01
WAITING
Waiting for the sky to fall, wondering if I can do it all.
I am waiting on anything to make this okay.
Waiting till I catch a break, wondering how long that’ll take.
I am waiting on anything to save the day.
The alarm didn’t go off again today.
It’s not even six, I’m already late.
Toast is burnt; lessons learnt
And I am praying for some kind of miracle.
Slow down, touch the ground,
Get my thoughts straight again.
Hurry up, fill my cup.
An easy day’s around the bend.
Waiting for the sky to fall, wondering if I can do it all.
I am waiting on anything to make this okay.
Waiting till I catch a break, wondering how long that’ll take.
I am waiting on anything to save the day.
I’ve got so much that is on my mind,
I don’t know if I have the time
To be who I want to be, see who I want to see.
Do it all and not give up anything.
Fake it till you make it
Living life without a care.
The grass is looking greener
But how do I get myself there?
Waiting for the sky to fall, wondering if I can do it all.
I am waiting on anything to make this okay.
Waiting till I catch a break, wondering how long that’ll take.
I am waiting on anything to save the day.
I’m always walking the line
Hoping I’ll find some piece of mind
Until then I’ll be getting by.
Waiting for the sky to fall, wondering if I can do it all.
I am waiting on anything to make this okay.
Waiting till I catch a break, wondering how long that’ll take.
I am waiting on anything to save the day.
02
MUSE
I know you know the famous scene:
A model in a magazine,
A fire in their face that seems to say
To keep those crows’ feet of your face
By keeping passion in its place
‘Cause Pollyanna’s oh, so yesterday
Well, I’m sorry if it seems passe,
But I’ve got a friend who makes me say
The bright side might just be the kindest way
Chorus: So excuse me, Muse, won’t you please amuse me?
Use your laugh to inspire me truly
Of all the things that put my mind at rest
Your laughter is the best
Your jesting makes me smile
That makes living life worthwhile
For after laughter fills me up inside
That’s when I’m inspired
A home that you made beautiful
In twenty years of miracle
Like a superhero in my eyes
I watched you push through everything
And tackle all that life could bring
Each challenge just another chance to rise
So when I think I won’t pull through
I just sit back and think of you
And let your courage light me from inside
(Chorus)
So when our day is ordinary,
Or our perspective isn’t fair, we
Just remember how he used to play
Knowing now just what our muse meant
Choosing to pursue amusement
Gratitude for every added day
He’d say “Sorry if it bursts your bubble
Growing old is not your trouble;
Aging is a privilege,” he'd say
(Chorus)
03
SURRENDER
When I first saw you
I just couldn’t help myself.
Something drew me closer,
Took my heart off of the shelf.
Day turned into night, darkness to light.
Birds start to sing (just another love song).
Your kiss like a wish consumes me with this feeling.
Surrender, Surrender, I whisper in the dark.
Surrender this feeling so we can light the spark.
Surrender, Surrender, I whisper in the night.
You know this feels so right
As sparks fly in the night.
Now I’m catching myself
Lost in thoughts about you.
Caught up in what happened,
Can’t believe it’s really true.
Cause my sky turns from grey to blue when it’s me and you;
Birds start to sing (just another love song).
Your kiss like a wish consumes me with this feeling.
Surrender, Surrender, I whisper in the dark.
Surrender this feeling so we can light the spark.
Surrender, Surrender, I whisper in the night.
You know this feels so right
As sparks fly in the night.
04
TAKE IT FROM ME
Take it from me, that I don’t want to,
To crawl across that line to see what you really knew.
Another yesterday of smiles and memories.
It’s the tomorrow of your dreams that worries me, so
Take it from me.
The bigger, the better – the now or the never,
It’s the language of your life.
Another day another dollar – divide the riches from the squalor,
Just to see what you might find.
But one day you’re gonna realize that there’s no one left beside you.
You’re walking with your heavy load and there’s no one there to guide you.
Your heart is looking for an answer that just can’t be bought.
You need to open up your eyes and see it’s about what you have got.
So take it from me, that I don’t want to -
To crawl across that line to see what you really knew.
Another yesterday of smiles and memories.
It’s the tomorrow of your dreams that worries me, so
Take it from me.
White picket fences, locked gates and hedges
Hide from your reality.
On your throne you’re made to conquer without limits, made to order.
There’s more to life than what you see.
You’ve lost connection with your soul and you’re stranded out to sea.
There’s only one chance that you get but you’re wishing there were three.
You lie yourself down late at night and find that you can’t sleep.
It’s all the chaos in your mind that you’re trying hard to keep.
So take it from me, that I don’t want to -
To crawl across that line to see what you really knew.
Another yesterday of smiles and memories.
It’s the tomorrow of your dreams that worries me, so
Take it from me.
05
MAKE ME STAY
Make me stay,
Make me want to leave it all behind.
Let me hear you say all of your beautiful lies.
Just one night bring to me a dream of not-so-real.
Take it all away, and leave me here to feel...
Make me stay,
Bleed from me the truth of where it ends.
Let me hear you pray – hide what you’d defend.
Anger swells like the waves upon the stormy sea.
Wash away what is left of me.
Tell me you love me,
Say you won’t go.
Tell me you need me,
I need to know.
Make me stay,
Take away tomorrow’s sorrow send.
Only to delay knowing what we pretend.
Make me right in a world that’s gone so very wrong.
For tonight, just hold on.
Tell me you love me,
Say you won’t go.
Tell me you need me,
I need to know.
Tell me you love me,
Say you won’t go.
Tell me you need me,
I need to know.
06
MATCHSTICK
Light a matchstick for you baby
So you can find your own way home.
The weather’s cold outside baby
How much farther do you have to roam?
And I’ll be waiting here baby
When you are on your way down.
Never know where you’re gonna go
Never know what is gonna show
Until you’ve got it all up and out.
Never know what you’re gonna find
Never know what could change your mind
But I guess that will come with time.
I know I am gonna see so much more than I’ll ever be
And I guess that’s alright with me
Alright with me.
This matchstick’s burning fast baby
And pretty soon will go off in my hand.
The time is up and they’re waiting
Now’s the time to make our stand.
And I’ve been waiting for so long
For something to turn around.
It’s getting clearer to see
When you are right here with me
There is nothing that can hold us down.
Never know what you’re gonna find
Never know what could change your mind
But I guess that will come with time.
I know I am gonna see so much more than I’ll ever be
And I guess that’s alright with me
Alright with me.
07
SHE TRIES
Mama I see you
Wondering if you’ve given enough.
I know you are tired
Creating a world can be so tough.
I know you think you are failing
Drowning in a river of your guilt.
If their eyes your prevailing
You’re the base on which this empire’s built.
You cry sometimes wishing it could be different.
You lie down at night worried you are missing it.
But you Try – everyday you give your heart.
And you Try, hoping you don’t fall apart.
Watching them grow you’ll never know just what it means
That you Try – you Try.
You’re pulled in every direction
As you’re walking a very fine line.
Between this life you are building
And the life you’re leaving behind.
I know you feel you are losing
Pieces of the woman that you were.
This is the path you are choosing
She’s still in you and you are her.
And she smiles sometimes at the beauty she has grown.
And she’s wild sometimes in this energy she’s known.
And she Tries to find herself everyday.
She Tries hoping she will make her way.
Learning to love what she’s become and what it means
When she Tries, she Tries.
08
SPIN
Every step I take too close, you run another step away
And the centre we set spinning now begins to tilt and sway
If you want to keep the distance, then you know that’s what I’ll do
But I thought we could keep it spinning, if you’d take one step closer too
I’ve been torn apart before; I try not to let it phase me
But you’re afraid to fall in love and somehow I’m the one who’s crazy
You’re not afraid to dance in lightning or to fall into the sea
Somehow the only thing that’s frightening is to fall in love with me
I never meant for it to happen, I’d only barely caught my breath
And wasn’t ready to start giving from the little I had left
But you came and without knowing found a way to set me free
She was there within your hands the person I forgot could be
Yeah, I know I’ve made mistakes, but now I’m here and wanna learn
As you set my world on fire and walk away to let me burn
You tell me that your sky is frozen, but remember when it turned
So take my hand and pull me into the force of your spin
Let’s spin
So you were trying to be kind when you were lying to protect me
Were you hoping I was blind or just declining to respect me?
Was the truth I was more trouble than you had ever guessed?
Well, of all your misendeavours I just hope you loved me best
I know you think that I am foolish; you always thought I was naive
Well I guess it’s pretty foolish to love you when I always knew you’d leave
09
LONG GONE
Tires screech down the old dirt road
She leaves behind in a cloud of dust all she’s ever known.
A pair of shoes and a photograph is all she has
And she’s Long Gone.
She leaves behind all those crazy days
The lonely nights and heartbreak was more than she could take.
And as the tears fall she knows she’ll be okay
Cause she’s Long Gone.
Long Gone.
Long Gone.
God only knows where this old road will end.
It doesn’t matter to her anymore, she feels it’s heaven-sent.
Freedom washes over her in the light of the sunset
Cause she’s Long Gone.
Long Gone.
Long Gone.
Long Gone...Boy she’ll be Long Gone.
And as the sun rises upon another day
She thanks the good Lord that she got away.
She swears he’ll never find her, but if he does he’ll wind up dead.
No man will ever own her and she promised when she said
She’s Long Gone.
Long Gone.
Long Gone.
Long Gone.
Long Gone....Boy she’ll be Long Gone.
10
MIRACLE
Walking in the rain
Hearing whispers of a quiet pain
Feeling more alone than before
Looking for a friend
When it feels my dreams are at their end
But no one seems to care anymore
No more
But your smile lights
Up those lonely nights
When my tears begin to fall
When we're alone together
I feel I am home
Lying in bed
With half-formed dreams floating through my head
Out of the darkness you appear
In your embrace
I'm overwhelmed by the love in your gentle face
All of my dreams are coming clear
So clear
Cause your fire lights
On the longest nights
When I feel the weight of it all
When we're in here together
I feel
This is home
Cause your fire lights
On the longest nights
When I feel the weight of it all
When we're in here together
I feel this is home
Pausing in the rain
For a moment, let it wash away the pain
Feels so good to know
I'm not alone
11
SOMEONE LIKE HER
There she goes unknowingly towards what she will be
Standing here she braves her fears for possibility.
As I watch her shed her skin and doubts become a blur I wanna be
Someone Like Her.
Someone who’s battle scars do not define her life.
Someone who finds meaning and comfort through the strife.
She stands a little taller so the whole world can see that she could be
Someone Like Me.
Someone Like Her,
Someone Like Me.
So I stand a little taller so the whole world can see that I’ve become
Someone Like Me.
I am a Phoenix
And I rise from the ash.
And nothing will stop me from knowing who I am
And following my path.
Someone Like Her,
Someone Like Me.
So I stand a little taller so the whole world can see that I’ve become
Someone Like Me.
Someone Like Me.
12
HOME
The waves crash from the ocean upon the golden shore.
Around my friends and family there’s nothing I want more.
The wind can cut right through you and make you hard as stone,
But when you are surrounded by love you’re never alone.
Home...Home.
Where love and laughter live, and hearts are always free to roam.
Home...Home.
My heart will always belong to the place that has been known as
Home.
My grandma loved to look out upon the rocky land.
It wasn’t much, but to her it was wonderful and grand.
I wait here in her footsteps and hear her call my name.
No matter where life takes me it will never by the same as
Home...Home.
Where love and laughter live, and hearts are always free to roam.
Home...Home.
My heart will always belong to the place that has been known as
Home.
My babies, they are small now, but soon they will be grown.
This land and ocean view are all they’ve ever known.
I look out on the water and offer up a prayer
To the ones who went before us knowing they are always there.
Home...Home.
Where love and laughter live, and hearts are always free to roam.
Home...Home.
My heart will always belong to the place that has been known as
Home.