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“Unrequited”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“Unrequited”
written on 4/4/09

i just laugh as i flip through the dictionary
your definition of friendship falls under acquaintance in my book
you said so many kind things before you kicked me to the street
but now i question everything based on your apathy

you say you want to be friends
but your words don’t match your actions
’cause i only hear an echo
instead of an answer when i speak

you dislike my depression
but what did you expect
why must i always be a beacon
for you to seek me out

you expect for me to rebound as if nothing ever happened
but sometimes rebuilding
is easier when you’re not alone

you wonder why i’m still down
not sure why it’s so hard to see
the connection that once meant everything to me
has become a friendship that’s a one-way street

“The Result of her Despair”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“The Result of her Despair”
written on 2/26/09

i am startled shortly after midnight
though i already know who is there
i feel the tension, heavy in the phone lines
her tone screams frustration, no optimism at all
now i know the hammer’s coming down

i’ve always felt love conquers all
but now i know that’s untrue
love is such a gentle force
that despair can stomp it out

we had every dream come true
we never read a map ’cause we never could get lost
destination beautiful as long as we traveled side by side
we couldn’t have planned a sweeter route

but when you live with your guard down
sometimes the darkest demons strike
distance and stress stabbed her heart
she’s trying so hard but her heart is bleeding out

i’m scrambling to her rescue
but my words aren’t strong enough sutures
i squeeze her hand but she’s so cold
her love is failing fast
i wish my love could save her
but our blood type’s not the same

now my worst fears have taken her
leaving me all alone with shattered dreams of what could have been
and crumbling things of what used to be
just like my appeal

she’ll move on
to a brand new heart
to a better life
and i’ll move on
with an aching heart
to an uncertain life
but to a heart i know will heal

“Peter and the Rockstar”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem, Uncategorized
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“Peter and the Rockstar”
written on 1/11/09

his voice echoes in her ears
sweet and sexy a-sharp melody
whispering in her ear the words she knows so well
body glistening in the lighting symphony
notes that reverberate within her bones

as she sings along word for word
they can make her sway to the chorus of the song
but they can’t shake your heart the way that i could
my simple words don’t follow a rhythm
and won’t make you dance the night away
they won’t parade around on stage
but were spoken just for you

and peter shakes his head
hurt and confused how their melodies wisp her away
and sighs knowing he is just a simple man
but he knows that as the stage lights fade and amps unplug
his words will be much louder
touch her much deeper, leave her much warmer
’cause his words were meant just for her

“Untitled”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“Untitled”
written on 11/12/06

a heart safer than i’ve ever known
the jigsaw piece that filled all my voids, she rounded me out so well
but in anger i chose to run rather than confront our issues
fear of facing your tears kept me from addressing you
i talked myself into believing i was better off alone
but deep down my heart knew everything was wrong

crushed and scared you grew so strong without me
but now i’m looking at you from across the field
and realize our feelings haven’t changed
i pray true love can cure all things
and bring you back to me

i touch your hand and caress your feet
i watch you dress in front of me
wrapped in clothes that mistake you for royalty
but it’s the looks of an angel i focus on
you’re ready to leave but this event isn’t for me
i’m left behind with an empty heart
hoping you return quickly to me

with eyes so soft they hold my soul
time goes slow when you’re not around

i miss the girl i once called my own
with one more chance i won’t forget
the one who’s meant for me

“Treading Water”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“Treading Water”

i shade in the tone of her cheeks
sketch the contours of her sides
but it’s no use because i couldn’t lift her off the paper
even if i tried

and i really should know better
because i have been in enough horror stories and tragedies
an easy reminder love doesn’t always end in happy endings
so now i’m torn between dreaming up a love that probably won’t last
and a loneliness i can only cover up so much

now i’ve caught myself second guessing
i see the life that i could give
to a girl that lets me in
but the failed attempts stack the odds against me
and make me doubt that i’ll have the chance to try again

they say, ‘what’s life without love?’
but there has to be something in the mean time
because right now it feels like i’m just treading water
and my heart is feeling the fatigue
please just pull me out of the water
and i’ll show you all i can be

“The Sand”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“The Sand”

i’m just one step short of greatness
but that stride never seemed so far
when things are in your way

i’ve had so many girls try to change me
and so many that just didn’t work for me
i feel like an archeologist in the desert
because i’ve found pieces that i placed together
built a skeleton of love
turns out i only found it’s not whole

i’ve sifted through so much sand
only to find fragments of a thing called love
but i won’t give up ’cause as sure as the sun will rise
i’ll find all the pieces that add up to the way love should be

i’ve been up, i’ve been down
but there’s no giving up
i’ll go through every grain of sand if that’s what it takes
i’m going to find every piece that builds you

“Eric’s Song”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“Eric’s Song”

i scratch out a short list
of all the people that matter to me
turns out you’re the only one that gives as much as you receive
never leaving any doubt of who is the most important to me

it never gets any easier any time that you go
’cause all the people i know come and go
even now that i’m off on my own
you’re the one that keeps this place from feeling like home

i’m not as strong as  i need to be
you’re the only one who sees the real me
let me peel off all my my layers and show my true colors
i’m tired of being who people expect me to be
you’ve always loved me just as i am
and that is more than enough for me
’cause i never even needed their seal of approval

“Home”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“Home”
completed on 11/22/07

the sigh of the jet engine
mirrors the exhale from my chest
because i’m heading back to the west
the darkness that covers the sky
is the same feeling that I have inside
i’m thousands of feet above the ground
soon to be the number of miles from those i call home

’cause the stars on the east coast shine brighter
when you’re surrounded by all your friends
’cause it’s not where you love that makes home
it’s the love from those that you know

the silence that suffocates my apartment
is broken by the charm of your voice
i have never felt so cold living alone
but your personality breathes warmth to this room

’cause the stars on the west coast shine brighter
when you share your time talking to me
’cause the clocks have never felt broken
until our bond made the hours fly by

and now the rockies are feeling like home
i swear you’re that bright star over me
even though the winter draws in the snow
your soul melts away all the cold

“K”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“K”
completed on 7/30/07

behind her glossy cover that sparkles so nicely in the light
are pages people have stepped on that have bruised her to her core
and her binding is coming undone but she won’t let it break
because that’s not how she was written
and that’s certainly not her fate

it’s like staring at the black and white pages of a coloring book
because all of life’s hardships have stolen all her color
and the tears shed from her eyes have caused the ink to run together
making the happy and sad stories bleed together

and she’s such a pretty cover
with a title glittering in gold
but once you read her prologue
she’s been through more than you would think
because even with her beauty she’s just like you and me

and if i could just hold her
i swear i could shelter her from the pain
let my fingertips brush across her cheeks
to brush away her tears
and listen to her speak ’cause she needs to know i care

so i want to write her resolution
so she can smile again
but i lack the words to complete her latest chapter
i never was an expert, just a boy with a soft heart
so i’m grasping for the answers hoping that something that i write
will feel to her like nonfiction
because she really is a novel worth reading word for word

“Trap”

Posted: November 7, 2009 in Lyrics, Poem
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“Trap”
completed on 7/4/07

i see your face in every cloud
hear your voice in my favorite songs
i’ m not sure how things unraveled like this
from something that originally felt so right
i always told you don’t question what works so well
you and i were two of a kind
but somewhere in our perfect chemistry
some elements became quite unstable
because in a flash i’m standing in the middle of an explosion

in the storm of my emotions i see
images of things before the natural disaster
flashes of disappointment light up my night
sheets of confusion rain down from the sky
and when the dust settles all that’s left
are doubts of what used to be

perhaps you hid your motives and camouflaged your insecurities
so i stepped into your trap
hanging upside down from the vines of your control
with nothing but lost time slipping out of my pockets and blood rushing to my head
i wish i could say i felt more than that
maybe i should have questioned what i thought worked so well

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