Lyric writing, making music and the creative process
I never was your biggest fan
You were always the big man
Fighting with everyone you can
Winning was all important
Played your cards
With sleight of hand
Taking no prisoners
Just cold steel eyes
You never ever lifted a finger
Under tow hard to escape
Fear rises on every teardrop
Fear becomes a way of life
Fear runs through us
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I want to fight
use my energy well
don’t want to lie down
and wait for hell
to welcome me inside
I want to take flight
use the wind below my wings
fly across my hometown
Hear the kids yell
Look up at the skies
There’s a Black Angel
with a wicked glint in his eye
He’s watching from above
He’s taking his time
Taking time
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She’s standing at the end of the pier
Waiting for her friend
Sun is sinking into the sea
Breeze gently kisses her hair
I’m taking shots in the shooting range
Watching her from the corner of my eye
I hope I win a teddy bear
I might just give it to her
Can you be my arcade girl
I’ll never lose with you around
Be my arcade girl
I’ll never you lose with you around
I’ll let you sit and drive me wild
Crash and bump the dodgem cars
We can eat candy apples
I’ll watch your lips so red
I’ll walk us to a local club
The rockin bands play late
We can dance, dance real slow
I’ll hold you close in my embrace
When the moonlight splashes down
Across the waves and sand
Walk you home to your door
We’ll kiss again and say good night
I’ll be happier and full of life
Going home alone
Then I see your friend arrive
She takes you by the hand
Kisses you like I’d do
If I’d won the teddy bear
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What can you see
From the hospital window
Mountains in the distance
And a weeping willow
While the sun shines
You can feel its warmth
On nighttime comes
You’re dying all alone
Regret nothing
Regret is for the weak
Regret nothing
I can see beauty through a window
Though I cannot speak
We used to dance
In that building over there
They’ve gentrified the town
And built fancy apartments now
We used to sneak a ciggy
Behind the school shed
Get the bus to the city
Play handball until our hands bled
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My mother says
My head is in the clouds
I’m a daydreamer
I’m lost in sound
If you see me
With my head hanging down
I’m shoegazing
Listening to my world
I’m okay
I’m all right
I’m doing my thing
Just living my life
Don’t you worry about me
Don’t you make me smile
Just give me some space
I want to win my race
Walk like a crocodile
Live in my own style
My mother says
I’ve a great head of hair
But there’s nothing in between
My two perfect ears
I’ve no goals or our plans
Just dreams of guitars
And girls and cars
And late night bars
Where everyone is partying
Everyone is cool
Dancing to the music
Making our own rules
Not going back to school
The summer is here
No one gonna stop us
We’re out In the clear
But nobody ever did anyway
It’s all in our heads
The world is a dream
Heaven is now
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I am only one
I am only me
I can be only me
If you can see, see me
A billion pieces of sand
I Sometimes I feel like glass
A bubble floating away
waiting for the pressure to pass
When you look, don’t look away
see inside there’s nothing there
At least not on the surface
If you scratch you’ll catch
a glimpse of something good
So like love, just not sad or expressed
It’s not a test, or an examination
or a station of the cross
You can’t be afraid
to express your loss
at whatever cost
How much have you lost
What’s in a dream
that’s better than now
Here and now wins hands down
There is no competition
The American dream
is dying of old age
It needs a new engine that runs
on love and care for each other
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Losing is a difficult game
And losing you is tougher still
Watching you from afar
From the safety of a car
Through the window
Where we used to crash
There’s someone new
And you look happy
This is not a family affair
This is me going nowhere
Without you I’m just broken glass
Shattered dreams on the bedroom floor
Would you take me home
Could we make it work
Should I break these chains
Learn to love again
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We can’t go back
We can only remember
The good times we shared
Dancing on bar chairs
So when is the right time
To do it all again
Good times just keep waiting
Around the corner my friend
I can see it’s
Starting to happen
Birds nesting in the tree
Outside my window
Two by two they feed
Then fly away together
It goes on forever and ever
Love goes on forever and ever
If you felt it once
You can feel it again
If you’ve danced so close
You know it’s not if but when
Just gotta wait
For the right time
You’ll know when it comes
A little bit of something
And a whole lotta love
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If you could read my mind
Really see what I see
Could you understand me
Take me as you find me
Well, I might just surprise you
Take you on a dream flight
Around the world and back again
Because all we want is to get back tonight
Let’s celebrate our new moves
Let’s dance late to their new sound
Let’s reinstate our state of mind
Let’s get up to get on down
What have we got
Magnificent heaven
What do we want
Magnificent heaven
I don’t know how to make sense
I stopped I guess a long time ago
I wore a white suit
And it always rained
Positivity through and through
Exclusivity just me and you
And here we are
How did we get here
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You’re too young
To dance alone
I’ll find out how
You did it
Climbing through
Your window
At dawn
The fun begins
Moving through
The sleepy sky
Sounds you need to hear
Friends share your time together
Doesn’t matter what they think
What they want to see
Keep on moving
Keep on staying free
There’s nothing more
There’s nothing less
A celebration
From sunset
A wake up call
Comes at dawn
The city is a shroud
The lights are flickering
Heaving like a dinosaur
Walking slowly into war
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