Bye Bye, Big Blue
Where were you on the frontier?
I laid low and out of sight
where were you when the tide came in ?
couldn't catch me in this fading light
Forgotten essays on the forest floor
say no more
but please take this opportunity
there's no one at my door
I come disassembled
We all disassemble in the dark
This must be big blue
no-one prepares you
nothing sails through
bye bye, big blue
this hurt is through
I spot the outsider easily
She's wading in her emptiness
words come slow
a room in white
finally a dream takes flight
I come disassembled
We all disassemble in the dark
Hello big blue
no-one prepared you
nothing sails through
bye bye big blue
this mystery is through
***
Giant Water
Step into the giant water
I'm listening
though I am shouting at the top of my lungs
Feel the water
surround you
time is forgotten
I'm holding your hand
Forever
the tide won't take us down
though I'm fearful
of the hated clouds coming round
nothing will break us again
I swim slow motion
no ending
the years we knew like ripples
they fall through your hands
Come with me
no rescue
a lifetime treading water
it comes speeding past
Forever
the tide won't take us down
though I'm fearful
of the hated clouds coming round
nothing will break us again
This isn't happening
I won't believe in it this day
shivers shaded me from hue
red to blue
the days turn shorter
in the giant water
Step into the giant water
I'm listening
***
We Are Finally Happy For Standing Still
In a glass house
there is room to run out
there is space to believe
Early morning dust
to the daylight thrust
this is something I need
And now I'm ready
I think I'm ready
Sing out loud
it's getting simpler now
I disappear in a horseless town
How old are we?
inside a photograph
we live again where the pages part
And now I'm ready
I think I'm ready
We are finally happy for standing still
I can feel myself loving you
we are finally living
for going nowhere
and this is us I'm talking about
On the far frontier
where the message is clear
we'll hibernate 'til the summer breaks
Give me endless air
hold me into the chair
I'm given all unto gravity
And now I'm ready
I think I'm ready
We are finally happy for standing still
I can feel myself loving you
we are finally living
for going nowhere
and this is us I'm talking about
I was lonely out on the rail
slowly coming undone
but you helped me change
yeah, you changed me
***
Volunteers
I am a volunteer in this life
giving myself without return
there's nothing answered in me
I am a translator of your heart
open sky and empty road
this is what we planted
I'll not come up for air
a grey-blue abyss
like an empty kiss
We are all just volunteers
fighting a lost cause
as a lifetime rolls out to the past
I know this will last
I know we will last
I am a visitor to your dreams
even though we'll never meet
you'll feel me living on through you
I am an evergreen on this hill
weather was never my enemy
not when I had you near to me
I'll not come up for air
a grey-blue abyss
like an empty kiss
We are all just volunteers
fighting a lost cause
as a lifetime rolls out to the past
I know this will last
I know we will last
I'll hear you singing
in an unlocked room
your smile is with me always
i'll hold on tight so you won't let go
don't leave me on my own
don't leave me on my own
We are all just volunteers
Here we are
***
Tonight, It's Over
When I sleep
you are all I need
'til the morning
Will you stay?
I know you won't
though everything is on the table
It's all thrown against me now and then
taken hold as the winter threatens in on
This could be so easy
but tonight, it's over
As I work
on a quiet, open road
there's a song playing in my head
It must be right
I can't believe it's wrong
for us to share each other's failures
It's all thrown against me now and then
taken hold as the winter threatens in on
This could be so easy
but tonight, it's over
***
Hall of Ghosts
Welcome to my hall of ghosts
people I have been
reflections of another life
and I'm beginning again
I wasn't blinded when we met
seven years marked by regret
but in time I came to understand
the road you take is planned ahead
I have been this way before
love leaves us for so long
look into your past you'll know
you're born to let go
I don't want to be the one
to let you down
but given all unto a hall of ghosts
in time we'll come around
We have been this way before
love leaves us for so long
look into your past you'll know
we're born to let go
***
The Wandering
In the quiet hours
I whisper my way along the back roads
I know the back roads
The late night rumble
of long distance trucks
is something I trust
I know what I trust
Begin again
will I see you when I close my eyes
This is the wandering..
Rain on a window
I sketch your name into the half light
I'm in the half light
The start of a new love
We follow through fog
I know you're out here
I know you're out here
Begin again
Will I see you when I close my eyes
This is the wandering..
5 a.m.
an open field in moonlight
I must be near by now
I must be near by now
***
A Random Quiet
A random quiet came over me
in a sea of hazy lights
and I knew
I was winding for tomorrow
The thought of us all
everything we'd done
over the years
and the distance
was reflected in my tears
So, where will I stand
when you're no more
at the reach of my hand
A kiss is all
and everything we had
I want to thank you
for everything I am
So, where will we go
when time turns ashes to coal
A kiss is all
and everything we own
I want to thank you
for giving me a home
So, where do we go
when the world has forgotten our souls
A kiss is all
and everything we had
I want to thank you
for everything I am
