Songs of Birds

(For soprano voice)

I light a flame and it burns in me
You light a flame, it burns for all to see
Cross-currents caught in a storm
Till an ocean of difference is all we can be

Songs of birds
Songs of birds
A forest full of the songs of birds

(For tenor voice)

I light a flame, it burns only for you
You light a flame and it burns me through
Cross-currents caught in a storm
Till an ocean of difference is all we can be

Songs of birds
Songs of birds
A forest full of the songs of birds

(For soprano and tenor)

Torch songs fill our hearts
Love sings only when it's true
Is this all we can be
When I love you

(For choir)

Songs of birds
Songs of birds
A forest full of the songs of birds

Long Distance Days

It feels like I'm walking on glass
And running on empty
I can't deal in your treacherous ways
And I don't how long my heart
Can hold on
In these long distance days

I risk it all for you
Love on the roll of the dice
And yet your words cut me
Deeper than any knife
And I'm running out of reasons
And running out of time
You give me no answers
To the questions I find
Haunting my lips
As you kiss away the night
But morning only brings
Fractured dreams in the clear, cold light
And I don't know how long my heart
Can hold on
In these long distance days

It feels like I'm walking on glass
And running on empty
I can't deal in your treacherous ways
And I don't how long my heart
Can hold on
In these long distance days

Off That Floor

Somewhere between yesterday and today
Somewhere between yesterday and today
The rules changed
Those lines blurred
Our shapes became a different word
Somewhere between yesterday and today
It's a whole new ball game

Don't throw me that curve
Because I've heard
It all before
Once, twice, encore, encore
Get up! get up!
Off that floor
But I'm not so sure now
And I'm not sure how
But somewhere between yesterday and today
Those rules changed

Somewhere between yesterday and today
Somewhere between yesterday and today
The rules changed
Those lines blurred
Our shapes became a different word
And you're not so sure now
And you're not sure how
But somewhere between yesterday and today
Somewhere between yesterday and today
It's a whole new ball game

The View From Here And

There isn't much to see
If you're trying to look at me
And I'm sick of the reasons why
I didn't look
And I didn't try

And what do you want me to say
I didn't dare
And I didn't die
What do you want me to say
I didn't change
And I didn't lie

Oh honey, it was you
Who's looking at me
But I'll tell you now
There's not that much to see

And on the way here
I drowned in a ocean of tears
And on the way here
I burned in a wildfire of fears
And what do you want me to say
To give absolution
And tidy it all away

Well honey, it was you
Who was looking my way

Goodbye

Your eyes close the space
Stretching hours into moments
In their tender embrace
And a thousand cobweb threads
Could not hold you
However tight
And no rain could douse
Those eyes burning bright
A storm will rage in my heart
For all days
Since I've had to watch
Your eyes say

First verse of Horizontal Tides...

I told myself any kind of promise
Is better than no promise at all
But what did I give in return
To be washed up on your unforgiving shores
It took an ocean of salt water
To open my eyes
Only to find
I'm still crying under horizontal tides

(possible chorus)
A walk over the hilltop and down to the sea
Vertical cliffs where the wind flies free
Above me the buzzards are circling round
But I’m keeping my feet firmly on solid ground

After we meet

Which one are you?
I’m sorry it’s not kind
But honey,
I’m not a patient soul
So which one are you?

It might be the eyes
That remind
Of other ways
And earlier days
It might be the walk
The air of yesterday’s talk
So I’m sorry if it seems
Too hasty and throwaway
But which one are you?

All these tears
Really washed away
Those years
Like stones tumbling
From the shifting banks
Of memory
So you need to know
I’m not a patient soul
Which one are you?

And on the surface
Reflected in an oily sheen
A myriad of chances
Always someone else’s dreams
It’s just a puddle, man
But for a moment or two
All of the world is waiting there
So which one are you?

From me

And I’m going to tell you why
I’m going to sing
But you not might like it
You walked out of my heart and
You expected me to understand
You walked out of my heart and
As tho’ you expected an apology
From me
For what else could have I done
Can love ever really do wrong?

I’ve watched walk away twice now
What’s that about
When is enough, enough?
I can’t expect you to understand
But I’m going to sing
And you might not like it
For what else can I do
For loving you?
For what else could have I done
Can love ever really do wrong?

Aphelion

The voyages of constellations
That haven't yet reached our eyes
Are painted in the night ink
Of late Autumn skies
Like words in the wind
They whisper over the lake
All we need is a boat
To reach heaven's gate