song

Sitting in my corner
Tissues to my eyes
A mask draped over my head

Sitting in the crossfire
Of a tousand  angry lies
Cowering away in dread

And I try to forget the past
Because time flies by too fast
But the blood stains

Trying to wash out my sins
Over the kitchen sink
But time doesn’t like to forget

Trying to remember where I’ve been
But my mind can’t think
It’s probably something I’d regret Read more »

I dream in color
I see the light
If we can’t stand each other
It isn’t even worth the fight

I dream in color
It’s easy to see
That we’re fighting each other
To build the American dream

Well, I know the difference
Between boys and girls
And you might want to listen
If you want to change the world

‘Cause I know the difference
between white men and black
It’s so insignificant
It’s not even worth turning your back Read more »

He stood beside his daddy
And watched the solders marching by
It was Veteran's Day and he wondered
Why there were tears in daddy's eyes
Later they laid flowers
Beside a monument of stone
He said, My daddy went to fight
And didn't make it home

CHORUS:
Fallen, not forgotten
He was a hero
He stood so tall
And forever, we will remember
With honor and glory,
He gave his all

They left behind their families
And the towns where they were born Read more »

These are the lyrics to an unfinished, really raw first-draft of a titleless song that has a really bad melody...but here they are

I don't know anything,

Anything

At all

And I needed you

To catch me as

I fall

  Read more »

Another season’s come and gone
I don’t know it’s been so long,
Since I have heard from you.

It’s Christmas time again
It seems so long I don’t know how,
It feels weird here without you.

(Chorus:)
I’m singing a soldier’s song
To remind me of where I belong,
It makes me smile thinkin’ ‘bout you.
I’m singing a soldier’s song
To remind me of home
I love you, I’ll see you soon Read more »

said i think you're vulnerable and refined
she said, "darling, i've got such a dirty mind
and you don't know the half of it.
you still wear your hair in prairie braids;
you don't know sensual from staid.
i'm too compulsive and you're too polite.
i'm a party and you're a school night."

Not So Sure.mp3

Dear YWP, this was made up and recorded in the space of about half an hour. It has no real rhyme or reason, and was entirely improvised; words, tune, and harmony. I'll post the lyrics as soon as I've listened to it enough to know what they are, and please let me know if this sounds like crap. Thanks.

(Also, for the record, this was another character development exercise.)

More and more .mp3

So you caught me lingering
Callous and cold
In this china body
Fingers moulding centuries of mirth and pride
My regrets don't stretch far
When I view them from upside down
Tortured by voices from different realms
And the sweat is coming in buckets now
My almost rosy cheeks light the way
For some new lines
More and more I am beginning to understand
The value of being a shadowy presence and I
More and more I am beginning to
Understand
Your right its all about me
I'm sorry I'm not more interested in you
Perhaps if you were more interesting Read more »

felon.mp3

The elder ones are all it takes
To keep us spinning Round
I'd love to think that its not fake
I'd love to hear that sound

Betrayed our species long ago
Destroyed the world we've come to know
I never thought that we would get this low

It's suicidal
The mission you are undergoing
Surely you aren't fine

Betrayed our species long ago
Destroyed the world we've come to know
I never thought that we would get this low

I am far away
I am far away
I am gone

Dear Leonardo it’s been a few years
Can you believe I can still find tears
To shed after all this time
Since you held me and promised to be mine

Dear Leonardo it’s been so long
Since we exchanged golden rings
Dancing as they played our song
Felt like we were flying on feathery wings

Oh Leonardo I’ve been so scared
Keep thinking of those moments we shared

Stolen from me in the middle of the night
Burning pain that still sears
There’s only one last light
Dear Leonardo where do I go from here

Dear Leonardo guess who I’ve got in my arms Read more »

DR000863.mp3

This box of my flowing words
Marks the spot where I stand
So i'll never lose my place
When I go dancing in the margins
This iris nestled between my toes
Glowing slightly when the wind blows
It never changes to stop
But it's oh so quiet here
This small white gate
I built it myself
It distracts my fate from me
Though I know we'll find
Soon or late
When i've spun my last lie
Which I did

Years later
All they had to say
On her birthday
When the black poppies rose
The black doves flew across the fields
Yeah
The bitch went nuts

These little earthquakes Read more »

Sixteen years & one more fifth
I waited for the stars to show,
my compass pointing at True North,
blinded without my telescope.
I carved an archer in the sand
& found her arrows did speak true.
You traced the lines upon my hand
& found a map that led to you.

Sagittarius, Sagittarius,
why do your eyes fill up with stars?
Sagittarius, Sagittarius,
I’ll keep saltbreakers from your scars.

I want to write your name where
waves will not wash you away,
to find a place temporal
where the stars can tessellate.
Goddess from the myths of old,
my lover in the sky, Read more »

i'm waiting for a prince to come and save me
i'm waiting for someone to come and take me away
i'm waiting for a boy to sweep me off my feet
crossing my fingers until the day we meet
until the day i know for sure
that i couldn't ask for anything more

and i think that maybe that's him
or maybe it's that guy who just walked by
and and and every time i'm wrong
my heart breaks a little more

i'm looking for my prince charming
searching everywhere
have you seen him
he's perfect, so perfect you'll stop and stare

and i'm trying and trying and trying Read more »

Black and white love-
skimming the old screen
and wisping away my goodbyes
like the good person you are.

Black and white love-
kissing the rising stars
and lifting away my highs and lows
[intoxicating breath]
like the lovely demon you are.

Black and white love-
taking its numbers on me,
and hitting me hard
[the target was my heart, wasn't it?]
like the wings of broken angel you grant.

Black and white love-
turning strangely silent,
but then telling me [drunkenly] something I know
you'll regret later [but not now] Read more »

Mixdown(3).mp3

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

mr curiosity jason mraz.mp3

A short cover to the intro of Jason Mraz's Mr Curiosity. Kudos to the piano world, by the way, and here are part of the lyrics to the music:

Hey Mr. Curiosity
Is it true what they've been saying about you
Are you killing me?
You took care of the cat already
And for those who think it's heavy
Is it the truth
Or is it only gossip
Call it mystery or anything
Just as long as you'd call me
I sent the message on did you get it when I left it
See this catastrophic event
It wasn't meant to mean no harm
But to think there's nothing wrong is a problem

pianoi'myours.mp3

Cover of Jason Mraz's I'm Yours on the piano!

My apologies for the poor sound quality, and the rather quick tempo.

(rough draft.)

i didn't mean your heart - meant mine.

[liar.]

i was looking for love, that time.

[liar.]

...

So what would it come to-

if it all came down-

down to you.

how would that sound?

would it ache?

would your blood pound?

would your tears no longer be fake?

...

show me a love that is you.

it's all that i am, love.

you will fly away, if that is true.

yes, i'll burst away like a bird, a dove.

...

so shall i cry again - once more,

and love, and laugh, and live, Read more »

When I first heard from her,
I knew there was going to be trouble.
At the time emotions did transfer
all these hopes fell down into rubble.

I wish I knew you better,
I seem to know all your friends.
And as I’m writing out these letters,
I wonder if you would condescend.

They say that you two had something magical,
your chemistry could not be denied.
They say you’re acting so acritical,
but I’m starting to think they lied.

Now I wish I knew you better,
to your heart you only defend.
And as I’m writing out these letters,
I wonder if you would condescend. Read more »

Halifax.mp3

Hello.

This is an experiment.

Hidden somewhere in there is the line "Don't listen to anyone".

The Gaunt Collective will now be broadcasting.

Thank you.

Bass guitars, vocals- Geist. Mixing- Atlas.

I get lost in my thoughts
And my mind can't seem to find
The difference between what's real
And what's fake
And it takes everything I've got
For what I feel and what I know
Not to get in the way

I get so scared sometimes
That I will never find
What I've been looking for
All this time

I'm searching for something true
I want to be held on to
Like it's the last thing you'll ever do
Like I'm the only one you want
Loving you

All I want is to feel arms wrapped around me tight
All I want is to be worth the fight
I just want you to give me all you got Read more »

You, you can see me now
You can see me sinking
you can help me,
but the question is,
will you?

You, won't answer the phone
You, so accident prone
Without me
But, it seems that we've switched places.

Help me please, I'm drowning,
Tell me please, you'll save me
What have I done wrong
to make you drop me?

I, can't live without you,
I'm a mess without you
I can't seem to get my mind
straight enough to smile.

You are gone away and
Now, there's no one to play with,
How am I supposed to surive
this
summer?

Help me please, I'm drowning, Read more »

I'm Coming Alive.mp3

I'm Coming Alive

The feelings that were not felt
I saved the best for you
I never meant to let it out
I hope you know thats true

When the thunder crashes, and it all stars all over again. i hold onto you tight not wanting you to leave me tonight. we have always made it workout in the end, but now is different. and i miss you all the time, even when your standing right there. Read more »

This day and age
We've toughened up
Ignored our sage
Perhaps too much.

When I cry,
no one seems to agree
Am I the only one angry?
When they die,
No one seems to care
Was I the only one with them there?
Drugs and stealing,
Cheating and lies
Ripple through lives
Like suicide.

Kids and teens
They cope with pain
No one sees
Their lives they maim.

When I cry,
no one seems to agree
Am I the only one angry?
When they die,
No one seems to care
Was I the only one with them there?
Drugs and stealing,
Cheating and lies
Ripple through lives
Like suicide. Read more »

I wish I could be within your mind,

Open the windows and lift the blinds.

A rosemary breeze would flutter through,

If only I just could see like you.

I’d wander about in a land of confusion,

Of history books and clockwork illusions.

I’d trace the walls and hear your thoughts,

And wonder why we ever fought.

Refrain:

And when it rained, I’d whisper to the vents

That nothing ever could prevent

My love from reaching you,

From touching you, Read more »

Make me remember why
I was so close
But only heaven knows
Does heaven even know?

Leave me a memory
I'll sing to you,
Of the times we lost,
Places we never forgot.

I wander my mind,
Stepping over things left behind,
They are too heavy,
Too heavy to carry.

Fall again in love,
Make it sweeter each time.
You'll always be mine,
We have time on our side.

Blue sky sugar cones,
Held over stories of places
We always wanted to go.
Never too far from home.

Grew up in a small town
Inside a small state
Used to look out my window
Dreaming I’d be great

Grew up with houses in front
Woods in the back of me
Used to run out back
Go up in the climbing tree

The town is gone
Swallowed by the one next door
The tree is gone
Blown over by the wind

Everything that was steady is gone
Everybody I ever knew moved on
Everything’s changed, everything’s new
Could the fates really be this cruel
I’ve only come back this once
And I know I’m never gonna return
It’s not my town, it’s all wrong
Everything I ever knew is gone Read more »

I try to run away! But you keep pulling me back!
I try to fight
to get loose,
but you always win!
I try to break free from those feelings,
but I end up drowning in them.
I try to hide from them, but some how they find me.
I try to pretend they're not there,
but no matter how hard
i try, I can't pretend.
I try to run away, but you keep pulling me back.
I spend countless hours thinking,
why do those feelings exist.
I try to hide, I try to hide, I try to hide!
I try to run away, I try to run away, but you keep pulling me back
I try to lock up those feelings, Read more »

CHORUS:
Lemonade daydreams
and dragonfly hearts
sitting around, waiting, waiting
for something, something to start

Blue ink eyeliner
and amber-souled sparks
sitting around, waiting, waiting
for the one with the dragonfly heart.

VERSE:
Come on, let’s get ready
The castle’s having a ball
but tell me, what do you give as a present
to the one who has it all?

There’s greyhounds the window
and spiderwebs on the wall
tell me what do you give as a present
to the one who has it all?

CHORUS

VERSE:
These half-asleep spirals
and redwoods so tall Read more »