Make It Count.

The days go a whole lot faster
When you realise nothing's permanent
Including yourself
When you realise
The life you have left
Is everything
Everything you need
To be
Until you are not to be.

So make what you are
And what you are yet to be
Count.

Loved Ones.

Hearing your voice
Seeing your face
Knowing you're still there
Far as you are
Fills the void
In the part of my heart
That sits waiting
For the dark to give way to light
For the tomorrow
On the other side of this night

Your smile
Eases the confusion
And its daily intrusion on my mind
That runs endlessly on this wheel
Chasing the questions
Always posing just ahead of me
Asking 'But just how do you really feel?!'

Well I don't know
And I don't think I ever will
Because it's always changing
And I don't want to sit still
But right now
Here
With you
In this space
I will
Because I just found myself an ace
Among the cards I've been dealt
Here, in this game of life
Where the only decisions trusted
Should be those that are felt
And come as instructed
Straight from the heart.

Summer Is Back.

I swallowed the yellow sun
And ray by ray
It burnt my tongue
But I didn't mind one bit
For after the fire
My insides were lit
With flames powered by the glow
Of a secret that only the Summer sun knows
A secret I discovered today
When I looked to the sky
And drank in that sun with my eyes
Soaked it up with my skin
Only to be left standing
Saturated in it's fire
- Lighting up the life sleeping within.

Much To Lose, Much To Gain.

I wanted to wake
But couldn't open my eyes
I wanted to move
But the thought alone left me paralysed
Afraid to feel the truth
Underneath all the lies

So much to lose
So much pain before the gain
So much trust to invest
In one single step
Toward the abyss
Toward the unknown
To fall in order to land amongst the bliss

I wanted to escape
I wanted to shake
The stones from my shoes
Add red to make some purple from these blues
But when I ran, I only tripped, until I found
That the stones were part of the road
And connected to make for solid ground
And without the blues
How would I know the colour
Of red and purple hues?

Before I can see the world
I must see myself
In every light
In every darkness
Then I just might
Have a shot at living
Life to the fullest.

Let's Start At The Beginning.

I can't save you
Because I don't have what you need
To hoist you out, to pull you through
- That life boat is floating somewhere
Within you...

I can't complete your puzzle
Because I don't know what pieces
You need to make it work, to make it whole
- Those pieces were given to you
A long time ago
And only you know where they go

I can't give you directions
Because I don't have your eyes
The ones that carry your unique vision
- Of how things should look
In the layout of your book

And I can't give you any plans
Because I'm not the architect
The blue prints for the dreams you wish to build
Were etched in your hands

The day you were born
The day you were born
Don't look so forlorn
Each day you are born
Each day you are born
Again and again
How you begin
And how you end
Lies with you my friend.

Worth It.

And this is all I have;
This pair of hands
To extent out
Two legs to make a stand
And a heart to back them up

And I’ll do all I can
To give them purpose
To give them meaning
But they have no meaning
Unless they are used to give
It’s the only way how
From this moment forward, to live

Because when I see them smile
It makes it all worth while
It makes all this living
Worth all the breathing
And helps me to keep seeing
The truth at the root of it all.

One Shoe.

One shoe, one shoe
I've seen you around
You've lost your soul
Or at least,
It's just been worn right through
And now you only feel hard ground

What to do? What to do lost shoe?
I watch you searching
But is it I that's lost too?
- Just looking for different things
On common ground
We are,
But both sharing the need to be found

Indeed one shoe, one shoe
We're all borderline
On losing it, just like you
And though different kinds of losses
Contort many styles of confusion
Across many different faces
Still, behind all the questioning eyes and gazes
We're all just tied from the same kind of laces
Trying to keep it together...

But for whatever
Whatever reason, for you
They came untied
For you, one shoe
Now hopping back and forth
Looking for clues
For a way back
Back from this place you've wandered to
- Far off this beaten track
Searching frantically
For a hint of what you once knew
And for footprints that come in two's
Instead of the lonely one
Made by you, one shoe
And whose company
- The one thing you've found to keep
And share, over there
Surrounded by people trying not to stare

But we can see
And secretly we all know
The confusion
How it goes
And all the questioning...
How sometimes being one
Can leave you feeling like just half of two?
- Like one shoe.

On Display.

And for today
I felt free
Pinning pieces of my soul
On the wall
For the world to see.

Some will tear them up
Some won't bat an eye
But for those whom pause
And then look to the sky

- For them it was worth it all
Worth the try.

Little Drum.

And I have a little drum
I like to call my heart
And it's out of time
Whenever you're about

And so it seems
My tune has changed
Heartbeats have rearranged...

Stepping out of time with my own
And getting tangled up in yours
Can we run away together
And kick down the doors
To the world
On the other side of this coin...

I'll flip it
One, two, three
Heads they win,
Tails: we'll chase our own
Cos there's a magic I've found in you
That's home-grown

Stepping out of time with my own
And getting tangled up in yours
Can we run away together
And kick down the doors
To the world
That lies just over the hill...

I'll race you up there
One, two, three
Run! It's not too far
I bet the view is much wider
Than we ever imagined
And big as any sky we've stood under

And standing here
I'm sure
I want to explore
It all with you

One, two...
Three
Stepping out of time with my own
And getting tangled up in yours
Can we run away together
And kick down the doors
To the world
Inside the little drum
I like to call my heart
Cos it's all out of time
Which means it's time for a new start

Maybe with you
- A new beat
Care to keep it
With me?

Space for you.

I've made a space for you
Somewhere within this space
- The illusion that is me
- That helps give space to see
And feel

The joy I feel
When you share this space with me.

White Flags.

And I ask,
What can I do?
To bring peace for you?
I've watched the fight
Center stage in your eyes
The unfolding plight
Played out over a million days

Leaving you dazed,
Confused,
Lost.

And behind vacant eyes
Wages your battle internal
But don't think we can't hear your cries
From this distant land
Where none can hold your hand...

And so we wait,
Wait for the call
Wait for you to crawl
From the grips of your internal enemy
When will you let them go?
When will they set you free
From their control?
-These internal warriors you feed
Stay hungry for control
The more you hold onto what has been...

And so I ask again,
What can I do?
But all I can do is wait
Wait for your call
Wait for your soldiers to fall
Fall from your eyes
A place
Where we can hear first hand,
Your cries
And in turn, offer you our hands
To hold
Until you can find the man
The one holding the white flag
I know he lies somewhere wounded
But not yet broken,
From the battle internal.