SMILE TWIRL

[verse]

Walking away

You turn and twirl

I am breathless caught in

Your smile swirl

[verse]

It’s the look back

That’s sealing the deal

In the middle of the walk-off

Telling me it’s real

[chorus]

Ooh ooh ooo-ooh smile twirl

It’s my favorite feature

[chorus]

Ooh ooh ooo-ooh smile twirl

It’s a long distance reacher

[verse]

I first saw it on the stairs

I was going down, you up

Passing by, our hands touched

Steps later, you glanced just enough

[verse]

A thousand kisses could equal

Your look framed in my mind

Good-byes are the best part when

I see you see me shine

[chorus]

Ooh ooh ooo-ooh smile twirl

It’s my favorite feature

[chorus]

Ooh ooh ooo-ooh smile twirl

It’s my favorite feature

[bridge]

It’s the look back

That’s sealing the deal

In the middle of the walk-off

Telling me it’s real

[pause, instruments drop out]

With a look, my heart you steal

[acoustic guitar solo]

[verse]

It’s the look back

That’s sealing the deal

In the middle of the walk-off

Telling me it’s real

[chous]

Ooh ooh ooo-ooh smile twirl

It’s a long distance reacher

[chorus]

Ooh ooh ooo-ooh smile twirl

Smile twirl

SCARBURN

Da-da da da, da-da-da,

Da da, da-da-da-da,

Da, da-da-da-da.

[verse]

I kissed you good,

And waited for something in return.

You smiled timidly,

Holding back waiting, for my turn.

[pre-chorus]

You can’t move forward,

Scarburned.

[verse]

I’m not sure I’m here to save you.

You said, “That’s okay,

you didn’t think it through.”

Show me a sign you are worth it.

You took my hand and held it.

It was enough and then I knew.

[chorus]

You can’t move forward,

Scarburned.

[verse]

You had me, and I had you.

But you are damaged goods.

Am I your remedy?

You said, “I am the lyric, and

You are the melody.”

[chorus]

You can’t move forward’

Scarburned,

[chorus]

You can’t move forward,

Scarburned.

[verse]

It was more than enough, I knew

You had me, and I loved you.

I kissed you good again,

And waited for something in return.

[bridge]

You smiled deviously,

And I knew I was next to scarburn.

[acoustic guitar solo]

[verse]

I’m not sure I’m here to save you.

You said, “That’s okay,

you didn’t think it through.”

Show me a sign you are worth it.

You took my hand and held it.

It was enough and then I knew.

[chorus]

You can’t move forward,

Scarburned.

I licked my lips,

Tasting your rejection, spurn.

[chorus]

You can’t move forward,

Scarburned.

You can’t move forward,

Held captive by an old scarburn.

Da-da da da, da-da-da,

Da da, da-da-da-da,

Da, da-da-da-da.

SEA HOLD ON TO ME

[verse]

I am holding on

Sickly

Losing my grip on

Reality

Fading reality

Your love has me

[chorus]

Hold on, hold on—to me

[verse]

Swimming in a rough rogue vertigo sea

Grasping white-knuckled to a lost reality

And I hold on singularly

To my roughly rode reality

I focus on the hazy horizon

Eyeing you avoidantly

But your shimmering shifty somethings sway on

And I hold on to the actuality

I’m flailing horizontally

[chorus]

My love

Hold on, hold on, hold on to me

[bridge]

While I try to—bridge—the eventuality

The seventh green barrel breaker wave

Rises with rippled tides, and I am brave

But it breaks too hard, your crashing sea

And you’re heeling leewardly

Crashing, crashing into me

Your twisty typhoons twirl, toss, and heave me

[chorus]

Hold on, hold on, hold on to me

My love, hold on to me

[verse]

Beaten breathless, I accept your plea

And I hurl my love, swooning, uncontrollably

In you, my love, my vertigo sea

[chorus]

Hold on, hold on, hold on to me

I am lost in you, my dear vertigo sea

SO, I’M WITH YOU

[verse]

So, I’m with you

Where does that leave me

When you are gone

What does it mean

When so much of me is

My reflection in your eyes

What am I without you

[chorus]

It’s time to find out

It’s time to break out

[verse]

So, I’m without you

Where does that leave you

When I’m gone

What does it mean

When so much of you is

Me looking into your eyes

What are you without me

[chorus]

It’s time to find out

It’s time to break out

[verse]

So, you’re still within me

Where does that leave us

When you’re not ever gone

What does it mean

When so much of me is

Still reflections in your eyes

What are we without you and me

[bridge]

It’s time to end doubt

It’s time to fade out

[chorus]

So, I’m with you

Now, you’re into me

[chorus]

So, I’m with you

Now, you’re into me

[verse]

Can you see the dawn’s light breaking?

Black clouds fading

You know this is the moment we’ve been waiting

For, me and you

It rises, it rises at dawn

[verse]

I gave it all for you

You could, just a little bit too

There was no hope

For me and not even you

But it shines, shines on

[chorus]

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Orange and yellow too

Beats back the black for you

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Aurora dawning red sun rising

[verse]

You can take me there with you

I’m just here waiting here for you

Leave it all behind for me and you

Just wait and see

See it glows, glows strong

[chorus]

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Orange and yellow too

Beats back the black for you

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Aurora dawning red sun rising

[bridge]

Can you see the dawn’s light breaking?

A light for all to see

Turn back, turn back to me

You know it shimmers

And it rises, rises at dawn

[chorus]

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Orange and yellow too

Beats back the black for you

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Aurora dawning red sun rising

See it there?

Aurora dawning red sun rising

Just for me and you

[verse]

Pieces left behind

Like sunbeams, shining

On that path

I won’t walk again

[verse]

Slivered sunlight delivered

Into it all but not me

Slivered shreds splintered

[chorus]

Captivated by many, not me

Fascinated by many, not me

Infatuated with many, not me

[verse]

Dusked sun fades away

A shining star lost, spaced

Blackened night envelopes me

I’m just a pale shade of

Someone I once wanted to be

[bridge]

You’re the dusk

You’re the dusk

You’re the dusk

Slivered

[verse]

Slivered sun shines on

Dawning in spite of

Slivered pieces make me

Stumbling into the twin glow of

The fire burning within

And the sun setting on me

Setting on me

Slivered

[chorus]

Into it all, but not me

Into it all, but not me

Into it all, but not me

Slivered

[chorus]

All that light’s not for me

All that light’s not for me

All that light’s not for me

I give it all away

I give it all away

I give it all away

To you

Slivered

[verse]

Lost in thoughts hidden deep

The black night comes instead of sleep

The shame wave crashes

Over me

Cresting pain ’neath the blame

Summer sweat, darkened dreams

Haunting me

[chorus]

The black night comes

It’s all on me

The blackness comes

Melancholy

[verse]

Smothering fog covers the weak

The shadows linger, kill, and creep

The hunter searches

Seeking me

Betrayed by vanquished demons

Bloodied bile, vomit’s vertigo

Returning to me

[chorus]

The black night comes

It’s all on me

The blackness comes

Melancholy

[bridge]

In order to soar you have to leap

Old wounds sliced open, seep

Fear of death keeps me driven

But life is for the living

Dark thoughts flood

My levee

Spilling over carelessly

Broken dams failing for

All to see

[chorus]

The black night comes

It’s all on me

The blackness comes

My misery

The black night comes

And takes over me

[pre-chorus]

The things I wanted to say, trapped inside

I just got to let it slip aside

[verse]

There are moments I’ve let slip aside

Things I wanted to say, stuck inside

These thoughts burn and burrow deep

Eating me alive constantly

[verse]

All I had to do was just say it for all to see

But I’m so afraid and so should you be

There’s nothing that can make us whole

Until you and me break this mold

[chorus]

’Cause all we got to do is let it slip aside

The things I wanted to say, stuck inside

We just got to let it slip aside

All that junk and built-up pride

[verse]

All you have to be is all you can’t be

Let it go, reveal it for all to see

There’s nothing to break this hold

You’ve got nothing to console…me

[chorus]

’Cause all we got to do is let it slip aside

The things I wanted to say, trapped inside

I just got to let it slip aside

All that crap and stuff denied

’Cause all I got to do is let it slip aside

[chorus]

’Cause all we got to do is let it slip aside

The things I wanted to say, trapped inside

I just got to let it slip aside

All that crap and stuff denied

The things I wanted to say, trapped inside

I just got to let it slip aside

[pre-chorus]

Between a summit of mania

And a sea of melancholy

Lies the solitary edge

Where I lost my soul and body

[verse]

I look up

To the place I’ve been before

A winding path leads from where I stand to the summit

I lean in, quickening my pace as I climb

For I am anxious to see the peak

I spiral upward, reaching the apex

At the summit, mania, my friend, greets me

For a while we do great things, tirelessly

But I cannot stay for long, mania must be fed, relentlessly

One misstep and I am sliding downward

I catch myself, half heartedly

[chorus]

Between a summit of mania

And a sea of melancholy

Lies the solitary edge

Where I lost my soul and body

[verse]

Midway, the Solitary Edge, holds me on a precipice

She offers peace and rest, for she is neither high nor low

But both are fuel to my soul

I wonder if Midway is really friend or foe

I look down

I let go and I lean out, hearing the siren’s call

I wind downward on the path, stumbling

The descending road is longer, and fraught with delay

All the while, another friend awaits, patiently

At the bottom, I plunge into the sea, Melancholy,

Anxious to explore her icy depths

I am given shelter, drowning in the slumber where she lies

But I am a fraud even to failure, unable for darkness to sustain

[chorus]

Between a summit of mania

And a sea of melancholy

Lies the solitary edge

Where I lost my soul and body

[verse]

Melancholy passes over me, serving me her disdain

Not even worthy of her, I beg her to remain

Since happiness is also fleeting, and yields to a lower low’s pain

But like the summit, the sea will no longer have me

She tosses me ashore, ashamed

So, I look up

To the place I’ve been before

I see compromise; a hand off the ledge

I will accept Midway for a while as my new friend

And find peace resting on the Solitary Edge

[chorus]

Between a summit of mania

And a sea of melancholy

Lies the solitary edge

Where I lost my soul and body

[verse]

I want to shove you away

And throw you to the ground

I want to remind you

And scream at you out loud

I want to kiss you anyway

And hold you, hold you down

[chorus]

I’ve got you now, no doubt

Got you, so you can’t get out

Hold me tight, let me loose

Our love is trapped in a noose

[verse]

I need to shove you away

And end this right here

I need you to hold me

And overcome this fear

I need you to go away

And make it, make it clear

[chorus]

I’ve got you now, no doubt

Got you, so you can’t get out

Hold me tight, let me loose

Our love is trapped in a noose

[bridge]

I don’t get you now

And I can’t get out

Mixing mixed signals

Fear, desire, and doubt

Let me go, let me go away

[chorus]

I’ve got you now, no doubt

Got you, so you can’t get out

Hold me tight, let me loose

Our love is trapped in a noose

[verse]

I want you to shove me away

And tell me I’m no good for you

I want you to give up on me

And repeat these words over and over too

I want you to shove-away, shove-away

[chorus]

I’ve got you now, no doubt

Got you, so you can’t get out

Hold me tight, let me loose

Our love is trapped in a noose

I wanted to warn you, so you knew

Shove-away, shove-away, shove-away

[no chorus – all verses]

No offense, but you are the worst

You thought you could

I told you, no, not yet, too soon

I thought you would,

understand

No offense, you agreed at first

Too late, there’s no remedy

You got no sense of timing

No rhyme and no Melody

No offense, excuse my outburst

Like she says, “I’m not like that”

That’s not me, I’m not ready

Look at me, this is a caveat

No offense, I won’t be coerced

It’s mine to give, not yours to take

The Sun Maiden’s not a prize

Sorry, I won’t negotiate

No offense, your love is a curse

Your love is a curse

Because it’s the worst

No offense, I won’t be perversed

Leave now, it’s too late

You broke my heart,

Need me to translate?

Fine, I’ll say it again unversed

No offense, but you are the worst

No offense, you agreed at first

No offense, excuse my outburst

No offense, I won’t be coerced

No offense, your love is a curse

No offense, I won’t be perversed

None taken?

Fine, you are the worst 

[verse]

The sun seems just to shine

In your wake, all the time

I don’t know why your mine

Still our hands intertwine

[pause, instruments drop out]

My issue

[overdub lead vocal]

[chorus]

And my heart starts to rip

Glistening sunbeams slip

On the bleeding edge

Love dances on a ledge

[verse]

It’s not enough for you to say

Those three words not now anyway

I can’t take it, I can’t sleep

It’s too much of a love leap

Can’t risk you

[pause, instruments drop out]

My issue

[bridge]

So, I let you go

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

I just let you go

Still scorching in your afterglow

[overdub lead vocal]

[chorus]

‘Cause my heart starts to rip

Glistening sunbeams slip

On the bleeding edge

Love dances on a ledge

Whoa, whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa, whoa

On the bleeding edge

Love dances on a ledge

Still scorching in your afterglow

[pause]

[whisper]

So Sunburnt

SAY, SAY SORRY

[verse]

If there was any way left to save

What you gave away

If there was anything left to say

What you wouldn’t say

If there was anywhere left to hide

Those words trapped by pride

[chorus]

And you say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

[verse]

And we waste time devising ways to divide

What once was us

You can take me anyway you play

You can take me anytime you say

You can take me any day you stay

[chorus]

And you say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

[verse]

But we wait losing time lost to pride

What once was love

I’m not going to let it end this way

I’m not going to let you slip away

I’m not going to let lost love fade

[chorus]

And you say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

[bridge]

Still I wait believing truth to be lied

And you say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

I’m not going to let it end this way

I’m not going to let you slip away

I’m not going to let lost love fade

[chorus]

And you say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

[verse]

But still my head in hands sway

I can’t do it, those words I just can’t say

And I say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

It’s back on you

[chorus]

Say, say sorry

That’s all you have to say

[verse]

Other girls don’t let it go

Other girls don’t speak

Other girls just hideaway

I don’t want to be like other girls

Not today, not today, not today

Anymore anywhere anyway

I’ve seen other girls try to fix their stuff

‘Cause everybody’s got stuff

Other girls just don’t want to be

What it is everyone looks at them and sees

I don’t want to be like other girls

I’m not going to change me

Whatever no thank you please

[chorus]

Whatever girls no thank you please

[verse]

Other girls got no problem with change

Neither do I, neither do I, neither do I

But at some point you just have to say

This is me, this is me, this is me

[bridge]

I don’t, I don’t, I don’t.

I don’t, I don’t, I don’t.

Just don’t. Not for me.

Come on let’s be whatever girls

[chorus]

Whatever girls no thank you please

This is me, this is me, this is me

[chorus]

Whatever girls can’t you see

Whatever girls this is me

[humming]

[acoustic guitar]

[verse]

Nighttime falls like rain

Darkness calls like pain

You can’t just hide away

Sunshine is just a dream away

Can’t you feel it

That moment, coming fast

It can’t be all that bad

Sadness like the night, can’t last

[chorus]

You can’t just hide away

‘Cause sunshine is just a dream away

Oh, oh, dream away

Ride them waves

Hear that lullaby

Just a dream away

[verse]

Now as dusk dawns

That dream seems

So far away

But all you have to do is bridge

The last of the light

Until dawn starts the day

[chorus]

You can’t just hide away

‘Cause sunshine is just a dream away

Oh, oh, dream away

Ride them waves

Hear that lullaby

Just a dream away

[instruments drop out, acoustic guitar only]

[bridge]

There is a light

Within me a light

Under skin so thin

There is a place

My go-to place

It makes my head spin

I am the sunrise

The sunrise

Swirling in a tailspin

[verse]

Do you want the light?

The beam is the glisten

The sun is hot fission

The radiance before the spurn

The music wave is frisson

The sun is the vision

The dawning in those that yearn

The power is risen

Within the one given

The watching it shine and burn

[chorus]

You can’t just hide away

‘Cause sunshine is just a dream away

Oh, oh, dream away

Ride them waves

Hear that lullaby

Just a dream away

[verse]

Do you want the light?

Do you really want the light?

The dawn

The dawn

The dawn’s blazing return

The dawn

The dawn

Do you want the light?

Do you really want the light?

I am the dawn

I am the dawn

I am the dawn’s blazing return

[chorus]

You can’t just hide away

‘Cause sunshine is just a dream away

Oh, oh, dream away

Ride them waves

Hear that lullaby

Just a dream away

[all instruments drop out]

[verse]

Do you really want the light?

I am the dawn

I am the dawn

I am the dawn’s blazing return

[humming]