1 Song a Week

Week 9

Tree

Roots pulled up

Leaves have fallen off

And this tree

This tree is dryin up

Is there a river

An ocean or a sea

Waiting,

On the other side for me

But where, where do I move to

Who, who do I run to

Cause friends have come

Friends have gone

Should I,

Should I follow or should I go

This is where I’ve grown

But it’s not my home

It’s time,

Stop Telling Me No

Words By Ben Currier, Music By Zach Morgan

Don’t cross the street

We’ll give what you need

Be patient and wait

But hurry you can’t be late

You can’t have that

This world’s so flat

No more charades

Hollow, pale escapades

Stop telling me no

Time to get up and go

These desires unmet

Life hasn’t started yet

Stop telling me no

Please listen to me

What I can and can’t be

There’ll be’ times of fail

Do the best, but to alas no avail

There’s no giving up

No matter how tough

The yearning to feel

To discern what is real

Chorus

Don’t cry you’re above that (But I want to)

Don’t want cause you can’t have it (But I want to)

Comin’ To See

 Father I’m comin’ to see

Through blurry and emotions that lie

The man that you were

The man you weren’t

Father I’m comin’ to see

You in the past, me in the present brings clarity

Cause my filter is clean

And my guard let down

You did right

You did wrong

You weren’t a saint

But you weren’t a sinner

You were just a prodigal running home

Father I’m comin’ to see

Your heart was always for me

You were always working

You were always looking for the best in me

You were right

You were wrong

You weren’t a saint

You weren’t a sinner

You were just prodigal running home

Father I’m comin’ to see

You in the past, me in the present brings clarity

Week 6: Still Have You

They’ve been rough on me 

But I’m waitin for my break

I’ve been runnin round and round

All they seem to do is take, take, take

You pushed me on

You were the one to know

This small town I’d quickly outgrow

 Maybe these dreams

won’t turn out how I dreamed

Maybe I’ll never be who I’m tryin to be

But when the sun sinks low 

I’ll still know it’s true

Oh I’ll still have you

The days have worn me out

The miles stretched me thin

Can’t wait to get home

Keep imagining how it’s gonna be to hold you again

The muse can’t see, the prophets don’t know 

What’s up around the bend for you and me 

We’ll take these turns

We’ll take them slow

We’ll take them as they come

Week 5: I actually wrote this right before starting this project but have done several revisions since then, so here it is!

Take

Love’s not a game but we compete

For the upper hand and the other’s defeat

Love’s not a war but we fight

Bloodied in battle we claim we’re right

All this pain and heart ache

Are we learning how to love

Or learning how to, take

Jump, jump, jump, don’t you step on the rope

Hide, hide, hide, don’t you get found

Duck, duck, duck, don’t be the goose

Love, love, love don’t you loose

Strike, strike, strike don’t be the first to bleed

Shield, shield, shield, these arrows can kill

Stand, stand, stand this ground can be lost

Run, run, run away it’s not worth the cost

Week 4:                                 

101 To None

Oh look what you have done

You’ve beaten me now one hundred and one to none

Oh look what you’ve done

Taken my father before I was even grown

But don’t, please don’t…

Let me go hungry in this valley

Let me go thirsty in this desert

Leave me naked in the winter

Leave me in the darkness, on my own

Oh look what you have done

Crippled my mother in each and every bone

Oh look what you have done

Stripped away everything she called her own

Week 3:                  “Wait”-sung by Haley Miller

Little hand

Why do you move so slow

Go run along

Catch up to your bigger friend

Eyes are still

Breathing held

But on the same number

You continue to dwell

I want to run

I want to chase

Anything or anyone to get out of this present state

But I will wait

I will wait

Through famine, drought chaos and doubt I’ll wait, for you

I am restless

Not used to loneliness

But this disease isn’t cured

By another man’s caress

Chorus

V1

Week 2.

Understand

If I say I love you

I would Lie

Want to say I want you

But I can’t decide

It feels so right

Lying by your side

But I can’t make promises

And look in your eyes

So forgive me 

If I can’t hold your hand

Forgive me

If I can’t be your man

I need to figure out who I am

I hope you would understand

Thought this would be clearer

With edges much sharper

But reality is a mirror

With desires flowing together

Here is the first song from the first week. Wrote this song about leaving even when it is painful and messy. Big thank you to the Young brothers for assisting in recording the vocals! Enjoy!

Goin Away

I’m sorry if I leave a need unfulfilled

I’m sorry if I leave you feeling naked, bare, and weak

But yours is a need that I was never meant to fulfill

And yours is a hurt that I could never hope heal

I’m goin away

Can’t come back for awhile

I’m goin away

Don’t make me look back now

No it ain’t easy looking into your eyes

Blurred with pain and more I will cause

But if I don’t go now I never will

And if I don’t go now it’s my heart I’ll kill

Chorus

So let go, let go

Oh mother let go of me

So let go, let go

Oh mother then you can love me