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i made your children my children inside my head
so have you come back to take that illusion away?
i don't want to remember all the mean things we said
i just want to keep my dreams for one more day
once upon a time when i was young
my dreams were strong and flourished in my mind
and even though the best of them may not have come true
remembering them as i do can be kind
and if i embellish on them now and then
who's to say what was or might have been?
i made your heart my heart inside my memories
as beautiful as any dream love could ever know
so if you're here to wake me from my fantasies
no, no no, no, no, i don't want to let this dream go
once upon a time when i was young
my dreams were so beautiful in my mind
even even though the years have challenged them to fail
remembering them as do can be kind
so if i exaggerate them now and then
who's to say what could or might have been?
and what is real?...
anyway?
is it not what we feel
right now, today?
and if i feel love
and wish i could share it with you
is that so wrong
even if it's a dream that will not come true
what if it's still the best i can do?
so please don't tell me what to do inside my head
even if you don't want me part of your life's play
i'll remain devoted to my dream of loving you
and the children will be mine for one more day
i just want to keep my dream for one more day
once upon a time when i was young
my dreams were all i'd ever hoped to find
now i'm in those years where any day could be my last
so let my dreams be the last thought on my mind
and if i don't hear a single word you say
it's just cuz
i just want to keep my dreams for one more day
just leave me with my dreams for one more day
just let me have my dream...
for one more day
i remember a time
when the world came to rhyme
in the words in my mind
the muse was so kind
the pieces all fit
and i was part of it
the singer, the song
listening all along
i remember a time
when i'd sit in one night
and the stories were told
right up to morning light
and as if it was planned
by a masterful hand
the magic of music
lead to wonderland
and i never knew how it happened
i was just as surprised as you
and when people stood up and applauded
i stood up and applauded too
and you laughed and called me a magician
and the tears welled up in my eyes
for i knew i was just the messenger
for a muse that was so much more wise
i remember a time
when the words came to rhyme
in the world in my mind
the muse was so kind
would you melt into my soul
would you give up all control
would you let go of all fear
would you share being here
without restrictions
without inhibitions
without hestitations
without complications
just let the moment embrace us
and experience everything
let no walls come between us
let our heartbeats sing
i remember
how it can feel
when love is real
and everything is shared
i remember
how it can be
when love is free
when everybody cared
i remember
how hope would rise
open our eyes
and let us believe in love
i remember
how it can be here
when we conquer fear
we can rise above
and we don't need to dream of a heaven
for we can make heaven on earth
if we just let go...
if we just let go...
will you just let go...
let go...
would you melt into my soul
would you give up all control
would you let go of all fear
would you share being here
without restrictions
without inhibitions
without hestitations
without complications
just let the moment embrace us
and experience everything
let no walls come between us
let our heartbeats sing
and if i wrap myself around you
would you melt into my soul
would you wriggle as if resisting
only to enjoy the rub
and if you wrap yourself around me
would it be losing control
would you deny conscious choices
like the ring around the tub
how many times will you turn away
from the obvious experience you deny every day
how many times will you run and hide
from the euphoric experience you can know inside
when you come inside
holy men have haunted you for years
challenging your passion and your pain
so afraid of feeling that they condemn feeling real
drinking your tears, washing your brain, killing your zeal
until you don't know how you feel or if you feel
or what is real
and if i wrap myself around you
would you understand a thing
would you play the social game boy
fingering all the right keys
and if you wrap yourself around me
would you want a wedding ring
would you place rules and conditions
on the birds and the bees
how many times will you play the fool
in the natural experience that you try to rule
how many times will you play the game
exchanging love and peace for guilt and shame
and laying the blame
on holy men ahead of you for years
feeding you false hope between their lies
so afraid of living that they fixate on despair
and death as cheers pretend the fears are all you share
until you don't know how to care or why you're here
or who cares
time enough for love
if you live so long
answers wait for you
just like this song
all you have to do
is open your mind
the truth is there
where's it's always been
while you look elsewhere
instead of within
fear has made you blind
to your own mind
no wonder you think
life is unkind
and if i wrap myself around you
what would it mean?
was it all a dream?
there was a time when i would write without much thinking
it was a time when i could feel drunk without drinking
adrenaline or endorphins or something magic in my brain
gave birth to endless streams of meaningless refrains
and i would babble to my heart's content
for that was what i loved to do
most times just talking to myself
but always open to welcoming you
for i believed in human kind
when love and trust made miracles
and the innate goodness of the human heart
was real to me…
there was a time…
suddenly solemn
the light flickers painfully
faith stretched so thin it is invisible
how can hope remain in me
for all the broken promises
and all the betrayed trust
condemned to face the funeral
of love conquered by lust
for all the user's cruelty
and all abused by faith
i don't want to give up but i
feel time is growing late
a prophesy may come to pass
self-fulfilled by human pride
the end beckons the ignorant
in species suicide
all my life i cared too much
and all it got me was burned
all my life i shared too much
by now you'd think i'd've learned
all my life i felt too much
the shallow all drifted away
all my life i knew too much
just to piss it all away
there was a time…
there was a time when i would write without much thinking
it was a time when i could feel drunk without drinking
adrenaline or endorphins or something magic in my brain
gave birth to endless streams of meaningless refrains
and i would babble to my heart's content
for that was what i loved to do
most times just talking to myself
but always open to welcoming you
for i believed in human kind
when love and trust made miracles
and the innate goodness of the human heart
was real to me…
there was a time…
suddenly silent…
suddenly still…
suddenly sudden…
and… i… always…. will…
shhhh, you know the thrill
(it's still…
such a thrill)
. . .
all my life i cared too much
and all it got me was burned
all my life i shared too much
by now you'd think i'd've learned
all my life i felt too much
the shallow all drifted away
all my life i knew too much
but fool enough to say...
i love you
one more time
before i go away
can you still feel your body
or have you shut it down
do you need to drink liquor
to feel out on the town
can you feel your heart beating
or are you going numb
can you still feel your body
or do you just cum?
i don't want to compromise your senses
i don't want to confuse or upset you
i don't want to trigger your defenses
but have i really met you?
has anyone met you?
do you touch yourself when nobody's looking
or have you left behind your fantasies
do you need pornographic stimulation
to remember the birds and the bees
is there a way to reach you or are you gone
i'd really like to know your heart and soul
do you let yourself go when no one's looking
or are you out of control in control
too lost in control
in a world of fear
where love is repressed
so don't get undressed
don't even come near
unless you can feel
unless you can care
unless you can trust
for trust is a must
before you can share
so many lonely people have forgotten the song in their hearts
and while that may not be the end of this life
that is where the end starts
do you feel yourself when nobody's looking
or have you lost touch with who you really are
do you need somebody to tell you
what to believe in or how to follow your star
are you just dreaming when you are sleeping
what limits do you place upon your self
do you feel yourself when nobody's looking
or are you like a book upon a shelf
i don't want to mesmerize your senses
i want you to know i won't forget you
i don't want to play with your pretenses
sot have i really met you?
has anyone met you?
are you too lost in control
in a world of fear
where love is repressed
so don't get undressed
don't even come near
unless you can feel
unless you can care
unless you can trust
for trust is a must
before you can share
so many lonely people have forgotten the song in their hearts
and while that may not be the end of this life
that is where the end starts
are you where the end starts
are you where the end starts
are you where the end starts
or are you ready to sing the song in your heart
or are you ready to share the song in your heart
i hope you can share the song in your heart
maybe there is something i can do to understand
the dissatisfaction growing in me about being human
how long denied the self-destructive egocentric way
while pretense is survival and corruption rules the day
still i want to hope
optimism
humanism
still i want to dream
and believe
in humanity
still i want to believe the dream can come true
still i want to believe in you
maybe there is something more i can do to explain
the insensitive ignorance can only lead to pain
how long repressed children taught to ignore their own senses
while life is built on wasteful greed, abuse, and pretenses
still i want to hope
anything is
possible
still i want to dream
and believe
everything can change
still i want to believe the dream can come true
still i want to believe in you
how long can you hide behind god
how long can you shirk your responsibility
how long can you live with your head in the sand
ignoring the cruelty of the way you live
would you dare compare all you take with all you give?
what would the scale tell you
if you dared to be true?
maybe there is something more i can say or do
to somehow get this message into the heart of you
where you cannot ignore the imbalance of mankind
so you cannot choose to remain deaf, dumb, and blind
and still want to hope
we will survive
humanity
we can live the dream
living in peace
human family
still i want to believe the dream can come true
still i want to believe in you
touch someone right now
open your heart
touch someone right now
let the dream start
touch someone right now
all you need to do
touch someone right now
it is up to you
touch someone right now
open your heart
touch someone right now
feel the dream start
touch someone right now
all you need to do
touch someone right now
it is up to you
touch someone right now
open your heart
touch someone right now
this is your part
touch someone right now
all you need to do
touch someone right now
it is up to you
touch someone right now
open your heart
touch someone right now
be the dream
and the dream will start
touch someone right now
all you need to do
touch someone right now
it is up to you
be the dream
and the dream will come true
I left my heart so long ago
in my imagination
now Deepak talks of imaginal cells
beyond human sensation
and butterflies offer a laugh
as tears drown inspiration
just because nobody near
cares
I left my hope so long ago
in my procrastination
when Gandhi talked of selfless acts
and love's emancipation
I bought into a savior's crossing
with holy proclamation
but all I found was nobody
shares
it's a give and take world with everybody taking
and all my giving leaves me empty inside
it's a disillusioned child with a heart still breaking
still looking for a magic carpet ride
and all the half-hearted efforts to give up
to accept the apathy that is the norm
doesn't seem to work for me, there is no holy cup
that brings me comfort in the current storm
what do you want?
what do you want?
I waste my time with these words
are your ears open?
do your eyes see?
what do you believe is me?
what do you want?
what do you want?
why do you come to these words?
what can you relate to?
do you know what is true?
what do you want to do?
who are you?
and what do you want to do?
I left my dream so long ago
in tortured isolation
now Rumi talks of whirling spells
and holy copulation
and caterpillars shed a tear
for human population
a race lost in lies and despair
fears
I left my faith so long ago
in rational revelation
now holy talk of heaven and hell
is sad self-mutilation
does anyone live without fear?
in innocent elation
laughing at the masks everyone
wears
it's a give and take world with everybody taking
and all my giving leaves me empty inside
it's a disillusioned child with a heart still breaking
still looking for a magic carpet ride
and all the half-hearted efforts to give up
to accept the apathy that is the norm
doesn't seem to work for me, there is no holy cup
that brings me comfort in the current storm
but I don't want to play that game anymore
the happy child inside wants to laugh again
trying to fit in to belong to not be alone
is a waste of time in a world of pretense
so keep your promise of tomorrow
living in your world of sorrow
as if this is not the place to be
you are wasted from the start
when fear and lies fill your heart
truth is nothing when you will not see
how can you be trusted?
when you don't take responsibility
how can you be trusted?
when you condemn your own ecstasy
how can you be trusted?
when you live for some future fantasy
how can you be trusted?
when you ignore your own reality
what do you want?
what do you want?
I waste my time with these words
are your ears open?
do your eyes see?
what do you believe is me?
what do you want?
what do you want?
why do you come to these words?
what can you relate to?
do you know what is true?
what do you want to do?
who are you?
and what do you want to do?
I don't want to be no prophet
I don't want to be no sage
I don't want to be no savior
no guru ahead of my age
I don't want to be no genius
I don't want to be above
I don't want to be no poet
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be in love
I just want to be
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
in love
.
.
.
I left my love so long ago
in betrayed veneration
self-pity and apathy
replaced inclination
joined the web of wasting time
mental masturbation
acute alliteration
self-mocking frustration
synaptic undulation
irreverent aeration
human beneficiation
rhyming affectation
revered imitation
yeah
yeah
yeah
but after all is said and done
I just want some harmless fun
and to share honesty
in reality
and I just want to share
how much I can care
without fear…
and with
honest appreciation
living jubilation
pure emancipation
free invigoration
true actualization
infinite suaviation
creative inspiration
passionate exultation
and playful relaxation
in love
in love
in love - I just want to be
in love
in love
in love - I just want to be
in love
in love
in love - I just want to be
in love
take me away from
the self-involved compassion
for my own private armada
of wounded dreams and pieces
of an age old broken heart
have I forgotten how to start
all over again
have I forgotten how to live
and make a new friend
have I forgotten how to hope
and believe in love
have I forgotten how to dream
or what I dream of
give me a reason
to come out of hibernation
in this wound-licking concerto
of superficial distraction
and creative child's play
have I forgotten what it means
to be alive
have I forgotten how to live
to live to survive
have I forgotten how important
it is to care
have I forgotten how important
it is to share
give me a way to
return to an intimacy
that reaches beyond the body
that does not fear lust
that does not fear trust
give me a way to
return to sincerity
at depths of meaningful
sharing and caring that
means something more
give me a way to
actually make a difference
in this world of plastic promises
and instant gratification
and sound bytes
give me a way to
give me a way to
give me a way to
give me away
I smell in places she's yet to
let anyone else explore
as a body ages it
helps youth close the door
cultural stereotyping
or natural instinct win out
doing what I'm supposed to do
is just not what I'm about
so I'll let her love me
if that's what she wants to do
whatever anyone else believes
I'll believe her love is true
and if that makes me
an old fool or something worse
don't let it worry you
let it be my curse
and I'll tell you everything in the next verse
she is my blessing
she is my dream
she is everything
and if you don't know what I mean
you've never lived
you've never loved
and I can only
hope you do
before you reach your heaven above
or you missed the point of life
have faith in truth my friend
if you don't love like this in this life
and your god is kind
you'll get to try again
and it doesn't matter how old we are
or if we are women or men
when you find the one who is everything
you know your journey can end
you reach a place where fear of judgment no longer wins
and that, my friends, is where it all begins
so let her love you
if that's what she wants to do
whatever anyone else believes
believe her love is true
and if that makes you
an old fool or something worse
don't let it worry you
let the whole world curse
and understand the truth in the next verse
she is your blessing
she is your dream
she is everything
and if you know what I mean
you've know you've lived
you've know you've loved
and you can only
hope they do
before they reach their heaven above
or they've missed the point of life
have faith in truth my friend
if they don't love like this in this life
and their god is kind
they'll get to try again
to actualize the truth in the next verse
she is the blessing
she is the dream
she is everything
and when you know what it mean
you know you've lived
you know you've loved
and you can know you
have finally
reached your heaven above
right here, right now, in this life
have faith in truth my friend
if you love like this in this life time
you know your god is kind
and you'll get to love again
and again and again
you know your love is kind
and true
and you'll love again and again
you know your love is kind
and true
and you'll love again and again
love again and again
love will never end
if you
believe in love
and love again and again
and love again and again
and love again and again
how many times can a heart be reborn
before it is permanently torn?
how many times can hope re-raise a head
before it is permanently dead?
the dream of love seems distant now
as life rolls along
my heart may have forgotten how
to trust in love's song
a scary thought, fate worse than death
or just the way it goes
how many live this way each breath
is the answer, who knows
or who cares?
is it all as sad as it appears?
are you there?
lost somewhere in a dream on heaven's stairs?
do you remember goodness (please say you can)
do you remember kindness (brotherhood of man)\
do you remember laughing and trusting a friend
was that lost in childhood and why must it end?
how many times can a promise be broken
before a promise means nothing anymore?
how many times can faith in each other
be betrayed before it just closes the door?
on dreams of love we hold so dear
where does it all go wrong?
does the heart forget how to care
and trust in love's song?
how can we stop this living death
before it kills us all?
how do we remember how to hear
when love comes to call?
and who cares?
am I alone as it appears?
are you there?
lost somewhere in the spiritual despair?
religions show their try colors
when they try to tear each other apart
nationalistic endeavors
do more to divide than console the heart
science and social studies
prove only that there is more to know
we have lost faith where it matters
inside is where we need to go
will the hopeful bridge ever return
to this broken hearted melody?
can faith and trust be relearned
and put an end to this tragedy?
are you sitting there in your silence
asking yourself what went wrong?
what will it take to bring you back
to believe in love's song?
how many times can this song be sung
before enough people hear?
how many more leaders must be hung
before we get over our fear?
how many flags must be waved or burned
before we place value back where it belongs
how many plastic faces and glittered places
will distract you from what is wrong?
how long before gold loses it's appeal?
how long before we get back to being real
how long before you remember how it feels
to believe in love's song
if I could hold you
you could feel my heart melting
tears of joy comes with the healing
years of loneliness could end
if you would hold me
you could know my heart's passion
love could come back into fashion
remember your childhood best friend
that is the feeling I know
when I dream about you
the feeling would show
I can't live without you
the answer would blow
in the wind like it was foretold
in your arms my heart
would come in from the cold
if I could hold you
you could feel my hunger for you
know just how much I adore you
you are my fantasy
if you would hold me
you could feel I would die for you
how I would give my life to you
everything I'll ever be
this is the feeling I feel
when I think about you
feeling I want to make real
feeling I can't live without you
the answer would show
in the stars as you shine in my eyes
in your arms my heart
would feel so wise
the magic most people call the heavens
the wonderlust most would call youth
the devotion most people give to gods
the bliss of believing in a truth
the treasure at the end of a rainbow
the will to die for a love so true
the hope we call innocence within a child
I feel all this and more with you
if I could hold you...
when I should be asleep
I dream of you
when I have dates to keep
I run for you
when all the world is on their track
and they tell me I can't go back
I believe every word is true
and still I sing to you
when all the people pray
I pray to you
when all the children play
I play for you
when everything is said and done
I believe we have just begun
and every little thing I do
I still do it for you
there is no end
to a love this true
call me mad
I don't care
what the world may do
there is no end
they don't have a clue
if they think
love stops
they've never loved you
when I should be asleep
I dream of you
when I'm in too deep
I'm in it for you
when all the world calls sweet success
a way to buy their happiness
I believe every word is true
and still I sing to you
when all the people dance
I dance for you
when true lovers romance
I think of you
when everything is tried and through
I believe we are something new
and every little thing I do
I still do it for you
there is no end
to a love this true
call me mad
I don't care
what the world may do
there is no end
they don't have a clue
if they think
love stops
they've never loved you
and in the end there is no end to love in me for you
and in the end there is no end to love that is so true
and in the end there is no end to this dream of you
and in the end there is no end to everything I do
I still do it all for you
all for you
all for you
when I should be asleep
I dream of you
it might be magic
something no words can explain
a comfort and pleasure
a hunger so strong it becomes pain
when not satisfied
you can try to hide
but the look in your eyes
says it can not be denied
it might be magic
something no fingers can touch
a peace and a passion
desire so strong it becomes rage
when taken away
whatever you say
the look in your eyes
says come what may
you will live and die to be near the one
who inspires this fever in you
it might be magic
but all you know
is it is the best you can do
and there is no end when you fall in love
there is no choice left for you
but to devote your life
to share everything
with the one who makes your dreams come true
it might be magic
something that seems yours alone
as if you were incomplete
as if you had never known
it might be magic
something out of the blue
the answer to all of your prayers
someone you want to pray to
you will live and die to be near the one
who inspires this fever in you
it might be magic
but all you know
is it is the best you can do
and there is no end when you fall in love
there is no choice left for you
but to devote your life
to share everything
with the one who makes your dreams come true
and it might be magic
but it becomes everything you do
it might be magic
but it's dreams coming true
it might be magic
for me, it's you
it might be magic
for me, it's you
it might be magic
for me, it's you
and I adore you
I am here for you
I say it again as if you never knew
everything I do is about loving you
but there was a time when I sang this song to the world
and I sing it again because maybe someone can relate
too often love is met with anger and fingers curled
it doesn't have to be that way, it is not to late
this is a song from the time all I did was
sit around and wait
time seems to stand still when I sit lonely
longing for someone to love
everyone knows the feeling but no one knows mine
what I'm dreaming of
and it doesn't matter if everyone was the same
I can not touch what you are feeling inside
and you can not really comprehend mine
so why would you want me to hide
does it make you feel uncomfortable
to see someone so vulnerable
is my hunger to love and be loved
something you don't like?
would you rather I go to church or somewhere else
so you can put your feelings back up on the shelf
let's make a deal, I won't tell you what to do
and you can ignore me as I ignore you
we all have our reasons to live
and mine is to love and be loved
that's all I want from this life
and I hope you find all you dream of
maybe if you do you will understand
all I had to do was hold out my hand
and suddenly someone was standing there
to make all the loneliness disappear
and everything changed because I opened my eyes
I saw through my fears and doubts - they were based on lies
the human weakness that is so revered in this world
is the source of the anger and the fingers curled
love makes you strong
if you want to be strong
but if you don't
you won't
then this next thought crossed my mind
I can leave the world behind
and live exactly as I want to be
for I believe in love and love is free
and that's when my love came to me
and now my love is all I want to see
if that makes me blind then blind I shall be
but I'll leave this song for you or posterity
and I am happy singing these next lines endlessly
and I adore you
and I live for you
life is complete now, I love and I am loved
you know this is all that I ever dreamed of
and I adore you
I am here for you
I say it again as if you never knew
everything I do is about loving you
and I adore you
and I live for you
life is complete now, I love and I am loved
you know this is all that I ever dreamed of
and I adore you
I am here for you
I say it again as if you never knew
everything I do is about loving you
(repeat endlessly)
of course
it had to be
look at the date
look at the time
how many years
can this go on
until I realize
how long
you've been gone
but I still dream
and I still hope
call me a fool
call me a dope
and I get high
on dreams of love
it is not you
I'm dreaming of
but I remember
being with you
and feeling love
so real and true
and nothing since
has been so right
so I'm alone
in bed at night
how many years
can this go on
until I realize
how long
you've been gone
but I still dream
and I still feel
there is one love
so true and real
and I believe
dreams still come true
so here's a song
written for you
of course
it had to be
look at the date
look at the time
how many years?
eternity
for that is what
love means to me
and maybe another time we'll hear the music
and maybe another time we'll write a song
and maybe another time we'll find what we're looking for
has been right here beside us all along
and maybe another time we'll fall in love
and maybe another time we'll share all we're dreaming of
and maybe another time we'll let all our secrets out
and maybe another time is what we're all about
another time, another place, another rhyme across your face
another smiles, another tears, another chance just disappears
another time, another story, another way to give into fear
as if the risk of rejection is worse than the loneliness
of all these wasted years
maybe we'll continue another time
and maybe another time
will appear
and we'll be here
and we'll be here
and we'll be here...
