Solitude

Solitude

4 o’clock in the morning
And I’m the last person in the world still awake
Sleep slipped through my hands like grains of sand
In the darkness through the stillness my thoughts take me captive
Sinking down into the night
Left alone with myself
All my fear…all my hope…all my regrets…all my possibilities
Surround me and drown me in this great sea of solitude

 Waves of emotion wash over me
Take me higher than the Himalayas
Plunge me down to the bottom of the sea
Venus will you come down to me tonight?
Fall from the blackened sky
With your stardust kisses and heavenly secrets
Come break the silence
And ransom me from the night

Tell me true, tell me lies
Tell me tonight
What is it that I see when I look into your eyes?
Is it all I ever wanted….is it everything I've feared
Whatever it is, you've got it
And I need…I need… I need it all the time
I need…I need you…I need you tonight

Fault Lines

Fault Lines

Tie me to a stake and set me on fire 
Like a heretic prophet filled with unearthly desires 
Throw the first rock 
I've made you a pile of stones 
Accuse and condemn me 
Break all of my bones 
  
I’m guilty…I’m guilty 
You know where to lay the blame 
I have no shame 
I've got fault lines running through my veins 
  
Blindfold me for your firing squad 
Squeeze the trigger tight 
Aim for my heart 
Shoot at first light 
Bind me with strong chains 
Hang your weight around my neck 
Cast me into the sea 
Let me sink forever 
Beneath the waves of my regret 
  
I’m guilty…I’m guilty 
You know where to lay the blame 
I have no shame 
I've got fault lines running through my veins

Dream Again

Dream Again

Birds sing
Filling the air with their faint melody
Raindrops falling in slow motion
Dripping from leaves
Green and soft
Everything is still
As the world comes to a stop

The sky trembles with labor pains
The air hangs heavy
Pregnant with rain
Ready to give birth
Time for new dreams to be born
Hope rises up (again)
Like a flower in the dirt
Lifting its head to kiss the sun

Dream again into the night
Lift the top off the sky
Look past the stars
Deep into your eyes
There is no limit
There are no limits in your heart

Dream again
Hope is transformed
Like a butterfly
Struggling to break free
Fly away
Beyond Earth’s dim light
The sun won’t melt your wings tonight

The sky is torn
Tattered like a summer dress in the wind
A cloudburst of hope
Pours down from above
Quenching a dry and thirsty land
Drink deep
Drink deep from your love

Life overcomes death
My soul is revived
Filled with your breath
A new dawn rises
As the darkness of the night
Is swallowed up in your light
Dream again
Fill my heart with your dreams again

Beyond Love

Beyond Love

Dark night

Darker eyes

No stars shining in the sky

Looking into the pitch black

The only light I see

Your lighthouse

Shining across the sea

Calling me like a siren in the night

Leading me through the mist

I wash upon your shore

Lying on your beach

Your skin is golden sand

Water splashing upon me

Let me drink deep

Drink deep from your soul

Your light covers my face

Like a heavenly veil

Let me taste your tamarind kisses

Sugar and costly spices

All your celestial charms

Take me across the water

To a far off distant land

Where your milk flows soft

And your honey sweet

Enter in to cities of gold

Where the treasures of the night

Are buried deep within your soul

Take me to your higher place

Your hidden dwelling

Where your dreams rise with the sun

And desire sparks the moon

Let me sleep in your garden

The air filled with sweet perfume

I dive into your waterfall

Forever to be with you

Beyond the realms of love

Two become one

Bring down Heaven above

Treasures in the Night

Treasures in the Night

Drunken moon hanging heavy in the sky
Darkness overtaking the night
Last time I saw you
Stars were falling from your eyes
I wanted the truth 
But I told myself lies
I was weak when I needed to be strong
You thought I was right
But I knew you were wrong
Dig deep...dig deep for treasures in the night
Dress up pretty in streams of light
Hold me close...hold me tight
Fill my heart with treasures in the night

Two Guns

Two Guns

Desert dust
Spanish sun
Two Guns

Thirsty for a rain
Always on the run
Two Guns

I’m running to stop
My race has only begun
Desert flower
Blooming under a full moon sky
If you call
I won’t come
Two Guns

The Hurting

The Hurting 

She looked up
But she couldn't find the way out
She cried
But she couldn't shout
She wanted to love
But she loved the wrong things
She tried to put something real
In her life
By putting poison
In her veins

She wanted shelter
Shelter from the driving rain
When she closes her eyes
She will dream
She will dream of warmth from the cold
She dreams of silver and gold
She can’t hide
She can’t hide from the burning rain
She tries to hide
Hide from the pain

She looks with sad eyes…she looks with sad eyes
At a reflection in her dark window
She tries to appease her guilt and shame
When the storm clouds open up
She will suffer…suffer again
Her soul is drowning
And it stains her arm
With the hurting…the hurting desire

She will go to sleep
She will sleep tonight
But the lights don’t burn
In her eyes anymore
In the morning
The sun will refuse to rise
When she wakes
Everything will be dark

She will sleep
She will sleep tonight
And she’s cold
She feels so old
Nothing she does
Will stop the pain

Tonight
She will sleep
Tonight
She will sleep