My cover of the classic 1982 rock song, I Melt With You, by Modern English. I've done this slowed down as a piano ballad — to release the power of the evocative lyrics and haunting melody.

I MELT WITH YOU, words and music: © 1982 Modern English (Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, Stephen Walker)

Sound recording: © 2021 Michael Sion (aka Smiley Mikey)

Michael Sion/Smiley Mikey has acquired a compulsory mechanical license to release this cover version of I MELT WITH YOU.

SONG CREDITS:

Smiley Mikey: lead and background vocals; piano
A. Jury: digital strings; engineering; mixing
Mastering by Mark Santangelo, The Mastering Palace, New York
Recorded at home, Sonoma County, California

LYRICS (as done in this song):

Can we stop the world?
Can we stop the world?

Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world crashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace

I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you

Dream of better lives the kind that never hate
(We should see why)
Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this human race
(We should see why)
Never comprehending the race had long gone bye
(Let’s stop the world)

I'll stop the world and melt with you (Let’s stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time 
There's nothing you and I won't do (Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you

The future's open wide

Hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm
Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

I'll stop the world and melt with you (Let’s stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do (Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you

I'll stop the world and melt with you (Let’s stop the world)
You’ve seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do (Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you

Can we stop the world?
Can we stop the world?

I Melt With You (Smiley Mikey cover of Modern English song)

It’s been raining my whole life, I wanna find a way out 
I’ve been reaching for you but you keep shoving me out
It’s been raining my whole life, help me figure it out
Tell your love cut through those thunder clouds

Cuz there’s no cure for a broken heart
And nothing can stop the passing of time
But you can’t say we shouldn’t try
Cuz we can dance a little before we die

There’s no cure for a broken heart
And one day we all will run out of time
But you can’t say we shouldn’t try
Cuz we can dance a little before we die

Uwu whoa oh oh yeah yeah
Oh no, I won’t give up on you
Uwu whoa oh oh yeah yeah
We can dance a little before we die

It’s a crazy kind of life
Sunshine and butterflies till it cuts you down to size
Gonna take it to the bank
We’re having too much fun to cry 
Put your hands up to the sky

Cuz there’s no cure for a broken heart
And we all run but we just can’t hide
Fire and brimstone raining from the sky
But we can dance a little before we die

Uwu whoa oh oh yeah yeah
Oh no, I won’t give up on you
Uwu whoa oh oh yeah yeah
We can dance a little before we die

Oh no, nobody told ya
It’s so much better when you’re older
Don’t break, don’t break down so soon

Before We Die

Feels Like Falling - The Jury and Ryan Parker
2022

Lyrics:
It feels like falling
Down, down, down
It feels like falling
Down, down

You can run away love
That's alright with me
We are but a fraction of
What we used to be
Now I've fallen out of love
Just as easily
So we'll stand apart
Upon our own two feet

It feels like falling
Down, down, down
It feels like falling
Down, down

Breathe in, breathe out
On our own again
Just like before
Where it all began
Feels like the floor has opened up beneath me
As I fell through all I could do was go down, down, down

It feels like falling
Down, down, down
It feels like falling
Down, down

Feels Like Falling (The Jury and Ryan Parker)

There you go, laying into me again
Feeling all your feelings when you can’t fall asleep
I’ll smile and won’t say a word
Cuz I guess I love to hurt
But there’s one thing for sure

I will take the fall
Any time you call
I’ll let you abuse me
I will let you use me like a

Rag doll

I’m telling you (can you hear me?)
My love for you is permanent (i’m by your side)
Kinda like the smile that’s stitched onto my face
And when you’re feeling cheap
I won’t even try to hide
Just take it out on me

You can tear my skin and then
Stitch me up again
If you only knew
What you put me through

Rag doll

Rag Doll

In the sunlight, in the sunlight
My energy, my energy
In the moonlight, in the moonlight
My enemy, my enemy

We all fall down, sometimes
We all fall down

In the darkness
My memories, dead melodies
In the mirror
My jealousy, bad chemistry

We all fall down sometimes

Om

My Enemy

Cigarettes and city lights
Call me over, call me over
Sillhouettes with painted eyes
Call me over, call me over

La la la la, la la la
The kids go, the kids go
La la la la, la la la
The kids know, the kids know

America will pay the price
Move on over, move on over
Sell your soul to Jesus Christ
The world is over, the world is over

La la la la, la la la
The kids go, the kids go
La la la la, la la la
The kids know, the kids know

Victim of your own device
Say you’re sorry, say you’re sorry
Everybody has a price
Yeah

The Kids Know

Sunwood

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