Check out the kudos our featured artists have given Blue!
Lyric by Blue:
"Life is shining through you tonight I am brighter thanks to your light Sometimes all we need is hope and so we dream"
Lyric by Blue:
"Replacement theory came to life in 1492 Columbus tried to hide it but the Taino people knew"
Lyric by Blue:
"Now what's lost is found in the motion and the sound/Two hearts are pounding and two souls are gettin' down"
Lyric by Blue:
"Now what's lost is found in the motion and the sound/Two hearts are pounding and two souls are gettin' down"
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Lyric by Blue:
"I'm living proof their truths will never die I walk the earth with one eye on the sky"
Lyric by Blue:
"In my dream I heard the tongue Grandfather spoke when I was young When I woke up I shaped my mouth But from my throat there came no sound"
Lyric by Blue:
"Life is shining through you tonight I am brighter thanks to your light Sometimes all we need is hope and so we dream"
ImpossibleKings commented on Blue's lyric:
"This is awesome Blue! Love what you're saying and the phrasing👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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Lyric by Blue:
"The mystic moon knows how to make us whole So feel the tide inside you as it rises in your soul"
ImpossibleKings commented on Blue's lyric:
""Every light show needs a song"!!! Fantastic Blue👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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Lyric by Blue:
"And every light show needs a song A yours and my glow sing along"
Lyric by Blue:
"Replacement theory came to life in 1492 Columbus tried to hide it but the Taino people knew"
Lyric by Blue:
"Washington once refused the crown Now D.C. is a border town"
Lyric by Blue:
"I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night, alive as you and me Sam Stone was standing by his side, his children at his knee"
Lyric by Blue:
"Banning Books: The Bonfire of the Insanities"
ImpossibleKings commented on Blue's lyric:
"Like this combo Blue and your choice for Kayly's line to launch into the chorus is a great call!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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Lyric by Blue:
"Time will dry our tears And doubts will disappear As caring erases it all* (credit to Kayly)*"
ImpossibleKings commented on Blue's lyric:
"Really nice Blue - def the right direction!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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Lyric by Blue:
"Ahead we see the finish that was hidden at the start"
Lyric by Blue:
"Kindness is the quiet cure For all the madness we've endured"
Lyric by Blue:
"So let's go old school...let's go Golden Rule Put this distance behind us"
Lyric by Blue:
"Trudging through the darkness in a fog that will not lift It's time to shine the light we share and give the world our gift"
Lyric by Blue:
"Respect is on the witness stand As kindness goes on trial"
ImpossibleKings commented on Blue's lyric:
"Really good Blue and continues to tell the story beautifully!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻"
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Lyric by Blue:
"To bridge this distance...breach these walls Is anybody listening...anyone at all?"
Lyric by Blue:
"Since time has been suspended I'm more careful when I wish And when I wish...I wish for this"
Lyric by Blue:
"The echo of my lonely voice Don't fill this emptiness"
Lyric by Blue:
"What did Aretha say when Atlas shrugged? Aren't we children longing to be loved?"
Lyric by Blue:
"Now what's lost is found in the motion and the sound/Two hearts are pounding and two souls are gettin' down"
Lyric by Blue:
"Now what's lost is found in the motion and the sound/Two hearts are pounding and two souls are gettin' down"
Lyric by Blue:
"And you know you leave me breathless, like a precious work of art/But I didn't come this distance just to worship from afar"
Lyric by Blue:
"And you know you leave me breathless, like a precious work of art/But I didn't come this distance just to worship from afar"
Lyric by Blue:
"Cause your kiss is like a whisper telling secrets that we share/And we’re gonna make some new ones just as soon as I get there"
Lyric by Blue:
"Cause your kiss is like a whisper telling secrets that we share/And we’re gonna make some new ones just as soon as I get there"
Lyric by Blue:
"And it don't take but a minute to be hungry for your touch/And the phone won't get it done not when I'm wanting you this much"
Lyric by Blue:
"And it don't take but a minute to be hungry for your touch/And the phone won't get it done not when I'm wanting you this much"
Lyric by Blue:
"And the world starts spinning beautifully again/Cause I'm breathing out the ugly just by breathing you in"
Lyric by Blue:
"Sometimes it's hard gettin' out of bed/Sometimes it's even harder gettin' out of my head"
Lyric by Blue:
"We belong together and this sweet surprise...needs u and i... needs You and I"
Lyric by Blue:
"Yeah and you bring rhythm to my best rhyme/Gotta have your love to write the next line"
Lyric by Blue:
"I sang my song alone until we met And it became a beautiful duet"
Lyric by Blue:
"When the worry deep inside you is a weight upon your heart/And you're praying God will guide you through the long and lonely dark/ Well here's a start...here's a start"
Lyric by Blue:
"When the thundercloud you're under sends you running from the rain/We can be each other's cover and the cure for all this pain"
Lyric by Blue:
"Can't quarantine kindness/Can't mask...the love that God gave us/Because love is the cure/And the cure is contagious"
Lyric by Blue:
"Can't quarantine kindness/Mask the love that God gave us"
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I look in your eyes and I see myself
Do you recognize me as your own?
I see your lips move and I hear my voice
We are carved from the same...Creator’s stone
Ten hundred tongues under just one sun/ From the moment we're given breath/ Weaving this world of a billion words/
We begin with a single thread
May these footsteps that I trace
Take me to a sacred place
May these footsteps that I trace
Take me to a sacred place
Their pull is strong, their bow is bent
I am the arrow they have sent
So come and walk a while with me
Each mile is a memory for a child yet to be
The giving river, where sweet spirits flow
Just whispered "Dip your cup child, and sip so you may know"
A silent voice can make the loudest sound
Put ear to earth to hear the words long buried in the ground
I'm living proof their truths will never die
I walk the earth with one eye on the sky
Their shadows dance with muscle memory
I turn their way and pray they'll dance with me
My heartbeat a persistent drum
Come back...come back...come back to where you're from
I cup my ear to hear the words they send
The heart may break...the spirit only bend
The wind has kissed the waters with the words
The waters taught the trees who told the birds
Time to listen well to what they say
Tomorrow is the gift of yesterday
Words that wove my cradle lead me home
Fill my heart with truth and keep me strong
They trace the footprints of our past
Create a future built to last
Where the past has been trampled the trail yet remains
The dust just reminds us...it whispers our names
We are standing on the shoulders of the stolen
As memory casts a shadow long and wide
Deeper than the swollen river flowing
We are strong enough to reach the other side
In my dream I heard the tongue
Grandfather spoke when I was young
When I woke up I shaped my mouth
But from my throat there came no sound
Listen...hear the people's song
It is soil for the trees
Trunks are sturdy...roots are strong
Tongues are branches...words are leaves
When the old ways whisper
May our hearts hear
May we untangle their tongues
Before they disappear
The tongue is rooted
Yet it must fly
Let the smoke show you how
Let the heart tell you why
The tongue speaks...the heart hears
The spirit moves...to dry our tears
On Turtle Island Nation
Ancestors still teach
Seven Generations
Each in reach
Turtle Island wakes at break of dark
Smiles at the songbirds' serenade
Brothers of the tongues that speak our hearts
Each a gift that the Creator's made
Sky Woman falls to the sea
Sent by the Creator
Calls to you and me
Sky Woman's nodding her head
Many tongues are weaving
Strands across the web
The bottom line is: gone is gone
Not your traditional Dear John
Last night I put my toothbrush down and faced the truth/My soul was dying and my eyes were living proof
I won't preserve the paper shreds of love that didn't last
But I'll damn sure frame the future so I don't rewrite the past
Won't be delivered via Google
Love letters need to have the stamp of self approval
Once upon a time is how the story starts/I love every letter A to Z
After broken wings and dreams and broken hearts/The happy ending part is up to me
Hey caterpillar...I'm your butterfly!
The shadows told me "grow your own true light"
Toward a destination bathed in light
Yeah, my wings were bitter, now they're soarin' better
Wings I grew will bring me through the bitter to the better
That plane is gonna have a happy ending flight
That plane is gonna stick the landing come the light
My love letter (Jodi)
Is like an open tuning on guitar
My love letter (Jodi)
Is like the wine I'm finally pouring, a fireplace in winter and a faith that I'm restoring
My love letter (Jodi)
Is a confession and a blessing
Is taking me from E to F
My love letter (Jodi)
Is moving on from second guessing
My love letter (Jodi)
Is now a mirror for my heart
Your broken heart's still strong enough for two...you'll see, Dear Me
Just lean on me til you're believing too
Cause I can see...can see the woman who:
You will be even stronger than you knew
Finally, love is coming through
(Cause)That woman in the mirror has a real familiar smile
Right where I left me
Digging deeper...where Ex marks the spot
Dear Heart,
Welcome home
So Dear Shadow,
You're fading as I write
I was a needle in your haystack but I'm not hiding anymore
Yeah, I'm losing us...but I'm finally finding me now
We lost the promise in the compromise
A world that shrank down to a word
Down at the bottom of an empty heart
Where dreams and wishes go to drown
My love letter//Is full of feelings I won't ever write/I've tried but can't remember/The words you never heard me whispering in the dead of night
So my love letter/Isn't anything you're ever gonna see, no no
Cause it's MY love letter/And it's high time I wrote one to...high time I wrote one to me, uh huh
So my love letter/Isn't anything you're ever gonna see, no no
Cause it's MY love letter/And it's high time I wrote one to...high time I wrote one to me, uh huh
So my love letter/Is gonna be to me not you/Just might be the first time ever/That I give my crazy heart an honest talking to
Hate is a foreign language...love is our mother tongue
The alphabet of empathy is learned when we are young
There's tons of DNA...but just one family
Love letters carved in the Tree Of Life...connecting you and me
Love letters spell the words that keep us safe and warm
They're eagle wings for hummingbirds that lift us up above the storm
A love letter that's written well
Will keep hello from being hell
It's how we live...not how we spell
That keeps a love alive
There's twenty six to string together
But it just takes four...for one love letter
Add T & Y to U N I...
And you'll spell more than FREE
They see me gray...you see me glow
They see me rain...you see my rainbow
When you need to speak your heart but you don't know where to start
You put the ex in next...you put the y in cry
You took away the us in trust but at least you left the good in goodbye
Leaving even your angels in tears
He adds the sweetest harmony to the song in heart...the music in me
The colors in my voice have drawn me
Down a rainbow road
Bet you thought that she was gonna let you
But California Karma's gonna get you
The whiskey's gonna miss me when you're gone
I'm gonna keep it sweet and short
I need a diamond like the kind you find in Willamsport
Dusty wings and broken halos...even angels fall
Who needs a Houdini heart
You left your fingerprints behind...but less and less of them remain/I guess you must be made of chalk...God bless the rain
The dance floor wore hairspray and high heels
A cliche hung over the bar
We don't need to move the mountain / Not if we're the stream / Not if we're the fountain that flows to feed the dream
Sometimes what's solid can be hidden in what's hollow / Let's leave our children footsteps firm enough to follow
The difference is illusion and the difference disappears / If we can show our children how to move on through their fears
Our partner is "Tomorrow"
Our dance is 'Movin' On"
So look ahead and say hello to new dreams born at dawn / Pass the torch from heart to heart, together movin' on
Mountains are immovable but we're not made of stone / We are hearts and souls disguised as flesh and blood and bone
Distance is illusion and difference disappears / Walls turn into windows when we see past our fears
Love is not a mystery that no one can explain / Heaven knows the circle grows like roses in the rain
Took a drive through yesterday / Found tomorrow there
Found a mountain in my way / Felt my spirit grin
Set your soul to victory / Lean into the win
Meet the mountain in the middle...greet the sundown with the dawn / If this distance is a riddle then the answer is a song...so let's keep moving on
(Cause) The tallest walls can tumble down / The strongest chains can be broken
Standing still looks like a choice / It's not a choice at all
I could hear the wisdom wind whisper soft and low / The trick to hanging on is letting go
(This is a suggestion for a pre chorus)
Blended notes in harmony / Voices of God's choir
(This is a suggestion for a continuing verse...a line 5 for a 6 line verse)
Hundred shades of beautiful / Just one human race
Took a walk down Mercy Lane / Found a field of Grace
When the whole world is a freak show with the crazy in control
When you're holding on by fingernails to tattered shreds of hope
Tears can be released...tangles be untied
Grab a rainbow by the tail and hang on for the ride
Did you ever catch a rainbow by the tail?
Or watch a sunrise open up its eyes?
Surrender to the sun / Embrace the blazing heat / Sink slowly to my knees / The sand is sugar sweet
The desert understands / The limbo that I'm in / The empty space between / The wild ones and the wind
Under a taunting sun/Theconly one I've wanted/Returns to say she's gone/Returns to leave me haunted
Sweet angels sing her name/While mine remains forbidden/No songs but one are sung/Sung for the unforgiven
A howl splits the air / The wild ones beckoning / I howl again and turn / To face my reckoning
She's at my fingertips/ I reach to pull her close/ Can almost taste her kiss/ But I can't grasp a ghost
A touch to turn the key/Release me from this cell/A kiss to quell the pain/Release me from this hell
Ten steps to paradise/My heart's about to burst/I run as if possessed/To quench my desperate thirst
If only I could shed this sin / The way that rattler sheds his skin / Then venom could be turned to milk / And goodness be reborn from guilt
An apparition lights the dark / A glow to guide my haunted heart / A whisper brushed against my cheek / A word I dared to dream she'd speak
Sometimes a prayer can save a fool / A man as stubborn as a mule / I know I don't deserve sweet Mercy's hand / But man can't say what God alone may grant
Trapped by my lie inside this hell/A prisoner in a self made cell/The wild ones whisper: "Truth will set you free"/I close my eyes so I can clearly see
I lied about my feelings/But stubborn wasn't smart/The mule in me succeeded/But he couldn't fool my heart
And now the desert's quiet/Coyote's song is done/His mistress is the full moon/He shuns the golden sun
Once I played love like a game/Where hearts, like dice, were tossed/I was on a gambler's roll/But once I lost...I lost
Been talking to the wild ones/They must think I'm a ghost/But I'm the one who's haunted/By what I'm missing most
There's beauty in the sunrise/There's truth the wild ones tell/A man can't be forgiven/Till he forgives himself
This bed of my own making/Has long denied me sleep/Three promises I've broken/But one I might yet keep
The wild ones will vanish/Like trust they'll slip away/To melt into the shadows/But me, I'll face the day
Been praying for redemption/Been searching for a sign/The sun's on the horizon/Maybe today she'll shine
Parched heart needs oasis / You are a silver stream
Rub my eyes...am I awake / Or just drinking in a dream
Mercy's been just a dream and grace could not be found/Till empty filled this space, cause empty makes a holy sound
Tonight a whiskey moon / Is whispering I can / Learn mercy searches for / An unforgiven man
The bottle drains me down/ To tame its wicked thirst
I'm bound to kill it now...if it don't kill me first
Some memories leave a scar / Some scars will never fade / An unforgiven man / Sleeps in the bed he's made
credit to Darcy for "An unforgiven man "
I am a maverick man/And not a holy one
I pray the best I can/Holding a loaded gun
I'm just a son of Cain/Runnin' from Noah's rain
There ain't no looking back/Painted my rear-view black
I don't run with the pack/I am a breed apart
A bullseye on my back/A bounty on my heart
I am only blood and bone/when my epitaph is written
Carve into the coldest stone/Only one word: Unforgiven
I'm a Harley never ridden...a race car never driven
A scar that can't be hidden...'cross a heart that's unforgiven
I've run so fast, so far, so long/but I can't shake what I've done wrong
Still saddled by the sins I've ridden/Unbridled guilt and unforgiven
The details in the devil when you're running out of room
And guilt is gonna give that devil every cent he's due
Cause conscience cracks the burning whip...by which I'm driven
That special place reserved in hell...just for the unforgiven
The night becomes a stepping stone that won't condemn and can't condone
I turn to face the night alone and taste the darkness in my bones
Demons once hidden by shape shifting dunes
Creep from the shadows to dance to his tunes
Hey now coyote we're two of a kind
Howling the tune that is haunting my mind
He must know something that I never learned
About these wages of sin that I've earned
There are demons in the desert that are drawn by the dark
Like these demon memories that are clawing at my heart
The past begins to blur...it's gettin' hard to see
And the man that I was doesn't recognize me
Nothing's as stark as the darkness I feel
Stripped of the fake, face to face with the real
How does he know what I hide in my heart?
How guilt spills and stains as it rips me apart
Clouds broke the glow of the Mojave moon
Dappled the sand with their holy tattoo
Pride of the Nez Perce and one with the land/ I'll never know more than you understand
Hey Appaloosa the moon in your eyes/
Spirits appear under Idaho skies
Wicked wind filled in the tracks of his past/Love was a sandstorm but storms never last
Wicked wind filled in the tracks of his pain/Covering love grain by merciless grain
Blood on the sand and a man gone too soon/Witnessed by only the Mojave moon
May your cup run past the rim/ May your song ring like a hymn/ May your starlight never dim/ And may you dream
May your river never end
May your spirit round the bend
May your vision's reach extend
Beyond your dreams
I've known the darkness too, I swear
But found a spark was hidden there
Sometimes a caring heart can start a dream
And so the smallest gift of all
Will grow to lift you if you fall
Sometimes we hear our essence calling from a dream
And Life is shining through tonight
Just close your eyes to see the light
Sometimes the brightest vision is the dream
When we let hope in
We can dream with our eyes open
My little girl dreams unicorns
Rainbow manes...magic horns
Can't you see them dancing in her eyes?
Iron links lie on the ground
What you long for can be found
Sometimes it takes waking up to really dream
Lift your voice up to the sky
Songs are wings that let us fly
Sometimes dreams need music too
So we sing
Life is shining through you tonight
I am brighter thanks to your light
Sometimes all we need is hope and so we dream
If you see you, the way I do / If you believe in, the power of two
Sometimes dreams become our wings and so we soar
If the boulder that blocks your way/Needs a shoulder use mine today
Sometimes life's a rocky road/Until we dream
The mystic moon knows how to make us whole
So feel the tide inside you as it rises in your soul
And every light show needs a song
A yours and my glow sing along
The midnight canvas beckons with a question in the dark
A work of art is waiting with the answer in our hearts
A dream can be a candle in the dark
I see the flicker in your eyes...I recognize that spark
The rock that blocks the path you planned
Is waiting to go back to being just a grain of sand
And the gift of love
Is gonna lift us up
Dreams and songs are gifts that lift our spirits to the sky
Open up your heart and ride the river rushing by
A tiny trickle turns into a stream A stream becomes a river on the day it learns to dream
If I can coax, a trembling note or two
The music holds the mirror to the miracle that's you
Cause when the notes that we are meant to sing
Stick in our throats we need what only harmony can bring
You know I don't gamble but buddy I'm ready to bet
There's lots more to do because God isn't through with you yet
Did you ever see a baby take her first step?
Yeah...me too
Or step over a flower pushing through a sidewalk crack
And maybe crack a smile as you do
Ever see a baby take her first step?
Yeah...me too
I'll be praying that once you're in heaven, you'll remember again
Play you that song Garth sang
Cause you didn't miss "The Dance"
You may not know who I am
I'll never forget who you are
The way that you held my hand
I love you forever and....
And hold onto the hope (that)
In Heaven you'll know me again
And hope that somehow you know
In Heaven you'll know me again
Tried bending my heart to God's will
It's been a long time since I cried
If dandelion wishes came true
You never let me get lost
The tilt of your head when I did something wrong
The sweet words you said when you heard my first song
Your Queen Anne chair, braided hair,
White Shoulders in the air
God, there's no end to this list
Of things that I already miss
This time the monster is coming for you
You need a rescue but what can I do?
I'll hold your hand and keep loving you through what life brings...Missing things
The smile in your eyes...your favorite perfume
The way that I felt when you'd walk in the room
I'm trying for strong...is it wrong to ask why
Cause this is the longest goodbye
I remember being 5 & crying at 3am/ You ran to my room to chase monsters from under my bed
Now it's 3am and I'm on the edge of my bed
With a pain in my heart and a picture of us in my head
Mama do you remember when I had my accident
How you spent every night in a chair by my hospital bed
I remember me crying that one night at 3am
How you ran to my room cause you knew I was frightened to death
I remember me crying that one night at 3am
In the blink of an eye, you rode to my rescue again
I remember me crying that one night at 3am am (Jayne Sachs)
Wide awake in my bed cause I’d just had that bad dream again
Feel so alone and afraid
Tryin' to hold on to a past that's long gone
And a future that's started to fade
I'm missing things
Why is this happening to me (Jayne Sachs)
I'm still surprised when I look in your eyes
Scared to death you'll only see
Missing things
What on earth's happening to me
I'm still surprised when I look in your eyes
Scared to death you'll only see
Missing things
So much has started to fade
Sometimes it feels like this just isn't real
But I'm real afraid
Of missing things
And most nights I'm fighting my fears
I swear I been trying but I would be lying
If I told you that I wasn't scared
Of missing things
Things slipping right through my hands
Sit down by me cause I need you to be
One thing I still understand
I'm missing things
Things slipping right through my hands
Come and sit down cause I need you right now
And there's do much I don't understand
I'm missing things
Pieces won't fall into place
Can't catch my used-to-be's...Can't touch these memories
That I chase....I'm missing things
It's gettin' hard to see
These clouds come around now these shadows are fallin' all over me...over me
So I'm missing things
While I sat with a shadow and tried holding on to the past
And I reached for your hand as you silently slipped through my grasp
Well the face was familiar but you couldn't tell me her name
You were fading away like the lady who lives in that frame
Now I'm sleepless and stuck with this picture of us in my head
Tried counting sheep but I wound up just counting regrets
And I can't get to sleep cause that picture is stuck in my head
Tried counting sheep but I just wind up counting regrets...Awake and
That pillow you clung to like it was your one true friend
A piece of a puzzle that's trying to solve me again
With your face to the wall I was already facing the end
The size of the lie will not make it true/ The clouds don’t make the sky less blue
Cause...wrong isn't right and right isn't wrong
Sing the American Wonder Song
Stronger tonight if you sing along
Sing the American Wonder Song
Yeah down isn't up and up isn't down
In the American Underground (Credit Adam Byrn)
In the American Underground
La la la la la la la la la
The American Underground
Plows aren't swords and swords aren't plows...in the American Underground
We've looked at peace from all sides now
In the American Underground
Dreamers unite as the walls fall down
In the American Underground
Cause no one is painting the passports brown
In the American Underground
Hope can be known and how can be found
In the American Underground
Calling for you to come join us now
In the American Underground....
So let's bathe in the sunshine...the gaslight's way too dim/ Help open up the closed minds and let the truth pour in
And slipping through the shadows that spill across the night
We've seen them try to swallow the logic of the light
So listen for the voices of children yet unborn
Let them reveal the choices that steer us through the storm
Hope can be known and how can be found
In the American Underground
Calling on you to come join us now
In the American Underground
La LA LA LA...LA LA LA LA LA
American Underground
LA LA LA...LA LA LA LA LA
American Underground....repeat and fade
(credit to Jill for the LA LA idea?)
A little revolution starts a wheel to rolling 'round
A little evolution and more missing hearts are found...in the American Underground
America's been stuck inside the Lost and Found
Let's get her out
Your heart knows how
With love,
The American Underground
And we don't need the clown car or the clown
And we won't grieve the circus leaving town....not us, the American Underground
A new horizon's shining for us just around the bend...my friend
The way ahead is all about the heart to heart to heart...so let's start
This wounded world won't heal without our help / The wheel has been invented...but it will not turn itself
The rainbow is stronger than the rain
The arc that bends towards justice...The path that ends the pain
Cause sunlight is stronger than they know
It guides us through the shadows and shows us where to go
Our bodies will never be controlled
Declaring it's self evident...this sacred truth we hold
Like petals on a flower...like grapes upon a vineWe grow into our power...one brave seed at a time
They're coming for your body...not coming for your guns
Guess every life's not godly...it's just the unborn ones
And when opinion shatters the sanctity we've known
We focus on what matters: the scared seeds we've sown
Lies that hide in shadow die...deprived of oxygen
Truth's alive and trust survives when we let sunlight in
An honest conversation is hard but it's a start
That's how a wounded nation begins to heal its heart
Cause roses burst with brilliance...bloom beautiful and free
When watered with resilience and true community
Fault lines drawn in anger feel like they're carved in stone
But down below the danger we're all just flesh and bone
The louder the lie the stronger the sound
Of the American Underground
So what do we do as the world comes unwound
Ask the American Underground
The torch has been lit...we pass it around
In the American Underground
With malice toward none our wounds will be bound
In the American Underground
Found can be lost but lost can be found
In the American Underground
(Resubmitted)
A weed becomes a weapon, aimed at you and me/ With trust among the fallen, and truth a casualty
But watered with compassion, a rose remains a flower/ And grows in sweet perfection, towards its purpose and its power
Weeds can block the sunlight and weeds can choke the air
We need to tend our garden...before it isn't there
It doesn't take a genius to turn the truth around
But lies can't come between us if we're rooted underground
Eagle running from a legal gun
If life is so precious let's protect our young
AR 15...absurd and obscene
You can't drink or smoke but they're yours at eighteen
Bulletproof backpacks are selling real well
Made in America...product from Hell
Tap...tap our primal fears and watch the hatred flow
Tap...tap and where it stops nobody seems to know
Replacement theory came to life in 1492
Columbus tried to hide it but the Taino people knew
Stalin and Goebbels knew all about it
Houdini the truth until people doubt it
Whatever doesn't sink still floats
The truth puts meat on bones...and bones on ghosts
Someone's trying to sell us what they say we need
Someone's trying to tell us that the wound won't bleed
The size of the lie will not make it true/ The clouds don't make the sky less blue
Who's kicking ass through the looking glass?
Lewis Carroll's the one to ask
Tear us apart then offer a cure
There's high demand for the lie de jour
War isn't peace and peace isn't war
At least not since 1984
Washington once refused the crown
Now D.C. is a border town
We took a look at the ultrasound
Of the teacup where freedom drowned
Simon says silence makes a sound
Listen close and you'll hear it now
Gravity has no self control
Said the kid in the rabbit hole
Love is a verb and also a noun
In the American Underground
(Verse)
Found can be lost but lost can be found
In the American Underground
On the horns of a dilemma gettin' gored
Cause ignorance is gettin' too intense to be ignored
Your pumpkin shell can't hold me...my body is my own
The genie's left the bottle cause the bottle's been outgrown
This line in the sand just defines who we've been
We'll learn who we are when the tide comes in
Pro life for the whole nine months...then your passion wanes
Kids with empty bellies go to bed with hunger pains
All these MAGA people pining for the good ol' days
When backseats were for black folks...and closets were for gays
The Middle Passage marked the start of our "peculiar " crime
The shackle and the lash still cast a shadow on our time
Won't go back to that whitebread world...Won't believe The Big Lie
Might be water under the bridge is where justice goes to die
Tears fuel our hearts...no shortage tonight
Hearts fuel our will with courage to fight
I tried to meet you in the middle...a wide-eyed protest singer
I brought a peace sign I had whittled...you brought your middle finger
A token band-aid will not fix these things that have been broken
Ask Kaepernick or Dixie Chicks what happens when you're woken
The Big Bad Wolf is knocking...knocking on our door
His huff and puff are not the stuff of stories anymore
I woke up a long time ago, now I can't close my eyes
The dream can't be reality until the nightmare dies
We've moved beyond excuses now...these aren't growing pains
It's time to put some flesh back on the skeletal remains
I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night, alive as you and me
Sam Stone was standing by his side, his children at his knee
AutoCorrct: Satan's Spawn!
Garden Party (the story of Eden from the snake's perspective)
The Seven Deadly Sins (the untold story)
Ain't I A Woman (The True Story Of Sojourner Truth)
The ABC of CRT
Banning Books: The Bonfire of the Insanities
Prine Time (The Mailman Delivers)
Mickey Mouse Comes Out!
Trump! The Musical!
Not every vessel travels on the sea
Tonight God's love for you pours out of me
It's not impossible to make a way
And feel God's promise at the break of day
The sun will be waking soon
And I want to watch that sunrise with you
Like willows in the wind
Watching a brand new day begin
What can't be seen tonight, will be revealed tomorrow
This mystery called life, can bring more joy than sorrow
You'll know why
Tomorrow still shines bright
You made it through the night
It's gonna be alright
And you'll know why
Just one step toward tomorrow, Unlocks open doors
Faith holds the key you can borrow, till you can reclaim what is yours
A drop left in the reservoir's enough to start a flow
A trickle can become a stream, just ask me how I know
And when that day arrives, you're gonna understand
Why we're both on this bridge tonight, two pieces of one plan
We only have the gift of now...this moment that we're in
And like this bridge it stretches...from "could be" to "might've been"
No, I don't have a crystal ball. Yeah, some things are unknown
But I know God put me here now, for reasons of His own
Give them the gift of time, the gift of growing old
And I have faith you'll be repaid, at least a thousand fold
The seeds you planted yesterday still need your love and care
How will the garden blossom if the gardener's not there?
They'll still sit down for supper but they'll face an empty chair, They'll say a prayer remembering the face that isn't there
One more candle on the cake
One more wish you get to make
First blush of love's first touch
Sweet kiss that means so much
The brilliant night sky's canopy
The wonder of what's yet to be
The crimson glow as daylight fades
The sunrise songbirds serenade
The softness of a newborns skin
Her perfume wafting on the wind
When the Devil reaches for your soul to steal it
There's an angel who will shield you...can you feel it? I can feel it...I can feel it...
What matters most can feel like mist
It's best to hold it with an open fist
Oak trees fall before the fury of the wind
But we are willows...we were built to bend
Back to who you'll be tomorrow...past the shadows and the sorrow
Back to love and light and oooo...back to you (pamby1's verse tagline)
A single step...a step my way...will keep you safe
The only leap you need to take...is a leap of faith
Can you feel that night breeze blowing, can you smell what's on the wind/ Can you hear my heart...it's waiting to begin to beat again
Cause someone's gonna miss you, someone's gonna grieve/ Wishing they could turn back time and give you what you need
One breath...then another, one step at a time/ That's the way the mountain Bends to let us make the climb
Cause life's taught me the hard way, it's a heartbeat at a time/ And broken hearts still beat, so if you just reach out for mine....(reach out for mine)
You feel like giving up, your heart is broken but it's beating. Right now life don't make sense but there's a reason why we're meeting
Cause love can shine a light, be a beacon for the blindness That tries to close our eyes to life's wonder and life's kindness
This bridge is haunted by all the ghosts of those who fell, Who fell for all the lies that the Devil likes to tell
The waters down below been promising you something, But the Devil is a liar...that water don't know nothing
I know that empty feeling, like there's nothing left to lose, Cause it wasn't all that long ago when I stood in your shoes
This damn bridge is haunted
By ghosts who gave it what it wanted
I don't have a clue
But I'd like to talk...would you?
It's awful dark out here tonight
I sure could use a little light
You got your reasons...I got mine too
You feel like talkin' maybe we could share a few
My heart is listening We don't need words
Hey...Can I get a little help?
Pandora's Smile
The Lift
Cloud Shine
Unbroken
Cloudburst
This Earth's a speck of blue
A glistening drop of dew
Clinging to a single blade of green
Butterflies in flight
Wings beat back the night
It's gonna be alright...just wait and see
As we live and believe
We will give and receive
The beautiful blessings of love
We were born with the answer
Love is the dance...and life is the dancer
Time will dry our tears
And doubts will disappear
As caring erases it all*
(credit to Kayly)*
Now each time you whisper I can hear your echo call now each time I stumble you'll be there to break my fall
A recipe that nourishes and fills our emptiness
A heaping cup of kindness and a sprinkle of respect
The beam of life repeating like the pulsing of a star
A bolt of blue repeating like a beacon in the dark
Ahead we see the finish that was hidden at the start
Impossible is possible as sparks light up the dark
As shadows lift we feel the sunlight's kiss upon our skin
As chaos shifts the healing gift of harmony begins
Like flowers turn their faces to the sky to find the sun
Our yearning hearts are turning to the love in everyone
Like gray days need the rainbow glow that comes after the storm
Our shaken hearts need kindness and respect to keep us warm
Respect can be that breath of air, that helps refresh our souls/ Kindness can be our heart's repair, that heals and makes us whole
We can be the pebble, feel the Butterfly Effect
We can spread the ripple, with kindness and respect...kindness and respect
Winds have been the hurricane, now let them bring the calm
Rains have brought the flood of pain, now let them pour the balm
Kindness is the quiet cure
For all the madness we've endured
Kindness is the warm sunshine
That parts the clouds that crowd our minds
So let's go old school...let's go Golden Rule
Put this distance behind us
Let's dig deep...we know what we need
And we already know where to find it
We don't need a miracle to put this pain behind us
Just a mixture of respect and the milk of human kindness
When life's a dead end road surrounded by a ten foot wall
Remember roads can bend and walls can fall
Sharing this marble spin in space
It takes grit...but it also takes some grace
All the best things start
With an open heart...an open heart
It feels a little risky to look you in the eye
Move past the mask and take a chance but we just gotta try
Trudging through the darkness in a fog that will not lift
It's time to shine the light we share and give the world our gift
Step by weary step we've wept and yet we've come this far
Take a breath with me and let's remember who we are
Searching for direction we've been stumbling in the dark
Fumbling for the compass we all carry in our hearts
And me, I haven't smiled much myself in quite a while
Like kindness is imprisoned
And respect has been exiled
Respect is on the witness stand
As kindness goes on trial
A minute lasts for hours and an inch stretches for miles
Let's fix that with a vaccine that does not come from a vial
Our eyes can't mask the sadness that has worn us for a while
It's time to take a breath or two and try to understand
It's time to build a bridge to you as I reach out my hand
The sound of one hand clapping is a plea...a poem...a prayer
But two hands clap the rhythm of the heartbeat we all share
I know deep in my soul we're really not that far apart
Eight billion of us suffering the same damn broken heart
Been so much fear behind the white hot noise
Been hard to hear that kind and quiet voice
An honest conversation spans the space and builds a bridge
And search for common ground beneath our shifting constant skies
For any sign of kindness in each other's mirror eyes
To bridge this distance...breach these walls
Is anybody listening...anyone at all?
Since time has been suspended I'm more careful when I wish
And when I wish...I wish for this
The echo of my lonely voice
Don't fill this emptiness
It's louder than the shouted word
It's stronger than the fist
The sound that bridges distances and fills this emptiness
The silence that is louder than this noise
The look that says somebody understands
We've been gathering in silos where we've heard Paul Simon's sound
We've been burrowing in bunkers overwhelmed and underground
Shadow on the surface of the sun
Blocking light and casting night on everyone
What did Aretha say when Atlas shrugged?
Aren't we children longing to be loved?
This weary world's been waiting years...been wading thru too many tears
We're drowning in these deep end fears...that take our breath away
Heart to heart...here in the dark/No distance now...and we both know how...
Lose your worries in the dark/honey love has finally found you/And our bodies let us know/what our hearts are gettin' down to
Yeah turn on the Temptations/smooth all around/Cause it's time to bring the romance/it's our time for gettin' down
Ain't no distance when we dance...gettin' lost and gettin' found/Ain't no distance when we dance...gettin' up and gettin' down
Ride the rainbow at the speed of sound/Goin' up up up...and gettin' down
You taste the bass line in your bones...I'll shake the loneliness I've known/If I forget your hips know how...now is the time for gettin' down
Now what's lost is found in the motion and the sound/Two hearts are pounding and two souls are gettin' down
Sparks are flying and dark is lit alright/No denying where we're gonna take this night
And you know you leave me breathless, like a precious work of art/But I didn't come this distance just to worship from afar
And you're priceless and you're precious like a work of art alright/But we both know this ain't gonna be a look but don't touch night
But you're not stuck up in a frame behind some velvet rope/You're flesh and blood and when we touch you flood my heart with hope
And you’re standing in your doorway where you meet me with a kiss/And your touch is like a promise and your smile’s like a wish
Cause your kiss is like a whisper telling secrets that we share/And we’re gonna make some new ones just as soon as I get there
Where all this lost gets found...all this lonely turns around/We’re forgetting all this crazy cause we’re both for gettin’ down
And if you believe in magic (and I'm thinkin' that you do/We can make it to another world where music pulls us through
And it don't take but a minute to be hungry for your touch/And the phone won't get it done not when I'm wanting you this much
We been alone for so long 'bout to turn that mess around/Cause I feel the way you feel me now we're up for gettin' down
I know what's gonna happen cause we've both been so alone/For so long...for so long
And the world starts spinning beautifully again/Cause I'm breathing out the ugly just by breathing you in
Goes on sending a message to the marrow of my bones/Goes on telling me something I forgot I'd always known
Goes on sending a message to the marrow of my bones/Goes on telling me something I forgot I'd always known
And it's a hard landing when you crash without a cushion/When gravity is pullin' you and desperation's pushin'
Like dancin' in molasses...been in slo mo for so long/I don't know where my swag is at or where my mojo's gone
Sometimes it's hard gettin' out of bed/Sometimes it's even harder gettin' out of my head
Sometimes it's hard to get out of my bed/Sometimes it's hard to get out of my head
Mother Mercy...Sister Grace/Bring the brightness back my way
It's about to be a sugar show/Shakin' sugar out the sugar bowl
Shake the sacred ground and break the chain/Make the leap and take the freedom train
Ride the rhythm of the wind/Open up and let the music in
Night is moving at the speed of light/Hearts are pounding at the speed of sound
Rhythm pumping up against my chest/Heartbeat hurricane...heartbeat hurricane
There's a light around the moon tonight/There's a brightness in your eyes
Now I know this duet is never gonna end/I love making music with my best friend
Now my heart beats faster when I kiss you/But the world spins slower when I'm with you
You bring the rhythm to my best rhyme/And I need you to write the next line
The past has been wiped clean/Your love fills the whole screen
I needed this duet with you...cause my solo heart was made for two
The faith that had stumbled...Two left feet that bumbled
As the groom and the bride we'll make a promise that's final
A double chocolate scoop
The spoon that stirs the stew
Like dreams are made for sharing, and hearts are made for caring...yeah it's trueq
Like eyes are made for gazing, and lips are made for tasting
We belong together and this sweet surprise...needs u and i... needs You and I
See my sunset turn into sunrise...such a sweet surprise
That hearts aren't built to fit one size
That hearts don't have to be shaded blue/Cause hearts are actually made for two
Yeah and you bring rhythm to my best rhyme/Gotta have your love to write the next line
But now I do/Honey hearts like yours and mine are made for two
Why the world turned slower when you took my hand/Why my heart beat faster...now I understand
I sang my song alone until we met And it became a beautiful duet
We can pull each other through / You’ll heal me and I’ll heal you
We can pull each other through / You’ll heal me and I’ll heal you
I can feel this heartbeat growing stronger every day/The steady spread of courage and a new world on the way
I can feel this heartbeat growing stronger every day/The steady spread of courage and the will to find a way
Father we are guided by the light that leads us still/By tenderness and mercy and the wisdom of Your will
Now the shadows that surround us need the sunshine to be seen (MJ had a similar concept)/And the river that is raging fills the well that washes clean...and all the space between
When the masquerade is over and the fear has been erased/We'll no longer need the cover when we're smiling face to face...lifted by God's grace
I look at you and I see me/Ain't that the way it's meant to be?
There's an answer in the marrow of our bones/And it's whispering we're really not alone
When the worry deep inside you is a weight upon your heart/And you're praying God will guide you through the long and lonely dark/ Well here's a start...here's a start
When the thundercloud you're under sends you running from the rain/We can be each other's cover and the cure for all this pain
We've been out of touch for so long/We've been starving for "hello"
Don't have to run from the thunder/Don't have to run from the rain
If fear tries to enslave us/Let us be courageous
Let love spread like Heaven's breath/The calm inside the chaos
Let it spread like Heaven's breath/The calm inside the chaos
Let it spread like Heaven's breath/Blowing pain away
There's calm in the chaos/The eye of the storm
Take the gift that God gave us/And spread it around
We can pull each other through / You'll heal me and I'll heal you
Can't quarantine kindness/Can't mask...the love that God gave us/Because love is the cure/And the cure is contagious
Can't quarantine kindness/Mask the love that God gave us
Keepers
Can you feel the butterfly breeze Blowing over emotional seas
My idea for the hook/title is Butterfly Breeze. It's a reference to the actual phenomenon of the butterfly effect ANDa metaphor for how we are all affected/connected by seemingly distant and tiny happenings. I'll follow up tomorrow with a couplet ?
One heartbeat...can't you feel it too? / One rhythm calling me and you...to be One World
One absence, a space we will not fill/One presence, a spirit with us still
One blanket covering us all/One feeling cushioning the fall
One strand that stretches soul to soul/One web of life that makes us whole
Now spring brings a rebirth as green replaces gray/And Heaven touches us on Earth in such a hopeful way
Under one canopy of boundless blue/You are bound to me and I to you
Spring brings a rebirth as green replaces gray/Heaven touches Earth in such a hopeful way
One breath no longer held in check/Thank God...and let us not forget...we are One World
One web of life binds each to each/One shining star is now in reach...for one world
One strand that stretches soul to soul/One web that holds and makes us whole...One World
One breath no longer held in check/Thank God...and let us not forget...we are One World
One beam emerging from the dark One world making a brand new start
One world, creates one chrysalis Behold our metamorphosis
One world, one hopeful destiny/ One heart to harbor you and me
And when we look up, we'll see the sun/Shining down on everyone
Something in my heart's begun to stir / wondering if we'll be the way we were / praying past the pain, love will lead the way / helping us to heal
As old as time as new as now/And we know how...yes we know how
One Tree of Life with roots that bind/Our destinies are intertwined...One world
From so many different rhythms comes a single song...human strong/So sing along...One world
Though I may never see your face, and I may never take your hand/Still we will touch in other ways, just takes our hearts to understand
As one world...butterfly effect/The beating of your fragile wings is faint and far and yet...
As...one world...backs against the wall/But walls will one day fall and we'll stand tall
The palm of God...His fingers curled/Creates a cradle for the fall
Once the dust has settled and the sun shines strong/In the afterglow of a brand new dawn
Bridges not walls/Barriers fall/Under one banner unfurled
As one world...there's no Plan B/ Just this big marble spinning in infinity
(But) Spring brings a rebirth - green replaces gray/ Heaven touches Earth - in such a hopeful way
Hey it's time to build the better world we've dreamt of all these years
Freeze frame photograph of empty streets/Timelapse tapestry of one world...and our heart still beats
What I see reflected in your eyes/Is my mirror minus the disguise
All our fortress walls are falling down/All our padlocked doors are open now
Hands can't touch but hearts still do and so/We're filling all the empty left by all the letting go
Hands can't touch but hearts still do and so/We
While the world is holding its collective breath/ Life is playing peekaboo with death
Robin out my window greets the dawn/Singing like she don't know all that's gone/Maybe she knows best, how to pass this test of faith and fear
Businesses are shuttered lights are dark/Mother Earth feels more like Noah's ark/Where we end up now, will depend on how the ship is steered
We could all be scattered to the winds/Or this could be where our new world begins/Under the same sun, if we work as one, right now...right here
Now the eerie quiet is a cry/Breath we hold is hoping for a sigh/As the borders close and the distance grows/So do our fears (But I know there's an answer to our prayers
With all this time to kill/And all these hearts to fill/We got a shot at doing what once seemed impossible
The bare bones dance to a brand new tune/With an ageless truth 'neath an ancient moon
My 2020 vision's let me see/How clearly borderlines are just as blurry as can be
Crossing borders...no allegiance or alliance/Taking orders...from the principles of science
If love and sacrifice decide how tall we stand/It takes the stars to take the measure...of the man
When footprints in the sand have gone from 4 to 2/We're not alone because He carries...Me and you
When footprints in the sand have gone from 4 to 2/We're not alone because He carries...because He carries...
And tonight- with Polaris shining true/I pull your compass from my pocket/Carry it & carry you
And tonight with Polaris shining true/Pull your compass from my pocket/Carry it and carry you
Now I know what it means to be a man Because you showed me how to stand Stand up for what matters most
Now I know what it means to be a man Because you taught me how to stand Stand up for what matters most
And I have always known/From the strength you've always shown/When that loving loan comes due/I will carry you
Carry you...like a pilgrim carries prayer/I will carry you...like a whisper carries air
Time has finally come/ (To show you) I'm my father's son
Willow in the wind/Will not break...just bend
Till Heaven sends your chariot/Lend me your pain...I'll carry it
And tiny legs grow weary/tired eyes go bleary But iron arms are always Daddy strong
When your weary bones Whisper rest/And the fears you've known Weigh like granite headstones on your chest
Waking to the smell of bacon...coffee by the bed/It still takes a tick or two to get it through his head
In this space we savor the grace and the favor, This gift for which we did not pray
The depth of the peace that brings sweet release, has swept the last vestige of heartache away
Stolen moments that we've known We can't own...we only borrow/Like this life...they're just on loan/Due today or due tomorrow
And though these moments tease us/While making their escape Their fleeting presence frees us/To make our dreams take shape
In the breath we release lies the freedom and peace, To transcend both the fright and the fight
In the folding petals of a dimming day/Stolen moments still float down from God's bouquet
Nathaniel Arcand commented on Blue's lyric:
"So vivid"
(more)"I'm living proof their truths will never die I walk the earth with one eye on the sky"