Sample of Week 2 - Other Lyrics Submissions

WE'RE ALL PUPPETS IN THIS WILD SHOW
PUT ON FOR FUN
OUR MINDS AND HEARTS 
PLAYED WITH TILL OUR LIFE IS DONE
WE'RE GIVEN GUNS AND TOLD SHOOT
OR GET SHOT
POP! POP! POP! POP!
BOTH BODIES DROP
MAYBE IT'S FOR THE BEST
I FINALLY GET TO REST
THIS WORLD'S A MESS
LIFE IS JUST A TEST
FORGET THE PUPPETER
WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO US
YOU CAUSE PAIN AND MISERY
HOW CAN YOU NOT EXPECT A FUSS
PLUS
THE ONLY WAY OUT IS DEATH ITSELF
JEOPERDIZE YOUR HEALTH
AND HAVE A CHANCE 
TO ACQUIRE THE GREATES WEALTH
THE END OF LIFE
IT MAY SOUND FOUL
BUT LIFE'S STRIFE
DON'T BOTHER TO PUT UP A FIGHT
LIFE'S A NEVER ENDING PLIGHT
FOREVER NIGHT
DARKNESS IS INEVITABLE
HA! HA! 
AIN'T IT INCREDIBLE!
 

We all have times when we get down and out
no I'm not gonna moan I'm not gonna pout
we all see what we wanna see 
but what I see is your not needing me

giving me a cold shoulder now and again
I used to think you were my best friend
now your walking out and I feel its near the end

(chorus)
Now your leaving me stone---cold
and I dont even know which way to go
Your leaving me stone---cold
and I'm not sure which way to go

You used to care about how I feel
now your leaving without a thrill-
well I thought it was love we shared
but I guess you never really cared

Now I'm falling apart 
I've got to harden my heart
and try to make a brand new start-

(chorus)
Now your leaving me stone---cold
and I dont even know which way to go
Your leaving me stone---cold
and I'm not sure which way to go

(Repeat chorus)
 

There's the day that I realized nothin' more could go wrong
There's the day that I gave up on where I belong
There's the day that I shut off all of my happiness
Warmth was not here, only left was cold breath

There's the day
There's the day
There's the day

There's the day all I wanted to do was just die
On that day I was empty I couldn't even cry
I gave all I could give it was all I could spend
That's when I'd realized I'd reached a dead end

There's the day
There's the day
There's the day
 

Boy the first time i saw your face
i knew i had to your name 
i didn't know what to say
 but i had to know if you felt the same
now, i wasn't looking for someone else
until i remembered how love felt
now i realize that you want me too..
i want to spend all my life with you

-chorus:
for all the storms that blew through my life
and all the tears that ran from my eyes
for all the pain that i felt inside
and all the times i cried alone at night
i'm gonna give you all that he dismissed
tell me if you  can handle this
i'm gonna love you with all i have inside
so tell me if you want to be mine 

the first man i thought had love for me
wasn't in love with my ebony
he couldn't handle being with a queen
so he sought out to be another's king
now i want to open up myself to you
and give you a love no one ever knew
for you to be my man i'm gonna risk it all
in love with you i'm pretty sure i'll fall

-chorus-

for all the tears he gave me i'll give you
ten smiles
for you to love me boy i know it'll take a while
as long as we have this there's no need to rush
for you to make me happy boy you don't have to do much
for all the tears i cried i'll you my sunshine
if you give me all the love that you have inside
if you stay with me i promise there will be no pain
i'll love you through the storms boy and through the rain

-chorus-
 

VERSE-
When you look in the mirror, don't you like what you see or is it true, 
you don't care for who's looking back at you. 
Is he trying to steal you crown,make you feel real down, 
tell you you're fat and you need to loose a few pounds.

BRIDGE(BACKROUND)
He said it aint what it used to be and he can find someone to replace me.

CHORUS-
No__ sister girl, don't you let him hurt your heart 
cause situations like this leaves a lasting scar.
And there's a million men that want you as they girl. 
Treat you like you're the only woman in this world. 
You are a pearl(I'm a beautiful pearl)Show nuf a pearl(I'm a beautiful pearl) 
You are a pearl.

VERSE-
When you went to work this morning, i know you had the blues 
from all that make-up you used just to hide that bruise. 
Dinner wasn't ready on time-he had something on his mind 
and that was all he needed just to beat you're behind.

BRIDGE(backround)-
Maybe I don't understand. he's doin all he can, 
cause if he didn't hit me he wouldn't be a man.

CHORUS-
No, No, No sister girl, don't you know he can't love you, 
cause then he wouldn't do all those damn things to hurt you. 
And there's a million other men that want you in their world, 
cause every good man i know want a good girl. 
Cause you are a pearl (you a beautiful pearl)show nuf a pearl
(I'm a beautiful pearl)

VERSE-
Was he gone all night, then come home wantin to fight 
cause his ____ in the street didn't do him right. 
Now he's running out of love cause you done had enugh. 
And it aint nothing he do when a woman's fed up.

CHORUS-
Listen up sister girl, don't you let him kill you're pride. 
Take the love from you that you have inside. 
And there's a million other men that want you at their side, 
so take back all the tears that you done cried.

REPEAT CHORUS 
 

So I tried again to wake myself
From this coma I've induced
Upon my brain
No one stays around to give me a hand
When I wake up 

And I seem to keep 
This drifting sleep
As I shake my own hand
Glad to meet myself for the first time
Things are quiet

And it flashes on my eyes
One more attempt at dying tonight
What's so great about suicide
All that I'd accomplished if I tried
I'd have died

One more swing away from pain
Putting all the violence away
It never was invited after all

It seems the lower that I sink
I reach ahead for one more drink
I never felt my courage feel so small

And it flashes past my eyes
One more attempt at surviving tonight
What's so great about the fight
All that's been left over from my tries
All my hope has died

She, she said it'll all work out fine
But I, I taught myself to believe otherwise
Troubled times never stayed too far behind
I'm running out of time

And it flashes in my dreams
One more lost friend with a full head of steam
What's so great about your schemes
All that's left is the screwed up matter of things

And it flashes past my eyes
One day closer to a wasted life
What's so great about being right?
All that's left after the sleeplessness tonight
Is one more try
One more try
 

Do you ever sit down to think about your yesterday?
Or daydream about the past and words you didn't say?
Maybe you contemplate your life without me.
It would truly break my heart if without you I would be.

Imagine that there was no heaven up above,
or that there were no more songs written about love.
Imagine rivers never flowed into the sea.
Imagine that there was no you and me--where would love be?

Promises that I did not keep--I wasn't true to you,
but baby please dry your eyes my cheating ways are through.
I found out I was in love you brightend up my night.
If you'll only forgive me I swear I'll make things right.

Imagine that there was no heaven up above,
or that there were no more songs written about love.
Imagine rivers never flowed into the sea.
Imagine that there was no you and me--
where oh where would love be.......
 

I desire what you'll never see
From this world or from me
I wish I could change society
But I'm someone chasing a dream
A mere vision of all I aspire to be

I'm a dreamer
Gazing into a sea of illusion
Sparking hope from plain confusion
But I'm a dreamer and not afraid
I won't relinquish the faith I have in me
There's no fatality in fantasy

I'm caught up in a mirage
Held ransom by reality
But salvation is defeat for me
I'll stay here till my finality
I'm just someone chasing a dream
A mere vision of all I aspire to be
And all this is because

I'm a dreamer
Gazing into a sea of illusion
Sparking hope from plain confusion
But I'm a dreamer and not afraid
I won't relinquish the faith I have in me
There's no fatality in fantasy
 

He came into my life on St. Patricks Day 1995
He seemed to be so strong, but deep inside something was wrong
Aaron do you know the love I share
Can you feel how much I care
I'd give all away just to speak with you
Is my life a part of yours too

(Chorus)
Behind his eyes is a different world
But he can't tell me what he's thinking
Behind his eyes there is hidden pain
Can I ever know what he's feeling
If I could see (x2)
From behind his eyes

He brings me joy, he makes me sad
I'm so proud to be his dad
He loves to play and share his smile
Cuddle in my lap for the longest while

(Chorus)
 

Oh, could you give me
some more time
and I'd promise
I'll give you
all of mine
I would make you
feel this is right
I'd hold you tight
every night
I could make your pain
float far away
only by saying
the memories are
always here to stay

chorus:
Darlin' let me in
back to your heart
I wanna make it
so we'd never be apart
Let me back to your heart

All day long
only you and me
that's just the way
it should be
just you and me
Girl I wouldn't
never ever make you cry
'til the day I die
I won't say goodbye
These words I say
they're so true
I want you
to take me back
baby, so soon

chorus - repeat

I want to be
just want to be close
I need to be
just need to be close
I've gotta be
just gotta be close
close baby so close
close to your heart

chorus - repeat