Welcome Back

Verse.
We started out as ordinary
Everything was typical
Left out the extraordinary
Conditions became critical

Over the preliminaries
My thoughts got cynical
Even in the heart of these
This was a dying miracle


Bridge.
Onwards now, don't turn your head
Tonight we'll make it to the end


Chorus
Honestly, truthfully
Elevate this simple song
Where the clouds above me
In a sea of blue cruise along
Now just close your eyes
Don't let the light crawl in
Only open them when I
When I come back again


[It's iconic, and it's ironic. Welcome.]

You Found Me - The Fray

V1.
I found God
On the corner of First and Amistad
Where the west
Was all but won
All alone
Smoking his last cigarette
I said, “Where you been?”
He said, “Ask anything.”

V2.
Where were you
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Were spent by the telephone
That never rang
And all I needed was a call
It never came
To the corner of First and Amistad

Chorus.
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, You found me

V3.
In the end
Everyone ends up alone
Losing her
The only one who’s ever known
Who I am
Who I’m not, and who I want to be
No way to know
How long she will be next to me

Chorus.
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, You found me

Bridge.
Early morning
The city breaks
I’ve been calling
For years and years and years and years
And you never left me no messages
You never sent me no letters
You got some kind of nerve
Taking all I want

Chorus.
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Where were you, where were you?

Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why’d you have to wait?
Where were you, where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, You found me

Why’d you have to wait
To find me, to find me?

Don't You Just Want To?

Cut loose, scream your heart out
Get wild, breathe, stretch, shake
Let it go BOOM once again for the crowd
Just how much can they take?
As much as you can give, so get it up
Click clack, heart attack, stop it start it
Yeah baby, keep pumping out the blood
From the bottom of your heart, beat it

It pulses. Flows. Heart beat. Boom.

Going Somewhere?

Half a foot over the edge
Contemplating the next step
To oblivion? Or perhaps turn
Back, to a life of privilege
Where safety smothers secrets kept
And restlessness so eager spurn
Ponder this...

[The step is taken. Forwards.]

Only Beats In The Bars

It starts with one

Then as it grows, so do you
Carried away in it too

Explain it, another time for me
What we all used to be
Hearts roaming, simply free

Now, we all just want more
Another reason for war
To chill your heart's core
Really, what do we fight for

It's a miracle we can survive
In this hell hole, remain alive
Left and right, kill and connive
So ready, we are, to deprive
Anyone so we can thrive

Sell your soul, the last of tricks
To avoid the last of conflicts
Scared right? Such pain it inflicts
Who saw knives in this deadly mix
Work your mind, hear the clicks
That deadly beat to transfix

When the finale comes, what then
Run and hide, like the least of them?
Pray to sun, the skies, heaven
As like leaves fall, so do men
Women, children, once again
Peace? It's coming soon? When?
When a hare survives in fox's den

Step back and speculate
How loud we have become of late
Locked in this mind state
Running away from our fate
You can't block that heavy gate
That stays open in quiet wait
Every minute will simply generate
Just another form of hate

Chinese Whispers

If you could hear me, would you listen to this?

Hopefully you'll understand why I'm here
As the world turns, round and round, we always miss
Very small things, so small, so quiet, even so near
Everyday, these little whispers are spoken to bliss

After all, who needs such useless things

Sigh, breathe, close your eyes, simply imagine
Ears to the wind, eyes wide shut so you can see blindly
Can you hear my voice, read my lips within?
Rain is coming, so is the thunder that crashes so loudly
Electrifying lightning to shadow my face from vision
This is all I wanted to say, look and listen, just look and listen

[Did you hear it?]

Start From Scratch

A is for Apologise, what I should have done a long time ago
B is for Belief, what I lost when the door closed
C is for Call, what I tried to do when you didn't know

One is for the chance you gave to me that night
Two is for the number of times I hurt you in fight
Three is for seconds I had before I had to leave your sight

It's as simple as A B C, One Two Three
Well, that's how it has to be.

Here Here

I'll make a toast
To the one who said
"I have a dream."
And a fine dream it was
Such a pity
We let his dream down

Raise your glass
For he who said
"This is our moment."
The moment that never came
Oh the shame, the shame
We let our moment pass

Drink with me
Just this little cheer
Let's get wasted
For tomorrow
Tomorrow is something else
We just might not make it.

In The Morning

This could be just another way
I'm slinging out these words
Rushing in my mind like rain
Thought of then gone, blurred
Lift me up? No, let me down
Don't get these hopes too high
I can't escape this tired town
Believe me, it's true, I've tried
Mutualism's how we survived
All these damn years, too long
Dry and salty now, tears we cry
To finally know we don't belong
Saddle up the horses, time to leave
Yeah, we're getting lost together
Nowhere, that's where we'll be
It's better that way, far better

[Don't look back. Please don't.]

Freeway: Next Left

Something else is stirring
It's not like I've had it before
Shaking me up inside, it's burning
This feeling, a new turning
In my road, oh it's taking me away

To a place where there's nothing
And yet there's something
This place I found everything
Then lost it in a split second
In my road, oh it's taking me away

Maybe

You move me in ways
No one else can do
You get me crashing
No where to hold on
You pull me to places
No one else has been
You get me so lost
No where to turn to
You push me to limits
No one else could try
You get me choking
No more air to breathe

Yes, I love you
No, I won't ever stop
Yes, I miss you
No, I won't ever stop

Let's Get Gone

Gone somewhere, somewhere I don't know
Underneath this velvet sky with diamond dust
I'll wait for something, something to show
Direct me home, where my heart lies in rust
Even though it's got no one to trust

Maybe this time
Everything will shine

Hold my hand please, don't let go
Only for this one night, please, I'm begging you
My fear is only for you alone to know
Even though you won't listen too

Chapter Six

"How was I wrobu-bu-buh..."
Yes, that's exactly what dribbled out of my mouth when I saw her. Standing there, eyes looking deeply into mine. I actually felt my heart hiccup. She came and lay down next to me, less than half a metre away. My eyes widened with excitement, as it struck me that this girl was actually so close. Okay, it's not that I don't have any girl friends, but let's be honest, they all paled in comparison to this girl, this purely angelic being. Then again, she could be as thick as two short planks, which would just ruin the entire magic of the moment. I decided to find out.
...Once my heart dislodged itself from my throat, having managed to jump all the way up there with the damn hiccup.
"S-s-so it's really that beautiful?" Oh dear, another episode of Casanova lines. She didn't reply immediately, and I turned my head to look at her. Eyes staring straight into the sunset, I could tell she was mesmerised. "Um-"
"Shh!" She cut me off hastily. "I want to see the sun go down, and don't want to miss a second! It's incredible!" The thrill of happiness was ringing in her voice, and that's when she grasped my hand with excitement. I can tell you right now, in all honesty that I almost shook her off with the shock. One minute my hand was lying beside me, fidgeting with my tshirt, the next it was being strangled in the girl's vice-like grip. I probably couldn't have shaken her off anyway, too strong for me.

We stayed like that till the sun disappeared, and darkness flooded the valley. The hill suddenly went from being a golden monument, to a quiet lump in the night.
"Could I get my hand back please?" It took me a little while to realise that the girl was asking me. Wait. What?! She asking me? "I'm pretty sure I should be asking you that, after you grabbed mine so quickly." I said with a wink. Not like she could even see it. Great timing, once again.
"Oh very funny," she threw my hand back at me. We both sat up, sitting in the same position, legs drawn up close to our bodies with arms wrapped around them. Stars began to appear in the already dark sky, like diamond dust cast upon black velvet. This hill was a veritable jewellery shop, with gold by day and precious stones by night.
The silence between us didn't feel empty, and yet it was so loud, almost as if it were drowning out everything else. I tried to think of something to say, but the words wouldn't flow.
"I should probably be heading home." With that, she stood up and began to walk down the hill.
"Wait!" I called after her, and hurriedly scrambled to my feet. She stopped walking, and waited for me to stumble my way over to her. "What's your name by the way? I'm Kason, and I forgot to ask you yours yesterday." At first, she didn't reply but simply looked into my eyes. I waited for the response.
"My name?" She bit her lower lip, and gave a little smile.
"My name is..."

Track Twenty-Eight: Spinning Gears

Mere words are never enough to truly express the identical emotion purging and flooding the mind, and yet as this pen reaches this page everything flows faster than the eye can follow, more emotional than any mind could possibly dream of conceiving. It could take hours on end to till just a page with words, or it could take the space of just a few minutes. What truly drives a mind into the pensive state? Is it insecurities, or perhaps it could be fears, indescribable joys, or just the will to do something completely out of the ordinary. School days pass in a daze, minutes morph into morose and mundane months, yet they manage to steal away more from a person's life than any thief could envisage. Striking when we least expect it to arrive, we life in a state of forged dignity, pushing back any life that seems to hinder our road to personal gains and achievement. I struggle on a daily basis to comprehend why I try to cling to such foolish and materialistic values, in full knowledge of the fact that in only a very short period of time, it can all be taken away from me. Constantly, music is my greatest friend, curling up inside like a melodic ball of confusion to perhaps lull away the pain. Every note that plays pulls a different heart string, trigger and alternative stimulant in my body, and at times drives me to a state of pathetic bewilderment. Matching a tune to the individual needs of every feeling that raids my mind day and night proves to be always easier than I initially imagine. Breathing life into the words of the simple songs I write is always a greatest achievement, never failing to draw a smile of pure satisfaction and happiness. Yet here I am now, wondering whether or not tomorrow may hold a far greater and happier time for this soul, or perhaps another lonely memory, cracked and dry with the drought of yesterdays gone. Mind working at twenty to the dozen, new and refreshed thoughts stockpiled in every second of the years come and gone,

I say to you now,

Welcome To The Window

Mindset Of The Simple

Should missing you hurt this much?
Waiting for the day to turn
Just so I can watch another unfold
Yet again
Without you?

Simply put, I miss your voice and touch
While this paper burns
Jet flames that warm the biting cold
Yet again
Without you.

Saying these lines as such
Won't show what my heart yearns
Jump off this cliff with me, be bold
Yes, again
Just me and you.

Excuse Me...

Have you seen it?
I left it here yesterday
Crying, it was crying
Bleeding, it was bleeding
Don't know why, do you?
Neither did I

Please try find it?
I fixed it here yesterday
Gasping, it was gasping
For air, for breath, for love
Something to keep it alive?
Don't know what, do you?
Neither did I

Don't let it die?
I held it here yesterday
Beating, it was beating
For one, just for one
Purpose? Person? Who?
Don't know who, do you?
Neither did I

Until the shock set in.

[My heart cries, bleeds, gasps, beats for you.]

Beneath The Score

It's not just another line I'll say

Made from words used so much
Instead they're weaved from days
Spent with you, your voice and touch
Seconds were our hours, hand in hand

Yesterday already feels like a week
Of all I have, I'll tell you through this band
Underneath the music, it's you I seek

A Shard Of Your Clock

Look outside, dark as night could get
Soft sound of rain as it hits the ground
In this blackness, what are you thinking of?
Spare a thought for me, just a split second
Listen, you hear that? It's rolling, rolling
Building, rising, roaring, ripping through this night
Louder than anything this world could know
And it's bringing with it just a split second
There! And there, again! Blazing through the sky
Hurtling from heaven at a thousand miles a second
This lightning, offspring of the growling thunder
Crashing consummation, all in a split second

All I want from you is just some lightning with no thunder
Can you spare me this? Just this split second?

Followed

V1.
This isn't just an ordinary song
It's a song I wrote when I heard it
Singing away in my ears
Played on a piano in tears
I tried to see the right side of wrong
Now I'm tired, all I want to do is quit
Stop here, I need to hide fear
The time for my leaving is near

Chorus.
Running, running from this song
This song that just won't stop playing
I've found the place where I belong
I just want to stay, not run when I'm waking
No more escape

V2.
The swell of the sweetest notes
Their rise and crippling, crashing fall
Pulling me back with the tide
Taking me for a ride
I tried to see the words that you wrote
Now I'm tired, I don't want anything at all
Stop here, I have to rewind
The time for me decide

Chorus.
Running, running from this song
This song that just won't stop playing
I've found the place where I belong
I just want to stay, not run when I'm waking
Running, running from you
No more escape

Loosely Tied

Can I show something to yoU
Only this small flaw I've seeN
Making peace impossible to finD
In this state I'm in toO.
No way out, no way iN
Grasping for some escapE

Something I'm Not

Swirling in my veins
Up from deep within
Pushing aside fear
Every scarring pain
Revival begins
Holding more power, clear
Understanding came
My purpose, did bring
All because you're here
Now I'm stronger

[Heartbeat In Me]

Of My Life

Should I just hope for tomorrow
To be a day that I want to remember
Or perhaps my life's path isn't for me to know
Really? After all, it's just another day in November
Yesterday was as well. Sad isn't it?

Track Twenty-Seven

"I may have failed, but I have loved you from the start."

Welcome to the Window. The world is undergoing a state of change. What was once considered taboo is now a leading and empowering reality. We live in a time where this is perhaps a necessity for us to survive, to move forward in unity and stronger than ever. This change is one of the very few positive ones occurring in our dying world. As much as we don't like hearing about it, and as much as it bores us, global warming and the environment around us are on the brink of slapping us back with all the rubbish they've received over the developing centuries. Not only this, war is raged all around us, people die from poverty, starvation, murder and the likes on a daily basis, and so many of us just sit around writing, reading or hearing about it and not really giving a rat's ass.
It's time we got some perspective in our lives.
We may believe that none of this will ever concern us, because "global warming won't really kick our asses in the next century, so by then we'll be dead, and then who cares!" Right? Right?! Um, no, sorry. Wrong. The reality of the situation is that our lives as we know them lie on a hair trigger, the volatility of our positions hardly registering in our frivolous minds though. We fabricate our own outcomes, and at the rate we're producing, we'll smother ourselves in the waste products of these desires.
I know, this may seem like just another one of those articles on "The truth about our planet" or whatever you may read, but unfortunately it really is happening, and going to only get worse if something isn't done.
On the upside, we have the opportunity to now turn to a new leader of the free world, who represents the ultimate in change, and perhaps, the chance to begin reparations. Smile, I've heard he's a cool guy =]

Take it easy everyone.

Chapter Five

Thanks to a ridiculous amount of work my teachers lovingly decided to hand out, I was distracted enough to forget about the incident that occurred in the morning. However, as the day drew to a close, I remembered that the odds of me seeing the girl were considerably high, seeing as she lived less than thirty metres from my bedroom. When the final bell rang for the day, I gathered up my books and headed to my locker to meet Troy.Once we'd gotten our bags, we set off for the walk home, talking about the stupidity of our english topics. Troy was mid-rant when the girl from yesterday and this morning's incident pushed past us without so much as a by-your-leave. I was slightly peeved, so I called out after her.
"Hey where's the damn fire?" She whipped her head around to look at me, and as my eyes met her gaze I saw the glimmer of tears in hers. Shock was still registering in my mind as she turned back to face the front and walked off. Troy hadn't seemed to notice, and as my surprise slowly diminished, I caught the last of Troy's lecture: "... and that's why love is like an egg, get it?"
"Sure, sure, whatever you say man." Egg? What the hell was he on about? We continued to walk on, with Troy beginning a new speech on how maths should die. To me, his words went in one ear and straight out the other. My mind was too busy thinking. Yes, again about the girl. I think I might have a slight problem.

When we arrived at our street, I said goodbye to Troy and headed towards my house. I looked hopefully towards the end of the road, hoping to see the silhouette from yesterday, but it wasn't there. Not wanting to go home just yet, I walked up to the top of the grassy hill, lay down on the grass and stared at the horizon. It was a picture perfect moment, something not unlike what you would find on the back of a stereotypical postcard. A few birds skittered across the now golden with sunset sky, and their piercing calls hung in the air. I savoured the moment, perfect peace settled upon me, and I began to doze off. Nothing could make this scene better. Nothing.
Just as my eyelids shut, a familiar voice cut through my reverie.
"You were wrong." What? "It's more beautiful than anywhere in this world, not just the country." I turned around as my answer tumbled from my lips.
"But how was I wro..." the sentence trailed away, as I found myself looking once again into the most beautiful brown eyes.
Heart failure anyone?

Midnight

Zephyrs of dark blue
Entrance eyes tonight
Reeling away with you
On this hour so quiet

Finally

Yesterday I searched the earth
Only to find emptiness
Underneath and above

Was every step a waste?
Every breath taken in vain?
Releasing the realisation
Easing into the loneliness

If I have to wait here
More than time can survive
Pushing through the years
Oh, I would fight to stay alive
Struggle for every minute
Simply to find what I need
In my life, this quietness I live in
Bowed in prayer, silently plead
Let me find it before darkness comes
Evening light brings the cold

These failing lights casts shadows
Over the world, only one is noticed

For all the time spent
In the dying world
Now seeing you here
Daylight has a purpose

Dorito?

Could there possibly in this world exist
Other words to describe
Rising feelings, gracing this?
Nothing, apart from these I write

As I think of you
Night and day
Dream the night away

Could there possibly in this life exist
Happiness that I have found
Every conscious moment bliss
Even when darkness surrounds
Say you'll stay till the world falls apart
Evermore engraved in my heart

Mental Blank

Wasn't it just yesterday
Heaviness plagued my mind
Each minute was an effort
Remembering you
Even so, now it's gone

[Disappeared?]

Write Me A Song

Little keys, ringing so softly
Underneath the heavy lid
Listen closely, carefully
Little keys, ringing so softly
As the hammers strike the strings
Bringing love to life
You wrote me this lullaby

Keep It Short

In all the world, there's nothing like this

Live just a little with me
Only then can I sleep
Vague memories my dreams
Easing my restlessness

Yes, there's nothing like this
Oblivion of bliss
Underneath my mask