i see you
when i see you
with my heart and with my eyes
it's comes as a surprise
to you the way that i see you
you don't understand what i see
you think you're something less
when i think you are the best
'cause you don't know
you don't know that you're beautiful
you see yourself so small
you don't feel the way i see you at all
you don't know that you're beautiful
but i see it all
i see you beautiful
but you don't know
i see you
when i see you
as a subject inside-out
i see the heart within
it's you the way that i see you
you have never known what i know
you think i tell you lies
no matter how i try
'cause you don't know
you don't know that you're beautiful
you see yourself so small
you don't feel the way i see you at all
you don't know that you're beautiful
but i see it all
i see you beautiful
but you don't know
if i could give you one reason
why he plays on and he stays on
i would
but i don't know the magic he's hearing
as he plays on
for a world that just don't care
one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone
if i could tell you the secret
why he dreams on and he goes on
i would
but i can't reach the place he goes to
when he plays on
for a world that just don't care
one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone
and if i could get there
i'd be goin'
if i could be there
i'd be knowin'
one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone
I can't compose as beautiful as Dan All I can do is contribute another poem from Canada's current Poet Laureate whose term ended December 3
Out from Englee
scoured sky. wind
and open miles.
all morning we climb the bright
hills cresting across our course,
pitching us up, sledding us sideways
down, wallowing, walled in water.
quick. near us
and gone,
slim birds flit low, banking,
twisting, skimming the closing troughs,
and I feel it,
know it a laughing
fact: the harder your hungry eyes bite
into the world (the island cliffs penciled
in blue haze, and there, Nels pointing:
whale spray!
huge flukes kicking at the sun), the more
you spread your arms to hug it in,
the less you mind the thought of diving under,
eyes flooded. gulping dark.
There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. - Aldo Leopold
It's been a long, long, time
i had to take a look
looks like you turned the page
and read another book
i try to look at you
i see another face
just a reflection from
another time and place
where did we go to after so long?
i didn't hear you say goodbye
we used to bang the drum till morning
i guess we're human after all
it's now another time
here in the same old place
in the mirror stares
my sad and lonely face
i wonder where you are
i wonder where you've been
i don't know what i've lost
will ever be again
where did we go to after so long?
i didn't hear you say goodbye
we used to bang the drum till morning
i guess we're human after all
the ice and snowy weather
wintertime is closing in
soon it will be Christmas
i can hear the ringing bells begin
ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone
the children look in wonder
at the season in their midst
soon that day is coming
they can hear the ringing bells begin
ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone
we are the lonely people
always looking down
searching on the ether
for what in the real world...can't be found
we like to give an appearance
that we're normal
that we're sane
but behind the stone walls we hide
a fortune in pain
lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon
we are the lonely settlers
in these electric plains
the heart in the real world
short circuits...in the pouring rain
we like to dream that we're happy
that we're solid
we're not fake
but behind the facade we build
a mountain of pain
lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon
i've been around
and i've seen you looking at me
i've heard it said
you've been thinking 'bout me
why should i care
when it's over and done
it's all in your mind
you're not my kind of fun
whatever you think you know
you should know it isn't true
you had your chance
now i've got nothing...nothing for you
i knew you then
and have learned my mistake
you only took
everything you could take
why should i try
when i know that it's wrong
it comes down to me
and i'm glad that you're gone
whatever you think you know
you should know it isn't true
you had your chance
now i've got nothing...nothing for you
i'd be a fool this time
to waste the time of day
to say anything at all
except just go away
whatever you think you know
you should know it isn't true
you had your chance
now i've got nothing...nothing for you
RE: Did you write
)
Yes.
Your prototypical Generation 'Y' slacker, and damn proud of it.
Help feed the world's hungry. Free Rice.
RE: RE: Did you write
)
It was beautiful.
"YOU DON'T KNOW (That You're
)
"YOU DON'T KNOW (That You're Beautiful)"
i see you
when i see you
with my heart and with my eyes
it's comes as a surprise
to you the way that i see you
you don't understand what i see
you think you're something less
when i think you are the best
'cause you don't know
you don't know that you're beautiful
you see yourself so small
you don't feel the way i see you at all
you don't know that you're beautiful
but i see it all
i see you beautiful
but you don't know
i see you
when i see you
as a subject inside-out
i see the heart within
it's you the way that i see you
you have never known what i know
you think i tell you lies
no matter how i try
'cause you don't know
you don't know that you're beautiful
you see yourself so small
you don't feel the way i see you at all
you don't know that you're beautiful
but i see it all
i see you beautiful
but you don't know
(db michel)
"One Man Band" if i could
)
"One Man Band"
if i could give you one reason
why he plays on and he stays on
i would
but i don't know the magic he's hearing
as he plays on
for a world that just don't care
one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone
if i could tell you the secret
why he dreams on and he goes on
i would
but i can't reach the place he goes to
when he plays on
for a world that just don't care
one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone
and if i could get there
i'd be goin'
if i could be there
i'd be knowin'
one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone
(2008 db michel)
I can't compose as beautiful
)
I can't compose as beautiful as Dan All I can do is contribute another poem from Canada's current Poet Laureate whose term ended December 3
Out from Englee
scoured sky. wind
and open miles.
all morning we climb the bright
hills cresting across our course,
pitching us up, sledding us sideways
down, wallowing, walled in water.
quick. near us
and gone,
slim birds flit low, banking,
twisting, skimming the closing troughs,
and I feel it,
know it a laughing
fact: the harder your hungry eyes bite
into the world (the island cliffs penciled
in blue haze, and there, Nels pointing:
whale spray!
huge flukes kicking at the sun), the more
you spread your arms to hug it in,
the less you mind the thought of diving under,
eyes flooded. gulping dark.
There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. - Aldo Leopold
"Bang The Drum 'Till
)
"Bang The Drum 'Till Morning"
It's been a long, long, time
i had to take a look
looks like you turned the page
and read another book
i try to look at you
i see another face
just a reflection from
another time and place
where did we go to after so long?
i didn't hear you say goodbye
we used to bang the drum till morning
i guess we're human after all
it's now another time
here in the same old place
in the mirror stares
my sad and lonely face
i wonder where you are
i wonder where you've been
i don't know what i've lost
will ever be again
where did we go to after so long?
i didn't hear you say goodbye
we used to bang the drum till morning
i guess we're human after all
(2008 db michel)
"Ringing Bells" the ice and
)
"Ringing Bells"
the ice and snowy weather
wintertime is closing in
soon it will be Christmas
i can hear the ringing bells begin
ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone
the children look in wonder
at the season in their midst
soon that day is coming
they can hear the ringing bells begin
ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone
(2008 db michel)
"Beyond the E Horizon" we
)
"Beyond the E Horizon"
we are the lonely people
always looking down
searching on the ether
for what in the real world...can't be found
we like to give an appearance
that we're normal
that we're sane
but behind the stone walls we hide
a fortune in pain
lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon
we are the lonely settlers
in these electric plains
the heart in the real world
short circuits...in the pouring rain
we like to dream that we're happy
that we're solid
we're not fake
but behind the facade we build
a mountain of pain
lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon
(2008 db michel)
"Nothing For You" i've
)
"Nothing For You"
i've been around
and i've seen you looking at me
i've heard it said
you've been thinking 'bout me
why should i care
when it's over and done
it's all in your mind
you're not my kind of fun
whatever you think you know
you should know it isn't true
you had your chance
now i've got nothing...nothing for you
i knew you then
and have learned my mistake
you only took
everything you could take
why should i try
when i know that it's wrong
it comes down to me
and i'm glad that you're gone
whatever you think you know
you should know it isn't true
you had your chance
now i've got nothing...nothing for you
i'd be a fool this time
to waste the time of day
to say anything at all
except just go away
whatever you think you know
you should know it isn't true
you had your chance
now i've got nothing...nothing for you
(2008 db michel)
"The Party" I didn't used
)
"The Party"
I didn't used to be so lonely
i never knew i could be this sad
the party has seen better days
back when it was all we had
and who's gonna spare the unforgiven?
who's gonna stand with them and cry?
will anyone dare to ask the question?
does nobody wonder why?
(2008 db michel)