TURNING LYRICS

Triangle

Maybe we can survive, more than just stay alive, 
it ain't so impossible, maybe we can keep on, 
let our worries be gone, here within our triangle
Many bridges we've crossed, hopes were dashed, hopes were lost, 
getting schooled in the do's and don't's, 
thought that it had to break, 
only for its own sake, 
now I'm believing that it won't

It's a good kind of doubt, just for once it's about, 
something other than fated gloom, it just goes to show, 
how little you know, when you insist that all is doomed

I had some hope today, seems like I saw a ray, 
of how good it could really be, and then just for once, 
I was not hauling tons, and it felt pretty good to me,
So I'm trying to preserve, steer ahead and not swerve, 
from this home stretch I know I can make, it's the only way true, 
one that leads back to you, it's the only road I must take






Counting on You

I'm thinking now it's, time I told you so, 
how much I need you, don't ever let me go, 
sometimes I'm doubting, everything that's true, 
I only want to hang around with you

All in all I'm, really not that strong, reassurances, 
needed before long, 
you're my lifeblood, without I'm skin and bones, 
I know that I can't make it on my own

Yes it's true that, I'm counting on you, 
no subtlety, no, it's all I can do, 
I'm heading home with, some new hope inside...
I'm counting on you till the end of the line, 
I'm counting on you don't you leave me behind

Confidence flags, rays of hope eclipsed, 
nary a good word, uttered from my lips, 
reserves they're all gone, flame is flickering out, 
to wake me up just, cup your hands and shout...

Yes it's true that, I'm counting on you, 
no subtlety, no, it's all I can do, 
I'm heading home with, some new hope inside...
I'm counting on you till the end of the line, 
I'm counting on you don't you leave me behind





Hurt and Love

As I, turned around to just see you, 
knew I couldn't be you, but you looked so lonely, 
I, couldn't turn away from that place,  
then I remembered your face, 
you're the one and only

Disappointment, when you're flying, 
it ain't there for, lack of trying

It's sad and it's true, that it hurts to love you, 
afraid all the time, that I'm losing my mind,
I'm driving around, in my head's the sound, 
of your voice I hear you cry, 
love goes with pain, I don't know why

It ain't, no shame to be bandaged, 
if you can't manage, you ain't the exception, 
broken home or one family, either way you're likely, 
to see a connection

I don't know how, got no clue why, 
explanations, just passed me by...

It's sad and it's true, that it hurts to love you, 
afraid all the time, that I'm losing my mind,
I'm driving around, in my head's the sound, 
of your voice I hear you cry, 
love goes with pain, I don't know why






Occasionally

Been this way for so long, what don't kill you makes you strong, 
at least that's what the suckers always say,
No need for you to wait, I'm right here at heaven's gate, 
there's no one else that I must be today

Bruised by the hit and run, of your life that weighs a ton, 
sideswiped by the endless rows of signs, terrified to act, 
horrified to sit back, mortified to leave one thing behind

All in all it's all a little daunting, 
not surprised it's left you looking down, 
echoes in your head that just keep haunting, 
a miracle the world keeps spinnin' round

Been this way for a time, but feeling good ain't a crime, 
you should really check it out someday, nothing's quite that bad, 
not all of life is so sad, occasionally, you can feel OK

All in all it isn't so surprising, 
that you're always staring at the ground, 
when your dawn breaks and morning is arising, 
you might be more fun to have around

(Occasionally, you can feel OK....occasionally, you can feel OK)






See You Grow

Time flowing, time races by, 
wheels are turning, I watch you shine, 
just last summer, you were brand-new, 
years that are coming, will bring changes too

Rains patter, snow's blanket falls, 
memories scatter, paint peels from the walls, 
winding river, clear blue skies, water reflecting, 
your clear blue eyes

On and on and on it goes, through the circles of day to day, 
look around for the source of the sound, 
passing by you it fades away, 
smiles and tears punctuating the years, 
it's a fool's game to try to slow, 
it's just life carrying us on the tide, 
much too fast as I see you grow

Day's distractions, blur all the lines, 
trade in fractions, miss all the signs, 
set your sights and, unravel the code, 
mornings and nights, passed by on the road

On and on and on it goes, 
through the circles of day to day, 
look around for the source of the sound, 
passing by you it fades away, 
smiles and tears punctuating the years, 
it's a fool's game to try to slow, 
it's just life carrying us on the tide, 
much too fast as I see you grow

12 months that changed me forever, 
strange path that led me to here, 
but I wouldn't trade it for nothing, 
this painfully beautiful year





News to Me

Gray day and my thoughts all jumbled up, 
no effort is ever good enough, 
if I retreat in my mind, there's no company
Months pass and the years all adding up, 
highs are high but the lows get pretty rough, 
it's not as though a window always helps you see

I'm tryin' to glimpse what's down the road, 
but you can't see what no one knows, 
coin's being tossed, I'm just lost in uncertainty
I'm tryin' to steer where I belong, 
don't want to take a turn that's wrong, 
if there's a sign of some design or a destiny, 
that'd be news to me, that'd be news to me

I'm straining to find clues in the stars, 
tea leaves divining tarot cards, 
I'd rather be like the stones lying in the stream, 
let the water wear me down with time, 
not fighting the flow but not resigned, 
to giving into the theft of what's left of me

I'm tryin' to glimpse what's down the road, 
but you can't see what no one knows, 
coin's being tossed, I'm just lost in uncertainty
I'm tryin' to steer where I belong, 
don't want to take a turn that's wrong, 
if there's a sign of some design or a destiny, 
that'd be news to me, that'd be news to me





6/20 Song

Given up on the meaning, I'm just dulling the pain, 
say goodbye to the thought it will all be explained, 
in awe of the mystery life puts in our way
I'm shivering now 'cause I don't understand, 
how I got to here, only some of it's planned, 
a shrug and a sigh, they don't move where I stand

Long tunnels loom now, lanes narrow a bit, 
don't get in a wreck now, make a mess of it, 
it's only morning, the sun could still break through the mist

You follow an ocean, you follow a star, 
you look for the secret that led you this far, 
time lifted you up, set you down where you are
The new moon is lighting the path that you took, 
through all the commotion, you don't stop to look, 
so much just came down to the dice that you shook

Feeling abandoned and misunderstood, 
nobody hears what you think that they would, 
nightfall is coming, you can make that call if you should





Song for Africa

I can't believe the article I saw, what's going on in Africa,
Violence that's enough to make you sick,
Murder, rape, disease - you take your pick,

This will be the shame that we leave,
How we stood by no one will believe,
They'll just shake their heads and wonder why,
We just simply let each other die

Yes it's, time we, all lost our minds
Yes it's, time we, start hearing cries
Hell's alive and well over there
Might claim you too, it don't care if you care

Seems that we don't mind the contradiction
Just leave some people to their own extinction
While we grumble that our lives ain't fair
At least we were not born over there

Yes it's, time we, all lost our minds
Yes it's, time we, start hearing cries
Now's not, time for, knees getting weak
Now's the, time to, make noise and speak

We may all really, not have very long
Before everything we love is gone
Sirens ringing loud inside my head
Unconfronted evil only spreads

Yes it's, time we, all lost our minds, 
yes it's, time we, start hearing cries, 
Gather 'round who's, able and willing
Got to, be some, way to stop the killing






Turning

Just can't turn it off, I can't let go, 
the thing I ahead I saw, really though I know, 
less than I ever bought with wisdom I'm earning, 
dizzy with trains of thought, I'm just turning

Just want to save the moment, please let me tune out, 
all the static till I see that the moon's out, 
carry 'round a torch, it's you that it's burning, 
your life from a glance would look to be turning

And if you don't mind a bit, please shake me out of it, 
if you got time to lose, help chase away my blues, 
sometimes it looks so dark, I just want to leave a mark, 
though I know someday I'll be, someone's distant memory, 
and I know and I'm afraid, even that one day will fade

Today I am in love with all that is good, any minute, 
you know that it could, so you chalk the sorrow up to unlearning, 
you know by tomorrow you'll be turning

And if you can take the time, remind me what is mine, 
if you got time to spare, please knock me off my chair, 
not exactly what I meant, I'm afraid to be content, 
it all disappears too fast, epiphanies don't seem to last, 
and I know and I'm afraid, there's an end to the parade

So come on gather 'round, just for connection, 
victims of the infinite rejection, tucked away inside, 
all just churning, restless, breathless, terrified and turning






Never Go Away

It's OK, don't you cry, 
I'll lift you up, kiss your tears goodbye, 
my flesh, my blood, my reason to be, 
I hurt with you, 'cause you're a part of me

It's OK, my dear sweet boy, until you, I never knew such joy, 
a billion miles beyond sympathy, all I want, is you to be happy

I hold you in my arms, feel you in my soul
Protect you from all harm, warm you when you're cold
I miss you when I'm gone, I worry when I stay, 
My love for you will never go away

It's OK, your daddy's here, 
the clouds are gone, and the sky is clear,
One smile from you, is all that I need, 
To push away, this world of pain and greed

I hold you in my arms, feel you in my soul
Protect you from all harm, warm you when you're cold
I miss you when I'm gone, I worry when I stay, 
My love for you will never go away

It's OK, it's alright, 
it's been a long day, so I'll kiss you goodnight,
Hearing you laugh, watching you play, 
there are no words for what I'm trying to say

I hold you in my arms, feel you in my soul
Protect you from all harm, warm you when you're cold
I miss you when I'm gone, I worry when I stay, 
My love for you will never go away





No One Ever Really Dies

See you, head held in your hands, rattled, unenthused,
Swindled by the ones who say they're looking out for you,
Thanks, but not thanks, I'll just stand over here,
By myself, out of the orbit of your fear,

Though this world may break your heart 
and people, just get you down,
No one ever really dies, 
pieces of us all will stick around

Why, why, I hear you cry, this burden must you bear?
Falling on deaf ears and bounced down the stairs,
Haven't you heard the news, we're just passing through?
Life stretches on forever, through another view

Though this world may break your heart 
and people, just get you down,
No one ever really dies, 
pieces of us all will stick around





This World

This world is just too much for me to bear sometimes,
Sometimes I wish I wouldn't pay it any mind, 
I know for sure there's something that you want to say to me,
It's never how you wanted it to be,

You are just a kid, don't let me spoil your dreams, 
Same as mine, they were and are, and busting at the seams,
Stumbling along the way, headlong into regret,
That wisdom hasn't all showed up yet,

Dreaming of the ocean, floating out to sea,
Hungry for some answers, on what you're going to be,
You've been navigating, through some kind of misery,
Luckily it'd love some company

This world just takes it out of you and leaves you by yourself,
Meet so few who can connect, and fewer still that help,
And anything's a refuge if it brings you some relief,
When you're torn apart by bitter, angry rage and grief

Dreaming of the ocean, floating out to sea,
Hungry for some answers, on what you're going to be,
You've been navigating, through some kind of misery,
Luckily it'd love some company





Just Don't Know

I'm really getting worried, the world's in such a hurry, 
seems no one gave a thought to, any game plan
All kidding aside now, my hope has almost died now, 
didn't think that it could get worse, looks like it can

I hate to make trouble, bad images have doubled, 
the dark side must be gaining us on us all, 
I hate to be defeated, but honesty is needed, 
I just don't know what to say or do at all

Nobody's got real courage, can't help but get discouraged, 
the idiots are guarding, the hen house,
The haters are succeeding, 'cause nobody is leading, 
and all the indicators heading south

Try to stay optimistic, not get apocalyptic, 
I can't believe the mess it's all become, 
the debate club is hissing, the smug ones are dismissing, 
but it will be a test for everyone

I'm really getting frightened, it don't look too enlightened, 
"heretics" they shout if you refuse to obey, 
haven't given up on dreaming, but all I hear is screaming, 
a sick feeling that will not go away





Always On Her Own

What is wrong, with everyone?  She asks into the air,
Why is everything I say, met with dead, blank stares?
Nobody wants, to let you in, they leave you in the cold,
Shut you out, won't clue you in, ignore you till you fold

No one listens, no one's even home, 
all her life, she's always on her own

She thinks I don't understand, but I know all too well,
What it's like, to be tuned out, or laughed at in your shell,
Her loneliness, is tearing her apart from the inside,
Nothing she can hold onto, no choice but to run and hide

No one  hears, no one picks up the phone, 
all her life, she's always on her own

Watching her teardrops fall, got to be the worst of all, 
nothing you can do or say, somehow it's gonna be OK

She's suffered but, she's toughened to the bone, 
all her life, she's always on her own,
She's always had to deal with, being alone, 
all her life, she's always on her own