Hiding in Parables

Every Day

I’m not afraid of getting older

I’m not afraid of getting old

There is no shame in one’s mortality,

it’s a noble thing

To have a life to look back on

I want to look back with you

Through broken strings and mended wings

There’s a song to sing and wedding rings

Since I first saw you

Since I first touched the hand of thee

I have loved you every day

I’m not afraid we will smolder

I’m not afraid that we’ll grow cold

Even after we’ve spent all of these years,

and all of these tears

You’re still the one I rely on

I’m still mad about you

Through broken strings and mended wings

There’s a song to sing in wedding rings

Since I first saw you

Since I first touched the hand of thee

I have loved you every day

A passionate love is a suffering one

And I will suffer for you until the end of time

Since I first saw you

Since I first touched the hand of thee

I have loved you every day

Through broken strings and mended wings

There’s a song to sing and wedding rings

Every day

Late Night Caller

Love, such a fragile word this love

All it takes for it to come unbound

Is just a little bit of doubt

The heart, people say that it’s the heart

Where all of the questions start to appear?

But it really is the ears

Say that you love me now

Say that you want me now

Say that you need me now

Hope, such a foolish word this hope

It keeps us standing by the phone each night

And keeps telling us it’s lies

The truth, not sure I’m ready for the truth

Can we just pretend that you and

Have a little bit more time?

Say that you love me now

Say that you want me now

Say that you need me now

You were the warmth in my night

You were the source of my pride

I crawled since that’s what I thought

was the meaning of love

Even though that meant that

you couldn’t stand up

Say that you love me now

Say that you want me now

Say that you need me now

Without Words

You, darling look at you

Being torn in two

in the twilight of your youth

I didn’t read the signs

I’d like to say that I was blind

But that’s a lie

If you find it in your heart to say goodbye

I will trust in you and cease from asking why

I will be a better man

And I will understand you without words

Love is something that you do

But not something that you prove,

it is a consequence of truth

Time, there’s not enough in this life

To outrun all of our crimes, though I try

If you find it in your heart to say goodbye

I will trust in you and cease from asking why

I will be a better man

And I will understand you without words

Because thoughtless words

they cut just like a sword

Both the cursed,

and those that are adored

I hope to someday be wise enough to heal

What has been torn

If you find it in your heart to say goodbye

I will trust in you and cease from asking why

I will be a better man

And I will understand you without words

If you find it in your heart to say goodbye

I will trust in you and cease from asking why

I will be a better man

And I will understand you without words

By the Sea

Sometimes it can seem

Like there is too much to prove

You just need to breathe

So let’s go find the sea

We’ll drive until the day is through

Just you and me

By the sea, by the sea

We can sort our grief

Talk until the sun breaks through

Say the things that we need

Please don’t lie to me

But maybe not tell the whole truth

Be kind to me

By the sea, by the sea

It has been so long since we went away

It feels like it’s been a year of somedays

I long to be back where we hear the waves

And watch the storms across the bay

Finally, we will sleep

And dream of all that we will do

By the sea

By the sea, by the sea

The Moon and Stars

If I could hold the sun

Would it light your way home?

If I could hold the rain

til the storms are done

Would you find your way back home?

I could hold the moon

and every star in my hand

I could move the mountains

and count every grain of sand

I could touch the light

and feel every thought you have

But no matter what

I cannot change your path

If I could hold a flame

Would it light your way back home

If I could stop the waves

would that be enough

To find your way back home?

I could hold the moon

and every star in my hand

I could move the mountains

and count every grain of sand

I could touch the light

and feel every thought you have

But no matter what

I cannot change your path

If I could change the way you feel

If I could remove your free will

What we had would never be anything real

I’d rather have nothing

than something I steal

I could hold the moon

and every star in my hand

I could move the mountains

and count every grain of sand

I could touch the light

and feel every thought you have

But no matter what

I cannot change your path

Broken Wings

I am the wind

that blows the ship out to the sea

You are the anchor in the storms

and the breath between the beat

How is it one can compel

A lowly spirit to lift his eyes and see

How is it that one who fell

Can learn to fly with a broken pair of wings

With broken wings

You are a rose

always both the petals and the thorns

I am the hand that gladly bleeds

to remind you that you are adored

How is it one can compel

A lowly spirit to lift his eyes and see

How is it that one who fell

Can learn to fly with a broken pair of wings

With broken wings

How is it one can compel

A lowly spirit to lift his eyes and see

How is it that one who fell

Can learn to fly with a broken pair of wings

The weight of the world overwhelms

A lowly spirit to fall beneath the sea

Yet you can teach the one who fell

To learn to fly with a broken pair of wings

With broken wings

Disappear into One

You are the one

with whom I’ll watch the sun

Fall beneath the surface

of icy blue Lake Michigan

You are the one

with whom I’ll drink to love

Blood, red wine, ashes, and dust

as embers give their last heat up

It’s still remains a wonder

how any soul survives the flood

It still remains I wonder

how two souls disappear into one

You are the one

with whom I have become

And tangled by mysterious spirits

of ancient wisdom

You are the one

with whom I hear the drum

Ever elusive rhythm

guiding us to the kingdom

The Man of Your Dreams

It wasn’t me,

it was the man of your dreams

Who broke your heart

and watched it bleed

He crashed your car

into the deep blue sea

So don’t, don’t blame me,

t was the man of your dreams

Can’t you see?

it was the man of your dreams

Who kissed the girl

and made you scream

He made you hurt

and denied all of your needs

So don’t, don’t blame me,

it was the man of your dreams

I’m forced to question why

our subconscious mind’s at unease

Is there truth in its lies?

Please don’t blame me,

it was the man of your dreams

We can’t control the fears that breed

In the night as you lay on a bed of reeds

With me, the man of your dreams

I’m forced to question why

your subconscious mind’s at unease

Is there truth behind its lies?

Please release me, the man of your dreams

Please forgive me

When it Leaves

I’d like to read your mind

But I’m afraid of what I just might find

It’s the truth that tears the soul

You crashed into my life

Dressed in a beautiful disguise

Now I am left with a you-shaped hole

Where does love go when it leaves?

Does it die or just concede?

Was it you who let it bleed?

Where was I who would not see?

I’d like to see inside

The words you said to all the reasons why

Do you know what it is I should’ve known

When the dust subsides

Do we get to keep the things that we find?

To build a house we can call a home

Where does love go when it leaves?

Does it die or just concede?

Was it you who let it bleed?

Or was it I who would not see?

Have mercy on a man

who doubts the cards in his hand

and the ground on which he stands

Where does love go when it leaves?

Does it die or just concede?

Was it you who let it bleed?

Or was it I who would not see?

Where does love go when it leaves?

Did you try to intercede?

Is there somewhere in between?

Can I go there to find peace?

Darkest Well

Why do I hurt you?

I get no joy from your pain

Do I think I deserve you?

Well, that just might explain

Why I feel the need

to hold onto this flame

Even though the years have told me to refrain

Will we see the morning blue skies

Through the storm clouds

of my foolish pride?

Why do I curse you?

The words are poison in my veins

They leave me black and blue

But you are left with the blame

For all I’ve said

in the face of self-disdain

And all I’ve done

in the name of the profane

Will we see the morning blue skies

Through the storm clouds of my foolish pride?

The deeper I dwell, the more I pull you down

Into the darkest well; together we drown

Will we see In the Morning blue skies

Through the storm clouds of my foolish pride?

Ship of Theseus

There is a ship upon the sea

It is the pieces of you and of me

We’re not the same as we used to be

The scars now form our seams

I would trade away

the smoke and mirrors

For something real

something more than we feel

There’s a romance that comes with the years

That denies fear,

one where two hearts can heal

Without the ghosts that haunt our dreams

We would not survive the tempest breeze

I would trade away

the smoke and mirrors

For something real

something more than we feel

There’s a romance that comes with the years

That denies fear,

one where two hearts can heal

As the rain comes around

As the waves push us down

As we search for common ground

In the space between the sound

I would trade away

the smoke and mirrors

For something real

something more than we feel

There’s a romance that comes with the years

That denies fear,

one where two hearts can heal