Sunday, 9 July 2017

Nausea

There’s no secret you don’t know
Whispers linger in your ear
No lie you haven’t told
A talent for turning smiles into tears
Watch the smoldering sun grow cold
Wasted hours turn into years
Feeding your insatiable appetites
Sinking below the surface of your fears
In the darkness of the night
You were caught kissing the brazen moon
Getting drunk on your own derision
Sitting in seductive silence
Carving out your soul with a rusty spoon
The morning light hurts your eyes
As you stumble down the street
Talking to strangers
Looking for a place to sleep
Trying to quench your thirst in the salty sea
Throwing up
Choking on your apathy
Trapped in an empty room
You see a way out
But you swallowed the key
Take the bus out of town
There’s some place you’d rather be
Find yourself in a crowd
Among the broken hearts and empty faces
Tainted hope and desperation
The familiarity of strangers
Creating new expressions of confession
Murder your inhibitions
Testing the limits of gravity
Crossing the borders of reality
Your heart racing down the freeway
Taking no exit
Finding no destination

Saturday, 12 March 2016

All The Stars



All The Stars


The moon is swinging low
I’m feeling rich tonight
I’ve been flying high
Where the sky meets the sea
Truth and consequence
They’re both strangers to me

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

I’ve been fanning the flames
You’re the burning in my soul
What you give me
Can’t be bought or sold
I’ve been working magic
Turning ashes Into gold

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

I was thinking
About the future
See the stars
In the sky
See them shine
All the stars are mine

Ooooohoooh...Oooohoooh

I opened up your book
Reading between the lines
Take a second look
You've got me believing
In dreams and visions
Yeah, all the things you do to me

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

I’ve been crossing borders
Running through minefields
Subduing impossibilities
You’re the revelation
Sweeping through the nation
I love this sensation when you’re with me

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

I was thinking
About the future
See the stars
In the sky
See them shine
All the stars are mine

Ooooohoooh...Ooooohoooh

I was drinking
My head is spinning 
Drunk on promises and lies
Locked and loaded
Ransom what was stolen
We’re moving in and out of time

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

I was thinking
About the freedom
That you get down on your knees
Lucid and ecstatic
A whisper in the confusion
I’m making my election sure

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

(whispered)
I was thinking
About this feeling
See the shape of life
Bend and twist in the light
Building bridges
Burning down the past
I was thinking about the future
Some things last forever...last forever

Ooooohoooh...Ooooohoooh

I was thinking
About the future
See the stars
In the sky
See them shine
All the stars are mine

I was thinking
About the future…

All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine
All the lights that shine
All the stars are mine

Ooooohoooh...Ooooohoooh

All the stars align
All the stars are mine
All the stars are mine
All the stars are mine

Saturday, 13 February 2016

Butterfly Effect


Butterfly Effect

The world is spinning fast
Lose my grip trying to hold on
See the future become the past
You can do everything right and still be wrong
They say if you work hard all your dreams will come true
But ya know that’s not the truth for me and you

Love
Burns up like a shooting star
Falling from the sky
Love
Shines like a million diamonds
Buried in the darkness of your eyes
Love
Leaves us aching and torn apart
Like a wounded butterfly

Sometimes my conscience gets to be a drag
The things I really want I can’t ever seem to have
Don’t talk about the progress of the human race
Life is full of flavor but I can’t afford a taste
You know I’m trying hard to change
But it’s so easy just to stay the same

Love
Burns up like a shooting star
Falling from the sky
Love
Shines like a million diamonds
Buried in the darkness of your eyes
Love
Leaves us aching and torn apart
Like a wounded butterfly

I feel like I commit some sort of crime
Every time I get these feelings deep inside
I’ve been reading between the lines
But ya know it’s like the lame trying to lead the blind
Out of rhyme and out of reach
It gets hard to practice what I preach
Driving all night down a road that never ends
Close my eyes to dream again

You’re the chaos
You’re the chaos
Chaos in my soul
Don’t let me go
You’re the light and the darkness
Joy filled with sadness
Nails on my skin
Nails pounded in
Don’t let me go
You’re the light and the darkness
In my soul

Love
Burns up like a shooting star
Falling from the sky
Love
Shines like a million diamonds
Buried in the darkness of your eyes
Love
Leaves us aching and torn apart apart
Like a wounded butterfly

Friday, 12 February 2016

Light a Fire


Light a Fire

Straw-berry wine
Picked it sweet from the vine
Feel the rush
Broke my cup
Drank too much and messed my mind

Light a fire...Light a fire
Light a fire...Light a fire
Pour your gasoline on me
Watch the flames reach higher
Light a fire

I’ve been climbing up your tree
Stealing honey from a swarm of bees
Take another hit
Feel the sting from your lips
Don’t leave me begging darling please

Light a fire...Light a fire
Light a fire...Light a fire
Pour your gasoline on me
Watch the flames reach higher
Light a fire

Like a shot in the dark
See my arrows miss the mark
Give me more than I can take
I need your rhythm
Need your soul
One more drink for the road
One more kiss before this love grows cold

Illuminate...Infiltrate...Intoxicate
Radiate...Elevate...Desecrate
Eviscerate...Incinerate...Incinerate
Burn me up...burn me up
Come on Sugar light it up

Light a fire...Light a fire
Light a fire...Light a fire
Pour your gasoline on me
Watch the flames reach higher
Light a fire
Light a fire
Light a fire
Light a fire

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Autumn in the City



Autumn in the City

There’s a chill in the air
But the leaves are blowing my way
I wasted away the summer
But the change in the weather
Brings a brand new day
(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

It’s autumn in the city
(Autumn in the city)
It’s autumn in the city
(Autumn in the city)

The skyline lights
Make everything look so pretty
It’s not easy to be bored
When you’re in the heart of the city
I’m looking to start something new
Something new with you
(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

It’s autumn in the city
(Autumn in the city)
It’s autumn in the city
(Autumn in the city)

Take the train downtown
I’ll be waiting around the corner
The cafes are crowded tonight
But we can always find room
Under a curtain of dreamy starlight
Sipping from the Champagne moon
(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

It’s autumn in the city
(Autumn in the city)
It’s autumn in the city
(Autumn in the city)
There’s a chill in the air
But the leaves are blowing
The leaves are blowing my way
It’s autumn in the city
Everything’s going my way
(Hey…hey…hey - baby)

Friday, 4 December 2015

Let's Get Started


Let's Get Started


You’ve got the money
Honey, I’ve got the time
You’ve got the words
I’ve got the rhyme
I’ve got the whiskey
Baby you've got the wine

Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on let’s get started
There’s no need to feel brokenhearted
Come on…come on let’s get started
Forget about the past 
Let’s make something new
It’s the perfect mix of just me and you
Come on…come on let’s get started

You’ve got the karma
I’ve got the grace
You’ve got style
But Sugar, I’ve got taste
I’ll take the risks
If you play it safe

Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on let’s get started
There’s no need to feel brokenhearted
Come on…come on let’s get started
Forget about the past 
Let’s make something new
It’s the perfect mix of just me and you
Come on…come on let’s get started

I’ve got the smoke
You’ve got the spark
I’ve got soul
Baby you’ve got heart
You’ve got it together
But I keep falling apart

Forget about the past 
Let’s make something new
It’s the perfect mix of just me and you

Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on let’s get started
Come on…come on Come on...come on
Come on…come on let’s get started

Monday, 12 October 2015

Let Me Believe - Rewrite (Song Creation Workshop Version)


Let Me Believe (version 2)

You skipped your stone across the water
Made a wish and blew a kiss
Took my hand then parted the sea

Let me believe
Let me believe

You punched a hole in the sky
Made the clouds start to cry
Raining their tears down on me

Let me believe
Let me believe

In a love that shakes the mountains
Turns deserts into fountains
Unlocks the mystery in a heart
Without any key
Let me believe
Let me believe

Ooooh you shake the mountains
Ooooh let me believe
Let me believe
  
You’re holding back your heart
The night is littered with broken promises
Abandoned in the dark

Let me believe
Let me believe

Don’t leave me this way
I swallowed my pride
But I’m choking on the words I couldn’t say

Let me believe
Let me believe

In a love that shakes the mountains
Turns deserts into fountains
Unlocks the mysteries in a heart
Without any key
Let me believe
Let me believe

Ooooh you shake the mountains
Ooooh let me believe
Let me believe

The days are getting colder
Shake the world off my shoulders
Don’t waste your time believing liars
Consume me with your fire
Break down the door
I’m picking the pieces up off the floor
I’m not the same any more
Take a field full of flowers and plant them on the moon
See the beauty of your soul start to bloom

Let me believe
Let me believe
Let me believe
Ooooh you’re skipping stones across the water
Ooooh shake the mountains and part the sea
Let me believe
Let me believe