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Strong
04:53
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Shot in the heart as it always feels, touching the void.
Time stands still as it passes by, you’re trapped without motion until.
A cry, or a groan, or a shout from your soul; and you’re back to life.
Seeming to fall again onto your own sword, merely searching for time,
Well time takes time, I’ll show you all, if you put your hand in mine.
Another bad day seems to wet your cheeks, and you lick your wounds.
Well dry your eyes, know you’re not alone, I’ll carry this burden with you.
Because when we share all our problems dissolve, and you’re safe again and you’ll see
A peace descend upon your mind, for a moment but time,
Well time takes time, I’ve seen it all, so just put your hand in mine.
Could this be it? Eternal emptiness.
So you sing a final song, a last goodbye.
And you feel, the sudden chill of a thousand memories. Lost
Until they turn from anger one by one,
And your mind begins to see the light beyond.
You’re reaching to find a love to ease the shock,
So grab a hold and never let go of this rock.
The darkest day falls just before the dawn, find you strength and take it on,
I know you’ll make it in the end.
Never forget that love conquers all.
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Chasing their tail
02:55
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Too many people with too many problems
Too many people just can’t say no, and there’s
Too many heroes who fall for no reason and
Too many zeros just can’t let go.
Well they can’t seem to see the light
And they fall in the dark ‘cos they’ve lost the fight.
You think how strange, how plain deranged the world is?
Too many questions with no real answers, and
Too many long shots with no real hope, it
Gives me chill right down to my toes when you
Treat your lives like no one knows.
And you pause to think what went wrong
Were they blinded by the light or had it been too long?
Since they could see, their own reality in plain view.
Too many girls have nothing wrong, but there’s
Too many guys who get nothing right, and there’s
Too many people, stuck in a rut
And they roll with their eyes wide shut.
Oh they talk! But talk is cheap, ‘cos they’re
Living lives without relief.
Can you sing it again? ‘cos he said,
Too many projects with no ambition, and
Too many dreams lying dead on the floor.
They’re living lives without the attention that they
Crave so badly they just need more.
Well they can’t seem to grab a hold
Of the life which floats by as their own unfolds.
Under duress, the daily stress unending.
Too many guys have nothing wrong, but there’s
Too many girls who get nothing right, and there’s
Too many people, with nothing to say
Life’s a game that they all want to play.
Oh they talk! But talk is cheap,
Can we get these guys some relief?
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Faithless
06:26
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I lie alone, in a state of fitful sleep
A presence stirs, like a dream upon the wind
You drift along, through the shadows, silently
And I cry a single tear, because there is nothing I can do.
You disappear. And all I used to know is gone.
When you withdrew, I felt it too
The joy seemed to drain right from your soul.
How cruel the fate, when swift comes hate
Can anyone know the way you felt?
Casting back, through the maze of memory
Beautiful, image of serenity
But you never let me in, detached but not afraid
Seems it was your cross to bear. And there was nothing I could do.
You turn away, and reality comes crashing down, again.
When you lost control, I lost it all
Destroying the fabric of my life
As night turns to day, seeing you this way,
I wanted to die before you, now
I taketh your hand, make you understand,
But you cannot feel, you cannot feel.
I speak to your heart, before you depart,
But you cannot hear, you cannot hear.
I look in your eyes, to say my goodbyes,
But you cannot see, you cannot see.
I want you to know, all that you’ve done and all that I’ve lost
What you’ve done, and what I have lost.
You said to me
That faith is all we’ve got; but I know
Beyond the stars, to where you are
My hope seems so distant from me now.
And as night turns to day, people see me this way,
They all know I’m spending borrowed time.
I’m left waiting, just ruminating,
I’m left waiting, so suffocating,
I’m left wasting away.
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Far, far away
02:41
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I open my eyes to these bright blue skies
It is so beautiful you must be here
But I’m all alone and the black returns
And I know now that I am falling
‘Cos you’re not here
And I’m stuck here babe and you’re far, far away.
It has been awhile since I felt you smile
I need you shining light to guide me one.
But my world’s still black and there is no light
I feel my hope is surely sinking
The dice just won’t fall my way.
I have lost my mind, life is so unkind
I need to find out why I’m really here
Going crazy, I think I maybe, and
I swear I love you and I still do, but you’re far, far away
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Guardian angel
05:26
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This is my story of self arrest
I had it all once and no regrets
But you never know when the winds will turn
Oh it’s my complacency, I never learn
So I say to you my friends, How can I go on?
My girl just up and left and now I’m on my own
I don’t know why I’m here, Can I find my way?
I had it all planned out but now I’m lost again.
All I had then was this emptiness
Full of ridicule and consequence
All I could see were the obstacles
And I wasn’t one for a miracle.
Then one night I came home
In a state of disrepair,
And collapsed upon the bed.
I had a dream that has passed my mind
But when I awoke,
I was safe.
Monday morning at 4am
I couldn’t sleep so I went walking
I got lost among the stars above
Hoping my guardian angel will bring me love.
So I say to you my friend, can you find a way?
To always stay right here and lend a helping hand.
I know that I’m not back but I’m on my way
With your guidance now, I can stop the pain.
Every once in a while now, my skies turn black.
Two steps forward and one step back
My guardian angel from a higher place
Will help with the hardship I have to face.
So I say to you my friends, I think I’ll survive.
After all I’ve done I’m just glad to be alive and I wonder
If my life, could have found it’s way?
If you hadn’t stayed, to help me out.
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Well I should explain, how this all began
I met this girl and she drives me mad
She captures you, with her serene smiles
But don’t you know there’s danger in her eyes
‘Cos she’s dancing around my head
The girl with the blue eyes dancing there
And what more can be said
She’s the girl with the blue eyes dancing there
There was something I just didn’t trust
Still swept away by this uncontrollable lust
She trapped me into a world of deceit and lies
But you say no to the seduction in her eyes
‘Cos she’s dancing around my head
The girl with the blue eyes dancing there
And what more can be said
She’s the girl with the blue eyes dancing there
Then one day you just upped and were gone
Leaving me nothing of my life to carry on
Oh how I wish that I could escape
But the power that she wields is too great.
‘Cos she’s dancing around my head
The girl with the blue eyes dancing there
And what more can be said
She’s the girl with the blue eyes dancing there.
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Save me
03:26
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Save me, from the world I used to know
Take me, to that place I long to go. You
Bring me, to emotions I can’t show, and you
Leave me, enveloped in the flow
And I know, that I’ll always be around for you
Through all, life’s great trials, you can save me.
Save me, from the fear I have inside
Unfold me, until there’s nowhere I can hide
Inspire me, to let love become my guide, so just
Hold me, until our worlds collide
All I know is that you’ve changed my life and somehow,
I’m no longer alone.
With you beside me I have all I want because you saved me,
And you’ll save me again.
Love me, and our lives will transcend art.
Love me, with a pureness from the start.
Love me, with the beating of your heart.
Love me, so much we’ll never be apart.
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8. |
Second chances
08:17
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Rest in peace; in loving memory.
Be not afraid, the Lord is always with thee now.
They will say: ‘he lived each day as if his last, and gave it all until his dying breath’.
But how could they know, the fear he felt in those final moments.
His head spun round, as he turned towards his fate
And the clocks all seemed to stop, as he fell, and the world waited.
They said he’d changed, disappeared within a abscess,
Of his mind, his chosen life, in a maze of vicious splendour.
He was lost, tired and scared, overwhelmed by raw emotion,
As it turned and twisted round, upon his face the pain was written.
A frosty church, the stillness never ending.
The mourners come, slowly bracing the windy weather.
A woman sings, atop her ivory tower she wails and still insists that she is blameless.
The case is closed, all her questions have been answered.
She wipes her eyes, as she turns towards the door.
And the crowds all seems to stop, as she smiles, to their amazement.
Ever sweet and kind, underneath a wolf in grandma’s clothing.
Still he stood, faithful by her side, in her fairy-tale unyielding.
‘Cos he’s say black, she’d say white, in a blatant manipulation.
As she turned, twisted it round, upon this page their story’s written.
There’s nothing to do, nothing to say, nowhere to be, now.
Just nothing to gain, nothing to dream, nothing left to feel.
And as I sailed, down that famous immortal river,
I was called to from the shore, felt a hand upon my shoulder.
Well all I know, is that I faced the final curtain.
And I stared death in the face, upon my gravestone it is written.
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David Halpin Bray, Ireland
Welcome!
I am David Halpin. I am 25 years old and have been playing piano and singing
(though not together!) since I was 7. 10 years ago I began composing for voice and piano in a pop/alternative style, at first for others and then finally for myself. My first album: 7 years and counting is a summation of this work.
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