Musical Roots

Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover So show a little inspiration, show a little spark Show the world a little light when you show it your heart We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder Listen to your heart, and your heart might say Everything we got, we got the hard way

Turn the night into the day Drink it in before it's gone Like it's tryna get away

Oh, she is following me in my head when I am all alone Thinking of her every time I want to try to let her go But it's never easy when you think you have it in control Somehow you get caught up in the moment and you never know All these tiny cities that you're holding in your little hand In the wind like diamond lights, they'll blow away in desert sand It was never perfect, it was never meant to last It was never perfect, it was never meant to last

Everyday I wake up Am humming this song And I don't need to run around I can just stay at home And sing this little love song For the love in myself If there's something that you wanna hear Fuckin’ sing it yourself

There’s nothing sadder than a streetlight shining on a stretch of empty sidewalk Or maybe the fog that I’ve been living in has lifted for the first time in weeks Every day’s been a step forward perfecting the art of the small talk So I never have to say something I might really mean But I remember all those final words that you told me How I was too green to be blue But now that it’s too late, Maria I can see how that was true

We tried so hard to cope We fell so many times, we learned to climb without a rope

One day a near Selina Lord, I let him slip away He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Said we're looking at the stars We're floating into empty spaces, I know That we're looking at the stars Our burning open sky illustrated, no more

Somewhere in her smile she knows That I don't need no other lover Something in her style that shows me

I'm in the subway The metropolitan subway Sunday, rolling through Paris on a Sunday Don't change, there's nothing about you that I would change, My fantasy, yeah that's my fantasy baby

Neon on my naked skin Passing silhouettes Of strange illuminated mannequins Shall I stay here at the zoo Or shall I go and change my point of view 

Don't say words you're gonna regret Don't let the fire rush to your head I've heard the accusation before And I ain't gonna take any more

When it hits me that she's gone I'll think I'll be an astronaut Make the moon my home and leave this world behind So when she steps out into the night and finds the light that makes her prettiest She'll be facing me every time she shines

She turns it off when I'm comin' home Loses the feeling when you're so alone I'm just another one fadin' away When darkness falls, it's here to stay

These puppet strings don’t pull themselves You're thinking thoughts from someone else How much time do you think you have? Are you prepared for what comes next?

I've been driving in this California sun I've been on the run Just to get a moment with you I've been working all these hours all night long When I hear that song, that makes me think of you, of you

But diamonds they fade And flowers they bloom And I'm telling you