On My Way Down - Concert Version
At some point you will get the full version of this song, but it was revised Summer of 1999 for a concert that Lazy Sunday performed at the riverfront in Wheeling, WV. I was going to share both versions with you now, but with a quick look through Songbook 1 I couldn't find it, so you'll get the longer version some other day.
Intro:
I've lost my way down this street tonight
and I don't know why
I thought I knew this place
like the back of my hand
1:
I've loved you all my life
but now you have to go away
you were my father and my friend
but now God's taken you away
you were my girl and my wife
but now you say you don't love me
and I'm falling down
Chorus:
Tell me why I'm here
I've lost my way
haven't reached the bottom yet
but I'm on my way
2:
I'm falling through this space
and through this time
and everything else, I've lost my way tonight
help me get back to where I want to be
back to your side and into your love
but I'm falling down
Chorus:
Intro:
Untitled - Fall 1997
welcome to another year
it don't seem that different
'cause nothing has changed
years go by, some faster than others
and we sit here crying over nothing
all that we are
and all that we'll be
compares to nothing that you and I can see
we get older, doesn't everybody
and we sit here crying over nothing
we live together in a world far away
away from nothing except each other
we've loved and we've lost
and we've loved again
we've aged and we've gained
and we've paid the cost
sometimes when we are far away
we walk around with our eyes closed
and we yell at each other a little more everyday
I'm sick of the yelling
and all of the bitching
I'm sick of you and I'm sick of me
patience is a virtue, one I don't have
and hatred burns bright surrounding me
hatred for you and hatred for me
hatred, you see, for everybody
What if I? - Winter 1998
What if I woke and I was blind
what if my life flashed before my eyes
what if I wasn't who I am
I've lost so much I can't get back
to where I was and where it's at
and where we all began
What if I woke and couldn't hear
what if sin was the last thing I did
what if I wasn't who I am
I've been down this road before
it is bumpy and now I'm sore and lost
in the midst of this shame
What if I woke and couldn't feel
what if love was just not real
what if I wasn't who I am
But now I know love is real
God opened my eyes, my ears, my heart
and now I am who I am
Room Temperature - Fall 1999
Inspired by the same girl as Cosmic Love.
sitting alone
in the middle
of this crowded room
heart made of stone
in the middle
of where my life does look
Chorus:
breaking
my heart
killing
my love
hating
my life
blown away
and I can't get back
to where
I was and where
it's at
room temperature
Chorus 2:
breaking
my heart
killing
my love
hating
my life
what's new today
Lie - chorus Summer 1999 verses October 2000
The chorus for Lie was written for Lazy Sunday, which by this time had changed its name to Nevermore, though we never actually performed under that title, or at least I didn't, I'm not sure about the rest of the members, I went back to college in Indiana while everyone else was still in West Virginia, and my friend and I who started the band drifted apart the next year when I stayed in Anderson working over the summer. The verses were written later, inspired by another heartbreak in a long line of "fall quick and get hurt" episodes in my younger days.
I remember a day back
in last November
when we saw each other
with a new set of eyes
no other thoughts and no lies
we walked down the lane
in the soft, sweet rain
we held each other's hands
and each other's hearts
but now a new day is dawning
and you look like you're walking away
and all I have left to say is
Chorus:
would you lie to me
if you don't love me anymore
just lie to me
when you're walking out of my door
please lie to me
I miss the days
when we walked in the rain
and I can't stand
to see you with him
you held my heart together
now you're breaking it
Chorus:
I still remember
the feel of your kiss
and I still hear
the sound of your voice
singing me to sleep
but as you walk away
all I have left to say is
Chorus: x2
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