Grow Old With You (Cover)

Songwriting Game 2/18/22. Prompt: "Let's Do This"

I think we've lost our signal
Do you read?
There’s nothing behind those eyes
Just vacancy
I think we’ve fallen out
Unraveled, shaken down
Outplayed, we’re fading out
Forgotten
Underground

Let's Do This

Songwriting game 3.8.22. Prompt: "Tangerine"

Oh no, where did you go?
So much for the memories
The false sense of security 

Don’t know if I’ll follow
It’s taking all the strength in me
To not act so impulsively  

If wisdom comes with age, have I even lived a day?
Traded time for growth, drained me of hope
Lived pessimistically 

If confidence is key, I’m locked subconsciously
Let’s orchestrate my great escape
We’ll sing way out of key

I’m running out of ways to say I need a hand

If growth requires change, and is synonymous with pain
By happenstance, didn’t take that chance
And I chose to stay the same  

If courage is to tread in the waters that you dread
Just close your eyes and take a jump inside
It’s all just in your head

I’m running out of ways to say I’m scared to death

I’m running out of way to say this is the end

Tangerine

Songwriting Game 4.2.22. Prompt: "Velveeta"

No surprise, take a look around you
Time flies, but you're falling further behind
You can't do this alone
Please lend a hand to this poor fool
He's trying to play it cool
He's trying to play it cool

Your ghost appears
I'm brought to my knees
Though I know you're real
As Velveeta cheese

Hypnotized, spinning 'round in circles
Magnetized, drawing closer to you
So surprised, you dissipate so quickly
Are you a dream or are you real?
When's your big reveal?
When's your big reveal?

Your ghost appears
I'm brought to my knees
Though I know you're real 
As Velveeta cheese

You scare the living shit outta me
You scare the living shit outta me

Velveeta

Songwriting game 5/5/2021. Prompt: A Sign

Right By You

Everyday you get closer
The calendar’s X’ed out with deadlines, lifelines
Everyday you get stronger
In not too long you will be running laps around me
I’ve been known to fail from time to time
But I won’t fail you. I won’t fail you

Right by you
I wanna do right by you
I've got your back in case you fall
Can’t bear the weight? I’ll take it all
If you’re caught up in trouble
Most likely, I’ll be the one caught up beside you
If your world starts to crumble
I’ll be there to build it back better than ever

Right By You

Songwriting game 5.22.20  Prompt: "Full Moon"

Denied all the calls for help that found  their way to me
Give it up, cause no one’s home 
And leave a message at the tone

Deprived of a sense of basic friendly company 
You had your chance and now its gone
Pack it up, time to move along
You’ve woken the cynic that lies in me
It pulls me like gravity
I feel the pull
We crash like waves 
Rise with the tide
A full moon’s out tonight
A full moon’s out tonight
We howl like wolves
Let the night sky receive our cries
A full moon’s out tonight
A full moon is out tonight
Rely on the ones who help you up when you fall down
Forget the ones who up and turn away
They prey upon naivete 
Defy all the skeptics, hold fast, be strong, stand your ground
Give it time and you will find your way
You’ll live to see another day

You’ve stirred up my insecurities
It pulls me like gravity

You emerged from the woodwork
Looking for a hand
Where were you when I needed one too? 
You’ve been absent 
Though I’d’ve given you the moon
You know it to be true
And there’s full moon out tonight

Full Moon

Songwriting Game 6.20.20. Prompt: When The Well Runs Dry

I feel a little off kilter
There must be something in the air today
A cause for dismay
Seeping through the gaps of my cotton mask filter
I feel my heart rate climbing 
And the walls are closing in on me
My Chest, tightening
Heart palpitating to the beats
Of the same old
Stories forming in my head again on cue
When the well runs dry 
What’s left there to pollute?
With these conditions
What else are we to do
When the only way out is through?

This is a little unnerving
We’re surrounded by flagrant apathy
Lack of empathy
Symptoms of a nation of a people self-serving 
This is a vicious cycle
We never seem to learn from history
Doomed to repeat mistakes that run parallel
To the same old 
Stories forming in my head again on cue
When the well runs dry 
What’s left there to pollute?
With these conditions
What else are we to do
When the only way out is through? 

The tension’s palpable
You can slice it with a knife
When willful ignorance
Is a sentence on your life
To our detriment
A happy ending’s not in view
Keep your hopes up high 
Til the well runs dry
The only way out is through

Through

Songwriting Game 8/20/20. Prompt: "Books"

You crossed my mind the other day
Stared at my phone thought of what I’d say
Should I call?
Would you answer at all?
You got me terrified I’d only stutter, stammer, or stall
Will we be ok?
The morning sky’s familiar hue
The glistened grass of evening dew
Watch and weep as the day fades to grey
Reminiscing of the time before you floated away
Will we be ok?
We’re synchronized, but not in tune
A nuclear fallout was our doom
We collapsed like faulty pillars and beams
Small cracks in the foundation can be worse than it seems
Will we be ok?
Once thought that blood was thicker
Turns out it drains out quicker
When you apply some pressure
It’s the newest trick in the book

Be Ok

Songwriting Game 9/5/20. Prompt: "Listen Up"

Crushed by the weight 
Expectation are high
You kick and you thrash 
Like a petulant child

Don’t hit the snooze
‘Til you’ve paid your dues

Masquerading as an angel
You’re a devil within
But there’s no one left around here
To die for your sins

It’s not too late
To change your fate

You should know
You’ve disappointed me
I watched you throw
Every opportunity
That rolled around your way
Listen up see
Don’t go out quietly

Listen Up

Songwriting Game 10/20/20. Prompt: "Front Row Seat"

Mental Traffic

Indecision's got me standing still
This stagnant nature pits me against my will
My conscience slowly starts to falter
Choices made begin to alter
Mental traffic jam on both sides
No time left to think or decide

I start to make my way
But it all just turns to shit
Obstructions in the way
But I've started to commit

Truth be told, I'm not quite cut out for this
I'm in paradise if ignorance is bliss
Uncertainty is on the rise
And every move is ill advised
Mental traffic slowing me down
Speeding up my nervous break down

I hold my head up high
But my hopes are held down low
Will everything work out?
Do I even want to know?

I drift away far from the fast lane
Stuck in neutral
What's with my brain?
Mental traffic's where you'll find me
Forward movement is unlikely

JonMonMon

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