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By Luke DayPublished 6 years ago 15 min read
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I Know I Can Be

It’s been so long, and I don’t know why

But I’m so confused

At how I feel

Walking in this crowd no one seeing

The monster I hide inside

And it confuses me that

No matter how hard I

Try I can’t see the light

That once showed me the way

(Chorus)

I try I try so hard to

Be the Angel I know I

Can be but the monster inside

Keeps hold of me and drags me back

To the dark and no matter what I do

I still hide what I really am

(End Chorus)

Why have you left me, god

Wasn’t I good enough

Why have you left me to fight?

This devil I call the monster inside

Alone why god won’t you help me

To be the angel I know I can be

So why does this darkness follow me

Keeping me away from the ones I love

Because of the monster I keep inside

(Chorus)

I try I try so hard to

Be the Angel I know

I can be but the monster inside

Keeps hold of me and drags me back

To the dark and no matter what I do

I still hide what I really am

(End Chorus)

I never know why

I never let the light

Shine on me but the monster

Inside locks me away in the darkest depths

I never wanted to hurt anyone

But I lost control

Then I heard the voice of

The Thing I fear the most

That monster inside

I wish to be free

But I realize

That the monster and I are one and

The same and its deep inside of me

I wish that I could

Be one with the monster inside

But I’m afraid that I’ll become the

Monster that everyone fears

(Chorus)

I try I try so hard to

Be the Angel I know

I can be but the monster drags me back

To the dark and no matter what I do

I still hide what I really am

(End Chorus)

I battle day after day

Time after time

And yet I still have

The monster inside

It’s not like I asked for this

I only want to be the Angel

I know I can be

(End song Chorus)

Why have I been left by the light?

If I knew then maybe I could

Find a way

To be one with the monster inside

(End song Chorus)

Human

I always wondered what

It would be like to know

Where I belong instead of the

Emptiness I feel now as I wander this endless hallway

Walking alone in a crowd of shadows

How come I’m the only one to not know?

What it’s like to be human

Why do I live in the shadows instead of the light?

(Chorus)

Why don’t I know?

Someone tell me

What it’s like to be human

What it’s like to stand in the light

And feel the rain on my hand

(End Chorus)

This feeling I have

The feeling of the unknown

Why do I always come back to this shell?

Of emotion when someone tries to

Love me, I retreat back into the

Emptiness I feel inside, because how can

I be loved when I’m not human

How can I feel when all I’ve known is fear?

I try to care I try to feel

But I keep coming up short on

This journey I’m taking.

Stars

Written in the stars

Are the memories that remind me of you

I have some Regrets

And I don't like the Man I became

I know that in doing the things I did, I lost the only woman I cared for

A Little bit darker, and colder my life has become since you’ve been gone

And you left, left with everything I hold dear

I tell myself that I’ll find Paradise

But in reality, I know that’s gone

I try to think of all the things I could have done

The memories of the stars

She kept my life bight

Every day and every night

Sometimes

I think you're still here

In the memories of the stars

I gave her love

And found happiness for it

But now there’s nothing

Somehow

In the memories of stars

Written in the stars are the memories I can't change

It breaks my Heart to think of what I could have done

I know that in the Morning, you won't be here like you did before

A Little Darker, and no longer my home

This place is cold tonight

I tell myself that I’ll find Paradise

But In reality, I know that’s gone

I try to think of all the things I could have done

The memories of the stars

She kept my life bright

Every day and every night

Sometimes

I think you're still here

In the memories of the stars

I gave her love

And I found happiness for it

But now there’s nothing

Somehow

In the memories of the stars

And I always hope for the day

When you come back Home

Because in this home

I’m always alone

In the memories of the stars

I loved you

You the only women I loved

But now you’re gone

And I’ll miss you forever

In the memories of the stars

I stay home

While I hope you're happy

Sometimes

I think you’re still here

In the memories of the stars

I gave her love

But now there’s nothing

Somehow

In the memories of the stars

Friends

We met in my darkest time

So, I didn’t get to show you the person I could have

Been without the regrets and fears that had been eating at me

From the inside and

To begin with I didn’t get you, and I bet you didn’t get me

But together we built a friendship that couldn’t be tamed

Or stopped together we made each other’s lives just that

Little bit better

Even if we’re far away I’ll always be there if you need me

Place obstacles in my way and they won’t slow me down

I care about your whereabouts

When I’m away remember what it takes to break these bonds

I swear to honour the rules we set

there’s nothing we can’t do when we’re together

I’ll be your sword if you shield me, and when it’s time

To say goodbye don’t cry we always have tomorrow

To laugh the day away.

Flaws

I spend almost every day

Thinking of the tides that brought me

To this place of dread

And I think of all my flaws

And how they affect the path I chose

Walking down the hallway that used to

Be full of love

Now all I see are the flaws that took me

Away in the tides

As I try to stay afloat

In the depths of dread

I used to laugh a lot, you know

My smile so bright

But now all I see is death

And I hide behind a mask

Making others happy

Knowing that I’ll never know

What it’s like to feel warm inside

Everything looks better when you can’t have it

But I always wanted to have a real smile

And not the one I hide behind

To keep others happy

Just isn’t enough and I try

I try to see if there’s a way

Out of the tides

In the depths of dread

I always stay afloat

But I drift further away each time

From the smile that looks so warm

As I freeze in the cold deaths of dread

And so, I put on my mask one last time keeping

A smile on my face as the deaths embrace me

Into the waters below.

Wings

I used to fly so high but

I let all the regrets and fears I have tear away

My wings trapping me on the ground

So now I lay here on the floor looking up at the sky

Watching as the birds fly around

And how I used to glide

But now I’m an angel without wings

How I lost my way I don’t know but

I like the pain something about it makes me feel alive

I don’t go looking for it but I like the way it feels

When my heart breaks and my wings burn

Just a little more, I guess I’m just one of those

People who knows that scars heal given time

And that’s what I like, when the pain fades away

And you start to feel again

That’s what I like about pain

And so I wait for the day my wings come back to me

But until then I will try to keep myself

Entertained but nothing works

Nothing is like the feeling of the air in my hair

As I soar so high, I lost count of how many

Times I had sleepless nights as the pain took hold

It makes me feel like I’m falling all over again

But then I remember the best thing about

The scars I hold and keep close

The feeling of them fading away once again

Until the day I remember them

To feel the gap my wings left on me

I just can’t wait for the day I fly above the clouds

And look down on the ground that has trapped me

And I’ll be smiling brightly once again.

Colour

So let me begin real slow, show you what

My true colours really are

So I may not be the brightest, but at least

I can say I’m the happiest, with the brightest smile

You’ll ever see, while you sit there wondering what you’ll be

I’ll be smiling as I watch my colours grow bigger and brighter than ever before

So let me know if I’m ever going too fast for you

I tend to do that a lot, by no fault of my own

I’m just that kind of guy

So let me spread my colours around the world

Let me add some life into this blue ball called Earth

Let me add some colour into the world

To make things bright for those who live in the dark

So let me add some colour into their lives

I walk down the hall everyone always wearing grey above their heads

But if they would open their eyes they would see

The colour of the world

And how colourful it really is

And the amazing places you could go to are endless

So as you watch the colours fade away

I’ll just smile all day long.

Friendship

I want you to know, my friend

That I’m sorry for what I did

The memories of that day haunt me still

The day started so well

Until the rain came in

And I’ll never find a friend like you again

When we parted ways I said let me help you

Get home in the storm but you just smiled and said

(Chorus)

I may be blind but I know my way around

See you when we meet again

It was a rainy day on a speeding highway

And a blind man in the middle of it all

(End chorus)

I remember waking up in the middle of the night

The sound of sirens echoing throughout the street

I opened my window to the sight of you lying

There in the middle of the highway

And now every time I close my eyes

I see you saying you forgive me

But how can you say that when I can’t forgive myself

(Chorus)

He said he may be blind but he knows his way around

It was a rainy day on a speeding highway

And a blind man in the middle of it all

(End Chorus)

You were my best friend I’ll never find

Someone like you

You helped me though the bad times

And laughed with me in the good

Every time I close my eyes I see you saying I’m not to blame

But how can you say that as I put you into the ground

You were my best friend and the day started out fine

(Chorus)

He said he may be blind but he know his way around

It was a rainy day on a speeding highway

And a blind man in the middle of it all

(End Chorus)

Every time I close my eyes you say you forgive me

But how can you say that

When I can’t forgive myself

How can you say I’m not to blame?

As I put you down into the ground

I remember the day you said it was us till the end

I wish I’d believed you

Because now it’s too late to take it back

(End song chorus)

It was a rainy day on a speeding highway

And a blind man in the middle of it

All

Thank You

I know I don’t say thank you as

Much as I should

But you already knew how deep my

Feelings go when I said hello

And every time we say goodbye

You take a piece of me as well

(Chorus)

You showed me love

And how to care about someone else

You showed me how to be brave

And took me out of the dark and into the light

(End chorus)

So, I say thank you now

So, you know that I will

Always be grateful for everything

You’ve done for me

If I could repay you it would take me years

Because your love

Can make me strong

When I think nothing will change

You make me change the way I feel

(Chorus)

You showed me love

And how to care about someone else

You showed me how to be brave

And took me out of the dark and into the light

(End chorus)

I thank you now for all the times

I let you down and said I never would

I thank you now so when you're down

You’ll know I’ll always be here for you

Rain or snow

Warm or cold

Hate me or not

I’ll be there for you to hold your hand in the way

You did for me

In the darkest times and

When I gave up on myself

You showed me the way

To find something worth fighting for

(Chorus)

You showed me love

And how to care about someone else

You showed me how to be brave

And took me out of the dark and into the light

(End chorus)

You showed me how to love

And how to care about someone else

You showed me how to be brave

And took me out of the dark and into the light

And I know that whenever I go

Away I’ll miss you

Thank you for standing with me for all

This time

(End song chorus)

Thank you for being by my side

In everything I do good or bad

You help me understand what to do

Thank you for finding me in myself

Darkness

You think you’ll be safe with

The flashlight in your hand

From the darkness of the night

And the sounds that echo from

Outside

You try to stop breathing heavily

Your flashlight wobbling uncontrollably

In the darkness of the night

(Chorus)

You think you’ll be safe

When the darkness comes for you with the flashlight

In your hand

You nervously look around in the hope of day

But it never comes

(End Chorus)

Darkness is something you can’t

Escape it’s everywhere

And anywhere you go

All it wants to do is

Come out and play with you tonight

All you can do is hide in

The middle of the night

And hope it doesn’t find you

in the darkness of the night

You look under the bed and wonder what’s under there

Then your fear overcomes you and you freeze

(Chorus)

You think you’ll be safe

When the darkness comes for you with the flashlight

In your hand

You nervously look around in the hope of day

(End Chorus)

Why everyone is scared of the darkness under the bed

Is a simple as one two three

It’s something that’ll last a lifetime

The darkness under the bed

You’ll never be able to sleep

Again when you find out about the darkness under the bed

That waits and waits 'til the light of your flashlight fades away

(Chorus)

You think you’ll be safe

When the darkness comes for you with the flashlight

In your hand

You nervously look around in the hope of day

(End Chorus)

(End song Chorus)

But look day is approaching

And you survived another night

From the darkness under your bed

'Til tonight, my lad, when we’ll see each other again

Goodbye

I don’t know what to do anymore

Every memory seems small to me

Ever since you went away

The memories keep spinning around my head

They won’t let me forget you

But I never really wanted to

And I want you to come back to me

So we can be who we were in my memories

(Chorus)

Why did we say goodbye

The pain I see in the memory

Of that day is too much to bear

I wish I hadn’t left you all alone

To be just a memory

(End Chorus)

Every time I close my

Eyes I relive the day

We said goodbye and I left you all alone

If I could relive any day it would be the day I meet you

It was and still is the best memory I have

Of my life

I wish I had never let myself walk away from

The pain the guilt

And it kills me inside every time I hear myself

Say goodbye

(Chorus)

Why did we say goodbye

The pain I see in the memory

Of that day is too much to bear

I wish I hadn’t left you all alone

To be just a memory

(End Chorus)

I know I lied to you when I said forever

And I hate the way I said goodbye

And whenever someone tries to help me heal and move on

I see the look in your eyes

The look that kills

Why did I say goodbye and leave you standing in the rain

I can’t undo what I did but given the

Chance I’ll make you see

That I still have a lot of love in me

And if you can forgive me

I would die a thousand times

To be the man you

Deserve to have by your side

But I know that can’t be

So I smile when I see you down the street happy

(End song chorus)

I know the pain won’t

Go away but I’m going

To try to move on

Because I'm finally saying goodbye

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