Saturday, December 19, 2009

Ringing Bells

the ice and snowy weather
wintertime is closing in
soon it will be Christmas
i can hear the ringing bells begin

ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me

ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone

the children look in wonder
at the season in their midst
soon that day is coming
they can hear the ringing bells begin

ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me

ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone


(2008 db michel)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Streets Of Gold

lookin' for the right way
lookin' real hard
can't seem to understand
the world outside my yard
i'm gonna take a road trip
let the feelin' take a hold
gonna take a ride on them streets of gold

headed for the ocean
lookin' for to see
a better way of livin'
more befittin' me
i wanna take some chances
let freedom take a hold
wanna take a ride on them streets of gold

crowded cities leave me lonesome
there's so far for me to go
gonna seek what i've been lacking
on them shiney streets of gold

lookin' for the answer
headed out the door
key in the ignition
pedal to the floor
i wanna find a place
like the storytellers told
wanna take take a ride on them streets of gold

(2009 db michel)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Livin' In A Dream World

I was very sick over the weekend...I didn't have the strength to do anything but think...And believe me i was coming up with some very strange ideas while i lay in bed too ill to sleep...If you're a fan of world peace...In my dream world i was making it happen...I played the slightly bemused hero who had somehow done for the world what our greatest leaders had failed to do for centuries...I just talked...people listened...and just like that we had world peace...Prejudice...intolerance and bigotry ended when the world heard what i had always wanted to say...I was so happy...Now no one would ever have to suffer from our most preventable killer...war...Because i had laid it out plain and simple...Prejudice...intolerance and bigotry were the root cause of our pain...and when it stopped...War became unthinkable...We were all winning because we stopped fighting...

Then reality came creeping in...My world was not recognized by anyone but me...I had done nothing...I was just dreaming the same dream i always have in my heart...I have tried to share that dream in little ways all my life...But the cynics of the world could never really accept my world...Because hatred and fear have long been institutionalized...Rulers try to gain power to keep power...they can never really take that leap of faith that is required to use that power for anything but maintaining the status quo...

So i'm back now...in the real world...and i'm still not happy with it...But i also know i will never give up my dream...The dream i dream is the most wonderful i dream i know...that is because it is also the most elusive...I will go on dreaming that someday we will get beyond the hurtful hate that makes people hide what they really want...in favor of something more in line with what is commonly accepted by our society...The dreamer dreams on...A simple dream of real love that whole world could share...Without the fear of being rejected for stepping out of life...the way it is always been...and moving forward with a different plan for life the way it could be...The way it should be...If we want to end the problems that have held us back...It takes the strongest leap of faith...to really believe in love.

"Livin' In A Dream World"

don't know a single thing about love
i had to learn to live without love
i found a place where i could go
a place my shame would never show

i dream a dream that seems so real
it's like a life without the feel
i go there when i'm by myself
then all the empty can't be felt

i could fly me to the moon
i'll be riding on a broom

now now
i'm livin' in a dream world
now now
ooh what a life
now now
i'm livin' in a dream world
where everything is always alright
'cause i keep the real world outta sight

(2009 db michel)

Saturday, October 03, 2009

I'll Always Be A Friend To You

no matter what i've said
no matter what i've done
some things can never change
no matter where we run
whatever happens
you know that it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

i may get angry
i may be sad
some things i may regret
when i'm trying to hold fast
it may be hard to see
but you know it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

the wins and losses in this life keep closing in
sometimes it's hard to find my way
but when i'm down the most and i think i've reached the end
just a word or two can save me
if they're coming from a friend

i may act colder
i may act dumb
i know i can't be perfect
but i'm not the only one
when the word is said
you will know it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

(2009 db michel)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Zombie Restaurant

who could hear what i don't
and still not get the hint
don't worry 'bout me anymore
'cause i'm really over it

what is there to ponder
but where to go from here
no hurry 'cause i'm gone again
this is it really it my friend

it's time for me to go
(the less i hear....the more i know...the sea of silence tells me so)
i'm leaving on my own
(the more i wait...the less i want...in this zombie restaurant)

no ending for a story
that never should begin
no chasin' dreams that don't exist
let them perish on the wind

no matter what i do now
there ain't no lookin' back
no water falls in outer space
can make ponder what i lack

it's time for me to go
(the less i hear....the more i know...the sea of silence tells me so)
i'm leaving on my own
(the more i wait...the less i want...in this zombie restaurant)

(2009 db michel)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Too Late To Hold On

this time
there will be no sign at all
this time
there will be no message to see
this time
it is only after the fall
that you will understand the deed
has been done
and the time is over
the path is closed
what has been known
in the future is overgrown

(chorus)
too late to hold on
too late to go on
the way has been taken
the good times forsaken
too late to come back
too late if you lack
what has been frozen
the path you have chosen
is all you will know
all you will know

(bridge)
away...away
far away
like it never mattered
away...away
what was whole has been shattered

(chorus)
too late to hold on
too late to go on
the way has been taken
the good times forsaken
too late to come back
too late if you lack
what has been frozen
the path you have chosen
is all you will know
all you will know

(2009 db michel)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Poop For Peace

everybody can make a difference
everybody can be a part
like Lennon said if we imagine
we can make a lot from a fart
these days my bowels are rumblin'
these days when gas is high
these days when i see the toilet
i never cruise on by

gotta be givin' as long as i'm livin'
gonna poop for peace
save the world and get some relief
gonna poop for peace
let it all go and soon you will see
poop is peace

everybody has heard the legend
everybody who has a heart
like Lennon said give poop a chance
don't ya know it's a damn good start
these day the whole world's rumblin'
these days the pressure's high
these all days we all need to sit a spell
and let the peace logs fly

gotta be givin' as long as i'm livin'
gonna poop for peace
save the world and get some relief
gonna poop for peace
let it all go and soon you will see
poop is peace

(2009 db michel)

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Love Is The Lament

it's the human story
the carnage we have spent
the pain we have inflicted
on this world that we rent
the damage is uncounted
'cause we don't want to know
when the bill comes due
the sea of tears will overflow

(chorus)
time and time is spent
it seems to never end
love is the lament
it's always starting over
time and time is spent
the brittle will not bend
love is the lament
it's always starting over

it's the faceless spectre
of a future filled with pain
seas are soiled and lifeless
killed by poison rain
fires will burn deserted
in a war that has no end
the sky forever darkened
and you can't tell foe from friend

(chorus)
time and time is spent
it seems to never end
love is the lament
it's always starting over
time and time is spent
the brittle will not bend
love is the lament
it's always starting over

(2009 db michel)

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

The Game

i feel the man receding...passing to the dream
neverending vistas of pixilated screens
mind and soul detaching
from the world he knew so well
is he heading for his heaven?
or being tricked into his hell?

(chorus)
don't let the lights confuse you
it's really not the same
he's heading down another road
and he can't stop it now
'cause he's caught in the game

i see the many changes...in all i do not see
what is going on in his electric dreams
there's no sun or weather
nowhere for rain to fall
he's rising in the standings
and headed for the wall

(chorus)
don't let the lights confuse you
it's really not the same
he's heading down another road
and he can't stop it now
'cause he's caught in the game

(bridge)
the colors shine so brightly
all the while he is plugged in
no other need can supercede
the need to do it again
(do it again)

(chorus)
don't let the lights confuse you
it's really not the same
he's heading down another road
and he can't stop it now
'cause he's caught in the game

(2009 db michel)

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Alien Hand

fight the darkness
with an alien hand
bring the lightning
fuse the sand
walk on rock
made by man
fight the darkness
with an alien hand

kill the pain then
with a drink from home
seize your dream
as it passes on
place your bets
let them show
kill the pain then
with a drink from home

(2009 db michel)

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Lose Me

if i can't be who you want me to be
no one's forcing you to stay
if i won't say what you want me to say
it might be better anyway
if i move on down the highway
find another place
leave you to yourself
to find another way

(chorus)
and let you lose me
somewhere in the stars
you can lose me
and stay right where you are
nothing would be better
than this if we were wrong
you should lose me
giddy up and carry on

if you don't need what i wanted to give
and i've nothing else you need
if you don't see what you need in me
if i can't bring you up to speed
i should move on down the highway
find another place
leave you to yourself
to find a better way

and let you lose me
somewhere in the stars
you can lose me
and stay right where you are
nothing would be better
than this if we were wrong
you should lose me
giddy up and carry on

(bridge)
i never meant that i should be a chain
that was holdin' on to you
i never wanted to be someone else
for some temporary situation
that really has no use

(chorus)
i'll let you lose me
somewhere in the stars
you can lose me
and stay right where you are
nothing would be better
than this if we were wrong
you should lose me
giddy up and carry on

(2009 db michel)

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Tragedy of Hope

if there was one love that i could have
that i have never spoken of
then it would be the best love
the greatest love
when the souls have joined before they know
no time
no touch
to make it so
simple feelings touch the heart
better than the flesh

and the dream lives on
that can never be
the tragedy of hope
keeps it going
the days go by
and i'll never know
what could ever be
when dreams emerge from night
into the light of day

(2009 db michel)

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Looks Like Rain

Lookin for some sunshine
it's another crazy day
but the sky is getting darker
the color of my pain

looks like rain
looks like the shoe's about to fall
looks like rain
and I don't feel a thing at all
I dream of something better
but it always ends the same
each day is like the other
looks like rain

lookin' for some answers
not a lot to say
the glow that used to shine down
has all but gone away

looks like rain
looks like the shoe's about to fall
looks like rain
and I don't feel a thing at all
I dream of something better
but it always ends the same
each day is like the other
looks like rain

(2009 db michel)

inspired by a YouTube friend.

Saturday, July 11, 2009

I'm Gettin; Older (And I'm Growin' Up Slow)

i ain't got a dollar to my name
for what it's worth it doesn't mean a thing
i could have a thousand
a million bucks or more
but i'd blow it all on happiness
and end up on the floor

used to be so easy
to dream a young man's dreams
life goes on and i find out
it's harder than it seems
i try to make it better
as down the road i go
but i'm gettin' older
and i'm growin' up slow

I could be the king of everything
but titles don't do me no good at all
if you can't be a winner
in the game you wanna play
there ain't no home or castle
gonna please you anyway

used to be so easy
to dream a young man's dreams
life goes on and i find out
it's harder than it seems
i try to make it better
as down the road i go
but i'm gettin' older
and i'm growin' up slow

i once thought i'd be there
on that bandstand on TV
i'm still waitin' for the call
stuck somewhere in between

used to be so easy
to dream a young man's dreams
life goes on and i find out
it's harder than it seems
i try to make it better
as down the road i go
but i'm gettin' older
and i'm growin' up slow

(2009 db michel)

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

The Alien

(Verse 1)
he comes to save us
he comes to win
he's out there waiting
to do it all again
there is something
he means to change
something better
but it's all the same

(chorus)
and you can call him the alien
'cause of what he's done
you can call him the wind
you can call him whatever you want
he'll come calling again

(verse 2)
he lives the nightlife
he sleeps by day
he's looking for light
in everything
he's a dreamer
can't find his dream
you can see him
in everything he's been

(chorus)
and you can call him the alien
'cause of what he's done
you can call him the wind
you can call him whatever you want
he'll come calling again

(bridge)
from the billion points of light
scattered in the darkened sky
he is far from home
he is missing them tonight

(chorus)
and you can call him the alien
'cause of what he's done
you can call him the wind
you can call him whatever you want
he'll come calling again

(2009 db michel)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Let The Fools Carry On

you may not believe it
you may not want to know
it's not ours to understand
if they wander leave them be
if they holler...give them peace

just let the fools carry on
the way they wanna do
let the fools carry on
the way they are
let the fools carry on
do what they gonna do
till it's over and done
let the fools carry on

you may not condone it
you may not think it's right
this is not a world that we know
if they rumble let them be
if they're looking...let them see

just let the fools carry on
the way they wanna do
let the fools carry on
the way they are
let the fools carry on
do what they gonna do
till it's over and done
let the fools carry on

(2009 db michel)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

When I Left Indiana

i was just a kid
but i didn't know it
i was just another
fool out on the make
i thought i knew it all
then i took my graceless fall
left me pickin' up the pieces
headed for the gates

it's been a long time
since i left indiana
been a long time gone
ain't never goin' back
nearly lost my mind
then i left indiana
hard to think about it now
it seems so far away

lived out on the ocean
of a thousand whiskey bottles
the coast of indiana
where the bottles break
i thought i had it covered
later i discovered
a million heartaches later
i was just a waste

it's been a long time
since i left indiana
been a long time gone
ain't never goin' back
nearly lost my mind
then i left indiana
hard to think about it now
it seems so far away

could it be so many years
that live on unforgotten
could it be i'm crazy
for thinking of them now

it's been a long time
since i left indiana
been a long time gone
ain't never goin' back
nearly lost my mind
then i left indiana
hard to think about it now
it seems so far away

(2009 db michel)

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Empty Is My World (Without You)



This is an original song lyric performed as a recitation...I'm having a lil trouble getting the music done.

Btw...For those who may be curious...This was written as a take on what a friendly message from an extra-terrestrial intelligence might be if decoded...And human reflection on what such an experience might be like...The friendly and rather lonely alien message...Empty is my world...without you...

(2009 db michel)

Monday, May 25, 2009

I Got The Feelin'

i've been away awhile
it was no place like home
not the kind of place
i would ever pay to go
i spent my time
all alone with myself
everything i loved
was out there
in somewhere else
now i'm headed for the door
i ain't stayin' here no more

i got the feelin'
and home is on my mind
hey, i got the feelin'
i'm gonna get back to mine
i paid my living dues
you can read it in the news
i got the feelin'
and it's mighty fine

i did you wrong back then
it was my fault all along
i wasn't thinkin' clearly then
it was like my mind was gone
i'm hoping you
have forgiveness in your heart
please tell me baby
that you want a brand new start
i was out there all alone
now i wanna get back home

i got the feelin'
and home is on my mind
hey, i got the feelin'
i'm gonna get back to mine
i paid my living dues
you can read it in the news
i got the feelin'
and it's mighty fine

(2009 db michel)

Friday, May 22, 2009

When The Bite Follows Kiss

the outsider
waiting like a snake
to take over
and change your world
the outsider
overrules the hearts
of the steadfast
and tears them apart
who do you love?
who do you trust
who really matters?
when the outsider changes the game
voices changing
from afar
comes to make
their own way with others
comes to take
what they had before
and make it like
their own parlour

sweetness and smiles
soft tender light
hard to see
when the bark turns to bite
i just leave
when the bark turns to bite
sweetness and smiles
soft tenderness
hard to feel
when the bite follows kiss
i just leave
when the bite follows kiss

(2009 db michel)

Sunday, April 05, 2009

I Won't Say A Thing At All

i think about you sometimes
in the middle of the day
and wonder where the time has gone
i dream about the moments
we never thought to take
there's nothin' there to leave
so why move on?

i could have said so many things
you could have said so many things
the time has passed to my regret
what we had back then is all we'll get
i see your face in random dreams
i'll pretend it don't mean anything
the time has passed for me to call
so i won't say a thing at all

i wonder 'bout the life we missed
while i'm sitting home alone
and think about the tragedies of life
i hold on to the moments
i looked into your eyes
but the past can't be revived
'cause it's all gone

i could have said so many things
you could have said so many things
the time has passed to my regret
what we had back then is all we'll get
i see your face in random dreams
i'll pretend it don't mean anything
the time has passed for me to call
so i won't say a thing at all


(2009 db michel)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Friends

how did we find each other?
what made us such good friends?
why did we learn to lean on each other?
shoulder to shoulder...again and again
those precious days behind us
time passes and we've grown apart
still i know i would have been much less
without your friendship in my heart
when i think about you these days
i think about a time so sweet
when the only thing we had to know
we were friends because we needed to be

(2009 db michel)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Together

break these chains of pain
keep the faith and pray
we will make it through
together

believe there is a way
to take the love we save
give it to the world
together

and i know now
at this moment we are hurtin'
we'll shine like diamonds in the end
i know now
that even though we're hurtin'
we're strong together
'cause we're friends

let the cynics cry
say we're all gonna die
we will prove them wrong
together

we know better now
we can show them how
we can learn to fly
together

and i know now
at this moment we are hurtin'
we'll shine like diamonds in the end
i know now
that even though we're hurtin'
we're strong together
'cause we're friends

(2009 db michel

Friday, February 20, 2009

You're The One

i sometimes think about you
and pretend that you are here
i feel so lost and lonely
as the good times disappear
i have no consolation
all i know is you are gone
and it's left me to forget you
something i have never done

when the wind blows
when the night calls
when my heart comes all undone
i go back into my memory
you're the one
yes, you're the one

there is no resolution
for the love i lost back then
the days keep moving on now
and i can't go back again
i have no bitter feelings
just an empty bitter ache
i guess that's all that you left with
when your heart's too broke to break

when the wind blows
when the night calls
when my heart comes all undone
i go back into my memory
you're the one
yes, you're the one

(2009 db michel)

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Not What I'm Here For

all this fussin' and fightin'
pointin' to the video
he said...she said
what damage did they do?
the people have spoken
they've spoken loud and clear
predictions are given
it's the future we should fear
all of this drivel
runnin' down the wire
not what i'm here for

all these fugitive governors
runnin' to the talk show
she said he said
what bad thing did i do?
the losers are angry
they want to turn around
their vision of the future
we're headed straight for down
all of this drivel
runnin' through the ether
not what i'm here for

someone sing me out of here
i don't know what to do
the rush is on to hate
things we never knew

all this pushin' and shovin'
jockey for position
he said...she said
the next time will we do
other things other ways
the people just don't see
we're comin' to save them
with our own reality
all of this drivel
shinin' on my TeeVee
not what i'm here for

(2009 db michel)

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Only Alone

do i look like a victim
so easily led
was it my hermit ways
that made you forget
i'm not really desperate
i just don't like the phone
it may look like i'm lonely
but i'm only alone

i try to remember
what made me move on
the things i've forgotten
are already gone
i don't need a memory
to tempt me from home
it may look like i'm lonely
but i'm only alone

i'd live in the past
but there's only regret
i'd rather stumble along
it's as good as i get
i'm not looking for pity
in this world that i own
it may look like i'm lonely
but i'm only alone

(2009 db michel)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Old Masters

it's comin' again
just like it did
you hear it again
ringin' in your ears
the summit awaits
that's what you wanted
and the spirit won't break
because it carries you

on the back
of the old masters
turning you on
faster and faster
the limit exceeded
no turning back
you remember the song
of the old masters

you turn on the light
and it's shinin' on
the spirit at night
it's what you're living on
the tower is there
where you remember it
the wind in your hair
is meant to cover you

on the back
of the old masters
turning you on
faster and faster
the limit exceeded
no turning back
you remember the song
of the old masters

you can't break the chain
because it's in your blood
it's burned in your soul
it's there to carry you

on the back
of the old masters
turning you on
faster and faster
the limit exceeded
no turning back
you remember the song
of the old masters

(2009 db michel)

just a lyric i wrote meant for a heavy metal backing.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

You Don't Know My World

i'm still the one you see here
after all this time
you think you know me better
like i'm a simple line
in between the spaces
you never thought to look
therein lie your answers
that's where i write the book

you may know something of me
but you don't know my world
and you never did
you may think it's easy
to understand my dream
but you don't know my world
and if you don't know my world
you don't know me

i'm just another dreamer
swim against the tide
you think you know the story
hiding in my pride
you hang onto the bitter
it's easy to explain
you'll never understand
why i'm smiling in the rain

you may know something of me
but you don't know my world
and you never did
you may think it's easy
to understand my dream
but you don't know my world
and if you don't know my world
you don't know me

i'm another riddle in your episodic world
happy ending land
the guy will get the girl

you may know something of me
but you don't know my world
and you never did
you may think it's easy
to understand my dream
but you don't know my world
and if you don't know my world
you don't know me

(2009 db michel)