Some NightsSome nights I cry myself to sleepJust like the pastFor the pain I'd not the strength to endureBut this time I cryNot for sadness of the present nor pastBut becauseThis happiness that's taking over meIt's changing my life, I swear!Everything I see is more beautiful than beforeLittle things are most enjoyableAnd when I look around at my lifeThat's the only emotionThat's the only actionThat could possibly express an ounceOf how wonderful this contentment is -Crying.So some nights I cry myself to sleep
City LightsI hear people talkAll the timeAbout how they hate their townHow they would just like to leaveGet outNever look backAnd begin a new lifeOne big enough for all the dreams they haveThat their town could never provideI could never hate this town, thoughWith all of its hidden, winding, quiet streetsHome to nice, quiet people with rebellious childrenAll of its old shops on the main streetAn antique storeA pawn shopAnd one that sold old vinyl and guitarsIts little diner on the cornerThe year-round lights on every treeAll the assorted sweet-smelling coffee shopsPerhaps I'd even come to miss the loud teenagersSmoking cigarett
Under StarsStill I don't quite understandHow the world in which these emotions tumbleCould tilt back and forthWith such strengthAnd so suddenOne moment in blissAnd another in agonyLike a sinking ship being given a second chanceOver and over againI thinkMaybeAt the back of my mindI fear the day the ship's chances may ceaseTo be engulfed in the wide ocean once so generousAnd with its last dying breathEmbrace this fate that has come to itBut regret it had not lived enoughIn those second chances givenTo its life under the starsOne dayPerhapsI might seize a second chanceAnd live so not in fear of the oceanOne day
Just In My MindCaught in the awe of everything about youThe breath leaves my lungs & the thoughts leave my mindIn defeat by your presenceAnd wondering how my life would beHad I never known youAnd likewise wondering how it would beHad we continued talkingEven more in amazement -Perhaps I would be -Of your smileAnd less in this nostalgia -Perhaps I would be -Of your absenceFor now, I can only hold my breathAnd wish you would walk over to meLike nothing ever happenedAnd I know these fairy tales in which you returnAre only i n m y m i n dAnd the constant glances in your directionOnly make me more blindBecause with ev
Does that mean your dreaming about it or something?
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