after the fire

looking at the picture
i can see familiar faces
smiling from the faded photgraph
caught up in the memories
i remember how i felt then
like they'd always be my friends
along lifes path

(bridge)
but time and years bring danger
and an end to youthful cheer
the ones i wanted with me
only left me with a tear

(chorus)
why the hell did yesterday have to end so badly?
why must i always walk this empty path alone?
why do i always feel like i'm walking on a wire?
it's the same old thing on and on
after the fire

holding on to memories
i imagine what you'd tell me
through my tears i find a way to laugh
living in the meantime
has been a little different
i just wish i had you here
so i could ask

(bridge)
the world keeps getting colder
so fast the days go by
i dream of all the laughter
followed by a cry

(chorus)
why the hell did yesterday have to end so badly?
why must i always walk this empty path alone?
why do i always feel like i'm walking on a wire?
it's the same old thing on and on
after the fire


(in memory of an old friend...who for a brief time was like a big brother to me...in a time i really needed one...)

(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)

play you no sad songs

gone like like the faith you've spoken
lost like the dream you've tasted
run like the worlds on fire
when will you cut the wire?

pleased all of those around you
they left you the way they found you
fall like there is no bottom
one of the mis-begotten

(chorus)
you said, play you no sad songs
still i sing to you
tell me no harbor's safe from rain
empty the pantry
there's no food for you
but i don't hear you complain

one of the last to show me
life is a meter running
dance while the music's playing
bow when the song is fading

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

catsleeping

catsleeping yawns to you
wait for the golden light
catsleeping comes to you
resting the long dark night
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
catsleeping come undone

catsleeping sings to you
guide me 'till daylight comes
catsleeping weeps to you
cry 'till the morning sun
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
here it is...here it comes
catsleeping come undone
catsleeping come undone

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)

who cares?

i could lay it all out there tonight
tell it like it is tonight
i could whisper all my dreams tonight
and wish that it would be alright
i could try to make you understand
how it feels tonight in this wasted land
my is heart cold and it's feeling doubt
all the things i want
but i do without

but who cares?
who cares?
is there really anybody?
anybody out there?
who hears?
who sees?
nothing coming through tonight for me

i could sing a song for you tonight
sing it just for you tonight
i could say the words i meant to say
i could make the demons go away
i could live the life i always planned
make the world my private disneyland
but tonight don't feel so good inside
wanna find a place
wanna run and hide

(chorus)
but who cares?
who cares?
is there really anybody?
anybody out there?
who hears?
who sees?
nothing coming through tonight for me

(bridge)
i can make it through the night i know
i've done it many times before
but sleep won't come 'cause i've come undone
and the dream don't fly no more

(back to chorus, then end)


(copyright 2004 d.b. michel)