Lights

It’s been a long time since we’ve met under those lights.

Are we the same people we were back then?

In the setting sun, this is where we said goodbye.

The heat’s long gone away.  Snow lays in tracks we’ve been.

You’re back now with a familiar face, I know is forbidden.

We may have put months and space between us,

But no time has really passed.  We’ve written

New chapters in new books.  Alone, we’ve adjust.

I want to blame and ask you why you choose right now.

The time’s never right for these two kids.

But we both know we’ll make the changes and work around

Our complicated relations.  Another chapter begins.

I’ve tried for hard to get you off my mind,

But it keeps wandering back to those hot summer days.

I thought it impossible to relinquish our past life.

One look from you and I can feel that you feel the same.

It’s all fun and games until somebody’s heart breaks.

I’ll take a chance on you. I might be way off and

End up in the dust.  But I’m willing to do what it takes.

We’re poisoning ourselves like last time when we ran.

I can believe in positivity, if you give me just one chance.

Do you still remember all the dreams we’ve dreamt?

We’re older now and life’s thrown us other plans

But those dimmed street lamps still shine over head.

Bedtime Stories

I turn around to face the bed, my head down.

Back to the pillow, but it's not shut-eye I seek.

Memories come back to me. I hear the sounds

Of children sing.  You laugh and hold onto me.

Don't let me go.  I'm hanging onto your pinky finger

In the middle of the night. You're singing softly.

My nose in the pillow where your flowers linger,

I'm falling asleep to these two senses.

You’re saving me from those monsters now,

The ones that dare to come into real life.

You chase them away and teach me how

To be my best come time and time.

The tears I weep don’t mean a thing

Because you’ve fought so hard and long.

I don’t know what the future brings,

But through you I’ll always be strong.

I wake up to a cold, dark cave.  I realize

I'm alone with no one to save me from the night.

You take my hand and tell me it’s alright.

I turn around to face the sky, knowing you’re always at my side.

Conformity Abnormalties

We're all members of a certain conformity,
But singled out for our abnormalties.
We're built up just to be pushed far down.
Heaven looks an awful lot like hell from this ground.

Why do we try so hard when at the end of the day
our dreams become tarnished mistakes we make.
We take the medicine they feed our lips.
We're just playing a part in their script.

We're mixed around and molded into one,
And it straps us in chains, no where to run.
All this must have you be thinkin'
Why can't we just be different?