Here we go again...
Diving In - Fall 1999
I jumped into the deep end of the ocean
swam to reach the edge
edge of this world of sin
and edge of myself
Diving in to the water
it's overflowing my soul
diving in to the water
from the eternal spring
that's making me whole
I fell into the deep end of the ocean
falling further from the shore
can't see the sand or the swimmers
or even the lifeguard
sinking under the water
it's overflowing my soul
sinking under the water
from the eternal spring
that's making me whole
he came to dive into the water
to show us the way
so we can be free, free forever
free from all of this sin
walking over the water
he's guiding my path
walking over the water
from the eternal spring
he's making me whole
Coulda Been There - chorus Spring 1999, finished Jan 2001
Most of the "I's" in my songs are literally me, how I see/saw the world, how it makes/made me feel, but sometimes I set myself projects, wanting to write songs about certain topics or from some other viewpoint. This is one of the latter, I wrote the chorus thinking of a particular girl, one that got engaged before I ever met her, but when I got around to finishing the song almost 2 years later, I couldn't even remember her name, so I had to change the perspective from someone pining for a mystery woman to someone who has lost the relationship that they are still in.
I saw you yesterday
on the other side of the street
you were just standing there
but you blew me away
an angel in dress
waiting for a cab
my heart in my chest
waiting for someone like you
then out of the corner of my eye
a twinkling ring in the sunlight lay
on your finger that holds you to another
Chorus:
I wish I coulda been there
when you first got here
I wish I coulda been there
to be the love of your life
I wish I coulda been there
to make you my wife
but someone got there first
someone won while I lost...but that's ok
I saw you today
on the same side of the street
you were standing there
as I passed on my way
an angel in pants
waiting for a cab
my heart in my chest
catching it's breath
thank God I do not know you
thank God we have never met
cause if we had I'd be forced to kill your husband
Chorus:
I'll see you tomorrow
on the side of the street
and I won't care
as we pass on our way
an angel in plaid skirts
waiting for your man
my heart in my chest
pounding for you
the wife I don't know
the wife I've never met
the rings on our fingers the only thing we recollect
Chorus:
cause that one is me
Happy Dome - Fall 1998
walk this way
and talk this way
please pay up front
for you'll never come out again
Chorus:
this is my happy dome
please make it your happy home
Jump up and down
scream very loud
do whatever you want
for you'll love this place forever
Chorus:
Be happy forever
have pain never
be whatever you want
for you'll never remember reality
Chorus: x2
never leave
never cry
never hate
never die
Cosmic Love - Fall 1999
This song was written for a redhead that was in my Chemistry Lab, her name was Nicole, but I only learned that after the fact. She was simply a pretty girl on the other side of the room that looked as if she was a million miles away.
Across the room you sit
you're not really here
are you?
I am consumed by this moment
you're merely drifting away
as you float past stars
and their planets
do you ever think of me
floating in the milky way
so far beyond me
Chorus:
I cry
I sit here and sob
do you realize
my pain
you land on Venus
where your beauty
it belongs
I sit here on Earth
waiting for your return
you're forgetting every moment
you don't remember
you used to care
and sitting here in this
very stony silence
Chorus:
I remember the times
when we sat here
hand in hand
laughing at each other's jokes
falling more and more into love
Chorus:
my pain (till fade)
Walking on Water - verse 1, pre-chorus, chorus Fall 1998, verses 2 & 3 Summer 2003
Here is another one where the "I" is not me, I roughly remember what I was doing 20 years ago, but I can't recall if anyone was the inspiration for the first section, and I know that no one was an inspiration for the second half.
you were the most beautiful girl
I had ever seen
master of my heart in only one day
I stumbled and fell
I didn't tell you the truth
now walking on water ain't the same
pre-chorus:
please girl won't you tell me
how to tell the truth again
how to fall in love again
how to be with you again
Chorus:
Cause walking on water
doesn't mean much to me
no walking on water
doesn't bring me to you
for I'm lost and lonely
and crying on the floor
crying for the love
the love that you gave to me
you were the best wife I could ever have
even though you're the only one
lord and master of my life
I stumbled and fell
I cheated on you
now walking on water it ain't the same
pre-chorus:
Chorus:
You ask me, what I am talking about
what does love
have to do with water?
what I mean to say
is miracles aren't that much
as long as love doesn't come
Chorus:
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