Like a Runaway

I can't get this tune out of my head. The melodies just flow so...right. To my ears anyway.

I am more than you know, street lights and open roads
I am more than a face, stuck living in one place
So call me California

Call me what you will
Cause I am bigger than this place, And so far from alone

I don't believe in your hate 'cause these scars are gonna fade
So pour me out like water, and soak me up like rain

[Chorus: ]

Like a runaway, spend these night counting stars
Like a runaway
And maybe I could call this home tonight
Like a runaway

I whisper all these secrets, to a blank page on a line
I said we don't speak like lovers, and my words are dripping with wine
So call me California
Call me what you will
'Cause I'm bigger than this place
And so far from alone

[Chorus]

When burning bridges won't come down
Like symphonies without a sound
I spend these nights counting stars
And wonder if there's hope for me out there, out there

*** "Runaway" by Thriving Ivory

Newly Found

If you cannot move then I will carry you
If you cannot breathe I'll be the air
Only say my name to show me where you are
and I'll be there when no one else will stand

- 'Carry You' by Sleeperstar

I still think of you at night
While I beg the Lord to let me sleep
I pretend that I am all right
That you're leaving me

Wherever you go
I will always long for you
Wherever you are
I wish I was there
If you're running away do you want me to chase you
Tried to move on but I couldn't erase you
Wherever you go
I will always long for you

If I'm honest with myself
Let's say that we never stood a chance
Love don't walk away
You know how bad I need you now
I'll say it again

'Wherever You Go' by Sleeperstar

***
In addition to Ian Walsh, Sleeperstar is a band I newly discovered and whom I've been listening to all day long (although they've been around awhile). Amazing talents.

Lyrical Lies

An old man gave me a tip he said
"Don't waste your time with politics" he said
"Just chase skirts instead"
"Life is too short, and you're almost dead" he said
"I met a woman once, I gave her my best shot"
"But never did I talk and talk and talk"
"If I had her back, I'd be as real as my age"
"I so don't blame them, I wouldn't do the same"
"But I can blame them, I'd sing her this"

And you want to be dressed in poetry
But imagery doesn't fit
And you want resizing
But darling dear get a grip

And I think what I just wrote is going over my head
I'm stealing lines from myself
And what I said was never said
It's just a lyrical lie
Made up in my mind

And you want to be dressed in poetry
But imagery doesn't fit
And you want resizing
But darling dear get a grip

You're moving but not aware
You're drowsy without a care
Except keeping your whites behind your lids
And your lids are your best canvas
I can only imagine what you're painting, what you're painting
And your body on my mattress is proof
And your makeup on my pillow is proof
But do you think I am telling you the truth

It's just a lyrical lie
Made up in my mind

And you want to be dressed in poetry
But imagery doesn't fit
And you want resizing
But darling dear get a grip

And you want to be dressed in poetry
But imagery doesn't fit
And you want resizing
But darling dear get a grip

***full credits to Cute is What We Aim For.

Here is Gone

You and I got something
But it's all and then it's nothing to me
...
And I got my defenses
When it comes to your intentions for me
...
And we wake up in the breakdown
Of the things we never thought we could be
...

I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We've got to move you darling
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all...

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone

I am no solution
To the sound of this pollution in me
...
And I was not the answer so forget you ever thought it was me
...

I'm not the one who broke you
I'm not the one you should fear
We've got to move you darling
I thought I lost you somewhere
But you were never really ever there at all

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I won't tempt to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone

And I don't need a fall out
Of all the past that's here between us
And I'm not holding on
And all your lies weren't enough to keep me here

And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can feel you falling
And I wanted to be
All you need
Somehow here is gone
And I want to get free
Talk to me
I can fear you falling

I know it's out there
...
I can feel you falling
I know it's out there
...
Somehow here is gone
I know it's out there
...
Somehow here is gone

***
John Rzeznik of the incomparable Goo Goo Dolls, will always have my love.

I can't wait for

States.

Turn around and walk away,
I know we can make it through, make it back to:
The town in the sky, we've waited our whole lives and now its time to begin...
Give it away don't forget we're all safe and now it's
Right in the end...

"The Town in The Sky" by States: Bryan Laurenson, Mindy White and Stephen Laurenson