the last time through
did i know you?
in the time before
did i know the best of you?
i can think
but i can't remember
was there something lost?
that once was treasured
the last time through
did i know you?
in the previous dance
did i take that chance?
did i live for love?
instead of learning second hand
i can dream
but i can't believe it
was there something there
more than a feeling
in the previous dance
did i take the chance
holding on to hopes and dreams
as life goes streaming by
you don't have to understand
why i still try
why i still smile
in the other world
were you the one?
in that other time world
did i know you as the one?
did i wake too soon?
i can't remember
was there something there?
that was way past treasure
in the other world
were you the one?
(2011 db michel)
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
You Don't Know That I Know
everyone has their secret mystery
tales of the heart that are not told
everyone has a place they go
deep in the dark with their secret soul
we go there and hope we're not alone
you don't know that i know
that i know what you know
you don't know that i know
what's been going on
everyone has another story
needs of the heart that they won't tell
everyone has somewhere to go
a hope in the dark where the truth can grow
we go there and hope we're not alove
you don't know that i know
that i know what you know
you don't know that i know
what's been going on
you can hide if you want to
but i've already seen the light
if we ever say the words we'll be alright
you don't know that i know
that i know what you know
you don't know that i know
what's been going on
(2010 db michel)
tales of the heart that are not told
everyone has a place they go
deep in the dark with their secret soul
we go there and hope we're not alone
you don't know that i know
that i know what you know
you don't know that i know
what's been going on
everyone has another story
needs of the heart that they won't tell
everyone has somewhere to go
a hope in the dark where the truth can grow
we go there and hope we're not alove
you don't know that i know
that i know what you know
you don't know that i know
what's been going on
you can hide if you want to
but i've already seen the light
if we ever say the words we'll be alright
you don't know that i know
that i know what you know
you don't know that i know
what's been going on
(2010 db michel)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Waiting For My Timeline
looking at the sad expanse
trying to find my happiness
i left it in the future
trying to find a reason why
trying to remember why i try
the emptiness frees me
waiting for the future
waiting for a dream
an image of the shadow
where it's supposed to be
waiting for my timeline
waiting for a smile
i'm still here and waiting
i'll be waiting for awhile
looking at the empty miles
trying to remember why i smile
i'm thinking of the future
holding on to promise made
remembering the price i paid
because it was my duty
if i did what i wanted to when i wanted to
i would have been late for my destiny
if i had known what i wanted to know
i wouldn't be the me i needed to be
waiting for the future
waiting for a dream
an image of the shadow
where it's supposed to be
waiting for my timeline
waiting for a smile
i'm still here and waiting
i'll be waiting for awhile
(2010 db michel)
trying to find my happiness
i left it in the future
trying to find a reason why
trying to remember why i try
the emptiness frees me
waiting for the future
waiting for a dream
an image of the shadow
where it's supposed to be
waiting for my timeline
waiting for a smile
i'm still here and waiting
i'll be waiting for awhile
looking at the empty miles
trying to remember why i smile
i'm thinking of the future
holding on to promise made
remembering the price i paid
because it was my duty
if i did what i wanted to when i wanted to
i would have been late for my destiny
if i had known what i wanted to know
i wouldn't be the me i needed to be
waiting for the future
waiting for a dream
an image of the shadow
where it's supposed to be
waiting for my timeline
waiting for a smile
i'm still here and waiting
i'll be waiting for awhile
(2010 db michel)
Friday, December 03, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
The Final Fly
The days are getting shorter
It’s a bitter dying light
As the final fly of summer
Takes a lonely winter flight
The things that once were lively
Are slowly finding death
The visitors are leaving
On the next train headed west
the coming days loom frigid
For the warmth forsaken soul
The closing theme is playing
In the lonely winter cold
Maybe some fine morning
Spring will come again
Till then darkness rules the winter
Goodbye to you my friend
(2007 db michel)
A poem for the start of cold weather...
It’s a bitter dying light
As the final fly of summer
Takes a lonely winter flight
The things that once were lively
Are slowly finding death
The visitors are leaving
On the next train headed west
the coming days loom frigid
For the warmth forsaken soul
The closing theme is playing
In the lonely winter cold
Maybe some fine morning
Spring will come again
Till then darkness rules the winter
Goodbye to you my friend
(2007 db michel)
A poem for the start of cold weather...
Monday, September 13, 2010
Zombie Restaurant
My new original song...recorded live on my radio show...You can hear more of my original songs on YouTube or on my MySpace profile.
http://www.myspace.com/danielbmichel
Monday, September 06, 2010
Archurus Comes
if you see a book in the sky
it's not a trick to fool your eye
you will know
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
when the clock on the wall
is headed south out the exit hall
you will know
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
did you really think you could escape the wrath?
don't you know they know when you went off the path?
if you think the tale wasn't told
because the memory has grown old
it's still there
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
if you're sitting on the ground
when the parade comes to your town
they will see
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
did you really think you could escape the wrath?
don't you know they know when you went off the path?
(2010 db michel)
Inspired by a scary dream i had when i was a little kid...about 10 years old...I don't know who Archurus was...Or what he was...But i did know that he was not pleased with me at all...That dream creeped me out more than anything i'd dreamt before...btw..."Archurus" is pronounced Arch Ur Us...
it's not a trick to fool your eye
you will know
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
when the clock on the wall
is headed south out the exit hall
you will know
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
did you really think you could escape the wrath?
don't you know they know when you went off the path?
if you think the tale wasn't told
because the memory has grown old
it's still there
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
if you're sitting on the ground
when the parade comes to your town
they will see
Archurus comes...Archurus comes
did you really think you could escape the wrath?
don't you know they know when you went off the path?
(2010 db michel)
Inspired by a scary dream i had when i was a little kid...about 10 years old...I don't know who Archurus was...Or what he was...But i did know that he was not pleased with me at all...That dream creeped me out more than anything i'd dreamt before...btw..."Archurus" is pronounced Arch Ur Us...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Precious and Few
gotta move on sometime
everybody's gone
ain't got the time of day
we miss in the morning
regret the afternoon
then comes the evening
and it's over too soon
all of this chatter
does it really matter?
we do what we have to do
all i can get is less than i need
and moments alone with you
are precious and few
gotta stop time sometime
everybody's gone
it's all just a dream away
we miss all the good things
losing me and you
then comes a moment
and it's over too soon
all of this chatter
does it really matter?
we do what we have to do
all i can get is less than i need
and moments alone with you
are precious and few
precious and few
is the sweet time
when i'm alone with you
precious and few
in the meantime
we hang on the the hope
hold on tight and try to cope
all of this chatter
does it really matter?
we do what we have to do
all i can get is less than i need
and moments alone with you
are precious and few
(2010 db michel)
everybody's gone
ain't got the time of day
we miss in the morning
regret the afternoon
then comes the evening
and it's over too soon
all of this chatter
does it really matter?
we do what we have to do
all i can get is less than i need
and moments alone with you
are precious and few
gotta stop time sometime
everybody's gone
it's all just a dream away
we miss all the good things
losing me and you
then comes a moment
and it's over too soon
all of this chatter
does it really matter?
we do what we have to do
all i can get is less than i need
and moments alone with you
are precious and few
precious and few
is the sweet time
when i'm alone with you
precious and few
in the meantime
we hang on the the hope
hold on tight and try to cope
all of this chatter
does it really matter?
we do what we have to do
all i can get is less than i need
and moments alone with you
are precious and few
(2010 db michel)
Monday, June 28, 2010
Free Love
free love
just around the corner
at the garden store
just plant it in the ground
and someday will grow more
free love
becomes a circle
no beginning and no end
just share it with your friends
and it will come again
(2010 db michel)
just around the corner
at the garden store
just plant it in the ground
and someday will grow more
free love
becomes a circle
no beginning and no end
just share it with your friends
and it will come again
(2010 db michel)
Friday, June 11, 2010
Fade Away Goodbye
sometimes the eyes look away
then you try fade away
then you try fade away goodbye
someone who is of no more use
your hide away excuse
your hide away excuse goodbye
you may have needed someone
sometime...
but time passes by so fast
you don't really have to ask
you find you somehow like them less
sometimes the eyes look away
then you try fade away
then you try fade away goodbye
someone who is of no more use
your hide away excuse
your hide away excuse goodbye
you may have been lonely sometime
not now
you know just what to do
just let the lie be true
now it's old once was new
sometimes the eyes look away
then you try fade away
then you try fade away goodbye
someone who is of no more use
your hide away excuse
your hide away excuse goodbye
(2010 db michel)
Just an observation of how people come in and out of other people's lives...It's not usually a sinister thing...But it can be sad if you think too much about it.
then you try fade away
then you try fade away goodbye
someone who is of no more use
your hide away excuse
your hide away excuse goodbye
you may have needed someone
sometime...
but time passes by so fast
you don't really have to ask
you find you somehow like them less
sometimes the eyes look away
then you try fade away
then you try fade away goodbye
someone who is of no more use
your hide away excuse
your hide away excuse goodbye
you may have been lonely sometime
not now
you know just what to do
just let the lie be true
now it's old once was new
sometimes the eyes look away
then you try fade away
then you try fade away goodbye
someone who is of no more use
your hide away excuse
your hide away excuse goodbye
(2010 db michel)
Just an observation of how people come in and out of other people's lives...It's not usually a sinister thing...But it can be sad if you think too much about it.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Should I Bring It All Back Home To You?
too many people know me
but they don't know me
too many people think they got me
all figured out
the pain they see outside
may...overwhelm the dream inside
but it's still there
and i'm still waiting
still hesitating
(chorus)
should i bring it all back home to you?
what would you think if you knew what i knew?
should i keep it to myself
or let the light shine through
should i bring it all back home to you?
too many people hear me
but they don't hear me
too many people think they heard it
somewhere before
the darkness they hear plainly
may...obscure the light's glow dimly
but it's still there
and i'm still waiting
still hesitating
(chorus)
should i bring it all back home to you?
what would you think if you knew what i knew?
should i keep it to myself
or let the light shine through
should i bring it all back home to you?
(bridge)
a one man band
may seem like all i am
but there are others singing
though they never heard the song i'm bringing
(chorus)
should i bring it all back home to you?
what would you think if you knew what i knew?
should i keep it to myself
or let the light shine through
should i bring it all back home to you?
(2010 db michel)
but they don't know me
too many people think they got me
all figured out
the pain they see outside
may...overwhelm the dream inside
but it's still there
and i'm still waiting
still hesitating
(chorus)
should i bring it all back home to you?
what would you think if you knew what i knew?
should i keep it to myself
or let the light shine through
should i bring it all back home to you?
too many people hear me
but they don't hear me
too many people think they heard it
somewhere before
the darkness they hear plainly
may...obscure the light's glow dimly
but it's still there
and i'm still waiting
still hesitating
(chorus)
should i bring it all back home to you?
what would you think if you knew what i knew?
should i keep it to myself
or let the light shine through
should i bring it all back home to you?
(bridge)
a one man band
may seem like all i am
but there are others singing
though they never heard the song i'm bringing
(chorus)
should i bring it all back home to you?
what would you think if you knew what i knew?
should i keep it to myself
or let the light shine through
should i bring it all back home to you?
(2010 db michel)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Rise
the string of time unwinding
leads me to another day
the way it was before
was left behind along the way
first i fought with my mind
in the meantime
then i said goodbye
to the down time
some will see me rise
to the sunshine
some will never know me again
i gave up all resistance
to the emptiness i felt
where once was the good was blooming
that good now goes to someone else
first i fought with my mind
in the meantime
then i said goodbye
to the down time
some will see me rise
to the sunshine
some will never know me again
i can say hello to my good friends
i say it here with all my heart
i can say goodbye without trying
to the rest left on the shelf
first i fought with my mind
in the meantime
then i said goodbye
to the down time
some will see me rise
to the sunshine
some will never know me again
(2010 db michel)
Sometimes you have to let things go that bring you down...Sometimes you have to let people go who have moved on without you...Sometimes you can say goodbye without trying...Sometimes you don't have to say a thing at all.
leads me to another day
the way it was before
was left behind along the way
first i fought with my mind
in the meantime
then i said goodbye
to the down time
some will see me rise
to the sunshine
some will never know me again
i gave up all resistance
to the emptiness i felt
where once was the good was blooming
that good now goes to someone else
first i fought with my mind
in the meantime
then i said goodbye
to the down time
some will see me rise
to the sunshine
some will never know me again
i can say hello to my good friends
i say it here with all my heart
i can say goodbye without trying
to the rest left on the shelf
first i fought with my mind
in the meantime
then i said goodbye
to the down time
some will see me rise
to the sunshine
some will never know me again
(2010 db michel)
Sometimes you have to let things go that bring you down...Sometimes you have to let people go who have moved on without you...Sometimes you can say goodbye without trying...Sometimes you don't have to say a thing at all.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Comin' Home
Call all of my friends...dear mother
i can't say where i've been...dear brother
too tired to sleep...i'm comin' home
no time for singin' in the kitchen
gotta let the water do the dishes
it's too far to reach i'm comin' home
the dream i had went on for years and years
although i never left my bed
i lived it all through the smiles and tears
hidden like the price upon my head
Call all of my friends...dear mother
i can't say where i've been...dear brother
too tired to sleep...i'm comin' home
no time for singin' in the kitchen
gotta let the water do the dishes
it's too far to reach i'm comin' home
the time before we lived by different rules
now they don't recall at all
i feel their breath sing a song of fools
rising like the mountain to the falls
Call all of my friends...dear mother
i can't say where i've been...dear brother
too tired to sleep...i'm comin' home
no time for singin' in the kitchen
gotta let the water do the dishes
it's too far to reach i'm comin' home
(2010 db michel)
I woke up from a nap where i was dreaming this song.
i can't say where i've been...dear brother
too tired to sleep...i'm comin' home
no time for singin' in the kitchen
gotta let the water do the dishes
it's too far to reach i'm comin' home
the dream i had went on for years and years
although i never left my bed
i lived it all through the smiles and tears
hidden like the price upon my head
Call all of my friends...dear mother
i can't say where i've been...dear brother
too tired to sleep...i'm comin' home
no time for singin' in the kitchen
gotta let the water do the dishes
it's too far to reach i'm comin' home
the time before we lived by different rules
now they don't recall at all
i feel their breath sing a song of fools
rising like the mountain to the falls
Call all of my friends...dear mother
i can't say where i've been...dear brother
too tired to sleep...i'm comin' home
no time for singin' in the kitchen
gotta let the water do the dishes
it's too far to reach i'm comin' home
(2010 db michel)
I woke up from a nap where i was dreaming this song.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Dream X
christmas tree shape in the northeast sky
a giant comet with a million eyes
is it hello or is it goodbye?
a candle of hope or a beacon of doom
from the sky to your living room
in my dreams the image looms
the future shines in the light of a random dream
the image clear...the message vague
some to fall and some to save
and some trapped in between
(2010 db michel)
a giant comet with a million eyes
is it hello or is it goodbye?
a candle of hope or a beacon of doom
from the sky to your living room
in my dreams the image looms
the future shines in the light of a random dream
the image clear...the message vague
some to fall and some to save
and some trapped in between
(2010 db michel)
Monday, April 05, 2010
What Is A Lady Like That To Do?
mrs. miggins in her hideaway
will rise to greet another day
put out the dog
and read this morning's news
she's too young to be bitter
too old to be cool
what is a lady like that to do?
mrs. miggins in her reverie
is not the way she seems to be
call in the dog
and forget this morning's blues
she's a bird that can twitter
not once she's been fooled
what is a lady like that to do?
she could have been the sweet on the arm of a dandy
if she took the chance
she could have been as good or should i say randy
as any social at the social dance
mrs. miggins and her coffee cup
drinks it down and fills it up
could have had cream
but those bills are overdue
she's the sweetest of candy
for those lads back in school
what is a lady like that to do
(2010 db michel)
will rise to greet another day
put out the dog
and read this morning's news
she's too young to be bitter
too old to be cool
what is a lady like that to do?
mrs. miggins in her reverie
is not the way she seems to be
call in the dog
and forget this morning's blues
she's a bird that can twitter
not once she's been fooled
what is a lady like that to do?
she could have been the sweet on the arm of a dandy
if she took the chance
she could have been as good or should i say randy
as any social at the social dance
mrs. miggins and her coffee cup
drinks it down and fills it up
could have had cream
but those bills are overdue
she's the sweetest of candy
for those lads back in school
what is a lady like that to do
(2010 db michel)
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