Sleeping At Last

[fox69]

"Light"

"Light"


May these words be the first
To find your ears.
The world is brighter than the sun
Now that you’re here.
Though your eyes will need some time to adjust
To the overwhelming light surrounding us,

I’ll give you everything I have.
I’ll teach you everything I know.
I promise I’ll do better.
I will always hold you close,
But I will learn to let you go.
I promise I’ll do better.
I will soften every edge,
I’ll hold the world to its best,
And I’ll do better.
With every heartbeat I have left
I will defend your every breath,
And I’ll do better.

’Сause you are loved.
You are loved more than you know.
I hereby pledge all of my days
To prove it so.
Though your heart is far too young to realize
The unimaginable light you hold inside,

I’ll give you everything I have.
I’ll teach you everything I know.
I promise I’ll do better.
I will always hold you close,
But I will learn to let you go.
I promise I’ll do better.
I will rearrange the stars,
Pull ‘em down to where you are.
I promise, I’ll do better.
With every heartbeat I have left,
I’ll defend your every breath.
I promise I’ll do better.
I will soften every edge,
Hold the world to its best.
I promise I’ll do better.
With every heartbeat I have left,
I’ll defend your every breath,
(I’ll do better.)

 

[fox69]

"Like Autumn"

"Like Autumn"


Oh, God, when I ask you
"Why do you love me?"
I will try to understand
The silence that whispers reason

I can never comprehend
Your love

Like autumn
Sorrows change
And hush the sea to sleep
Then I cry...

Because I am weaker than anyone
I am weaker
I fall

I can never comprehend
Your love

Like autumn
Sorrows change
And hush the sea to sleep
Then I cry...

Because I am weaker than anyone
I am weaker
I fall

I'm so cold without you
Words cannot explain
Words cannot explain

I'm so cold without you

 

[fox69]

"Love Never Fails"

"Love Never Fails"


Underneath the braided sky
You were there to hold me
When I cried

These sketches of heaven
Light our eyes with grace

That night, where water carried reflections
Of October skies

Although my words failed
You knew what I was trying to say
And though my hands weak by sorrow
Still would never let go of this memory
Where the trees bowed from the wind
You whispered "I promise, I promise you"
You held my hands tight
Comfort remains

 

[fox69]

"Mars"

"Mars"


We laid our names to rest
Along the dotted line.
We left our date of birth
And our history behind.

We were full of life,
We could barely hold it in.
We were amateurs at war,
Strangers to suffering.

We made our families proud
But scared at the same time.
We promised we’d be safe,
Another lie from the front lines.

Our backs against the wall,
We’re surrounded and afraid.
Our lives now in the hands
Of the soldiers taking aim.

Our questions ricochet
Like broken satellites:
How our bodies, born to heal,
Become so prone to die?

Though time is ruthless,
It showed us kindness in the end,
By slowing down enough,
A second chance to make amends.
As life replayed, we heard a voice proclaim:

"lay your weapons down!
They’re calling off the war
On account of losing track
Of what we’re fighting for."

So we found our way back home,
Let our cuts and bruises heal.
While a brand-new war began,
One that no one else could feel.

Our nights have grown so long.
Now we beg for sound advice.
"let the brokenness be felt
'til you reach the other side.
There is goodness in the heart
Of every broken man
Who comes right up to the edge
Of losing everything he has."

We were young enough to sign
Along the dotted line.

Now we’re young enough to try
To build a better life.
To build a better life.

 

[fox69]

"Masquerade"

"Masquerade"


There's a full moon
Hanging over us tonight.
The city, now restless
Underneath disguise.
Fake blood and fangs,
Feathers and paper wings,
In this masquerade
We could be anything -

But all I want to be
Is whatever you want me to be this halloween.
All I want to be is whoever you want me to be this halloween.

I'll be your knight in shining (fake) armor.
Or maybe you prefer
Something a bit more sinister?
A mask and a cape,
With a vampire's taste for blood;
I could be the ghost
That haunts only to win your love...

'Cause all I want to be is whoever you want me to be
This halloween.
All I want to be is whoever you need me to be
This halloween.
'Cause everything you are is better than make-believe.
This halloween
All I want to be is everything you want me to be
This halloween.

There's a full moon
Hanging over us tonight.
The city lies helpless
Underneath its light,
This halloween.

 

[fox69]

"Mended Heart"

"Mended Heart"


Goodbye. I'll miss you.
Sleep tight. Goodnight.

Goodbye. I'll miss you.
Sleep tight.
A mended heart
By a thousand stitches.
A mended heart
By a thousand...

Walk with me.
I will never erase
Your name
From my heart.

I am held together
By promises.

Goodbye I'll miss you.
Sleep tight.

 

[fox69]

"Mercury"

"Mercury"


Rows of houses
Sound asleep
Only street lights
Notice me

I am desperate
If nothing else
In a holding pattern
To find myself

I talk in circles
I talk in circles
I watch for signals
For a clue

How to feel different
How to feel new
Like science fiction
Bending truth

No one can unring this bell
Unsound this alarm, unbreak my heart new
God knows, I am dissonance
Waiting to be swiftly pulled into tune

I’ll go anywhere you want
Anywhere you want
Anywhere you want me
I’ll go anywhere you want
Anywhere you want
Anywhere you want me
I’ll go anywhere you want
Anywhere you want
Anywhere you want me
I’ll go anywhere you want
Anywhere you want me

I know the further I go
The harder I try, only keeps my eyes closed
And somehow I’ve fallen in love
With this middle ground at the cost of my soul

Yet I know, if I stepped aside
Released the controls, you would open my eyes
That somehow, all of this mess
Is just my attempt to know the worth of my life…

Made of precious metals
Precious metals
Precious metals inside
Made of precious metals
Precious metals
Precious metals inside
Made of precious metals
Precious metals
Precious metals

I’ll go anywhere you want
Anywhere you want
Anywhere you want me
I’ll go anywhere you want
Anywhere you want me

 

[fox69]

"Naive"

"Naive"


Religion is a breeding ground
where the devil's work is deeply found,
with teeth as sharp as cathedral spires,
slowly sinking in.

God knows that I've been naive
but i think it makes him proud of me.
now it's so hard to separate
my disappointments from his name.

because shadows stretch behind the truth,
where stained glass offers broken clues
and fear ties knots and pulls them tight.
it leaves us paralyzed.

but in the end such tired words will rest.
the truth will reroute the narrow things they've said.
the marionette strings will lower and untie
and out of the ashes, love will be realized.

God knows that we've been naive
and a bit
nearsighted to say the least.
it's broken glass at children's feet
that gets swept aside unexpectedly.

 

[fox69]

"Needle & Thread"

"Needle & Thread"


When the world welcomes us in,
We’re closer to Heaven than we’ll ever know.
They say this place has changed,
But strip away all of the technology
And you will see
That we all are hunters,
Hunting for something that will make us okay.

Here we lay alone in hospital beds,
Tracing life in our heads;
But all that is left
Is that this was our entrance and now it’s our exit,
As we find our way home.

All the blood and all the sweat
That we invested to be loved
Follows us into our end,
Where we begin to understand

That we are made of love,
And all the beauty stemming from it.
We are made of love,
And every fracture caused by the lack of it.

“You were a million years of work,”
Said God and His angels, with needle and thread.
They kissed your head and said,
“You’re a good kid and you make us proud.
So just give your best and the rest will come,
And we’ll see you soon.”

All the blood and all the sweat
That we invested to be loved
Follows us into our end,
Where we begin to understand

That maybe Hollywood was right:
When the credits have rolled and the tears have dried,
The answers that we have been dying to find
Are all pieced together and, somehow,
Made perfectly mine.

We are made of love,
And all the beauty stemming from it.
We are made of love,
And every fracture caused by the lack of love.

 

[fox69]

"Neptune"

"Neptune"


Pitch black, pale blue,
It was a stained glass
Variation of the truth
And I felt empty handed.

You let me set sail
With cheap wood.
So I patched up
Every leak that I could,
'Til the blame grew too heavy.

Stitch by stitch I tear apart.
If brokenness is a form of art,
I must be a poster child prodigy.
Thread by thread I come apart.
If brokenness is a work of art,
Surely this must be my masterpiece.

I'm only honest when it rains.
If I time it right, the thunder breaks
When I open my mouth.
I want to tell you but I don't know how.

I'm only honest when it rains,
An open book with a torn out page,
And my ink's run out.
I want to love you but I don't know how.

I don't know how,
No I don't know how.
I don't know how.
I want to love you but I don't know how.

I want to love you...

Pitch black, pale blue,
These wild oceans
Shake what's left of me loose
Just to hear me cry mercy.

A strong wind at my back,
So I lift up the only sail that I have,
This tired white flag.

I'm only honest when it rains.
If I time it right, the thunder breaks
When I open my mouth.
I want to tell you but I don't know how.

I'm only honest when it rains,
An open book with a torn out page,
And my ink's run out.
I want to love you but I don't know how.

I don't know how, know how, know how,
I want to love you but I don't know how.

I want to love you...