Why Can't You Be Someone Else

The storm has come again
sequestered your rein has fallen
wow its like its never ending
just when i thought i would get a break
is when i see you hovering

Over me, over me, over me
you keep hovering hover me

Why can't you give me some space
why can't you just leave it alone
why can't you listen to my words
why can't you be someone else

Oh it's all that i can...not to want to
it's all that i am..that keeps me from
it's what i believe...that keeps you from harm

Some day you're gonna get yours
then you're gonna pay with your tears
you're gonna want to lay down and die
no one around while you lay there and cry

While you lay there and cry
while you lay there and cry,
oh ya ...cry, cry, cry, cry
why don't you
die, die, die

I think i would be so better off
than to know you're just outside my door
no the pain inside won't go away
as long as you're still hanging around

Oh it's all that i can...not to want to
it's all that i am..that keeps me from
it's what i believe...that keeps you from harm

Why can't you give me some space
why can't you just leave it alone
why can't you listen to my words
why can't you be someone else

The storm has come again
sequestered your rein has fallen
it's like it's never gonna end
just when i thought i would get a break
is when i see you hovering over me

Over me, over me, over me
you keep hovering hover me
over me, over me, over me
you keep hovering hover me

Some day you're gonna get yours
you're gonna want to lay down and die
then you're gonna pay with your tears
no one around while you lay there and cry

While you lay there and cry
while you lay there and cry,
oh ya ...cry, cry, cry, cry
why don't you
die, die, die

Oh it's all that i can...not to want to
it's all that i am..that keeps me from
it's what i believe...that keeps you from harm

Why can't you give me some space
why can't you just leave it alone
why can't you listen to my words
why can't you be...someone else

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/22/2013)

what she fears

with a spurt of energy she leaves the scene
not wanting any one to know her name
not to place her face with this tragedy
not to put the blame on to her fortune or fame

she hobbles down the alley beyond the streets
looking back to see if anyone is following her
the darkness coming, the air is getting cold
yet what she fears the most is still untold

the dogs let loose, can hear them calling
soon they'll be close enough to smell her
is there somewhere close to hide away
her fear is pumping hard and harder

just what is this situation supposed to teach her
what did you need to learn from your teacher
how to survive here in the darkness believe it
shaking in fear the coldness is creeping

she can hear them scratching at the door
sirens and helicopters all up in her ears
keep her screaming and screaming
rocking back and forth yelling and yelling

"i cant go back... i had to do what i did to get out"
"can't you see what they were doing to me"
"no one to hold... no one to love"
"every day a tragedy...no one would believe"
"they were coming for me...coming for me"

so she let out a scream louder than God
hoping someone would come, but no one would
so she did what she did and ran far away
now they've caught up with her the very next day

"i cant go back... i had to do what i did to get out"
"can't you see what they were doing to me"
"no one to hold... no one to love"
"every day a tragedy...no one would believe"
"they were coming for me...coming for me"

The Valley Between Us

You moved all your things
now you're sleeping in the other room

There's a valley between us
it's depth too hard to fathom
it's spread too wide to understand

Spending your weekends
with your so-called friends

And when i call... you're never there
when did you lose your faith

I give you everything
honestly, you just took it all

And now i just shake my head
don't know what's left to believe

There's a valley between us
it's depth too hard to fathom
it's spread too wide to understand

I try to hide my feelings
I try to bear the sting

It's so simple to hold it in
protection is the what begins

So i came to be with you
in the room you're sleeping in

Tried to give it one last try
but you kept your space
and your silence too

There's a valley between us
it's depth too hard to fathom
it's spread too wide to understand

And nothings gonna be accomplished
by trying to break it's span

You're over there and I'm over here
obviously we've lost what we held dear
no way around to make it any clearer

Well it's time to let it all go

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/18/2013)

Time Heals the Soul

My heart aches, it aches , for you
I'm nothing, so it seems, without you
so you always said

I don't want you... to go
but that's all over now
cuz time has healed my soul

You said it all in a rage and fiery fit
ya this time you've had enough
ya this time this is it

And all of the times before
you finally cooled down by the time
i was heading out that door

I don't know what i do
what i do to piss off you
i try and try to be good

But the more i try
the more i ruin
seems like i just have to breathe
and you come off so unglued

It doesn't have to be this way
we didn't start out like this
you were, we were, having so much fun
now it looks like we've come undone

You said it all in a rage and fiery fit
ya this time you've had enough
ya this time this is it

I don't know what i do
what i do to piss off you
i try and try to be good

So i come home after work
everything's gone and so are you
and I'm crying in the dark
so much loss, man was i the fool

My heart aches, it aches , for you
I'm nothing, so it seems, without you

I don't want you... to go
but that's all over now
because time has healed my soul

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/18/2013)

Gotta Stop the Bleed

So many people out there in this world
no one to care for them, no one to love
you see them every day they stand next to you
they need some love, they just need someone

Standing in the dark wondering where you are
waiting for a familiar sound the one when you get home
will this finally be the last straw, the end of us, i don't know
this isn't the way or what i thought our love would grow

Feeding on lonely nights and something's feeding on my despair
can't help whats building up inside because you leave it there
no words need to be said, just one look and we know it's there
this love never had a chance, this love is lost without repair

Oh i tried to tell you, but you didn't want to listen
i tried to seal this leak we created, tried to keep it real
never could understood the way you're thinking
and the way your words were always peaking

You're never calm when you talk to me, baby
always in an argument, you tend to redirect it
so tired of you putting the blame on me, yes i am

And we get a moment, i try to solve the situation
i try to hold your hand, say something sweet to you
but you know what you do, you just pull away

So why do you stay with me
cant you see this ain't working out
this love doesn't have what it takes
what you got is full of holes
so full heart break, honey

I just can't go on, living this way you know
the days are lonely and nights are too long
waiting to hear if you are coming home
someone has to take a stand you see

Cuz i gotta mend this heart
Darling i gotta stop the bleed

I need, yes i need

Someone to hold my hand
take me to the promise land

Hold me up when i fall
when they're out, they will call

To tell, to tell me they love me
that I'm, ya that I'm their only one
that they can't wait to get home to me
and hold me through the night

I just can't go on, living this way you know
the days are lonely and nights are too long

Cuz i gotta mend this heart
ya Darling,  i gotta stop the bleed

I need, yes i need

Someone to hold my hand
take me to the promise land

Cuz i gotta mend this heart
Honey, i gotta stop the bleed

So many people out there in this world
no one to care for them, no one to love

Feeding on lonely nights
and something's feeding on my despair
can't help whats building up inside
because you leave it there

No words need to be said
just one look and we know it's there
this love never had a chance
this love is lost without repair

Just gotta mend this heart
just gotta stop this bleed

Just gotta believe that i can

Just gotta mend my heart
just gotta stop the bleed

Just gotta believe that i can
Love again, ya love again

Please someone stop this bleed
please someone stop this bleed
please someone stop this bleed

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/6/2013)

Gonna Do It All Again

Why am I always last one to see
always the last one to feel the free
the last one to hold on, to believe

I have four chambers in my heart
so much room to hold it all
but only takes one to ruin them all
and it bleeds when it runs full of hate

This time its gotta fill the holes
from all the ones that shot me down
this time its gotta fill me to the brim
yea you know i gotta them in

I don't care if the call me blind
its not them, its my time to win
gonna catch that ball
gonna make that goal
gonna make that dead line
gonna fly way way up high
and then I'm gonna do it

Then I'm gonna do it
then I'm gonna do it
again, again, again and again
ya..I'm going to do it again
again, again, again
ya...do it all again

Looking back over time
what were you really to me
what did you contribute
what governed your policy
what kept me under your spell
even when I knew it so well

I gave this a try, I was all in
gave it my leap of faith
not to just do the right thing
we would lose control
but we would regain it again
trying live this life without any sin

So I'm handing off the baton
another day another dollar
waiting for the sun to holler
living this life the best I can
living it being the best that I am

I don't care if the call me blind
its not them, it's my time to win
gonna catch that ball
gonna make that goal
gonna make that dead line
gonna fly way way up high
and then I'm gonna do it

Then I'm gonna do it
then I'm gonna do it
again, again, again and again
ya..I'm going to do it again
again, again, again
ya...do it all again

Ya...do it all again

(by Roelin Davis all rights reserved 9/3/2013)