All the things I couldn’t say I hope you felt them in the way
That I held a longer gaze when others left you saw me stay

I couldn’t say it
But I felt it
I couldn’t make it
But I tried
I couldn’t be there
But you never left my mind
Not a day goes by
That I don’t see you

What you feared and who you loved
who you hurt and what you numbed 
And when you felt the twinge of age that loss of faith
That birth of death that dawn of love
that first daughter’s broken leg
The way she wept the way she laid
 
And I heard you talk of all the reasons you quit drinking 
you heard me tell you all the reasons I still do. 
And I think I got a taste of how you see things
Like through a mirror shattered into jagged pieces
splintered glass into a thousand new perspectives

Splintered Glass

Don't Fool Me

This breathe could be the first the last we ever breathe
At least much more
I might be one with everything
We might see more than we ever seen

It looked like a dream I pulled from a memory
Skies emerald green as it washed me away
It’s safe and it’s fine there. There’s nothing but time there
We all stay inside there and draw all the shades.
And then act like prisoners, who can’t see the daylight
And can’t hold the cool night air in our lungs
If we’d just turn the key and step into everything
We’d see that our cells are locked from within

I want what I can’t have, and have what I can’t keep (don’t want) (don’t need)
There’s nothing but right now, the rest is a mist
I tighten my grip to edge of an avalanche
Lost in the drop and can’t see the blue
Not everyone’s looking, or everyone’s breathing
The lost art of living is lost on the crowd
You might lose your ego as you stare into everything
And enter a kingdom as you open your mind

The Drop

I guess it was about 6 years ago
You looked at me and asked me to come
With you to see if you still could find
What it’s like to feel alive

It’s not like we are over the line
Relax, breathe deep just try to be fine
you’re stressed but I’m telling you that
There’s no reason to hide

This fall this leap this happening
This dive down deep abandoning
All fear all doubt that clings to me
And this end could be the beginning

This Fall

The current comes and we swim against
The pavement ends but we take our steps
And we make our fire when the sun sets
 
We keep calm beyond the urge to breathe
Stand strong past the urge to leave
We’re not here to go unseen
 
We are the ones you counted out
The broken down the down and out
The music makers, the dreamers of dreams
 
We are the sparks exploding
In bursts of ragged madness
Across the machinery of night
 
All the busted, all the ruined
All the wild starry-eyed
All the lovers, the creators 
The dissenting undefined
 
Feed your embers
Keep your hunger
And your untame will alive
You’re the magic
You’re the mania
You’re the scream can’t stay quiet
 
We are the ones you counted out
The broken down the down and out
The music makers, the dreamers of dreams
 
We are the sparks exploding
In bursts of ragged madness
Across the machinery of night

Down And Out

The days are long, but the night is young
And the air is warm and my mind is gone
And I couldn’t eat cause I could only think
Of what you might say when we finally speak
And how you might look Or what you might wear 
and how it might feel to be standing there,
After I told you everything last week
And you made me wait until tonight see
 
And maybe this is how it ends for us
Yeah these could be the last moment for us
But after all how long were we gonna keep this up
Without someone feeling something more
So what the hell do I have to lose

So do you feel the same or are you scared
Becuase you’re not sure, and I overshared
And I fucked it up and I should have kept
All my feels inside yeah I overstepped
And it’s better to keep it to myself 
Cause this could change it all, this could go to hell
And there’s no going back to just hangin out
To Thursday nights in your mother’s house
With the pressure off and the records on
As your showing me all your favorite songs
And you let me see what cut through your skin
As the words and notes hit you deep within
But what you didn’t know was that while you sang
I fell for you in every way
 
And maybe this is how it ends for us
Yeah these could be the last moment for us
But after all how long were we gonna keep this up
Without someone feeling something more
So what the hell have we got to lose
What have we got to lose

Falling

Blindside

Open up the windows flip the switch
Let’s shine some light and find out what we missed
Beyond busted dreams and things you prayed would end
Like the knife in your back and the dark thoughts in your head
 
It’s true I left and disappeared that day
I wandered through the night and lost my way
I found it out that morning on your bed
Next to pills you took and the books you never read
You wrote this list of things you swore you’d try and quit
Like cigarettes, sex and the pain you self-inflict
And despite my best intentions to be a friend
Should’ve seen from the beginning how this would end
 
And I always thought we’d always have more time
The days can go so slow and I always wondered why
But when the lights go out and the doors are locked from the inside
I’m so glad  you made it in on my blindside

Blindside Key Of A

This is the place I tell people to go when they want to hear my music. 

Human

This isn't finished, but I'm putting it for feedback as I try to sort out the nuances. Thanks for all honest opinions!

NThomson

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