Saturday, November 27, 2010

Time and Space

The last time I saw the sunrise was just too long ago
And here I am, sleepless staring out the window
Do you know how much it kills me to stare into your eyes
And watch them break into a million pieces?

I want to mend your broken heart with mine, but it's no use
This time and space will never come between me and you
I'm a safe place to hide in this late November twilight
So come on now, this time let's stay out all night

The last time I heard my name was just too long ago
But here we are, safely holding on to lessons learned
Did you know I held on to every moment you kept me breathing
Your laughter held together my million pieces

After train wrecks and harsh blows and wasted time
There were moments you were the only thing keeping me alive
So now I'll stand by you with no witness but these city lights
Let's throw our wishes, reflected below us and say it'll be all right

Monday, November 8, 2010

White

White, white

In these days
There are words that shake my soul to its core
All these ways
To earn my place at the foot of a living man's grave
And yet all so unattainable
And every closed eye keeps me looking out for my own
Every foul battle wound of mine
In such stark contrast with this white, white faith

I remember the day
I remember the day
I remember the day I ran from you

In my time
So few years, but close between them my blood laced
Every line
To tell of bitter shame I never asked to know
You were so unattainable
So every sorrow I knew became my first love
Every self-inflicted wound of mine
In such stark contrast with your white, white forgiveness


I remember the day
I remember the day
I remember the day I ran from you

For every shadow over me
And every thorn I pushed you through
For every time I swore
I'd never fall in love with you
For every hate I ever harbored
For every time I looked away
You stayed



I remember the day
I remember the day
I remember the day I ran to you

Scenarios

Scenarios

Verse 1:
I don't know what to make of this
Of fleeting heartache and constant double-takes
I don't know what to make of this
Everything is right, but I just feel wrong


Chorus:
But what if I'm wrong
Or what if you stray
What if I'm honestly not okay
What if I don't know
What if I never will
What if I'm just honestly not okay


Verse 2:
I barely can breathe on my own
So hardly can I choose these steps so carefully
I barely know my own soul
Everything is wrong, but I'm trying to be so right

Bridge:
All these scenarios
Guess that's the way it goes
I just want to be, want to be, I want to believe in you
All these scenarios
Guess that's the way it goes when I just don't know

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Struggling to stay in the light of your darting eyes
She walks a fine line
Between a china doll and a scarecrow

Fighting to be your queen, she wants a knight to take her hand
She fights to reach out
Between the hopeless grasps and breathless words, she cries

Nothing should have come in between, she dared to think
They swore that love was all it took, but they were wrong
Do something, fight a battle, do it for me, she dared to scream
But in the end she loses her fearless zeal to a timid soul

She's got an eye for lost causes and unbroken ground
But maybe she's naive
Because she's the lost cause today

This china doll, she's broken in and she never should have been
This china doll, she never knew what she did
This china doll, she knows that someday she'll be whole again