Author: jackson

Till We Get There

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And now the rain has gone
The sun shines through my window
Next winters not so long 
Let’s sail the oceans till September 
Going nowhere till we get there

We’ll grow our hair out long
Like the way our old folks used to
We’ll sing our favourite songs
And watch the birds fly in the morning
Tell the world of all our stories

And I’m lost, I’m lost , in a world made around you 

If there’s something that I know 
Is the wind will take us somewhere
We’ll arrive there on the shore
Let our feet sink in the water
Look across the oceans borders

We’ll sell our clothes for food
And swim out on the ocean
We don’t have much to lose
So let’s not lose it for no reason 
Open the door and let the breeze in

And I’m lost, I’m lost in a world made around you

Said That I’m Leaving You

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Said that I’m leaving you
Said that I needed to
Just something that I have to do
For a reason

Said that I won’t be long
Said that I’d write you a song
Every Friday
For the season

What did you come my why for?
You knew I’d leave you
How long can you spend on your own?
Until I come back
Sorry isn’t good enough these days
But it’s the best I can do
Just look for the brightest star at night
and hope I’ll find you

I said that I’m telling the truth
I still want to be with you
We won’t call it love for no reason

Said that I’ve got work to do
but I said I’m not over you
but maybe distance is what we need
after all

What did you come my why for?
You knew I’d leave you
How long can you spend on your own?
Until I come back
Sorry isn’t good enough these days
But it’s the best I can do
Just look for the brightest star at night
and hope I’ll find you 

Tell Me Why

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Tell me why I’m so scared of you
You met my eye and I turned to stone
I was so alone

I paid the price
for leaving you behind
for not saying goodbye
I paid the price

When I wanted to be with you
and you showed me no sign

Remember all the times we made
Up all those lies to keep everyone away

I get it you despise me now
Go ahead and surprise me and walk away

If you dig all the holes you’ll find nothing of mine
If you climb all the trees you won’t break through my skies
If you swim all the seas you won’t break through my tides
but why am I so scared of you? 

Shoot Me Darling

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it’s 9 o’clock and you’re half past late
making me uneasy I can’t concentrate
I’m sitting here and the fire is burning out
You really are the person I can’t live without

You’re my girl, my girl only
If you left me I’d be very lonely
I’m angry sometimes
and I’d hurt you too
but I love you so much there’s nothing I can do

You’re late again and I’m getting suspicious
If you’re with another man I’m going to be vicious
I’m a mean man, I can’t control my temper
If you let me off, no one is going to help you

I hear a knock knock, and I better hear the truth
You’ve really got some explaining to do
Then you say “Hey honey, I was with another man”
I go over and I hit her as hard as I can
and think “How could she?, What did I ever do?”
She says “I’ve been seeing him since I first met you”
I said “How could you? I thought you were the one!”
She says “You hit me so much, I’m gonna shoot you with this gun”
I said “don’t shoot, shoot me darling”

Can’t Even Say Your Name

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You hurt me once and I won’t hurt you back
I’m just trying to be good, Trying to hold back
I though we could fix it, and fill in the cracks
Just hold it together and keep it on track

But I can’t, I can’t even say your name

You told me the rules so I won’t act a fool
You tell me don’t cry I don’t know what to do
I can’t even smile about what we’ve been through

no I can’t, I can’t even say your name

You gave me a reason to smile every day
You gave me a kiss to make it all okay
Without you babe I just ain’t the same
No I ain’t

I can’t even say your name 

Behind The Beautiful Forevers

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Behind the beautiful forevers in your eyes
Is a softness, a moment, a dream
I’ve just come out of wondering
Started to wonder you see

Behind the painting of a little house by the river
Is a mountain, blue skies and a tree
I’ve just fell in love
with four little doves watching me

I wrestle with the tough that I’d much rather not
Echo through the mountains of your mind
There’s no fingers that I’m pointing
When your heart is the painting that I dream

Before the wishing well drains of it’s fire
You run out and put out the flame
You asked me to join, when you threw back that coin
To be free

Believe me beautiful, I’d rather not die
In a painting with a pallet so dark
But be as it must
My eyes will adjust to the spark

Behind the beautiful forevers in your eyes
Is a softness, a moment, a dream
I’ve just come out of wondering
Started to wonder you see

To Call It Living

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Some things don’t get easier, but everything will end
Just breathe a little deeper, it’s not your last but that depends
That was me, that was then
Are you sure you’ll never say you loved me
Are you sure you’ll just say you adored me

You watch as I, breathe and lie, and try to call it living
Who are you, to say what is true
To satisfy
Some king of living proof

Let’s finish what we started, and go out with a bang
If this ship we sailed has departed,
Then the sea’s made me a man
This is me, I exist
Are you sure you’ll never say you’re sorry
Am I sure I’ll never say I’m sorry

You’ll never know just what you mean
Until now
I was sure I was in a dream
I’m dreaming now

You watch as I, breathe and lie, and try to call it living
Who are you, to say what is true
And who am I?
Some kind of living proof

Colours In The Dark

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You gave me a warning, when you gave me your light
You said only if you pick it up and pour into your eyes
I used to swallow the darkness with my palms against my face
And squeeze so tight I would start seeing shapes

What do they know about my god?
They told me about theirs at school
I’ve seen colours in the dark, so I must play my part
Can you see colour in the darkness too?

Meanwhile I’m seeing green, watching them chew their sleeves
Bruises on their knuckles, from chestnut trees
What did they think we knew? We had shit on our indoor shoes,
We don’t have a clue, who we’re praying to

When your light didn’t come up from my bedroom window
I blamed the season which blackberries grow
Then it was September, Then you weren’t there
Drawn with an arrow to a place of despair

I was in a hurry, to share all my stories
Of when teachers were preaching and I wasn’t worried
I swallowed the darkness with my palms over my eyes
And squeezed it so tight I start seeing lights

Postcards

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Postcards you gave me I keep in my bottom drawer
Came back from places I haven’t even heard before
I watched you go, no smile returned
Just a postcard from a discount store of an old country old

Postcards you gave me I’ve read over a thousand times
Those smiling faces you have after every line
A gesture received, a message incomplete
Just send me a letter to make me feel better no more of these cheap apple trees

It’s been a long while it’s your writing I miss the most
I woke up so early and fumble through all my post
No sign of you losing most of me
Just send me that old buffalo because now it’s just bills for the TV

Strangers In The Stairways

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I watch the raindrops fall from my window
Racing down to meet the balcony
streetlights kiss as my eyes start to miss the daylight
unwashed pots fill the worktops
driving me to insanity
tv blares as the neighbours upstairs start their fistfight

The wheel it spins, the night begins
I’ll still be here again tomorrow
We work in shifts, we sing in fifths
I’ll still be here again tomorrow
The music plays, the song delays

Is there any other way than to spend the nights alone?
Time will pass the sun won’t last
It will burn out before I’m done
I’ll still be here I’ll still be here
Forever I won’t go
I’ll stay in this apartment block until I’m skin and bone
I’ll watch the seasons come and go and I’ll never see a face
I’ll never leave a letter, I’ll never leave a trace
There is poetry and harmony in this epiphany that’s grown
I’ll romanticise my demons till their love for me has shown

I’ll watch the raindrops fall and they’ll never watch me leave
They’ll just keep coming back to spite the lonely sight they see
They’ll never watch me answer for the doorbell when it rings
They’ll only hear me listen to the morning song that sings
I’ll watch the raindrops fall and they’ll never watch me leave
They’ll never watch me cry, they’ll never watch me grieve
I’ll never leave I’ll never leave this room is where I’m called

I’ll never meet the strangers in the stairways in the halls
I’ll never leave I’ll never leave this room where I’m called