African 6/8

Spinning

Love Waits

In Transition

Requiem

Half Gone

Common Sense

The Surfaced Lullaby

Okay

Raising your hand

Leads to mistakes I hadn't planned

But we are men, and

confusion has its own power...procrastinating has its downfalls.

Don't waste your time

sulking in the way

committing a crime

finding wasteful things to say...'cause that's not what I had in mind.

The decision in the making

premonition undertaking

and spinning is frustrating.

-so take it back.

Legally true

several thoughts that are misused

Are you confused?

Situate yourself next to me...and it's just what I had in mind.

Proving to find out; not resolving your hide out,

solving to find out that YOU'RE AFRAID

We were then, in a different place.

Why did I let you go?

I thought that it was the only way,

but now I just don't know.

You still come through to me,

through the evidence,

but we'll never see,

what it could be like.

What do I do to you?

Would I be surprised?

I'll never see...

But I, feel,

so alive,

and you, know,

what's kept me here.

We were such a beautiful thing,

not that we'd ever know.

Oh too shy, until it's too late,

and leaving room to grow.

You're coming down on me,

through the evidence,

but how could we see

what it could be like?

Can I get close to you?

The fear in your eyes,

we'll never see...

But I, feel,

so alive,

and you, know...

Love is waiting here for you,

and what we'll never know.

It hurts, it stings me seeing you.

Love is waiting here for you,

love we'll never see.

It's gone, we've missed the big chance.

You still come through to me.

You make a mess of me.

Can I still prove to you?

For you to see...

But I, feel,

so alive,

and you, know...

Love is waiting here for you,

and what we'll never know.

It hurts, it stings me watching you.

Love is waiting here for you,

love we'll never see.

It's gone, we've missed our big chance.

Love is waiting here for you,

and here inside is home.

For you, but you'll never come inside.

hey

don't get excited

you play it, I'll lay it down.

hey

i feel kinda slighted

no wonder i'm living downtown.

say

you look for answers

while steppin' on the wise man's toes.

no

you can't look farther

when your life goes so slow.

tumbling into this is yesterday.

i watched you go,

i needed to.

i saw the things you did

and then i walked away.

hey

you paint a picture

symmetric and lying down.

so

it's a f***ing picture

there's no life, no blood, no sound.

hey

i put upon it

a note telling you to wake yourself.

you

you threw up on it

no lessons learned that i could tell.

falling farther into yesteryear.

i watched you go,

i needed to.

i saw the things you did

and then i walked away.

hey

you need some answers

well come here and f***ing get em.

you

you squabble for them

like a chicken swimming in the sea.

what

you have some questions

and all i do is listen to you speak.

you

you have the morals

the abilities to find what you seek.

falling into another yesterday...

Fall down the well.

Falling down again...

Is it enough to know that I'll be there?

Sweating and tired and broken down.

Would you believe when I say I really care?

I'm not sure, I'm not sure, I'm too scared...

Looking back again onto lies,

They told us and they beat us until we couldn't see.

But there up ahead there's something bright,

let's hold on tight, keep holding on, through today...

Requiem aeternam

dona eis, Domine

et lux perpetua

luceat eis.

[Let eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them]

It's too much to say that we are lost,

but losing more every day is what we are.

Turning 'round again to something real,

let's light our hope and let us go not silently...

Fall down the well...

Fall down again...

Requiem aeternam

dona eis, Domine

et lux perpetua

luceat eis.

[Let eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them]

Kyrie eleison.

Christe eleison.

Kyrie

eleison...

{Lord, have mercy.  Christ, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy...]

Pie Jesu Domine

dona eis requiem

requiem sempiternam

Kyrie eleison...

[Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest, rest everlasting.  Lord, have mercy...]

Here I am, half gone.

Staring out your eyes

I'm waiting for your kiss

to bring me back to life.

For what reason

I'm laying on my back

I'm waiting for your hand

to lift me up once more

back to life again.

For what reason

it never shows

for here I'll be once more.

For what reason

it  never shows.

For what reason...

Why you look so concerned, my friend.

Cause here we are on this Earth and we are winning,

but you ask this of me again, well I'll try,

to do a little better this time.

Just tell what you need to say, my friend.

My eyes are all to you and I'm finally listening,

What you say makes some sense to me, I know,

we can do a little better this time.

Someday,

we'll look and laugh,

at all that we had,

in some kind

of good common sense.

It hurts you to tell me this,

I know the fear in your eyes from a distance,

you're done saying yes to me, I know,

what we can do this time.

There are no more games to play,

No more hide and seek and get in the way,

you've waited long enough, it's high time,

that we could figure out this time...

you'll find I can believe,

this time,

you'll find I can believe,

this time,

you'll find I can believe...

This looks,

some kind of dream,

in it to believe.

Why think so

some other way?

This may

be the last time,

so let's get it right.

I'll see you,

some other day.

Footsteps are somewhere hiding

sort through all the lies

Seeking truth as you see it

Exhausting ways to hide

Thinking hard takes you nowhere

Ponder, piece, connect the dots to somewhere

Taking steps as you share

   your heartbeat, your love, the rhythm to your thoughts

***

And it comes

from behind

***

Think fast before its over

(X) or maybe make believe

Life is the way you see it

  And then you will receive

***

Prioritizing

And you’re striving

For answers

That you can’t hide.

…please don’t hide.

I'm outside looking in

on this mess you're living in

and I want to be close to you

holding your hand

make you feel strong, strong enough to understand

the world can't touch you, you're beyond it all

we're looking at you

and can't help but fall

it's all okay,

it's all okay.

I'm listening to you now

hear the soft, silent sounds

but I don't want to speak to you

holding you close

let my actions tell you what

you should already know

you're beyond any words

I could say to you

just feel my heart beating

as I lay here with you

yeah, we'll be okay,

we'll be okay.