Questioning Again

Song from a while ago. Sorry for the shoddy fingerpicking! Protected by copyright.

I’m questioning again / Seems to come every now and then / I’ve paid up for answers / Invested my crosses / Come to the altar in search of it all / I’m listening again / Only comes every now and then / I’ve opened my heart and / I’ve opened my ears and / Never an audible noise or a sound / I'm doubting them again / Those miracles of him / What seems so romantic / That storybook ending / Could be explaining what just wasn't known / All the gods may lay me out to shame / Will my ending on earth be the same / Or could it be that goodness takes the fall for me / Whatever form this he or she may be / I’m questioning again / Seems to come every now and then / I’ve paid up for answers / Invested my crosses / Come to the altar in search of it all

Lyrics

Paradoxically, this is a song about the difficulty of song-writing. Protected by copyright.

These words don’t write themselves anymore / These words are mute, my mind is cold / These days short, the time has come / These days are long, the time has gone / I wake my eyes and hold my tongue / I try for words but they don't come / The clock hangs heavy and pulls on my eyes / Ticking away and ticking on and on / Oh, wordless night / Don’t you come around again / Life pulls me hard and it passes time / All I can show are few words, half a line / Here’s to hopin’ for a chance, a big break / To see bright lights and have some kinda name / Oh, wordless night / Don’t hold me so tight / Let those words fall / On the page from my mind / Oh, wordless night / Don’t come around again /

Another Call

Lo-fi recording of a song I wrote a few years ago and recorded in GarageBand. Remixed in Presonus Studio One. Protected by copyright.

Another few months, another call / But I get no answer on the line / Just a familiar voice / From a familiar time / Every message a little shorter / And things are changing here / But I’m not the only one / They must be changing there / Hey I’d like to say, “It’s been too long” / But I don’t think you have the time / Should I wait a little longer, and wonder if you’re stronger? / Hope you know that I know where you've been / Hope that I see you before it ends / Another place, another time / Do people really change? / Or do we learn just what they teach / And turn around and teach the same? / Young, immortal once, we were / When time was standing still / Now it moves us in our waking / In deepest of our dreams / Hey I’d like to say, “It’s been too long” / But I don’t think you have the time / Should I wait a little longer, and wonder if you’re stronger / Hope you know that I know where you've been / Hope that I see you before it ends / Should I wait a little longer, and wonder if you're stronger? / Another day, another dollar / But every dollar’s not enough / To fill the void / To replace the one you loved / Hey I’d like to say, “It’s been too long” / But I don’t think you have the time / Should I wait a little longer, and wonder if you’re stronger / Hope you know that I know where you've been / Hope that I see you before it ends

I Leave With You

I finally figured out a good way to post songs to my blog. This is a song I wrote and recorded over the past few days. It's based on text from John 14:27. Protected by copyright.


Peace I leave with you is what he said / Your feet and your mind may wander far / But grounded, your soul lives / Feeding on the life I give / Peace I give to you / Your broken heart is aching, all alone / Fear has taken over, called it home / But let your heart now bleed / Pulsing life he gave, you need / And let love mend your worry now / But let your focus go unclear / If only for a moment, dear / And let His peace align the lenses of your mind / Peace I leave with you is what he says / Leave with me your broken heart and your hurt / The path has been made clean / Close your eyes and start to see / I will lead you on / Peace I leave with you