Never let you down

Almost fell to my death off an icy cliff, proposed, and wrote this song but not in that order.

We might be living in a world of madness
But I’m feeling fine
(You) might think about the anger and the sadness of a culture online
Change is happenin’ and it starts in our hearts
But you ought to know by now

(It) takes a special kind of person
To see the real me
Been working on myself for so long now
Preparing to be
The kind of love that loves deeper
One that’s care and it’s free
But you ought to know by now

I’m never gonna let you down
Never gonna let you down
No I’m never gonna let you down
Never gonna let you down
I promise to make you happy
Even when the ups are downs
But you ought to know by now

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Smothers me with her love

About a lady I eventually married.

When I wake up in the morning light
Her eyes twinkling and smiling bright
Crouched over me like a cat
Waiting to pounce on me

Morning kisses and morning hugs
There’s no escaping this kind of love
Don’t try to struggle or to wiggle out
She’ll hold tight to you

She’ll keep you prisoner with her laugh
Heart filling up like a warm bath
Eyes may roll and heads may shake
But all these things you’ll appreciate

She’s strong and weak and incomplete
And completely recognizes me
I’m strong and weak and incomplete
And together we’ll find harmony

Privacy’s escaping me
But love will bind our sanity

Cause she smothers me
Smothers me with her love
She smothers me
Smothers me with her love
She smothers me
Smothers me with her love
Yea she smothers me
Smothers me with her love
Yes she does

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Selfless Love and Taxes

I have a lot of opinions. They change of course over time. Sometimes they change due to conversations. Sometimes they change by experiences. Sometimes they change inside me and I am not really sure why they change at all. I just know they change, and that’s part of growing, and that’s what I think wisdom feels like when you suspect you’ve gained some.

I’ve never really attempted to write about love. I’ve written songs, letters to others, or tend to find myself in conversations where I express these ever changing opinions about it, but every time I want to sit down and attempt to capture any of my thoughts on the matter, I come up with some distraction to delay the inevitable another few months (I started this post three years before publishing it so months is a bit of a misnomer). Yet to be honest I think about people, and connections, and relationships, and that allusive four letter word a lot. I’m fascinated with the mystery of it all, and I think I’m in good company based on thousands of years of art, music, movies, books, and so on. Continue reading “Selfless Love and Taxes”

The Unknown

Dumb and Dumber
This is a song about that very exciting and scary part of giving your heart to someone else.

Woke up this morning feeling better than yesterday
I’ve spent a long time healin’ living life day by day
But after mornings come lonely nights
People keep saying it’ll be alright
But I gotta keep moving down this lonely road
Starting to get used to being alone

Take me far away, far away, far away from here
The clouds are starting to clear

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Wonderful Life

greys anatomy
My attempt at a Grey’s Anatomy type song.

I wonder if you could be my girl.
I wonder if I could spend the night.
I wonder if you think I’m cute,
even though I’m no Mr. Right.

I wonder if I’ll be your everything?
I wonder if you’ll be my shining light?
I wonder if we’ll walk an endless road in heaven.
I don’t know.
I’m just happy you’re here tonight.

I wonder if I’ll be your guy.
I wonder if you’ll feel its right.
I wonder if I’ll make you laugh,
even when I’m not there.

I wonder if you’ll be my everything?
I wonder if I’ll be your shining light?
I wonder if we’ll walk an endless road in heaven.
I’m not sure.
I’m just happy you’re here tonight.

It’s a wonderful life.
It’s a wonderful life.
It’s a wonderful life.
We live tonight.

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Lullaby

Newborn

Sing them a lullaby
When a baby cries into the night
I will be there to comfort you
Sing them a lullaby
When a baby cries into the night
You will be there to play them this tune

Sleep sound my little child
You’ll grow up one day to sing your own song
For all to hear

Sleep tight my little one
May your dreams be filled with happiness and a peaceful song
Even when awake

Sleep well my pride and joy
Either girl or boy, you’ll be the most wonderful baby
In the world

And I hope that when you grow up and hear this lullaby
You’ll think of all the things we did, your Mom and I
And you’ll wake up from a dream

Singing a lullaby
When a baby cries into the night
I will be there to comfort you
Sing them a lullaby
When a baby cries into the night
You will be there to play them this tune

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