I had the distinct pleasure of helping two incredibly talented young ladies record a few of their beautiful songs today. Lucky for me, they allowed me to publish the result, but you’ll need to talk to them about how to get a copy. Until you do, listen and enjoy.
I wrote this song on a Sunday morning, recorded it over lunch, and made the video in the afternoon. From a creative process point of view, this was a near perfect experience.
From my Mums perspective it was a disaster that I shared my unmade bed on YouTube, but them’s the breaks.
If I sing, I sing too loud
If I try, I’m much too proud
But I just can’t be still
I won’t back down
You’re preaching with a gun
And I’ll just have to be
Your pagan son
If I smile, I smile too much
When I talk, I’m out of touch
But I just can’t sit still
I won’t back down
You’re preaching with a gun
And I’ll just have to be
Your pagan son
You just wear that crown
And live with your frown
You can’t keep me down
So watch me turn around
Make your awful sound
Alone
I sit in my bedroom in the night
I sleep in the bathroom in the day
I’m trying my best just to keep it together
Cause I still need you
And I shouldn’t leave you
But I just can’t stay
I burned my heart out in the rain
Now whoever I love will just share the stain
I’m leaving tonight
I’m dreaming tonight
But I found it in your eyes
Too late
I wake in the morning out of breath
With forgotten moments in my head
And though I know it’s way too late
I still need you
And I already miss you
But I just can’t stay
I burned my heart out in the rain
Now whoever I love will just share the stain
I’m leaving tonight
I’m dreaming tonight
But I found it in your eyes
Too late
You make me feel so alive
But inside I know I’m already dead
Some spend their lives looking for you
But I’m leaving tonight
I’m dreaming tonight
‘Cause I found it in your eyes
I found it in your eyes
Been taking my time gettin’ real
Been spillin’ my lines no big deal
And the days flash by like teardrops
On a windshield covered mind
sittin’ here
Sleepless on a summer night
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah oh yeah
On a simmering night a scent of you
Like a brokendown light shining through
In a teardrop, in a moment
I found some peace of mind
Now I’m here
Sleepless on a summer night
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah Yeah
But my eyes can’t tell you something I don’t see
And my face was never good for honesty
In a moment, this summer
I found me in your eyes
I’m alive
Sleepless on a summer night
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah – I can’t forget your body
Yeah yeah oh yeah
With every word you’ve never said
And every dream lost in your head
It’s come undone
With every smile you haven’t seen
And all the things you’ve never been
It’s come undone
So you walk downtown with you head in the clouds
as you break everything you see
And you wait too long as you fill your heart with ache
And you know it’s wrong but you’re feeling too strong
with the smell of your burning cage
It’s come undone
It’s come undone
With every tale lost in your look
With every hand you never took
It’s come undone
With every life you’ve never lived
And every day lost in the drift
It’s come undone
No lyrics for this one. Made at Manly Beach in Sydney while resting out after surfing and before going out for beers.
As I came into this life
I found rain and people walking by
And I know I should care
But I’m too lost to fake it
Can’t find it there
As I wait for something true
And I wonder what it is we do
I can tell I am through
Cause something in your smile
Has found me
Sometimes I feel lost in all these lies
Sometimes I just want to run and hide
But I will take this chance
This one romance
This never ending sky
And I’m starting with your smile
And your moonlit eyes
You can ask anyone
I am no favorite son
Cause love drove me insane
So I don’t know what you see
Or what it is you do to me
But I can tell for once something is new
And it is you
As You came into my life
I still saw rain but didn’t need to try
Cause I know that I care
And something in your smile
Has found me
Sometimes I feel lost in all these lies
Sometimes I just want to run and hide
But I will take this chance
This one romance
This never ending sky
And I’m starting with your smile
And your moonlit eyes
I’m gonna take a chance
On a newfound friend
I’m gonne break in two
What could not bend
Waited too long for you to see
And I can’t live life in commisery
I will take this hand
While I still remember
I will take this heart
And make it mine
To the end of time
I’m gonna make my way
Through this bad idea
I will make you say
Why you put us here
Waited so long for you to see
And I can’t live life in this misery
I will take this hand
While I still remember
I will take this heart
And make it mine
To the end of time
Take my hand as I run away
Make me stay have you nothing to say?
I will take this hand
While I still remember
I will take this heart
And make it mine
To the end of time
