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Lyrics to some of the songs I particularly like...
Never Is A Promise
from "Tidal"
You'll never see the courage I know
It's color's richness won't appear within your view
I'll never glow the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgements made on you
(Bridge):
But as the scenery grows I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch
I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still to proud to mention to you
[2nd time around](I realize what I am now to smart to mention to you)
You say you understand, but you don't understand
You say you'll never give up seeing eye to eye
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie
You'll never touch these things that I hold
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
You'll never feel the heat of this soul
My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown to you
You say don't fear your dreams
It's easier than it seems
You say you'll never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie
You'll never live this life that I live
I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night
You'll never hear the message I give
You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight
[back to bridge]
You say you understand, you'll never understand
I say I'll never wake up knowing how or why
I don't know what to believe in
You don't know who I am
You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
But never is a promise and I never need a lie
I Know
from "When The Pawn"
So be it, I'm your crowbar
If that's what I am so far
Till you get out of this mess
And I will pretend that I don't know of your sins
Till you are ready to confess
But all the time
All the time I'll know
I'll know
You can use my skin to bury secrets in
And I will settle you down
And at my own suggestion
I will ask no questions
While I do my thing in the background
But all the time
All the time I'll know
Baby, I can't help you out while she is still around
So for the time being, I'm being patient
And amidst this bitterness
If you'll just consider this
Even if it don't make sense all the time
Give it time
When the crowd becomes your burden
And you've early closed your curtain
I will wait by the backstage door
While you try to find the lines to speak your mind
And pry it open hoping for an encore
And if it gets too late for me to wait
For you to find you love me and tell me so
It's okay, don't need to say it
Love Ridden
from "When The Pawn"
Love ridden I've looked at you
With the focus I gave to my birthday candles
I've wished on the lidded blue flames
Under your brow
And baby I wished for you
Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed
And I wanna crawl in with you
But I cry instead
I want your warm but it will only make me colder
When it's over
So I can't tonight, baby--
No not baby anymore
If I need you I'll just use your simple name
Only kisses on the cheek from now on
And in a little while we'll only have to wave
My hand won't hold you down no more
The path is clear to follow through
I stood too long in the way of the door
And now I'm giving up you
Paper Bag
from "When The Pawn"
I was staring at the sky
Just looking for a star
To pray on or wish on or something like that
I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy
Who's reality I knew was a hopeless to be had
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope
And I believed for a moment that my chances were
Approaching to be grabbed
But as it came down near, so did a weary tear
I thought it was a bird
But it was just a paper bag
Chorus:
Hunger hurts
And I want him so bad, oh it kills
Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up
I got to fold cause these hands are too shaky to hold
Hunger hurts but starving works
When it costs too much to love
And I went crazy again today
Looking for a strand to climb
Looking for a little hope
Baby said he couldn't stay
Wouldn't put his lips to mine
And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope
I said honey, I don't feel so good
Don't feel justified
Come on put a little love here in my void
He said it's all in your head
And I said so's everything
But he didn't get it
I thought he was a man
But he was just a little boy
(chorus)(2x)