Cornerstone by Melissa Menago

When you left I wasn’t there 
I stayed the weekend at my parents
Seeing all of your shit packed was a hard pill to swallow 
And a sight that I just couldn’t bare

When you left I lost me then 
Like a switch and that was probably when 
Cause a version of me slipped out the door behind you 
And I never saw her again 

And ohh maybe it was for the best
We can laugh about it but it’ll sting til I’m dead 

Call it my cornerstone 
Call it the reason I do what I do 
Call me a guilt trip or masochist 
But something in me insists
To open old wounds
Hmm

When you called you caught me off guard 
Didn’t realize that I set you off 
After you exploded the one thing I noticed 
Was you never said you were wrong 

And ohhh I know that it’s in the past 
But there was truth to your words 
So I’m living with that 

Call it my cornerstone 
Call it the reason I do what I do 
Call me a guilt trip or masochist 
Something in me insists
To open old wounds

Hmmm 
Call it my cornerstone 

And don’t you dare
Think you’re off the hook 
I should call you out by name 
But you don’t deserve to have songs that I write 
Immortalize you, just your shame 

And oooh you must know who you are
I don’t owe you a damn thing
But in case you forgot 

Call it my cornerstone 
Call it the reason I do what I do 
Call me a guilt trip or masochist 
But something in me insists
To open old wounds
Call it my cornerstone 
Call it my cornerstone 
Hmmm

When you left I lost me then
And I never saw her again

Cornerstone

Loudmouth by Melissa Menago

Tell me all your stories honey, tell me about your day
It’s easy to forget that things weren’t always quite this way
You know I’ve seen neglect and awkward silent kind of love
But since you started coming round I can’t get you to shut up 

But I mean that in the best way cause your voice it fills the void
That used to make me anxious guess that I needed your noise 
I’ll never take for granted that you say what’s on your mind
Cause you might be a loudmouth honey but I’m glad you’re mine 

Never used to be the quiet one in love I was ashamed
Like there was something wrong with me cause I had too much to say 
They teach little boys to keep it in and suck it up
But who needs strong and silent when you’ve got an open book?

And I mean that in the best way cause your voice it fills the void
That used to make me anxious guess that I needed your noise 
I’ll never take for granted that you say what’s on your mind
Cause you might be a loudmouth honey but I’m glad you’re mine 
Mine

You’ve got a heart so big that you can’t keep it in your chest
So you wear it on your sleeve to give everybody your best 
But you save me the best of the best anyone could find
I could hear you talk for hours I’m just glad you’re mine

Yea you may be a loudmouth honey
Oh you might be a loudmouth honey
You might be a loudmouth honey I’m just glad you’re mine

Loudmouth

Feels Like Home (feat. Matt Duke) by Melissa Menago

Uncharted streets
And territories
A time in my life when I felt I was free
But you came and drew a map of me 

We’ve never met 
But some kind of fate 
Made me change my course when I saw your face
Something familiar that I just can’t place

Put our flags in the ground 
What do you say
Something about you makes me wanna stay 
Do you feel found 
Cause deep down I know
Yeah something about you just feels like 
home 
Hmm

What do you want?
Tell me your dreams
Maybe a dog and a house by the beach
That sounds kind of nice if you know 
What I mean

Beautiful life
Working out for the best
You get what you want and you want nothing less
But sometimes we make plans and the universe laughs 

Head in my hands 
Don’t wanna give in
Hide in the basement when high winds kick in 
Crumbing down
Like me on my own
But something about you just feels like home 
Something about you

What chance did I have
I was only a kid
Stupid in love but I learned pretty quick 
To find somewhere to land
And lay down new stones
But something about you just feels like 
home 
Hmm 

Oooh something about you 
Yea something about you just feels like home
Something about you just 
Feels like home 

Yea something about you just feels like home

Feels Like Home (feat. Matt Duke)

Afterlife by Melissa Menago

Few years of distance for the both of us 
But there’s still a question that I can’t shake off 
And you know that I’m not the spiritual kind
But there’s gotta be a place for a love that dies 
Right?

Cause something real can’t disappear 
So even though it’s gone it had to go somewhere 
And now I’d never wanna change a thing
I only wonder for the sake of wondering 

Do you think that love
Has got an afterlife?
And even if it does
We can let it lie 

And now we’re right where we’re supposed to be 
You’re being you and I’m be somewhere else being me 
And I’m not digging up what’s left behind 
It’s just a thought I think about sometimes

Do you think that love
Has got an afterlife?
And even if it does
We can let it lie 
Oh do you think that love
Has got an afterlife?
And even if it does
We can let it lie 
We can let it lie

So this is a eulogy for things I loved the most
Like a VHS tape, I’ll kindly rewind your ghost 
And I’d be remiss to not say it now I’ve got the chance 
That the death of you and me changed who I am, hmm

So I’ll pour one out for you and you’ll pour one out for me 
A grand standing ovation for the things we used to be
But kicking myself over it is something I don’t need
Since we landed right on our feet
We’re right where we’re supposed to be

Ahhh, ahhh
Do you think that love
Has got an afterlife?
Cause even if it does
We can let it lie
Do you think that love 
(We’re right where we’re supposed to be)
Has got an afterlife?
(We’re right where we’re supposed to be)
And even if it does
(We’re right where we’re supposed to be)
We can let it lie
(We’re right where we’re supposed to be)

Do you think that love
Has got an afterlife?
And even if it does
Then we can let it lie

Afterlife

Grief by Melissa Menago

Did you bury your grief?
Like I buried mine deep, oh
Hid it when all it wanted 
Was to wash over me

Well we packed it in boxes
And we hid it in closets
Spent some time on the highway
Drove until we forgot it

Did you bury your grief?
When it should have been free
Free to flow like the riptide
If your eyes were the sea

I heard time was a thief
Stealing pain from the weak
But he never took grief 
Not from you or from me

Grief

The Entertainer by Melissa Menago

Hmmm
Hmmm

This
Guess I got pretty good at it
But I still hold my breath
Got same old white knuckle grip 
And I
Hold the wheel but don’t steer the ship
And when it all goes down
They’ll be saying I wanted it

And when I come back around I’m 
Either a god or I’m faking it 
Guess I got pretty good at it 

Now I don’t know how to turn it off
Now I don’t know how to turn it off

I
Guess I’ll pick up the phone again
And answer your call
I turn it on when you need a friend
Hmm lights 
In my eyes and I feel your hands
But don’t you touch me, man
Want me smile and play pretend 

And ooh when I bite the hand
You won’t even notice your bleeding then
Guess I got pretty good at it (yeah)

No I don’t know how to turn it off
Now I don’t know how to turn it off

You think she’s golden but she lives in grayscale
(The entertainer)
So it doesn’t matter the color you paint her
(The entertainer)
Gives as good as she gets but you go on and waste her
(The entertainer)
Just as long as she’s everybody’s savior

Hmm
Hmm

Now I don’t know how to turn it off
(Guess I got pretty good at it)
Now I don’t know how to turn it off
(The entertainer) 
Now I don’t know how to turn it off
(Guess I got pretty good at it)
Now I don’t know how to turn it off
(The entertainer)

Oooooh
(Guess I got pretty good at it)
Oooooh
(The entertainer)
(Either a god or I'm faking it)
Oooooh
(Guess I got pretty good at it)

Hmmm
Hmmm

The Entertainer

Bit By Bit by Melissa Menago

I know it’s been some time
Some days you’re already off of my mind
It’s not something I’m proud of
Sometimes the calm makes you forget about the storm

And when a breeze blows by
And I feel a warm wind upon my shoulder
Is it just Mother Earth
Or is it you checking on me as I get older?

Don’t wanna lose you bit by bit 
Until there’s nothing left of it 
Cause who I am gonna become
Come the day that you’re completely gone
Cause I know that you'd be the one to tell me so 
Hmm

I know it’s been some time
As the stones lay so quiet with the flowers
It’s not something I’m proud of
It’s just that I don’t drive up that way too often 

Yea maybe that’s a bad excuse
But god it’s so hard to see you like that 
I know you’d tell me I’m alright
Just remember to always love and trust but lock your doors at night 

Don’t wanna lose you bit by bit 
Until there’s nothing left of it 
Cause who I am gonna become
Come the day that you’re completely gone
Cause I know that you'd be the one
To tell me so 

Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 
Did you know that I was sorry
Couldn’t tell ya I was sorry 

Bit by bit
Ahhh 
Don’t wanna lose you bit by bit
Bit by bit 
Don’t wanna lose you 
Bit by bit
Don’t wanna lose you bit by bit

Is that a wild warm breeze
Or is it you that’s been tapping on my shoulder?
Could you tell me where we all go
When we’re finally done with getting older?

Bit By Bit

DNA by Melissa Menago

You probably wonder why I never call you
I hope you don’t think that it’s because I forgot
All I wanna do is pick up the phone and tell you I love you
But sometimes when we talk I hang up feeling so damn lost

Don’t you think that our bloodlines have planned it? 
But you don’t believe in those things anyway
And I wish, wish that I could understand it
But it’s not your fault
It’s not my fault
It’s just DNA 

Years before now I thought this all was normal
Crying at night thinking I was the one to blame
Now I hear the same things come out of my mouth like an echo
But now I understand that it’s something you can’t wish away 

Don’t you think that our bloodlines have planned it? 
But you don’t believe in those things anyway
And I wish, wish that I could understand it
But it’s not your fault
It’s not my fault
It’s just DNA 

You always said life’s not fair and I think I agree with ya
But I roll with the punches while you were always scared of change 
And I wish that I could make you see the beauty in everything
Always thought you were blind to it
But it’s just DNA 

I wish that you could see all of the good in your life time
And I hope you learn to believe it’ll all be okay 
No I can’t let go of your heart no matter if it breaks mine 
So I should pick up my phone
Cause now I know 
It’s just DNA 

It’s not your fault
It’s not my fault
It’s just DNA

Grand Canyon by Melissa Menago

Thought I wanted to know what it felt like
for me to be free 
And that you’d be alright so I gave you a break from me
Somewhere inside of my head another me screamed at the top of my lungs
Saying don’t go, you never forgive what you do to us 

In another life 
Maybe I turned around 
In another life
Maybe we made it out 

Took my car and I drove it all the way to the Grand Canyon
Cause I felt like the valleys were big as the holes in my chest
But all the beautiful colors can’t change the way we have aligned
I tried to let go, but couldn’t seem to leave us behind 

In another life
Maybe we both were here 
In another life
Maybe you’ll meet me there 
Hmmmm

In another life
Maybe I turned around 
(Maybe I turned around)
In another life
Maybe we made it out 
(Maybe we made it out, ohh)
In another life
Maybe you came along
(Meet me somewhere sometime someplace else)
In another life
Is where we both belong 
(Is where we belong)
In another life
Maybe I held on tight
(In another life)
In another life
Maybe we’ll get it right

Grand Canyon

Don't Be Hard On Yourself by Melissa Menago

Over again
You said it over again
But I didn’t hear your words
Now under my breath
I repeat what you said
So it doesn’t hurt now
Oh so it doesn’t hurt now

You said
Don’t be hard on yourself cause we fell out of love
Cause we fell out of love
Don’t be hard on yourself cause we fell out of love
Cause we fell out of love

Oooo, oooo
Cause we fell out of love
Oooo, oooo

Just like prayer
Or a hymn for the broken
I know it well
If you say it enough
Then you start to believe
Like I believe you now
Like I believe you now
I believe when you said

Don’t be hard on yourself cause we fell out of love
Cause we fell out of love
Don’t be hard on yourself cause we fell out of love
Cause we fell out of love

Oooo, ooo
Don’t be hard on yourself, baby
Oooo, oooo

Said you’re back is gonna break from shouldering all that blame
You know I never wanted you to feel this way
Your back is gonna break from shouldering all that blame
Lemme take a little so you’re not in pain
I can say it over and over and over and over again

You said don’t be hard on yourself, baby

You said
Don’t be hard on yourself cause we fell out of love
Cause we fell out of love
Don’t be hard on yourself cause we fell out of love
Cause we fell out of love

Ooo, ooo
Don’t be hard on yourself
Oooo, oooo

You’re back is gonna break from shouldering all that blame
Lemme take a little so you’re not in pain
You’re back is gonna break from shouldering all that blame
Lemme take a little so you’re not in pain

Ooo, ooo

Don't Be Hard On Yourself

Words by Melissa Menago

Words
All the things that I could have said
Words
Running through my veins to my head
Still
And quiet for a long, long time
And now 
All my words are no longer mine

Like you’re no longer mine 
No longer mine

Words
Failed me when I needed them most
But words
Fill me when I’m left with your ghost
Cut
Myself open to pour them out
These words 
Are yours cause I don’t need them now 

Like I don’t need you now 
Don’t need you now 
I don’t need you now
I don’t need you now

Don’t need you now 
Ahh 
Don’t need you now 
Ahh

Words
Never thought that they’d let me down
Like I let you down

Words

Songwriter. Vocalist. Producer. Multi-instrumentalist.

Melissa Menago

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