I'll Always Be A Friend To You

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Livin' In A Dream World

I was very sick over the weekend...I didn't have the strength to do anything but think...And believe me i was coming up with some very strange ideas while i lay in bed too ill to sleep...If you're a fan of world peace...In my dream world i was making it happen...I played the slightly bemused hero who had somehow done for the world what our greatest leaders had failed to do for centuries...I just talked...people listened...and just like that we had world peace...Prejudice...intolerance and bigotry ended when the world heard what i had always wanted to say...I was so happy...Now no one would ever have to suffer from our most preventable killer...war...Because i had laid it out plain and simple...Prejudice...intolerance and bigotry were the root cause of our pain...and when it stopped...War became unthinkable...We were all winning because we stopped fighting...

Then reality came creeping in...My world was not recognized by anyone but me...I had done nothing...I was just dreaming the same dream i always have in my heart...I have tried to share that dream in little ways all my life...But the cynics of the world could never really accept my world...Because hatred and fear have long been institutionalized...Rulers try to gain power to keep power...they can never really take that leap of faith that is required to use that power for anything but maintaining the status quo...

So i'm back now...in the real world...and i'm still not happy with it...But i also know i will never give up my dream...The dream i dream is the most wonderful i dream i know...that is because it is also the most elusive...I will go on dreaming that someday we will get beyond the hurtful hate that makes people hide what they really want...in favor of something more in line with what is commonly accepted by our society...The dreamer dreams on...A simple dream of real love that whole world could share...Without the fear of being rejected for stepping out of life...the way it is always been...and moving forward with a different plan for life the way it could be...The way it should be...If we want to end the problems that have held us back...It takes the strongest leap of faith...to really believe in love.

"Livin' In A Dream World"

don't know a single thing about love
i had to learn to live without love
i found a place where i could go
a place my shame would never show

i dream a dream that seems so real
it's like a life without the feel
i go there when i'm by myself
then all the empty can't be felt

i could fly me to the moon
i'll be riding on a broom

now now
i'm livin' in a dream world
now now
ooh what a life
now now
i'm livin' in a dream world
where everything is always alright
'cause i keep the real world outta sight

(2009 db michel)

I'll Always Be A Friend To You

no matter what i've said
no matter what i've done
some things can never change
no matter where we run
whatever happens
you know that it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

i may get angry
i may be sad
some things i may regret
when i'm trying to hold fast
it may be hard to see
but you know it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

the wins and losses in this life keep closing in
sometimes it's hard to find my way
but when i'm down the most and i think i've reached the end
just a word or two can save me
if they're coming from a friend

i may act colder
i may act dumb
i know i can't be perfect
but i'm not the only one
when the word is said
you will know it's true
i'll always be a friend to you

(2009 db michel)

Zombie Restaurant

who could hear what i don't
and still not get the hint
don't worry 'bout me anymore
'cause i'm really over it

what is there to ponder
but where to go from here
no hurry 'cause i'm gone again
this is it really it my friend

it's time for me to go
(the less i hear....the more i know...the sea of silence tells me so)
i'm leaving on my own
(the more i wait...the less i want...in this zombie restaurant)

no ending for a story
that never should begin
no chasin' dreams that don't exist
let them perish on the wind

no matter what i do now
there ain't no lookin' back
no water falls in outer space
can make ponder what i lack

it's time for me to go
(the less i hear....the more i know...the sea of silence tells me so)
i'm leaving on my own
(the more i wait...the less i want...in this zombie restaurant)

(2009 db michel)

Too Late To Hold On

this time
there will be no sign at all
this time
there will be no message to see
this time
it is only after the fall
that you will understand the deed
has been done
and the time is over
the path is closed
what has been known
in the future is overgrown

(chorus)
too late to hold on
too late to go on
the way has been taken
the good times forsaken
too late to come back
too late if you lack
what has been frozen
the path you have chosen
is all you will know
all you will know

(bridge)
away...away
far away
like it never mattered
away...away
what was whole has been shattered

(chorus)
too late to hold on
too late to go on
the way has been taken
the good times forsaken
too late to come back
too late if you lack
what has been frozen
the path you have chosen
is all you will know
all you will know

(2009 db michel)

Poop For Peace

everybody can make a difference
everybody can be a part
like Lennon said if we imagine
we can make a lot from a fart
these days my bowels are rumblin'
these days when gas is high
these days when i see the toilet
i never cruise on by

gotta be givin' as long as i'm livin'
gonna poop for peace
save the world and get some relief
gonna poop for peace
let it all go and soon you will see
poop is peace

everybody has heard the legend
everybody who has a heart
like Lennon said give poop a chance
don't ya know it's a damn good start
these day the whole world's rumblin'
these days the pressure's high
these all days we all need to sit a spell
and let the peace logs fly

gotta be givin' as long as i'm livin'
gonna poop for peace
save the world and get some relief
gonna poop for peace
let it all go and soon you will see
poop is peace

(2009 db michel)

Love Is The Lament

it's the human story
the carnage we have spent
the pain we have inflicted
on this world that we rent
the damage is uncounted
'cause we don't want to know
when the bill comes due
the sea of tears will overflow

(chorus)
time and time is spent
it seems to never end
love is the lament
it's always starting over
time and time is spent
the brittle will not bend
love is the lament
it's always starting over

it's the faceless spectre
of a future filled with pain
seas are soiled and lifeless
killed by poison rain
fires will burn deserted
in a war that has no end
the sky forever darkened
and you can't tell foe from friend

(chorus)
time and time is spent
it seems to never end
love is the lament
it's always starting over
time and time is spent
the brittle will not bend
love is the lament
it's always starting over

(2009 db michel)

The Game

i feel the man receding...passing to the dream
neverending vistas of pixilated screens
mind and soul detaching
from the world he knew so well
is he heading for his heaven?
or being tricked into his hell?

(chorus)
don't let the lights confuse you
it's really not the same
he's heading down another road
and he can't stop it now
'cause he's caught in the game

i see the many changes...in all i do not see
what is going on in his electric dreams
there's no sun or weather
nowhere for rain to fall
he's rising in the standings
and headed for the wall

(chorus)
don't let the lights confuse you
it's really not the same
he's heading down another road
and he can't stop it now
'cause he's caught in the game

(bridge)
the colors shine so brightly
all the while he is plugged in
no other need can supercede
the need to do it again
(do it again)

(chorus)
don't let the lights confuse you
it's really not the same
he's heading down another road
and he can't stop it now
'cause he's caught in the game

(2009 db michel)

Alien Hand

fight the darkness
with an alien hand
bring the lightning
fuse the sand
walk on rock
made by man
fight the darkness
with an alien hand

kill the pain then
with a drink from home
seize your dream
as it passes on
place your bets
let them show
kill the pain then
with a drink from home

(2009 db michel)

Lose Me

if i can't be who you want me to be
no one's forcing you to stay
if i won't say what you want me to say
it might be better anyway
if i move on down the highway
find another place
leave you to yourself
to find another way

(chorus)
and let you lose me
somewhere in the stars
you can lose me
and stay right where you are
nothing would be better
than this if we were wrong
you should lose me
giddy up and carry on

if you don't need what i wanted to give
and i've nothing else you need
if you don't see what you need in me
if i can't bring you up to speed
i should move on down the highway
find another place
leave you to yourself
to find a better way

and let you lose me
somewhere in the stars
you can lose me
and stay right where you are
nothing would be better
than this if we were wrong
you should lose me
giddy up and carry on

(bridge)
i never meant that i should be a chain
that was holdin' on to you
i never wanted to be someone else
for some temporary situation
that really has no use

(chorus)
i'll let you lose me
somewhere in the stars
you can lose me
and stay right where you are
nothing would be better
than this if we were wrong
you should lose me
giddy up and carry on

(2009 db michel)

Tragedy of Hope

if there was one love that i could have
that i have never spoken of
then it would be the best love
the greatest love
when the souls have joined before they know
no time
no touch
to make it so
simple feelings touch the heart
better than the flesh

and the dream lives on
that can never be
the tragedy of hope
keeps it going
the days go by
and i'll never know
what could ever be
when dreams emerge from night
into the light of day

(2009 db michel)

Looks Like Rain

Lookin for some sunshine
it's another crazy day
but the sky is getting darker
the color of my pain

looks like rain
looks like the shoe's about to fall
looks like rain
and I don't feel a thing at all
I dream of something better
but it always ends the same
each day is like the other
looks like rain

lookin' for some answers
not a lot to say
the glow that used to shine down
has all but gone away

looks like rain
looks like the shoe's about to fall
looks like rain
and I don't feel a thing at all
I dream of something better
but it always ends the same
each day is like the other
looks like rain

(2009 db michel)

inspired by a YouTube friend.

I'm Gettin; Older (And I'm Growin' Up Slow)

i ain't got a dollar to my name
for what it's worth it doesn't mean a thing
i could have a thousand
a million bucks or more
but i'd blow it all on happiness
and end up on the floor

used to be so easy
to dream a young man's dreams
life goes on and i find out
it's harder than it seems
i try to make it better
as down the road i go
but i'm gettin' older
and i'm growin' up slow

I could be the king of everything
but titles don't do me no good at all
if you can't be a winner
in the game you wanna play
there ain't no home or castle
gonna please you anyway

used to be so easy
to dream a young man's dreams
life goes on and i find out
it's harder than it seems
i try to make it better
as down the road i go
but i'm gettin' older
and i'm growin' up slow

i once thought i'd be there
on that bandstand on TV
i'm still waitin' for the call
stuck somewhere in between

used to be so easy
to dream a young man's dreams
life goes on and i find out
it's harder than it seems
i try to make it better
as down the road i go
but i'm gettin' older
and i'm growin' up slow

(2009 db michel)

The Alien

(Verse 1)
he comes to save us
he comes to win
he's out there waiting
to do it all again
there is something
he means to change
something better
but it's all the same

(chorus)
and you can call him the alien
'cause of what he's done
you can call him the wind
you can call him whatever you want
he'll come calling again

(verse 2)
he lives the nightlife
he sleeps by day
he's looking for light
in everything
he's a dreamer
can't find his dream
you can see him
in everything he's been

(chorus)
and you can call him the alien
'cause of what he's done
you can call him the wind
you can call him whatever you want
he'll come calling again

(bridge)
from the billion points of light
scattered in the darkened sky
he is far from home
he is missing them tonight

(chorus)
and you can call him the alien
'cause of what he's done
you can call him the wind
you can call him whatever you want
he'll come calling again

(2009 db michel)

Let The Fools Carry On

you may not believe it
you may not want to know
it's not ours to understand
if they wander leave them be
if they holler...give them peace

just let the fools carry on
the way they wanna do
let the fools carry on
the way they are
let the fools carry on
do what they gonna do
till it's over and done
let the fools carry on

you may not condone it
you may not think it's right
this is not a world that we know
if they rumble let them be
if they're looking...let them see

just let the fools carry on
the way they wanna do
let the fools carry on
the way they are
let the fools carry on
do what they gonna do
till it's over and done
let the fools carry on

(2009 db michel)