Off My Back

Verse 1:
You fold your shirts like you’re afraid to break them
Your voice gets caught beneath the hallway light
And I, I, I, I don’t wanna fall asleep with doubt on my mind
So won’t you stay tonight?

Verse 2:
You check your watch like time might not obey you
The windows cloud up, masking your next goodbye 
And I, I, I, I don’t wanna fall asleep with doubt on my mind
So won’t you stay tonight?

Bridge:
You zip the bag that’s always half-unpacked beside the stairs
Too full to take the books you say you’ll read next time you're here
But I don’t wanna wait
And you can’t stay
But this might be the part you don’t forget someday
Stay tonight

Verse 3:
You hang your coat like you might stay forever
The things we fake to make it feel just right
And I, I, I, I don’t wanna fall asleep with doubt on my mind
So won’t you stay tonight
And I, I, I, I just wanna lay beside you, for a while
Stay tonight


Stay Tonight

(Intro)
Verse 1
The floor sticks under your boots
As the bouncer nods you through
And I nod to you
This mic stinks of last regrets
A thousand mouths that never left
We start. Again.

Verse 2
They’re selling relics at the merch desk
Next to the shirts that say “still a mess”
Like all the rest
But you’re buying what they can’t sell
Pills that promise you’ll get well
But who can tell?

Chorus:
If you wanna cry, I could hold your hand
If you feel like screaming, I’ll pretend to understand
‘Cos I’m ready to feel something
Ready to feel something 

Verse 3:
I mumble words I used to like
Band pretends to still feel the vibe
Same song, new night
They’re framing me on their phone
Room gives less the more we show
Cue the next low

Bridge:
You watch like you’re waiting for me to slip
I play each note like I’m losing my grip
We're all performing being fine
But the act gets harder every time
The lights dip low
The crowd won’t know
That we’ve let it go
Cause this is the show

Ready to Feel Something

Rolling Tide

Songaweek 2025

-Daydreaming-

The day hangs down like hazy curtains
their linen made out of our burdens
and all I want to do
is tear them down to see you 

I won't wait until it's evening-
dreaming is wasted on the sleeping
and all I have to do
is close my eyes to see
what's not in front of me

We might have eyes for what is missing
and ears that sing instead of listening
but what a mind can do?
It seizes hold of you and wastes its waking hours 
wishing

Off My Back

jonathan dunlap

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