Fading Away

i can't feel the way you want me to
i can't be the one you want me to be
and you know it ain't easy

i can't stay until the bitter end
why hold out for a tearful scene for lies?
don't you know it ain't easy

i could stay another day
pretend there's nothing's wrong
but that won't change nothin'
'cause i'm fading away
one day you'll turn and see that i'm not there
by then you might not even care
so it won't matter

you won't even know that i have gone
until i've been gone most of a week
and it won't be easy

i'll skip the kiss and the last goodbye
hit the road and be gone tonight
but it won't be easy

i could stay another day
pretend there's nothing's wrong
but that won't change nothin'
'cause i'm fading away
one day you'll turn and see that i'm not there
by then you might not even care
so it won't matter


(2008 db michel)

Bad News

and i'm feeling down again
but i know it isn't over
i feel the pain again
but i won't walk out the door
i'm sitting here all by myself
i see my heart upon the shelf
i know tomorrow i'll be coming back for more

bad news is the kind of news that makes good news so much sweeter
like sunrise would be nothing without the long dark night
joy would be an empty thing...without the corresponding pain
if there were to be no darkness...how could we see the light?

and i'll find myself again
'cause i remember all that's happened
i'll be myself again
just like i was before
while the tears are falling down
dripping slowly down my frown
i know tomorrow they won't be there anymore

bad news is the kind of news that makes good news so much sweeter
like sunrise would be nothing without the long dark night
joy would be an empty thing...without the corresponding pain
if there were to be no darkness...how could we see the light?

(bridge)
daylight is calling me to answer
tomorrow's at my window
and soon sorrow's out the door

bad news is the kind of news that makes good news so much sweeter
like sunrise would be nothing without the long dark night
joy would be an empty thing...without the corresponding pain
if there were to be no darkness...how could we see the light?

(2008 db michel)

I Kissed You First

you been around and up and down
you been so many places
i don't know the faces
of the people that you see
we used to run together
but we really weren't together
it was over once it started
it was just a passing thing

but i kissed you first
bet you never thought i'd do it
i kissed you first
so you knew it wouldn't hurt
i know there's lots of other guys
who don't know i exist
i may have been the worst
but i was the one
who kissed you first

you been away from me so long
but that doesn't leave me troubled
i can't see those places
much too far for me to go
we had our thing together
it was just one day and over
i know for sure it's over
now it doesn't mean a thing

but i kissed you first
bet you never thought i'd do it
i kissed you first
so you knew it wouldn't hurt
i know there's lots of other guys
who don't know i exist
i may have been the worst
but i was the one
who kissed you first

life goes on for those who live it
i wouldn't miss the day i did it
but that was all it was
i still think of you because

yeah i kissed you first
bet you never thought i'd do it
i kissed you first
so you knew it wouldn't hurt
i know there's lots of other guys
who don't know i exist
i may have been the worst
but i was the one
who kissed you first

(2008 db michel)

Song Of My Life

if i could make a song of my life
would anybody care to listen?
would it be bright like a summer day?
should i send the truth to hide away?

if i could make a song of my life
would the lies outshine the music?
would it make me stop and wonder why?
could i hide the tears and fake the smile?

and it's a long, long, way
but i try to find my world
i've been searching for a long, long, time
has anybody seen my world?

if i could make a song of my life
could i paint the tears with music?
would the lyrics drip with empty lies?
would it be a waste of time?

and it's a long, long, way
but i try to find my world
i've been searching for a long, long, time
has anybody seen my world?

(2008 db michel)

I Can't Touch You There

and i know...what i know
but that's as far as i can go
there's no place...for the dream
in the waking world

and i feel...what i feel
but i can't believe that it is real
there's no place...for a heart
in the waking world

'cause i can't touch you there
all is get is psychic emotion
can't get beyond the door to the floor
or wherever it is you go
'cause i can't touch you there
spotlight would shine on the forbidden lovers
can't reach beyond the wall of my dreams
never know if it is what it seems

and i see...what i see
but that's as close as i can be
there's no place...for my thoughts
in the waking world

i hear...what i hear
but reality is what i fear
there's no place...for that sound
in the waking world

'cause i can't touch you there
all is get is psychic emotion
can't get beyond the door to the floor
or wherever it is you go
'cause i can't touch you there
spotlight would shine on the forbidden lovers
can't reach beyond the wall of my dreams
never know if it is what it seems

i'll have to wait for a day past forever
and even then never...will i know

'cause i can't touch you there
all is get is psychic emotion
can't get beyond the door to the floor
or wherever it is you go
'cause i can't touch you there
spotlight would shine on the forbidden lovers
can't reach beyond the wall of my dreams
never know if it is what it seems

(2008 db michel)