back to found [5in5 version]

wrote this song for day 5 of 5in5 and made it into a short music video.

you can also view it here:
https://youtu.be/fKg7IeRwykA


lyrics:
I remember in late December 
How we left campus, you and I
We went for a drive

And I recall later in Fall
Sunday country afternoon drive
My soul never more alive

For all our days try to
Find words to say that will suffice
You are my life
Let's go for a drive 
Let's go for a drive 
Let's go for a drive 

©2015 dnlwht.com

Go For A Drive - 5in5

a love song that Ada and I wrote for day 2 of this year's 5in5

verse 1:
think back the first time i saw you
tried to pretend i forgot who you could even be
some time had passed then i walked you to your class
met at the library could barely wait to see.... you


chorus:
and then my heart starts racing 
as these memories are chasing me
all through my dreams
and sometimes it seems
could we really be together
forever, no storms we weather, could ever
pull us apart
you have my heart


verse 2:
now skip ahead more a decade
and the life that we have made i’d never give away
but as you sleep in bed i’m still wrestling in my head
tonight the words i write to convey


©2016 dnlwht.com

Think Back - #5in5 - day 2

written by jesse, ada, & dan white

chorus
Suns bright and you know that it’s a new day
Feels right cause you know we’ve got a new way
All night cause you know we’re coming out to  play
Hey hey hey

verse 
Turned left, when I shoulda turned right
It’s gettin’ late, but I gotta write
hey hey hey
The night’s been so long
But I still gotta write a song
And tonight you’re gonna hear us say
hey hey hey

©2016 dnlwht.com

hey hey hey (featuring Ada Jewel) - #5in5 - day 3

lyrics by ada, jesse & dan white

verse 1
time keeps running like a train on the track
won't be held back
how can you capture a moment
when it's on the attack
won't be held back

channel:
a weary soldier in a battle
it keeps marching to the front of the line
hoping to find 
the place where it all stands still

chorus:
you are the peace within my warzone
and i'm just trying to find my way home
back to you, back to you

when i'm trapped within this prison
and escape's my only mission
back to you, back to you

©2016 dnlwht.com

back to you - #5in5 - day 4

verse 1
before the first breath in our lungs 
we hadn’t even cried and we’d never sung
but we were alive, alive

verse 2
we started to grow and what we had guessed
wasn’t the life we got it seemed like second best
satisfied, we were satisifed

chorus
could you and I
like the moon in the sky
reflect the light of the sun 
in the darkest night
bring back the light
come back to life      
 
©2016 dnlwht.com

Back To Life - #5in5 - day 5

Take Me Back
by Jesse, Ada & Dan White

Verse:
J - Say my name to me please
I forgot what it sounds like when you’re speaking to me

A - Say my name to my please
I wish that I could just hear you speaking kindly oh please

J - I know you're miles away
A - I know you work everyday
J - That’s why I’m say’n


J - Chorus:
So take me back to the start of this
When the thought of love wasn't all hopeless 
Forget the days when we fell apart
Just take me back, take me back 
Take me back to the start of this


Bridge:
A - I talked on and on about you
J - I never forgot about you
A - I haven’t moved on without you
J - It’s just felt so wrong without you


A - Chorus:
So take me back to the start of this
When the thought of love wasn't all hopeless 
Forget the days when we fell apart (hold)

Just take me back, take me back, 
take me back, take me back
Just take me back, take me back, 
take me back to the start
Just take me back, take me back, 
take me back to the start… of this


©2017 dnlwht.com

Take Me Back

Closer Than the Stars
by Ada, Jesse, & Dan White


Verse 1

starlight 
from days light 
into the night
wind dancing walking up the mountains height
eyes bright
from twilight
we might 
reach out touch the stars tonight


chorus

we were never closer to the stars
seeing mercury and mars
but in our hearts, riding in that car
we were so much closer than the stars
we were so much closer than the stars

© 2017 dnlwht.com

Have Mercy

To Last Forever
by Jesse, Felicity & Dan White


Why do the longest minutes 
Seem to be the ones that
You'd rather just forget
The ones you never want back
They go so slowly
Those minutes only

Why do the shortest minutes 
Seem to be the ones that
You'd rather live forever
The ones you want back
They go so quickly
This is the mystery

[Instrumental]

Like this one right here 
That we're living together
Why can't this be the one 
To last forever
It goes by quickly
See you already miss me

©2017 dnlwht.com

To Last Forever

(headphones recommended // lyrics below)
http://danieljohnmusic.com
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[hope will rise || 5in5 || day 3]
stuck here in a moment
feel the weight of it all
fear comes to stand on your chest
push you down down down til you fall

hope will rise in the morning
hope will rise without warning
don't give up the fight cause the night will end
and hope will (rise) 

knocked down again and again 
little parts of your heart start to die
jump back into the fight
like the sun daily chooses the sky

© danieljohnmusic.com 2013

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