I really like this, it took me back to my teens, very deep, love your take on this prompt. Like Don says, Pink Floyd vibe.

Gorgeous, expansive, and philosophical, love it!!

she steals a glance up at the clock ‘tween idle lines of conversation, am I talking to myself, feels like I’m talking to myself

another failure to engage, another train stuck at the station, but it’s probably just as well, probably just as well

cause even if the stars say not this time, something in my heart, tells me I’ll be fine
that someday soon somebody special will come walking through my door

and that is what I’m waiting for, what I’m waiting for, that is what I’m waiting for

seems like everywhere I turn I see another happy couple, smiling laughing and care free, exactly how I want to be

But I know that my sun is on the rise, clouds are making way, for cerulean skies
and someday soon somebody special will come walking through my door

and that is what I’m waiting for, what I’m waiting for, that is what I’m waiting for

my friends say I set my sights too high, but I don’t know what that is
settling for less is not my style, I’m looking for bliss and I won’t stop until I find it

even if the stars say not this time, something in my heart, tells me I’ll be fine
that someday soon somebody special will come walking through my door

and that is what I’m waiting for, what I’m waiting for, that is what I’m waiting for

What I'm Waiting For

And I know
Faces come and go
People places things 
It’s all I know from you
But now I don’t 

Now I see
You are the best of me
The worst is far behind
But now I wonder
If okay is fine

And we hoped
That things would take a turn
Go back to the way they were
Holding on

I don’t know
Where things start going wrong
Words not spoke yet songs still sung
We know the words to every one

And we see
Weddings on TV
Hugging laughing dancing
We each wondering 
should that be me

And we hoped
That things would take a turn
Go back to the way they were
Holding on
To the things we lost

Can we get
Everything we loved
Back to the way it was
Is it gone? 

Don’t listen
To what I said
All these problems are in my head
Just pretend
To be oblivious
And then everything is fine

You think it’s gettin better when it keeps on snowin
The wind has a tendency to keep on blowin
So wait with me
We waitin out the storm
We’ve been waiting for too long
Now we wait no more

Don’t worry I’m feeling fine 
The look on my face I’m just real tired
And I have nothing else to talk about
Everything’s alright

You know it’s gettin better when it keeps on snowin
The wind has a tendency to keep on blowin
So wait with me
We waitin out the storm
We’ve been waiting for too long
Now we wait no more

Now I see
You were a part of me
Missing piece of a boring puzzle
Blank white canvas incomplete

And we hoped
That things would take a turn
Go back to the way they were
Holding on
To the things that are lost

Can we get
Everything we loved
Back to the way it was
Is it gone?

Waiting Out The Storm - Demo

Smell The Roses - Demo

I've been over the limit
I've been under the gun
Can I get just a minute
To se what's come undone

You've been watching the weather
You've been keeping the flame
Being down for whatever
Keeps my head in the game

So when the these heavy days come down
And I'm feeling six feet underground
You lift me up, you dig me out
Oh when these heavy days come down

We've been put through the ringer
We've had mountains to move
Still got rings on these fingers
Ain't got nothing to prove

I just needed a moment
To say what's on my heart
Simple fact of the matter
I'm still here cuz you are who you are

So when the these heavy days come down
And I'm feeling six feet underground
You lift me up, you dig me out
Oh when these heavy days come down

Heavy Days demo

I can read
Between the lines
When you tell me all those silly little lies
I can dress in disguise 
If you think it’s gonna help to go and hide

When my heads on the wall
And your friends are back there laughing like they think they know it all
Then I can stand rather tall
Knowing that they’re watching me at all

I can see what you mean
When you say it’s not as good as it can seem
But I hope you can agree
That you and I were not on different teams

When my heads on the wall
And your friends are back there laughing like they think they know it all
Then I can stand rather tall
Knowing that they’re watching me at all

I can find the silver lining somewhere to be ok
But silver is the color of the needle in the hay 

We liked to dance and we had a laugh
It’s written right there on the epitaph
It was great, I had a blast
But our minds tend to alterate the past

When my head was on the wall
And your friends were back there laughing like they thought they knew it all
Then I stood rather tall
Knowing that they watched

On The Wall - Demo

Here's a song I wrote and played.
(Vocals by me, feeding a SW vocal model I created)

Well I never knew love until you called my name
I never knew sorrow 'til you went away
Oh love I never knew that my heart could be so blue
I never knew

The first time that I caught your eye I knew
This love affair would last forever more
But my heart could not be ready
For what it did not know
I never knew knew a man could be so low

Well I never knew what love was 'til you called my name
And I never knew that sorrow 'til you went away
Oh love I never knew that a heart could be so blue
I never knew

Just say the word, my love, and I'll do anything
Oh to find my way into your arms again
Yeah I'll leave behind this foolish pride and then
Give my heart away to you love everyday

I never knew love until you called my name
I never knew sorrow until you went away
Oh love I never knew that a heart could be so blue
I never knew

Well I never knew what love was 'til you called my name
And I never knew that sorrow 'til you went away
Oh love I never knew that my heart could be so blue
I never knew

(solo)

(chorus fade out)

I Never Knew demo

Here's a song I wrote and played.

No I can't even walk 
Down the avenue
Without seeing you 
With someone new

I can't even go 
To the club no more
Oh they'll play our song
You'll be right there on the floor

Yes you're everywhere I go
In everything I do
And every memory
Is tryin to hold on to you

I'm caught up in this all alone
And every day you're gone
You're everywhere I go

Yeah, I'm losing my grip on this
Reality, love, I miss
The way that you call my name
I hear you in everything

And every song that DJ plays
I can hear your sweet harmony
Desire has got me out of my mind
My love it's just a matter on time


And you're everywhere I go
In everything I do
And every memory
Is tryin to hold on to you

I'm caught up in this all alone
And every day you're gone
You're everywhere I go

Everywhere I Go demo 101024

We Should Live
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2025)

(v1)
Spinning round and round
On a sphere in outer space
Going round the sun
At a slow and steady pace

Do we even try
To make the most of every day
Or just pass the time
Till our existence is erased

(ch)
Soon as we are born we start to die
Underneath a cold uncaring sky
Lightyears pass in every tear we cry
Are we a miracle or are we an accident?

Feasting on a the anger we are fed
Running towards the panic and the dread
Wasting all the space inside our head
When we should live.

(v2)
Almost impossible
Such a freakish cosmic twist
Would bring about the things
That would allow us to exist

How could we fail to see
That every moment is a gift
And how could we let one pass
That isn't happiness and bliss

(ch)
Tiny floating speck of cosmic dust
Carrying the likes of all of us
Only fact of nature we can trust
Is there is an end to it, it isn't infinite

Feasting on the darkness we are fed
Giving into demons in our heads
Worried that the worst will lay ahead
When we should live

(bridge)
Time and space
Is an illusion
There is no conclusion
So much we waste
In trying to know what can't be known

(v3)
Think of a house fly
A lifetime only a few weeks
I wonder what it would say
About this life if it could speak

(ch)
Every breath of oxygen we take
Every single second we're awake
Blind to everything that slips away
Are we just humans being? Here and then gone again?

Told that we will never be enough
If we don't accumulate more stuff
All the time we have were using up
When we should live

We Should Live

Only Just The End
Music and Words by Mark Magram

OH
NO
(V1)
Every step I take across the sand
Brings me closer to the promised land
In the distance I can hear the guns
Pain and suffering from which I run

Leave behind the life that I once knew
Didn’t have the choice in what to do
If I think about the things I left behind
I’m only guaranteed to lose my mind

(Ch1)
NO
This is just and end
Endings are my friend
And so it all begins
NO
It’s only just the end
The ending is my friend
Now it can begin

(V2)
A journey of 100 million miles
Begins with all the wonder of a child
Chaos and destruction all around
Keep my eyes fixed upon the ground

I am not a stranger to the end
I have met him time and time again
Every time he leaves me with a gift
A new and different world in which to live

(Ch2)
NO
It’s only just an end
Endings are my friend
And so it all begins
NO
It’s only just an end
Endings are my friend
Time and time again

(Solo)

Now it can begin
Now it can begin
Now it can begin




Endings Are My Friend

Before
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2025)

(verse 1)
Who were you before
the planets and the stars were formed?

Where did you reside
for 13 billion years or more?

(chorus 1)
Well they never paint the scene
of the place we might have been
its a place nobody wants to think they'll return to

(verse 2)
There were no thoughts and dreams
In the void before all human beings

an idea that we avoid
when instead it could be one that frees us
one that frees us

(chorus 2)
Well they talk about the end
And where you will be then
its a place where you exist in bliss forever more

And in all the books and hymns
it always starts where it begins
And they never dare to dream of what would come before

(bridge)
in the time before the sun
it was the longest day that ever was
and the time of humans being
is the shortest night that's ever been

(chorus 3)
Well they talk about the end
And where you will be then
once you are, you'll never cease to be forever more

And they never paint the scene
of the place we might have been
its a place nobody wants to think they'll return to

(verse 3)
there are no Gods or ghosts
without a human mind to host them all

so where were you before
the universe was ever formed?






Before

Road Trip
Music and Words by Mark Magram (2025)

(v1)
Backpacks in the back seat
Sunglasses on
Filled the gas tank with gas
Were ready to get gone

Bottles full of water
Cups filled with coffee
Set the destination
till we reach the great blue sea

(pre)
Asphalt stretched out far ahead
White lines leading the way

(ch)
It's a road trip
Burning down the road
Passing by places that we've never known
Road trip
Out to the coast
Following the call of the ocean breeze again

(v2)
Taste the local flavors
Underneath the stars
Watching the local people
Hitting the local bars

Till we can go no further
Hittin the ocean shore
Stare at the horizon
Knowing there is so much more

(Pre)
(Chorus)
On the road….
(Solo)
(Chorus)
(Chorus)

Before

Mark Magram

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