In Pieces

 

Black

As in blue hues

Crashing waves through her midnight eyes

 

Said

Think you know me

Can you feel me she gives and she's taken

 

So here lies

An ode to the girl

Innocence is lost

She shields her eyes

So here lies

An ode to the girl

Innocence in pieces

 

Inside

As in "closed to"

Breaks the words through her best evening smile

 

Said

Is it only what you owe me

She gives and she's taken

 

(chorus)

 

©1998 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

HAPPY HAPPY

 

I let you under my skin

Claws digging unmercifully

I let you get to my head

A constant abomination

Past the door of consciousness

 

So did you think that your relentless interventions

Would finally cause me to lose my grip

I guess the joke is on you

Pending your removal

You’ve decided that I’m now an old friend

 

So are you happy happy?

Well I can tell you that I am

 

And then there’s you

Mr. “I need you to do this for me”

Followed by guilt trip if i say “no”

Promises while asking for compromises

Under the lovely guise of family ties and protection

Far be it from me

To remind you of the fact

That all these bridges burnt can’t be built back

I guess I should’ve recognized that side

Before I wasted so much time

So I apologize for the both of us

 

So are you happy happy?

Well I can tell you that I am

 

©2002 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

APPLESEED

 

It was 2 days to wait

A lonely stretch of road

A strait-away

Guilty

The weight was carried like a flag

On parade

 

It was

2 days of waiting

I didn't even think to pray

All I could see was me in second place

 

Too late

And I was

A branch of the dying tree

Caught between them

I can't compete with the appleseed

 

It was 2 days to wait

I didn't even see the light change

Silence remains

Regretting every word I’ve never said

 

It was 2 days of waiting

Worshipping the queen of pain

All I could see was me in second place

 

(chorus)

 

 

© 1998  MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

 

 

LIGHT WENT ON

FINALLY IT ALL CAME CLEAR

THE ONE SHE THOUGHT WAS REAL

WAS JUST A WAM-BAM-THANK-YOU-MA'AM

WITH A SMOOTH VOICE

I'LL CALL YOU LATER,HE SAYS

THEN DISAPPEARS

WELL, THAT'S THAT

WILL HE COME BACK

SHE'LL REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT IT

 

 

CAUSE ALL IT WAS FOR HER WAS DESPERATION

ALL IT WAS FOR HER WAS DESPERATION

PURE FRUSTRATION

DESPERATE FROM WAITING AND WAITING

WISHING HE'D REPLACE THE ONE SHE'S WAITING FOR

WELL, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

HER DESPERATION LINGERS

FROM FEET TO FINGERS

 

THE REAL ONE WILL STAY

 

 

WHEN SHE SEES HIM

IT'S THE SAME SMOOTH VOICE

AND DIMPLE LIE SMILE

SHE KNEW SHE WAS PLAYING WITH FIRE

AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH

NEVER TRUST A MAN OF DESIRE

IT'S A PRETTY HEFTY PRICE TO PAY

SHE'LL REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT IT

 

©1999 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

HUSH HUSH

 

Hush hush

There’s no use in crying over spilt milk baby

The damage is already done

Hush hush

Quit trying to play like you’re some

Bad ass big shot gotta make it to the top or else

You’re whole falls apart

Everybody else is doing their thing

While your gut’s doing somersaults

Hush hush

The damage is already done

 

Hush hush

All you do is push

We all know what you want why ram it down our throats

Hush hush

Why not find some peace and find a yoga coach

It’s trendy you’ll be the envy of your friends

But you’re whole falls apart

When you start comparing your life to

What everybody else has got

Hush hush

Please step off your pity pot

 

Hush hush

You’re split right down the middle

With your two halves crabbing over who should have the last laugh

Hush hush

Get yourself together

You’re just too high strung- on your way to some happy house

Before you’re whole world falls apart

Don’t believe the grass is greener

They’ve all got secrets they don’t want revealed

Hush hush

The damage is already done

 

Hush hush

Just shut up

Take control of your life

You can’t cry every time things don’t

Come your way

 

© 2001 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

Fractured

 

 

Fractured family walls

Will you own the hurt you’ve caused

The injured hearts

 

Will you

Give in

 

I search for ways to excuse

The change in you from the man I knew

My hero is gone

 

Will you

Give in to your anger

Let all you love disappear

Al l of these years gone by

And you choose to give up

 

Will you save the date

Will you be there when I change my name

Or will you break your promise

 

Can you

Let go of your anger

Your sorrow

Your fear

All of these years gone by

Will you choose to run

 

Father

Thanks to you I’m so strong

But like you I’m falling

Of all of these years it’s the first time

You’re not here to catch me

 

I’m falling

 

 

© 2004 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

Only Blue

 

She said her grief is too big to acknowledge mine

I can’t make her hear a thing

I close the window so our heart’s can collide

I can’t make her hear a thing

 

I can’t make her feel a thing

 

He feels he has no home to run to

I can’t make him hear a thing

He finds a sandy beach his safe place to hide

I can’t make him hear a thing

 

I can’t make him feel a thing

 

I know there’s something wrong

But I can’t do anything

Given the choice of black and white

Which shade can I choose

When all I see is blue

 

He asks for time she wants an ending

I can’t make them hear a thing

She says abandon he says taking a break

 

I can’t make them hear a thing

I can’t make them feel a thing

 

 

I know there’s something wrong

But I can’t save either one

Given the choice of black and white

Which shade can I choose

When all I see is blue

 

 

© 2004 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

HOLD ON

 

Everybody needs some time to hurt

Acceptance of the soul’s pain

Appreciate when all falls into place

Count your blessings, baby, one by one

 

Try to rest, give yourself some time to breathe

Nothing wanted comes easily

Give it time and don’t start giving up

Well, what if “my time” never comes

 

I’m just disheartened, losing sleep

Take me to my safe place

Wrapped in daddy’s arms

He says I can do anything

I know, it’s so close

 

Hold, hold on- just a little longer

All things pass and this will too

Hold, hold on- just a little longer

Can you catch me if I fall, he said, “always”

 

How can I explain the constant pull

The want of letting go

My own soul tries to run off on her own

Without a body to keep her warm

Who am I to think I can change the world

All I offer is a song

A string of words for the ragged worn and thin

Don’t we all hunger for sympathy?

 

Scratching clawing knawing on the bone of my existence

If I can make a meal from scraps and shreds

I can do anything

It’s so close

 

© 2001 MyShyTune Music Publishing

 

 

THE LAST BREAKDOWN

 

Yeah, you win  I’m about to give it up

Yeah, you win I just wanna make it stop

 

Don’t think I’m strong enough

They say bend down and take it like a man

I’m so tired out

Frazzled the last nerve of a broken body

 

It’s too soon to tell I don’t want to give it up

It’s too soon to tell I’m just trying to make it work

 

Don’t think I’m strong enough

Crushed lungs it’s getting to hard to breathe

But I’m so tired of this

Take what you want then spit it back at me

 

 

Breakdown fall

drag me down

 break my will

kick and scream

crawl and scrape

I break through

stand up

I’m standing

 

I’m still here

 

No, you lose I’m not gonna give it up

No,  you lose I just wanna live it up

 

Yeah I know I’m strong enough

The cycle is made to be chipped away

This is the last breakdown

These are the last words of a wounded girl

Yeah I’m all fired up

Not gonna bow down to anyone

Yeah I know I’m strong enough

These are the last words of a broken girl

 

 

©2004 MyShyTune Music Publishing