Sigh

Chaos and sadness

Where have the simple things gone?

All of this madness

Do you really expect me to be strong?

Whipping whirlwinds

Far-off places our hearts can't reach

Unforgiving sins

Forgetting the lessons we said to teach

Can you hear the baby cry?

Do you even know why?

It's selfish to give up and say goodbye

But if you want, let's sit together and sigh 

Bitter realities

What has good done to deserve this?

Pretty fantasies

Wrapped up and sealed with a false kiss

Lies aplenty 

Is anyone certain of the truth?

Darkness is heavy

Never to regain what we lived in youth

Can you hear the baby cry?

Do you even know why?

It's selfish to give up and say goodbye 

But if you want, let's sit together and sigh 

Oooh, oooh 

Oooh, oooh

Oooh, oooh

Oooh, oooh

Is that the end I see?

I pray for a better life for my children after me

Cry no more, I'll sing

And their sweet smiles will be a pretty thing

A moment the inauspicious cannot catch

And if you want, we'll sit together and laugh

My Pool of Tears

For some reason no matter how hard I try
Can't get these dogging thoughts out of my mind
And I just wish I could ask for a little peace for a short time

Whenever I find a bit of happiness here
I lose the moment because something arouses my fears
And I feel so weak, so helpless every day through the year

How do I let go of my insecurities?
I'm laying sprawled on the shore washed up by the sea
Oh, I begged and I begged for the waves to drown me
Then I realized by the smears that the water is my pool of tears

I wish I could escape to somewhere far beyond
Where I could find a light, let go of all this, and move on
But I'm trapped like a bird in a cage with her wings gone

If I could only grasp onto a lasting hope inside
Learn what it is to have a reason, a purpose, a pride
But it seems that these are just daydreams that have died

How do I let go of my insecurities?
I'm laying sprawled on the shore washed up by the sea
Oh, I begged and I begged for the waves to drown me
Then I realized by the smears that the water is my pool of tears

I'm transfixed in a pose
Gazing at my reflection
Look away, look away
But I stay, I stay
And the pain remains
Trying to release what's eating me
Just one night let me be
I can't breathe

How do I let go of my insecurities?
I'm lying sprawled on the shore washed up by the sea
Oh, I begged and I begged for the waves to drown me
Then I realized by the smears that the water is my pool of tears(x1)

My pool of tears

Miss You

Words written on paper
So last-century and yet so much deeper
Fast scripted moments of places we should go again
Hand in hand

Nights seem to be longer
But somehow dreaming of you makes me stronger
All those great times when you looked in my eyes
Sweet surprise

I'd like to take the time to say I miss you
That every day I wake up wanting to kiss you
Wherever you are, no matter how far
It's written in the stars and I wear it on my sleeve
I wish you were with me

I wonder if anyone notices
How I stare longingly at your photos and reminisce
I like to imagine the reasons you're smiling
Beautiful thing

Being so far away brings tears
Every second apart seems like a thousand years
I know when we meet I'll fall to your feet
You're my heartbeat

I'd like to take the time to say I miss you
That every day I wake up wanting to kiss you
Wherever you are, no matter how far
It's written in the stars and I wear it on my sleeve
I wish you were with me

I try to distract myself
It's another day, so I'll go out and make it through
But I keep forgetting to forget you

Everything somehow reminds
Me of how I feel so right when you're near
I love you, my dear

Now I'd like to take the time to say I miss you
That every day I wake up wanting to kiss you
Wherever you are, no matter how far
It's written in the stars and I wear it on my sleeve
I wish you were with me

(x1)

Oh, I wish you were with me

Impasse

Curl up in pajamas and fluffy socks
Turn on the tele, watch Garrett on the docks
Will I ever be Teresa, ever have her luck?
But I'm just a some-girl caught in the muck

I'd like to change the channel, but my fingers are still
I remember crying like her on my windowsill
I'm tired of these movies that make you sad
When you realize what's there is what you'll never have

(Instrumental)

I'm going out to dinner, but I don't know where
Called my best friend up, why would he care?
Yet he arrives with a smile and takes me away
I'm staring in his eyes, not listening to the words he says

Everything is great about this evening out
I want to stand on the tables and sing aloud
But then I remember he's got a fiancé to return to
In love with a man who'll never know how much I do

(Instrumental)

I keep reaching out only to be disappointed
Why can't I grasp anything and somehow hold onto it?
I'm sick of setting high hopes and feeling crushed
It hurts me so deep inside as I fall into the dust

(Instrumental)

Maybe I should grab a blanket and sleep
Wish I could a while, but I must stop to weep
All that keeps me going is the thought that you're watching over me

Please bless me with someone to hold me tight tonight