Bits + Pieces

 
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Bits + Pieces	 
 Mastered July 15, 2013

1. My Final Hour 
2. Avenue 
3. Away 
4. Her Beauty Shines 
5. Maybe 
6. Meghan
7. Water 
8. Fire 
9. Earth 
10. Wind 
11. Push
12. Muse 
13. Hush 
14. Shelter 
15. Time Passes 
16. More 
17. Fallen Star
18. Mr. Nice Guy Acoustic 
19. Lead 
20. Nickel
21. Iron 
22. Rhythms and Rhymes
23. Masquerade 
24. Day to Day
25. Come Closer to Me
26. Daisy Child





My Final Hour

I'm looking for the truth
Is it out there? Born or bloomed
Most won't know, how it ends no
It's like going to the moon
It's like holding on to you

There won't be any angels
Or demons in the sun
I wish to think I finally see
In my final hour
We are all one

All the hatred, all the pain
We're all one, we're all the same
Most won't know, how it ends no
It's like going to the moon
It's like holding on to you

There won't be any angels
Or demons in the sun
I wish to think I finally see
In my final hour
We are all one

Avenue

All alone walking down the avenue,
how many times have I been here before?
In a circle spinning round and round,
will someone show me to their door?

(chorus) But no, blue avenue is my home,
oh yeah, always set to roam,
and I know there should be somewhere I can go,
but no, blue avenue is my home.--

And the rain falls down upon the street,
squashing down I feel my drenched feet,
cold and wet is not a problem for me,
it's this loneliness that is killing me. (chorus)

Will someone show me to their door,
how many times have I been turned away before?...


Away

I've been alone many a year,
she left me here without her light,
all I have are these bitter tears,
memories ghosts of what was right.

I continue on day to day,
finding a way to feel her light,
in darkness of her tomb she lay,
and I in my own endless night.

Away, Away, Away, Away, away is where my true love lay.

Lost in thoughts of happier days,
a budding May basked in sunlight,
two of us in a field we lay,
embraced in love's eternal delight.

Away, Away, Away, Away, away is where my true love lay.

Winter came early that year,
leaving me here in this cold night,
I wish I could give back these tears,
and have her in my arms tonight.

Away, Away, Away, Away, away is where my love must stay

Away, Away, Away, Away, away is where my love must stay


Her Beauty Shines

I have to tell you, about this Goddess,
who loves me, promised me her heart.
She has these eyes, they shine like diamonds,
and her smile, will capture your heart.

Her Beauty Shines

Her Beauty Shines


(Chorus) Though it may rain,
She will make it a sunny day,
she's my everything and more.

You have to believe me, I'm not really biased,
I'll bet my life, I'm telling no lies.

Her Beauty Shines, It shines on me. Yeah.
Chorus, Bridge.

And so you see she, means the world to me,
I love her, she's my better part.
She has promised me, love forever,
together, and never apart.

Her Beauty Shines, It shines on me.


Maybe

Maybe, she says to me, Maybe, when we're free,
Maybe, she'll save me, Maybe, love can see.

And I will wait for you, do whatever you want me to do,
let me stay with you. Still saying our Maybes, still saying our Maybes.

Time goes by as it always has, I know this love will never die,
I wish life wouldn't slip away, and I'd have you by my side.

And there'd be no more Maybes, you'd say to me,
no more Maybes, we'd be free, no more Maybes, you've saved me,
no more Maybes, love can see.

And I will wait for you, do whatever you want me to do,
let me stay with you. And we'll have our Maybes,

And we'll have our Maybes, And we'll have our babies.


Meghan

After a long winter,
She’s the sun shinning through,
Please be my rescue.

(Chorus)
Meghan be mine,
Break the bonds of time,
Fill this void in my heart,
Promise never to part.

You’re one of those stars,
Bright in the darkness,
How I long for your kiss.
(Chorus)

Light from your eyes,
Warm like a blanket,
Keep me alive through the frozen frost.
(Chorus)

Meghan my love,
I Wish on the stars above,
You’ll always be my love.


Water

I can't help but dream of water,
I feel you wash over me,
lost in my dreams of water,
oh, please don't wake me...

I’m drowning in your eyes,
No one can save me,
Lost in love,
Lost in your inner sea...

I can't help but dream of water,
all I need is to drink of thee,
lost in my dreams of water,
you flow right into me,
I can't help but dream of water,
I feel you wash over me,
lost in my dreams of water,
oh, please don't wake me...

Everything you say,
everything you do,
every way you move,
endears me to you...

I’m drowning in your eyes,
No one can save me,
Lost in love,
Lost in your inner sea...

I can't help but dream of water,
all I need is to drink of thee,
lost in my dreams of water,
you flow right into me,
I can't help but dream of water,
I feel you wash over me,
lost in my dreams of water,
oh, please don't wake me...

Everything you say,
everything you do,
every way you move,
endears me to you...

Always yours,
is how I will stay,
and together we'll be,
till the sky drinks the seas...


Fire

Feel this love between us,
We can not be apart, I'm deep inside your heart
you and me together,
merging into one, hotter than the sun,
Pressure building higher, filled with desire

Feels like fire

(chorus)So we hold our glasses higher,
welcoming the night, we have no fear.
nothing breaks the darkness,
faster than the light, of LOVE
Feels like Fire
burning though me

Temperature is rising,
feel my blood boil, I'm your midnight oil,
love pulses between us,
Never let the night end...
(chorus)

Feels like fire
burning through me, burning right through me


Earth

The earth rains on my head,
darkening the skies above me,
I've still years left to my life,
can't let you bury me.


Wind

Where, oh Where are you going?
And where have you been?
my young man,
I see you standing there,
with tears in your eyes,
choking on their lies,
promises not kept,
joys you've been denied.

All has changed,
nothing is the same,
you're looking for someone to blame,
the wind echoes your name.


Push

You push too hard my limit will break,
The first time you pushed was a big mistake.

The higher you climb the more you don't see,
That person under your boot is my trying to break free.

Never a giver all you did was take,
Do you know the hell I feel?
All I know is forsake.

Higher, higher, higher. Push me to break...

And yet I hold on for love's sake,
What a joke...
All you leave is heartache.

Higher, higher, higher. Push me to break,
Higher, higher, higher. On your cross I break...


Muse

I can feel the passion,
As she flows through me,
Never know where we're going,
Only at the end I see.

In my mind she enters,
Never stood a chance,
Arms out wide, she welcomes,
Lost in a dance.

Innocent to her spell,
My heart, mine to lose,
There will be no return,
I'm taken by the muse...


Hush

Hush, little baby don't you cry,
Momma's gonna tell you a little lie,
seems the world isn't good for you,
nothing left for you to do,
all those plans you have in store,
feel's just like another closed door...

Hush, little baby don't you cry,
Momma's gonna tell you a little lie,
sometimes love doesn't work out right,
who's going to hold you tonight?

Hush, little baby don't you cry,
Momma's gonna tell you a little lie,
all those hopes and dreams for you,
couldn't live up to what you'd do,
you struggle, try the best you can,
you try to be a better man...

You kick, you scream,
trapped in this dream,
you'd think you'd learn,
hush as hope burns,
you cry, you bleed,
chasing each need,
but still you return,
hush as hope burns...


Shelter

Sunshine,
days of past when your love was mine,
Rain clouds,
seems our love has run out of time...

No shelter from this storm,
only left to mourn...

Heartache,
only wanted me when you were gone,
Shelter,
me from all the pain that once was us,
Oh Baby,
it drags me down to think of you,
Sometimes,
it's all that I could ever do...

No shelter from this storm,
only left to mourn...


Time Passes

I want to hold you
-Time Passes
I love everything you do,
-Time Passes
I hope you'll understand,
-Time Passes
Though time slips through our hands,
I belong to you...


More

(Chorus)
More, more, more…

I need it, I want it, to taste it, to love it,
All through me, above me
Can I have some more? (Chorus)

You need it, you want it, to taste it, to love it,
All through you, apart of me
Do you want some more? (chorus)


Fallen Star

Standing up at the water’s edge,
Pushed me too close to that tempting ledge,
Now we’re strangers, it feels so rough,
Left with fears I wasn’t good enough…

Fallen > Star >

Damaged, feeling so dead inside,
The pain of being cast aside…

Fallen > Star >

(Chorus) Brothers Compromised,
Prophesy of lies, Drowning Eyes,
However, Bright you are, Fallen star…

I need to let go, to move on,
Thoughtlessly gone, you were depended on,
Offended, wronged, betrayal deep,
You’ve changed brother, the real you sleeps…

Fallen > Star >

I want you to suffer as I,
A love, closeness I was denied…

Fallen > Star > (Chorus)

The words you preached were never true,
Music, it seems still escapes you,
Rhythms you’ve lost in broken time,
Under the Water’s Icy Rhyme…

Fallen > Star >

Ego made you unable to see,
Angry there is no room for me…

Fallen > Star > (Chorus)


Mr. Nice Guy

I was thinking the other night,
When did my lying begin?
Always tried to do what's right,
there I go failing again.

(chorus) How much more smiling will this take?
I'm so fake, to the point I break,
Try to be nice for nice sake,
But I try... Mr. Nice Guy.

Should this be my cross to bare?
to have you as my friend,
it's hurts too much for me to care,
there I go failing again.

How much more smiling will this take?
I'm so fake, to the point I break,
Try to be nice for nice sake,
But I try... Mr. Nice Guy:)

There I go failing again...


Lead

"Don't fill me with lead," the poor man plead,
as the thief looked away,
"I've got a family you see,
and they all need me,
so don't take me away."

"But I must," the thief said,
"you have yet to ever bled,
and don't think I won't make you pay,
you have breathed your last breath,
your time is here I'm your death,
and today is your dying day."

The man began to squirm,
when the thief's eyes confirmed,
that it would be over sooner then said,
the gun was swift, as the thief's fatal gift,
knocked him dead.

"Goodbye walleye, you are but a fish I have fried,
let the waves just take you away,
whether there's a Heaven or Hell,
you'll be the first to tell,
I'll see you on All Soul's Day..."


Nickel

Nickel angel show your pastel face,
bundle me in your warm embrace,
soft and sweet melting the cast off sleet,
you strive to be alive again.

(chorus) Dance the dance of ages,
your lips form a smirk,
your bible's lost it's pages,
and in my back sticks a dirk.--

Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
life was to have clarity,
in the shadows we walk along,
joined hand and hand in conformity.(chorus)

Nickel angel do you still have any worth?
you weren't meant for this Earth...



Iron

You weren't the one to entrust,
I thought you would make it okay,
what you leave me is rust,
nothing but slow decay.

(chorus)Iron,
wash away,
iron,
you can never stay.--

You weren't there for me,
I thought love would last,
what I feel can never be,
nothing but the past.(chorus)

Time ticks away,
soon it will all run out,
I have things to say,
but there's nothing to talk about.(chorus)...


Rhythms + Rhymes

Hey, what am I doing here? Hey, Why can't I see, feel and hear?
Tell me what’s happened, Tell me what’s happened, Tell me what’s happened to me,
I went out to fight and became a casualty.

HEY, THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO ME.

oh, hey, please release me, don't want to live this way,
just another casualty to the rhythms and the rhymes.

IT WASN'T LOVE, IT WASN'T HOPE, IT WASN'T PEACE I WAS FIGHTING FOR,
It was just words.

Those SLOGANS, those PROPAGANDA FILMS,
FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY, FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY,
FIGHT FOR THIS AND FIGHT FOR THAT,
not knowing you'll be a casualty to the rhythms and the rhymes.

I WANT TO GO HOME, I WANT TO BE FREE,

I WANT TO LIVE AS OTHER MEN DO,

LET ME OUT OF THIS CELL, OUT OF THIS CAGE,

not trapped here in my mind-----------------------
not for these words, hear me? not for these words.

Just another (one more) casualty to the rhythms and the rhymes.


Masquerade

You said you would last,
but you wouldn't,
you said you could wait,
but you couldn't,
you said you did love me,
but you didn't.

It was all a masquerade.

You wanted more,
I wanted less,
You wanted a love,
I wanted a friend.
When you left I was glad you were gone.

I haven't missed you,
because it was all a masquerade.


Day to Day

I walk the streets aimlessly not knowing where to begin,
when did life become a tragedy and I the victim again.
Break apart the sadness I hold in my heart,
and then peace will dwell here again I will know where to start.

--But I don't know if life will change,
same old thing from day to day,
nothing shines, nothing sparkles the way it used to,
I feel my hope slip away.--

I had a dream the other night as I lay in bed,
darkness was here, everywhere, as if I were dead,
a then the rain came and washed it all away....no more pain.--

Then I see in her eyes a future there for me,
make it past the day to day, love will save me.


Come Closer to Me

You know I love you, you know I need you by my side,
don't need to hide, don't need to hide your heart,

never apart, never apart forever we,
we'll always be, I'll always be your love.

Chorus:And I'm here, for you,
need you near, I do,
My love come closer to me

You know I feel you, you know I feel your heart beat,
the warming heat, the warming heat of your love.

My love come closer to me. (from chorus to end again)



Daisy Child

(chorus)Laugh, daisy child, laugh, laugh and joy will run free,
shine, daisy child, shine
shine for all the world to see,
smile, daisy child, smile,
always as sweet as can be.--

Daisy child laugh,
laugh and make it okay,
daisy child, daisy child,
this day's begun for you,

for you...skies remain...forever blue.

Daisy child shine,
shine like the sun,
daisy child, daisy child,
this day's begun for you,

for you...skies remain...forever blue. (chorus)

Daisy child smile,
smile bright and true,
daisy child, daisy child, daisy child,
this day's begun for you,
this day's begun for you,
We'll always love you,

for you...skies remain...forever blue...

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