If I Could Never Be The One

I don't say what i dream
i feel what you dream
i don't sell you my mind
i drink of your mind

and if i could never be the one
to be the one you see
maybe then i've done all that you need
and if i could never say the things
to make you think of me
i've loved you long enough to set you free

i don't raise up my hand
i reach for your hand
i don't call you at all
i wait for your call

and if i could never be the one
to be the one you see
maybe then i've done all that you need
and if i could never say the things
to make you think of me
i've loved you long enough to set you free

time wasted
no i don't think so
you're a part of the way i feel
and even so you'll never know it
'cause i never found a way to show it

i don't shine my light
i look for your light
i don't know what to say
so i look your way

and if i could never be the one
to be the one you see
maybe then i've done all that you need
and if i could never say the things
to make you think of me
i've loved you long enough to set you free

(copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

A lyric about letting someone that you love...love you if they want to...Not wanting to make them uncomfortable by bringing the issue too far into the light....not wanting to force the issue...then fading away if you sense that you need to.

Never Say Never

Felt like I was losin'
every single day
didn't have a prayer
'cause they all slipped away
nothin' changin'
always the same old grey

then you found me
walked into my life
and you changed my soul
every single part
sweet amazing
nothin's gonna be the same

now I know that I can never
say never again
my light is shinin'
shinin' brightly again
all for the miracle
of lovin' you every day
I can never
say never again
in the meantime
my lover and friend
you took me to the mountains
and i'm never comin' down again

we can make it
like we never could before
'cause we found the thing
we were lookin for before
and I love you
and i'm never gonna be the same


(copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

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

WHERE 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

(Written by Dan Michel 7-3-06)

Stories (Better Left In The Dark)

I don't know just what to say
all the things i knew before
have been cast away
tossed by the endless winds of time
another day further
out of my sight

(chorus)

should have never pushed for the truth
knowing that the answer
could be unbecoming you
now all that we were falls apart
sometimes there are stories
better left in the dark

i'd take it back if i could
make believe the one you are
nothing but good
now you're just a ghost in my heart
another day further
already too far

(chorus)

should have never pushed for the truth
knowing that the answer
could be unbecoming you
now all that we were falls apart
sometimes there are stories
better left in the dark

(bridge)

change the frame
change the light
start it over
out of time

(chorus)

should have never pushed for the truth
knowing that the answer
could be unbecoming you
now all that we were falls apart
sometimes there are stories
better left in the dark

(copyright 2006 D. B. Michel)

blue angel #9

someone looking down on me, over my shoulder
takes me safely home, when i don't know where i'm going
all the restless nights, i wander the earth like a dying light

tries to get me back, to the straight and narrow
when i'm falling to the earth, like a wounded sparrow
all the greyest days, try to take my faith away

i can't see you anytime
but i know you're there
i know the signs
i believe you're on my side
saved again
by blue angel number 9

i'm still alive enough, to tell you the tale
there was no way to win, until i learned to fail
i'm indebted to one, who won't let me come undone

i'm still chasin' down a dream, i still want to matter
though my words are hard to hear, in this roar of chatter
but i'll be getting along, even though i might go wrong

i can't see you anytime
but i know you're there
i know the signs
i believe you're on my side
saved again
by blue angel number 9

(copyright 2005 D. B. Michel)

the roaring silence

my heart is as cold as the wind through the window
my thoughts are a dark as this moonless night
i wish it would rain so i could hear something
to drown out the quiet that roars through my life

the paper i write on is dappled by teardrops
it gets hard to read when the ink hits the wet
blinded by fortunes i thought that i wanted
i missed out on what i needed to get

this place where i sit seems cursed and forsaken
and nobody else dares to come inside
so no one can hear the sound my hearts making
between every beat is a silent cry

(copyright 2003 d. b. michel)

everything is changing

I can't help but remember
i know i should forget
what's done is done now
all that's left is the regrets
the place we knew then
it's all been changed
i'm supposed to move on
and act my age

(chorus)

seems like nothing's meant to stay the same
the world's gone crazy
everything is changing
nothing here makes sense anymore
just an unforgotten feeling
i can't feel anymore

i still take the long way
it tears me apart
the sun goes down now
and it's burnin' my heart
the world is movin'
just let it be
it's all in past tense
like you and me

(chorus)

seems like nothing's meant to stay the same
the world's gone crazy
everything is changing
nothing here makes sense anymore
just an unforgotten feeling
i can't feel anymore

(copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

hang on tonight

fly on the wings on a dream you lived with
all of your dark days
fade away
leave them behind

take a drink of the cool clear water
then be on your way
on the way
to meet tomorrow

(chorus)
hang on tonight because there's another day on the way
another day...
better than the ones you've seen before that fade
hang on tonight because there's a better plan at your command
another day closer
to when you understand

hold on to something free and easy
let the pain subside
let it go
leave it behind

take a chance on a friend worth knowing
and you just might find
another soul
another time

(chorus)
hang on tonight because there's another day on the way
another day...
better than the ones you've seen before that fade
hang on tonight because there's a better plan at your command
another day closer
to when you understand

(bridge)
there ain't no way to know where your going
even with the best laid plans
changes come but you just might find
something better in your hand

(chorus)
hang on tonight because there's another day on the way
another day...
better than the ones you've seen before that fade
hang on tonight because there's another plan at your command
another day closer
to when you understand

(Copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

where were you?

when i tried to say what i had to say
when the rain was fallin' down
where were you?
where were you?

when i was searching my heart for an answer
trying to hear what you would say
where were you?
where were you?

were you hiding
from the difficult words
hiding from the feelings
that were really yours
hiding your emotions
so i wouldn't see
what you really think
when you think of me
were you somewhere in the darkness
looking in
but left me without a word
well i'm emptier for what i haven't heard

when i was spilling my soul on the paper
when i was dark as a winter's night
where were you?
where were you ?

when i was seeking your mind for some comfort
trying hard to find your light
where were you?
where were you?

were you hiding
from the difficult words
hiding from the feelings
that were really yours
hiding your emotions
so i wouldn't see
what you really think
when you think of me
were you somewhere in the darkness
looking in
but left me without a word
well i'm emptier for what i haven't heard

(copyright 2005 d. b. michel)

the worst day

i thought that with time you would recede into the past
but every little memory of you was built to last
i could run a million miles away and you'd be there
i wish that i could lie and say that i no longer care

i'm remembering the worst day of my life
and you were there
you gave to me the worst day of my life
i didn't have a prayer
i just want to find a way to change the way i feel
but the shadows of the worst day of my life
come through too clear

they tell me that time can heal all wounds and fade the pain
but still a thought of you is more than strong enough to bring the rain
there was never gonna be a chance for you to be that way
waiting on a world i used to know that burned away

I'm remembering the the worst day of my life
and you were there
you gave to me the worst day of my life
i didn't have a prayer
i just want to find a way to change the way i feel
but the shadows of the worst day of my life
come through too clear

(copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

untitled rant

the world ain't turning your way
someone else is always in control
they got what they got
from who they know
you want to make a difference
lay it on the line
but you play the same song over
every time

there's nothing wrong with your world
except your whine
there's no one receiving you now
it's the same old sign
it's all them bad debbils fault
(you say) someone should give them a fine
there's nothing wrong with your world
except your whine

The world would tear you to pieces
troublemakers break all the rules
they go to extremes
to step on your toes
you want to call the office
put an end to their lies
so you play the same song over
every time

there's nothing wrong with your world
except your whine
there's no one receiving you now
it's the same old sign
it's all them bad debbils fault
(you say) someone should give them a fine
there's nothing wrong with your world
except your whine

(d. b. michel)

seven seas

I guess it's time to abandon this ship

rather than be shunned by the masses

i will search elsewhere

kingdom come and then kingdom go

the next trip i take the destination home

is what i'll do

and i don't need seven seas

i just need the keys

and then i'm gone

i don't need the ocean blue

all i really need is you

and you're not here

i guess it's time i undo all the locks

set me free to find second chances

i will be going

highway up and then highway down

the one i'll take is known to me

that's what i'll do

and i don't need seven seas

i just need the keys

and then i'm gone

i don't need the ocean blue

all i really need is you

and you're not here

(copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

starlit night

It was a voice that I heard on a starlit night
As I shed bitter tears all alone
All the things that it said
Rumbled ‘round in my head
And I listened as truth overflowed
What was not meant to be
Is never to be
What might yet be is unknown
And the final words spoke by this voice in the night
Were the ones that I needed to know

There is no love without pain
There is no joy without love
There is no wisdom without ignorance
There is no light without dark

There is no wet without dry
There is no you without I
There is no place that’s too far to go
There is no lost without home

(copyright 2006 d. b. michel)

bad love

something i couldn't say to you
still you wanted to know
i'd given all i could give to you
but you wanted more
i was feeling the pressure
of a thing gone wrong
now all that is left of it
is a lonely song

i'm talkin' 'bout bad love
'talkin' 'bout the shoe about to fall
talkin' bout bad love
now you've got my back against the wall

something started that couldn't be
but we ran with the flow
i knew that i could get kicked by you
but i couldn't say no
i was feeling the pressure
of a thing gone wrong
now all that is left of it
is a lonely song

i'm talkin' 'bout bad love
'talkin' 'bout the shoe about to fall
'talkin' 'bout bad love
now you've got my back against the wall

(written by d. b. michel/4-6-06)

a million stars

warm summer night
just me and the sky
a million stars
all in my eye at once
and i'm missin' you

i looked at all
the places you go
searching for you
even the sky don't know
yeah, i'm missin' you

(bridge)
sky full of stars
one of them must be you
if you see my heart
tell me what i should do

(chorus)
'cause right now, in the middle of the night
got a crisis of the heart
i gotta know, i need some kind of plan
to get me back to you
somehow, something just went wrong
and i let you slip away
and right now, amidst a million stars
i hope you'll be okay

lost summer dreams
caught up in a lie
a wounded heart
how can i make you see?
i need you here

i've been through hell
i made a mistake
now i'm asking you
can't you feel i'm real by now?
and i'm missin' you

(back to bridge...then chorus)

(copyright 2004 d. b. michel)