Falling Down
 
How do I get myself in the situations I find myself in?
Simply lack of self-control?
I jeopardize the friendships of the ones I truly love,
Starved for someone I can call my own.
I’ve grown to love you for your sparkling wit and daring eyes.
I’m enamored by your smile.
But yet I’ve sabotaged the attraction that we both once had,
And maybe what it might have been.
 
And as I rip another page from my life,
The patterns, they never seem to change.
I take the nose to spite my face again -
When you coming back?
Do forget the things that I just said.
The things that I just said.
 
Another misstep and I’ve sewn the seeds of stress again.
Seems a lifetime since I’ve been myself.
And even when I’ve overcome a drama in my life,
The next in line falls in to take its place.
So I seal myself away from the world once again, never letting you get close.
And paint a perfect portrait of what you wanted me to be,
But secretly I’m falling further down.
Yes, I’m falling down.
 
As the night turns to dawn,
And the light forges on,
I stay trapped in myself alone, and no one knows.
 
Guitar solo
 
I see the days of past that flash before my eyes,
And through it all let no one see through my disguise.
I pull your arms around my head so tight.
My insecurity tends to blind my sight.
 
I see the days of past that flash before my eyes,
And through it all let no one see through my disguise.
I hold your arms around my head so tight.
Sometimes I feel I’m taking flight,
Still I’m falling down.
Still I’m falling down.
Yet I’m falling down.
Still I’m falling down.

Falling Down

Too Far Gone

It’s time for me and you
To get to what’s really true.
So take off your coat and shoes,
And let the carpet find them.
So glad you could get away.
No need for words to say.
Slow burn our stress away.
Let my hands guide you.

Never want this afternoon to end,
And I never stop till you say when,
And I always make you promise me
That we’ll be here again.

	When I looked in your eyes,
	I saw your world in my life.
	And my dreams hold you almost every night.
	I throw away my darkest fears, 
	And make you see through my tears.

And it all starts 
The minute you close the door behind you;
Moving slow, the clothes are piled, 
And my hands never fail to find you.
And the mirror tells a story 
Of a thousand times before.

I never want this night to end,
And you know I never stop till you say when.
And I always make you promise me
That we’ll do this again.

	Until I see your eyes again; 
	Your eyes – they hypnotize me,
	And you know that skirt still so excites me.
	And I feel you coming on again,
	So I must hold on, I must stay strong.
	Cause I will never settle 
	For less than your very, very best.

I wanna move behind you 
And put this night to bed.
And you know I’d do anything – 
I’d throw my back out 
So we could act out 
the visions in your head.

	Until I see your eyes again; 
	My whole world spins, it stops,
	And it spins again.
	And I wanna get lost and melt again
	In your silhouette and your sweet sweat,
	Every time I see your eyes.

Oh, your eyes tell a story of a princess cast in stone.
Never to awaken till her true heart is known.
Oh, your eyes tell a story of a princess cast in gold.
Never to awaken until the story’s told.
Yes, your eyes tell a story of a princess cast in bronze.
I hope you will awaken
Before we’re too far gone.



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If I stay here lonely,
Will you ever awaken from the stone?
And if I hold you as my only,
Will I die here all alone?

With this kiss, you will awaken
To a love you’ve never known.
Or I’ll die in desperation
As you fake sleeping till I’m gone.


Too Far Gone/207

Shining Through

Another day comes around again;
The one that marks the years of your life.
To celebrate who you are today,
And who you’ll be on the bright path you’ll walk tomorrow.

And though I know it’s hard sometimes to face another day,
You still keep shining through.

And your smile lights your way through life,
And blows the clouds away in my sky.
You’ll never know what you mean to me;
I fumble the words my heart would speak if it could.

And the love that you have given me;
It makes my life worth living for.

Chorus:	And I say hey, hey, can I steal a minute of your life;
	To let you know how much you mean to me?
	And maybe just maybe, there’s a part of you
	That you cannot see; 
	But if I could take a minute of your life to let you know:
	That that part in you has touched the heart in me.

And your love lights your way through life,
And makes me feel so glad you’re alive.
You’ll never know what you mean to me,
I stumble on words my heart would speak if it could.

And I’m so glad you came into my life,
I pray we’ll never stray again.

Chorus:	And I say hey, can I steal a minute of your life;
	To let you know how much you mean to me?
	And maybe just maybe, there’s a part of you
	That you cannot see; 
	But if I could take a minute of your life to let you know:
	That that part in you has touched the heart in me.

And yes, I still believe: Believe in you with all my might;
And yes I still believe: That you give the sun it’s very light;
And, yes I still believe: That your heart will soon take flight;
And yes I still believe you live in Colors – 
Cause you still brighten up my life.
You still brighten up my life.



Shining Through (Live w/Ron McIntire)

Lightning  [Rush]

Tumble in the hay, like a rumble in the sky.
The first one to jump is the first one to die.
Step through the storm - stick a needle in its eye,
Steal away through the darkness - I don’t even have to try.
	Lightning grazes ground like a tongue licking lace,
	Life takes another pull and blows smoke in your face.

Pull another sister from a mister (from his bed).
Jumper got bold and caught a bullet in the head.
From the storm we’ve got a form to give us what we need; 
A light in the dark to distract you from our deeds...

	Let it roll, let it roll... (x4)
	Lightning grazes ground like a tongue licking lace,
	Billy grew some balls but got bucked in the face.

Sing a song of sevenpence, a pocketful of rain.
May be another month ‘fore you can see your breath again.
Jumper got clever and took shelter from the storm:
Learned a lesson from the first that you can’t protect the farm.
	And that’s the way it is when you finally realize;
	That when lightning grazes ground, the first to jump is robbed of life.

Let it roll, let it roll... (x2)

Guess there’s a man shooting pistols, stringing lightning from the skies.
And if you don’t see Him too - straight damnation when you die.
Hell hath no fury like a zealot spawned at birth - 
If you want to get to heaven you can’t make a noise on Earth.
	*** “...but that’s the way it goes, that’s the name of the game,
	A young brother gettin’ older by slaying Cain... ***

Let it roll, let it roll...



*** Influenced by a line from O’Shea Jackson’s “Dopeman”, 1989.


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