Only You, Only Me (song #105)

Only You, Only Me 

This is no pedestal I put you up on

You inhabit the space above me

This is no remembrance of love's battles lost and won

You chase all the demons from me

And in that fragile moment

Just between before and new

The space between us melts away

As I am bound with (to?) you

Something in the way you smile at me

Lifts me up - let's me believe

Something in the light that shines in your eyes

Picks me up - and I can touch the sky

There is no mystery

There's only you - only me

This is no spot light I'm shining on you

You radiate around me

This is no claim of what love cannot do

You open me up to breathe

And in that precious moment

Between hope and now

And all the shadows giving way

And nothing brings me down

Something in the way you smile at me

Lifts me up - let's me believe

Something in the light that shines in your eyes

Picks me up - and I can touch the sky

There is no mystery

There's only you - only me

I can still recall the first time you were around me

I can still recall - recall it all

Something in the way you smile at me

Lifts me up - let's me believe

Something in the light that shines in your eyes

Picks me up - and I can touch the sky

There is no mystery

There's only you - only me

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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Meant To Be (song #104)

Meant To Be 

I cannot take away what you fear

When you don't hear what I've said

And I cannot make anything better

When together you're in my head

Everything that comes and goes

Leaves me flat - God only knows

What was meant to be

What you've done to me

Is nothing new I should have seen

What this was from the beginning 

Wasn't meant to be

What you've done to me

You don’t let me in like you used to

I cannot do what you require

You don’t have the heart to push

The rush of this desire

Everything that comes and goes

Leaves me flat - God only knows

What was meant to be

What you've done to me

Is nothing new I should have seen

What this was from the beginning 

Wasn't meant to be

What you've done to me

You'd rather not be honest

It makes it easy to run away

You'd rather just pretend

That everything's ok

Everything that comes and goes

Leaves me flat - God only knows

What was meant to be

What you've done to me

Is nothing new I should have seen

What this was from the beginning 

Wasn't meant to be

What you've done to me

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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I Held On (song #103)

I Held On

I held on 

For so long

Still you ran away

I held on

For so long

Now your here to stay

I’m falling down

But turned around

Still you run away

I’m falling down

But turned around

Now you’re here to stay

There is nothing like a moment of insecurity

To open you up to what you believe

There is nothing like a moment of letting go

To open you up to what you really (already?) know 

I held on 

For so long

Still you ran away

I held on

For so long

Now your here to stay

I’m falling down

But turned around

Still you run away

I’m falling down

But turned around

Now you’re here to stay

(There is) nothing like a darkened shadow

To help you finally see the light

There's nothing like the morning sun

To cast away the darkest night 

I held on 

For so long

Still you ran away

I held on

For so long

Now your here to stay

I’m falling down

But turned around

Still you run away

I’m falling down

But turned around

Now you’re here to stay

Build up all these fences

Damn the consequences

Just to tear you down

Build up our defenses

Pushing so relentless

Just to be unbound

I held on 

For so long

Still you ran away

I held on

For so long

Now your here to stay

I’m falling down

But turned around

Still you run away

I’m falling down

But turned around

Now you’re here to stay

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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Hit And Miss (Song #102)

Hit and Miss (Patterns) 

Stretch me thin

I will not break

You’re not my charge

For goodness sake

Sad you can't 

See (your) vision through

(But) It's not on me

This is on you

Patterns are not hit and miss

Yet you'll always miss

Dancing around the truth won't change this

You can't change this 

Nothing learned

And so it goes

This is not pure

No one grows

Hide behind

Your past mistakes

Blame the facts

Blame your fate

Patterns are not hit and miss

Yet you'll always miss

Dancing around the truth won't change this

You can't change this 

My world doesn't stop on your dime

My world doesn't turn on your time

You never see me - stop calling me blind

Patterns are not hit and miss

Yet you'll always miss

Dancing around the truth won't change this

You can't change this 

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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My World On (song #101)

My World On

Whisper across the sea

(Whisper) across oceans of time and space

To hear your voice again (one more time?)

Just to see your face

Even the smallest of things can remind me of your heart

Turning my world on it’s edge

You still turn my world on it’s edge

Dance across the shadows

Across (all) my (distant) memories

To feel in you in this space

To know you’re here with me

From something so unrelated I can tell you are near

Turning my world on it’s edge

You still turn my world on it’s edge

This wound cannot heal

This loss cannot end

This wish cannot appeal

This heart cannot mend

Turning my world on it’s edge

You still turn my world on it’s edge

© 2013 by Richard Maxwell

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