I Can Learn to Live With It

Cornered by your wrath
i can't say anything
without oppression
without a verbal beating
you're so quick
thy tongue is your whip

I have to chose my words
or I'll feel the sting
you're always lying in waiting
finding pleasure in the stalk
looming in the darkness
until i have the need

One look from you
and it makes me shiver
all the way through my bones
makes me want to beg
give me something
something please

I got no control
got nothing up my sleeve
got nowhere i can go
to get away
to fly, to be free
so caught up
in your web of deceit

And i need you now
but i know what that brings
the innocence gone
this heart torn in two
don't know which way to go
do i give in again
if i only knew how to leave

Waiting for the sun to come
so the darkness will be all gone
maybe things will clear
get something straight up in my head
maybe i can learn to live with it
hopefully before I'm dead

Gotta have some plan
so i can breathe
need some space
that i can call my own
some where to run and hide
far away from you
and when i look up to the sky
i want to see the stars
and not your face

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/1/2013)

What Your Love Has Done (the experiment - dual duo)

  
Light headed and in a daze
    (it's what they say about this one)
feeling the chill of this lonely place
    (rumors spreading while they're shaking)
there's nothing left here to fill my void
    (they can't help what they're spilling)
not even the sound of your voice
   (it's just how they're feeling this time)

The light of the moon moves with grace
    (not knowing which is the way to go)
from one side of the room across this space
    (which way is up or down)
it's all empty from the bottom to the top
    (when they break their crowns)
but I'm held firm i can't even move
    (jawing over me and you)
    (we know the subject is mute)

Well I've been trying to remember
    (nothing needs to be said)
what it was that could of made it all go wrong
    (and when the sun raises it's head)
i tried so hard so why don't you know
    (we know this will be the last time)
my commitment from the start
    (they will get the fuel to stave their fires)
i always thought proven so strong
    (honestly I'm quite surprised its last this long)
    (i wasn't figuring it would go on and on)

But you see, these one sided love affairs
    (all the signs you been giving in)
never sprout the way one expects or believes
    (pointed to our demise before it began)
somehow they always take the path of deceit
    (but i was willing to see where it lead)
wandering where they don't belong
    (not seeing the shortness of this future)
while still lingering on and on beneath our feet
    (laying in the rapture of the moment)
    (feeling my heart make the leap instead)


I getting tired of them, I'm getting too old and lost
    (sliding down... ya sliding down)
gonna stop running from my past so it can catch up
    (no way of turning round, no way to escape)
maybe then I'll get a chance to learn all of my lessons well
    (just maybe i don't want to)
maybe then you'll see what your love has done to me
    (maybe this is what i want, what i need)
    (so I'm asking, baby...baby please.. don't leave)

by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 8/24/2013
(inspiration from ELO - duo verses sung side by side)

What Your Love Has Done

Light headed and in a daze
feeling the chill of this lonely place
there's nothing left here to fill my void
not even the sound of your voice

The light of the moon moves with grace
from one side of the room across this space
it's all empty from the bottom to the top
but I'm held firm i can't even move

Well I've been trying to remember
what it was that could of made it all go wrong
i tried so hard so why don't you know
my commitment from the start
i always thought proven so strong

But you see, these one sided love affairs
never sprout the way one expects or believes
somehow they always take the path of deceit
wandering where they don't belong
while still lingering on and on beneath our feet

I getting tired of them, I'm getting too old and lost
gonna stop running from my past so it can catch up
maybe then I'll get a chance to learn all of my lessons well
maybe then you'll see what your love has done to me

feeling my heart make the leap

it's what they say about this one
rumors spreading while they're shaking
they can't help what they're spilling
it's just how they're feeling this time
not knowing which is the way to go
which way is up or down
when they break their crowns
jawing over me and you
we know the subject is mute
nothing needs to be said
and when the sun raises it's head
we know this will be the last time
they will get the fuel to stave their fires
honestly I'm quite surprised its last this long
i wasn't figuring it would go on and on
all the signs you been giving in
pointed to our demise before it began
but i was willing to see where it lead
not seeing the shortness of this future
laying in the rapture of the moment
feeling my heart make the leap instead
sliding down... ya sliding down
no way of turning round, no way to escape
just maybe i don't want to
maybe this is what i want, what i need
so i'm asking, baby...baby please.. don't leave

To Look That Far

I know
there's not much of chance
for us to begin again

To try where we left off
to restart
to let the past be behind us

I never imagined
that there was this future
i always refused to look that far

This silence is seeping in
filling my heart when it gets in

Honey there's not much more
my lonely soul can take

Night after night rolling around
racking my brain
trying to figure it all out

Trying to find out
who made the mistake

For you see
ever since i was a kid
i used to dream about your kiss
i use to dream about what i missed

And even when life spun it's evil twists
i always cherished that you would be there
you'd be the one that always cared

Then you went off and ran away
leaving me here to live my days

Baby all alone and it's no fun
the stars won't shine
cuz there's no sun

And I know
there's not much of chance
for us to begin again

To try where we left off
just to restart
to let the past be behind us

Darling i never imagined
that there was this future

Because i always refused
to look that far

Nothing Left Behind

The dust will leave them
the dew will clean them

The days will come and go
and the nights will get so cold

There's no one around to let me know
where you really went last night

You say you been with another man
so now what is the plan

Can i find some forgiveness
is there enough left on the floor

It's everything in the man that i am
to hold myself together in your presence

My hand trembling with my fear
seeing you standing there
all is new and now it's so clear

This life we've been leading
full of false hopes and damaged dreams

This love I've been feeling
now full of holes and the disbelieving

It tells me to hang on , to keep on trying
but in my heart i know, it's already died

Something looms, hovering between us
the silence is so thick you could cut it

Honey why did you go and do it
what made you run to that other man

When you said all things to me
you lead me on a path of deceit
in your light i always followed
a false hope for our future's dreams

And now the fruit of our love
will never see a tomorrow
because you want to take that away

Nothing to be left behind you say
no way, no sorrow