Songwriting Game - Cant Even Cry - Steve Krolikowski

left you stranded in a lonely room
in no danger but you’re far from home
all.. these memories are not your own
what will happen when the veil falls down

when it’s quiet you can hear outside
something’s moving like a sign of life
just tell me honey what’s my crime
just turn around so i can say goodnight
say goodnight

. . . i guess it’s better
. . . yeah this is my forever
why does this happen every day
I think I’m losing faith

. . just like a mother
. . just like a mother 
just keep me safe
baby  keep me locked down

. . . i guess it’s settled
. yeah this is my forever
yeah this still happens all the time 
babe I’m going crazy

. . just like a mother
. . just like a mother 
just keep me safe
baby keep me safe     

it’s been a while and you’re hurting now
you got the keys but they’re all worn down
what use is heaven when you can’t get out  
can’t feel the rain when you’re above the cloud

it’s a story where you’re trapped in time
and she’s poisoned everything you like
a simple cure you refuse to try
it’s not a secret it’s a place we hide
it’s a place we hide


Songwriting Game - Like A Mother - Steve Krolikowski

under that makeup
looks like a mind got made
i want you to want it
but it really doesn’t change a thing

the tiger you got used to
he’s timid and he’s tame
he’s still a wild animal
and that saddle’s not too safe

seven years bad blood
still on to that old spell
never stop to wonder
if a dummy might have done as well

can’t feel the future
can’t change my scene
i want you to want it
but it really don’t change it

all of that’s come back
but it’s playing a whole new game
anybody can fake it
hey it doesn’t quite sound the same

can’t feel the future
can’t change my scene
i want you to want it
but it really don’t change it

I know you’re thinking 
I know you’re thinking about it
I saw you thinking
I know your thing I know your thing
     
i walk away
steal time

Songwriting Game - Want To Want It - Steve Krolikowski

we visit these places 
where promises display 
balance the cost to what you lost
and how much time you wasted

this trash we own
gets given or sold
but it gets one chance to touch my hands
in farewell suffocated

v2

slam that door
on your way back home
whatever you say is years too late
details get so faded

out of my mind
stuck on a frozen line
sworn to the sea and part of me
captured and captivated

c

runs so deep
sheets of rain
into this dream you call my name

lost and scared
but i don’t care
show you my heart and
how to break it

a box of tears
crystal spark
touching your fingers through the dark

tired and scared
but i don’t care
show you my heart and
how to break it


Songwriting Game - 20 Years - Steve Krolikowski

Oberheim Matrix 1000
Yamaha FS1R
909 plugin
Yamaha BB2000 Bass
Yamaha SPX90 Chorus
Synth plugin for looped line


Songwriting Game - Sunday Moon - Steve Krolikowski

guitar tones and analog synth bass
minimal heavy

Songwriting Game - Dirty Hands - Steve Krolikowski

down the endless page of today
eyes trained to the heat
you slept in the doorway of my love
what the lonely call sleep

back bends in where the time went
only dust on the keys
these songs of winter torment
come alive on the screen

walked to the edge of the water
are you trying to drown me
feel like we can go no further
until the ghosts turn to leave

and I'm trying to find the answer
the hides under dead leaves
feel like we can go no further
until the ghost sets you free

kindness tightly twisted
in the fabric of our deceit
my mind in a sightless tailspin
in and out of a dream

your sides seem so heavy
there's a place for the weak
trapped in the doorway of my love
what the lonely call sleep

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