Lyric writing, making music and the creative process
You let the love come out
You get the love back in
Connect me to the roots
Express then we begin
Teardrops smudge your makeup
Lips crease to a smile
Movement as a statement
You’re not a crocodile
Sweet spots lying low
Sweet shop takes you high
Falling down and lifting up
Pleasure in the rise
It’s our church our science
Our rain dance ceremony
Bang your fist across your chest
Lay down now before me
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I’m ready to explode
Like a loaded gun trigger cocked
All I want is to unload
Release me now let me be rocked
Everybody’s out for one thing
Dog eat dog the order of the day
I’m sick and tired of compromising
Don’t let the bastards get in my way
Sometimes you have to fight
Bring the passion to the ring
Take a stand for what is right
Even black angels get to sing
You build your fence I’ll knock it down
You don’t make sense pretend you’re sound
It’s not your space it’s not your land
I won’t break
You are fake
I understand who I am
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I’m tied to you on a string
You go with me where I go
I’m not just your plaything
You tell me all I need to know
You zero in and zero out
Pressure me to push on
It’s like a book of my heart
Every word upon my tongue
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We’re flying light tonight
Red eye south of France
I guess it would be nice
If I could make your body dance
The air tastes of salt
Energy has left me me cold
If we can be together now
We’re never getting old
So let the music play on
Let the sunset fall
Let the fire rise up
You know we have it all
The flashlights are exploding
Your skin is glistening
We are human echoes
When no one’s listening
Picking up the pieces
The bedroom is a bomb
We lost it under sunrise
It hurts when love is gone
Flying light tonight
Red eye for Milan
The lakes are full of crystal
Let me take your hand
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Waiting at the station
For you to come home
Everyday I’m hopeful
I won’t turn to stone
We had some fun
When we were young
With all our friends
Under summer sun
Parties in the gardens
Cocktails and the juice
The music and the movement
The innocence of youth
I loved you then
I love you now
We made it Holy cow
You promised me
In 20 years if love was true
To meet under the station light
I’m waiting here for you
Work it took you to the states
Dublins just a memory
I can’t forget how time it waits
To catch us like an enemy
I never made it back to you
LA always seemed too cool
I’m happy waiting for you tonight
Under the station light
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I stayed the course
You raised me up
I fought your mind
Made my own luck
You ruined me
Left me in the hall
A willing accomplice
Leaning on the wall
We are two of a kind
We understand what we see
It’s only skin deep
You went deep for me
Fast cars for getaways
What we gonna steal
Can you feel the force
Taking everyone higher
Music was our escape
She got caught in the crossfire
I hope she’s happy now
I hope the years are kind
I’m her willing accomplice
Always on her mind
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Presentation of the nation
Let the people celebrate
Keep them happy in their station
Acceptance of their fate
Tell them what they wanna hear
Show them nothings working well
Keep them tanked up on the beer
They will buy what you sell
Infestation of the nation
Let the people wait
The weak the poor the taste sensation
They can’t refuse the bait
We are but mere mortals
No words can make it right
The lies and truth are at the portals
Mean nothing in a fight
Here we are we’re on the streets
The floods are taking hold
The fires on the mountainside
The winters getting cold
It’s getting hard to breathe out here
Our castles are our homes
If we sit beside a window
We can see the ancient stones
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I know I’m not your perfect man
But I always do the best I can
Try to change my ways cause you want me to
Not too much I gotta keep it true
You know you’ve been tough on me
Putting me down all across town
Seems like yesterday we were together and free
Now I’m afraid of you cause you push me around
It’s a shame
We are falling together
Two birds flying
In stormy weather
Remember we said
It’s forever
We can’t make it right
We can’t make it better
We haven’t got kids so that’s ok
You only took all of me and all I own
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I saw you under a lonely sky
Something about you caught my eye
It might’ve been a teardrop falling
What was it made you cry
If I asked you could you share with me
How breaking up can set you free
If you never felt pain come calling
You would never get back with me
It’s our lonely sky
Don’t be afraid to say goodbye
You’ll feel better in a little while
Let’s make it our lonely sky
Can we open up our hearts again
When we’ve been hurt by friends again
We take the risk love never dies
Let’s walk together under lonely sky
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I’m under the weather
I don’t feel too clever
I’ll never say never
Let’s stay together
If we are forever
I’m on your tether
You’ll make me better
Better than ever
I’m your man
And I need your attention
I need your invention
And did I mention
I won’t ask that question
It’s just a suggestion
So what’s your intention
Not my rejection
Be my reflection
If we stay together
Let’s say forever
You make me better
Better than ever
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