Hello, Goodbye - Summer 1998
For awhile during my junior year of college the chorus of this song was my voicemail,
Chorus:
Hello, goodbye
I'll see you on the other side
time has taken you away
now I have nothing left to say
We were friends long ago
best of friends since birth
you grew up weak
I grew up strong
time twisted you
time molded me
I believed in love
you believed in hate
but we always found a common ground
between our wrongs and rights
Chorus: x 2
We never knew each other
strangers through the midst of time
I don't know you
you don't know me
time changed us
but we're still the same
I believe in you
do you believe in me too?
but we never got to find a common ground
between our wrongs and rights
Chorus: x 3
Dreams come Reality - Spring 1999
Over the course of my life I have had my fair share of girlfriends, but I had a ton more crushes, this is about the girl I probably had a crush on the longest. The thing is later I found out that a good chunk of the time I had a crush on her she actually had a crush on me, which of course floored me. This song was written pretty much the day after I found out. I sang it in the car and wrote it down once I finally got to where I was going.
Is this what it feels like when dreams come reality
is this what it feels like now
the stars seems to be
a little more plentiful
the sun seems to be more bright
I've cared for you for so long
thought it was just a dream
I've thought about you nightly
for what seems like a lifetime
and now I'm far away
and now I've found out
my dreams could have been at least somewhat true
now I find while I'm so far away
my dreams could have included you
I don't know why
it takes so long to say the words I need to say
I don't know why
it takes so long to speak honestly
that's kind of the way it works
that's kind of the way it works sometimes
that's kind of the way it works
that's kind of the way it works in my life
Is this what it feels like when dreams come reality
is this what it feels like when hearts meet over distances
so many things in front of us
so many roadblocks
so many things that could have stopped us
so many things that did
but here I am now so far away
and I know the things that I wanted to
I know the things I wanted to
but sometimes that's just the way it is
sometimes that's just the way it is from time to time
sometimes that's just the way it is
sometimes that's just the way it is in my life
here I stand
well actually I'm sitting
here I sit and dreaming about you
I can't believe you were so close and nervous
I can't believe you cared what I thought
I can't believe you wanted me to think you were pretty
because I've always thought you were pretty
I can't believe you wanted me to think you were smart
cause I've always thought you were smart
I can't believe you wanted me to think you were funny
because you make me laugh so much...honey
yeah, that line was kind of lame, I agree
I'm better but not slick and suave
I'm better with a typed word than a spoken word
unless I've got a tune behind it
and I wish I was standing
holding a mic in front of a crowd
cause somehow then I can be so much honest
I can so much real
I can be who I am
but I'm not and I can't and I won't
so it's just a dream
just a dream
but is this what happens when dreams come reality
is this what happen when truth breaks through
is this what happens when hearts connect
over distances that can't be broken through
is this what happens when dreams come reality
is this what happens when hearts break through
is this what happens when honesty is spoken
is this what happens when walls break down
walls break down
walls break down
who would have thought that dream come reality
who would have thought you'd give a damn
who would have thought we'd ever get here
who would have thought, what comes next?
who would have thought, what comes next?
who would have thought, what comes next?
who would have thought, what comes next?
Maybe I am Human - Summer 1997
I can't see the things of this world
they are attacking me in the dark
these demons I just can't see them
oh, oh, oh but I feel them
I walk around all night and all day
they keep hitting me blindside
Chorus:
maybe I am human
maybe it's just me
maybe this is the way
it is supposed to be
but I doubt it
yes, I doubt it
I know the truth of the matter
this is my fault no one else's
I lost my way and I just can't find it
oh, oh, oh but I need it
I walk around all night and all day
I keep falling down, what can I say
Chorus:
I believe in a God, but I hurt him everyday
in every single way I hurt him so bad
why do I do this, I just don't know why
oh, oh, oh but I need it
I walk around all night and all day
I wish I could stop, but I don't know how
Chorus:
out take:
I wish I could know the truth
I wish I could show the love
I wish I could be the one
I wish I could tell others
I wish I would just stop singing
I was I was more than human [spoken]
Would the World Care? - Spring 1998
You want an over reaction? Well this song is a classic example, I once again had a crush on a girl and she kind of blew me off, so of course I went back to my dorm room and wrote a song questioning whether anyone would care if I died. On a more serious note, if you are in one of those places where you are questioning if the world would care, I don't know if they would, but I sure would miss you all, keep living please.
Would anyone care if I died right now
would anyone even shed a tear
would there be people who cared
I don't think so, and I know so
Chorus:
would the world cared if I died?
would the world even notice if I wasn't here anymore?
would the world care if I died?
would they care at all?
you see, they don't understand my situation
but then again neither do I
for I'm lost down this lonely path
and my tears, they are all dry
Chorus:
I don't think so and I know so
that the world wouldn't think twice
they don't care about a poor soul like me
they rather I just die
but I'm not going to give in so easily
I've done that way too many times
today I stand and make my declaration
today is the day that I fight
Chorus:
Well today I don't care if they care anymore
I don't care if they'd notice at all
cause today is the day I start living
today is the day I survive
Song I can't Sing - Spring 1998
walking down this street
listening to the beat
tapping my feet
knowing where to go
Chorus:
hey everybody, won't you listen to me
I've got a voice and a heart
and a song I can't sing
because none of you will give me the time
and you definitely don't wanna listen to my rhyme
but I don't care, I'm gonna belt it out anyway
walking down this street
now I'm the one with the beat
hey won't you tap your feet
cause I know where to go
and if you're willing I'll lead you home
Chorus:
cause I've got the rhythm and I've got the rhyme
and I know the score
and I won't take it anymore
cause I know I'm just as good as you
even though you look down at me
Chorus:
Now I'm a happy man
because I had a voice
and I had a heart
and I had a song you didn't want me to sing
but I sang it any old way
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