It's alright
It's alright
It's alright
Summer will come to get me
and we'll be together soon
Marseille, Lyon, Paris
language comes between us
but soon I'll say to you...
[my terrible attempt at french:
Quel plaisir de vous voir ce soir
le monde est devant nous, et il est trop heureux
Mon francais est en commencer
mais je vais avoir une vie a apprendre de vous]
[rough translation-ish:
It's such a pleasure to see you tonight,
the world lays before us and it's happy too
My French has just begun
but I have a whole life to learn from you]
I used to travel, but no more
I finally come home when
I washed up on your shore
This traveller now settles down,
I plant my feet firmly so my roots
may hug the ground
Verse:
I don't understand
how you became this way
I remember my friend
who loved ride the trains
we would run for miles and miles and miles and miles
before we stopped
but somehow you stopped
your tracks ripped away
[Refrain]
Verse:
Don't believe your eyes
their swollen blackness hides
nothing from me dear
let's get you out of here
we could run for miles and miles and miles and miles
before we stop
free from your home
freedom to go
Wanted to write something to a waltz tempo, but I had trouble getting the sound right. this is very rough, so if you have any ideas for improvement, hit me with them
Ummm, it's absolutely a terrible song, but I played all four parts for it, so suck it. This was maybe my second time behind a drum kit in my whole life, so be gentle
anyway, it's about a guy who catches his girl sleeping with his best friend, kills her, and is then hauled away by the police.
This one was really fun to try and record. Dusted off the good ol' trombone and fiddled around desperately looking for the key. 'Twas quite hard to play while laughing. Anyway, as usual, it's all me in this one. It was a crazy quick recording, but I'm shelving it for another day
Kudos to anyone who actually reads this. Anyway, the lyrics
This is the Happy Song,
So why does it always come out wrong?
I guess It's hard to feel, something you know isn't real at all.
But I'll still try, in hopes it'll ease my tatered mind
This is the Happy Song,
but it's not at all
I have more for this song, but I figured I'd just make a severely edited version for the internet. I don't expect anyone to sit and listen to a beginners attempt at a 5 min. acoustic song ;)
The clock says 11:45
but it's morning in my mind
the clock is old,
it's chain is cold,
it's hollow bell keeps me up at night,
way into the light.
The moon sits red in the sky,
taunting me with its eyes,
I want to go,
the clock says no,
it's chain keeps me inside,
ticking sweet goodbyes,
to 11:45.
They say time heal everything,
but they don't know how the pendelum swings.
What goes left must also go right,
so the bad must follow the good night
I thought I could control myself,
but I fell right down and off the shelf,
and I fell it all go right through her hands.
I fell down right next to you,
but I guess you think you like me too,
'cause you took me up in your hands
So where do I go from here, I dunno,
but you'll take care of me, won't you?
And then you'll find,
if you keep me inside,
that someday I may take care of you.
Broken wings make it hard to fly,
but easier to fall from the sky,
and directly in your hands.
Rainbows have a pot of gold,
or at least that's what I'm told,
but I found it all in your hands.
Where does it go from here? I dunno,
but you'll take care of we, won't you?
And if you try,
to keep it alive,
I think you'll grow to like me too.
Had the music finished then made up the lyrics as I went along. It was a fun little experiment, but sounds really sloppy. I really like it though, for some weird reason.
Wrote this to sing at campfires, when the laughter dies down, and you're in your tender, contemplative stage. The idea is that it's so simple, anyone can jump in with their own verse, and then everyone sings the "go down" lines together. It sounds awesome in practice; just too bad I didn't have recording stuff with me at the time
A can of peaches with too much salt,
isn't really worth nothin'....
but if you just let me start over,
i might come up with somethin'
to build a life upon,
so that we can be together.
Eye for an eye, love for a love,
tomorrow and forever...
-Chorus-
Wait! So we can be together,
Wait! Tomorrow and forever,
Wait! So we can be together...
hurry up and wait.
All of these little everyday complications are making me to slow down.
All of these tired conversations are making me want to slowdown.
And I have seen enough suns to know they'll never set on your heart,
So let's slow down together and sketch ourselves a new start.
-Chorus-
If we could just slow down,
it'd be better. 2x
Slowdown-
life would be much better...Wait!
Wanted to try a song were the verses didn't really "resolve". It's about a love for someone who helped you face your darkest demons in the past, but now has gone out into the world, leaving you behind. You wait, hoping they'll come back to you...someday.
[Refrain]
Mississippi River will you take me out of town
with my feet in the sky and my head in the ground
take me where my thoughts won't eat themself
Where I can go to be alone
and dream the dream where there's
going to be no one else...
I don't know what I want
I don't know what I need
I just want you baby
Oh darling please
I don't need your rhythm
I don't need your swing
I just need you by my side
Oh darling please
I jump off the snow and
I'm ready to go and
It's been too long since I've been
alright
The water is real and
all that I'm feeling is my
long awaited goodbye
Goodbye Dolly
I won't see you again
for a long, long time
could we still be friends?
For this is not the end,
no no this is not the end,
for it's written in the stars
that this is who we are
and we are meant to be together....
....if not now, then some other time,
I will find, when you can be mine,
without reserve
for this is what you deserve
to be held in arms that hold you above
so many things that want to tear us apart,
so many things that want to stop the start
of something beautiful.....
....because you and me,
we're beautiful,
a finer piece of art you will never see,
and now I leave,
so sadly....
Every single day is just the same
as if tomorrow never came
and makes it hard to find
a little bit of peace of mind
so I'll just go ahead and eat
my favorite little salty treat
It tastes sweet and really great,
it is just my peanut butter sandwich
my peanut butter sandwhich (lalalala)
just like mom used to make!
Sandwich, my peanut butter...
I know that I've got a problem....
just my peanut butter sandwich (take me back)
just my peanut butter sandwich (to the happy days)
I know that I've got a problem....
every day is just the same
as if tomorrow never came (just a peanut butter sandwich)
and then I find myself against a wall
with no one else to ever see (just a peanut butter sandwich)
that nothing ever changes
except it does, except it does (peanut butter sandwich)
but then I just go eat my peanut butter sandwich.....(chorus )
I'm the man who sank the Lusitainia
I'm the man who went and chopped your cherry tree
I'm the one who stole your ship and sailed to sea
stare at the stars, and let the waves roll me to sleep
A liar is what a liar seeks
and what I'm looking for is me
I'll go to the distant shores
and fall from the highest peaks
The heartbreak kid sails again
looking for an end
the moon smiles with a wink
and wraps me in a sheet
I'm comfortable with the way things are
the wind blows, but not very far
everything blends to one long day
that I don't remember, but it's okay
I've been next to you for years
I've made you smile and tasted your tears
four years is too long to wait
that was my greatest, and my one, mistake
We smile as we pass by
strike a conversation, but I'm too shy
we've wanted eachother for so long
but it's too late: the moment's gone
we're moving on...
(Chorus)
...but may the sunshine guide you,
may the clouds never hide you,
remember that plants only grow in the rain.
And I will never forget,
if there's any regrets,
that flowers all bloom some day.
And before you say goodbye
please just wonder why
I caught you every time you fell
Swallow your fears
fight back those tears
just remember it's always sunny,
it's always sunny,
somewhere else....
("Maybe to fall in love with a word
sounds kinda crazy, you know, to most people,
but if you find an idea you care about enough,
even the crazy is possible,
but it's not the best idea I've ever had....")
Hope is a thing,
that's hard to find,
it fades in the whispering air,
before it's time
I believed in you
that you would set things right
for the first time i can remember
I tasted hope that night
CHORUS
But maybe, it's not the best idea I've ever had
and maybe, it's not the best idea I've ever had
Maybe, it's time to let this go
Isn't it crazy? How the world feels so cold, now
So now here we are,
waiting in line,
we still want to change world,
it just takes time
I still believe,
just not as strong,
maybe we were a bit niave,
but we were not wrong
CHORUS
My eyes have been opened,
they can't be shut again,
to the pain I've seen on both ends.
Hope may have died so long ago (things will change)
and I am not alone (things will change)
to fall in love with a word....
Yesterday I went to play
at a bar just downtown
butterflies melting in the light
as my guitar starts to make sound
Did my bit, just a simple set
about 30 minutes in all
originals mixed with covers
but as I recall
it was awkward
really awkward
Played a song, pretty simple one
but I swung and I missed
told a joke about country folk
and the whole crowd just hissed
heart racing, breath pacing,
next song went amazing
but "Honkey Tonk Budonadonk"
isn't funny when you're pissed
It was awkward
really awkward
At this time I had half a mind
to just give up and hit rewind
but life is not a VCR
so on the spot I stayed
"Drink barkeep?"
"No" says he
and he throws me my
warm iced tea
everyone has a chuckle at the
kid who's underage
It was awkward
Really awkward
Played my last, it was really fast
The Who saw me through
I think they swayed but I couldn't say
but behind eyes of blue
I think they liked me
They almost liked me
She found her courage in a change of scene.
Her mind's in the gutter of the cities back beats,
and while she'll never want talk about it,
there was never any doubt about it.
Every morning she's in a worse place
can't even remember the strangers first name
day-old masquera and lip-stick on her cheek
his cologne will haunt her for a week
She tries to say, "it's okay"
and I say, no,
just come home
no one deserves this
The passing train rocks all of her picture frames
it's all of us, smiling in space
her hands are shaking as she tries to take a drink
bruises are easier to see then she thinks
She thought it'd be fun to pretend,
to be a grown up when she hasn't grown up yet,
Now she's just another wounded black sheep,
I'd never dream that she'd be broken so deep
She tries to say, it's okay
I say no, please just come home
Just stop! Just stop!
Mom and Dad and I are worried sick about you
I know you wanna run but you've nowhere to run to
I know you want to go and chase out your dreams
but you're underwater girl and you can't even breathe
So stop! Just stop, and come home.....
I know a girl who talks to no one but me
It makes me feel sad because I once was that lonely
She writes me these poems that she keeps by her bed
I wish she'd believe me when I say they're not bad
I know a girl who sleeps on her porch every night
she believes all her problems will fade in the starlight
hasn't happened yet, and yet here we are
keeping eachother warm under the stars....
All I know, is I love this girl
All I know, is I love this girl
I know a girl who needs a fresh start
can't pick up the pieces while falling apart
She always cheers me up when I'm feeling blue
Oh I wish I could do the same thing for you...
I know a girl who decided to give up
eighteen years of living and she's had enough
Her note said to look up at the sky at night,
and see her wink at me in the starlight
All I know, is I'll miss that girl
All I know, is I'll miss that girl
before I'd a chance to say,
all the words were in the way
and we'll never have the chance to say...
and while we were tossed around
all the world was falling down
and I never had a chance to say
[CHORUS]
You don't know a single thing about her
....
all the words that you can say won't mean a thing,
anyway 'cause you don't know a single thing about her
I wish I could cross the stars with you,
someday, maybe
I wish I could hold the world for you,
One day we will walk apart
and you'll always lead me
one day I will fall apart for you
She was a girl who shrunk my world
and lulled me to sleep with
nightmeres instead of dreams
And everyone knows
how the rest of the story goes
when there are two souls and there's only one
plasticine rose
The times we shared that went nowhere
and oh, you cried when I lied to you
and all you felt were plasticine roses
and everybody knows that they're not real at all
From way up here where all is clear
and I can see that
you're still looking at me
with plasticine roses yeah, plasticine roses
that time forgets
and when I look back
it hurts me that you are still at the place
that I try to forget
and with me now is someone who
somehow pulls me up from where
I once was...
but I fear that it can't be true
because of what I did to you
a plasticine rose
is all I deserve
While all our memories remain
we are still not the same
something changed you
or something changed me
And I've been falling way too long,
and now even you are gone,
down here I'll stay
down here I'll stay
And while my heart is not alot
please know it's yours until it stops
working for me
working for me
Chorus:
Yeah you were suffering
I didn't care
I didn't stop
I didn't care...
Please call me your Mr. John
and guarantee you're moving on
far from where I wrote this song
Please call me Mr. John
and if something goes wrong
I swear that I'll be there for you
because they will not be scared of you
like me
Chorus
You've been gone for so long
I just want you to come
back home to me
back home to me
While I'll always be the same
call me any other name
and come back to me
come back to me
please come back....
Circles are all that I run
Infinite laps and then I'm done
Please send me a word
just so I know that we're fine
'cause lately I have heard
from a little bird
on the grapevine
you've got me in limbo
you've got me in limbo
you've got me in limbo
Nothing is all that you say
story changes everyday
you buid me up yourself
just one more prize
for your shelf
and when you pull me down
you know I'm going to drown
when you let go
you've got me in limbo....
don't tell me that it'll be fine
I do believe that I know your mind
I don't know what made me give it all
to you
could it be, that my misery
made me blind?
Allow me to tell you about the house with no walls
the roof never falls
and it isn't tall enough for me
Allow me to tell you about the folks who
live there
Every day they are scared
And we're so blissfully unaware
That in a world as bleak as ours
and in a town as chic as ours
and in a block as safe as ours
and in a home as warm as ours
we forget whati's to feel small
in a house with no walls
Allow me to tell you what it's like to be
afraid
To not know your age
And be living out of our cage
Allow me to tell you what it's like to not know
time
Like a fish cut from a line
Not good enough to realize
That in a world as bleak as ours
and in a town as chic as ours
and in a block as safe as ours
and in a house as warm as ours
and a love as pure as ours
and with a head as sure as ours
and a heart as gold as ours
and chemistry just as good as ours
why do they have to feel so small
in a house with no walls?
Allow me to take you there
Breathe unrecycled air
on streets that don't care
Allow me to make you fall
In love with being small in a
house with no walls
Today I was walking and to my suprise
Gravity pulled me up until I hit the sky
Drank a few clouds
As I flew near
Didn't get bored until i reached
the stratosphere
Kept floating up
closer to the sun
saw the place where
all my lost balloons had gone
And one day, you will join me here
but until then we'll pretend the end is near
And when I let go
it is not a show
I feel so high, I'm dancing in the sky
don't need a reason why
'cause when gravity stops working for me
I'll explode
I look down
and ants are all I see
lonely people working on their lonely dreams
rise above this, and I'll make you my queen
turn off your mind like I turn off gravity
It's not bad
sleeping in the cloud
shaking hands with the stars as they skip your town
And one day, you will join me
and we'll sing to the rhythm of our heartbeat
So we can fly
and leave your sadness behind
You and I
can dance forever in the sky
don't need a reason why
'cause when gravity stops working for me
I'll explode
I see your face and you're looking down
looking down
how can you fly if your feet never leave the ground?
I spent all day waiting for you in this place
Jupiter's got the rings if you've got the space
Oh for sure, stay for the wrapparound
stars exploding before you even hear a sound
come with me and we'll sail for that distant shore
how could you ever ask for more?
Tri-horned hats and Guy Fawkes masks
screaming yeah, yeah, yeah
Holding ground with so much sound
screaming yeah yeah yeah
Television tell me what's my position
yeah yeah yeah
Heads are talking but I don't listen
yeah yeah yeah
Mom and Dad I guess we're free at last
yeah yeah yeah
From what, I forgot to ask
yeah yeah yeah
Provocation for the sake of sensation
yeah yeah yeah
Listen to me as I talk to the nation
yeah yeah
Oh, shouting in the park
and sleeping in the dark
will not help your light shine through
our voice is not what it seems
when money equals speech
then everyone else will lose
So stop thinking for me
spare a thought for you
we have to stop the bleeding
Even I know that
Stop thinking for me
spare a thought for you
change won't come easy
even I know that
So grab your hats and your Guy Fawkes masks
yeah yeah yeah
Improvised the lyrics, but from what I can tell I said this:
"Should I complain about people that are in my life?
Should I talk about banging girls on the dance floor, or driving cars? (no)
This are subjects that other songs have already covered,
been done a million times
I just want something original to listen to
just for once in my life
f*ck pop music
f*ck pop music
I'm tired of these chords
I'm tired of the beat and everything I've heard
a billion times before
I just wrote another generic pop-rock song for y'all
and I want you to chase it down
I'm tired of stupid cliches
and rhymes that are only okay
and I want a rock song that's worth something more
then rebel rebel screw a b*tch and rebel rebel
'till you're done
Girl,
I know you love to dance
So dance with me all night long
There was a time when you wanted to
That's why this song's for you
[Chorus]
Just 'cause I'm bleeding doesn't mean that I'm screaming
Just 'cause I'm hiding doesn't mean that I'm shy
Just 'cause I'm quiet doesn't mean that I'm fine
Just 'cause I'm me doesn't mean that it's not easy being me
it's not easy being me
Wait for the bell to toll
I've been dreaming for so long
Skylight, and it hurts my eyes
we've been down for way too long
