Borderline Prophets — The Demon Wind

Rock, fever dreams, and desert wind.

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The Album

The Demon Wind

About

Every collaboration leaves something behind.

Work with enough people and you learn which lyrics land for them — and which ones don't: the private ones that never quite turn into songs. They collect over the years. The feeling of getting ready for something that hasn't come, and then, all at once, your time is here. The dreams that ride in on a high fever. The crossroads where you already know the decision will change your life.

Borderline Prophets is where those lyrics finally become music. The writing ranges wide, and so do the influences — rock in the vein of Foo Fighters and Journey, threaded with world colors, gypsy and Middle Eastern.

“It's the Demon Wind rising through the shadows… a cleansing blast of the dragon's fire… The Demon Wind wins my soul this night.”

The Demon Wind

The Songs

The Demon Wind

Lived too long
hiding in the shadows
waiting for the clouds to clear.
Spent too long
looking for the answers
and the doubts to disappear.(Chorus)But there's a Demon Wind
rising through the shadows
with the heat of lust tonight
A cleansing blast
of the dragon's fire
The Demon Wind
wins my soul this nightUrgently
but still a murmur
in the caverns of my mind
An icy chill
so I will remember
to wait is to stay behind(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)Somewhere there's a temple
where the earth can touch the sky
Somewhere there is music
so moving, you will cry
Someday it all comes easy
and you fit into your place
Somehow the wind will send you
all the things that you chase(Chorus)It's the Demon Wind
rising through the shadows
with the heat of lust tonight
A cleansing blast
of the dragon's fire
The Demon Wind
wins my soul this night
The Demon Wind
wins my soul this night

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Here You Are

I know you've been thinking
your best times have all past.
You left them on a beach where
you thought that they would last.
Thought you could go back for them
but time passed much too fast.
But turn around
and you will see
you can live your fantasy.(Chorus)Here you are
on my doorstep.
Here you are,
heart on sleeve.
Here you are,
like you belong here.
Here you are.
Here you are.I know you've been feeling
it's all one big charade.
No matter where you turn to,
your choices have been made.
Going through the motions
in a well rehearsed parade.
But what you want
so very much
is close enough to touch.(Repeat Chorus)I know you've been looking
for perfect symmetry.
Someone who will love you
but leave your spirit free.
It's me you're coming back to;
with me you want to be.
So turn around
and take a chance
there's love in every glance.(Repeat Chorus)

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At the Borderline

We're standing high on a rocky cliff.
We're balancing on the precipice.
Ahead of us
lies the great unknown.
A headfirst ride
to the danger zone.(Chorus)No maps ahead,
no highway signs-
one last chance to turn around.
Nowhere to hide
once we cross inside-
one last chance to turn around.
At the Borderline
At the BorderlineThe way is lit by a frozen star.
We hear it moan like a lone guitar.
Ahead of us
is the vision quest
to take us higher
than the eagles nest.(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)You can choose
to play it safe.
Never lose
but never win.
Or find a track
not on any map
Make it yours
and don't look back.We're holding on to an ancient dream.
To join ourselves to the great unseen.
To forge a bond
with our nerves of steel
and twist a link
out of wish and real.(Repeat Chorus)

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Belladonna

(Verse)I met her in a Cantina
in a star-crossed accident.
Introduced by the village witch
in a nightmare experiment.
In a flash
she was in my veins.
Through the buzz
I could hear her name.(Chorus)Belladonna
Bittersweet
I lose myself
when she's with me.
Belladonna
Shade of Night
Beautiful lady
with a deadly bite(Verse)Colors splintered in my sight
as she held me in her trance.
Someone strumming out of tune
then a girl began to dance.
Human skulls
watched from the walls.
I smelled candles
and cheap alcohol.(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)Let me go
or I will be:
Mad as a hatter
dry as a bone
red as a beet
dumb as a stone.(Verse)Finally stumbled out,
Head in thundering pain.
My hand flew up to shield my face.
Found a driver in the lane.
Away, I said,
from this hell-cursed game.
Never again
want to hear her name.(Repeat Chorus)

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As Close to Heaven

We rode like thieves into the desert:
that's how the dream began.
By the light of a thousand candles
we rode all night to the caravan.
When daylight came, we watched the tents rise.
Heat made sand shimmer like glass.
Inside, we lay on velvet carpets
and found a way to make the time pass.(Chorus)One part scorpion,
one part slave.
Part mirage,
part heaven made
Burning heat
and blinding snow.
You're as close to heaven
as I'll ever know.It was the magic from a genie
that made our carpet fly.
It was the lightning from our loving
that kept us up so high.
And in that endless moment
we were in the world alone.
The sizzling heat of passion
tore through our flesh and bone(Repeat Chorus)(Inst. Bridge)It was the thunder in the distance
that broke into the scene.
You and I awoke from sleeping
and stepped into the dream.
Now I know there is no difference
as long as you're with me.
In your arms on this magic carpet
is where I'll always be.(Repeat Chorus)

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So Damn Easy

It's not just the way you know what I'll say
before I even open my mouth.
It isn't the way that you hold me.
It's not that you watch just a little too much
when you think I won't notice.
And it isn't just in your smile.(Pre-Chorus)It defies explanation
this exhilaration(Chorus)'Cause it's not any one thing
but it's everything
that makes you
so damn easy
so easy
so damn easy to loveIt's not how you listen while I'm going on
about my latest excitement.
It isn't the look in your eyes.
Or how you're impressed when I'm really dressed
to go out someplace special.
It isn't just in your touch.(Pre-Chorus)But what a sensation
this exhilaration(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)You swept me away
on a cold autumn day
while the wind stripped the leaves from the trees.
The moment remains
like a house guest that stays
and makes your home like a castle.(Pre-Chorus)Like intoxication
this exhilaration(Repeat Chorus)

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Only a Matter of Time

In a burning wood
in the roaring fire
In the noise and heat
tangled in the briar
There's a blackened creature
that looks like me
and it's pretty obvious
I won't be getting free(Chorus)It's a waiting game
Just a matter of time
voices and motion intertwine
Calls ignite replies
It's only a matter of timeAcross the field
lit up in the glow
Seeming in a crowd
but clearly quite alone
There's a watching Ranger
who will not go
though the flames are rising
and the wind might blow(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)There's no denying
when sparks go flying
the enveloping heat
and a light that's blinding(Instrumental break)(Repeat Chorus)

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Fever Vision

The night turned electric.
There was rain-smell in the air.
Lightning striking
around me everywhere.
Somewhere in the distance
I heard a banshee scream.
Then you appeared before me
a silhouetted dream.(Chorus)Inside this Fever Vision
I burn like endless flame.
I burn for you to ashes
and I don't even know your name.
Fever, Fever Vision.My pulse beat was a hammer
driving pain into my brain.
Turning skyward,
I prayed to taste the rain.
Then you were beside me
and your eyes became a stream
and my burning lips were cooled
and your face was lost in steam.(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)The dreamer and awakened
have no limits, have no fear.
Their armor is their vision;
their sight is always clear.The darkness of the evening
began to stretch and crack.
I felt the fever
was starting to turn back.
Still you were beside me
no longer just a dream.
A silhouetted lover
in the new sun's gleam.(Chorus)Inside this Fever Vision
I burn like endless flame.
I burn for you to ashes
and now I know your name.
Fever, Fever Vision.

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What the Gypsy Said

The tent was hot.
the gypsy, old
my friends were laughing outside
she leaned back and closed her eyes
her voice was from the other side(Chorus)The sun the moon the planets and stars
circle over your head
a dream the sight or what the gypsy said
you're the spider
who spins your webThere will be two
Who will appear
One wrapped in mist, one drawn in light
One will speak all you long to hear,
one will spark your second sight(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)All of this in two years' time
make your choices carefully
as I left the gypsy's tent
I felt a chill creep over me(Repeat Chorus) 2x

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Recalibrate

(Verse 1)I don't run as fast, but I'm still in the race,
Learned to breathe deep, found a new kind of pace.
If the road won't yield, then I'll shift my gait,
Shake off the strain, let the beat recalibrate.(Chorus)You stall, you doubt, you second-guess,
Lose your way, maybe feel the mess.
But the spark's still strong—you can restart,
Follow the compass inside your heart.
We stumble, rise, we recreate—
No shame, no fear—just recalibrate.(Verse 2)We all hit walls we didn't plan,
Drop the torch or lose the map in hand.
But slow's not lost—it's just a different state,
Step by step, we recalibrate.(Repeat Chorus)(Bridge)You're not the fault line, you're the ground that holds,
You're the story shifting, not what's told.
Let the rhythm change, let the silence speak,
There's strength in softer, there's power in weak.(Repeat Chorus)

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