If It's Over

An Original song (2008 db michel)

It's a Big Old Mountain

Lloyd Thaxton

What can be said?...He was the greatest.

Cigarette Smoke

you wake to cigarette smoke and whiskey vapors
you grab a cup of coffee...time to read the paper
the paper's late...so you go on-line again
nothing is real 'cause it's all a game
play it over and over...still it ends the same
the news is out...no one's gonna win

we have our trials
we have our doubts
we want it all
we do without
we cry to heaven
we want to try again

but it's the same old thing on a brand new day
we go on in the same old way
we look to the sky
and search for God again

(2008 db michel)

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)

Stood In Your Rain

i see you in the corner
looks like you're waiting for something
what it is i don't really know
it's like your life is misdirection
you want to say
but the truth ain't no protection
so you live another day
feeling that way

(chorus)
i know your pain
i have stood in your rain
i've felt it before
and i didn't wanna face it
i've lived my life
ask once
deny twice
don't want to try anymore

it see you in the corner
seems like you've been waiting for someone
who it is i don't really know
it's like you want some information
you want to ask
but you don't want affirmation
so you live another day
feeling that way

(chorus)
i know your pain
i have stood in your rain
i've felt it before
and i didn't wanna face it
i've lived my life
ask once
deny twice
don't want to try anymore

(bridge)
and in the grand expanse of time
are we really all that different?
this pain is yours and it's mine
and it's hard to get over

(chorus)
i know your pain
i've stood in your rain
i've felt it before
and i didn't wanna face it
i've lived my life
ask once
deny twice
don't want to try anymore

(2008 db michel)

The Message (Empty Is My World)

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

somewhere in the stars
way out there past mars
there's a beacon in the sky
and it's callin'
sends it's best to you
all it says is true
when the time is right
they'll be comin'

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

tell it to your soul
the part of you that knows
that the voices in the sky
have been callin'
something we don't know
in the distant shadow glows
we are in their sights
they've been watchin'

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

(bridge)
in the silence of the night
when they reach out
gonna feel it in your bones
getting closer every day
without a doubt
hope is movin' in
will we be foe or friend?

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

(2008 db michel)

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...

That's So Beautiful

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After All Of These Things

i can listen to what you have to say when you say it
i can take the look in your eyes...and try to understand it
i can dream that i will know what i need to know to love you
i can sleep and see you in a dream

but after all of these things
i don't really know you
i only know i want you
but i won't ask you anything at all

i can read between your lines in line when you say it
i can see your body language...and try to understand it
i can feel like i must be the one from all the things i see of you
i can wake and remember the dream

but after all of these things
i don't really know you
i only know i want you
but i won't ask you anything at all

there is something hidden
maybe i don't want to know
maybe goodbye doesn't really mean hello

but after all of these things
i don't really know you
i only know i want you
but i won't ask you anything at all

(db michel)

I Don't Miss Her (I Miss the Dream She Was)

she was my miracle
she was the only one could save me
she was the girl of my dreams
and i kept my heart trained fast on her
but now i know
those foolish dreams were never meant to grow
and so it seems
i gotta carry on alone

But I don't miss her
i miss the dream she was
and just because
i know i'll never know
the dream that got me through the haze
no i don't miss her
i miss the light she cast
but now it's passed
and she won't think of me
the way i wanted it to be

she was my angel in the dark
she was the only dream worth dreaming
she was the story in my heart
and i could picture every scene
but now i know
those foolish dreams were never meant to grow
and so it seems
i gotta carry on alone

But I don't miss her
i miss the dream she was
and just because
i know i'll never know
the dream that got me through the haze
no i don't miss her
i miss the light she cast
but now it's passed
and she won't think of me
the way i wanted it to be

(db michel)

The Cryptics

when ancient history is painfully read
in come the cryptics with sin in their heads
trying in vain to restore the old sheen
that's been ripped to shreds by the faces they've been

warriors battled with nothing but words
intelligence settles for what could be heard
nothing could hasten or dampen their fall
now livith the cryptics backs up to the wall

and they can't save face or advantage
by griping of tactics they've used for themselves
they can't find faith in the tragic
the verdict is written
now please go to hell

when all these days are long over and done
who will cry for the cryptics when their race is run
sniping and gloating in their cryptic way
steeped in the bitterness that emptiness made

(2008 db michel)