all/part

it's all part of believing 

that it can come to you 

more than that, it's what's in my heart 

that I want to share with you 

it's all part of my giving 

and I'm giving it all to you 

more than love it's a way of loving 

and what it could bring to you

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flailing

there are angels on the water 

spirits in every wave 

and if it washes over me 

it may sanctify and cleanse 

my heart is at the ocean

there is turbulence in my thought 

but the angels walking on water 

may not relieve this pain 

the heavy truth sinks like a stone 

and falsehoods are the swells 

I'm going through the motions 

and flailing in this hell

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video

once I made a video 

I'm dancing to a tune 

I can dance all by myself 

or I can dance with you 

once I wrote a love song 

from feelings that you knew 

I can sing it to myself

or I can sing it to you

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if I

got paid commissions 

for the times you made me blue 

I could quit my job 

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phone

I don't carry it in my pocket 

don't sleep with it by my bed 

it doesn't flash and it doesn't ring 

I think the battery's dead

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all that I am

I am the sunrise in the morning 

the moon and stars at night 

a loving heart to guide you 

a candle you can light 

I will give you all of that 

I am the breeze blowing down the mountain

a gentle rain that brings relief

I am the song playing in your head 

and this you should believe 

I will give you all of that 

I am the whisper of love arriving 

soft footsteps in the sand 

a shadow watching over

if you will take my hand

I will give you all of that 

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long ago

once you held me safe and warm 

through lightning flashes, monsoon storms 

love songs played and so we danced 

hearts in tune that took a chance 

long ago fades quickly away 

embers burned, ash remains

things my heart once used to know 

diminish now to afterglow

 

but my love yearns to remember...

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war

I gain my strength

from battles I wage

one after another

day after day

minute upon minute

I learn strategy

and on I will fight

my most gallantly

the highs and the lows

the times in-between

from the peaks and the valleys

and now dried up streams

from where I once went

down the paths I must go

there's no holding back

till I strike final blows

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drift

I drift 

on a splinter from a bridge 

the sliver that missed your heart

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wonderland

in this wonderland, wonder wanders 

in this dreamlike state, dreams drift 

in this fantasy-land, fantasy fades 

in this promise-land, promise ponders 

as it floats away on a cloud 

the sun shines on a barren memory 

rain falls on concrete 

love, loves itself 

more than it loves me

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ocean breeze

love lingers lost in black clouds, 

stormy skies 

in the empty chambers of the heart 

silence echoes, soundless waves in the air 

escaping your spirit, raining down on me 

liquid silver drops pelt from heaven

fog hangs heavy on violent seas

as seduction buries itself 

like a crab in the sand 

waiting for the ocean breeze 

to blow them away

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love

how do I move it? 

from yesterday to today

from there to here 

from was to is 

from fantasy to real 

from once to now 

from you to new

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sssshhhhh

it was the silence 

the gift you gave most often

that brings reckoning

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tunes

birds happily chirp 

windchimes are playing their tune 

morning sounds are best :)

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self portrait

with calm and turmoil

I paint my canvass

guts and grit

dripping from my brush 

I paint boldly

with courage and trust

and when it is dry

it is a self portrait

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kodachrome

saw you in a photograph 

we met on a crowded street 

I didn't recognize your face

but my heart skipped a beat 

my defenses crumbled 

the wall fell at your feet 

knowingly you step around 

as you made a hasty retreat 

how quickly it all changes 

like the seasons full of treason 

under trance of circumstance 

I'm left without rhyme or reason 

saw you in a photograph 

we met on a crowded street 

I didn't recognize your face 

but my heart sure skipped a beat

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play

an incomplete pass 

I see it as it spirals 

I am a good catch

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a song of forever

sing me a song of forever

a slow waltz that we can dance to 

not for a minute or few hours 

but a lifetime with me and with you 

read me a story about loving 

about how it was lost and then found 

make it a happily ever after 

a book that I just can't put down 

tell me again that you love me 

touch me as only you can 

at the end of the day, as the sun fades

show me so I understand

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mountaintop

on a desert mesa

coyotes howl at the moon 

rattlesnakes slither under rocks 

looking for warmth when it cools

scorpions saunter aimlessly 

looking for prey to sting 

mountain lions search for their next meal 

on turf where they are king 

every cactus, every living plant 

has brambles that cut when touched 

all of these dangers, and many more 

live on God's mountaintop

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free-fall

I couldn't gauge the distance 

or what this fall might do

I close my eyes, hold you real tight 

and free-fall in love with you 

I feel this rush of passion 

like a needle in a vein 

this drug is mighty addicting 

there's no way I can be saved 

the radiance is astounding 

it shines brightly under the moon 

if I had known how your love felt

I would have fallen much sooner 

so baby, don't you be afraid 

hold me tight and make the leap

I'll be your golden parachute 

what you find is yours to keep

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crescent moon

my arms are empty 

my heart is full 

my lips not kissed 

my love not missed 

my mind rambles 

through cactus brambles 

under a crescent moon

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run to me

when you feel the pressure of another long, hard day 

when you think you've had enough of all that's in your way 

when you think you've seen it all and no longer want to believe 

forget it all, hear my call, Baby, run to me 

when you feel like your life is starting to run you 

when you can't remember when last your sky was blue 

when it all explodes and down falls the debris 

forget it all, hear my call, Baby, run to me 

when all of your plans and dreams go up in smoke 

and it gets so heavy you thick you're gonna choke 

when everything breaks down and there's no warranty 

forget it all, hear my call, Baby, run to me 

run to me baby, let me make it all alright 

run to me baby, let me hold you really tight

run to me baby, let me kiss away your fears 

run to me baby, I'm always waiting here

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thought

thought I heard the door slam but I looked and it was open 

thought I closed the window because the sash was broken

thought I saw your back, the last time you were leaving

thought this was a dream and my heart was deceived

thought I heard you laughing in the morning breeze 

thought I felt your hand giving mine a squeeze

thought I was all done and I'd gotten clean away

thought I was just remembering, you from yesterday 

thought the dance was over after the last song ended 

thought that your last kiss was all I would ever get 

thought I could read your thoughts, I felt it oh so strongly 

thought I could read your heart, I think I may have thought wrong

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I wish you

here inside 

with what I hide 

I wish you the best 

through tears and a smile 

I wish you love 

to keep you warm 

I wish you hope 

and safety from harm 

I hope all the shadows 

will disappear 

I wish you love 

I wish you love

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last dance

I was always hoping

there'd be one last dance

slow and sensual 

like it was in the past 

but the music changes 

and you're not in the mood 

I will never have 

that last dance with you

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