I love to write. For me writing in song and poetry provides a means of communication like no other… Here are a few of my current favourites…
ps I have a rule that every line of lyric must have a reason for being there – so if you’re not sure about one drop me a message and I’ll be happy to explain!
Take and Take
Babe, you’ve been giving in and giving out to me
Your river’s always filling up my sea
I drink you up and then I take my leave
I’m sorry, you must feel I’m nowhere to be seen
But babe, I’ve been trying to figure out who I’m to be
God I’m aching to be sure what I should keep
I’m sorry you must feel there’s nothing in return
When I take and take again, until I get my fill
Then I throw it all away, so you can start over again
It’s the avarice in me, about the cake and eating it
Tear it down and start all over, start all over
Baby, you’ve been breathing in and blowing out for me
I don’t mean to take advantage but you see
I’m only trying to figure out how to exist
When I take and take again, until I get my fill
Then I throw it all away, so you can start over again
It’s the avarice in me, about the cake and eating it
Tear it down and start all over, start all over
Take and take again, until I get my fill
Throw it all away, start over again,
It’s the selfishness in me, but this solitude I need
Tear it down and start all over, start all over again
Invisible
Daisy sits on her suitcase
She’s thinking “All that I’ve been through, for what?
Spent a year locked away while my love’s out to play
This house has never looked like a home”
And she puts on her lipstick and leaves
Heading west back to family
Sees the boys like before, wonders “How?
I was sure we were right
I guess it’s just not to be”
“But now what am I to believe?
You were the one that wanted me
All you had to do was be with me”
She said “I feel love slipping away from us
Once I was aglow but you’ve made me invisible
Don’t you think it’s time we should call it a day?”
Now Davy sits by the TV
He’s thinking “All that I had and I’ve blown
Spent a year out to play now my love’s run away
And this house has never felt so cold”
And he crumbles ’neath the weight of his words
With his tale almost as tragic as hers
Sees the boys like before says
“I’m cut to the core
What’s the point now in carrying on”
“If there was one thing I could change
I’d change me
You are the only thing I need
Give me one more chance I’m begging you please”
And she said “I feel love slipping away from us
Once I was aglow, but you’ve made me invisible
Don’t you think it’s time we should call it a day?
What do you say?”
He says “I know I’ve made my mistakes
And that time and time again I’ve failed to
compensate all you’ve forfeit,
When all that you wanted was me
But give me one more chance I plead
I can prove I’m all you need
You’re the only thing I see”
I feel love slipping away from us
Once I was aglow, but you’ve made me invisible
Don’t you think it’s time we should call it a day?”
“But give me one more chance I plead
I can prove I’m all you need
You’re the only thing I see”
Let Love Be Your Energy
Two before the gates of life
Futures rolling up to a bold skyline
Wide eyes, enchanted, keen
For where we’re going, and what we’re going to be
Two upon the slopes of love
Adventures calling down from the cliffs above
Wild eyes, exotic and free
Where we’re heading who knows what we might see
In a destination we don’t understand
A fable in a far off land
Trust me, faith will keep you strong
Let love be your energy
Stay beside of me and we’ll conquer these
Mountains one by one
We’ve been scrambling up crumbling rocks
Chasing clouds beyond the edges of high hill tops
Looking for a route to the sea
That’s where we’re heading, that’s where we want to be
It’s a destination we can’t comprehend
It’s our fable, our Elysium
Trust me, faith will keep you strong
Let love be your energy
Stay beside of me we can conquer these
Mountains one by one
Faith will spur you on
Let love be your energy
Believe in me and we’ll conquer these
Mountains one by one
Softly Softly (Piano)
I’ve found a way to touch her deeper
To wake the woman way inside
Silence envelopes around then
Hear a slow crescendo rise
Dance Cueca ‘cross her shoulders
Bow my fingers through her hair
Whisper rhymes of ancient longing
Till we fill the air
Piano
Softly, softly
Play your skin to the groove of my heartbeat
Slow and easy
I’m the muse you’re my sweetest melody
A symphony salutes her body a
Sweet serenade of sultry soul sings
Cool lust, detached, a private theatre
Plays to an empty crowd
Piano
Softly, softly
Play your skin to the groove of my heartbeat
Slow and easily
I’m the muse you’re my sweetest melody
I’ve found a way to touch her deeper
I’ve found the female far inside
Suspended breaths duet caesura
Then harmony collides
Piano
Softly, softly
Play your skin to the groove of my heartbeat
Slow and easily
I’m the muse you’re my sweetest melody
2:18 (Two-Eighteen)
Two-eighteen on Christmas Eve
I’ve gotta go but you know I don’t want to leave
Leave you home I should be holding you
Pack my bags, collect my keys
Picking a fight since it’s easier than parting in tears
Knowing I will always love you
Because
You are everything
You’re what I’m missing
You are everything
Two-Fifteen on Christmas Eve
Just time to tell you a few things about how I feel
I’m feeling low like I’ve mislead you
I thought my dreams could be yours too
And soon enough I swear we’ll make yours true
But for now I have to leave you
But know this
You are everything
You’re what I’m missing
You are everything I’ve ever wanted to believe
You are everything
You’re the fantasy that’s becoming real
You are everything
New You
Destiny
Paths adjunct at every corner
You strain to see
Your consequences filter forward
Too tired to think
I’m too wired to blink
Too drunk to drink
But I’ll swallow it anyway
Too torn to talk
But I’m too worn to walk away
My Destiny
Is eating me from inside outwards
But I just can’t see
Any route to take me backwards
Too tired to move
But I’ve too much to prove
I’m too proud to lose
So I’ll make it by anyway
Too torn to talk
And I’m too shy to bark
But I’m too worn to walk away
Do you need this like I need this?
Do you have to find a new you?
If you fail will you fold your sails
To the wind that is the your fortune given?
There’s a voice in me
That’s been telling me to keep on going
But a mutiny soon swells inside me
When the breeze stops blowing
Too much to bear
It’s too much to take
There’s too much to say
But I’m saying it anyway
Too torn to talk
But I’m too worn to walk away
Do you need this like I need this?
Do you have to find a new you?
If you fail will you fold your sails
To the wind that is the your fortune given grace?
Too much to bear
It’s too much to take
There’s too much to say
But I’m saying it anyway
So hard to stay
But it’s too late to walk away
Do you need this like I need this?
Do you have to find a new you?
If you fail will you fold your sails
To the wind that is the your fortune given grace?
Are you needing this like I need this?
If you have to start a new you
When you fail will you fold your sails
To the wind that is your fortune given grace
Future Versus History
Open up the curtains
The dawn light flooding in
The longest ever night fades
At last my life begins
But as my face projects
I fear conceit collects
And baby there’s a blackness to this magic
That’s circling me
And it won’t stop – this is changing me
Set my future ‘gainst our history
I’ve given all I’ve got and all I’ve lost
Now success may prove our dearest cost
My love don’t let this be
Open up the window
And there’s a fresh breeze blowing in
So I step to the doorway
Where I consider all that is this world I now live
But see as my eyesight corrects
I fear my heart defects
And baby there’s a darkness to this day
I daren’t believe
And it won’t stop – this is changing me
Set my future ‘gainst our history
I’ve given all I’ve got and all I’ve lost
Now success may prove our dearest cost
I hear a cold voice speak inside of me
On the subject of what I’m to be
And if it’s all we’ve got then surely all is lost
And my grail will prove our dearest cost
My love don’t let that be
Where is the home you promised me?
Where is the peace and clarity?
Won’t you swear it’s yet to come?
My love I fear it won’t stop how this is changing me
Set my future ‘gainst our history
And if it’s all we’ve got then surely all is lost
And my grail becomes our dearest cost
My love don’t let that be
So Cruel
I always said ‘No Games’
If you trust in me there’s no need to try me
Why do we complicate?
Bare is beautiful, pure, clear and certain
But you feign, and you dart
Till you’ve pulled my ribs apart
So you can taste, you can test
The blood that running through my heart
Then your mind’s made
And I only ever fail
What have I done wrong
For you to treat me so cruel?
Your lips say it’s not me
But your eyes fail to fool
Just say it like it is
We’re nothing if not true
You say that you love me
Yet you treat me so cruel
If it’s a game
You’re too great a match for me, you destroy me slowly
I don’t ever want to play
When only you can win, but still you suck me in with a
Feint, then a dart
Then I’m gaping wide apart
So you can scrape, you can scratch
Score the tissue of my heart
Then your minds made up
And I only ever fail
What have I done wrong
For you to treat me so cruel?
Your lips say it’s not me
But your eyes fail to fool
Just say it like it is
We’re nothing if not true
You say that you love me
Yet you treat me so cruel
What’d I do?
What’d I say?
Why d’ya treat
Me this way?
I can try
Try and second guess ya
But I know I’m coming second best
‘Cos I only ever fail
You treat me this way
You’re mouthing it’s not me
But your blame’s all I hear
Just say it like it is
We’re nothing if not true
You say that you love me
Yet you treat me so cruel
Higher States
A boy was blessed – a boy was born
A boy was taught – a man was torn
To learn ‘bout everything was the quest he chose
But some things can be learnt that are best not known
I don’t even want it but I take my turn
‘Cause I’m scare to forget how I love to burn
I know I’m changing and ought not fight
But I’m not ready to alight
I’m always searching for higher states
I need to know that there’s something else
Always in search of that higher state
Always succumbing the easiest way
But it’s not such an easy way
That boy was blessed – that boy was bright
But built to think, was bought by light
To hold a higher view was the grail he sought
But now the years have taught him nothing, still he can’t let go
I don’t even want it but I take my turn
‘Cause I’m scared to forget and I don’t ever learn
I know I’m changing but can’t not fight
‘Cause I’m not ready to alight
I’m always searching for higher states
I need to know that there’s something else
Always in search of that higher state
Always succumbing the easiest way
I’m always searching for higher states
I’m always looking for somewhere else
Always in search of that higher state
And I’ve not found any easier way
It’s the easiest way
When Stars Collide
Weightless, that’s how I’m feeling
Though I know I’m still falling into you
Loneliness, long since washed away
Ever kept at bay since I met you
I think it’s time I said for sure
You never need to be alone
I’m gonna be right here
Each and every day
When stars collide, collapsing into one
The light fills the universe, and shines on everyone
Torches in the night sky bound by each others gravity
And when stars collide, exploding into space
They’re wrought to a single sun, to burn up in grace
Candles ‘gainst the dark skies, melt into one another’s flames
Sweetness, I’m so grateful that I’m your lover
I’ve never wanted any other, since I met you
If you’ll let me love you as much as I can
You’ll never need any other man
I’ll be your only one, in each and every way
When stars collide, collapsing into one
The light fills the universe, and shines on everyone
Torches in the night sky bound by each others gravity
And when stars collide, exploding into space
They’re wrought to a single sun, to burn up in grace
Candles ‘gainst the dark skies, melt into one another’s flames
I know there’s nothing we would fear
If you were my World and I was your atmosphere
Every protecting and keeping you warm
When stars collide, collapsing into one
The light fills the universe, and shines on everyone
Torches in the night sky bound by each others gravity
And when stars collide, exploding into space
They’re wrought to a single sun, to burn up in grace
Candles ‘gainst the dark skies, melt into one another’s flames
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