LOOKING FOR LIGHT
(All songs by Stephen
Grayce, © 2004 Stephen Grayce. Lyrics reprinted with permission. All
rights reserved.)
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hit the road
you were an electrocution / lightning bolt
from above
you opened up my elocution / taught
me all the words of love
opened my imagination / ‘bout gave me
a heart attack
showed me all your sweet sensations
/ now you wanna take ‘em back
but i can’t give in / can’t give up
can’t give out / can’t get enough now
you just wanna stop it / i just
wanna lock and load
baby i just wanna hit it / you just
wanna hit the road
you’re one bad motorfinger / treating
me the way you do
a bee with an extra stinger / piercing
my heart straight through
you lift me up and then you drop
me / kiss me then you walk away
blow me up just to pop me / don’t
let love get in the way
but i can’t give in / can’t give up
can’t give out / can’t get enough now
you just wanna stop it / i just
wanna lock and load
baby i just wanna hit it / you just
wanna hit the road
all this fake emotion / has me just
a bit confused
giving me the strangest notion /
feeling just a little used
you’re working my heart from the
middle / turning it inside out
i’m gonna have to push a little
/ to find out what it’s all about
'cause i can’t give in / can’t give up
can’t give out / and it's messing me up
you just wanna stop it / i just
wanna lock and load
baby i just wanna hit it / you just
wanna hit the road
superman for free
i won’t be your superman for free
you’re gonna have to make me want to fly
you’re gonna have to show your soul to
me
and make me want to reach down deep inside
i won’t be your savior for a song
and i won’t back a cause that isn’t right
what good can come if everything is wrong
we wouldn’t last a lifetime / a lifetime
or a night
give me something to dream on
something to beam on
a reason to try
won’t you show me what love takes
baby bring on the heartache
crack open this sky
make it cry
i won’t be your superman for free
and i won’t make your world all right
for you
til the vision in these x-ray eyes
tells me that you love me too
smoke and mirrors
saw a crash today and the car was you
what happened to the man that we once
knew
did you sell your soul or did it just
turn blue
were you tempted in the dark or blinded
by the light
dazed by the beauty or toppled by
the might
did you ever stand a chance will you ever
be all right
are you meeting up with all your
demons
are they everything you thought
they'd be
are you there behind the smoke and mirrors
smoke and mirrors
i think about your dreams and what
they meant to be
the magic of the moment the vision
of the free
now someone isn't dancing and someone
isn't me
did you miss a highway on your journey
did you turn into a darker sky
are you there behind the smoke and mirrors
smoke and mirrors
did you take your wings for granted
did you take your wings too far
were you too close to the sun
sun sun sun here it comes
i wish that i could find the courage that
you’ve lost
to reach into the shadows and pull you
back across
but the game's already played and who
knows what it's cost
will i see you on a summer sunday
will i see you with your head held high
are you there behind the smoke and mirrors
smoke and mirrors
all these walls
zero to a hundred back to one
someone turned the light off almost gone
miss another road every time i blink
life is throwing rocks just to watch me
sink
and i used to be a rolling stone
but how this moss has grown
all these walls
how'd they get so tall
all these walls
sitting in the shadows with myself
wishing i were anybody else
too scared to try too tired to roam
baby if you find me send me home
and i used to be a one man show
butt the ship hit ground you know
all these walls
how'd they get so tall
all these walls
and if the light is in here somewhere
i hope i find it soon
cause it's a long long way to paradise
if the sky has no more room
well i used to be a hurricane
but things are not the same
all these walls
how'd they get so tall
all these walls
billy can fly
they say it's been nearly a year
they say in the springtime he went far
away
but i know that he is still here
i feel him fly by every day
billy can fly now
billy gets high now
maybe he's standing in a tall field of
grass
maybe he's fishing in a clear bright stream
maybe he's batting some balls around
and maybe he's finally living his dream
billy can fly now
billy gets high now
and i think that he knows that i loved
him
and i think that he knows that i tried
and i think that he knows
that i know that he knows / all the feelings
inside
when he flies by
so now when i think of the man that is
gone
i can still see him and hear his hello
and i know he's still looking out for
me
‘cause baby, heroes are like that you
know
billy can fly now
billy gets high now
billy can fly now
he can fly
and only god knows how high
gone
take a walk catch the air / put some water
on your face
can’t believe this is true
first it’s here then it’s left / and there’s
nothing in its place
will your love come back to you
or is it gone like the winter snow
missing like a wayward child
and if it’s gone where did it go
is it out there somewhere running wild
shake your head wring your hands / curse
the clouds in the air
what did you do so wrong
walk the miles retrace your steps / as
the light fades away
was it darkness all along
or is it gone like the winter snow
missing like a wayward child
and if it’s gone where did it go
is it out there somewhere running wild
wilder than the sea at night
mocking you with all its might
looking high looking low / for a means
to this end
do you think it’s past its time
turn around walk away / try to dream it
again
will it be there to find / or is it gone
or is it gone like the winter snow
missing like a wayward child
and if it’s gone where did it go
is it out there somewhere running wild
over
we're living in the waiting room / gotta
make a choice real soon
we could drag the whole thing out or try
to fake it
maybe if we play it right / we could both
survive tonight
i always heard that breaking up is what
you make it
i don't need to look around / to know that
all the walls came down
i don't need a broken dream hanging off
my shoulder
i don't need a neon sign / to show me
where to draw the line
i don't know just what we had but i know
it's over
i don't wanna toss the blame / never tried
to play that game
never had the rules laid out or meant
to break them
toss the dice and watch 'em roll / buy
some time and sell my soul
and if the crumbs should fall my way you
know i'll take them
i don't need to look around / to know that
all the walls came down
i don't need a broken dream hanging off
my shoulder
i don't need a neon sign / to show me
where to draw the line
i don't know just what we had but i know
it's over
gotta make an even break / to keep away
from big mistakes
can’t live in a fantasy at hope's insistence
now's the time to let it go / don't really
have a choice you know
time for us to close the books and split
the difference
i don't need to look around / to know that
all the walls came down
i don't need a broken dream hanging off
my shoulder
i don't need a neon sign / to show me
where to draw the line
i don't know just what we had but i know
it's over
and i don't wanna hold your hand / if it
belongs to another man
i don't wanna give it all and just
get older
and i don't need a flashing light / to
tell me when to say goodnight
i don't know just what we had but i know
it's over
looking for light
well the world is still here / and the
air is as cold as before
nothing is clear / not sure i can see
anymore
the anchor’s for worse / and the ship
is adrift in the night
is the darkness a curse / or a cure for
the sadness of sight
am i looking for light in a windowless
room
did i dream up the sun and imagine the
moon
and where are the stars
just a day since you’ve gone / and i’m
not quite sure who i am
is the needing so strong / that the wanting
is out of my hands
am i getting so lost / that one turn could
take me away
and if i add up the cost / is there still
far too much left to pay
am i looking for light in a windowless
room
did i dream up the sun and imagine the
moon
and where are the stars
am i really remembering mountains
was that really the dawn on my face
was the wind really warm all around me
when did all of this cold take its place
i wish i had fought / the storm of this
steady decay
and i wish that i knew / how to make all
the pain go away
and i’m still on my knees / but i’m holding
as tight as i can
so pray for me please / and send me some
sky if you can
am i looking for light in a windowless
room
did i dream up the sun and imagine the
moon
and where are the stars
don’t i need a little light upon me
tell me don’t you think i really need
a little light
i can’t see where i’m going / can’t see
where i’ve been
can’t see no enemies / ain’t got no friends
walking to nowhere / traveling fast
maybe i’ll get there / home at last
quiet please
quiet please / i'm looking for my memories
saw them last so long ago / i don't know
if they still breathe
i saw the sun / back when it shone on everyone
before we saw the darkness come / that
caused the light to leave
when can this ever be over / how can we
live through the pain
how will we ever find sunlight / standing
heartdeep in acres of rain
so quiet please / we're sorting through
the casualties
i admit that i don't have a clue / what
to do in times like these
quiet please
quiet please / as we accustom to this new
disease
trying to hang on til they find a cure
/ something pure to still the freeze
quiet please
high and fine
if you’re a singer and i’m a song
why can we not get along
i see enough to know that i am blind
but i know enough to know to change my
mind
standing on your altar there
universe eyes and flaxen hair
you think that i should worship at your
feet
but i don’t think your toes are all that
sweet
and i don’t know why
i should dare to dream
and sing a song of love / to a girl i
only dreamed of
between the lines
lose the boys and tell the girls
baby it’s a big wide world
of people that will help you with your
need
lie down on the couch and just succeed
and then when your succeeding’s done
you’re on the move and on the run
take another coffee to the kids
tell the babies just what mama did
and i don’t know why
i’m feeling high and fine
and why i dare to dream
to sing a song of love / to a dream i
only dreamed of
between the lines