The Survivors

it is the season of dark and lonely thoughts...
as the warm daylight's time recedes..
and the cold night's rule expands...
As the leaves fall and the green things die...
i remember many years ago this season...
i lost something i would miss for many years...
something i never knew that i had...
out of the ashes then...
the survivors were lost to each other...
forever...
as if the flames had consumed them too

(2011 db michel)

Justice and Unity

everybody's talking about justice and unity
all the while they're waiting for someone to lead them
everybody's wanting something to live for
but they don't know it's already here

everyone is dreaming of some great tomorrow
leaving today to die lying fallow
everyone wants a dream that will answer
the question of why they are here

all the world is pulling in different directions
while the powers that be try to crush insurrections
all the world is living on time that is borrowed
the rent is now long overdue

why do we have to suffer this shame?
who are we?
should we try to explain?
is it time to face our fears?
are they right?
should we all disappear?

everybody's talking about justice and unity
all the while they're waiting for someone to lead them
everybody's wanting something to live for
but they don't know that it's already here

(2007 db michel)

Deluded

i feel like i'm intruding
these days i'm so deluded
and i don't like to think of the nights
i think i'm gonna make it
then i do something to break it
and i tell myself it's alright
another one is coming
so why should i be running?
guess i don't believe that it's true
i never felt deserving
i guess that's why i keep losing
is it too late to change that too?

(2011 db michel)

Yes You Can!

sometimes the darkness gets inside of me
makes me doubt what i believe
and in those darkest hours it's hard to see
any hope in anything

but then a voice from deep inside me
rises up as if to guide me
if it's not OK...just give it...another day

what ever it is
yes you can!
if you hold on
if you hold on to the dream inside you
whatever it is
make your stand
and you will find that tomorrow's in your hand

and on those nights i'm feeling lonely
in a place where i don't wanna be
and in the emptiness it's only me
and i find no good in anything

but then a voice from deep inside me
rises up as if to guide me
if it's not OK...just give it...another day

what ever it is
yes you can!
if you hold on
if you hold on to the dream inside you
whatever it is
make your stand
and you will find that tomorrow's in your hand

(2011 db michel)

Hurricane

I said to the old man...waiting in vain
the others left with the hurricane
the sky grew dark...and they moved west
not wanting tried...by natures test
so you and me...are the human race
in this rainy...windy...lonely place...

(2011 db michel)

Social Undertow

you don't have to tell me...i know my place
there's a kind of cool that i'll never know
swim as fast as i can...still i lose the race
caught up in the social undertow
there's a place in the sky...only stars can shine
i can watch them look down on me
i'm stuck on the ground...'cause the dreams not mine
so i can't be where i wanna be

(2011 db michel)

I'd Like To Know

sadness reigns upon my brow

the world is heavy on me now

i see a place with pain and strife

and those who hunger every night

a better world i'd like to see

for all of them and you and me

if there's a way to make this be

i'd like to know...



2011 db michel

The Party's Over

the bar is empty
an empty beer stands alone
on a vacant table
left by someone who's gone
the night is over
the morning has come
my eyes are weary
it's time to move on

i'm stone cold sober
as i look at the scene
like a thousand barrooms
that i've seen in my dreams
the party noises
have faded and gone
the party's over
it's time to move on

(bridge)

and where do we go
now that we're fading away
the ghost of you and me
in a memory of yesterday

i turn around now
and see the faces we've been
friends and lovers
we thought till the end
but the light brings changes
the morning bares scars
from the people we were
to the people we are

(2007/2011 db michel)

Rocket Ride

if i could i would take a rocket ship and fly
to mars or some other destination in the sky
i just know that i'm meant to go
though it seems sometimes i've been before
but my mind is foggy about those days
when i was a child and could dream in space
mom and dad don't seem to remember at all
about the trip i took when i was small
i want to get back and see again
the sights i must have seen back then
in whispered tones the men in suits did say
you can never reveal that he's been in space
so no one knows except for me
about the rocket ship with the silver seats
and the lady who told me not to cry
we're just going on a rocket ride
though i am older no longer a child
yesterdays history still has to hide
but inside my heart will always stay
the dream of once again flying away

(db michel 2004)

The Fiddler On The Hill

I CAN HEAR THE FIDDLER PLAYING
HIGH UPON THE HILL
HE WATCHES FIRES BURNING
AND HE GETS A SECRET THRILL
HE'LL KEEP ON PLAYING FIDDLE
ALL THE LONG NIGHT LONG
WHILE THE FIRE JUST KEEPS ON BURNING
TO THE FIDDLER'S SONG

WHERE USED TO BE A MANSION
NOW STANDS A PILE OF ASH
ALL THAT ONCE WAS TREASURED
IS NOTHING MORE THAN TRASH
STILL THE FIDDLER KEEPS ON PLAYING
ALL THE LONG NIGHT LONG
WHILE THE FIRE JUST KEEPS ON BURNING
TO THE FIDDLER'S SONG

(bridge)
WHO'S TO BLESS AND WHO'S TO BLAME?
AND DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
TO THE FIDDLER ON THE HILL
IS HE THE ONLY SANE ONE?
OR IS HE MADDER THAN A HATTER?
THE FIRES KEEP ON BURNING
AND THE WORLD JUST KEEPS ON TURNING

WHAT USED TO BE A CITY
IS NOW ENGULFED IN FIRE
THE PEOPLE TRIED TO FIGHT IT
BUT THEY JUST MADE THE FLAMES BURN HIGHER
STILL THE FIDDLER KEEPS ON PLAYING
ALL THE LONG NIGHT LONG
WHILE THE FIRE JUST KEEPS ON BURNING
TO THE FIDDLER'S SONG


(2006 db michel)

Way Past Treasure

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)

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)

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)

Ringing Bells (An original Christmas song)

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...