Keep that head up high

Produced by Tyler Davis 2023

Lyrics

Are these cries gonna last forever?  Just laid my head down.
These tired eyes are gonna give out.
Just said goodnight to my new best friend.  Almost 1, but going on 10
Kisses with our eyes, that make the butterflies, jealous again. 

Chorus
If I fall asleep, the night will pass away.
Together we'll hunt for gators
and make some treats, on my back we'll gallop away.
We'll dance to your favorite songs.
Just don't blink, because our time will melt away.
Hey sleep, we'll catch you later.  
When the morning comes, just look past my tired eyes.

Can I freeze this stage forever.  Slow it all down.
Stare at pictures in the frames on the wall.
I want to teach you all I know and take you to great places.
For now hit the light, we'll burn the candle light, together again.

Chorus.

Never knew that our late nights could be so fun.  
Not gonna dwell on all the things I got to get done, tomorrow.

Tired eyes, all night long.
Tired eyes, all night long.
Just don't blink, cause our time will melt away, 
Hey sleep, we'll catch you later,
But when the morning comes,  just look past my tired eyes.




*For Cora and little man Wayne

Tired Eyes

Written and Produced by Tyler Davis 2023
Lyrics:

I was born where the antelope roam, and the lions roar but they’re nice to you.

You’re at grandpa’s home, where the snakes cause no harm. Where the eagles land on your arm and they sing to you.

You can lay down your weary head, in the pouch of a kangaroo.

What does a sheep say? Bah bah
Listen to what the cow say. Moo moo

You’ll feel right at home watching a monkey sleeping, while the elephants are eating and share their lunch with you.

You can lay down your sleepy head and dream until you hear cock-a-doodle-doo.

What does a dog say? Ruff-Ruff
Listen to what horses say. Neigh
What does a gorilla say? Ooo. Ooo
Listen to what grandpas say.  I love you.

They’ll welcome you home with hugs and laughter, because all my friends are nice.
There’s a place you can come for all the years, it’ll wipe all your tears away.

So clean off those dirty hands with a friendly tiger, licking you.

What does a duck say? Quack quack.
Listen to what bears say. Roar roar.
What do the goats say? Maaa maaa
Listen to what grandpas say.  I miss you.

Listen To What Grandpas Say

Lyrics

You know you don’t have to leave I’ll put a log on the fire.
You don’t have much to say, whatcha holding inside?
We can talk by the fire. Whatcha holding inside?

With tears running down her face, what can this be about?
You try to find the words to explain,
But what the heck just came out?
Now I see what she was hiding, when it all came out.

Cease, firing, allow me now to take it in.
No rewinding what was just the end.

Chorus
Thought I’ve heard it all till I stumbled in and your words knocked me on my backside. (knocked me down).
I’ll just walk out just as I walked in tonight. You can catch me on the flip-side. (on the way out.)

Who’s gonna be there and who’s gonna walk you home tonight? Who’s gonna be there, when you’re feeling lost under city lights?
Left it all on the table, but there’s nothing left there of you.

As it’s fading, I’m retracing each move. I wouldn’t even change a thing. If you could fade any faster.
As it’s fading, I’m retracing each move, I wouldn’t even change a thing, if I can fade away from you.

Cease, firing, allow me now to take it in.
No rewinding what was just the end.

 Chorus

Catch Me On The Flip Side

Lyrics

Scream tonight, there's a new swell arriving over head.
With a break to the right for us both to share, just you and I.
A dream to paddle next to you.

(chorus) Wait for - let it go by. Live for.. take the one after. Pray for.. just you and I, live for, as we wait for the perfect wave.

Pray for me now, Im right down the line ahead. I slipped on the ride on my face somehow, the reef cut my side...I'll be waiting on the shore for you.

chorus

I'm living for tomorrow. Cause I can't see today. Today. Living for tomorrow... with you.

Plead for me now. I don't see that light ahead. I feel that life's moving faster now.. I don't see that light. Can't see when I'm away from you.

chorus

Wait For The Perfect Wave

Lyrics

With no hesitation, running full steam ahead.
To a new destination in a world divided.

Ignore the revelations, it’s a chain, tying up your hands.
New World fascination, won’t let the world decide who I am.

They’ll paint a lie, watch you bleed, tangle your life, because the world is on fire.

Will it get any better? We’re here to take a stand. No time to fall asleep, I won’t let the world decide who I am.

(Chorus)
They’ll paint a lie, watch you bleed, tangle your life, because the world is on fire. You are made to fight, and raised to see. The truth is inside, so set the world on fire.

I’ll soon be leaving. I won’t always be around, but the memories I’m leaving.

Pictures of you, portraits from long ago. Letters to you. Lessons from way long ago. You and I.

Kind a hard to see you, got a lot to read through. We're all on our way home.

Just run free till you get there. You’re running free.
Don’t cry over me when I get there. I’ll be running free.

With you, never looking backwards and missing half the way.
You and I.
With you, never looking backwards, finding our own way.
You and I.

We’ll hold for something better. We’ll have to take a stand. Don’t fall asleep, won’t let the world decide who I am.

Chorus

The World Is On Fire

Lyrics

Find solace in the rhymes as the time ticks away. The whole city sleeps, then they wake up with laughter. Focused on the mission I've been given in my life, I hold back now silently screaming as a close my eyes.

Facing the trial, will heaven smile on me?

Through all the shadows, will I find my way? Walls are the vises and they are closing in faster. Replay each word that was said through the day. Waiting daylight to come and it’s breaking me.

Facing the trial, will heaven smile on me?

Then the night rolls in, only the nights are lonely, and you keep on running.

Keep rolling on again - only the nights are lonely when you keep on running.

Fly, your feet are on fire, but you’re cold inside. It wakes you in the night -but don’t forget tomorrow.

I wonder why, we’ve made it another night. I’ll see it through, I’ll win it back. I’ll win me back to you.

It’s complicated that your life is caught in the middle. I'll keep waiting till my time is called and I’m still right here.

You and I, hold it all inside. You and I, hope to get it right, along the way.

But we got lost along the way, we just got lost. Can it be found again? Put your hurt aside and maybe build it back again. But we got lost along the way. We just got lost.

You and I, don’t let this die. You feel inside, are we holding a lie?

Fly, your feet are on fire, but you’re cold inside. It wakes you in the night -but don’t forget tomorrow.

Don't Forget Tomorrow

Lyrics:

As I left for work today. May not see you till tomorrow. Can’t stop thinking of our time yesterday. Can’t sleep when lights go down.

(Chorus)
To be with you, there’s nothing that I won’t do. I would swim you to the shore. To get to you, there’s nothing that I won’t do. You’re the one that I live for.

Can you remember last July?
When we lit our world on fire.
But that seems so long ago.
You lift me when I fall down.

Chorus

By my side as we dance closer. Every touch I’m lost in your gaze. As years pass by, our steps grow slower. We’ll hold tight to the end of our days.

I won’t stop dancing here with you, if it makes you happy. We don’t need fancy big fat mansions, cause we do it our own way.

Hold on, hold on and stay close to me.
Hold on, hold on, and never fade away

There’s nothing that I won’t do.
There’s nothing that I won’t do.

Nothing That I Won't Do

Lyrics:

You say, now you can't take it away, now we're going backwards to the great divide. I feel only what is real and now we're going faster.

(chorus)
Little bit of lies- to divide ourselves from the things that we've built upon.
Conceal it inside- to disguise ourselves from the real life that's going on.

I've tried, all I have inside. All you need is space and I'm falling on my face and knees- I'll stay, you're running away. Do I follow after?

(chorus)

Don't ask me what I'm feeling- Just take it away.
Don't ask me what I'm seeing- It's fading away.
Don't ask me what I'm feeling- as it's breaking away

You see what you want to believe. Now we're going deeper only to face the light. I feel, only what is real- turning to disaster.

(Chorus)

Little Bit Of Lies

Lyrics

I can feel you for miles away, and it feels like fire burning every time we touch. If I can’t see you, and it all goes away, I’ll be feeling that your hearts beating, through the memories.

Saving a prayer for you, this night
Holding the tears for you, inside

I’m dreaming of days with you. Couldn’t keep you and me from dancing to every tune. You are the queen on the floor.
Now I’m holding flowers for you. I’m watching petals falling in the waiting room, and I still feel our fire.

Chorus
Saving a prayer for you, this night
Holding the tears for you, inside
All that we've been through and now there's nothing left to say
But maybe a prayer for me.

Whenever you get home. It may seem like it’s the last place you’ll ever be. When you get home.

My life, it’s all for you, till I am 6 feet underground. Is what I feel contagious too? We’re in this together now.

If you are ever feeling low, we’ll hold together like you will never know. If you are feeling low.

My life, it’s all for you, till I am 6 feet underground. Is what I feel contagious too? We’re in this together now.

Here we are, here we go now as your wheeled away. One last look, one last smile we share inside, till another day.

Chorus

Maybe A Prayer For Me

Life‘s been getting hard 
I don’t want to be negative 
but lately all my doubts have become something repetitive 
they almost knocked me out 
my fear is like a sedative 
the future’s knocking at the door but I don’t want to let it in 

I’m running out of time 
I’m trying to ease my mind 
I lay awake at night and do my best to close my eyes
but when I do I start to focus on the things inside 
and all the darkness and the pain, they just start to arise 

 But Lord if I’m honest 
I’m really just so afraid 
‘cause I look down at the waves 
instead of blessings You gave 
to me throughout my whole life 
I try to act like it’s mine 
This two years ain’t a whole lot 
 And at the end I will find 
that it was all for my benefit 
I want to be more penitent
‘cause You are so benevolent 
when I am I degenerate

 We’re messed up 
but You test us so that we can grow 

Chest up, You invest trust in our weary souls

Chorus:
I understand that pain may come 
I’m looking up, I’m moving on 
One day I know I will come home 
but until then I’m not alone

Though I don’t feel ready 
You will hold me steady 
through all of the rubble of the war 
to the place I’m heading 

When the future is the past 
I’ll look back and be glad 
that You let me be tried
while I walked down the path 

I know that my tiny faith ain’t perfect 
but if I can keep on going, then it will be worth it 
every day I’m learning how to be a better servant 
if I live my life, I want to live it out with purpose 

‘cause nothing can be better than Your perfect plan 
 And my whole life is held together by two nail-scarred hands 
so in the rainy weather I will learn to dance 
‘cause every time I fall you give another chance 

and at times I will feel lost and afraid 
but that is the entire reason why the Savior came 
He stepped into the darkness and took it by the reigns
then he suffered for my sins 
He can take away the pain

Chorus:
I understand that pain may come 
I’m looking up, I’m moving on 
One day I know I will come home 
but until then I’m not alone

Not Alone.

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