hi, i'm making a list of lyrics that i wrote in my songs that i absolutely love because i want to <3 (i'll be adding more as i think of them)
"i don't know what made me fall in love with the rain/was it the feeling of drowning or all my troubles washing away?" - somebody else
"i see your face in every sunset/your name tattooed on my lips" - lights with the fast cars
"so i'll stay out of empty dive bars/if you steer clear of the lights with the fast cars" - lights with the fast cars
"so as i pour another bottle of wine/i wish i never had your number memorized" - no i don't
"and since you won't be missing me/you don't know where i'll be" - where i'll be
"and as i stare out an open window/lost in this song's crescendo" - if you're listening
"but now you're so out of reach/that i'm just left to dream of you" - if you're listening
"at least let me know you won't catch me when i fall" - if you're listening
"and now the weight of my world is finally off my shoulders/and you're with some other girl and my bed is so much colder" - camera film
"hearing your voice through polaroids" - camera film
"i lurk in the dark as part of your collection/i live in the stars that shine in your reflection" - no brother of mine
"conqueror, you conqueror of my most glorious land/monster, you monster of a godforsaken man" - no brother of mine
"and i lost you when i didn't know i had you/but i guess you found yourself fine" - ephemeral summer days
"cover my wounds with believable laughter/if it's an art then i am the master" - don't feel better
"you do more than haunt with your cursed letters" - don't feel better
“stop motion pictures probably ain’t gonna work this time/looking for the old color videos back when they were easier to find” - the year
“what's left of me is the echoing of a broken drum” - the year
“the heartache needs a melody/or the music will fade away” - the year
“and i pretend i’m alright/‘cause if i lose my fury, then my vision’s blurry and you’ll start to worry” - blankets
“and you’ve never felt the pain/of having someone burst at your words with all this hurt” - blankets
“so i’ll wrap myself in blankets and try to fake it till i make it/but what if i’m breaking?” - blankets
“from up above, the stars shine brighter/i’m losing ground after soaring higher” - blankets
“your fearful grip is getting tighter/‘cause the circumstance’s getting dire” - blankets
“you had my walls broken/and left my door wide open” - cool
“bend until we break/break until we bleed” - holy tomb
“i gave you my all, you never gave me your hand” - heaven and hell
“if heaven and hell collided, i know you would stay the same/and if the earth subsided, i still wouldn’t have won your game” - heaven and hell
“your love is a war and you had me drafted/you saw my rainbow and had it refracted” - heaven and hell
“drinking champagne with all my enemies/then drowning in whiskey with all my family/i’m flying but i’m not soaring” - broken by a broken man
“what if i die without ever knowing who i am?” - broken by a broken man
“you’re damned if you don’t and you’re damned if you do/you’re what everyone wants if you’re broken and blue/i’ve been crying but do you even miss me?” - broken by a broken man
“i was on fire, but that’s all turned to embers now” - smoke
“and now i’m fine with not being the brightest flame” - smoke
“i didn’t notice i was breathing in my own smoke” - smoke
“like a small candle, i now burn with peace and serenity” - smoke
“i didn’t like dancing in the rain but now i don’t mind” - smoke
“you expected better, and honestly i did too/for the last time in forever, i’ve got everything to lose” - bruise
“it’s kinda dark in here/and this floor feels kinda weird/but it’s alright for now” - dark
“i see a light under the door/dad can’t find what he’s looking for/time might be running out” - dark
“but in the corner i found some of my old toys/so it’s alright for now” - dark
“the colors are so much brighter out here/i haven’t smiled quite like this in years/‘cause it’s alright now” - dark
“now i wear my heart on my hand/don’t you ever let it go” - pink
“you’re my favorite shade of pink” - pink
“and instead of sleeping i’m dreaming/and wishing we talked like we did before/and instead of lying i’m writing/this song to tell you that i miss you more” - i miss you more
“after all these years of tears you would think we’d learned/but we fought fire with fire and we both got burned” - remember
“you keep whispers in your locker/but rumors in your pocket” - the outside
“i still sing the songs that we made up as we went/but it’s a little hard to sing the solo and not duet” - i wanted to thank you
“i’m so glad that i could preserve your purpose” - i wanted to thank you
“and as you drive on by/i won’t say i got butterflies” - i like you
“the flashbacks blend too well with the fantasies” - won’t be today
“but nothing heals the past like time/unless that phrase was just another lie” - won’t be today
“i keep thinking that you should come home/but that’s just ‘cause i don’t wanna be alone/i keep wishing that you would come back/but that’s just ‘cause i wanna get my mind on track/and in the end i know everything will be okay/but that won’t be tomorrow/and it sure as hell won’t be today” - won’t be today
“you would think time would pass me by/a little while after we’d said goodbye” - sorry
“but you’re still here/burned into my mind” - sorry
"i hate that i feel like everyone hates the way i drift in and out of conversations" - sky harbor
"like i'm waiting for the ocean waves to/take me under, so i can drift away forevermore/and they can carry me from this old coastline/but that road isn't stable, and i don't know what i'd be heading towards" - sky harbor
"and i just took off from sky harbor/but my mind feels like it's drowning in the water" - sky harbor
"my mind takes off faster/than the planes in sky harbor" - sky harbor
"five long years of the drought/my mind was running out/of reasons to keep pushing through" - in better circumstances
"i still feel like a stranger in my own skin/but at least i can say i've got someone to face it with" - in better circumstances
"i know in better circumstances i'd love you the same" - in better circumstances
"the tables turn/you live and learn/you crash and burn/and your demons return" - time flies
"and i'm laying on my deathbed/and i can't close my eyes" - time flies
"the golden age of broken bones/and kingdoms and thrones/and journeys to the unknown" - time flies
"but then i moved on/and the nights got too long/i forgot my favorite songs/and where i belonged" - time flies
"love every last drop/of innocence on your face" - time flies
"you make me feel stranded in my own crowd" - single me out
"push all my buttons 'til my circuit's fried/and then push me aside" - single me out
"i'm holding my heart out in my hands/tryna figure out where we stand" - dangerous
"i don't know if i love or hate you/but there's no taking back the tears that i gave you" - dangerous
"who do we think we're fooling?/with you i feel so unhuman" - dangerous
"every little fight breaks me up/more than i would like, we're dangerous" - dangerous
"every path we walk is treacherous/i think we both know we're dangerous" - dangerous
"my mind's flooded with empty words/but clearly they mean something to you/blank love letters and unsent messages/that you'll never know true" - limitations
"when i was 15, nobody believed me/when i said 'nobody wins these days'/now we're all living proof that when you're broken and blue/everything you worked for fades further away" - limitations
"i write so much about moving on/but my past still circles in my head" - limitations
"and i know i could go so much father/if i didn't focus on all the expectations/but every time i try to work harder/i never seem to beat my limitations" - limitations
"have i always felt this alone/or do i just say that in all my songs?" - limitations
"then why's it hard to be myself?/look to the looking glass for help/realized i've done this before/god what was all that healing for?" - oh here we go
