Tuesday, December 21, 2010

"Anger Or Acceptance"

I hear what they say
And it doesn't go away
Do you really have to haunt me
From beyond the grave

I buried the hatchet
That you stuck in my back it's
Been thrown so far away
But on a boomerang's track

[chorus]
I don't know
Whether to throw a fit or let this go
What I do, will it make a difference
Be appalled or be indifferent
I figure that if I ignore this
It'll be no better than ignorance
Should I be mad or just accept this
Side with anger, or acceptance

You never knew me
But you think that you see through me
Can you see that what you did before
Is what you continue doing

Staring at me from the outside
Never looking in my eyes
To see the pain you've caused
That I keep trying to disguise

[chorus]
Cause I don't know
Whether to throw a fit or let this go
What I do, will it make a difference
Be appalled or be indifferent
I figure that if I ignore this
It'll be no better than ignorance
Should I be mad or just accept this
Side with anger, or acceptance

Grace pours down
Out of a fount
That dwells in me
Drown out
All of the doubt
This hell in me
And make things right

I can't do this on my own
That's always been the case
I've reached for pieces of this puzzle
But they push me out of place
Can't you see how bad I want this
A hand to pull me through the race
So I sit here in my solitude
Asking undeserved grace

Saturday, December 18, 2010

"Blue"

Sometimes I feel like I'm soaring through the sky
Or that I'm falling from you
Sometimes I feel like I'm staying afloat
Now I'm drowning in you

[chorus]
Blue, blue

Sometimes you catch my eye from afar
Sometimes you're the last I want to see
Give me any other color to choose from
I'll take the yellows, reds or greens

Some days I'm basking in your clarity
Sometimes you're streaming down my face
Give me the clouds to block the sun out
I might not need you, not today

[chorus]
Blue, blue
Blue, blue

You and black
Seem to have each others' backs
And you team up just to prove
That you can stab me in mine
Any time
You've got me feeling blue

Sometimes you've got me feeling so cool
And other times you make me depressed
Seems you're two halves of the same pool
Both my joy and lonliness

[chorus]
Blue, blue
Blue, blue

Blue, blue
Blue

Saturday, December 11, 2010

"The Colors In Your Eyes"

Oh, there's a lump in my throat
In the pit of my soul I feel it
Losing all control
Now when I close my eyes
See your face in my mind
I can't deny this lovely sight

Asking the same old questions
Have I learned a thing
Forgetting the hard learned lessons
Remembering

[chorus]
Can it be
I'm leaving it all behind to see
The colors in your eyes
How they've caught mine
You've got mine, ooh

It starts, in the seat of my heart
And it's ripping apart the lines that
Show me where you are
Could you loosen the chains
That you have on my brain, it's something new
But it's the same

Regretting my past transgressions
I don't want to repeat
I'm still holding my confession
Deep inside of me

[chorus]
Can it be
I'm leaving it all behind to see
The colors in your eyes
How they've caught mine
You've got mine, ooh, glued to you
Could you please
Give me a sign it'll be alright
Cause I've fallen a thousand times
In love, I've been pushed and shoved
Aaahhh

[instrumental]

[chorus]
Can it be
I'm leaving it all behind to see
The colors in your eyes
How they've caught mine
You've got mine, ooh
See
I'm leaving it all behind to bleed
Into the colors in your eyes
The colors in your eyes
The colors in your eyes

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Kid's Song: "Don't Be Mean To Odd Numbers"

Division is my favorite thing to do
Made easy by my old pal number 2
But there are ones that don't agree
And say that 2 is "not for me!"
And though sometimes it's hard to get along
I forget about our differences and sing this song

[chorus]
Don't be mean to odd numbers
Just because they're different, and they don't divide by two
Don't be mean to odd numbers
'Cause to them you're probably an odd one too

So I shake the hand of 3's and 5's and 9's
Even if it feels uncomfortable sometimes
When people stop to point and laugh
At how they make me look bad at math
Whenever I start feeling victimized
I look at them and I simply reply

[chorus]
Don't be mean to odd numbers
Just because they're different, and they don't divide by two
Don't be mean to odd numbers
'Cause to them you're probably an odd one too

Even though
It's not easy to do
The world would be no fun
If everyone looked just like you
So be a friend
To the odder numbers too
You can count on them to help you out
'Cause they can always count on you

(You're number 1!)
(Three cheers for odd numbers!)
(Give me five!)

[chorus]
Don't be mean to odd numbers
Just because they're different, and they don't divide by two
Don't be mean to odd numbers
'Cause even odds can be a friend to you

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Untitled

Do you ever stop and listen
Or do you wait to throw your fists in
Hear me out
This is not a fight of words
But there's a fight, that I'm assured
And it's starting now

Because a war waged silently
Soon topples violently
And your head is full of casualties

[chorus]
Do you kill the things you love
To trade away
Will you keep your push and shove
Until they fade away
What do you hold sacred
Standing naked, all you're holding to is hatred
Is that really what you fame?

You twist and turn away
What am I supposed to say
I've tried my best
To be an open ear
But there's nothing left to hear
When you won't rest

I want to love you like I should
But you won't listen to the good
What's the point in being understood?

[chorus]
Do you kill the things you love
To trade away
Will you keep your push and shove
Until they fade away
What do you hold sacred
Standing naked, all you're holding to is hatred
Is that really what you fame?

A lie can sound much sweeter than the truth
But love won't keep the truth away from you
With honest daggers to the heart, it tears apart
So you can start brand new
Stop hiding away
Won't you let love find you