The future seems more awful than the past
Where every day is better than the next
If looking closely, it's not hard to see
How we got here, and how it came to be
If you're not outraged then you don't understand

Wishes disguised as facts
Too much is never enough
Standing, stunned, staggering
The illusion of safety is a trap
If you're not outraged then you don't understand

I want to believe in hope
But hope does not believe in me
I'd try to change things, try to mend
But first I need to know if the world is gonna end

deluding ourselves with hope
Hope keeps us paralyzed
Hope helps deny what's right in front of us
If you're not outraged then you don't understand

I want to believe in hope
But hope does not believe in me
I'd try to change things, try to mend
But first I need to know if the world is gonna end

Hope V2

There've been days when I could not find a friend
Get no replies to the letters that I send
All alone on empty streets, no one between  my sheets
Here I am again --- I'm still my own best friend.

And I know it's a simply awful thing to have to say
But people mostly bore me, anyway
With all that idle chit-chat noise, designer clothes and luxury toys
Here I am Again --- I'm still my own best friend.

There've been days when I could not find a civil thing to say
And certain times I have to push everything from my way
I rarely ever take advice (although I've thought about a few things twice)
Here I am Again --- I'm still my own best friend...

Here I Am Again V2

I don't know how to grieve anymore, 
I've forgotten how to cry 

Everybody's weary, and now too numb to fight 
Impossible things become du jour --- How is that a life? 

Mistakes were made - somebody got it wrong 
Everybody's watching everything go wrong

Rules and order breaking down 
We'll wait another day to take the kids to town 

And now we've held our breath collectively 
At the edge of a future we can't escape 

Time to exhale, time to breathe 
We have a lot of work to do 

Though I'm still breathing, and my heart's still beating 
At least a piece of me has died 

We stand by watching, stupefied at what we see 
The past has passed, we're here right now 

The only answers now that count 
are the ones that shape tomorrow 
We have a lot of work to do...

Tomorrow V2

I Like You
I want to hold your hand
I want to be your man
I want to twist and shout 

I just had a hard day in the life
with a little help from my friends

I've got a feeling
Do you want to know a secret?
I want to tell you
Got to get you into my life

I'll be on my way
I'll follow the sun
I'll be back, it won't be long
Anytime at all

I want you
For now, I'm happy just to dance with you
Across the Universe
Here Comes the Sun!


I Want You V.2

When we talk, we don't talk
We just throw words past each other
I would, if I could 
But I can't get it done...

Part of me is now part of you
and part of you, is me
I hope that I can bear that weight
How can “empty” weigh so much?

I've been alone
Alone on a beach, alone in a crowd
But lonely's not the same as alone
Lonely's so much different than alone...

I know I'm a little broken
Endings often happen fast
Despite all plans and expectations
Sometimes nothing goes as planned

And then it came --- the day before it rained!
My hero cape retired, my regal robes in dust
Now I live alone, Now I sleep alone --- 
I'll likely that I'll pass from this life alone

I've been alone --- I can choose to be alone
on a beach, in a crowd
But lonely's not the same as alone
Lonely's so much different than alone...

Lonely's Not The Same As Alone V2

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