For You Too

compassion
is forgotten
when you cannot
feel your pain
spend forever
in the middle
watch your soul
go down the drain
in the meantime
it's the worst time
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

meditation
is redundant
when you're thinking
all the time
take a coffee
have a respite
hold your own
as you unwind
it's the last time
it's the first time
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

hanging on
to some misbegotten yesterday
a dream that fit the need
never quite got up to speed
hanging on
to a sleepy revelation
someone who needed room
and there was an empty room

have a couple
have a dozen
seems we never
get our fill
plan forever
then forever
isn't quite
the dizzy thrill
it's the real thing
it's a daydream
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

(2012 db michel

The Real Reason

don’t want to hear about acid rain
that kind of talk
sends my stock prices down the drain
so i don’t think it’s funny
i’m invested in all the old things
oil and coal and bottled propane
and i like the money
we don’t need to save the world this year
please wait till i’m outta here
‘cause it’s bad for my investments

(2012 db michel)

The Edge

i'm lucky to be alive
so lucky
i could have gone anytime
i'm lucky that i survived
so lucky
when all the others are weaving 'round
can't come down
if you see me smilin'
then you see me look away
'cause i'm still drivin'
and i got away

i'm lucky to see the day
so lucky
i should be 18 and gone
i'm lucky i didn't die
so lucky
when all the others are flailing 'round
out of town
if you see me smilin'
then you see me look away
'cause i'm still drivin'
and i got away

you got a snoot full baby
you're on the edge
drinkin' and textin'
you're on the edge
got a death wish baby
you're near the end
got a snoot full baby
you're on the edge

(2012 db michel)

Zombie Restaurant

(2010 db michel)

Paranoiac Demon Dances

paranoia scares
paranoia sells
paranoia burns and kills
it will kiss and tell
paranoia do anything
that you need it to
bring the people
to you

paranoia smiles
paranoia frowns
paranoia screams and shouts
it will bring you down
paranoia say anything
that you want it to
bring the people
to you

marching in the angry masses
whipped up in a ragged frenzy
paranoiac demon dances
evil words are necessary
vote for me i'll save our country
vote for him we all will die
vote for fear 'cause fear will save you
forget about the other side

paranoia loves
paranoia hates
paranoia twists the words
burns truth at the stake
paranoia be anything
that you want it to
bring the people
to you

marching in the angry masses
whipped up in a ragged frenzy
paranoiac demon dances
evil words are necessary
vote for me i'll save our country
vote for him we all will die
vote for fear 'cause fear will save you
forget about the other side

(2012 db michel)

I think that you could apply this to many of the arguments going around now...That alone should make us all sick...We segregate the news to feel good for liberal and conservative...while the truth lies somewhere hidden in the middle...afraid to show it's face because it's too one thing and not enough of the other for those on the fringes.

There are always alternatives...There is truth on all sides all over the place...All of us owe it to ourselves...our country...and our world...to step out and listen to all the news...all the views we can...and not just embrace the information that feels good to us individually.

For You Too

compassion
is forgotten
when you cannot
feel your pain
spend forever
in the middle
watch your soul
go down the drain
in the meantime
it's the worst time
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

meditation
is redundant
when you're thinking
all the time
take a coffee
have a respite
hold your own
as you unwind
it's the last time
it's the first time
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

hanging on
to some misbegotten yesterday
a dream that fit the need
never quite got up to speed
hanging on
to a sleepy revelation
someone who needed room
and there was an empty room

have a couple
have a dozen
seems we never
get our fill
plan forever
then forever
isn't quite
the dizzy thrill
it's the real thing
it's a daydream
and we both
know it's true
for me
and for you too

(2012 db michel)

All These Days

i wouldn't take back
all these days
good ones and bad ones
sunshine and rain
i wouldn't lose them
all these days
happy and sad ones
all that remains

and i think of you
something better than a treasure
no way i can measure
what you mean to me

i wouldn't give up
all these days
warm ones and cold ones
pleasure and pain
i wouldn't trade them
all these days
forever and ever
all that remains

(2012 db michel)

Who Are You?

because i don't know
i wanna know
who are you?
because i can't see
all you might be
who are you?

a face from the past
that i let go by
a face from the future
if i'd only try
a face i should know
but i don't know why
who are you?

because you won't say
please won't you say
who are you?
because you are there
that might make me care
who are you?'

a face from the past
that i let go by
a face from the future
if i'd only try
a face i should know
but i don't know why
who are you?

i don't wanna miss someone
if you're someone i should know
if you feel the same way too
give a sign
let it show

because i can't wait
please don't make me wait
who are you?
because it is time
i'm all out of rhymes
who are you

a face from the past
that i let go by
a face from the future
if i'd only try
a face i should know
but i don't know why
who are you?

(2012 db michel)

Lonely Sun

lonely people see the sun go down
for them
that's just how it is
a metaphor for everything they are
alone
the sun goes down again
how many of the billions see it falling
and see a life just like their own
rising upward in the bright of morning
in the end slipping down alone

(2012 db michel)

Let The Sun Shine, Sunshine

don't even matter
what you did yesterday
sun comin' up
it's another day
turn the page over
your slate is clean
get yourself up
and do it again

look out the window
open the door
let the sun shine, sunshine
look out the window
take it all in
let the sun shine, sunshine

don't mind the heroes
watch 'em and smile
no help from them
in the tight suits file
take your life over
you are the one
do it again
until you get done

no need to wait for a rescue
don't you know that you are the one?

look out the window
open the door
let the sun shine, sunshine
look out the window
take it all in
let the sun shine, sunshine

(2012 db michel)

Not The Same

you can look at me with your eyes
but i'm not the same
not the same as the one you think you see
you can tell me over and over
that i haven't changed
whatever you're seeing
it isn't me
i've put a million miles on this heart of mine
now there's a wreck
where perfection used to be
you tell me
smile
smile
everything is alright
it's alright
when i know most certainly it's not
i can't be the man i used to be
the man you somehow think you've got

(2012 db michel)

Don't Know Why

it's a fine line
searching for my dream time
like a fine wine
time...ages with age
turn the yellowing page

like a wrong one
searching for the right one
just a good one
pain...raises with age
and i'm on the wrong page

if i did it
i could do it a minute
but there's a long line waiting

hold on everyone
gotta stay in line
we're here
but we don't know why
just one of those things
reach out shake a hand
it's near
but we don't know why
just one of those things

(2012 db michel)

Find A Light

if you haven't got a fire burnin' inside you
if you don't know where to look when darkness blinds you
if everywhere you look it's the same old thing
twilight time and the night won't sing

find a light
find a light

if the road you walk is cold and rocky
if gettin' out of bed is the end of talking
if the life you live doesn't mean a thing
don't get the call 'cause the phone won't ring

find a light
find a light

find a light that's out there somewhere
even if you think you're nowhere
change the channel...turn it up
find a light
find a light

(2012 db michel)

We Never Will See That Room Again

lots of time to
think about it
all the days gone down
can't get around it
all the good times
all the sweet times
everything we knew
about me and you

now it's faded
and uprooted
so we've moved along
like people do now
all the stories
we remember
everything we knew
about me and you

(chorus)
and we never will see that room again
we never will know that time again
the endless summer it had to end
and we never will see that room again

i believed you
when you told me
all the secrets you knew
of love and glory
i'd tell you all my
fond aspirations
everything we knew
about me and you

and we never will see that room again
we never will know that time again
the endless summer it had to end
and we never will see that room again

(bridge)
all those memories
still have a meaning
brings a smile
every time i think of them

and we never will see that room again
we never will know that time again
the endless summer it had to end
and we never will see that room again

(2012 db michel)

They Don't Say Forever

they don't say forever
when they get where they go
it's already through
hangin' on to yesterday's hair
as it goes down the drain

they don't stay forever
passing like the damp
of the morning dew
feelin' all of gravity's pain
as the cracks begin to show

you knew them
yes you knew them
or you were one of them
they know you
when they see you
what's to become of them
you hear them
yes you hear them
it's a melancholy pain
they listen for an answer
as they pass you in the rain

it's never lost completely
peeling like the paint
on a tattooed wall
shining like a faded dream
of a feeling that lives on

you knew them
yes you knew them
or you were one of them
they know you
when they see you
what's to become of them
you hear them
yes you hear them
it's a melancholy pain
they listen for an answer
as they pass you in the rain

(2012 db michel)

Just As I Am

i stand before you now
just as i am
whether you do...or don't
give a damn
i will be right here
and i won't stand down
just as i am
i'll be around

i tell it to you now
best that i can
whether you hear...or don't
here i am
i will be right here
and i won't stand down
just as i am
i'll be around

the walls between us may seem strong
but if we bash 'em from both sides
they won't last long

i see you with new eyes
just as you are
whether we're close...or not
it's not too far
you will live your life
and you won't stand down
just as you are
you'll be around

(2012 db michel)

Fishing With You (original song)

My new original song "Fishing With You"

http://www.myspace.com/danielbmichel/music/songs/fishing-with-you-031512-mp3-87033777

Singin' To The Moon

saw the full moon risin' nice and slow
thought about you, don't know why, you know
must have been that song, on the radio
we would belt that thing out, every night, oh

(CHORUS}
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

i go to places that we used to go
half lookin' for you, on the sly, you know
must have been that song, on the radio
the one we'd be singin' every night, oh

(CHORUS)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

(BRIDGE)
and the days go by too fast these days
i don't see the nights at all
i was just thinkin' 'bout our crazy ways
you know i just had to call

so i'm drivin' 'round with the radio
blastin' it out, cruisin' down the road
then here comes that song, that we both know
and i started screamin' it out, oh

(CHORUS)
who were we singin' to?
can we still sing at all?
when the sultry sun fell down back then
we were singin' to the moon

(2000 d.b. michel)

This is about memories of teenage nights spent cruising around the countryside with my friends...Singing along with the radio...

Dizzy Dean

i was lost in another dream
where i could pitch like Dizzy Dean
i could throw that ball so hard
in the ballpark in my yard
nothing like a summer's day
to make your troubles fade away
living in my childhood dream
and i could pitch like Dizzy Dean

(2011 db michel)

Counting The Stars

it could be better than it is
but then it could be worse
the best laid plans fall victim
to the disaster unrehearsed
i look for absolution
from the failures i have lived
although others have forgiven me
i don't dare myself forgive

i sit here in the silence
and i take in all i've seen
misty breaths of memory
take me everywhere i've been
all of this means something
i know it must be true
'cause i don't feel regret now
if i should think of you

Counting the stars
in my mind tonight
i remember the times
when they would shine so bright
Counting my dreams
in my mind tonight
i remember sweet times
when love just felt so right...

makes me smile

(2012 db michel)