Worlds apart

You’re far away but somehow I feelYou’re too close nowYour voice in my ear’s very realAfraid you’ll call now I’ve been rehearsing all the things that I should saySome verbal morphine for the pain Chorus: We’re worlds apart and you’re too close nowBridging the gap just made the distance stand out moreI need to rest … Lees verder

From a whisper to a sigh

Leaving behind this realm of ghostsTheir pale grey echoes, their well of foesNo persecution by things I did wrongI’ll be gone Live life from a whisper to a sighYou might as well end itIf you keep a close watch on your timeYou might not ever spend it This rose of glass for the tender blindA … Lees verder

Always someone in the crowd

Put on a suit for the eveningYou’re not too sure that it’s rightClosing the door as you’re leavingTurning the key to the night The smile on the moon seems to mock youYou feel you’re caught in the lightPeople walking behind youYou want to run from their eyes There’s always someone in the crowdThat loves you, … Lees verder

The art of letting go

There’s no master of the inward flowYou have to learn the art of letting goA surrender to the motion You cling to things designed to weigh you downFight the river just to keep your groundAnd you wonder why you’re tired There’s a whisper, a ghost that sings your nameA siren’s promise that drives you half … Lees verder

Sunshine girl (for Zoë)

.You are just a childSo much for you to conquerSo much to endure while you’re still so pureWith a mind of your ownTo search the unknown (you do) Chorus:I watch myself in youStill undamaged, you’re a mirrorAn undistorted viewOf my being without armour You’re my sunshine girlA crimson leaf in autumnMy mood indigoIs lifted by … Lees verder

Shadows in darkness

Step up on this stone hereAnd you’ll tumble downDeep inside your mem’ryTo the lost and found of infant sounds Where did all the pain startWhere does it waitDeaf to all these questions‘cause you’re so afraid Of shadows in darknessThe hands of the heartlessAnd your veilHides your features so frail Closets full of worriesWhisper secrets you … Lees verder

Dashboard lights

Night became morningClouds of inkAbove the motorwayAnd behind usThe commencing day Layers of coloursSilent screenImages ariseAnd behind usWas a hidden sunrise In the sparse light of morningSo near to youLove’s whispered warningWe might get bruised I was enjoying the lightsThe lights on my dashboardFading out with the nightThose dashboard lights The miles we droveThe distance … Lees verder

Drifting

I follow my whimsI’m capricious at heartI can’t help myselfWhen I go too far I follow my moodsThrough the state I am inI can’t deal with allThese minor sins Chorus:I’m driftingOut of touch with the shore lineAnd I’m climbing all the waves stillHoping I’ll do fineI’m driftingLetting the rules slideAnd I’m hoping that I’ll do … Lees verder

Chocolate guitar

Here’s a little song that I wrote for youThat I wrote for youOn a Sunday morn’ Here’s a little tune I’d like you to hearI’d like you to hearWhen I’m gone Chorus:(I’ve) got a chocolate guitarMelting right where you areGot a chocolate guitarMelting right where you are There are things that I have to doAnd … Lees verder

The bars to your own cage

You came into my life just nowBut then I’ve lived all these years beforeYou try to place me within your wallsYou try to make me what I am not Chorus You make the bars to your own cageNo rules for happiness in lifeYou draw maps for the futureYour lines are leading to our strife It … Lees verder

Corals (live)

Why does it touch me,this quiver in your voicewhen you are unsure ?And why do the corals movewhen a bouquet is thrown by a bride in veil? Bridge I: It’s the build up that I feelof things gone wrong,of indifference displayedto brave and honest words They sing their little songsOutside my door and I manage … Lees verder

The passing years

Sometimes I knowSometimes I careMoments I lostMoments so rare Chorus:Oh the passing yearsOh the passing years From a childhood balconyLooking belowInto the gardenOf too long ago Chorus So warm your facePressed against mineFrom close by I seeYour eyelids, your lines Chorus Bridge:Time is an innocent thiefTime is an innocent thief So here in this roomWith … Lees verder

Naked bed

On this naked bed we lieMy mind still taking tripsIn and out of sleep while IHear whispers from no lips They tempt me with immortal linesAnd wait for my replyI let the silence build a whileThen gracefully decline Chorus:I’m here with youAnd it’s more than enoughSleeping with youYou’re the one that I loveYou make it … Lees verder

Rites of passage

More barren still my blood runs onMy listless heart that beatsIts course around my dying sun I come to you and speak my linesYou break them with a sighToo weak and small to cry Chorus: Rites of passage show no goal to meSo relentlessNo place of rest nor thrones to sit uponI’m so defenseless I’m … Lees verder

Living with strangers

I held your face for so longFor so longA fragile embrace for so longFor so long And I watched youWith your eyes closedIn the silence about to break Chorus:Those days are gone nowWe live with strangersThey talk and sleep in the rooms we sharedBut for a while then, there was a promiseLeft untouched in the … Lees verder

Read between the lines

Is this new found life enough for youIs it worth the pain you’ve put me throughThey say I’ll be alrightIt’s just a matter of timeOnly time Victory might seem yoursBut at what costThe smallest battle’s wonThe big one lostWill you be alrightWhen I am over youLittle boy blue Things once held and loved now gone … Lees verder

Spanish Afternoon

Here in this roomOn a Spanish afternoonLove gone to ruinOn a Spanish afternoon The sun beating downOn this slumbering townLove without soundOn a Spanish afternoon A country so recluseClosed its blinds when I cried for you Falling from graceEverything out of placeLove lost its faceOn a Spanish afternoon A country so recluseClosed its blinds when … Lees verder

Shaped by your thoughts

Your smile has grown wearyRestless your heartVows have been brokenTo make a new start Summer has passed nowInto autumn so stillThreats of the winterThe breath of its chill Please be sincerePlease Will you think of meWhen the storm quiets downCome to your sensesWhen I’m not around Please be sincerePlease… Will you think of meWhen your … Lees verder

If I do you wrong

If this is all there isAnd heaven sleeps on earthThen I can’t stand the weightOf every hopeless birth A word destroys a worldI carry scales aroundThe balance is disturbedBy every foreign sound Chorus:So if I do you wrongRemember my weaknessRemorse will come alongCovered in sweetness My boat sails up and downWith every changing tideI look … Lees verder