Wind

You run like the wind

I stumble on uneven pavement

I've seen too many things

and there are toys you still play with

I laugh inside at your face

you laugh out loud at the things I say

I catch your eye

now we're in line

I've walked away so many times before

tonight don't let me go out that door

if I'm wrong, love, then do let me go

but I want a reason to stay 

and I want you to know I want you

I live my life plain

yet still lose my faith

you do what you want

but still seek God some days

I want to see the things you've been

I want to be all the places you've seen

we could be wrong

I pray we're alright

I've walked away so many times before

tonight don't let me go out that door

if I'm wrong, love, then do let me go

but I want a reason to stay 

and I want you to know I want you

this could be our last chance

between us, you're the expert

but I'll be the one to ask you to dance

I've walked away so many times before

tonight don't let me go out that door

if I'm wrong, love, then do let me go

but I want a reason to stay 

and I want you to know I want you

Roof

One moment in time
seems like you could erase
make everything go back
to the way it was meant to be
one beat of your heart
one look on her face
it was a start
now you're goin' no place

but don't think think that the end is drawing near
there's still a reflection looking back in your mirror

cuz when the sun goes down
on all your dreams
it's not gonna be as bad
as it would seem
cuz when you're out on the bench
you can see what play you need to make next
and as for me I don't understand
but you know I'll try my best

you missed some signs
but faith kept your pace
and there's nothing you lack
but there's still empty space
I can't take it up
can't tell you what to do
I can't unbreak your heart
but I'll try to help you through


but don't think think that the end is drawing near
there's still a reflection looking back in your mirror

cuz when the sun goes down
on all your dreams
it's not gonna be as bad
as it would seem
cuz when you're out on the bench
you can see what play you need to make next
and as for me I don't understand
but you know I'll try my best

no matter what road you're travelling
here there will always be a roof
and when you're mind's unravelling
I'll tell you the truth


but don't think think that the end is drawing near
there's still a reflection looking back in your mirror

cuz when the sun goes down
on all your dreams
it's not gonna be as bad
as it would seem
cuz when you're out on the bench
you can see what play you need to make next
and as for me I don't understand
but you know I'll try my best

The sky is a pensive purple, darkening in the twilight.
The air is sticky and thick like a rain forest, yet bites a little as if it were October here in Ohio, and not July.
Just a little bit of thunder rolls around the edges of the atmosphere I can see. Lightening bugs bumble around like nervous musicians waiting to go onstage.
I can no longer hear the bass shaking the floor boards. I can no longer here jumping and cackling and clamour.
All I hear is the distant highway- it's faded roar provides a slate for my mind to write on.
Somewhere up there the thunder is parted to the sound of a jet engine. I can't see it, but I can't help but wonder-
who's on it? A father coming back from deployment to meet his son for the first time? Business men who make the trip every week? A family that's had enough, and will start over again where ever they land? Maybe it's just... a confused person, like me. Maybe she's sitting there looking at clouds and pondering the height she's at. Perhaps it distracts her from the million things on her mind.
It could be going anywhere... from Chicago, to Tel Aviv.
And I'm just sitting here. Escaping the inevitable.

Again

My tired head listens to the buzzin
of my computer, feels it's heat
just like the warmth of you
sittin next to me
and our fingers laced together behind my back
so the rest of the world can't see

Come be with me
come laugh again
just stay by my side
anytime, just say when
simply look in my eyes
barely touch my face
and when you walk away
lemme see that slow pace

I squeal at things I can't handle
your arm goes around me, you kiss my cheek
I don't want you to leave now
cuz I'm gonna be
thinkin' of you for a while
smilin' like it's never goin' out of style


Come be with me
come laugh again
just stay by my side
anytime, just say when
simply look in my eyes
barely touch my face
and when you walk away
lemme see that slow pace

meet me in the cafe
cue the moonlight baby
let chairs and tables stand as witness
to all we have shared


Come be with me
come laugh again
just stay by my side
anytime, just say when
simply look in my eyes
barely touch my face
and when you walk away
lemme see that slow pace

Hasta Luego

There's a simple, yet sad peace you get when you know that you've had your last chance with someone you hold dear. There's an emptiness... and an affirmation.
You are only certain of one end. No beginnings are in sight. All you have are those mentally dog-eared pictures in the back of your mind. The black and whites that replay over and over, as you search the background for some evidence that it was all real, or that it could be real once again.
Typically, every song on the radio is about you two. To it you sort through every word whispered, to find where you went wrong.
Sometimes you'll find that moment... sometimes you won't. The lucky few get to see the moment they walked away, or the cutting words that ended the other's dreams.
Me?
I just see darkness. I see our faces. I see my heart beating in rebellion to my head.
Oh, had I simply put to rest common sense, I might know all that could have been.
Instead I lay and wonder
until we meet again.

Around Me

laughin at the way I throw like a girl
darting behind the door, smiling at the floor
tryin not to let you see I wanted to come in
so we talked a played and you never
invited me in

but I saw a surprise in your eyes
when his arms were around me
I didn't know he was there
but you almost looked scared

a shiver down my spine
I figured it out, then it was fine
I giggled at my fear
I trembled once with him so near
then you walked away

I saw a flash of pain over what
I had not intended
could it be that his  sick joke
has left us ended?

oh, oh steal me away
oh, oh fight for my heart, take me today
oh, oh I swear you're the one I want
don't let him win, don't let him win

On And On

the words you said 
I'm blockin from my newsfeed
my mental re runs are gonna go off-aire
when the lights go off
I might shudder for a second
but I'll grow up now
cuz I can't be scared


The streets I walk on are littered with pieces of you heartbeat.
 The air I breathe carries your soundless sweet song.
you wove our story like an Indian tapestry
and then with one loose thread you unraveled me
and I go on and on
lost without the rhythm of us
on and on 
you held me together and now I must
go on


you told me you missed me
that's the last I've heard
I'll assume you'll run away now
like a little boy should
Next time I'll find a man
I won't fall so fast
knock on wood



The streets I walk on are littered with pieces of you heartbeat.
 The air I breathe carries your soundless sweet song.
you wove our story like an Indian tapestry
and then with one loose thread you unraveled me
and I go on and on
lost without the rhythm of us
on and on 
you held me together and now I must
go on


on and on
like a river spilling into the sea
on and on 
I'll let a flood of life cover me
on and on 
I'll find who I was meant to be
without you
I'll go on,  but



The streets I walk on are littered with pieces of you heartbeat.
 The air I breathe carries your soundless sweet song.
you wove our story like an Indian tapestry
and then with one loose thread you unraveled me
and I go on and on
lost without the rhythm of us
on and on 
you held me together and now I must
go on

Eraser

I can recall when
every lovin' word and
every tainted look was for me


walkin down the dark path
didn't think you had it
in you to run away like you did


left me in the cold no
left me to myself oh
you're so wreckless, and then welcoming


Go ahead.
 Erase me from your life.
 Let me blow away off the paper in your wind, 
and get lost in the lyrics a thousand poets have unwritten.
Tales of torture, sadness, distance, madness.
 Let me add to the number- as long as you always remember 
the song of my heart.


you're like a little child when 
you ring the doorbell and then
I open up and you've gone away


are you giggling in the bushes?
are your friends your crutches?
do you simply not know what to say?


I would be so bold though
to just take a hold of
your collar and kiss you anyway




Go ahead.
 Erase me from your life.
 Let me blow away off the paper in your wind, 
and get lost in the lyrics a thousand poets have unwritten.
Tales of torture, sadness, distance, madness.
 Let me add to the number- as long as you always remember 
the song of my heart.


Don't walk down this street anymore
I'm lockin all the windows, hiding the keys to the door
don't bother callin this phone
you know I won't answer
you know I'm not home






Go ahead.
 Erase me from your life.
 Let me blow away off the paper in your wind, 
and get lost in the lyrics a thousand poets have unwritten.
Tales of torture, sadness, distance, madness.
 Let me add to the number- as long as you always remember 
the song of my heart.