Daniel

great but not good

she squeezed my hand when she broke my heart and she rattled on like it made sense to refer to us in the past tense and she repeated her reasons till they got old i laughed ’cause they were so absurd the weakest excuse i’ve ever heard she said i’m great but not good enough…
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don’t tell me

in the soft stone of my heart there’s etched a memory of you and me red with laughter and now we’re so far apart phonelines bring you to me you don’t know what to say funny thing, i know just what you mean but don’t tell me you’re lonely cause i’m way over here…
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colorado

she felt the breath on her wild chilled cheek he’d found the courage to speak she could not look him in the eye he’d just smile and say, ‘don’t cry’ she did not think this kind of night would see everything turn right he puts his hand up on her knee and forever is…
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be the beep

i would have saddled up and ridden off into the sunset knowing you would not forget me oh but i don’t want to go are you sure we’re moving on? never thought the ending would feel so wrong i don’t want to be the beep that interrupts your boyfriend so all my dreams i’ll…
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just stay

it’s a cold wind out, baby just stay by the fire it’s icing over, baby just stay where it’s drier baby, you don’t need to go anyting can be postponed put down the keys, please don’t leave me all alone just stay and feel safe a little more just stay on this side of the…
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fault

one crack in the wall means the death of the dam and i feel the fissures in all that i am i can’t let go of what should float away these waves are relentless, they pound the shore a stronger man could stand for more but i crumble and fall into the sea but the…
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don’t want to

i don’t want to close my eyes to make You more real to me cause if i believe then i believe You’re strong enough to make me see i don’t want to sit in silence cause i want to know You so much i’ll believe the whispers of my mind use the calm as…
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dying of vows

we’ve watched these ships set sail from shore happy, frail, and searching for more sometimes the waves pull them apart two pulled from the wreckage of one broken heart God, we’re scared to venture out to sea what if we miss what’s meant to be so many ships never make it home are we…
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watchmen

the watchmen on the wall trip and fall and crack like glass and it was my choice to throw them away or glue them up for another day and i let them go, i went unguarded you hadn’t crossed my border in months i thought i was through with the enemy but you weren’t through…
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twins

can You hear them laughing we only heard them cry can they hear us down here chokin’ back “why?” and i can’t even tell You how i feel cause i’m not sure that this is really real but what’s Yours is Yours to take what You make is Yours to break but i can’t lay…
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