You've got me there
Losing my mind for you
Once again
Playing this like a fool
 
Bleeding out
Bandaging every bruise
Dirty games
Just trying not to lose
 
You have me there
Swimming in thoughts of you
Diving in
—to an ocean of deep, dark blue
 
Floating over
The waves that we exude
But after all
What will we conclude?
 
 
You've got me caught between the lines
Of all I had to choose
I'm spending every waking hour
Searching for the truth
 
I might just have to apologize
For all I put you through
But I'm still looking for the answers
To all we haven't proved
 
 
Wouldn’t change (for you, oh)
But I'd improve
No part of me
Would I choose to remove
 
Flood my mind
With all your little quirks
Humor me
Just trying to quench my thirst
 
Sensual
How you crawl all over me
Impeccable
Poison me with your sweet release
 
Embrace your touch
And your tantalizing perfume
But after all
What will we conclude?
 
 
You've got me caught between the lines
Of all I had to choose
I'm spending every waking hour
Searching for the truth
 
I might just have to say apologize
For all I put you through
But I'm still looking for the answers
To all we haven't proved
 
***
 
You've got me caught between the lines
Of all I had to choose
I'm spending every waking hour
Searching for the truth
 
I might just have to apologize
For all I put you through
But I'm still looking for the answers
To all we haven't proved
 
You've got me caught between the lines
Of all I had to choose
These ideas falling through
And the things we worship, too
 
I might just have to say I'm sorry
'Cause there's everything to lose
But I'm still looking for the answers
To all we haven't proved

In This Very Moment

The leaves, the chirps, the wilderness
The promises, they pulled me onward
The dreams, the tales, the stories
This desire tried to make me stronger
 
But it’s hard enough to journey through these trails on my own
The sun is burning bright but I can’t see through these woods
The joyful melodies they hear disguise the struggle
Is there anyone that knows what I’m going through?
 
 
Searching for daylight
In the darkest of times
For shelter
On the stormiest nights, oh
 
Looking for signals
Down the loneliest roads
For reason
In the most desperate of hours
 
Searching for daylight
In the darkest of times
For shelter
On the stormiest nights, oh
 
Looking for signals
Down the loneliest roads
 
***
 
 
 
(Searching for daylight
… darkest of times
shelter
… stormiest nights
 
signals
… loneliest roads
reason
… desperate of hours)
 
Searching for daylight
In the darkest of times
For shelter
On the stormiest nights
 
Looking for signals
Down the loneliest roads
For reason
In this desperate hour!
 
***
 
I know we'll find daylight
In the darkest of times
Build shelter
On the stormiest nights, oh
 
We'll see signals
Down the loneliest roads
Find reason…

Searching For Daylight

Sliding through the streets
The city never sleeps
Catch me jumping down Broadway
 
Moving them quick feet
Sweating through the heat
Blocking off the roadway
 
Sparks up in the air
Starting up the flare
Drowning out the streetlights
 
Lighting up downtown
Lift it up to higher ground
Everyone, gather around
 
 
Welcome to my world
Let’s light up and burn this city’s heart
(Let’s watch it burn)
 
Welcome to my town
Let's keep going 'till the heat tears it apart
(It tears apart)
 
Welcome to my world
Come on out
"Three, four, let's go!"
 
 
***
 
 
Sliding through the streets
The city never sleeps
Catch me jumping down Broadway
 
Moving them quick feet
Sweating through the heat
Blocking off the roadway

Sparks up in the air
Starting up the flare
Drowning out the streetlights
 
Lighting up —— 
“Screw it, everybody’s here, let's go”
 
 
Welcome to my world
Let’s light up and burn this city’s heart
(Let’s watch it burn)
 
Welcome to my town
Let's keep going 'till the heat tears it apart
(It tears apart)
 
Welcome to my home
Let's start up a fire in this city's heart
(And watch it burn)
 
Welcome to my world
Come on out
"Three, four, break it down!"
 
 
***
 
 
Welcome to my world
Let’s light up and burn this city’s heart
 
Welcome to my town
Let's keep going 'till the heat tears it apart
 
Welcome to my home
Let's start up a fire in this city's heart
 
Welcome to my world

Heartburn

Say less
Show me more
I’m impressed
Follow me to the floor
 
Say less (shh)
(Girl c’mon and) Show me some more
Rock that dress
(Girl take my hand and) Guide me to the floor
 
 
Don't you think that I know
Just what that pretty smile means
(Hush) Right now's not the time to speak
Hold onto my waist, I'll follow your lead
 
Feel the lessening of this distance
Sense the tug of your insistence
Dismantle my resistance
With the way you
 
Exude that confidence
Step in and make yourself prominent
All eyes, all ears, that smile
Oh girl, you set the whole room on fire
 
I gotta say
Looks like you wanna share that energy
Feel a little rush of adrenaline
So get up, get up, put the words to rest
And
 
 
Say less
Show me more
I’m impressed
Follow me to the floor
 
Say less (shh)
(Girl c’mon and) Show me some more
Rock that dress
(Girl take my hand and) Guide me to the floor
 
 
Pause and stare into my eyes
I can feel the flurry of emotions
That's flowing through your mind and into mine
 
Frozen in time
I know you've dreamed dancing under the stars
So just look up (look up), here we are
 
Dead set with my ambition
You've got a crystal-clear vision
The way you're sparkling in that attire
Oh girl, you set the whole world on fire
 
It's obvious
The contour of your shape has me falling in
Feel you pressing against my tender skin
So get up, get up (yeah!)
 
 
Oh girl, don't you speak, don't start
Don't break the pretty silence
This movement's all we need
To live the chemistry, our science
 
Don't speak, don't start
Don't touch this gorgeous silence
All we need to hear is our beating hearts
So hush girl, put the words to rest
Just
 
 
Say less (say less, say less)
Show me more (more, more, more)
I’m impressed
Follow me to the floor
 
Say less (shh)
(Girl c’mon and) Show me some more
Rock that dress
Rock that dress
Rock that dress
(Girl take my hand and) Guide me to the floor

Less is More

A whisper in the dark
I knew we wouldn’t be apart
For so long
 
A bright little spark
Floating from a place so far beyond
 
A whistle in the breeze
Flowing through the haze that’s growing thin
 
Will we ever find
All that we’re made from
All that we’re searching for within 
 
 
We could hide in the mountains
Somewhere far away
Sleeping in the snow
Passing by the days
 
We could travel the lands
We’ve never been before
The places where we’ll be
No they don’t need to go
 
We could fly above the clouds
Never looking down
No watching the clock
The time is frozen now
 
Whatever we do
Wherever we go
No they don’t
They don’t need to know

Snow Machine (Don't Need to Know)

Have you ever been demotivated by some snide comment they passed?
Told every one of your successes is nothing but chance?
Had a miserable fall, and couldn't bear to see 'em laugh?
Cussed out by some bully trynna break you in half?
Because I have, and I have, and I have, and I have
But here I am now
Still smiling and I'm standing up tall
Take a look at the glowing confidence they've imparted
Can't be ready to give up, when we're just getting started
 
Think we're any less, damn they're making mistakes
Believe me, I know what it's like to feel replaced
Like "Are you kidding me? Is that how little you think I'm worth?"
But you're the one with the potential to shake the Earth
Watch the fumes flare up, yep, we're starting a fire
No, there's nothing that's hotter than a burning desire
To look into the mirror and lift the bar higher
There's only one direction, we're heading skyward
 
To everyone and everything out there that's left me hurt
I gotta thank you, you don't how much you're worth
No chance I would have it any other way
You're the one who's made me everything I am today
 
 
You're building me up with the way you break me down
Funny how it all turns around
Pull myself right up off the ground
'Cause the beast inside is getting ready to howl
You're starting me up with the way you shut me down
And I'm going all out
'Cause there's nothing
No there's nothing
There is nothing that can stop me [now]
 
 
Never did anything to prove them wrong
No that’s not the satisfaction that I needed all along
Those are words of way back in the past, they’re long gone
Take the impulse that it feeds you, let it make you more strong
Feel the negative energy pulsing through my veins
Feel the pleasure in every damn inch of the pain
Feel the power that nobody else is able to tame
Are you telling me you don't feel the same?
 
Why you gotta let
A distant soul's poor taste and judgement get you down
Is that all it takes to make you frown?
Is that all it takes for them to get you to stop fighting
And give in? How much longer are you gonna stay hiding?
You know you've got the strength of the stormiest lightning
And a scream that's scarier than venomous biting
With the flare and the passion that those words are inciting
The future, you're rewriting
 
So let me remind you
Don't bother with the arguments
Every criticism, treat it like a compliment
All that anger and frustration, all that's heaven-sent
And to the whole world out there (yeah!):
If you made me bleed, made me sweat, made me pour out the tears
I'm thankful, believe me, you've broken my fears
Not a chance I would have it any other way
You're the one who's made me everything I am today
 
 
You're building me up with the way you break me down
Funny how it all turns around
Pull myself right up off the ground
'Cause the beast inside is getting ready to howl
You're starting me up with the way you shut me down
And I'm going all out
'Cause there's nothing
No there's nothing 
There is nothing that can stop…
 
You're building me up with the way you break me down
Funny how it all turns around
Pull myself right up off the ground
'Cause the beast inside is getting ready to howl
You're starting me up with the way you shut me down
And I'm going all out
'Cause there's nothing
No there's nothing
There is nothing that can stop me now

Negative Energy

Pause
‘Cause I’m stumbling over myself
Pull me up, [thanks, I’m all good]
Don’t need any more hell— 
 
—I mean, help
But it’s true, this feels like heaven
I’m convinced that you’re an angel
Dancing with your glowing halo
 
Wait…
You seem a familiar face
But you say we’ve never met before
[Man,] I can’t see clearly anymore
 
 
Voices in my head
Leading me into the red
Would you believe me if I said
This isn’t typically me
 
 
Can’t you tell by the way that I’m walking
I’ve got my names confused
My filter is coming loose
 
Can’t you tell from the way that I’m stumbling
No control of my decisions
With this blurred vision
 
 
Pause
'Cause I'm feeling a little diz--zy
I'm spinning, these flashing lights have me in a trance
Everything you say is making me laugh
"hahaha"
 
And I don't know why
I can't get rid of this guilty smile
I'm dazed and I'm hyp--no--tized
 
A lot more confidence
Did I just ask you for a kiss?
Look at me and grant a wish
 
[Huh, what?]
What time is it?
Where am I?
Have I met you before? 
[Why am I__ lying on the floor?...]
*sigh*
This isn’t typically me
 
 
Can’t you tell by the way that I’m walking
I’ve got my names confused (confused)
My filter is coming loose
 
(Hey!)
Can’t you tell from the way that I’m stumbling (I'm stumbling)
No control of my decisions
With this blurred (blurred) vision
 
 
Come here and dance with me
Get up and dance with me
Come here and dance with me
 
 
Voices in my head
Pushing me into the red
Shouldn't have listened to them when they went
"One, two, three, chug!!!"
 
 
Oh there you are
Thought I lost you in the crowd for a sec
"Thanks so much for looking after this, *exhale* this mess
"Wait what? I can't hear a word you're saying—(whatever)
"And I don’t remember mentioning this before but
This isn’t typically me
 
 
Can’t you tell by the way that I’m talking
I've got my tongue up in a twist
I'm spilling all my little secrets
 
Ain't it clear from the way that I'm howling
My trust is in the free
But I know this just isn’t me
 
Can’t you tell by the way that I’m walking
I’ve got myself confused
All my senses are coming loose
 
Look me in the eyes, but I don't know who you'll find
'Cause I’m a whole new person
When I’ve got this blurred vision
 
 
Come here and dance with me (dance with me)
Get up and dance with me (dance with me)
Oh, won't you just dance with me

Blurred Vision

Here we are
On the hills overlooking our empire
Oh yes, we've made it this far, yeah
 
Won't you catch me if I slip and fall
The thinning air has me faded
 
Floating up, up, up and over the edge
Now look down
We're levitated
I'm done with waiting
(Let's go!)
 
 
The stars shine bright
But they got nothing on you
You know, the sky's real high
But it's no limit to you
Got me space bound
Twenty-thousand feet off the ground
'Cause every time I'm with you
I feel e-elevated
 
The stars shine bright
But they got nothing on you
You know, the sky's real high
But it's no limit to you
You've got me space bound
Twenty-thousand feet off the ground
'Cause every time I'm with you
I feel e-elevated
 
 
Sensational rush
Adrenaline flowing through my blood
Exhilarated
 
I can hear them chiming in the atmosphere
The voices we've orchestrated
 
The winds are pulsing through my veins
Winding through the clouds we've decorated
Your pretty wings have me liberated
 
Now look down
We're levitated
Parachute inflated
But I'm done with waiting
 
 
Because the stars shine bright
But they got nothing on you
You know, the sky's real high
But it's no limit to you
You've got me space bound
Twenty-thousand feet off the ground
'Cause every time I'm with you
I feel e-elevated
 
The stars shine bright
But they got nothing on you
You know, the sky's real high
But it's no limit to you
You've got me space bound
Twenty-thousand feet off the ground
'Cause every time I'm with you
I feel e-elevated
 
 
(Keep on climbing)  x3481
 
Now look down
We're levitated
Parachute inflated
But I'm done with waiting
 
 
The stars shine bright
But they got nothing on you
You know, the sky's real high
But it's no limit to you
Got me space bound
Twenty-thousand feet off the ground
'Cause every time I'm with you
I feel e-elevated
 
The stars shine bright
But they got nothing on you
You know, the sky's real high
But it's no limit to you
You've got me space bound
Twenty-thousand feet off the ground
'Cause every time I'm with you
I feel e-elevate-e-ed

Elevated

mixing in progress, artwork not mine it's straight from pexels

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thereʼs just something about the way her fingers grip me way too tight
thereʼs just something about the way her arguments are too polite

thereʼs just something about the way her stories send me off to sleep
thereʼs just something about the way she twiddles with my hair like Iʼm a sheep

and then thereʼs me
oh iʼm a mess
my thoughts are in disarray
she asks why tears in my eyes?
itʼs been a pretty bad day

and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles

thereʼs just something about the way she waltzes in 4/4
thereʼs just something about the way she tears me apart when weʼre fighting in the snow
thereʼs just something about the way she stands strong
no thereʼs nothing on this earth that can pull her down
(nothing will bring her down)

my northern lights
my silent night
my shivering winter night bonfire
my bicycle
my chronicle
my tailwind lifting me uphill
my crazy goof
my bulletproof
my only fear
my one refuge
on, iʼm this close to giving in
itʼs been a miserable day

and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles

Something About Her (demo)

not really mixed for stereo yet. random artwork license free from pexels, thank you

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thereʼs just something about the way her fingers grip me way too tight
thereʼs just something about the way her arguments are too polite

thereʼs just something about the way her stories send me off to sleep
thereʼs just something about the way she twiddles with my hair like Iʼm a sheep

and then thereʼs me
oh iʼm a mess
my thoughts are in disarray
she asks why tears in my eyes?
itʼs been a pretty bad day

and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles

thereʼs just something about the way she waltzes in 4/4
thereʼs just something about the way she tears me apart when weʼre fighting in the snow
thereʼs just something about the way she stands strong
no thereʼs nothing on this earth that can pull her down
(nothing will bring her down)

my northern lights
my silent night
my shivering winter night bonfire
my bicycle
my chronicle
my tailwind lifting me uphill
my crazy goof
my bulletproof
my only fear
my one refuge
on, iʼm this close to giving in
itʼs been a miserable day

and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles
and then she smiles

Vince