LYRICS

WAKE THE HERO (2009)

Begging My Weakness
(N. & B. Bliss)

Knockin' my door, beggin' my weakness
I'm holdin' my breath
Down on the floor, beggin' for reasons
And tellin' myself

Tell myself she won't mind
Tell myself just this time
Tell myself cruel is kind
Tell myself one more time

Knockin' her door, beggin' forgiveness
I'm holdin' my breath
She lets me in, makin' me breakfast
Still I do it again
I do it again

Tell myself she won't mind
Tell myself just this time
Tell myself cruel is kind
Tell myself one more time

Don't Look Down
(N. & B. Bliss)

We never knew the trouble down the road
We just hit the gas and kept on driving
The rain was falling fast
The wipers beat lopsided rhythms in the darkness

Headlights from the head-on cars threw light
Against the glass, exploding diamonds
And we were driving way too fast
Running from the past we left behind us

We didn't wanna know
Didn't wannna see the ground
Like walking a tight rope
Just keep moving don't look down

We pulled into a truck stop
Somewhere just outside of Needles, California
You asked me for ten bucks and I said
'What about the last ten bucks I loaned you?'

We stumbled through the aisles trading secret smiles
And laughing at the owners
The newspapers read 'Garcia Dead!'
You cried and I tried to console you

We didn't wanna know
Didn't wannna see the ground
Like walking a tight rope
Just keep moving don't look down

The Kissing Tree
(N. & B. Bliss)

Staring at the painting in the corner of the garden
I remember being here with you
Underneath a woven roof
Of latticed wood and ivy
And the hissing summer leaves
I was twelve and you thirteen
We called this place kissing tree

Remember how we found them
The painting of the angels?
They were put out for the garbage man
With folded wings and holding hands
And in a darkened corner of
A garden by the sea
We made for them a canopy
Of latticed wood and summer leaves

Kissing tree...

Resting in the feeling of my hand inside the Earth
And I see ghosts inside the greenery
Endless shifting scenery
Of dancing light upon the rising shadows on the leaves
I remember vividly the angels and the kissing tree

On the day we found them, the painting of the angels
There was broken glass along the shore
From the rains the night before
And in your mother's garden as
We lay upon the leaves...
I was twelve and you thirteen
Underneath the kissing tree
Kissing tree...

Staring at the painting in the corner of the garden
I remember being here with you
Underneath a woven roof
Of latticed wood and ivy
And the hissing summer leaves
I remember vividly
The angels and the kissing tree

Finally Said It
(N. & B. Bliss)

Finally said it

Said it all to me
Taking time to think you told me everything
In your way

Come and get it
Take it all from me
I don't really need
These letters I can't read
It's a shame

And you hide, I see
One more thing you want to say to me
To me

Worried woman
Don't lie awake for me
Trying to unwind
Past and future time
Grinding teeth

Don't you let it
Steal away your peace
The future that we feel
Is never really real anyway

And it's right
I see
All those things you'll never say to me
To me

I can't hear anything
You say to me
Still you keep on trying
I hear them echoing
Back to me
Words around me flying
I hope they help you
To sleep

February
(B. & N. Bliss)

Spring is blowin' in on a chilly morning breeze
A cold reminder winter soon will be a memory
Branches old and bare await their promised bloom
They paint a maze above me to illustrate my gloom

February, February reminds me that winter's behind me
And the flowers of another spring
Will come and I'll have nothing to show

Snow is all around reflecting moon's white face
He knows that it will fade when
The March sun melts it all away

February, February reminds me that winter's behind me
And the flowers of another spring
Will come and I'll have nothing to show

And every month that passes by
I feel even more alone
Guess when you said forever
You meant you were never coming home

The brittle leaves are singing me gently off to sleep
The night wind whispers secrets
She thought that she could keep

February, February reminds me that winter's behind me
And the flowers of another spring
Will come and I'll have nothing to show

If I Came Back as a Song
(N. & B. Bliss)

I wonder if I could come back as a song
Live in a melody that would linger on and on
I'd make my home inside a folk record sleeve
Dylan's 'Freewheeling' from 1963
Track two

So you could play me when you're feeling down
I would wrap you up inside my happy sound
Riding on the airwaves I would fly to you
Maybe then you'd love me too

If I came back as a song

Then they could shoot me from a cold satellite
Into a radio that you sleep by at night
And you would call out 'This is my favorite song!'
I'd feel so happy watching you sing along
Let's do

So you can sing me when you're feeling sad
I could be the best song friend you ever had
Riding on the airwaves I would fly to you
Maybe then you'd love me too
If I came back as a song

And you could sing me when you're feeling down
I would wrap you up inside my happy sound
Riding on the airwaves I would fly to you
Take you higher than Keith Moon
If I came back as a song

Girl in the Cage
(N. & B. Bliss)

The girl in the cage bent the bars and left the stage
The crowd demanded more
Hear the feet stomp the floor
Cries of ‘bravo!’ and ‘encore!’
No one heard her say

Over me only sky, and the night is rising
By the way you were right, this is just like flying

Then the crowd in a rage left their seats and rushed the stage
To put the bars back right
But the girl kept out of site and then slipped into the night
Wishing she could say

Over me only sky, and the night is rising
By the way you were right, this is just like flying
You will see her again
In a flash you will know
You will see...

Wake the Hero
(N. & B. Bliss)

Here's a good seat, two together
On the concrete by the river
Tell a story, sing a legend
Mine is boring, take possession
I for one would like to hear
Tell me a story

Upon a time in a place
Just you and me, just you and me

Bear a secret
Share completely
Swear to keep it
Wear it deeply
Shake the lumber
Wake the Hero
Make the number
Lead the zero
I for one would like to hear
Tell me a story

Upon a time in a place
Just you and me, just you and me

Here's a good seat
Two together
On the concrete by the river
See the night sink
Into morning
Better not think, tell a story
I for one would like to hear
Tell me a story

Upon a time in a place
Just you and me, just you and me

The Stone
(N. & B. Bliss)

Lost in motion
Endless ocean
Under burning sky

Here we are and

close together
I will not let go

I heard her say to the stone
She was moaning his name
In a way that made me long for home
And the lightning came down and
Exploded in fire all around her

At the bottom of a black hole
Under God's blue eye
Here we are and close together
I will not let go

I heard her say to the stone
She was moaning his name
In a way that made me long for home
And the lightning came down and
Exploded in fire all around her

I will not leave you
I won't let go

Yellow Moon
(B. & N. Bliss)

Tell me something, yellow moon
When you find me in my room
Tucked beneath my downy sheets
Is he out somewhere dreaming of me, too?

Weeping willow, lovely tree
What does all your crying mean?
Did you hear of my forbid love?
Now I know your tears are shed for me

And I know that I should
But I cannot make myself
Love anybody else
Is it wrong to just forget you?
Make believe I never met you?
If I weren't so weak, I promise you I would

Hello, little stars ahead
Twinkling at me in my bed
Can't you see my only fear's I'll
Never love someone this way again

Tell me something, yellow moon

GRAVITY EP

Reverend's Son
(N. & B. Bliss)

Ain't no fun for the reverend's son, to carry that family name
For the woman that he wants to marry is bringing his family shame
Papa like to preach about throwing no stones, while throwin them every which way
She has a sign in the window, and everybody knows her name

In the back of a secondhand store
Wearing a dress that some other bride wore
She holds a list of the things to be done
When into the room burst the reverend's son

"Darlin I fear that my feet grow too weary from walkin this line
All of my life I've been doin what's right, no more towin this family line"

In a room at their favorite motel
Bags are all packed and she waits by herself
Counting the hours, she prays he will come
Doubting the words of the reverend's son

"Darlin I fear that my feet grow too weary from walkin this line
All of my life I've been doin what's right, no more towin this family line"

THE LONGEST DAY - 2012

Old Coats
(B. & N. Bliss)

Old coats and furniture out on the front porch someone left there
This house is breathing relief through its curtains and tile squares
Ghosts in the cellar, they come and they go as they want to
Feel how the pain of a stranger can linger and haunt you

She wore the dress he adored made of gingham and violet
Hash on the window sill, left from the first time they tried it
She was laid down in the garden the seventh of August
He stayed a few days and followed her just as he promised

All the way down
All the way down

Made Up Of
(B. & N. Bliss)

I’m not the girl you think I am
All those records in my room, they belong to him
Soft spot in the bed, where you laid your head
But it’s cold now
I drank all your gin
‘Wasting it’s a sin’- you’d say without a doubt

And I know I’m an echo of a man I used to love
Even though that was long ago
He’s all I’m made up of

I saved a bunch of clothes you wore
People say throw it all away, but I can’t bear to open up the drawer
Someone else’s life might collide with mine
But I’m too unsteady
So much left to do to rid this house of you
But I’m just not ready

And I know I’m an echo of a man I used to love
Even though that was long ago
He’s all I’m made up of

Only a matter of time they say, to get myself together once again
I know there’s got to be some other way to feel like I did back then

And I know I’m an echo of a man I used to love
Even though that was long ago
He’s all I’m made up of

Highway 9
(N. & B. Bliss)

No one here but you now
To tell my troubles to now
I'm in a worried state of mind
A dark night once again
Dark night without a friend
Good friends are very hard to find

Maybe I was devil-sent, or was it just an accident?
When I hit that boy on Highway 9
Now I'm a lost and found, ashes of a house burned down

And I've played it back a thousand times
Like a movie in my mind
Lost my soul on Highway 9

No one here but you now
No one to tell me true now
Maybe I'll end my sorry life
I left before the sheriff came
Left a note without a name
Crying, I wrote sorry twice

I've been inside a prison cell
Close you'll ever get to hell, and I won't go back this time
God has a funny way, I was driving home from church that day

And I've played it back a thousand times
Like a movie in my mind
Lost my soul on Highway 9

Gravity
(N. & B. Bliss)

I've tried, I've tried everything I know
Anything to let you go
But I just keep on sinking

I lied when I said I was all right
I'm anything but all right
I am anything but winning

Take your world off my shoulders
The weight is breaking me
In two pieces it's colder
One alone is only half the heat
Take my brain from your fingers
And throw it at the sea
Or drop it from some high place
Drop it from a high place, let it fall

It's only gravity
Gravity
Something strong is pulling me
Gravity

We cried
(stripped the windows of their curtains)
As I fell into the moon
(put the chairs out in the grass)
You cried for me, I cried for you
(pried our lives apart and packed them up in boxes)
We said everything worth saying
(wrapped our clothes around the glass)

You've tried
(weeds are in the garden)
You've tried everything you know
(so let the rabbits have their way)
Anything to save my soul
(in between us there's a forest fire silence)
I'm not sure that it's worth saving
(but I can hear you say)

Take your world off my shoulders
The weight is breaking me
In two pieces it's colder
One alone is only have the heat
Take my brain from your fingers
And throw it at the sea
Or drop it from some high place
Drop it from a high place, let it fall

It's only gravity
Gravity
Something strong is pulling me
Gravity

Alive
(N. & B. Bliss • poem by Mary Rueffle)

Someday I'll be dead
No need of a smoke
No cigarette
Indifferent to poetry

Backed up by the whole language
And peeled into a strip
Look what they've done to me

Why not laugh loud
Push the little i around
The scent of white peaches reaches me
In bursts
And I lie down alive

Somedays I'm afraid
In need of that friend I never made
No one to comfort me

Backed into a whole
Wrapped up and sealed in with a stone
Look what they've done to me

Why not laugh loud
Push the little i around
The scent of white peaches reaches me
In bursts
And I lie down alive

Castle Rock
(N. & B. Bliss)

He brushed against my hand so lightly, waiting in a line
I saw his wedding band and he saw mine, he saw mine
Small talk in the driveway- that where it should’ve stopped
But he said I know a place, I know a place
And we went out to Castle Rock

And every lie we told came easy for half a year or more
Till we ran into some friends down on the shore, on the shore
We said goodbye politely- that’s when we should’ve stopped
But something called us back, always called us back
Back to Castle Rock

He found us by the sea that Sunday, lying in the sun
We tried to keep him calm and drop his gun, drop his gun
Crimson in the water- went to speak but could not talk
We flew out above the land, flying hand in hand
Out and over Castle Rock

Remember When You Loved Me
(N. & B. Bliss)

I made a video, a little video

The only way that I can show you what I'm thinking
You and that so and so
Some guy we used to know
Now you're together, but remember when you loved me

We took the long way home
Back from your studio
I let you wear my coat
We sipped a little whiskey
I read you poet quotes
Out on my father's boat
You kissed me on the throat
And whispered that you loved me

But that was long ago
You left me solo and I went a little crazy
So if I scare you know
Well just remember how
You made a sacred vow
The day you said you loved me
Remember when you loved me?

I called you on the phone
I called your fancy home
And sounds of a baby
Now you're a happy wife
Living a happy life
I wonder if you still remember when you loved me

But that was long ago
You left me solo and I went a little crazy
So if I scare you know
Well just remember how
You made a sacred vow
The day you said you loved me
Remember when you loved me?

So if I scare you now just remember how
You made a sacred vow
The day you said you loved me
Remember when you loved me?

Crawl
(B. & N. Bliss)

He took me home in pieces
He covered me in water
He kissed my hard to reaches
I know he's just a liar

We spoke of books that we'd both read
He brushed the hair from my face
He hung on every word I said
Oh, how he shook my faith

Round and around
He's a song without a sound
His feet are never dirty
Cause he never touches down

He says lay down and crawl
Lay down and crawl
Lay down and crawl
For me

I saw the writing on the wall
I closed my eyes and breathed in
And silently he let me fall
Into his lies
In love with him

Round and around
He's a song without a sound
His feet are never dirty
Cause he never touches down

I Love You Softly
(B. & N. Bliss)

Yesterday morning I woke up
And wrote down your name in a book by my bed
Each night I pray I might wake up
And find that you've drifted from my head
But much to my dismay I see
Your lovely name one hundred times in my book
On every line there in my book, hundreds of times

Trying to balance the depth of my love
With the way that you like me to feel
Maybe someday I can master
The way you pretend what we have isn't real
But much to my dismay I see the look upon your face
As all of my love, clumsy and loud
Swallows you up, watches you drown

And I know that you're hoping I'd sing all my songs just a bit more sweetly
And I know you'd prefer that I give you my heart a bit more discreetly
And I wish I knew how people calmly announce over casual coffee
But no one ever taught me how to say I love you softly
I love you softly

Home
(B. & N. Bliss)

I see a little girl jumping up and down
Through the window of my house
Why is she laughing?
What's she so goddamn happy about?

Cause I've been wondering, cause I've been thinking
What's this all for?
I used to be like that
Used to live a little more

Ooooooh

I never knew what love was till you showed me
I never knew what loss was till you broke me
I can see the edge, I can see the end
Tell me I'm close
Lately I dream of dawn, of chapels and of ghosts

Somehow, somehow I will claim what I own
Somehow, somehow I will find my way home

Home

Ooooooh

The man and the monkey
The moon and the melting star
Chains pulling airplanes
This is who we are
This is who we are
Ooooooh

Somehow, somehow I will claim what I own
Somehow, somehow I will find my way home
Ooooooh

Donal Ogue

I saw you first on a Sunday evening
About the old tower as I was kneeling
Upon Christ's passion as I was kneeling
And my eye was on you
And my sore heart bleeding

Oh, Donal Ogue, can't you feel me near you?
Why don't you tremble the way that I do?
I'll be your light to show you truth plainly,
And if you are set on,
I'll defend you bravely.

Barnaby Bright- 2018

Who I Am
(B. & N. Bliss)

Bits of a broken heart
Stains from some red wine
Hope in the back of my throat

Sum of my deepest fears
Scraps of joy, happy tears
I’m a collection of lies

Messy hair, scattered thoughts
too loud in restaurants
quiet when i let you in

Can’t pin me down, classify, analyze, box me in
I am your fantasy, nightmare, your enemy, friend
Take me, take me, or leave me, leave me
But this is me, this is me, this is who I am I am
I am, I am, I am

Nasty as any man
I could be president
I’m tough as the mother you love

Soft when you flatter me
Hard when I need to be
I am the air in your blood

Going Up High
(N. & B. Bliss)

Lord you gotta heal me
Take away this burden
How can I do what need be done
Ain't got no strength
Feel so uncertain
How can I be sure this is what you want

Lord you gotta show me
Pull away the curtain
Give me a sign
Make it plain to see
I can't believe you're asking this from me
But if you say so, then away we go

Goin up high on the mountain
I will do what need be done
There's a better world for you awaiting
Said Abraham to the chosen son

Go ahead and kill me
Cause that's what this is doing
Take my hand, take this knife
I can't believe this is what you want to see
But if you say so, then away we go

Goin up high on the mountain
I will do what need be done
There's a better world for you awaiting
Said Abraham to the chosen son

Fight or Fly
(B. & N. Bliss)

Here I am again
I find myself alone
My ticket in my hand
Here comes the train
We're a couple states away
But you're worth it, baby
It's what we always say
But do you still feel the same

Cause I'm staring out the window
Trying to call my mind, my mind
Because I know, yeah I know
You and I have tried, we've lied, cried, compromised
But baby there's no hope, no, no hope

It's just the same old scene every time
We're up, we're down, we kick, we kiss, we scream, we cry
So is it fight or fly
So is it fight or fly

Trying to trace a line through our mistakes
And I find them everywhere it winds
Well do you think that's a sign
All those empty conversations
Losing patience with those words you never said, no, you never said
Turns out you're not quite the guy here in life you were inside my head, my, my head

It's just the same old scene every time
We're up, we're down, we kick, we kiss, we scream, we cry
So is it fight or fly
So is it fight or fly

Cause when it feels good, then it feels good
When it's low, it's low
You and I say goodbye
Better than we say hello

It's just the same old scene every time
We're breathing life into something that's dying
We're up, we're down, we kick, we kiss, we scream, we cry
So is it fight or fly
So is it fight or fly
Is it fight or fly
Is it fight or fly

Just the Same
(B. & N. Bliss)

I haven't made the best decisions in my life
I can take almost anything except advice
Every dish I own is in my kitchen sink, and I don't think I've ever paid a bill on time
But you still love me so I guess I'm alright

And I'm the kind of girl your parents warned you have
Wish I could hold a steady job like I can love
And I swear sometimes I feel like I could drown,
at the thought of settling down like every other good girl does
But you still love me when push comes to shove

And I pinch myself every day
Still can't believe it, when I hear it, here you say

Oh thank God you were born this way
I like you just how you came
Oh thank God you were born this way
Cause you and I, we're just the same

I've got away of winning every time we fight
I can't admit it but you're almost always right
Bless my bleeding heart and all its hurts and holes,
that make me who you know, this stubborn soul here at your side
Boy you must love me to let somebody slide

And I pinch myself every day
Still can't believe it, when I hear it, here you say

Oh thank God you were born this way
I like you just how you came
Oh thank God you were born this way
Cause you and I, we're just the same

When somebody knows you
When somebody needs you
When somebody loves you in spite of you

Oh thank God you were born this way
I like you just how you came
Oh thank God you were born this way
Cause you and I, we're just the same

This Is Life
(N. & B. Bliss)

Everybody up, don’t look away
Get ready for a fight, put away your halo
Gotta be tougher than a hand grenade
Because the lucky and the tough are the only ones that make it home

If they get me with a bullet or a missile
Armageddon like we read in the Epistle
Doesn’t matter gotta feeling that we all go on…

This is Life
In my time

Chained to a post, chain of command
All we do is wait, then we go Rambo
I dream of our loving I miss you so bad
In a hundred eighty-seven days it’s loving like you never had

If they get me with a bullet or a missile
Armageddon like we read in the Epistle
Doesn’t matter gotta feeling that we all go on…

This is Life
In my Time
Look how we’re living

I can’t believe it, look at my life.
Been a living hell, man I’m barely alive
Not the way I used to be. I got war torn,
Battle born wounds that nobody can see
Thought I was getting better,
Now I know I was wrong
Guess I never left the desert after all
Can’t go back how it was,
I’ve taken too many lives
I can’t escape it,
I can’t make it now I’m taking mine

Bolt straight in a cold sweat.
I drink so I can sleep and I sleep to forget
the eyes of the boy in the suicide vest.
The shooter on the roof going “oh oh oh oh”
I see among the assembly the people are pledging allegiances
To grievances inherited and carrying them like their parents did
Before God I swear this creed,
I fight for my brothers, my brothers fight for me

Living on the Frontline.
The metal of my gun like the grey of a Rhino
Be bold but do what you’re told,
The enemy is all around you
Yesterday seven KIA from an IED
Along the Kandahar way….look it

This is Life
Living on the Frontline, oh oh oh....
Be bold but do what your'e told
In my Time
Yesterday seven KIA...oh oh oh oh...
Look how we’re living

Girl Inside My Head
(B. & N. Bliss)

Her picture in your drawer
She’s nothing like you said
The one who came before
And every night i’ve wished her dead

She wakes me with a start
While you lie still in bed
She stole my lover’s heart
20 years ago, this girl inside my head

You never look at me right
There’s something you’re missing inside
But you can’t apologize for what she took from me
It’s just when i think of her now
She only reminds me of how
She’s all the things i’ll never be

And in those early hours
My sleep replaced with dread
My hand inside of yours
I pray that you don’t wish for hers instead

This love of all my life
Is hanging by a thread
But that’s my sacrifice
For following the girl inside my head

Go
(N. & B. Bliss)

So you had a little trouble with the mirror today, now you got the blues
Feelin like your looks are slippin away
Here's what you gotta do
Get your phone, you're not alone
Call me anytime
Pick up your chin, it's time to dig in
Cut to the front of the line, get your body now

Go, but you know it don't come cheap
Gotta get down on your hands and knees
You can be what you wanna see, if you go go go go

Go go, go get your body, go!
Go go, go get your body, go!
Go go, go get your body, go!
Everybody's lookin for somebody get your body, go!

So you had a little trouble with your lover today
Now your heart is bruised
Said he'd always love you but he's goin away, and with your best friend too
On your feet, revenge so sweet, takes a little time
To be your best, to fit in that dress
Girl you're gonna blow his mind, get your body now

Go, but you know it don't come cheap
Gotta get down on your hands and knees
You can be what you wanna see, if you go go go go

Go go, go get your body, go!
Go go, go get your body, go!
Go go, go get your body, go!
Everybody's lookin for somebody get your body, go!

So you had a little trouble with your doctor today
You got some awful news
Feeling like the good times are slippin away, here's what you gotta do
Off your butt, suck in your gut, it's gonna be all right
Change the plan, know that you can
Forever won't wait all night, get your body now

Go, but you know it don't come cheap
Gotta get down on your hands and knees
You can be what you wanna see, if you go go go go

Go go, go get your body, go!
Go go, go get your body, go!
Go go, go get your body, go!
Everybody's lookin for somebody get your body, go!

Break Me in Half
(N. & B. Bliss)

Just taken by fire from the sky
No more do I wonder, free am I
Tell my darlin daughter daddy loves her
Tell her, tell her mother, daddy loves her

Time to go, clear the path
Pick me up, break me in half
Didn't you know, this couldn't last
Pick me up, break me in half
Break me in half

Awakened by fire from the sky
No more do I suffer, free am I
Tell my darlin mother baby loves her
Tell her I'm with father and daddy loves her

Time to go, clear the path
Pick me up, break me in half
Didn't you know, this couldn't last
Pick me up, break me in half
Break me in half

All My Fault
(N. & B. Bliss)

Hey Lenore
You've been crying, oh it's so easy to see
You look away, Lenore
Trying to hide those tears but you can't hide from me
I know the score, I see the rest
I've loved before, but I love Lenore the best

Say, Lenore
We've been talking close every day for a week
That's what friends are for
I wish we were more, Lenore, but I don't dare to speak
So I pray every day, god let this be the day
But none of my words come out right
Oh what can I say, I'm so sorry
I really hate telling you lies, but it's all true
He loves you, said you're the love of his life
But he don't call and it's all my fault
All my fault

So I pray every day, god let this be the day
But none of my words come out right
Oh what can I say (oh what can I say)
I got in his way (I'm so sorry)
I couldn't help telling those lies, but here's the truth (but it's all true)
He loves you (loves you), said you're the love of his life
But he don't call and it's all my fault
All my fault

Hey Lenore
I've been trying, oh, but you're so hard to reach
Just want to say, Lenore
Congratulations, wow, getting hitched on a beach
So here's to you and your success
I've loved before, but I love Lenore the best

Sail
(B. & N. Bliss)

Sail away with me love, sail away with me love
Sail away with me love

I can't see the forest through the trees
It's too dark, I can hardly breathe
All those cosmos, all those stars
Still here we are, side-by-side you and me

Ooo
Ooo

Up up goes the anchor through the trees
Time to move on, time to leave and
If I said we done this all before
Would you laugh, would part of you believe?

Ooo
Ooo

There's some great ship out sailing somewhere
I've seen it in my dreams
There's some great ship out sailing somewhere
Some great ship searching everywhere

For me and you
Ooo
Ooo
Ooo

Sail away with me love
Sail away with me love
Sail away with me love
Sail away with me love
Sail away with me love
Sail away with me love
Sail away with me love

Wave Your Flag
(N. & B. Bliss)

Wave your flag, it's so clear
You're not happy here
Time

Wait and see, wait it out
In my arms you'll fall to me

And then everything, you are everything, it's my everything, your love to me

Late at night I feel you breathe
I'm inside your dreams I am

Everything, you are everything, it's my everything, your love
And then everything, you are everything
It's my everything, your love to me

Bleak Midwinter- 2020

Christmastime Again
(B. & N. Bliss)

I don’t need mashed potatoes
You can keep your pumpkin pie
Never craved deviled eggs or turkey legs
And I’ve got my reasons why

After 2 whole days of cooking
You only eat for half an hour
feeling so full, gotta pull open your belt
just 2 more notches now

Some disagree so earnestly
But I’ll shout it till the end
Thank goodness thanksgiving is over
Cuz now it’s Christmas time again

Well you can put out all your pumpkins
But hey it’s just a rotting gourd
Honey I prefer Douglas firs, tinsel and stirring cocoa in the name of the Lord

No kids have visions dancing
of thanksgiving’s fancy food
smelly stuffing, green bean casserole’s served with a side of political feud

Some disagree so earnestly
But I’ll shout it till the end
Thank goodness thanksgiving is over
Cuz now it’s Christmas time again

Don’t drink too much, you’ll through this day just fine
Magic is coming up, it’s on its way, in a couple weeks time

When the guests have gone, my darling
And the kids are up in bed
All the dishes clean, feeling that sweet serene relief inside my head

Come and nuzzle here in closer
We can dream of what’s to come
Where to put the tree, maybe we finally hang that holly from your mom

Some disagree so earnestly
But I’ll shout it till the end
thank goodness thanksgiving is over
pilgrims gotta go, Noel’s hummin
You can keep your thanks, Saint Nick’s comin
thank goodness thanksgiving is over
Cuz now it’s Christmas time again
Thank goodness thanksgiving is over

Star-crossed Christmas
(B. & N. Bliss)

I won’t be home for christmas
darling not this year
the trains have all stopped in their tracks
the snow’s up to our ears

I check into my hotel room
and feel the tears begin
sitting on a scratchy bed
I hum some Christmas hymns

Who’s gonna help you open presents
and enjoy the blessed mess?
We may be apart, but baby you got my heart
I know you know it
We’re gonna get through it
This star crossed Christmas we got

And i can see you in your bed
The quilt up to your chin
waiting for the morning light
that welcomes christmas in

Santa dances on tv
And close my eyes and breathe
just a night or two until
you’re sleeping next to me

I’m not dreaming of a white christmas, but I’d like christmas with you
silver bells have lost their bright shimmer, and the light’s dimmer,
green and red have bled into blue
but what can we do

Who’s gonna help you open presents
and enjoy the blessed mess?
We may be apart, but baby you got my heart
I know you know it
We’re gonna get through it
This star crossed Christmas we got

My First Christmas Eve
(N. & B. Bliss)

Now that all the leaves are gone
there a bit more sunlight in my room
but it fades too soon

winter she just carries on
unaware that i am frozen through
living without you
all the birds digging in the snow
getting by fine
what do they know that i don’t- ohh

I’m so lonely
no one knows me
I can do this
I’ll get through this
my first christmas eve without you

plastic reindeer on the lawn
light reflecting on for all to see
he’s a bit like me

put out in the cold alone
stars and crows our only company
we’re a lonely team
how i’d like to be

one of those kids playing in the snow
hearts unbroken
wish i could know what they don’t

I’m so lonely
no one knows me
I can do this
I’ll get through this
my first christmas eve without you
my first christmas eve without you
hallelujah love is alive

If We Listen
(B. & N. Bliss)

We're not leaving here tonight,
all tucked in safe and tight
our fire still has a little bit of life
Windows covered up with snow
You hung some mistletoe
I see that little glimmer in your eyes

This is what i wait all year for
smiles on every street and sweet songs sing of peace
seems like the whole world goes on hold
magic takes over and love fills in the holes
there are lessons to be learned
there are lessons to be learned from christmas
if we listen

Have we ever felt so happy
sitting with our family
singing carols just a bit off key?
Someone spiked the apple cider
cookies caught on fire
i don't think there's anything as sweet

This is what i wait all year for
smiles on every street and sweet songs sing of peace
seems like the whole world goes on hold
magic takes over and love fills in the holes
there are lessons to be learned
there are lessons to be learned from christmas
if we listen

Something warm to drink
slippers on my feet
I don't think our tree has ever looked better
you're whispering to me
things i can't repeat
you do something to me in that Rudolph sweater

This is what i wait all year for
smiles on every street and sweet songs sing of peace
seems like the whole world goes on hold
magic takes over and love fills in the holes
there are lessons to be learned
in the messes and the blur, in the blessing and the best we bring at christmas
there are lessons to be learned from christmas
if we listen