Be Here
Used to think you were a ghost
Haunting my house
Crawling these walls
I would hear you in my dreams
Couldn’t love you more
In spite of it all
You don’t have to do anything
You don’t have to be anyone – Just be here
You don’t have to say anything
You don’t have to be anyone – Just be here
I’m leaving tonight
I’ll say goodbye
And be on my way
They say nothing lasts forever
Ain’t that the truth
Somehow it feels okay
You don’t have to do anything
You don’t have to be anyone – Just be here
You don’t have to say anything
You don’t have to be anyone – Just be here
But I already miss you
You haven’t left yet
I’m dragging my heels
I’ll build an altar
To the life we never had
To someone I’ll never feel
I used to think that you were real
A part of this world
Made of flesh and bone
Something I could hold
Wouldn’t float away
Tethered like a stone
Billie
I’m only guilty and complicit
In taking my time, I’ve committed no crime now
Hey
You’re gonna watch me
Walk away from this fight, if it isn’t feeling right
Hey
I’m gonna rewrite this fable
Time to turn the tables, gonna end up on top now
Hey, hey, hey-hey.
I’m just fine here without you, not waiting on a man
The girls they understand
Like a melody forgotten
On an old turntable, that’s playing “Lady in Satin”
Some things needn’t ever change
I’ll sing what I want to, sing what I got to
Hey, hey, hey-hey
Falling
You’re watching me
Bursting completely apart
I’m so exposed
My head and my delicate heart
If there is a parachute
It’s missing the string – I’m falling free
Scenes flying by
So blurry and unknowable
Can’t concentrate
Feeling this push and pull
I’m a fettered fool
Playing at schoolyard rules
But a fool like me
Fell for you – too easily
I’m having dreams
I can’t begin to understand
A boat is on fire
As I watch from cool white sand
A plane flies overhead
Writing your name – In graceful smoke
I need a sign
A beacon to right this wayward ship
My mind unfurls
Loosens it’s tenuous grip
I’m a fettered fool
Playing at schoolyard rules
But a fool like me
Fell for you – too easily
Forget the Clock
On top is the feeling I’ve got and I know I’m strong
I sang all my doubts away and now they’re gone
Oh, I feel brand new
Play my favorite song, makes me want to dance
Won’t you come along, you got to move something
Here we all belong, point your hands to the ceiling
Inhibition’s gone, this is truly living
We are not alone
Tic-toc, forget the clock, let’s stay ’til dawn
Leave all your worries behind, cross this Rubicon
We are all brand new
Play my favorite song, makes me want to dance
Won’t you come along, you got to move something
Here we all belong, point your hands to the ceiling
Inhibition’s gone, this is truly living
We are not alone
Knock-knock, the door’s unlocked, let ‘em all in
Don’t you feel the start of something, let it begin
We are all brand new
Play my favorite song, makes me want to dance
Won’t you come along, you got to move something
Here we all belong, point your hands to the ceiling
Inhibition’s gone, this is truly living
We are not alone
Lightening
Everything is different now except for the stars
And you’re staring upwards as though it’s not far
Anyone would struggle given your course
You’re in trouble that’s for sure
I know that you have lost your way
All the details seem insane
I can barely say my name
I will help you just the same
Everywhere that you can see floating through the sky
Scattered in the night air embers from a fire
Let it all drift away seep out of your pours
Feel yourself lightening you don’t need it anymore
I know that you have lost your way
All the details seem insane
I can barely say my name
I will help you just the same
I will help you just the same
Morning Sun
There’s a warmth about you, as you wake up in the morning sun
It follows you throughout the days halcyon
So sonorous, satiated by the sound of your voice
From your lips, my name escapes and my spirit will rejoice
You make it so, you make it so
You make it so, you make it so
We sleep in, and shadows stretch across the walls
Overcoming insecurity as the shadow crawls
Understanding, that it’s we that make it so
You make it so, you make it so
You make it so, you make it so
There’s a calm about you, that eases my restless, wandering mind
You keep it simple, residing where luck and faith align
Inebriated, from drinking in your perfect face
I’m hung over and holding on to your embrace
You make it so, you make it so
You make it so, you make it so
We’re deep in, our stories merging into one
The softest light is cast from the morning sun
Ever expanding, it’s we that make it so
You make it so, you make it so
You make it so, you make it so
Someday
Someday I’ll get tired of endlessly running in place
Someday I will surprise them all, the darkest horse in this race
As the moon pulls the tide, there’s something out there for me
I can hear the call
I will do what I want to, my life’s not a fait accompli
Insecurity, I’ll leave you at the door
Someday I want to paint these walls with every color I can name
Someday you will recognize this spark’s become a flame
Everyone in the world is a shell and a pearl
Deep down inside
I will sing what I want to, I know my voice will be heard
Unequivocally, this I know is true
Someday, someday
Yeah, someday I’ll burn long, I’ll burn bright
Troubadours
Troubadours sing through my walls
And straight into me
Troubadours take me to the floor
I go down like a submarine
Why are they begging me to lose myself so easily
When I have tried desperately to curb these tendencies
Troubadours they will explore
My wounds and my flaws
They sneak into my house at night
Like a drunken Santa Claus
How are they controlling me
I’m a feather in their wind
Rattling my rusty cage shaking my leafless limbs
You sang so hard
I burst apart
You made teeth marks
On my weak heart
Everything I’ve ever seen
Plays across my mind
Everyone I’ve ever known
Burns away in time
Why are they haunting me invading all my dreams
Keeping me from moving free eroding self esteem
Troubadours infect my core
Tear down my defense
I am just a casualty
Caught in circumstance
How can I repair my myself spiraling this way
I will gather all my breath and blow it far away
Unwound
Winter’s got me feeling so much older
When did each day become so small?
Bathe me in the last of the light
Like the cat basking in the windowsill
Things will come unwound
I’ll be holding my ground
My faith can not be divided
Even if I am sometimes misguided
My life it will not be static, I am finding my way
So long I’ve come and I will not stop now
I showed my hand, I laid my cards on the table
This boat is full, I’m docking while I’m still able
Through the haze, I see shapes emerging
And every wish I made came true
When things will come unwound
Here I’ll stay, holding my ground
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