NEVERMIND

*song featured on 2015 compilation release "We Are Not Saints"
written by Hank Barbee © 2012
 
I’ve traveled under names
like the souls that we’ve all stained
been lifted high upon the refrain of a kiss
but the song remains the same
it only whisked my thoughts away
it's too soon to say if I’ll be even missed
 
I was born upon a dream
and I’ve seen all kinds of things
you mortals just can’t seem to understand
that life I flushed away 
could not sustain another day
growing quickly more insane and out of hand
 
I can’t dwell on it this time
there’s no meaning, there’s no rhyme
I’ll just be the next in line without conviction
 
nevermind this high
my lips are loose, my mouth is dry
my chance to kiss the sky is almost gone
I scream without a sound
hard enough to hit the ground
along the highway I am begging to go home
along the highway I forever will be gone
 
living off the hope
in every letter that she wrote
all those vows that need amend can be crossed off
when the promise has been cursed 
and the love-line finally bursts
will it hurt the feelings I’ve already lost?
 
I won’t dwell on it this time
on the wisdom or the wine
I’ll write the final line with this conviction
 
nevermind this high
turn me loose and watch me fly
serenade the sky and I’ll be gone
my heart is far away 
to be found another day
down the highway it is begging to go home
down the highway it forever will be gone
 
so if she should call again
tell her I’ll be home next year
just in time for us to make the last decision     
I wish that I could stay
forever be her rainy day
but the bell already rang for this division
 
nevermind this high
turn me loose, watch me fly
serenade the sky and I’ll be gone
my heart is far away 
to be found another day
down the highway it is begging to go home
down the highway it forever will move on
down the highway I forever will be gone
 

STOWAWAY

*song featured on 2015 compilation release "We Are Not Saints"
written by Hank Barbee © 2012

lost, up on the mountain
deep in the canyon
outside the wall
 
lost, shaking and standing 
crashed in the landing
weighing the costs
 
fear is not just a feeling
its deeper in meaning
and steeped in the dark
 
hate, all that you want to
you need to hold on to
you’re missing the point
cause its carried around in you
 
lay down in the chasm
living the ransom
filling the void
 
build your bridge under water
drown with the pauper
you threw overboard
 
hurt, more than my feelings
losing the meaning
leave me behind
 
love, the only true healing
is safely revealing 
the living and true
 
and its carried around in you
( love is…..)    
yeah its carried around in you
 
sad, wide open sigh
eye for an eye
tooth for a tooth
 
black, swept you aside
eye for a lie
tooth for a truth
 
love isn’t a ghost
claiming the most
chaining the free
 
love writes off forever
doesn’t need clever
only to BE...
 
carried around in you      
        ( love is…..)
carried around in you      
        ( love is …..)
carried around in you    
        ( love is …..)
carried around in you