mARMALADE

Breathe Me

People praying with their eyes closed
Steeples rising like an ego
Cultures battle
Worlds divided
Why must life be so one-sided?

Colors filling every eye 
while people paint in black and white
Guns are blazing 
Wars are waging
God can't love us all

Driven by fear of the unknown
Cling to ancient words for our hope
What if Heaven is in your view 
but you think it waits beyond the grave
for those just like you?

We're losing our minds
one day at a time
Is there hope we've left unbroken?
When will our eyes be opened?

The Wizard - Steeples

One of five songs recorded in the Spring of 2006 at a friend's house near Atlanta with the help of Adriel Garcia. Render was the only track that went on to release. This recording session is somewhat documented here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOxWZeJdMA8

Inspired by a friend I had a crush on who was in a relationship. I wanted her to know that I had not gotten my hopes up.
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She fears I love her
So what if I do
You don't have to own a sunrise
To appreciate the view

She fears she'll hurt me
When I'm left alone
But I'm used to chasing rainbows
So the rain is all I know

Everything is grey
From my future to my faith
To the sun that lights my days
From my cradle to my grave

I'm the masterpiece 
Of the incomplete
Just a picture with no frame
I'm the masterpiece
Of the incomplete
Just a fragment on display

I remember hope
When it first found me
I was anxious and alive
Sacrificing everything

As colors faded
A cold crept inside
So forgive me for assuming 
You would leave when you arrived

Coveting the simple
longing for the absolute
Black flames upon white candles
never leading me to truth
She is like a sunbeam
piercing through a clouding sky
And I would never dream 
of believing she would be mine

Incomplete

I listen to amazing music and surround myself with amazing people. 


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Jamie Settle