Bleed

I breathe, and I bleed, they’re One and the same It’s my release * This wound Steady and deep Startling hope When the cut is complete * What skin, must I shed Exposing the beauty Of this flesh Beneath * Shimmering cool
Shimmering clean I’m plunging in to Where, I’ve never been * I breathe, and I bleed, they’re One and the same It’s my release * I breathe, and I bleed, it’s Releasing all my Secrets free * This pain Crimson in stain All I can do is Respond again Whisper to me * Of sinner and sin Luring me back To the battle within * Amnesty calls
I’ll abandon the game What if that means Another crimson stain

Lips

If these lips should Cease their tirade Draw the poison back Moments stung Forever swollen From the harsh attack * If these lips would Hold their sorrow Muted into place From the stillness Mercy beckons Quietly for grace * Take these lips and use my kiss Before I harm again Take the skin I’m offering And hold me down * If these lips * Should learn to trust in Falling back to love From the slumber Hunger wakens To the heart above * If these lips That I surrender Whisper of regret Melt this frozen Mouth I offer Risk the consequence * Take these lips and use my kiss Before I harm again Take the skin I’m offering And hold me down Till I am safe
Till I am sound * Tether me to where we suspended I’m not convinced the story has ended Of fragile walls and shifting ground The tapestry has come unwound And I can feel that this is coming down All around me

Come on

At the end of the show When the curtain falls I’m taking my cue And I’m crawling the walls Wondering if you’re out there * At the end of the song When I don’t hear a sound I’m guessing you heard me The first time around, But I’ll ask again Am I getting through * At the end of the day When I’m on my knees Screaming for clarity Here in the dark, where my faith has gone out Is this what you wanted for me * Come on I can take another round Did you think that this is all It takes to bring me down * I’ve been wrestling Demons in A wonderland of All my doubts & fears And now I’m so strong Come on Come on * At the end of the night When my patience is gone I’m working the ways Of how it went wrong Before I said goodbye * At the end of the round When it’s over and done You always remind me That I’ve never won But I’m ready now, try again * At the end of the fight When I’m bloody and bruised The armor is shattered, and I’m out of moves Pinned to the floor, where my faith is no more Is this what you wanted from me * And now I’m here in the dark where my faith has gone out Is this what you wanted for me

Cool Dark Slip

Sing, my love Seduce me again Tell me how You think you knew me when * Slip beneath The waves of our story Words that finally Tore me in two * Low tide took my scream I was silent, now I’m mute Weigh the options carefully The water’s calling you * If I could I would Easily let go * Spiral down And all the fear Is gone * Falling fast Sliding into bliss I have wondered all this time How sweet the cool dark slip * A stronger girl Would walk away When she hit bone She’d never stay, you see * The weaker girls’ Your heroine here Conjuring the water Screaming, please * I guess I never knew you And it’s doubtful you knew me Another day of silence Choke the grief quiet Till all I hear is the sea

Dazed

Shocked and tired Wounded and wired Well aware I’ve no finesse * Stunned and amazed Bewildered and crazed Angry Pulling away * I’ve got nothing to say, I’ve got nothing to say I’ve got nothing to say * Running As fast as I can Anywhere Away from the end * I am running As fast as I can Anywhere Away from the end * Dazed at the way We’ve come undone Dazed that I lie on Neutral ground * Dazed at the way We’ve come completely unwound Dazed that I’m slowly shutting down * Torn, distressed Damaged I regret Well aware I can’t accept * Hushed and broken Sorrow unspoken Grieving Pulling away * I’ve got nothing to say, I’ve got nothing to say I’ve got nothing to say

Winter

I’ll be seeing you On every city sidewalk I’ll be thinking of you Everywhere I go * I’ll be looking for a sign That you had been here But now and then I can’t remember anymore * I’ll be searching all my memories For pretty picture nights I’ll be looking for you Every place I know * The winter after you Stole my compassion The winter after you Took everything * The winter after you Bled all my trust away And I wonder if I Will ever want you again I’ll remember you And a pale blue sunrise I’ll be seeing you In every winter sky * I’ll be searching someone else’s eyes For traces of your love I’ll be watching for you Every single night * Hold on through every storm That rocks these walls A broken bough A shattered windowpane I look for you Through spider webs of broken glass And I wonder if I will ever see you again * Will I ever want you again

How Do You Know

How do you know When it all comes tumbling down How do you see the pieces Blowing around * How do you know When it’s all been said before And it’s time to walk away How do you know If you’ve got one more shot When you haven’t heard your heart beating * How does it all come down To you and me in everything How do you know when it’s gone When nothing’s left And nothing is wrong * How do you know That your passion will endure How do you know That you can risk everything And that nothing is for sure * How do you know That your heart will carry more And that maybe God is keeping score How do you reconcile crossing the line Of you and I * How does it all come down To you and me in everything How do you know when it’s gone When nothing’s left And nothing is wrong * I don’t even try to sell myself The stories I have told I wanted to be loved The way I wanted to be loved Is that wrong * All the pieces that you gave to me I’ll keep them safe and sound You’ll see * Nothing is wrong I said nothing is wrong

Not Anymore

Did you think I’d not remember Did you think that I was blind Did you think I wasn’t waiting For you to show up with an apology It’ll all be better this time * I believed you’d find your way to me And explain what you had done * Not anymore You’re gone And I have found a way to carry on Without you, Don’t come around * Not anymore You are gone And I have found a way to carry on Without you Without you * Did you think it was a righteous world Beautiful girl, it’s not always fair Did you think that you could prey on her With your wicked ways, thinking maybe Nothing wrong was going on here * I believed you’d find your way to me * Remedy the damage done * And she has found a way to carry on * It’s finally good now We’re finally free And if you come around again You’re gonna have to get past me Not anymore Not anymore * Not anymore You’re gone And we have found a way to carry on Without you, don’t come around * Not anymore You are gone And we have found a way to carry on Without you Without you

Stunned

I just keep on walking And hope that I walk it away I’ve already covered A lifetime of yours * Now and again there’s a foot And it’s stuck To the roof of my mouth And I can’t, can’t recall But I’ve been here before * I know this part so well I can do this in my sleep I’m stunned by the moment of truth And the careless disregard by you And the Weight, Weight, Weight of each defeat * It’s swift and it’s mighty And scary and evil to me It’s unnerving To kick an invisible door * It’s breaking me up And it’s broken me down Disintegration, baby But don’t make it easy on me Cause I’ll argue for more * I know this part so well I can do this in my sleep But I’m stunned by the moment of truth And the careless disregard by you And the Weight, Weight, Weight of each defeat * I know this part so well I can do this in my sleep

Angel

It must be That you are my angel I stood up or down or fell And you were just there * Floating your way around me As if you’d always been here Working my nerves and Playing my fears * Surrounding this drowning spirit Slowly you lift me up I’m suddenly fearless All at once I am Flying High * I never believed In those angelic games Like flying through doorways And snagging your wings * But the shadow of your descent Has me tripping around my Comfort zone Piercing the boundary I’m feeling the sting * Surrounding this drowning spirit Slowly you lift me up I’m suddenly fearless All at once I am Flying High * Unless you’ve fallen Why’d you stay * You said everything You had to say Pushing me to try With you again I might fly

Amazing Grace

I asked you for light You placed me in darkness I pleaded for hope and You showed me despair * I cried out for help You said help somebody else I begged for my soul You said it’s already there * I was so blind and was so unaware Bashing the notion That I would be spared Lost in the layers of this truth or dare I’ve fallen I’ve fallen
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I’m found I was blind, but now, I see * I whispered for silence You placed me in chaos I cried out for comfort You said suffer awhile * I pleaded for answers You said study the questions I stumbled on grace You said it’s always been there * Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I’m found I was blind, but now, I see * I was blind, but now, I see I was blind, but now, I see I see I see

© Laura Bradley / Fairy Dust Music