1. |
Sharp Shock
03:35
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They say I came into this world
with a cold sharp shock.
Filled my lungs with air 'til I
learned to shout.
Years spun by with wonders
before my eyes.
So tell me how is it you still
took me by surprise?
In one breath I knew myself
but in the next I knew nothing else
but you.
You were a short sharp shock from the start.
Will you bring me to life
or stop my heart?
When the old man died they say
his wife was not the same.
She crumpled into herself like an
animal hurt and lamed.
I've seen that hollow carved
into another's soul.
Never wanted to risk I'd be
left so cold.
But in one breath I knew myself
and in the next I knew nothing else
but you.
You were a short sharp shock from the start.
Will you bring me to life
or stop my heart?
They say I came into this world
with a cold sharp shock.
Still I never really breathed 'til you
woke me up.
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2. |
Autumn Bride
04:50
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The working week's a memory when I open my eyes.
Two whole days before I start back in that grind.
Somewhere a bell is ringing
for another autumn bride and I sigh,
rollin' over to curl up on my side.
Seems I've ached for you since I don't know when.
Days turn to hours and years slip by again.
Somewhere a bell keeps ringing
for that damned autumn bride and I cry,
'cause time's never, ever on my side.
Through the blue of the sky
across the grey of the sea
in the blackest of nights
oh come to me!
I throw the covers off, get to my feet
stumble to the kitchen for that hit of caffeine.
Somewhere a bell keeps clanging
and I know that bride will smile, I can't lie
the brew's bitter when you're on the other side.
In the spring leaves I saw the echo of your gaze
the colour that lured me so deep into this maze
oh and I swear
I see Aurora Australis in your eyes
but that seeming tranquility, it lies
oh it lies.
I put my coffee down and pick up my strings.
Hum this melody 'til I can sing.
Somewhere a bell is ringing
for ships that missed that tide so I'll try
to forget you and your pretty autumn bride.
That damned autumn bride.
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3. |
In the Dark
02:56
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In the dark I cannot sleep
thoughts like sharks swim restless in me
you hold me close and whisper my name
saying 'Can't you sleep tonight again?'
In your arms the world's safe and warm
but that charm has been too well worn
my blood it twitches where you lay my skin bare
and something just doesn't feel right
in the dark.
Is it a passing moment
or is it something true
what changed inside me
or is the change in you
I don't know
Sleep rolls in and you're gone on a wave
leaving me wondering what I should say
if morning comes and I'm stranded here
gasping for a breath that won't come
in the dark.
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4. |
So close
04:31
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Mid-morning
heading down to the lecture hall
sun cruising by
as all these moments form
Turn the corner there you are
so close and yet so far
and I hear you say
Hey there, whatcha doin' today?
and your smile takes my breath away
and my heart leaps in my chest
but these words are for someone else.
Sitting three rows down
my concentration tattered and torn
muddied voices clear
I hear your laugh so deep and warm
Turn my head and there you are
so close and yet so far
and I hear you say
Hey there, whatcha doin' today?
and your smile takes my breath away
and my heart leaps in my chest
are these words for someone else?
Headin' for the door
jostled in the rush to the street
books fall to the floor
our hands reaching finally meet
Lift my eyes are there you are
So close! My shining star!
And I wish I'd say
Hey there! Whatcha doin' today?
You know your smile takes my breath away
and my heart leaps in my chest
Oh I wish I'd say
Hey there! Whatcha doin' today?
You know your smile takes my breath away
and my heart leaps in my chest.
Please don't say you're with someone else.
Mid-morning
Sun cruising by my room.
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5. |
Landlocked
03:38
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I went down to the hardware store
on a mission to be free
bought a bag of sand, a folding chair
and a juvenile palm tree
with the sand in my shoes I felt I could
almost feel the breeze
from the distant ocean
washing over me
I signed up for an online class
set to be a better me
tried to focus on the words
of all the talking heads I see
with the whispers in my ears
I felt I could almost hear that far off sea
waves rushing overland
washing over me
But I'm landlocked
oh I'm landlocked
aching for salt water
I'm landlocked
I bought another painting
to hang upon my wall
echoes of a golden reef
fish swimming through it all
with the tears in my eyes
I felt I could see them flash and stall
swirling in a current
that could wash away us all
But I'm landlocked
oh I'm landlocked
aching for salt water
I'm landlocked
I close my eyes and I see
that wide horizon inside me
I take another breath and sigh
wonder when my friends I'll see
I know it won't be one day soon
but someday we'll roam free
with the border in my rearview
I will run to find that breeze
the call of salt water washing over me
But I'm landlocked
oh I'm landlocked
aching for salt water
I'm landlocked
For now I'm landlocked
still landlocked
waiting for salt water
to come washing over me
For now I'm landlocked
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6. |
Bed of Lies
05:19
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Side by side as the tram is rockin'
through a darkening afternoon
Your worried smile asks a question
Has it come to this so soon?
Honesty has no soft edges
it's colder than the dark side of the moon
I know you don't believe that
but you'll know it soon.
All the tears won't wash the pain away.
All your fears come home to stay.
I said we'd be forever
and there was no turning back
I'd like to say I didn't know better but
the truth cuts deeper than that
All the tears won't wash the pain away.
All your fears come home to stay.
Deception in the heart of me
and it tears me apart
You wanted a gentle truth
all I could do was lie.
Lie.
Lie.
I look past you into the twilight
let you slip your hand in mine
tell myself it'll be kinder
if I just give it more time.
All the tears won't wash the pain away.
All your fears come home to stay.
All those tears won't wash this pain away.
All your fears come home today
in our bed of lies.
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7. |
Forward and Back
03:35
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Slip your hand from mine
it's all fine if you must
brush the dust from your face
as you pace that path away from us.
you'll be laughing when I cry
I won't lie, it's hard to take
everything we make together falls apart
Let's go back to the start and walk away
I want to move forward
You keep turning back
truth to tell
we're just not a match.
I'll be sleeping when you wake
it just feels fake to say it's ok
You want to stay in a memory that's long gone
but fate's won, there's nothing more to say.
I want to move forward
You keep turning back
truth to tell
we're just not a match.
It's time to stop. Look at where we are.
We both know our dreams are far apart.
There's just one way for us to stay friends
so let's bite the bullet and call this the end.
So take this ring from my hand
a thin gold band was never going to hold.
Before the cold descends deep in our bones
in civil tones let's call it a day.
I want to move forward
you keep turning back.
Truth to tell
we never were a match.
Before we get bitter
'bout all the things we lack.
Let's call it a day,
we're not a match.
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8. |
The Blue of Your Eyes
04:14
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Night sky in my hands
Vincent's true sight
I look for pieces that fit
but nothing seems right
The blue of the sky
The blue of your eyes
So far away from me
I can't reach them but I try
The puzzle falls
to the floor at my feet
pieces scattered
a world incomplete
The blue of the sky
The blue of your eyes
so far away from me
I can't reach them but I try
Mirror image of our home
warped by all we have known
it flutters in my mind
crazed canary in this mine
The blue of the sky
The blue of your eyes
so far away from me
I can't reach them but I try
Picking pieces from the floor
matching colours that don't meet anymore
clinging to this edge
lying lonely in our bed
The blue of the sky
The blue of your eyes
so far away from me
I can't reach them but I try
'Cause the blue of the sky
Like the blue of your eyes
so far away from me
I can't reach them but I try
I can't reach them but I try
I can't reach them but I try
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9. |
Waiting for you
04:36
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The crowd has left, the players have all gone home
pom-poms on the ground lying where they were thrown
and it's oh so clear to me
this is not how it was meant to be
I'm waiting for you
Waiting so long
Waiting for truth
How could that be wrong
I'm guarding my hope
Guarding my heart
Trying to cope
as my edges fall apart
Mistakes were made both on and off the field
and blame was laid raw and bleeding at my feet
what was there to say
You wouldn't listen to me anyway
I'm waiting for you
Waiting so long
Waiting for truth
How could that be wrong
I'm guarding my hope
Guarding my heart
Trying to cope
as my edges fall apart
Please believe me when I say these words
I may be lonely but I'm not disturbed
This love's not a suit you can strip from my skin
You think you've got the aces but hearts always win.
I may be forgetful but I was never unkind
if it was something I said can't we just hit rewind
apples or oranges, who cares?
it never led us to a better pair
I'm waiting for you
Waiting so long
Waiting for truth
How could that be wrong
I'm guarding my hope
Guarding my heart
Trying to cope
as my edges fall apart
Waiting for you
Waiting so long
How could that be wrong?
I'm waiting for love
Waiting for life
The stars above know
you're the only one I love
Waiting for you
Waiting so long
You're the only one I love
Waiting for you
Waiting so long
'cause you're the only one
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10. |
Bottle
03:48
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I'm just an empty bottle
clinking softly on the floor
all I had was poured into you
'til there was nothing more
Still I held on tight
kept on fighting
hoped that we would be alright
I closed my eyes
to all the signs that
you and I were just a lie.
Just a lie.
All that time the dregs cling to me
habit crusted over my eyes.
No half full, no half empty,
absence was your long goodbye
Years come and go
wind and sun collide in me
light dawning slowly
sets me free.
I stand alone, see things clearly
wonder why it took so long.
Life is strange - a thing of beauty
in this joy I belong.
I belong!
It fills me.
I belong!
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11. |
Letters in the Hallway
03:26
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I write a letter every winter
to slip under the door
of that old abandoned house
where we stayed before
I'm not writing it to you
or to what might have been
just sharing the memories
with the ghosts in between
and the chances are remote
that someone will look
through all those letters in that hallway
to find the path we took
Those days keep slowly fading
old coats hanging in my closet
I try to mend the memories
but that never works, does it
Time has slipped away and run off
laughing down the road
Hope left to dress as truth
lights my lonely road
and the chances are remote
that someone will look
through all those letters in that hallway
to find the path we took
Ever since we parted ways
my dreams keep me awake
it's not what I think will be
it's the choices that I make
one day I'll write it in a book
tie our story down with fetters
for now words drift unfettered
into these doorstop letters
and the chances are remote
that someone will look
through all those letters in that hallway
to find the path we took
still I keep writing
and hope one day they'll see
the truth of you
and what you mean to me
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12. |
All the Dreamers
03:31
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I wrote this song to celebrate my friends
all the dreamers finding meaning in little things
Our words are dancing from our fingers to our lips
spinning tales from memories we break into bits
And every day's another chance to get things right
find that perfect hook to let our songs take flight
Through scraps and treasures, hints of blue and green
you see the stories of places you've never been.
Precious trash swells and accumulates
bower bird fingers search for gems to take
And every day's another chance to get things right
find that perfect hook to let our songs take flight
In our dreams you all know our names
but that's not how this game will play.
We lay out the mosaic of dreams and old regrets
binding it in place with love for things we can't forget
It makes us laugh more often than we cry
hearts on our sleeves keep trying to fly
Oh how they'll fly!
And every day's another chance to get things right
find that perfect hook to let our songs take flight
Our songs take flight, oh yeah!
I wrote this song to celebrate my friends
all the dreamers finding joy in little things.
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Jane Cameron Melbourne, Australia
beauty is... tears in laughter, small joys even in the midst of sorrow, a drifting feather, a cold beach, the wind over the ocean, cold fingers on the skin making your heart warm, storm clouds and lightning, rain, the sun through green leaves in the morning, voices singing, the rhythm of a drum, the beat of your heart, the sigh of your breath and moments of pure relaxation...and a ukulele helps. ... more
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