People are all vampires

Your words are calm
But your voice sounds thin.
"Did you ever really let me in?"
If thoughts are dead
and words are all,
these letters are all six feet tall.

You wish that I could
let them go,
these troubles that have bound me so.
But I only know how to
be contained.
This nature is my only friend.

These people all are vampires,
needing blood to live.
Open wide - what's inside
is all I have to give.
But it's okay, I'm not mad; I'm a vampire, too.

In the end,
when mountains fall,
these letters will be standing still.
If thoughts are dead
but hearts survive,
ghosts are what will keep us alive.

Every breath that I exhale
is one more death I die.
The air we breath mingled with
other people's lives.
But it's okay, I'm not mad; I'm a vampire, too.

Marilyn

If only I had known
yesterday, yesterday
to memorize your smile,
oh Marilyn, Marilyn.

Tomorrow may not come
for all of us, all of us,
and today is almost over,
oh Marilyn, Marilyn.

If all that I have left
is the smell of your perfume
and the empty space
beside me.
I will not forget
the sound of your voice
singing, Marilyn, oh Marilyn.

All the words we've shared
are not enough, not enough
to tell you how I feel,
oh Marilyn, Marilyn

So I will ask God
for one more day, one more day
and one more chance to sing
with you, Marilyn, Marilyn.

And our last song
I will carry in my heart
to keep you
near me.
And I will not forget
the sound of your voice
singing, Marilyn, oh Marilyn.

C Cmaj7 Em
Dm G (x2) C Em

A little sweeter, too

Yesterday you said the words
I want to feel for you.
But I could not say them back;
I fear what they can do.

I know it's wrong to judge you
by someone else's sins.
But I still hesitate;
I'm scared to let you in.

These things I feel
aren't the same as what you do.
But hold me a little closer.
Whisper a little longer.
Maybe I'll start to feel it, too.
Hold me a little longer.
Kiss me a little sweeter, too.

The places I keep hidden
are what you most need to see.
Would that I could show you
the secret truth of me.

Every dark corner
has stories from the past.
Oh, if I could tell you,
I might be free at last.

Oh Daddy

Oh Daddy, there wasn't anything I needed to be
to make you love me.
Oh Daddy, I should have learned so long ago
that real love is free

If my will was any stronger,
I'd break myself in half.
But what I wanted most
was more than what I had.

Why didn't I see
you wanted me to be still
so I could take a breath,
not so I would stop.

All those other men,
I thought that they were like you.
But kind words aren't enough;
A man's voice is meant to soothe.

Oh Daddy, there was never anything I needed to be
to make you love me.
Oh Daddy, you tried to tell me long ago
that real love is free.

A Sad Song

I love walking at night
A sad song in my ears
So alone
So melancholy

Twinkling lights against
Misty shadows
To move
Even when the city's still

And I loved you
And I wanted you
But desire
It could not change the world

Maybe you'll walk with me
Maybe I'll walk alone
But whatever you do
I know that I must go

And to move
Makes me wonder
Is it life
Or is it loss

And I wanted you
And I needed you
But my desire
Oh it could not change the world

would you stay

Bowed under a heavy yoke, knowing the girl I should have been.
A better woman would have fallen, too.
Weakness brought me to you
And weakness made me leave.
I should have been so much better
than what I had to give.
I know that when I'm with you, I'm free.

I wasn't my best, I know,
but I did not want you to go
I should have asked you,
"Would you stay?"
Now I will wait
until you come and find me.
If you would love me,
and if I would let you,
I know that's when I will be free.

you run, i sing

Every night when I close my eyes,
I watch you leave in my mind.
I can't seem to recall anything at all
from before you want away.

That moment in time has the strength to define
every moment from that day on.
I can't seem to erase the thought of your face
the day you said good-bye.

But you run
while I sing,
"oh what will tomorrow bring?"

If you would stay,
you would hear,
"darling, what have we to fear?"

Maybe if you were here, everything would be clear
about why you were right to go.
But I can't seem to accept when I can never forget
the reason I'm alone.

The things you fear will eat you alive.
If you had courage, to stay would we be okay,
or was it me who was wrong?