Stay Am I seeking a false sense of security? I feel you when you are miles away As I battle to liven up my reality I want you here but I won’t beg you to stay I wandered away as I longed for the day And now that it’s here I just wanted to say Is is so wrong to want you? Would I be bad to need you? I’m throwing my heart on the line Take it, but treat it kind, feed it, no flowers or wine needed Just your hand in mine…and Gently I will lead you straight into my soul Taking half of yours with me to finally make mine whole Run now if this all scares you, run straight into the sun But stay here because I need you, stay, my only one Was I too numb to face it? Am I too young to chase it? I waited for some kind of sign, stopped when I read your decline Left with my heart and this string My fault, I should have told you one thing I know you were the one I was supposed to meet Stuck wandering in the back of my mind Until you made me trip on my own two feet I was roaming aimlessly searching for your kind I could have run away, or walked away, or turned and been discreet But then I would have never known what a man could really do to me Oh I want to lead you straight into my soul Take half of yours with me and finally make mine whole Run now if this all scares you, run straight into the sun But stay here because I need you, stay, my only one If I am wrong I’ll leave it, But should I go when I feel it? Thoughts flow and you’re on my mind, blink then it’s you that I find Right here like you knew where I’d be Who knew I just wished you to me, come here baby……and Gently I will lead you straight into my soul Taking half of yours with me to finally make mine whole Run now if this all scares you, run straight into the sun But stay here cause I need you, stay, my only one

Back to Me My head is in shambles, my heart has been shred My love has up and left me but I still believe what he said “ Baby you’ve got to be strong”, well I try to be tough But the demons in my pockets won’t let up So, I’ll watch the sunset without you I’ll kiss the moonlight goodnight instead I’ll dream and wake in my own room But I will carry your heart with me Until I find my way back to you Your way back to me I’m drowning in my world of dried up tears Fighting in the ring with my stupid, useless fears I want you to knock me out, to mow me over with your love But it’s cold and its silent only rain from up above Oh, I thought this was A risk worthy taking, the price worth paying But the check it never came And all this shit is still the same So, I’ll watch the sunset without you I’ll kiss the moonlight goodnight instead I’ll dream and wake in my own room But I will carry your heart with me Until I find my way back to you Your way back to me

Ode to the Tide Rusted river, silence disappears Sleepless motion, gliding through the years I can walk on your water, sink through your sand Clap in your thunder and bleed through your damn The tide is high and my pulse is low You bring me down to a place I rarely go My solace in my struggles, my temperamental release My cage when I’m rattled, my constant source of peace Tired ocean, falling in your dream Strange devotion, she crawls back to you desperately You rise and she crumbles, she’s infinitely in demand You will shake her and break her and still she follows your commands The tide is high and my pulse is low You bring me down to a place I rarely go My solace in my struggles, my temperamental release My cage when I’m rattled, my constant source of peace Tainted waters, cursed by the ones in need Can’t imagine, feeling what you grieve I ache and you feed me, repenting for this cause I will use you and choose you when I am lost and you’re found The tide is high and my pulse is low You bring me down to a place I rarely go My solace in my struggles, my temperamental release My cage when I’m rattled, my constant source of peace

Sweet Insanity I walked away uncertain of what tomorrow would leave behind You closed the door, I wanted more This strange new, this strange place I swallow tears and follow fears and seal my own twisted fate It would be so simple, if the path I, I always knew Walk on and on in my travels With nothing more to find but the truth Time would tick on with no one to notice but me Sweet insanity, music plays in my ears Painful clarity, words won’t soothe my fears I want out, I want out, I want out Oh no, set me free from all this doubt If I have to crawl with my hands full to get to the end, I will If I have to cry till my eyes dry out to start it again, I will It’s not as though I’ve lost my way, I’ve been here many times before Something’s just got to go right now Cause it’s been wrong for way too long I’ll shed my skin to start anew but the naked truth would just beg to let me be Sweet insanity, music plays in my ears Painful clarity, words won’t soothe my fears I want out, I want out, I want out Oh no, set me free from all this doubt

Momma Teach Me I spent a lonely day inside my head It took me far too long to get myself out of bed I wondered where am I, who am I, am I in the right place So I called you up, so you could set me straight It was hard to find the words through the endless tears But you listened patiently to all of your far gone fears I was trapped in time, it filled my mind, with doubtful worries and regret Oh, I begged you please, get me out of this self-inflicted mess Momma teach me how to fly, down this road you’ve already gone by Momma teach me how to play, with these boys who always run away Momma teach me how to roam, show me how to be Momma teach me how to be alone You had been there years before, you came with just a friend Left behind your family, a few Hail Mary’s, amen It was different then, that’s all you said, no excuses, no running home It was time to live this life, make the journey, be alone Momma teach me how to fly, down this road you’ve already gone by Momma teach me how to play, with these boys who always run away Momma teach me how to roam, show me how to be Momma teach me how to be alone I’m walking where your feet were, but I’m losing my footing I think I lost sight of your light, it’s time to figure out what I’m doing End up where I’m going, walk in without knowing A soul Momma teach me how to fly, down this road you’ve already gone by Momma teach me how to play, with these boys who always run away Momma teach me how to roam, show me how to be Momma teach me how to be alone

Note to Self This is a note to myself on the ways of this path that I’ve laid No more sorrow filled songs No more of the hate or the pity I’ve gained No more time spent on fooled love No more dreaming of things left unseen Sun will keep shining whether I soak it up or not Moon will keep cycling even if I don’t look up I can lie in my comfort, sheltered completely Or leap into the ocean and set my soul free I want to swim through the river of surrender I want to lie with my secrets by my side If I could just fight that fight and then remember Where that little girl went, the one that never cried No more, hiding my fears, no more No more, holding back the tears, no more Heat will keep rising if I keep on my clothes or not Cold will keep biting even if I cover up I can hide in my own world naked discreetly Or run through these glass doors and cut myself free I want to swim through the river of surrender I want to lie with my secrets by my side If I could just fight that fight and then remember Where all those little dreams went, the ones that never died Note to self, spend more time alone Note to self, keep the friends that you keep close by Note to self, live what you love, love all that you live Note to self