Tentacular Love

I like your self-confidence

and the way you smile at me

I like the way you're not afraid

it's like reaching out eight tentacles to you

All eight, to try to make you understand

you reach back and catch me with two hands

you don't understand

There's a gap the size an ocean

There's a gap the size of the sea

There's a gap the size of da-dada dada

between you and me

Goodbye tentacular love

I set you free,

I release

my tentacular love

your lack of oceanity is disappointing to me

but you can't help the way you're made

Some Songs I've Been Working On

I made a deal with the devil
to keep this pain away
I've made a deal with the devil
just to make you stay

It's my name on the contract
My name on the line

---

I can see it in your eyes
You're wondering
What I see in her
I can't explain

If you could see
the way she is
when we're alone

if you could only see
the way she was
When we were alone

I can only see
the way she is
I think I'd better be alone

---

I was only sixteen
it took you five weeks
to break me, inch by savage inch

It took you five days,
When I was twenty-eight
to break me, inch by savage inch

---

You said that you loved me
said you adored me
said you'd do anything for me
but now...
but now...

I hear you're chasing after someone else's tale
Making yourself the hero
of someone else's life
they'll say that yours is the greatest
tragedy ever told
but what am I?
Where do I fit in?

(Bridge)
Now you're gone
and I wonder
am I just the girl you
cast aside
at the end of act one?

You said that you loved me
said you adored me
said you'd do anything for me
You swore by the moon
You swore by the stars
You swore you'd be true
but now...
but now...

teach me how to forget to think
of you
Teach me how not to sink
under the burden of you
Teach me how not to drown
in the unkept promises
which are all you left me with

You said that you loved me
said you adored me
said you'd do anything for me

---

the sky does not turn for your decision
worlds do not depend on you
Only I, and I alone,
and I change the stars for no one

you don't see me
you won't see me
any more

Let Me Defy Gravity

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation,
And it looks like I'm the queen.
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!

Let it go, let it go,
can't hold it back any more
It's time to try
Defying gravity
I'll let it go, I'm defying gravity
and you won't bring me down

I'm through accepting limits
'cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me I'm free!

Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
And you can't bring me down:

So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
"Everyone deserves the chance to fly!"
And if I'm flying solo
You'll never see me cry
I'm never going back,
The past is in the past!

Let it go, let it go,
and I'll rise like the break of dawn
I'm flying high
Defying gravity
Here I stand
In the light of day
And nobody...
Is ever gonna bring me down!

...the cold never bothered me anyway.

You Can't Build a City on the Rea

I mostly have the choruses and the bridge.  Chords too.  Verses are a little sketchy.

g add 9, a add9, em7

There's a hamlet here, nothing more
I don't know why you think it could be more

you can't build a city on the rea
no you can't build a city on the rea
and you can't put your hopes on me
you can't build a city on the rea

just let me be, let me be, let me be

But I know you won't let go of this idea
and you know I won't stop tryna make you see

you can't build a city on the rea
no you can't build a city on the rea
and you can't put your hopes on me
you can't build a city on the rea

but you bring out the very best in me
There's a little hope that you have made me see
you're the sunshine to my rose, I hope you know

You can't build a city on the rea
but if we build a new waterway
maybe you can build your city, maybe you can have your way
and maybe you can put your hopes on me.
with some help, you can put your hopes on me
so come with me, come with me, come with me

At Least (Oh You) - Draft 1

Oh you
you kissed me at the station
at the end of our first date and
I
guess you never knew
That I'd planned to kiss you too
Just the same
Guess that's our game.

Oh, we
Lala la la la lalala,
Lala, la la la lalala,
You and me...
Were wrong as wrong could be,
but at least
We got that right
We got one thing right

And do you
Remember that long night
When I sang and held you tight
because you
had those nightmares and those dreams
That just wouldn't let you sleep
without me
You needed me.
and though next day you said
we'd never talk of it again,
at least
We had that night
we got one thing right.

Marvellous to Me, Second Draft - with Singing!

Imagine if Pietro and and Lorna 
Dane got together.
It would be like
"You can't hit me, I'm too fast and
Can you imagine standing behind the 
slow guy at the atm forever?
...and you remind me of my dad".

Or pretend Colossus and Kitty Pryde
Well, made it work together, or tried
It'd be like
"My strongest grip can't hold you
You're slipping right out of my hands
But still you get through
Every defence that I ever had, so maybe
Maybe we should just stay friends".

But I wish you knew
I wish you could see
You're marvellous to me
You always were
You always will be
Marvellous to me.

Gambit and Rogue tried to work it out
Though he
He couldn't touch her and if he tried,
Well she -
She would kill him like you're killing me.
So maybe -
Baring a miracle maybe
Maybe we should just stay fiction.

But you're
Marvellous to me
You were always were
You've always been
Marvellous to me.
I wish you knew
I wish you'd believe
You're marvellous to me.

You asked me to look you in the eye
but like 
cyclops without his visor
I can't do that
You don't want that
But still
You should believe

You're marvellous to me
You always were
You always will be
Marvellous to me
Even though I know
We will never work
You're still marvellous to me
To me
You'll always be
Marvellous to me.
You can hear me singing it here.

That Little Jump

I'm unhappy
and I'm waiting for you
I'm about to give up on you
But you say just right the thing
and you pull me back in

and I hate that little jump of hope
every time I get out, it pulls me right back in

Suddenly I'm happy and I'm singing
maybe this time....
maybe this time

maybe this time I'll win.


I don't like this so much.  It's a bit forties, the lyrics don't flow well, and I swear it's not quite original.

There's a bit of the brain

There's a bit of my brain
that's mostly sane
and it tries to save me
from myself
There's a bit of my brain
that's still a bit sane
and it's fighting a war
against itself

Similar to "They're coming to take me away".

Marvellous to Me OR Pun Intended

Imagine if Pietro Maximoff
And Lorna Dane got together.
It'd be like
"You can't hit me, I'm too fast
Can you imagine standing behind the slow guy at the atm forever?
You remind me of my dad".

Or pretend Colossus and Kitty Pryde
Made it work together, or tried
It'd be like
"All my strength can't hold you
You slip through my tightest grip
You get through my defences like no one else
Maybe we're better apart".

And it's like
I'm sorry I ran
I'm sorry I couldn't catch you
I'm sorry I tried to keep you
But you're marvellous to me.

Gambit and Rogue tried to work it out
Though Remy couldn't touch her and she -
She'd kill him if he got too close
Like you're killing me.
So, baring a miracle, maybe -

Maybe we should just stay fiction.

And it's like
I'm sorry I wanted to touch you
When you kept warning me "no"
I'm sorry I couldn't leave you
When you warned me, and told me to go
Don't you know?
You're marvellous to me
You've always been
Marvellous to me.

This little fragment might fit in somewhere too;

you asked me to look you in the eye
but I'm like cyclops without his visor
you don't want that,
trust me