I landed at dawn coffee and heartburn / I came here for you suitcase and sunburn / Dropped my keys on your table and took your hand / Sat down on the floor said, “I’ve been lost, but I know where I stand” / You smiled at everything I brought today said, “You’ve been everywhere / Now I want you to stay” I want you to stay / Maybe we can both be right maybe I could stay tonight / Home’s not where I land it’s anywhere you stand it’s anywhere you stand / I traced your smile with a shaking hand / I wanted you to understand it’s always been you / I left my suitcase by the door stopped checking my phone like I did before / You don’t have to say a word I already know I’m yours and you’re mine / Maybe we can both be right / Maybe I could stay tonight / Home’s not where I land / It’s anywhere you stand
After Party
The lights come on the room gets smaller / We don’t go home we get louder / The night is done but we’re still dancing / Everybody leaves but we keep laughing / Say my name I love to hear it / Pull me close let me feel it / Run your hands in my wet hair / Kiss me as the world disappears / You and I are the after party / Stay a little longer if you want me / Don’t let the night end without me / When the morning sun arrives / I want this feeling to survive / Ink fades slowly from our wrists / You are proof that happiness exists
It’s a Secret
Snap a photo in fading light / Your love wanders through the night / I want a smile no one gets / The kind of moment we won’t forget / It’s a secret It’s a secret It’s a secret I can’t stay away / In your car we don’t speak / Windows down summer heat / Your hand wanders finding mine / Stay forever lost in time / Say your name under my breath / You are so hard to forget / No one ever feels this way / I love it when you stay / It’s a secret / I can’t stay away / In your arms I can stay / Like a song we both play
The Hours
I could listen to you talk forever / I could live inside the words you say / Between one and three, light falls differently so I stay / You’re a film I want to watch forever / You’re a novel I can’t put away / Between six and eight I tempt my fate so you’ll stay / I don’t want to close my eyes / I’m exactly where I want to be / I was always going to call / I was always going to fall / In love today / I lose myself when I make music / You catch the notes that I throw away / Between nine and ten I ask again if you’ll stay / You can rest your head on mine forever / We can take it slow today / Between twelve and two I’m hoping that you will stay / These are moments I’ll keep forever / Tucked inside a perfect day / The hours last forever when you stay
Free Girl
You wore a black dress for no good reason / Light up the room all wedding season / You laugh too loud it’s no surprise / Break every rule never apologize / Pretty and proud you always glow / Quite content to steal the show / I don’t want to change you I just want to stay / See every color you throw my way / Free girl dance into the night / Free girl burn brightFree girl / Please never explain / You’re the brightest kind of flame / Steal the spotlight you never try / Turnevery head as you walk by / You dance wildly don’t care how / Chase the moment live for now / Wild and happy you wear it well / Keep your secrets you never tell / I want to hold you I want to stay / Until the night becomes the day
Into Your Arms
(Arizona) / Santa Ana winds blow steadily against the pale hood of my car / The early afternoon horizon glows amber lights shine from afar / The interstate is humming beautifully parallel lines run sand to sky / Cotton candy clouds hang overhead my future floats on by / I stare into the sun until I’m blind sunspots dancing in my eyes / I feel so warm, I am burning up wish I could melt into your arms / I wish I could melt into your arms / The desert rain sounds like an orchestra whispered gently through the night / I was lost out on the blacktop until I noticed your headlights / Street signs glow in the darkness, I memorize your face / An endless road together, every mile falls into place
Something
You almost didn’t answer I almost didn’t call / We almost missed the moment that would have changed it all / Every time I think about how close we came to never / Something pulled us back kept the whole thing together / Something isn’t nothing something is revealing / Something kept us both from / Simply disappearing / Something held attention / When we could have walked away / Something really happened today / You almost turned the light off I almost closed the door / We almost talked ourselves out of what we’re searching for / Every time I think about how close we came to gone / I pull you close and think I’m glad we held on / I never saw you coming / I’m so glad you didn’t leave / Here we are together / Something means a lot to me
Blank Page
I hit play, you appear you wave hello into the air / The signal holds a while I love to make you smile / We’re building something rare I’m still here, you’re still there / I check my phone, it’s muscle memory my heart is never empty / My heart’s an open book a blank page / Sent you a message “Would you like to meet today?” / Your heart’s an open book a blank page / You read my message said you’ve waited for the day / You hit refresh, I appear I say hello into the air / You whisper a soft reply we stay up past goodbye / Sent me a message “Would you like to meet today?” / I read your message said I’ve waited for the day / We kept hoping waiting every night / Searching for the light the screens fade out / It’s just you and I no more goodbyes / Our heart’s an open book a blank page / We read the message said we’d love to meet today / We read the message we’ve been waiting for the day
Favorite Song
I don’t need a shooting star to fall I don’t need a shiny mirror ball / All I want is a little more time / I never have a single care when your hands run through my hair / All I want is you tonight / I know, know, know this is everything / I hope you know, know, know what you mean to me / Simple as a Sunday night quiet as the break of dawn / I’ve loved you since the day we met / You’re my favorite song / I never want to skip a day I listen to the words you say / I remember everything I want you to wear my ring
(WHEN YOU’RE BORED) / You said this place was kinda dead / That it was getting to your head / You sent a photo of you dressed in red / You only want me when it’s late / I’m the prize you’re the bait / You get impatient you don’t want to wait / Text me when you’re bored / Tell me that I’m yours / I’m just another pretty thing you cannot afford / Text me when you’re bored tonight / Whisper like before / Why do you disappear the second I want more? / I know I’m never first in line / Back of the queue every time / I play the same part every Friday night / I fucking hate how well it works / Stare at my phone until it hurts / When you go quiet I lose all my nerve / My therapist says I should cut you loose / So I pretend to act aloof / You say my name so sincerely / God I fucking love it when you’re near me
London Looks Good on You
You moved to London for the rain / LA was burning out your brain / I typed out a long goodbye / Then I watched every bubble die / You sent a photo of the sights / Lorries shining in the night / I asked when should I arrive / You never replied / London looks good on you / Hate how much I love your view / Hate how much I still love you / You found a room above a store / I couldn’t miss you any moreI asked you for your address / You said you weren’t ready yet / You sent a map with circles drawn / Here’s where I get my tea at dawn / You marked an X like it was treasure / You always were so clever / I’m on the sofa, you’re on the tube / You call me from Waterloo / I realize we’re just passing through / You say, “this place just fits somehow” / You tell me you’re happy now / I’m tell you I’m not happy now
Crush on You
Walked past mine half past one / Said you were out just getting sun / Third time this week, counting your steps / Kind of obsessed, kind of a mess / Walked past yours quarter to nine / Said I was checking on a friend of mine / Smiled too fast, you looked at your phone / Guess this means another night alone / You’ve got a crush on me, obviously / You hide it so well I can barely tell / I’ve got a crush on you, is that news to you? / I won’t say it out loudI’m already writing my vows / Walked past yours at exactly three / Didn’t think you’d bump into me / I laughed, can’t believe it’s true / I’m falling in love with you
All My Friends Got Famous
All my friends got famous I stayed the same / Out of the picture while they’re in the frame / I didn’t want the spotlight or so I thought / All my friends got famous, I guess I’m not / Jake moved to London, said he needed the grey / Now he’s in a movie every fucking day / Chloe signed a deal and made it overnight / I still close the same bar every night / Tom’s on a billboard with a West End glow / I walk past it every day but he’ll never know / Sarah’s got an album, it’s on every chart / I memorized the chorus, it’s my favorite part / All my friends got famous, I stayed the same / Daniel wrote a novel, now it’s on display / I see it on the High Street every single day / Rachel owns a bar, always packed and loud / I pass by the window, never join the crowd / I said I don’t like the attention but I’m really just afraid / Oh did I forgot to mention they all forgot my name
Nothing Lasts Forever
It’s been a year since you moved out / Still don’t know what we fought about / Your key still hanging in the door / Your scent lingers in my sheets / Like a ghost that never leaves / A memory I can’t ignore / Goodbye baby it’s been great / We got older it got late / I had a question that I never popped / Nothing lasts forever so we let it drop / Burning streets, August nights / Broken sleep, cheap red wine / We bought at the corner store / You’re just a name I almost say / When the band begins to play / You don’t kiss me anymore / Your leather jacket looked good on you / I tell myself to move on but I never do / Some things you hold onto / Some things hold onto you
You walk in the lights all shatter / I know you’re the only one who matters / You talk and I forget my name / You light my world with every word you say / Yeah, you shine colors on my grey / You shine in wild electric blue / Every winding road leads me back to you / Spin me ’round, don’t let this moment fade / I feel your heat even in the shade / Since you arrived, I’ve been remade / Everyone is talking but I only hear you / Every word feels hollow you’re my only truth / Other voices fade away because you’re a… / Superstar superstar superstar / Burning up my western sky every time we say goodbye / I don’t wanna come down tonight / When spotlight fades the crowds all disappear / You’re the only one I want standing here / I’d cross every ocean, open every door / You’re the only one worth coming home for / If glitter fell out of my frame would you still call my name? / I don’t wanna come home tonight
All In
You flip my switch my circuits heat, / We come alive two hearts, one beat / Every light turns green when you lean in close, / Gravity says stop, I say go, go, go / I was a careful kind of guy, now I’m every color in your sky / I’m all in, there’s no parachute, wide open sky, nothing to lose / I’m all in, let life begin love is here, and I’m all in / You’re a masterpiece beautifully framed, / A wildfire softly whispering my name / Bring the noise embrace the mess, / Say “yes to love,” say “yes, yes, yes” / If this is fate, sign me up, love’s a fuse, let’s light it up
Midnight in Tokyo
Silver skies, runway lights / Sleepless souls on red-eye flights / My jet-lagged heart is torn apart / I land and find my feet / City hums the air feels sweet / Radio’s on playing our song / Cherry blossoms in the breeze / You unravel what’s left of me / Your hand in mine, we have time / Meet me at midnight in Tokyo / Skyline bleeds into indigo / I don’t know where tonight will go / But you’re right here you’re right here / Crossed an ocean for a chance / Fuck bad timing and circumstance / The stars are bright this feels right / Traffic slows, the moment breathes / You whisper something soft and sweet / If this is fate I don’t want to wait / The skyline bleeds into indigo
Borrowed Coat
Streetlights hold their breath all day / I finally had a thought I didn’t say / Wore my heart like a borrowed coat / Rewriting the words I never spoke / Every sentence is a small collapse / Every voice note fills the gaps / All the words I couldn’t say / Lost before they found their way / I hear your voice in every song / I sing along like you’re right here / It took losing you to lose the fear / I drove like I was being chased / By empty thoughts I can’t erase / Turn signal off, no exit found / I turned my silence inside out / What I felt I was afraid to show / What you knew I was afraid to know / I sing the words I could never say / I just sang them all too late
Fresh Air
Bright lights burn on a freeway on-ramp / Cutting through the smoke and all this haze LA is a maze / Fireworks fade in my rearview / Counting down to another brand new year but you’re not here / Scanning stations for the sound of silence / Your voice is fading on the line we’re losing time / Every dream that we chase / All that time will erase / Every mile leads me here / I don’t wanna move on / I come alive, then you’re gone / I feel lost, disappeared / Baby, baby, baby I can’t breathe / Baby, baby, baby it’s you I need / A thousand miles away I still feel you there / Baby, baby, baby you’re my fresh air / Rains falls the city grows cold / We lie separate and alone silver and gold / Your voice cuts through interference / You find me I’m beyond repair I want you everywhere
Beautiful Once
I found your note in a weathered coat from a year I tried to erase / In the fading glow, I came to know some truths I wasn’t ready to face / Your name haunts my western sky a constellation fixed in me / I chased the ghost of last July through every dream and memory / I was beautiful once / Between the quiet and the rush / In the dark before the dawn arrives / I’ve been reborn and lifted towards / The steady light in your eyes / Beauty hides behind the lie that only unbroken hearts survive / We learn, we grow, by letting go to keep that flame alive / Between surrender and the fight
The Future
We’ve traveled roads that turned to dust / Chasing our dreams learning to trust / Every bruise, every scar led us one step closer to truth / We have been swimming in the currents of time / Little by little our hearts grew aligned / Life hurts a little bit less when I’m with you / I knew you long before we met / We just hadn’t found each other yet / I know who I want to choose / All I want is you / I know you and I will find a way / Of making tomorrow as nice as it was today / I see the future I want to choose / And it’s you, it’s always been you / It’s always been you / Learning the shapes of each other’s ways / Finding our rhythm talking all day / The world feels a little smaller / Whenever you’re near / We share our plans with remarkable ease / We talk about life, we affectionately tease / With you I see how bright the sky can be
There’s a stillness in the house / A silence in the sound / An emptiness that lingers / When no one is around / The quiet got too loud / The humble got too proud / Growing up means learning / How to stand your ground / Where we came from is gone / Where we’re headed isn’t clear / All we have is here and now / There is nothing left to fear / I know you feel alone / You let the phone keep ringing / Somewhere in the static / I can hear you singing / You know I get scared / I say my words softly / I’m finding my strength / I know you’re listening
Lost Time
We talk in circles when we’re on the phone / This city empties out by midnight / It’s far too late to walk home all alone / I love the way that you said goodnight / Silence holds the questions that we’re both too scared to ask / Let’s start at the beginning rewind the clock back / Seconds stack together days fall apart / This is my moment to brave the dark / I’m standing up straight fixing my tie / Tonight is the night sparks will fly / Let’s make up for lost time / We talk in riddles when we’re on the phone / You blow me kisses into the air / You don’t talk like anyone I know / When I’m with you I float on air / I know you feel this feeling / This love is ours to make / Every day’s a step forward / Another chance we take / We’re coming together slowly / Taking time to get it right / Baby I don’t want to lose you tonight
After the Rain
A purple sky a setting sun / A promise heard by everyone / Thunder rolls and shadows break / You hold me close the ground shakes / In darkness when we close our eyes / Our secrets spill it’s no surprise / We trace our scars, we call it art / We build new worlds from broken parts / All shook down, the night’s alive / The sweetest sound: your voice tonight / Thunder fades into the sea / Your quiet words, they steady me / After the rain, the world feels new / Morning lends its light to you / Storms dissolve, but love remains / Our brightest days, after the rain
Faded Polaroid
We met in the park we kissed in the rain / After you left I was never the same / Driving you to the airport broke my heart / You said it was only a few months apart / You said not to worry not to fret / Said you’d write every day that you’d never forget / Summer nights when our knees went weak / You said it was only a few weeks / Seasons fade but my love still burns / Waiting for the day you return / Life never goes quite the way we planned / Your polaroid fades in my hand / JFK shimmers like a cigarette / Love teaches lessons that we’ll never forget / Flash goes off we stand together / With a click of my camera you were mine forever / I chase your ghost down every avenue / These city streets hold my memories of you / Your shadow whispers to me at every light / You said it was only a few nights / Shadows don’t last ghost don’t stay / As dawn arrives your perfume fades away / I keep the things I can’t replace I will always remember your face / Seasons fade but my love still burns waiting for the day you return / Life never goes quite the way we planned your polaroid fades in my hand
Lost in Los Angeles
(Again) / Ice cream melts in summer sun palm trees whisper as they sway / Ocean waves shine indigo my story starts today / Our love was written in the stars we played our parts beneath the sign / We danced in silverlight on Hollywood and Vine / We were young and restless / Our flame burned way too bright / We fought for one another / We gave everything that night / As Santa Anas whisper / From the canyons to the sea / You remain a mystery to me / Lost in Los Angeles tonight my dreams are all brand new / City of stars and shining lights, I only think of you / Some feelings last forever some truths are carved in stone / I went searching for my future, now I face it on my own / The freeway hums a hopeful song I chase the rush and learn / My heart still dares through every twist and turn / Time drifts slow, but hope is strong as seasons blend together / Your memory won’t fade away it burns in me forever
Bad Weather
The coast isn’t clear, skies aren’t blue / I close my eyes and I dream of you / Clouds hang low, lightning shines / My heart is healed you’re the reason why / Winds still howl, oceans bend / Broken hearts will heal again / My walls came down, ground gives way / My heart feels stronger every day / Waiting for daylight, dancing with the moon / Our love keeps on shining, dark is fading soon / You pull me closer, reaching for the sun / I whisper to the dawn bad weather is on the run / Tides roll in, stars align / I see our future, your hand in mine / The pain is gone, the dawn arrives / I see my reflection in your eyes / We weathered every storm outlasted heavy rain / The promises we planted are breaking ground again
Someone
(CBGB) / Where are you it’s half past two / I need you again / Where are you are you / Lost in your head again / The lights all fade again / Swimming in my head again / We met beneath the feedback / My glass trembled in my hand / You laughed and I came undone / I noticed you instantly I loved you right away / The night you became someone to me / Why are you dressed in blue / You’re breathtaking tonight / Where are you I want you / To stay with me tonight
We Turn to Gold
Although I’m far away, you still sound close / Your voice burns like the Pacific coast / You break the silence, I’m not alone / Every word you whisper feels like home / You pull me close, I feel you near / The whole room fades till it’s just us here / You sound like heaven, you draw me in / You are the heartbeat beneath my skin / You love me when I’m bold / I’ll stand beside you until we’re old / You soothe my soul / When I’m with you, we turn to gold / We share small moments on a glowing screen / Your face smiles softly in between / I see your reflection in the moon / A quiet glow fills my room
I’ve seen the lights suddenly vanish / I close my eyes crossing the street / I’ve considered learning Spanish think of the people I could meet / The best things in life are worth waiting for / I know this to be true / Nowadays I can’t remember when I didn’t know you / But we’ve only begun / I can’t believe I ever found you I still pinch myself / I spent so many days just dreaming of you / Telling myself that we’ve only begun we’ve only just begun / I was alone until I found you every dark road led me straight to you / Every wrong turn, every sleepless night led me to your light / Now I awake every morning golden sunshine on my face / I step into the light with my eyes open dreaming of your face / We’ve only begun we’ve only just begun
Imagine Her in Love
You leave for the airport you’re trying to hail a cab / She’s in your head all morning but that’s all you have / She belongs in pictures hung upon your wall / You’ll never take them if you never call / You fear you’re doomed to stay platonic / You fear she’d never fall for you It’s not true it’s not true / You call her from the office every single night / You’re afraid to spill your heart until the timing’s right / You pause to gather all your tangled thoughts / When you’re this close to her the words you had get lost / You feel she couldn’t get much better you think that she’s fallen from the stars / To your heart just imagine her imagine her in love / You see her in SoHo and more time has passed / You’ve grown a little braver worries faded fast / She’s in your dreams and laughter in the golden summer light / Now you chase after her every single night / You cross a street in Chelsea and she’s just across the way / You share a look that tells you this is the day / You ask her for a coffee she suggests a tea / The moment feels like magic so you never stop to breathe
For a Girl
I’m in love with the girl next door I know I’m an awful flirt / I’m not sure she even noticed me I just know how much that hurts / I’m in love with the beauty across the floor her bright voice wakes me up / She’s a songbird every note is pure she’s the coffee in my cup / Turn my music down I hear her through the walls / I love it when she laughs when she answers a call / These apartment walls are paper thin / I can’t wait for our love story to begin / I’m in love with the girl next door although she’s never seen my face / I yearn to spend some quality time with her maybe stay over at her place / I’m not obsessed for once I know it’s pure I’ve often been a hopeless case / I’d love to spend a winter night with her just walking around Astor Place
Loud Love
Flip the switch our colors bleed / In slow motion you are all I need / Your voice teases your eyes shine / Drifting closer to you lost in time / I’ve been dreaming of a loud love lately / One that’s bold enough to call my bluff / One that lets me turns the volume up / Burning daylight half asleep / You’re the echo that I always keep / Hands in the air feeling the breeze / Floating down off of your trapeze / I can’t wait forever I’m tired of waiting for signs / I need you in my arms tonight / Don’t let this moment pass us by / Your voice is a signal your words are a sign / Brief transmissions until you are mine / We are rhythm we rhyme / Mirror images hearts aligned / I can’t wait forever I’m tired of waiting on signs
Perfect
Two open hearted lovers share moments of pure bliss / Approaching pure perfection we both dreamed of this / I am an empty vessel you are a tender soul / We fill each other’s spaces, finally feeling whole / You are perfect let’s stay perfect / We loved the early chapters so effortless and true / An endless list of memories our love grew and grew / All stories have codas every chapter ends / We grew together we were more than friends / Spending our days together, we drift through nights alone / The distance makes it harder your love brings me home / I stand in the shadows, you’re the light I see / The thought of you sustains me, it carries me / Two open hearted lovers learning how to care / So many fateful hours so many stories shared / I hid behind my feelings, you saw right through my heart / We let the silence heal us, build a brand new start
You Are a Wish
I can’t sing the words strong enough / Three simple little words might never be enough / We talk every night and every day / I sing the words my heart can’t say / You opened up my heart I let you in / Let these feelings all rise let it begin / Listen to my voice hear me sing my song for you / You are a wish I hope comes true / Like gentle rays of morning light / My feelings whisper soft and bright / Every single smile feels true / Like the stars aligned and led me straight to you / This could be the start of something rare something real / We don’t know just yet everything we feel / Listen to my voice hear me sing my song to you
Love Letters
Little inside jokes / Words we like to say / Every little moment we squeeze into our day / Echoes in the silence fills an empty room / Tell me what I mean to you / But don’t tell me too soon / Love letters get better / Every line we write / Stay with me tonight / Our story comes to life / Simple little things memories and charms / Every single moment you are in my arms / Your words fill the air my words start a fire / I tell you what you mean to me the thoughts that you inspire / When the hours feel long and the night won’t end / All our whispered secrets circle around again / Hope and fear together put your hand in mine / If I only have this moment I hope you read between the lines.
The Hardest of All
Late in the night I’m unsure of myself learning to love someone else / I quiet the doubts let the old worries fade open my heart to a brand new day / Falling in love is the hardest of all the more you ignore it the faster you fall / You’re not far away you’re not running late just dreaming about an awkward first date / I don’t want anyone else you light up a new part of myself / Keep new feelings close share some with me we’ll work it all out eventually / Not falling in love is the hardest of all once you surrender it’s easy to fall / It’s okay don’t hold it inside hearts grow a more little stronger with time / We both once felt like we’d lost it all but we were just starting to fall / I don’t want anyone else you’re like a mirror of myself / I carry my crush like a treasure I hold I share it with you when you’re ready and bold / In love in love in love
Missing Piece
When you think about the things that keep you up at night / The noises in the woodshed shadows dancing in moonlight / When you think about the dreams that keep you wide awake / The ones that went unanswered the chance you didn’t take / I wish I could be your flashlight I wish I could be your key / Nestled in your pocket set all your worries free / Through every anxious moment through all your hidden fears / I’d stand here beside you drying every single tear / When you think about the past and all you left behind / Every fleeting heartbeat every word you hope to find / When you think about the things that keep you wide awake / The dreams that went unanswered the chance you didn’t take / Let me be the quiet song you hear let me be the whisper in your ear / Let me be the only hand you hold / Arms to keep you warm when nights get cold / The missing piece that makes you feel whole
Maps
I found a map which shows which way we’re supposed to go / The direction our lives will lead / I found a map I used to find my way to you / Every turn I made brought me back to you / Every faded sign every whispered line led me straight to you / Every twist of fate every secret gate opened up to you / I found a map that shows the shortest road / I know I was put here to find you / I found a map I used to find my to you / This map is all I’ll ever need
Midnight Star
Cross my fingers cross my heart / I’ve loved you ever since I felt the first spark / Now every moment I’m in the dark / You light me like a midnight star / I used to run I used to hide / Now I feel brave when you’re by my side / I made a wish you made it real / Show me how true love feels / Hold on tight, don’t let this fade / I’ll keep every promise that I made / I loved you ever since I felt the first spark
Steps
I wish to be the melody that dances in your ears / Whenever you hear music and you leave behind your fears / I wish to be the words of your all time favorite song / That you sing in the shower when no one is around / I wish to be a symphony that echoes in your mind / Whispering gently you can leave your tears behind / I wish to be a memory you hold to your breast / Safer than a secret you keep locked inside your chest / These are the steps I’ll take these are the promises I’ll make / I wish to be the breeze that cools you on summer days / Drifting from the ocean carried across the bay / I wish to be lullaby to sooth your troubled head / A peaceful dream to ease your mind whenever you feel dread / I wish to be the warmth you need whenever you feel cold / To wrap my arms around you as together we grow old / I wish to be the shadow tracing every step you take / Down to the sea where you and me we finally sail away
It’s Time
Each note is carefully chosen measured and metered in lines / The spaces in between our frets gently measure time / Each word is spoken awkwardly I wonder if you meant to rhyme / Stepped back to grab a clearer view I’ll catch my breath some other night / It’s time you believe it’s time you trusted me / To help our love grow to prove to you I know it’s time / I was scared open up to you afraid to show my hurt / You showed me what true love is with every single word / To help our love grow to prove to you I know it’s time it’s time / When I’m with you my whole world starts to shine / Every quiet moment reveals your soul to mine / If you feel it I’ll hold your heart so near / When you need me I will be right here
Maybe
Maybe I was always yours / Maybe you were always mine / Maybe we’ll find each other / When the stars align / Maybe I searched the world / Maybe you were right in view / Maybe every passing moment / Led me straight to you / We move in quiet patterns / Through our separate days / We speak so very softly / Words we’re scared to say / We talk about the future / Feelings fill the room / A place we plan to meet / A address on a street / Maybe I’ll be waiting there / For you / Maybe our hearts are one / Maybe our dreams come true / Maybe we long in silence / Our love comes into view / Maybe the future’s here / Maybe feeling never fade / Maybe our love is waiting / For us to be unafraid
We’re a knot that’s come undone / From strings that once fit nice and tight / I thought you’d be mine forever but you left the other night / I thought we had a future I knew you had a past / I promised you I’d take it slowly you always said it wouldn’t last / You feel like foreign money falling thru my open hands / Your love is an foreign language I’ll never understand / I stare at my phone like a man who knows the truth / If I try just a little harder the future would be ours to lose / The heat of the sun always melts my wings / I curse the god of romance for all the chaos he brings / Your siren song it called to me I’ve always loved that melody / I’m on the rocks of my despair / Our future’s uncertain but I hope you still know I care
The Songs You Sing
I broke all my rules tonight one by one they tear and fray / The songs you sing reveal everything I’d ever hoped to say / I’m not easily confused I felt dazed and dizzy when / The songs you sing your voice just fills the room / I vowed right there and then / To show you how I feel to prove my love is real / I broke all my rules tonight my resolutions fall apart / The songs you sing confess everything they melt my stoic heart / I’m not easily obsessed I try to keep a level head / The songs you sing leave me undressed with every word you said / Sing to me tonight make everything alright / Never knew how heavy the world was till I tried to lift it up / Never knew how much I had given up / Never knew how heavy my heart was till I tried to set it free / Never knew your songs were a skeleton key / I broke all my rules tonight I swore to never to fall again / The songs you sing express everything / I thought I’d never feel again / I’m not easily amused I stay detached and cool / The songs you sing revealing everything / So I break every rule
Call the Saints
We sailed a wine dark sea filled with love and loss / Fought against the tide crossed lines we shouldn’t cross / These shared memories, we can’t forgive or forget / I’m not ready to lose you yet / You were a restless wave I was a sinking stone / Neither of us meant to live a life alone / Let the ashes slumber let silence sing / We found one another we wore the rings / Leave the door wide open won’t you? / Let a little bit of light get through / I move a little bit closer to you / It’s all I want to do be right next to you / Drive to the mountains head to the sea / Were you can be wild and I can be free / Call the saints back home my crusade is done / War is never worth it neither side won / Sands of time have settled the tide was way too high / So turn the page leave the past behind
Lie to Me
You say you need a day to be away from me / If that’s what you need If that’s what you need / I will stand right here and I will wait for you / If you choose to leave I know it’s hard for you / Say the word and I will be right there for you / Should I lie to you? Should you lie to me? / I told you our love was true / You believed me / You told me our love was true / I believed you / If I could say three words you might not leave / But those words would never be true for me
False Prophet
I’ve been known to be pretty impatient / Waiting for a chance to talk to you / I’ve been known to jump to every conclusion / Making a mess of everything I do / I’ve been accused of being a false prophet / Telling friends we’re a perfect fit / I only wish I was this persuasive / With the confidence to get away with it / I’ve got to chill out I’ve got to calm down / I’ve got to hold my horses or get dragged out of town / So please put me in my place please kick sand in my face / Please stop me before I fall in love again / I’ve been known to be anxious and eager / My heart feels jealous and jaded / Of anyone who spends their time with you / I’ve been accused of being bold and brazen
Hourglass
Words of regret we quickly forget when we’re at war / Even when you’re wrong you stay stubborn and strong you love to roar / You bathe your lies in love and deceit why should I stay? / I’m caught in your trap an unfolded map I can’t put away / Everything is ending now / Time moves on and on as we grow apart / Inside of the hourglass every word you say shatters my heart / As every last grain of sand covers my face / I mourn the love we lost and won’t replace / I struggle to breathe at all I gasp for air / Losing you to him hardly seems fair / All of the questions I never thought to ask / Buried forever in your hourglass / Each knot you tie the ropes burn and tear at my side / I charted a path but we got lost when you got sad / Words that you say each half-whispered truth pushed me away / Songs that I sing will never bring you home to me
Phantom Limb
I fumbled with my passcode hoping that you might have called / We parted for the summer break now it’s almost fall / I wrote you once to tell you how much I missed your songs / I dreamed of our reunion, it’s been too long / I telegraphed my feelings I shared every single take / You said you needed time to think about this new mistake / I texted you emoji to brighten up your day / When they went unanswered I knew you wouldn’t stay / You’re my phantom limb / I still feel you here against my skin / I know you’re spending all your nights with him / And not with me and not with me / I sent radio transmissions encased in secret code / But with every x-ray oscar I sent the signal overflowed / As summer nights grew shorter / Our cold distance grew and grew / I had the sinking feeling that we were though
The Crown
So help me I’m in hell you’re the one who’s cast this spell / I know I’m stuck, no place to hide deep inside your well tonight / I try to catch my breath but it’s already gone / You’re the reigning queen I’m just a useless pawn / Who longs to wear the crown love always lets me down / I want to be your king but my dreams don’t mean anything / Days pass slow they turn to weeks / I’m lost for words each time we speak / Once again, I’m in deep I cannot eat, cannot sleep / Your sweet smile is the cause I’m in trouble now because / Finally my day arrives I thank god that I survived / I know I’m caught, nowhere to run / This is my moment in the sun
Seasons Change
Collected jewels and antiques all the things you gave to me / Are they mine? Do they belong to you? / At this point I’m not quite sure what we should do / All my feelings are all mixed up in my room I practice breaking up / I toss and turn I turn and toss I never seem to know what I have until it’s lost / Seasons change and so do I will we regret saying goodbye? / There’s a place upon my shelf I escape and ask myself / Should I cry over you / Empires rise empires fall you and I we’ve seen them all / We raised our flag we set our sails we tried our best but I guess we failed / I followed you to the sun I chased the stars we had our fun / I read the maps, I memorized the charts but I could never navigate your heart / In the end where does love go? We let it ride but it didn’t grow / Time moved on we grew apart we forget ourselves when we deny our heart / The night is cold I cannot sleep in my dreams your memory creeps / Turn and toss i toss and turn these are lessons I never seem to learn
Beginners
A coffee shop we sit and talk your voice echoes off every wall / Two open hearts yours and mine we try to leave the past behind / Love is a chance love is a game so take my hand begin again / An open heart an open mind we try to leave the past behind / Let’s be beginners let’s start tonight / Light every candle fill the room with light / Let’s be beginners start again / Rewrite the story, remain friends / A spark ignites it’s in your eyes I sit and listen mesmerized / Rewrite the script let’s make it last I know our future’s better than our past / Love is a chance love is a game so take my hand let’s start again / Let’s be beginners let’s start again / Rewrite the story, let’s stay friends
So Help Me
I’m done I’m through I’m leaving you goodbye / I’m picking up the pieces of my life / This chapter of my story is ending now / I can’t go on so I’m leaving town / I’m done I’m through I’m leaving you this note / My words are stained with tears and I’m alone / This show has ended I’m going home / The play is over the curtain drawn / So help me to move on / So help me carry on / So help me don’t want to be alone / Picking up the pieces moving on / I’m done I’m through I’m leaving you today / When all the words are counted there’s not much to say / These conversations through and so are we / You weren’t who I expected you to be
Stop Me
Stop me oh stop me / Because I’ve done it before and I’m liable to do it again / I was a simple man / Before I met you / I had plans for today, tomorrow and the rest of my life / Now here I am (here I am) / Standing before you (here I am) / With my heart on my sleeve asking if you’ll be my wife / If I was a better man / I would have told you / My plans for today, tomorrow and the rest of my life
I said I had a lot to think about / Said I needed time to sort it out / You were only trying to lend a hand / I never thought you would understand / How I was feeling / I said things were getting kind of hard / I said I needed a brand new start / I was sad, lonely, and depressed / Searching for a sign and they all point west they all point west / They all point west They all point west / Some days I think life is a cruel, cruel test They all point west / I knew I had a million tears to cry / I knew I had a thousand miles to drive / I packed my bags and silently got dressed / I said my life was getting kind of hard / Wish I was born with a stronger heart / So glad I finally got this off my chest / Searching for a sign and they all point west / They all point west
The Golden Hour
Woke up east of the Salton sea / Eyes peeled on the road out ahead of me / My dreams shine brighter than before / I’ve got nothing to fear anymore / I stood up and stared into the sky / It’s time I leave my pain behind / My will is stronger than before / It’s the golden hour my golden hour / Every empty road I’ve ever run / Every sad song that I’ve ever sung / All lead up to this time and place / The setting sun shines brightly on my face / I sit up and put the car in gear / I’m going to make the most of this new year / My love is stronger than before
Thin Air
Do you remember me from all those years ago / A faded photograph you left out in the snow / Colors of the past fade gently into black / Nothing ever ends nothing ever lasts / Apologies arrive without honesty / Never will forget the way you treated me / Quietly dismissed with your every single word / Some wounds never heal some scars forever burn / You spoke softly whispers reveal truth / I cried softly the day I said goodbye to you / The air is getting thin it’s harder now to breathe / My heart is racing fast as I begin to grieve / When my mind drifts back to sad old memories / I wish I could forget I wish I could just leave / All these wasted words all those wasted years / Left me to hold the flame as i fought back my tears / Dreaming of the day when I can finally breathe / Dreaming of the day when I can soundly sleep
My Heart is Burning
Drowned my heart under the sea / Swept the rug out from under me / Tore me away from everything I knew / All for a chance to know you / You broke my heart in a million ways / Shattered my dreams when you ran away / I still pretend I don’t know why / You know the truth I live the lie / My heart is burning what can I do / My love shined so brightly for you / My world is on fire everything falls apart / I don’t see a future don’t even trust my heart / Sent me a message filled with riddles and clues / Still doesn’t feel real to admit we’re through / I remember the moment I knew our love died / I re-read the message, I missed the signs
Beautiful Words
Every dark sign on this road flickers to life then explodes / I walk on this pavement alone kicking rocks throwing stones / The night is so raw and alive I kill what I need to survive / The moon shines down onto the strand your letter is in my hand / All your beautiful words are meaningless and empty now / Every promise that you ever made a hollow sound / Every promise that you ever made / Obsessed with these letters you wrote I sit and re-read every note / You sealed every one with a kiss I taste the poison on my lips / I wear this cold weight on my heart your words slowly tear me apart / An anchor pulling me down I know I’m going to drown / Our love burned on wildfire hill my desire pines for you still / Your signal turned into a flame / I know that I should move on I still can’t believe you are gone / I never let go of you I thought you knew
Your Life
You spent your whole life hoping waiting for a door to open / You can’t pass the time by counting sheep / You miss the sound of her breathing in the bed beside you sleeping / It’s the only way that you found peace / You spend your days pretending your relationship is not ending / Only to learn some doors are meant to close / You miss the sound of her singing down the hall her voice was ringing / Her songs have all been silenced you suppose / Your life / It’s your life / Every minute, day, and hour you’re alive / When I spent my days with you I felt alive / Memorize each moment they disappeared before you noticed / Time moves on and days drift by alone / You stare at your ceiling try to capture what you’re feeling / Close your eyes and just pick up the phone / Stand up stay open find a better way of coping / Letting go is the only way to heal / You can’t change the way she really feels
Barcelona
JFK in the rain A taxicab switching lanes / Leaving soon for Barcelona / We didn’t work out at all So I packed my clothes in the hall / Answering the call of Barcelona / My ticket is in my hand Someday you will understand / Why I’m leaving you for Barcelona / I never thought I would go But our love has died and so I know / I’ll be better off in Barcelona / All my life I’ve wanted happiness Now it’s in my grasp if I leave you / Halfway around the world I’ll find myself / Finally be myself If I leave you / A million miles in the air Out the window I sit and stare / Dreaming of Barcelona / Leaving it all behind Wondering what I’ll find / A brand new life in Barcelona / Taxiing to the gate Exhausted and running late / I finally see Barcelona / If I leave you
Wildfires
You were a wildfire in the distance burning / Your smoke signals darken up my sky / I never learned to bottle up my yearning / My heart was broken when we said goodbye / You never paused to watch wheels turning / Stretched out before you twisting on the floor / I scream in silence the agony of learning / I felt your sadness I always wanted more / Torn in two my heart keeps beating some fires burn forever / Without you my happiness fades turning into ember, remember me / You life was empty when you stared in the mirror / Days blend together when you never sleep / My life is empty so desperate without you / I feel untethered drowning in a dream / You are a memory floating just beyond me / You never learned to swim along the shore / All my emotions hover and surround me / I feel your sadness I always wanted more / Your wildfires burn my heart
Dark Room
I spend my days in a dark room so far away from the light / In the stillness of the night I know things are not alright / I spend my days in silence words dance between my ears / In the stillness of the night I know there’s still so much to fear / I spend my days in a dark room a prison I design / In the stillness of the night I leave your memory behind / I spend my days in a dark cage in the shadows grasp / In the stillness of the night I know these feelings just won’t last / The past is a foreign country I visit when I can / Your memory surrounds me I will never understand / The future is a passport I use to escape / These dark dreams are killing me a little more each day / I spend my days in a dark room the walls closing in / In the stillness of the night I know I will never be him / I spend my days in a dark maze with ghosts from my past / I spend my days in a dark room everyone can see / In the stillness of the night I’m haunted by your memory
Morning Sun
Broken in two my heart is still beating / Lost in the world my eyes are still bleeding / All I can do is remember to breathe in / Stare at the sky and feel the warmth of the sun / The morning sun / My dreams are alive down hallways they greet me / Try to survive I fight back but they beat me / I survived, standing tall, faced my fear, embraced it all / Still alive, I stand strong, breathe in, breathe out, walk on / Late in the day my bones are still aching / I want to collapse but my body’s still shaking / I survived, standing tall, face my fear, embrace it all
You cut my heart out with a spoon / On a Wednesday night in June / I was standing by the pool / Trying hard to look so cool / Singing songs by REM / I guess you’ve never heard of them / I guess I’m not the man you need no / I tried to be your superhero / I guess I’m not your superhero / I spent the entire night / Just trying to enter your sight / I was standing at the bar / Trying hard to win your heart / You cut my heart out and it’s true / I’ll always be in love with you / I’ll spend the rest of all my days / Trying to recreate those summer ways / And that summer haze
You’re So Punk
You stand in a corner sipping lemonade / I’d tell you my feelings but feelings quickly fade / Gravity is pulling me I can’t pull away not today / You’re so punk so sincere I can’t compete with you my dear / You’re so punk so renaissance I’d hate you but I’m in love / I stood at your window throwing rocks and stones / You screamed out your window leave me the hell alone / I saw you much later at a political ball / I gave you my number you said you’d never call
Star
Coast to coast and sea to sea / I search the world for love to appear to me / A guiding light away from dark / I search for someone who deserves my heart / You’re my star shine so brightly little star / Now that I’ve found you I will never let you go you’re my star / Winter mornings summer nights / You make every moment feel just right / It’s in your eyes it’s in your voice / I fell so hard for you I had no choice / Midnight ends daylight arrives / I found someone I cherish every night / Moonlight smile in a summer rain / I found the only one to ease my pain
Don’t Want to Fall
Saw you for the first time in weeks / You kissed my cheek I gave you a smile / I stared quickly at my feet I was standing still / My heart was running wild / Trying to make sense of that kiss / Which I missed when you left / In my heart there’s been a robbery / Cause for alarm a petty theft / I’ll listen to your stories I’ll listen to them all but I don’t want to ever fall / I don’t want to fall in love again I don’t want to fall at all / I don’t want to fall in love again I don’t want to fall / Flirting with me over the phone / When I’m alone and the lights are out / A whisper that warms my ear / The coast is clear my defenses are down / Cause when I fall I fall deep inside a well / My whole life’s a living hell and I can’t break free / When I fall I feel so far away from sun / I know you’re the only one who can set me free
Yeah
They say that absence makes a lonely heart grow fonder / If that’s true I can’t wait any longer / How could I grow any more fond of you? Seems impossible but it’s true. Oh yeah. / They say beauty’s in the eye of the beholder / All I ever all I ever want to do is hold you / Why can’t I ever get a hold of you? You’re too beautiful to be true. Oh yeah. / They say opposites attract. If that’s true, why won’t you react / I don’t believe in push and pull / Love you so much my heart is full. You’re too perfect to be true. Oh yeah. / They say love always finds a way. If that’s true, then I’ll be brave today / I will study maps and charts I hope to one day win your heart / I hope you feel that way too. Oh yeah. / They say modern love is honest, fair, and kind / I want to move forward you always press rewind / I don’t care about our past. I see our future want to make it last / Do you feel that way too? Oh yeah.
Flirt
I saw the prettiest girl yesterday / She had long blonde hair with just a touch of gray / Its true, this song is for you / I blacked out the day we met / I took a chance and placed the world’s biggest bet on you / You made my dreams come true / It’s ok to flirt flirt until it hurts / If you love her madly you need her badly go on and flirt / I was a loner I kept to the back / Your beauty stopped me dead in my tracks / They say nothing ventured nothing gained / I knew my life would never ever be the same / Without you without you / You are the rainbow in my cloudy day / You make me want to be a better man today / You know I’ll love you til the day I die / I’ll stand beside you darling every single night It’s true I love you
Days of Gold
You lied for love never cared about my heart / Deaf and dumb you played me from the start / The days of gold tattered pages on the floor / The lies you told bottles drifting to the shore / You traded truth for opportunity never once thought about you and me / Tore me limb from limb / I died that night never saw the coming light / I wore the dash glass landed left and right / The nights are cold cracked pavement whispers memories / The lies you told disappear into the breeze / Guilt by association citizen without a nation immigrant without a home / Crimes of indiscretion your innocent confession left me all alone / I tried so hard to separate your fact from fiction / You found it hard to show me any affection / The days of gold whisper secrets in the air / Your last words proved you never really cared
Sweetest Thing
Left alone and right or wrong this is how it began / Born on Sunday morning to a disinterested man / Crying out for help they cut the cord too soon left me all alone inside the room / The gardener checked out once the seed was planted / Searching for himself among the traffic / Love dissolved so silently at first I had no clue that nothing that I knew in life was true / That’s only where the story starts there’s so much more to write / The author of this novel writes a chapter every night / With words I’ve only borrowed and thoughts I’ve had to steal / I can’t repay my debts and that’s what’s real / It’s a mystery to me why you stay with me love is the sweetest thing / So dangerously beautiful it’s hard to look away / Hidden in the anger of another sunny day / Lost in all directions not open to a guide / Unsure if my salvation starts tonight / Honey on my tongue now everything tastes bland / Everything I want in life slips out of my hands / Choosing to abandon ship to swim for brighter shores / Collapse in your sun drenched arms once more
To the Quick
One million summer nights I’ve walked this empty avenue / I memorized a million words forgot them all when I saw you / These haunted city streets whisper their secrets in the air / I’ve loved you my whole life but life’s not always fair / My nails are bitten to the quick my broken heart is on display / My nails are bitten to the quick I let this moment slip away / One million wounded hearts are beating in my chest / The arrow played its part your perfect aim did all the rest / These deadly summer nights you’re the hunter I’m your prey / I feel dizzy from the heat of your city by the bay / One million summer stars shine so brightly in your skies / Your arrow entered me I just closed my hazel eyes / You stayed silent and dark a mystery without a clue / I hope you wouldn’t see the teardrops on my shoes / One million little cuts left me bleeding in the sun / From the moment we first met my life has come undone / You’ve had a pull on me like a magnet moves thru air
Perfect Day
It’s a perfect day to open up your eyes / See the beauty that lies so deep inside / It’s a perfect day to open up your heart / Say what’s on your mind there’s no better time / It’s so true my love for you never goes away / That’s so you to lead me to a perfect day / It’s a perfect day to open up your hands / Hold on to something real something no one else can steal / It’s a perfect day to finally sing your song / We’ve been waiting for so long for you to feel strong / It’s a perfect day to raise your voice and sing / So come on and let it ring, it’s everything
Chill in the air colored lights everywhere I’m driving down the coast / Sun sets in the west I will never forget last Christmas Eve the most / You stood by the tree ornamentally awash in candle light / My mind drifts back to the first day we met when everything felt right / I don’t care how it feels when you break every piece of me / It’s not fair that life goes on when I know you’re leaving me / I’ll always remember last December I’ll always remember / Pull me in close I love it the most when you hand is pressed in mine / You whisper some words I barely heard but it ended with “another time” / Head full of distress my mind was a mess when I quickly fled the scene / Put my feet on the floor I ran for the door and tried not to be seen / I remember every word you ever said to me / I remember every day you ever spent with me / I’ll always remember last December I’ll always remember last December / Snow on the street melting under my feet the wind is blowing hard / Running outside with my hands on my eyes dashing for the car / You were once sweet like candy we would eat as we’re strolling in the park / I don’t know what changed how we got so estranged how everything went dark
Sirens
A drop in the ocean a stone in the sea / I move in slow motion you lie next to me / Your voice softly whispers as I’m falling asleep / My eyes are so heavy my dreams are so deep / I hear your whisper when you’re singing my song / I could never resist you I can’t hold out for long / Your eyes are the ocean so deep and so blue / I’m lost in your gaze I surrender to you / Our future is waiting out past the debris / Inside of our room you lie next to me / You are magic and wonder the call of the sea / The spell I am under washes over me / Siren sing your song to me
Your Ghost
My mind is racing as fast as can be / I’m searching for the words to save you and save me / Each day’s a struggle we’ve been at war / These days I don’t know which side we’re fighting on anymore / Nothing ever lasts no matter how hard I try / You drift into my past when we say goodbye / Someday you will be another hazy memory / My heart is haunted your ghost is all I see / I see you packing outside my door / I wonder if in a day you’ll even live here anymore / Nothing ever lasts no matter how I try / You drift into my past as we say goodbye / My heart is beating as fast as can be / Your words leave scars across my face / Nothing else matters if you leave without a trace
Modern Heartbreak
It’s so hard to say I’m sorry / Grows harder each and every day / I lie awake each morning / Wishing I could make you stay / It’s so hard to say I miss you / I dwell on my mistakes / I dream about each moment / Wishing I could change our fate / Modern heartbreak / I tore your world apart / You trusted me / I gambled with you heart / It’s so hard to say I’m lonely / I pushed you very far away / I miss you more each day / Words won’t heal you anyway
Avalanche
Falling I’m falling falling I’m falling / When I was young and the world was awake / I would climb every mountain every step I could take / In came the rain to darken my way / Confuse all my choices and lead me astray / When I was young and the world was asleep / I would ride every wave no matter how steep / You were the storm you swept me away / I was pulled under still feel that way / Your love is an avalanche and you bury me alive / I can barely breathe when you are near / How will I survive? / When I was young and the world was alive / I would swim every ocean I fought to survive / The winds were shifting the fires were lit / I was just floating above all of it
Faded
We took it slow I loved you from our first heartbeat / Now I know I needed you more than you did / All our love faded like ink on paper / All our days bleed into one another / We were close I still feel you on my body / Miss the thrill when we crash into each other / Each memory a faded recollection / All the days grow darker and darker still / Say my name I need to hear your whisper / Now I know we’ll never be together / Until the end you said that you’d always love me / We were one now we’ve faded.. We’ve faded / We’ll meet again in a sunlit room / You’ll be the bride to someone else’s groom / We drift apart a little more each day / We don’t burn out / We just fade away
Sweetness
The damage has been done night wraps around the sun / You tore my world apart my hope is fleeting / A day I won’t forget a moment of regret / A dagger in my side my pulse still beating / You were my sweetness my sweetness / The jealousy and pain is all that still remains / A vision haunts my dreams your words repeating / The damage has been done I thought you were the one / I burned so hard for you left my heart beating / You
Under the Crystal Moon
At the golden hour I watch the daylight fade / A true reflection of every choice I’ve ever made / You were inspiration you set my heart aflame / You were pure affection I loved to hear your name / Upside down I feel upside down / When you’re not around / Stars explode above me under the crystal moon / The air feels heavy inside my empty room / You were pure perfection a shining mirrored gown / I feared your rejection so I let you down
Solid Ground
Morning I drink my coffee / I yawn and look around / It’s early It’s still snowing / The world makes no sound / I miss you I still love you / I need you around / But I can’t be near you until you’re on solid ground / I’m lonely without you / My books all spread around / I remember the moments / Your smile made me proud / I know I stay quiet / When you are around / I know that you’re struggling / Help can’t be found / But I can’t be near you / Until you’re on solid ground
A Dent in the Universe
I tried to make a dent in the universe I tried to paint a masterpiece / I asked you show me where it hurt I never thought you’d point to me / I wanted you to smile I wanted us to grow / I love you more than you will ever know / Why is the world so filled with darkness when the sky is full of stars / You are not a distant memory you’re the ache in my heart / I long to hold you closer and press your hand to mine / Know I’ll always love you until the end of time / I tried the climb your highest mountain I tried to swim your wildest sea. / I tried to make a dent in the universe so you’d remember me
I remember / A wild midsummer night / I was ember / You were the spark that set me alight / Every little word melts my heart / Every little flirt turns to spark / These sparks are turning into flames I burn for you again / Watching fireworks explode / I was matches / You were the spark that made me lose control
The Heat We Create
I shared your sadness when we first met / Your hands were cold your feet were wet / That’s when I knew you needed me / Our lights form a soft white glow tires move across an open road / Mile by mile the landscape bleeds / The night calls the stars just bend falling down at our very whim / Arm in arm we make our escape / You’ve never felt the way love moves across a summer day / You’ve never felt the heat we create / You’ve never known a safer place to store your heart away / Never leave me alone / I watch the oceans and the windswept seas places once hidden from me / Places I thought I’d never see / I dreamt of fire and light a warm feeling in the night / Someone to hold me tight / Each day closer we grow watch the sun rise from our window / The sun ascends into the sky / The more we share the closer we are drop a wish upon the nearest star / Before we fall asleep at night
Silent Street
Down a silent street I saw you first / You looked so nervous, like a father at birth / If I had only smoked, I’d offer you a cigarette / If I had only spoke, I wouldn’t feel this regret / A chance encounter on a empty city street / I walk away, wounded from self defeat / No conversation, no way to break the ice / Distance and history between us tonight / I never understand why things don’t go as I planned / I stand in defeat on this silent street / Though I may curse the night that you came into my life / I can’t let you go / I had it planned, knew just what I would say / But when I saw you my courage went away / Ink on my hands, bleeds in the rain / Runs to the ground and down the drain / So I write these postcards to you / Each and every day / Every line I write has a little less to say / What good are words that you’ll never read / What good is love that you’ll never see
Painted Lines
There are no rules there are no signs / We’re all just fools chasing painted lines / Across lost highways down landing strips / All sad cliches and wasted trips / I’ve been asleep wasting my breath / Woke from my dreams when i witnessed your death / It changed my mind it changed how i see / It changed everything i ever was and everything i ever hope to be / I survived the long long night / I swam upstream I learned to fight / I learned to claim what was rightfully mine / I learned that everything worth anything / Can take some time / There are no rules / There are no signs / We are all fools / Chasing painted lines / Turning lost highways / Into driveways / Full of parades
Receiver Blues
I’m the king of retrospect after all what did you expect to see / From a broken soul like me / Just a pawn in this cruel game I keep betting all the same / Tomorrow’s a new day / After all is said and done I remain the lonely one / After all I made this call / You’ve just had to take the news live with the receiver blues / I’ve got to live with delivering this blow / To someone I used to know / You know I didn’t want it to end like this I only needed time apart / Never really wanted to say these words that’s why I guess I broke your heart / That’s why I guess I broke your heart / Life is full of catch-22’s but what am I supposed to do / With guilt I’m neither owed or due / It’s a dance where no one leads but she who follows gets to bleeds / From news they never thought they would receive / It’s a race with no first place breaking up at any pace / Is dangerous, at least it was to us
Summerland
You know we may grow apart / You can’t change or rearrange your heart / Life moves on these days will soon pass / I don’t want to breathe / I don’t want to leave your side / I will breathe reluctantly and drive / On this road over curves unknown / Our life
The Choir
Mistakes I have made ones I’ve yet to make / All meet daily deep inside my mind / All tell tales of ingenues lost nights and midnight moons / Leave me restless aching as I sleep sad voices from the deep / Places I have stayed rooms of distrust with beds unmade / All of my enemies gather as I dream / All sing sad songs of woe hymns for people I don’t know / A requiem for those who passed away / The voices have their say / Words I have said I offer prayers to wake the dead / Lonely in the early morning light / Surrender to the light of grace I wait for sunshine on my face / An offering for those who go before the voices know the score
Loosen Up
Riding these waves we struggle to explain / We say our peace take our sides / As words tear apart our lives / Time is what we need space apart room to breathe / When you can’t hear a word you say / It’s time for a getaway / Come on come on loosen up / Come on come on and look around / The sun is still up the stars haven’t come out / Strong as we may seem we fall apart at every seam / Blown by every breeze / Into wine dark seas / Love will remain when everything else has changed / If you try to tear us apart / You’ll only build a stronger heart
Hope You Know
It’s a sad and complex case I’m still running in place / No map, no direction, no home / All the gadgets tricks and toys can’t drown out the infernal noise / Of a heart that is open yet alone / I sit in quiet reflection but I can’t look I can’t look you in the eyes / Your riches have been replaced with lies / I hope you know I loved you in my quiet messed up way / And when I close my eyes at night you’re not so far away / And I hope you know i needed you even if our love is gone / When I looked for your reflection you’d moved on / I hoped for your affection but I cannot I can’t wait all my life / It’s a sad and hopeless truth when you know she’s abandoned you / No words, no reason, no clue / All the love you felt inside has grown quiet and has died / And your heart remains open and alone / I sit in quiet reflection but I can’t look / I can’t look you in the eyes / Your dreams have grown quiet my dreams have grown quiet / Our dreams have grown quiet in this place
Sweet Thursday
In this city of caffeine, sidewalks and streets / I wrote some words to hand you if ever again we meet / I’ve traveled like a person should, I’ve read all I can / Time is lost, I count the cost again and again and again / Why’d you leave me standing here / As if my feet had disappeared as if my eyes were shut / I can’t bring you back again, change the days from now to then / So I have nothing left to say / But I wish you a sweet Thursday / In this city of regret the past isn’t easy to forget / Distractions pass beside you nightly and lead you to their beds / I’ve followed all those paths, slept in those strange beds / I didn’t find an answer, all I learned was regret
Another sad parade one more soul we lost to hate / I mourn alone behind these gates one more cause was just erased / A rueful elegy not what I hoped this year would be / A world where pieces never fit and there’s no escaping it / A sea of silence fills the air into the emptiness I dare / I search for silver linings everywhere a sea of silence fills the air / A rogue wave swept you away the ocean taught me to be brave / In a moment the world changed a million lives never the same / Every lesson ever learned flew away like morning birds / Your face reflects inside my screen from sea to shining sea I scream
Stare at The Sun
My smile burns much brighter when I hear you say my name / The sound of choirs surround me and my heart bursts into flame / I stare at the sun until it blinds me search for a spark until you ignite me / You’re my true companion my first and only crush / The weather changes quickly when I hear you say let’s keep in touch / The future’s dark without you I don’t know which road to choose / I never should have let you go two loveless hearts with everything to lose / You’re my history a torn out page from my diary / You’re a mystery a missing puzzle piece that eludes me / You’re my memory a worn out star falling to ground / You’re my memory a distant sunset fading without you around
Trouble Me
I know you and I aren’t friends you can trouble me / I’m an ear that you can bend you can trouble me / I know we haven’t talked in years you can trouble me / I know you’re hiding from your fears / Anytime you’re on the ledge / You can, you can trouble me / Anytime you’re at the edge / I know we don’t see eye to eye you can trouble me / I’ll be waiting on the line you can trouble me / I know you and I don’t speak you can trouble me / Call me when you’re feeling weak
Summer Nights
Your eyes hold no secrets / Fireflies shine electric / I knew how you were feeling out in the open a nerve ending / Streetlights blind I watch you leaving / My shaking voice betrayed my feelings / We were one now separated we were alone before we dated / Rain falls over the ocean summer nights fill me with emotion / They’re calling out to me you’re calling out to me / Moonlight my cold companion / Walking home soaked to the bone / Daylight a stark reminder we were alight now we’re alone / You’re calling out to me / You’re calling out
Little Earthquakes
Sunshine burns my tender skin / I feel lost in another tailspin / Cracks form across the floor / I feel like I’ve lost another war / These little earthquakes shake the walls outside / I know I’ll never change your mind, I’ve tried / My seawall braves your ocean waves / I feel like I can’t be saved / Rain falls all over me / I feel like I can barely breathe / Moonlight shines until we fall asleep / Pierce the dark invade my dreams / Leave me here never say goodbye / I lived for you, you never cared enough to try
Lost in Space
Atoms smashing in the dark I was paper, you were spark / We only went out on a lark you broke my heart, tore it apart / Help me count the days that I’ve been lost in space / I need you more right now than you could ever know / You’re someone I can’t replace / Last summer I was falling you rode the storm and I was all in / You brought the wind I felt every drop of rain / You walked away I knelt down in pain / We felt the the weather changing / You grew cold and I was still pretending / When I felt your kiss my heart just knew / You’re leaving soon and there was nothing I could do
Electric Heart
Don’t come here for sympathy after you’ve broken my heart / I wanted a future I guess you wanted a new start / Don’t call when you’re lonely whenever you can’t sleep / I may be moving on slowly but I’m dreaming new dreams / You kickstarted my electric heart / My electric heart / Don’t come here for patience after you’ve wasted my time / I wanted a future you left me naked and blind / Don’t call when you’re lonely when you can’t find peace
All These Broken Things
A house divided piece by piece / Faded photographs and other useless things / I toss them out and feel a little less complete / I rip the pages throw the book out to the street / Each night we speak you advance I retreat / Sharp words cold feet I look around and I see all these broken things / A life examined thought by thought / The days dissolve my tender mind just rots / Nothing ever feels the same as before / A faceless memory, another casualty of war / I would have been yours forever / I would have followed you anywhere / I would loved you anyway
Sleeping In
I’ve been sleeping in staying safe and quiet / Watch the sun rise and fall while the whole world riots / Missing you though it all / Let the sunlight fill the room burn off marine layer / Watch the clouds fly by drifting off into the air / You were quiet and shy / Stay with me you know I won’t let you go / I can’t let you go I love you so / You never said goodbye no matter how hard I tried / We never found a way to make it work / No matter how much I hurt / No matter how much you hurt
Waking Dream
You wear your shyness like a veil I never could see thru it / I wait for darkness to descend you ran right to it / You always were the first to bail, an Irish goodbye / You never said you were my friend, I never wanted you to try / You wear your honesty out loud I never got used to the taste / You mixed all my favorite drinks never told me they were laced / You think that truth is a laugh but only how I do it / You and I talk about the past just to live thru it / You wear your honor like a shield so I fell on your sword / I never wanted you to feel like I needed the reward / You hung me up upon your shelf with your prized possessions / I learned to spend my time alone now I see you’re just selfish / Say goodbye to love shake me from this waking dream / I remind myself there’s so much life out there for me
I don’t know why I no longer sleep / I chase the day each time I lay my head down / I race the ghost of you / Everytime I close my eyes / Slip into a world where we are fine / Promises I make keep breaking down / Haunting my waking dreams / Forcing me to see / I long to be on holiday at peace / But this war we’re waging / Can’t keep raging on and on / The more we’re aging / Empty cages rattle on and on / Chasing lies / Wasting our precious time
Dark Moon
Once in a time when you were still mine / When we were in love with the stars above / You said to me there’s something that I want to be / Something that I’ll never see if I stay with you / I turned away you thought I had nothing to say / I turned blue there was nothing I could do / It was a dark moon a dark moon / A minor chord tune a dark moon / I slept till noon morning came much too soon / I pulled the covers over my head and waited for night to descend / You felt it too there’s something coming over you / So many things we’ll never do again / You broke my heart tore it all apart / Left me on my own how could I ever live without you
Aloha
You had me right where you wanted / Right when you wanted me / Took your time baited your hook / Just one look deceived me / One fall day you packed what you needed / Just what you needed to take / On that day I watched you leaving / I fell to my knees with nothing left to say / Aloha / When you left / I stood and waited / On the street you evaded / Hoping you’d return / Sunset came / You never looked back / My eyes were black / My skin was burned
Empty Days
I know you aren’t filled with magic / But you heal me anyway / Offer me with your sense of wonder / Help fill my empty days / Aspirin, coffee, fear and longing / The ingredients of pain / If you show how you know me / Maybe we could start again / When I’m with you I’m not scared and I’ll never be alone / You keep me up I keep you down I follow you all over town / I know you are not an angel / You see through me anyway / To concentrate on things I hate / Won’t make the pain go away / I knew you when you were lonely / I wasn’t strong enough to fight / Somehow you found strength for both of us / And I sing my love tonight
The Other Man
You said you didn’t know if I should stay or go that it wouldn’t matter soon / At the time I didn’t believe that you would ever leave follow your heart / I said I didn’t care I wouldn’t miss the way your hair curls around your ears / I stare at your photograph all evening for a laugh / Until the sun streams in my room / I can’t think about you today / I can’t make this feeling go away until you understand / I wish that I could be everything you need / So I wouldn’t be the other man / The other man / You said you didn’t mind you weren’t my type I wouldn’t even remember you / But my heart my heart just knew that the words you spoke weren’t true / I’d never forget you / I believed all your lies even at the time that I said goodbye to you / I said the rivers are wide and long and if the currents aren’t too strong / I would find someone soon / I shouldn’t think about you today when I was the one who let you get away / I let you leave I wish that I could be everything you need / So I wouldn’t be the other man the other man
Sea of My Heart
In the sea of my heart / The sea of my heart I know / Seasons depart we grow / As everything moves faster and still faster / My heart slows down because it’s found a home. / Instead of staying out and getting plastered / I’d rather stay inside with you alone / The sea of my heart now I know / My feelings for you are no longer hidden / I want to shout it out to all the world / I found the piece of life I had been missing / I found what I was lacking all along / The sea of my heart / Now I know
Come September
It was a melancholy May a string of truly forgettable days / I only wanted to stay in your arms / But you were gone in June when the sun eclipsed the moon / The birds all sang out of tune when you said you’re leaving / July oh why why why do you torture me like this / I only wanted one last kiss instead of a sunburn / August made a fool of us but I still don’t know why / Phone bills stacked to the sky I bounced these checks / But come September you’ll remember me / When the leaves turn from green to red / When October leaves turn brown again / You’ll need a friend for November days / December nights get cold and wet and gray / January drags along like the verse to an old rock and roll song / On a February day we get to the chorus / March away with me on a April day down by the sea / When the cold wind whips in your face off the ocean
Moonlight, Midnight
It’s late and we’re standing side by side / On a wooden pier out by the ocean / The stars dance so lightly on the waves / And you hold me tightly so I won’t escape / We’ve traveled so far from our home built a new life / Made new friends & kept the old life moves on / In the moonlight, at midnight with you / We walk into a restaurant / Grab a table and talk all night / No rules, no curfew tonight on holiday / We talk about how funny life can be / The simple things that brought us together / Choices that we made that turned out right / How lucky we are
Ballast
If everything’s supposed to be heavy why do I feel so light? / If love is supposed to knock me down why doesn’t this feel right? / If life is supposed to weigh me down why do I feel free? / If life is full of magic where are the sparks I should see? / I wish I felt the weight of the world I wish I felt the weight of the world / I wish…. I felt anything at all / If the world is supposed to be random / Why do I feel in perfect control? / If love is a dance for two why don’t I miss you? / I wish I felt the weight of the world / In your bed when we kiss / You say three words I won’t repeat / Even if I wanted to it’s not true / Not yet, just give me time / I’ll find my own words my way to say how much you mean to me
Black Bird
Walking in the park amid all these restless leaves / I’ve been swimming in the dark sleeping in a den of thieves / Turned left past a corner store full of things I can’t afford / When things seem out of reach that’s when I want them even more / I felt alone I know you’re my home / This black bird has finally flown / My heart has grown / All these tears seem wasted now filled the days I won’t recall / The only thing I learned at all is to brace yourself before you fall / Slowly making my way south across roads paved with new ideas / I tried so hard to figure out just what I was doing here
This highway keeps moving / On an early afternoon / Sun moving down my frets towards you / Mountains guard and keep us safe / We make our way plan our escape / Planned for months packed for days / We drive all day / Highway one mile by mile up the coast in style / One weekend one highway today / The sea defends our other side / We’re left to stay the yellow line / Up the coast with arms outstretched / We feel refreshed
The Importance of Speed
There’s a way that you walk when you’re afraid / There’s a way that I talk when I’ve got nothing to say / It’s been this way for weeks you and I both know / Cold empty sheets and nowhere else to grow / It’s only fear that enters your head / Preventing you from moving ahead / It’s only doubt that clouds your mind / From moving on / I know it’s over / I know it’s bound to end / I don’t want to lose a friend / I know it was bound to die / I don’t want to lose you tonight / The hour’s getting late the moon is down / Sleepless again out on the town / I threw it out tossed it all aside / This relationship is lost with the tide
Summer’s Heart
The moon revolves round all of us / The sun chooses one to kiss / Warmed by your touch / I never knew I needed it so much / Deep within the summer’s heart / It’s the best place to start / Opening up / I never knew I could feel your touch / Falling in love is a simple thing / Swept by the waves that summer bring / They call it a crush / I never knew I needed you so much
Texas
Sweet as the sugar that’s on my tongue / Leaving a place I don’t belong / Dust on the path where my shoes once fell / I’m in hell / Spending my time on a train heading east / Watching ice melt at my feet / Trying to sleep, can’t for the dreams / Hunting me / I won’t miss Texas anymore I won’t miss you / When I left you, you were asleep / Holding the pillow you thought was me / When you rise you’ll realize / I’ve been lying all this time
Real Tears
I rest my head against my window seat / Watch every single raindrop fly past me / The sky is empty and gray / I’ve been bouncing off these walls all day / I flew all this way ror real tears / My life story is hidden in the cracks / Life keeps throwing punches / I’m learning to hit back / Days like these feel like they never end / I wish I was home again / I finally found a friend in real tears / I can’t say it’s for the best / To get these feelings off of my chest / Life has a way of heading south / I can’t say I’m worse for wear / For putting my true self out there / Luck has a way of running out / My string of sleepless nights is now complete / And I’m finding ways to get back on my feet / From time to time I still cry and I don’t even know why / But I’m starting to lose the fear of real tears
Fault Lines
Sing the saddest song you’ve ever known / Divide up the contents of your home / If you’re still breathing, then you’re alive / If you are leaving, I’ll survive / Collect all the photographs you have / Those fond memories sadly never last / If you’re still standing all alone / Waiting for an invitation home / In the fault lines we bury all our blame / In the fault lines we walked for days / In the fault lines i went searching for a clue / In the fault lines me and you / How can I move on? Where will I find strength? / I can’t be left alone with all this pain / How will I learn to let go? / How will I learn to breathe? / How can I move on / When you leave / Walk along the ocean one fall day / On a southern coast a thousand miles away / Feel the wind burning your face / Still searching for your place
Almost Forgot
Another sunny morning on the 405 alone / Woke up extra early from empty bed to road / Turned on the music found my favorite song / Turned the volume up so I could sing along / I almost forgot / This cold cold feeling in my heart / I was in love / Another dark evening driving home alone / Headlight blinding me tears overflow / Turned a dark corner to sit and reflect / I should be home but I’m not ready yet
These Wings
I’m a little distraction floating past your eyes / Hoping to catch your attention tonight / Drifting on by dancing on air / Hoping that I catch your stare / My head is light I can hardly breathe / Anticipation washes over me / Day in the park night at our beach / Waves crash over our heads / You’re out of reach / These wings are coming unglued / I lose my will every time I talk to you / When I talk to you I will / Struggle for words search for a key / To open the lock that you keep around me / My hands are shaking my eyes are dry / I spoke from my heart you just waved me goodbye / I struggled for words I called out your name / You left me alone all alone with my pain
When We Speak
Little new arrangements changes in inflection / Make all of the difference / When we speak / Subtle soft movement shift of weight and attention / The beauty of the moment / Why / Little blue earrings the ones you’re always wearing / Shine in my eyes
Open
The sky is filled with stars I’m not sleeping in my bed / How can I fall asleep with your words still in my head? / You’re open although it’s clear / You don’t know which way you’re headed / If you don’t decide soon you’ll never amount to anything / I try to rest against you but I still can’t close my eyes / My mind will not be quiet my tears will not dry / I’m open although it’s clear / I’m not sure which way I’m heading / If you don’t believe me now I will never convince you of anything / The lights are all turned off all the shopkeepers are home / It’s the perfect time for me to walk alone / I end my aimless wandering fumble with my key / You wait in the doorway and whisper “come to bed with me” / I’m not sure which way we’re heading / With you by my side I know we can handle anything
When
When will my heart slow down? / When will my thoughts not race? / When will I just relax? / Finally give up the chase / When will I be myself? / When will I feel at home? / When will I not care so much? / About growing up alone / When will I feel alive? / When will I not be afraid? / What we have is pretty great / Enjoy what we have made / When will I sleep sound? / When will I find peace? / When will I be fine alone? / So I can find relief / When will I let go? / When will I feel fine? / When will I feel secure? / Know you are mine
Eventually
When you burn the branches off your family tree / You run wild with choices chase opportunity / When you leave the nest broken though it be / You’re out in the open unbroken, wild and free / Water finds its way back to the sea / Eventually Eventually / You will learn who you are meant to be / When you learn the lessons life loves to impart / Make the most of what you have don’t get so torn apart / When you hear the voices ringing in your ears / Just keep moving forward I’ll be here / You’ll will learn who you are meant to be / Can’t you see?
Night falls silently around this troubled town / Every since you went away your memories remain / Ever since you left I’ve been missing you / Back then I didn’t believe you would ever leave / Even to this day I can’t explain away / I can’t explain why you never called / Stars may fall / The sky seems emptier at night since you left town / My heart is on the ground you walk carelessly around / You walk right out of my life I watched it all / And still you say that you had to leave / A tired old story that you still love me / That’s a lie I find hard to believe / But you still tell it you still say that / I will come to terms with why you left / You’ll keep this on your heart this is your fatal flaw / Your achilles heel you’ll always feel
Disco
Met you in a dark and empty hall / Backlit by a floating disco ball / Tiny little diamonds shone in your eyes / Like the soft glow of a million Christmas lights / Search the room for a secret sacred space / Away from music you and I escape / Trade stories of our lives, our hopes, our fears / Make sense of why fate brought you here / Here / Conversation always fails to be / Everything your heart wants it to be / You search in vain for words you should have said / Focus on the pain and the regret / Regret / Anticipation hung in the air like humidity / I could feel the night getting ahead of me / If you would follow me anywhere I roam / Then anywhere I’d find myself was home / Home
Black Coffee
My heart was exploding but somehow I survived / Saved by a pristine moment where karma, faith, and luck collide / One gorgeous sun soaked evening I watched you drive away / I felt a chill surround me that’s never gone away / Each day I fight to win back what once came easily / I twist and turn alone but you won’t come back to me / Each morning I wake where we once laughed / I drink black coffee til you come back / I was so lost and lonely wandered for days and days / Looked to the stars for wisdom anything to find a way / My heart was exploding somehow I survived / Thanks to that pristine moment / Where karma, faith, and luck collide
Lost
A tired young man on a road heading west / Driving towards the sunset searching for some rest / From a phone booth in the mission to a line way out of state / I was missing my connection I was desperately late / I called you from SFO I called you at home / I called you from SFO so I wouldn’t feel so alone / Lost inside my mirror ran outside to clear my head / Looking for redemption for everything I ever said / Silent apprehension cold water on my face / Staring into rain clouds anything to stay awake / Where I end is where you begin but where are you now? / Where I am feels so brand new / Why do I feel lost? Why am I still lost?
Anchor & Wave
I was the anchor you were the wave you knocked me over I couldn’t be saved / I struggled I screamed I swam for safety you turned from me / I kept swimming against the tide I was afraid so I cried / I fought back I gasped for air not that you worried not that you cared / I kept moving towards the sun I survived I was the only one / I kept running sometimes I’d walk often I missed you I wished we could talk / I wasn’t sleeping lost in a daze I didn’t know how to paint out the gray / Lost in my dreams lost in bad news lost in pipe dreams and basement views / I lost direction I sold my map I sought cheap affection I bought crap / I drove for ages You were nowhere near / I acted courageous all I felt was fear / I was the anchor you were the wave / I nearly fell under I thought I couldn’t be saved / I thought I couldn’t be saved
A Smile That’s Mine
Tonight I’m standing all alone far from my warm and safe home / Wondering if you are alright / Are you out walking down my street? Or drunk with roses at your feet? / Are you lost in thought tonight? / Thinking of you warms my heart / Being without you is hell / I keep these reminders of our love all to myself / It’s late on Second Avenue I can only think of you / Wonder if you do the same / Are you with friends or all alone? / Walking barefoot in your home? / Are you whispering my name? / Because I know there’s a place / There’s a time there’s a smile that’s only mine / When I’m alone I keep it close / I keep it to myself
Downtown Dream
It was a windswept summer day / The rain beat down on my cold shoulders / Everything felt ok my gray mood was melting slowly / Overworked, dead tired working from muscle memory / I fell asleep inside a downtown cab in Chelsea / I had a dream so vivid / Never knew I could dream in color / You and I starred in it / We’ve never been such lovers / I’ve always hated phones / I called that day to tell you / I didn’t feel so all alone the fog I felt had lifted / Overwhelmed and fried working from muscle memory
Natural
Hey you walking down the avenue / I think I used to know you I think we were a pair / We used to be loud hang out with same crowd / Walk home arm in arm now it all depends / Do you recall Central Park in fall? / How we used to try a little to have it all? / How we used to have serious fun? / Do you remember way back in December? / We hung the tinsel on the tree it was just you and me / How we loved it / I watch you move under skies of blue / Makes me search for the perfect words to say / If it’s true that I’m losing you / I guess it don’t matter anyway / Do you remember spring brings life to everything / But it was the death of us and was it really cause I didn’t call / I do I do I do I do I do I do
Hey Cupid
Are we lovers? Are we friends? / It’s ok if you don’t answer / It’s ok for you to tell me you don’t know / Will we stay the best of friends? / Or will we drift apart forever? / It’s ok for you to tell me take it slow / Hey cupid can’t you see you’re ruining me / Since love is blind I’ve got to find another way / I’ve been waiting for this moment every day
The Ocean
The ocean never rests out west summer waves melt slow to shore / Two lovers having fun a blood orange sun / A love they can’t ignore / The ocean knows no enemies embraced by the moonlit shore / There’s no wrong or right in the silent dark night / Oh last night I was wandering near the waves on my own / Oh last night I started wondering when will you come home / The ocean never sleeps at night waves crash on the shore / Two lovers hold still bending to the will
We Talk of Shapes
We talk of shapes and bungee cords / Take the highway west in a pale blue ford / You want to be real I want to be you / I want to remember everything about you / We talk of shapes you are the sand / Slipping in between my hands / You are so warm you are the heat / A summer day an ice cold treat / When the waves come crashing the sea wall breaks / When stars are aligned everything’s just right / I give my love away I give my love away / We talk of shapes you’re my north star / I follow you wherever you are / We talk of shapes you are a key / You open up every part of me
Missing You
There is a place where I still dream far from this forest of fallen leaves / A place where I fall down to my knees praying you would never leave / There is a place for you in my heart a place we never fell apart / Well it’s Tuesday again and I’m missing you, my best friend / There was a place we’d always meet do you remember the street? / You’d make me go out every night ride empty subways by your side / You’d just sit there on your phone I’d be beside you, all alone / I made you a playlist every week now when I see you, we don’t speak / There’s a song I play every night reminds me of every single fight / Over and over, on repeat until the shadows all retreat / Every time you said you’d leave / You killed a new love trying to breathe / It’s the steady slowing of my heart growing old is not that hard / We had our time, we had our chance just another ill fated romance / How do I end the story of my life? / I just step away from the mic