Escape from the Dream

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opens up his eyes to the red and blue and sirens.
unheard, stares at the sky as it fades
in and out scenes of life.
opens up his eyes trying to break from the dream

he utters out a silent scream: ----------------!.
but no one can see his lips twitch
beneath the oxygen mask

wake up, wake up
he wanted to live
this was what he wanted to say: - ---- -- ----.
(no one can see his lips twitch
beneath the oxygen mask)
(no one can hear!)

(unfinished)

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Rain Down on This City

Break Free

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5 seconds, i woke up in my room
4 seconds, looked outside, into the dark
3 seconds, a scream will end the night
2 seconds, the bullet flies
1 second, before it hits the mark

in calling out his name
"I love you Father,
come down and save me"

Rain down on this city
erase all the misery
Rain down on this city
to wash away the hate

Rain down on this body
erase all these memories
of rain, red in this city
the night will be long...

...as we wait...
for the life to come.
While calling out his name,
the ambulance is lost
(and the pulse machine draws a straight line)

(unfinished)


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Break Free

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wake up, everyone's asleep

you shoulder the weight of the world.
behind tired eyes lie memories that made you forget
you were invincible once.


where have all the dreams gone?
before we felt so lost like this
where do all these tears lead to?
we used to try, but now we lose before we fight

for so long, we tried
to break free from the rules
this world has chained upon us


(unfinished)

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Aftermath

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about this song:
the aftermath by caer'Beru.
(remake of my other composition, the sins of an erratic heart, for Cmsc 141 portfolio). The 'Aftermath' refers to the aftermath of the exam, which wasn't good. lol.

this is no pen--the sharper tip of a dagger--
but with it i write on flesh. on paper
it drips the emptiness that is me,
filled only by the rhythm. i am alone,
yet where i stand i am the world
where darkness revolves.

i am the world
where darkness revolves.


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Her Photograph

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she smiles even though she's sad,
she laughs when she's hurting
she's perfected the curve of her lips--
it looks so happy it hurts, sometimes.

so beautiful and lonely
as she tiptoes across the sand
careful, she's gonna go
and fade in the night.

chorus 1:
find her lying beneath the stars
--where the ocean spray sparkles--
they shine for her

she stares in the mirror
and as her tears fall down
she tries, she smiles
before the glass can break
before the glass, she's breaking up

chorus 2:
and her fists are pressed against the wall
locked herself, and no one can hear


bridge:
press rewind to freeze the frame
where her lips turn up on the corners
press rewind to freeze the frame
where she hits the wall(freeze, and over again)
press rewind to freeze
and capture her smile in photograph



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Right To Be Wrong

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In following the lines on the floor,
find a way out of this pointless maze
that's laid before your eyes, hesitating,
sent farther down the ground
than colors the eye can see.

Refrain:
So curse, so silently again,
barely heard so that everyone
around you will see the smile.
It's so practiced you could wear it
any time at all!

And you wear it any time at all!

Chorus:
And it's awry, and it's awry
but it feels so right, it feels so right
to be wrong.

And it's awry, and it's awry
but it feels so right, it feels so right
to be wrong.

Maybe this once you can't get back,
so you fold up the pages torn.
Lay back, as you throw.

Refrain:
So curse, so silently again,
barely heard so that everyone
around you will see the smile.
It's so practiced you could wear it
any time at all!

You wear it any time at all!

Chorus:
And it's awry, and it's awry
but it feels so right, it feels so right
to be wrong.

And it's awry, and it's awry
but it feels so right, it feels so right
to be wrong.


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Sunrise

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Waiting for the signs of sunrise on the skyline,
as the rowboat fades into your silhouette, the city lights die.

Chorus:
Missing this something...
(something's off)
Missing this something
(something's wrong)

An aisle forms before the island on the other side:
a path of shimmering light to cross the miles.
Meet you halfway.
So i'll meet you halfway.

Chorus:
Missing this something...
(something's off)
Missing this something
(something's wrong)

Bridge:
Thinking things over and over again.
(well i can't fall asleep until...)
Thinking things over and over again.
(...you tell me what went wrong!)
Thinking things over and over again.
(well i can't fall asleep until...)
Thinking things over and over again.
(...you tell me what went wrong!)

It's worse everytime, close these eyes.
Let go, let go... before we lose ourselves!

An aisle forms before the island on the other side:
a path of shimmering light to cross the miles.
(it might lead you somewhere)
Will you meet me halfway?
(it might lead me somewhere)
So will you meet me halfway?
(it might lead to somewhere)

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I'll Be Here

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And I can't be
all you want me to be,
but i'll try
to make you smile.

While i'm not sure
if this waiting
is wasting my time,
I won't have my regrets.

...I won't have...

Chorus:
Coz even if you won't be mine,
I will never know until i try.
So let me waste my life,
if i'll be wasting my life on you.

And if i can't be
there when you want me to be,
I'll be running at my limits then,
I might fall anytime.

Bridge:
I'm not giving up, but i can't get up.
I can't get up. I'm not giving up.
I'm getting up to run... At you...
Though it feels like chasing after sunsets...

Chorus:
Coz even if you won't be mine,
I will never know until i try.
So let me waste my life,
if i'll be wasting my life on you.

I'm not giving up, but i can't get up.
I can't get up. I'm not giving up.
I'm getting up to run... At you...
Though it feels like chasing after sunsets...

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The Apology

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I made mistakes, I made you cry,
read the apology between these lines.
Well I was never too good at sorries,
but you were always easy to forgive my faults.
And you were there.

You were there...

Chorus:
So stay for always.
Let time fly, just like this
'til forever's run out.
Cast our fire like candlelights,
we're running against time
but this love is bright.

Sometimes these days come by,
sometimes they last a lifetime.
I'm fighting with you, i'm pushin you away,
'coz i want you back, i want you stay.
Well i was never too good at saying
that it was my fault after all.

Chorus:
So stay for always.
Let time fly, just like this
'til forever's run out.
Cast our fire like candlelights,
we're running against time
but this love is bright.

Bridge:
And though sometimes there seems like there's no way back,
and the pain that we're going through won't end,
remember the time when we were watching the world
and as the city lights blinked, whispered our dreams.

Chorus:
So stay for always.
Let time fly, just like this
'til forever's run out.
Cast our fire like candlelights,
we're running against time
but this love is bright.

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