Choose and Lose

There comes a time When we must choose Which to save and which One we must now lose

Let it all go
Learn to try
Sometimes we have
To sacrifice

Just because it’s
Precious doesn’t mean
It will remain safe
Or that it won’t disappear

There comes a time
When we must choose
Which to save and which
One we must now lose

We can’t hold onto
Everything all the time
Some things must be
Given up to move forward

Run and hide and try to
Fight it, but we can’t change
The truth that progress
Requires losing some things

There comes a time
When we must choose
Which to save and which
One we must now lose

Pick and choose carefully
Remember not to regret
Too much what you let go of
That's the only way to move on

There comes a time
When we must choose
Which to save and which One we must now lose

There comes a time
When we must choose
Which to save and which
One we must now lose

Footprints

Surprise, this is how it really works
How life can kick you down
Nothing’s like the movies
There’s no map to chart your path

Might as well walk everywhere
Eyes closed and breath held
Every step small and careful
Each one capable of killing you

Or instead of walking, crawl instead
Sure, the way will be slower going
But you’ll be more likely to arrive
No falling down when you're on the floor

Everyone says to grab the wheel
And drive as fast as you possibly can
Maybe it’d be more realistic to brake
Pay attention to the speed limit sometimes

Yeah, reality isn’t a race, or all the fairy
Tales you were told as a kid. Time to wake
Up and forget all the wise sayings of old
No handbook, no rules, and it sure can be scary

Got to figure it all out as you go along, tripping
Every other step, making such a ruckus that
No one can ever dismiss all your attempts
That’s how you leave your mark on this world

Almost Is Never

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

We never took a chance
We never said those words
The ones in our eyes every
Time that we got together

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

Our hands refused to reach
Our mouths refused to speak
We could have been something
Instead of slowly drifting apart

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

Our paths were once the same
Once we could walk side by side
But our fingers never touched
We failed to hold onto each other

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

Sometimes, I still look back
And wonder if we did the right
Thing, if we should have tried
Harder to start somewhere

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

We could have been everything
Together, the two of us in love
Building our own life and dreams
Having our happily ever after

Instead, we kept saying later
Then later never showed up
And our chance was lost to time
We became yesterday’s memories

We were almost something
We were almost there
All we had to do was try
Just once, but we never did

4.26.2017

"Everything can be defined in an infinite variety of ways; don't limit yourself to only one of them."

Burn and Boil

Let the sweat burn
Let the blood boil

Get angry
Get angry
Don’t keep that all
Locked up inside

Feed the anger
Let it build up

Get angry
Get angry
Don’t keep that all
Locked up inside

Hold the anger close
Let it consume you

Get angry
Get angry
Don’t keep that all
Locked up inside

Fight for the anger
To feel something real

Get angry
Get angry
Don’t keep that all
Locked up inside

Know the anger
Let it speak up

Understand the anger
Conquer it inside

Get angry
Get angry
Don’t keep that all
Locked up inside