Only in hindsight - SotW [Week of 3-18-13]

Sometimes when I cry, or think too hard, or just absolutely love a moment, I wish someone could see me. Someone really knowing how I am, realizing that I am still me - when no one else is watching. 

SotW 3/18
John Fullbright Jericho

Go searching through this world
Wait on something to unfurl
Thinking back on toys and paper dolls
All I ever find are walls

Try to find myself out East
Maybe find comfort there at least
When I got there all I found
Somebody burned it to the ground

So let your trumpets blow
Round the walls of Jericho
Let your mighty voices sound
Till the walls come tumbling down

I searched for days for you out West
And I was greeted like a guest
Into the desert's open arms
Finding not your childlike charms

If these thoughts I hold be true
I lay down my traveling shoes
Let the vines grow over me
Let the Earth swallow my dreams

Let my trumpet blow
Round the walls of Jericho
Let my mighty voice be heard
Then speak not another word

Throw your arrows and your slings
And your other precious things
Outside your gate, I will stand tall
As you cower behind your wall

Look inside yourself to see
Where these walls appear to be
Let your soul step out to breathe
Swallow whole your dignity

And let your trumpet blow
Round the walls of Jericho
Let your mighty voices sound
Till the walls come tumbling-- come a-tumbling-- yeah

Vid

Why the day is long - SotW [Week of 3-10-13]

I wrote a lot about this. And then I locked it in the vault.

SotW 3/3
Jeff Black Bless My Soul

I know why the blackbird sings

His strange and mournful song on a summer's night
I know why the spirit brings
Us back into this world until we get it right

I'm on a roll
And I begin to see the light
Bless my soul
I've been around so many times

I know why the baby cries
It's way into the arms of a mother's love
I know why true love survives
And it is more than the red hot fire of another's touch

I'm on a roll
And I am not afraid to fight
Bless my soul
On a long hot summer's night

I see fair to warn you
That there's nothing here to stop me
From drowning in the darkness
Of the things I can't control

The angel near my heaven
Who I know will always haunt me
Is constant and convincing
I've a long, long way to go

I know why the day is long
When there is no one to talk to about my dreams
I know when the evening comes
That I will know the song of desire that the blackbird sings

I'm on a roll
And I am not afraid to fight
Bless my soul
I've been around so many times

I see fair to warn you
That there's nothing here to stop me
From drowning in the darkness
Of the things I can't control

The angel near my heaven
Who I know will always haunt me
Is constant and convincing
I've a long, long way to go

Song here

In like a lion - SotW [Week of 3-3-13]

Where are they to pick up the pieces, of you. There was no water, or pillows, boxes, or clouds. Not a sinking feeling, not now. I remember stepping off. I remember falling. And I'll never forget that landing.

SotW 3/3

The Weepies World Spins Madly On

Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
I thought of you and where you'd gone
Let the world spin madly on

Everything that I said I'd do
Like make the world brand new
And take the time for you
I just got lost and slept right through the dawn
And the world spins madly on

I let the day go by
I always say goodbye
I watch the stars from my window sill
The whole world is moving and I'm standing still

Woke up and wished that I was dead
With an aching in my head
I lay motionless in bed
The night is here and the day is gone
And the world spins madly on

I thought of you and where you'd gone
And the world spins madly on.

And it'll just keep spinning.