â drums

Recorded and mixed by John Plymale at Overdub Lane in Durham, NC, except where noted.

Mastered by Brent Lambert at Kitchen Mastering in Carrboro, NC.

Bass guitar and additional guitar on Tear Down This Wall performed and recorded by Lee Olsen. Drums on Tear Down This Wall performed and recorded by Phil Robertson. Vocal parts recorded by David Steele.

All songs written and produced by Cheryl Alexander.
All songs published by Zoe Cheyenne Publishing Company (ASCAP).

CD cover photography by Ron Vick
CD cover layout and design by Atomic Fly Studios

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