last play

worn love by Alistair Chong

looking on
i don't want to be left like that
like them
selfish lies from their own
send them here.
where only the most compassionate help
while the others live guiltlessly
and without a spare thought for

see you again

whirl and chase by Alistair Chong

caught up in their lives
each name i know
calls a face to my eyes
their lives i follow
each one character i feel
it's a whole new world
and it takes you in
deeper and deeper i fell
into imagination

before dawn breathes

tendrils by Alistair Chong

don't pull me from here
it's my reality
more acceptable than hereit's calling out to me
come back, this is where you belong
it's where i live myself
come back, rejoin this song
it's the dream i feel.

Too Many Words by Sick Puppies

I’ve tried to balance these
Lives that we are living
You always feel justified
But you never feel forgiving
I woke up one morning to find myself wrapped in the things I swore I’d never touch
And here I am again
Tryin’ to save what’s left of you and I
So why aren’t you satisfied?

I reached out
Fell short
Now You’re hurt
Too many words
Breaking the silence
I felt it, bled it, screamed it
It only gets worse
And it kills me what’s in me’s too angry for us to survive
I used too many words tonight

I tried to get it right,
But I was just wasting my time
Cause you never compromised,
When it came to our lives
We struggle and fall apart
We build it back to stutter start
The endless accusations
I can’t believe we made it this far

I reached out
Fell short
Now You’re hurt
Too many words
Breaking the silence
I felt it, bled it, screamed it
It only gets worse
And it kills me what’s in me’s too angry for us to survive
I used too many words tonight

Waking alone tomorrow has got to be better than this.

I reached out
Fell short
Now You’re hurt
Too many words
Breaking the silence
I felt it, bled it, screamed it
It only gets worse
And it kills me what’s in me’s too angry for us to survive
I used too many words tonight
Too many words

walls press you in

heavy air by Alistair Chong

you cannot fight this
in the growing silence
begins as a light wisp
expands to ignite the tense
feeds on fright so dense
leads from where the child went
needs to find more fear and dark
to seed the blackness spark
and read the feelings stark
i feel it through my fingers drip
emotion through the cracks they slip
and roll off my fingertips
these feelings in the air
are so intense.

right hand

on the step by Alistair Chong

you took my hand
and healed broken legs
to see me get up
and dance for You
i'll come inside
where i adore You
and i'll write a song
for days to come.

Howard's Tale by Sick Puppies

Age 5, Just a little boy shy
Is he ready for the big surprise?
He’ll be playing lego in a dream
when the shadows come to life.
Age 9, And he should’ve been fine
with a secret he’s sure to keep
Two times had to tell a little lie
for the sake of him and me
Now its over
I need closure

Hey! Look what you did to me
When you were taking me home, getting me stoned, leave me alone.
I waited for mum to comfort me
But when I opened my mouth
"Don’t say nothing, SHH"

Age 12 and it isn’t going well, now it’s 3 years to the day
Confused, but unlike you this feeling won’t go away
16 and the woman down the street has invited him to come inside.
The first time it didn’t feel right, it’ll be the last time he tries.

Hey! Look what you did to me
When you were taking me home, getting me stoned, leave me alone.
I waited for mum to comfort me
But when I opened my mouth
Don’t say, "Nothing’s wrong"
I won’t say nothing’s wrong
I won’t say, I won’t say, I won’t say, I won’t say,
I won’t say, I won’t say

17, all he’s ever seen is living in between the lies.
Its kind of funny how a mind can keep living in denial
18 is a very strange scene, he’s still playing with the past
Expelled, maybe someone could’ve helped if someone had known to ask.

Hey! Look what you did to me
When you were taking me home, getting me stoned, leave me alone.
I waited for mum to comfort me
But when I opened my mouth
"don’t say nothing, SHH"

19 and he’s innocently parked right beside a school
He stares at a boy sitting there and the boy stares at him too
He walks over
He needs closure

from outside

keep you by Alistair Chong

sit by the fire
and let its tendrils
reach deep beneath
and keep you.
you are my fire.

give nothing

price by Alistair Chong

there you are
never fail to try
there you are
i never failed to die
inside i'm caught
between the fire
the hope and a cold thought
where is it going?

fake and fire

listening? by Alistair Chong

these words inflame
and burn me within
they run through my veins
and smoke through the wind
it's like running through a wall
of bricks and cement
when you won't listen at all
when your mind is bent
to disprove and cut down
all i'm trying to build
throw it to the ground
and crush it beneath your heels
hypocrisy is so ugly.

latent

fading rise between us by Alistair Chong

i watch you draw in your breath
and you exhale into the sky
surrounding us
between us lays the mist and empty day
as you breath out
vapours of memories
expelled into the air
sing their song
and fade into the night.

escapist

what will by Alistair Chong

so i'll keep my hands numb
and i'll lose my feet
so i'll seal my lips
and ice my eyes
to keep my heart warm
running through my blood
is the day
the day when the rain falls
and when the clouds cover
and when the trees moan.

entities

keep it down by Alistair Chong

how do you help the way i feel about you
or the keep down my calm when you're near
or keep my heart from overcoming itself
or keep my my words from being choked
or stopping that feeling?
it hurts, i've said so many times
if only you knew
how it was

looking behind

here's to by Alistair Chong

here's to the times
that life brought to us
the times we laughed
when we cried
when we held each other through the storm.
here's to the years gone by.
to the good times we saw
life marches on
but they'll be here.
in memories.
a song rising from the silence.

heart furnace

saturate by Alistair Chong

this atmosphere
sets us on fire
and burns itself in our souls
the heat we carry
for the world to see
we are the generation
bringing the lost back home.
this is where we lift Your name
God, we are coming back to you.
be real in us.
manifest.

behind the

it's by Alistair Chong

it's in the quiet where we live
where our lives are shaped into us
it's behind the door
when tears can't stop
and cries of despair reach the heavens
that's when you live.
the rest comes.
reality becomes what it is
and it's who you are.

send you

the note by Alistair Chong

i want to write these words
and send them to you
but this letter when i start
stops my heart in its tracks
stops it from beating
i can't start and i can't stop
but each word pounds on my soul
each breath burns me up
each sight churns my in
each word of each song
hurts to bear and to feel
i wish i could just write it.


Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Talking 'bout Georgia
I'm in Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
Georgia, sweet Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back
It always leads back to you
I'm in Georgia, Georgia, sweet Georgia
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind
Just an old sweet, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind

icy breath

drape your heart on my sleeve by Alistair Chong

i can't drink myself to sleep
because the dusk is creeping home
and there's nothing left to find
in these empty rooms
the air i breathe
is filled with despair and tears
i'd open the windows
but i'm scared these curtains
opened would blind these sun lost eyes
they're only searching for you.

in a house

away from you by Alistair Chong

to curl myself up
and stay underneath
to live off the final drop of warmth
which keeps me
and to shy away from the sun
and keep the dawn from breaking
to keep this soul from aching
away from the dawn.
all i want to feel
keeps me down here

i need to

back to before by Alistair Chong

it's like swimming through the marsh
dirt and reeds
fill the clarity i need
with nothing more
than what i see.
like wading
through cement and sand
covers my eyes
and sanity with an invading hand.

Haley by Needtobreathe

If you don't know just how you feel
Don't say those sweet things that you know I'd want to hear
If you don't know just what to think
Then put your thoughts away and keep them out of reach

Haley don't hurt me if you don't know
I could've moved on a long time ago
You're undecided, your eyes do show
Haley don't hurt me if you don't know

If you don't know just where we are
Then slowly step away before we get too far
If you don't know just where you stand
Don't brace a fall that you may never want to land

Haley don't hurt me if you don't know
I could've moved on a long time ago
You're undecided, your eyes do show
Haley don't hurt me if you don't know

We're on and off again
It's more than i can stand
Just let me know if you're for real
This time
Your voice it shook again
Reminding me of when
We talked our way into the end

Haley don't hurt me if you don't know
I could've moved on a long time ago
You're undecided, your eyes do show
Haley don't hurt me if you don't know

last day before

daze and days by Alistair Chong

let me be
don't let the covers back
just turn and leave
can't you see when hearts are black
the sun, oh merciless one
plays an empty game
of cruelty's jeering fun
sear this man once more in shame
and leave me be.
please.

Wasteland by Augustana

Now I'm sitting on a plane, lonely flight back to LA
Don't come back with me
So I'll drink myself to sleep, cut my skin until I bleed
Hold my breath all the night

'Cause it's 5 o'clock, the hour stops the sunlight
The buildings shade the masquerade and kill time

Hear the sound, she was naked on the ground,
'Til I whispered in her ear
Come away, watch the dawn break through the day,
'Til the sun, is underneath

'Cause it's 5 o'clock, the hour stops the sunlight
The buildings shade the masquerade and kill time,
Here we're nothing more than fools and whores and sad highs,
Through the summer sand, we're living in, we're living in a wasteland

It's a wasteland
It's a wasteland
It's a wasteland
For you

Here we're nothing more than fools and whores and sad highs,
Through the summer sand, we're living in, we're living in a wasteland
Here we're nothing more than fools and whores and sad highs,
Through the summer sand, we're living in, we're living in a wasteland

It's a wasteland
It's a wasteland
It's a wasteland
For you

twenty

to be where by Alistair Chong

fingers slip through the sand
and drift through the water
so hard to grasp
you laugh and samile
in my head
but it's so hard
to keep you out of here.
every second i wish with everything
where you are
is where i'd be.
but you'll be here, in my all.

second hand

carry me along by Alistair Chong

lights float off the water
and call out the names
of faces they've never seen.
watch the river's
empty joyless gleam
and see the true heart beneath.
what are you looking for?
find myself
in the muddy reflections.
reflections.

the flowers gaze

let's go by Alistair Chong

let's drive
and walk through the lines
cross them as they pass us by
the ground rolls on
and we're moving, moving.

Boston by Augustana

In the light of the sun
Is there anyone
Oh it has begun
Oh dear you look so lost
Eyes are red
And tears are shed
The world you must have crossed
You said

You don't know me
And you don't even care
Oh yeah
She said you don't know me
And you don't wear my chains
Oh yeah
Yeah

Essential yet appealed
Carry all your thoughts
Across an open field
When flowers gaze at you
They're not the only ones
Who cry when they see you
You said

You don't know me
And you don't even care
Oh yeah
She said you don't know me
And you don't wear my chains
Oh yeah

She said I think I'll go to Boston
Think I'll start a new life
I think I'll start it over
Where no one knows my name
I'll get out of California
I'm tired of the weather
Think I'll get a lover
And fly him out to Spain
I think I'll go to Boston
I think that I'm just tired
I think I need a new town
To leave this all behind
I think I need a sunrise
I'm tired of a sunset
I hear it's nice in the summer
Some snow would be nice
Oh yeah

You don't know me
and you don't even care
Oh yeah

Boston
No one knows my name
Yeah
No one knows my name
No one knows my name
Yeah

Boston
No one knows my name

clarity

crowded space by Alistair Chong

it's clear
see yourself in the mirror
the glass is clean
but i just see all this
stuff

matter and darkness

come on by Alistair Chong

i can't stop
thinking
and that's something
i don't care
to continue this
it just hurts
being lost

sea of

won't turn by Alistair Chong

i could look at you
for hours on end
it's perfect.
lifts my day as i sit here
and makes me smile
because you're happy
and you're perfect.
it's incredible.

times

room on the wall by Alistair Chong

i want to search You deeper
and to stand in this presence
when Your throne comes
and alights itself
on the voices and shouts
of a generation
but it's too short
not enough
why do they stop?

touched

fingerprints by Alistair Chong

here we go
from today
is a new day
sunrises won't be the same
and lighting my face
the sun shining down
won't feel any more different
than it was before
but it's a new start.

probability

her, and everything else by Alistair Chong

i am Yours
too long i've been holding on
i'm done with everything
all these cries
empty faces
i don't know how to handle
anything, so i'll run to You.
You're all i have
that is for sure.
take me into Your arms
Lord.

for the day

look this way by Alistair Chong

from today
i am forward walking
putting into life
what i've been talking
i'll leave it in Your hands
for i know you'll
keep me safe
as i praise and worship
for the days to come
ever.

turmoil

tear this mess by Alistair Chong

i feel you breathe
and it stirs me so
don't stay away
to be near you is enough
i can't dare to move

nearer still nearer

hall by Alistair Chong

knees
on a cold hard floor
the darkness flees
from spirit's core
voices
ring the air
Spirit falls
hearts set aflare
we're ready
and waiting.