I've been told to stop playing silly little games
Doodling nonsense on a once upon a time blank page But when I don't things as once were aren't the same I don't grow anymore but my mind begins to age I'm afraid of jumping the abyss that I might fall It sure looks lonely down there with all those people inside And I don't want to just be more writing on the wall But at least I'll die knowing (what I've done and) that I tried I can't ever be the best the I can be Because I wasn't taught that way Too much a drifter riding other's dreams I'll never be more than a stowaway You don't hear much about artists in my family tree I have fame and fortune that I was never heir to I'm both running from and towards responsibility Sifting through old parchment for what in me is true The size of the library I've found is overwhelming The size of my mind a severe disappointment My choice of company not very at all telling Of the reason's for their unwilling anointment I can't ever find the whole of me And never learn to seize the day Just a thieving drifter riding others dreams I'll never be more than a stowaway Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard
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So sorry
I can't be your friend I'm carrying much too little For me to lend you a hand Friendship How does it come about Stay away from those Who are down and out You see the drinkers Open mouths to their kin And the thinkers Have nothing in common (in common have nothin) So I'm very sorry I cannot be your pal Coz in your store Nothing is on sale And I don't save the day When you cry out For it's not a plea for help But a cop out Stay away from drowning people They'll only drag you under And after you've gone down Your body's theirs to plunder And I'm so sorry That I cannot share the wealth I'm much too rich To be offering any help See she's my type That is what I think And in case she isn't I'll offer her a drink Talk over a line So she can't see your face Liars are friends Who believe you at every turn If you don't know already Perhaps you'd better learn These things are all part of A body of common sense Before you can build a palace First you must build a fence And I'm sorry That I can't give you my time Your time is not yours As long as mine is mine So sorry I can't be your friend I can't worry bout you Enough to lend a hand... So sorry I know it's sick I'm so sorry Ain't it ironic Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard Don't you dread the nights, my fellow insomniac
Once it's about after ten, and there's no turning back No one awake and the stores are all closed The roots of this plague, not a soul knows Perhaps if I had someone to lie beside To talk for hours on end about everything I hide So I create by spilling ink on the page In hopes I'll be exhausted from all the rage I feel my mind tire though my body is awake Or could it be the other way around It is a slumber which I cannot fake Although my eyes are closed and I'm lying down Don't seduce me Don't sedate me I keep you tossing It's too late for me The fog is closing in The clock is in slow spin God, won't you help me Just strike me down The word is nebulous (The) Paper so porous I'm waiting for death Or the alarm to sound It's summer time, the heat is everywhere The fan doesn't help, it just stirs up hot air I'm sweating, swimming in wetness With no one around to be a comforting witness This is all part of a waking nightmare In need of a release but it's not there Whole night ahead but it becomes time to spare My mind is bulging but the page and pen don't care Don't seduce me Don't sedate me I keep you tossing It's too late for me The imperfections are all mine But they don't pass the time God, won't you help me Just strike me down Perfection gives me pause (A) reason without a cause I'm waiting for death Or the alarm to sound Don't you dread the nights, my fellow insomniac It's about after ten, and there's no turning back No one awake and the stores are all closed The roots of this plague, not a soul knows Don't seduce me Don't sedate me I keep you tossing It's too late for me "When I get writer's block, I write about writer's block." Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard You know what you're doing
But you know better A hard rains a-brewin' And you ain't even met her The road is tough But the sky is tougher You're getting rough And you don't even love her An angel's in the sky But he ain't dressed in white There's a feather in your eye And it's blinding you tonight The light is on The feeling is gone And there's blood on the floor You took your time On the feast which you dine But you still want more You're running in place But that's Ok, coz you know where you're going Turn about face And you'll have seen everything that's worth showing (And you've) proven your case Coz you've learned everything that's worth knowing So now you're just running in place But that's Ok, cuz you know where you're going Boiling a witch's brew The runner-up just passed Toil and trouble in the stew Becoz you just don't run that fast Demon's down below But you don't believe in ghosts You've stolen the show A parasite for your hosts Force of evil, force of good All depends on who you are Truth burns inside Holy wood Through the rear-view mirror of your getaway car But the gas is on E He just won't make it easy And you can't thumb yourself a ride So you head down south All your action figures are laid out Washed ashore along with the tide And now you're Running in place But that's Ok, coz you know where you're going Turn about face And you'll have seen everything that's worth showing And you've proven your case Coz you've learned everything that's worth knowing So now you're just running in place But that's Ok, cuz you know ( ...exactly... )where you're going Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard Listen
What is that sound Hear it well It is my voice! Listen To your chest It must beat It has no choice Listen To my voice Swallow it whole You have no choice! Yes, my young ones Defile the wall with your beautiful markings Find the weak spots To fill in with your influence of kings I speak in riddles But you know the answer I flail my body But I'm no dancer Find the writing on the wall Read it well, read it all That is your duty, hear it call Maybe then the gate will fall Sing to me With your utter defiance It is unduly To stand on higher reliance There's a net up above I cut it with my sword It hinders the path Of dark skies I'm riding toward Breathe in small breathes Your sucking up all the air We'll put you down if your Manner is not debonair The wrinkles in the clock Must be smoothed with care For we have no time to talk I must be going elsewhere The love we generate Is duly up to fate At the rate we procreate And eat what's on our plate You say that I am an entertainer And I should shut up and do my job But I refuse to simply jerk you off If that's what you were thinking of If you want a clown go to the circus These circus clothes I will not be wearing If you don't like my act then leave us You can't stop the revolution I'm preparing Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard Do ya miss me?
For I think I've gone away Did ya Listen to me Or did ya dismiss the things I say Well, now I'm gone Now you'll hear no more I'm long gone Travelled to the higher floor Maybe I'm selfish For leaving you alone Coz you know you needed me To carry you home Just like I was too lazy For the responsibility It left me no room For peace and tranquility Now, I can see everything you do When's the last time you heard from me You don't get anything new Not even for the largest fee So do ya miss me? Being without me for a day. Would you have kissed me If you'd known I was going away? Yes, it's true I'm gone and I'm not coming back The train's whistle blew As I lay on the railroad track It looked like a job for me But my cape must've covered your eyes Feels like a trip for me I've never had psychedelic eyes Inject the venom It's pleasurable pain This patch of earth ain't heaven I ain't coming back again I douse my truth with glitter I drench myself in lies Inside of my mouth tastes bitter With myths of my delectable demise So do ya miss me? Couldn't written the next Great play If you listened to me Profound visions won't stay Do ya miss me? And my masterpiece of grey Would ya kiss me? Now that you know I've gone away ...now that I've gone away Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard Feel the sun beat down
See the light rise up Freeing all the sorrow Hear the river run Hear the mighty stream Rushing towards a peaceful tomorrow The world is heading Towards a better day The word is spreading It's coming our way Don't fall again Don't lose hope Faith is a balancing stick On your tighrope Oohh Feel the sun beat down See the light rise up Illuminating a peaceful tomorrow Ooh Hear the river run Hear the mighty stream Wherever it flows, I will follow Justice and right Are charging to meet us It's a hungry night Truth will feed us For now Sit in the conservatory Where light can flourish Fact is found in fictional story And God can answer a wish Your wound must hurt now I'll help make it better, ohh The walls slowly being torn down And love, we'll get her Ohh Build a gate Build a gate For the stream to flow through It's not late Not too late It just takes so long to do Won't you come out truth I'm too attached to you to ignore You're the only kite that flew And the line can be made short Come closer to me truth Come closer to me love We live far down here Come down from high above Hear the mighty stream Hear the river run See the light and Feel the heat Of the illuminate sun Build a gate Build a gate For the stream to flow through It's not late Not too late It just takes so long to do Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard I know you're so unsettled to be
I know I have love to give away free It's all I can do at all It's all I have and I'm giving it away This is all I have, but not all I have to say My song doesn't show all it can Under my feet, you can't see me take my stand My place is here, right where I am My place is true, I reach out my hand I've got pictures in my mind So beautiful, so very kind I'm still dreaming visions for tomorrow Til my heart stops beating and is hollow Painting pictures, of the world for you to see I know I have love to give away free It's all I can do at all It's all I have, all I have at all My teaching method is what I improve Education is an ointment to soothe Don't feel so down, you have influence When your gut feeling and justice are in congruence I read your letter, so pretty from your heart It ain't all that great, but it's definitely a start I see truth ingrained in the ink Your mind is working, what do you think Right now they don't listen, but I think they might Cooperation makes everyone right No use for bitterness and malice Freedom and truth can house us all, it's a big enough palace I know right now, we're taking the fall I know our progress looks like its stalled But we're all waking up a little more If you're still asleep, you can't walk through the door I know you're so happy to be I know I have love to give away free It's all I can do at all It's all I have and I'm giving it away This is all I have, but not all I have to say Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard Deathly Ill
I don't got a pill That can cure your ill All I can give is you Just you Kind words Don't cure your hurts But I don't have words All I can give is you All is you And these damning night Cast shadows on all the lights People fall in clusters I know there must be Another way Lies in disguise Embed themselves in our eyes Who can win No matter who tries Strong will Gleams through the windowsill Not until It's creation All I can and will All I can give is you The day breaks But there is no light In the sky I wonder why The morning dew makes My heart ache Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard I love you
We shall overcome In the end You shall overcome As our friend We as friends The kingdom of God lives inside you I won't let them tell me it's not true Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard |
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September 2016
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