Sleeping at Last

rows of houses, sound asleep. only street lights notice me. i am desperate, if nothing else, in a holding pattern to find myself. i talk in circles, i talk in circles, i watch for signals, for a clue. how to feel different. how to feel new. like scie

When I was young I fell in love with story, With the eleventh hour, with the blaze of glory. The theater lights dim and all goes quiet. In the darkest of rooms, light shines the brightest. When hands are tied and clocks are ticking, An audience convi

She was raised by wolves, In the warmth of their fur. Surrounded by fangs, She knew that she was secure. Language barriers Made no difference at all. When you're truly cared for, There's no purpose for walls. His fences stood tall As the shoulders of

you wrote your name in invisible ink, for you were so afraid of what they might think. but the scars they left, they were loud and clear, weren't they? weren't they? when it's too much to bare, memories erase. a disappearing act, deserving of our tha

I hear your heart As it beats beneath The sound of crashing cars The sirens pour into every street surrounding us Our world caves in on us And makes us new All our love came out of the woodwork All our strength came out of the woodwork We only know t

We live and we die Like fireworks, Our legacies hide in the embers. May our stories catch fire and burn bright enough to catch God's eye. we live and we die Like fireworks we pull apart the dark, Compete against the stars with all of our hearts. 'Til

I'll keep you safe Try hard to concentrate Hold out your hand Can you feel the weight of it The whole world at your fingertips Don't be, don't be afraid Our mistakes they were bound to be made But I promise you I'll keep you safe You'll be an archite

East I set out to rule the world With only a paper shield and a wooden sword. No mountain dare stand in my way, Even the oceans tremble in my wake. The tide is brave, but always retreats. Even the sand, it cowers under my feet. My kingdom towers abov

all of a sudden, you changed my mind. pulled back the curtains a little at a time. you were on a frequency, the perfect opposite of me though i never needed any proof to trust the heart that beats inside of you. only one thing really matters: we're s

When I wake up, well I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you. And when I go out, yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you. And when I come home, yeah I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who'

Friends tell me it's spring My window show the same Without you here the seasons pass me by I know you were not new That loved like me and you All the same, I miss you Today has been okay, today has been okay Preacher lost his son He's known by all i

One day we'll wake up and realize- To make any difference one must simply try. Try to use words less than our hands, For change is a direct result of our plans. We've got no stakes in the ground. We've got no anchors tied down. Land or sea, there are

North We will call this place our home, The dirt in which our roots may grow. Though the storms will push and pull, We will call this place our home. We'll tell our stories on these walls. Every year, measure how tall. And just like a work of art, We

Pitch black, pale blue There was a stained glass, variation of the truth And I felt empty handed You let me Set sail, with cheap wood So I patched up every leak that I could Till the blame grew too heavy Stage by stage, I tear apart If brokenness is

All through the night I'll be awake and I'll be with you All through the night This precious time when time is new Oh, all through the night today Knowing that we feel the same without saying The same without saying We have no past we won't reach bac

When the world welcomes us in, We're closer to Heaven than we'll ever know. They say this place has changed, But strip away all of the technology And you will see That we all are hunters, Hunting for something that will make us okay. Here we lay alon

(originally by Róisín Murphy) You'd better stop And try to think Look what you're doing Oh, Ruby You never get to give it all you got Cause you forgot to take it to the top Oh Ruby Blue Why do you make a start With no means to go on It's on the tip o

(originally by The Police) I've tried before to tell her Of the feelings I have for her in my heart Every time that I come near her I just lose my nerve as I've done from the start Every little thing she does is magic Every thing she does just turns

West Maps stretched out- Too many miles to count. Let's just say we're inches apart, Even closer at heart, And we'll be just fine. Another pin pushed in To remind us where we've been. And every mile adds up And leaves a mark on us. And sometimes our

We'll do it all Everything On our own We don't need Anything Or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me And just forget the world? I don't quite know How to say How I feel Those three words Are said too much They're not enough I