The Day Jamison Fell

[revisions and additions make the world of songwriting go 'round...]

tDJF

Maybe we're just naive here on the dimmer grass
But we never saw it coming, never heard you running
And we never felt you lying, though that's all you ever did
But love means you trust, at least on the dimmer grass

You fell into the hole you'd been digging
The one that no one recognized
So you burned, and I burned, and I never ran
Because that's how we love here on the dimmer grass

I hope you're doing okay over on the brighter grass
Because it's darker over here, it's harder over here
To love like we loved and to feel without fear
I hope love means you're free over on the brighter grass
But have you forgotten who you left here on the dimmer grass?

You fell into the hole you'd been digging
The one that no one recognized
So you burned, and I burned, and I never ran
Because that's how we love here on the dimmer grass

You fell into the hole you'd been digging
My trust as the ground, your shovel being your lies
You fell into my grave you'd been digging
But not before you buried me alive

I would have stood by you until we fell
But I didn't expect you to push me down
Maybe we're just naive on the dimmer grass
But I'd have taken it for you if you'd only asked

On Adriana's Behalf

[Hooray for little tiny revisions!]

You're running toward anything but reminders
Because that's all this house is
Picture frames and calling names
And your family's judgmental glances
At your child that will always be
The one that should have never been

Don't close your eyes and let her go
She's a little girl in a grown-up world

You're running toward anything but sanctity
Because that's all these liars are
Don't dare back down, they stare you down
And you stare right back until they give up on you
Because they scorn you for why she's here
And they scorn her for who you are

But she's beautiful, and you love her so
But you're a little girl in a grown-up world
With a little girl held in your arms
And you have to learn that you were wrong


[Here's something I decided to work on for a bridge. I can't tell if it stinks at this point.]

She doesn't care about hypocrisy
It's you and me, you and me, she screams
She doesn't care about the bitter enemies
Are you listening? It's you and me, she screams
She'll never laugh, never cry, never live, never die
If you can't be nothing and everything at the same time
You hate the world because it says she's your fault
So prove them wrong

The Last Five Years in Chronological Order

The Last Five Years in Chronological Order

Hello again
Where've you been?
That's wonderful, it's wonderful
I'll see you soon
This afternoon
Is wonderful, it's wonderful

A hundred days
A million ways
It's wonderful, it's wonderful
Words unsaid
Skip in my head
You're wonderful, you're wonderful

Pages, phrases, moving, everything
Is breaking, taking it's time in
Making itself into now
As now constantly moves along

Lowered eyes
I can't suffice
You're wonderful, you're wonderful
These paper dreams
Oh, it seems
You're wonderful, you're wonderful

I'm just so small
With dreams so tall
You're wonderful, you're wonderful
Pride and joy
Go get 'em, boy
You're wonderful, you're wonderful

And I can't understand
But I'll try to believe
Because you believe in me
And I can't come today
Maybe tomorrow
And that's okay, that's okay with me

Look at me
What do you see?
'You're beautiful', I'm beautiful
I'll count the moments
Hold them all
They're beautiful, you're wonderful

Hello again
Where've we been?
You're wonderful, you're wonderful
I love you too
This afternoon
Is wonderful, it's wonderful

You're wonderful, you're wonderful