lyrics. in. a. h e a r t b e a t.

if you did

2010-09-22T00:52:00.002+10:00

all that we are by Alistair Chong

we forget
how fragile we truly are
a broken petal
floating down a river
ready to drown
in a flicker

If I Die Young by The Band Perry

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Uh oh, uh oh

Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger, I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town says he'll love my forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when your dead how people start listenin'

If I die young bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Uh oh (uh, oh)
The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls

any excuse

2010-09-21T00:45:00.001+10:00

we'll be there by Alistair Chong

any chance
to indulge in what we want
a couple of drinks
celebrating friendship
and finding a good way
to start some kind of night

winston

2010-09-20T03:32:00.003+10:00

brothers by Alistair Chong

brotherhood
well the blood runs thick
and i appreciate that
you stuck to it
sure we didn't choose
the same family
but we went it well
a duo that would never break
thanks to you

life

2010-08-22T03:30:00.002+10:00

birth by Alistair Chong

well was there really
a reason
no i guess not
just a chance that happened
and the universe
never could look back
birth
and a grateful child
to a God so good

leaving on a plane

2010-08-14T23:40:00.001+10:00

you'll be gone by Alistair Chong

doing the same
the best way to remember
a card of five hundred, some charades
closest friends here
we'll remember you
don't forget
but i know life will take you
to the best places yet
hang your flag
loud and proud

for us fans

2010-08-13T20:10:00.000+10:00

heartfelt meet by Alistair Chong

you say it means a lot
but to me
words on the back of my guitar
songs in the heart of the strings
you'll never be far
your songs i'd sing
and every now and then
i'll remember you again
and how you sang
thankyou AJ

juicebox

2010-07-31T23:24:00.002+10:00

AJ by Alistair Chong

something about the way
he'd have something to say
through words he could write
he could throw emotion
into the deep blue ocean
and still bring a song to life

forces

2010-06-04T02:30:00.001+10:00

drive by Alistair Chong

some part of me
that wants to keep writing
searching for the coming dawn
as if words could ask for all
of the night stars to leave

powers

2010-06-03T02:28:00.002+10:00

getting there by Alistair Chong

don't think i'd find the will
to strive through until
the waking hour
or even get close

intersections

2010-06-02T02:12:00.002+10:00

this way by Alistair Chong

a different direction
i should be looking in
does me a world of sin
does the street look so pale
in the mist of older days
we always find cross roads

cold front

2010-06-01T01:06:00.003+10:00

upon us once more by Alistair Chong

well
here comes the winter cold
back from days of old
a year has gone by
yet she never forgets the night
where she returns
cold, heartless
such beautiful character

no more leaves

2010-05-31T03:26:00.000+10:00

falling away by Alistair Chong

well i guess
we've come across another goodbye
another song for another time
well i guess
the end of fall
a sign for all
to curl up and keep inside

shout it

2010-05-30T03:17:00.000+10:00

desire indeed by Alistair Chong

well deserving
could there be sacrifice
or is natural enough to suffice
a talent we are blessed with
oh how i wish i received
something more
but we'd make something more
if we just tried

taking them

2010-05-29T03:23:00.000+10:00

meds by Alistair Chong

the taste
bitter and broken
would only do a world of good
to me
sick and weary
i hope this leaves

transporting

2010-05-28T03:22:00.000+10:00

bussing by Alistair Chong

on and off we get
the bus will take the road
around and around it goes
thank God they do

carry through

2010-05-27T03:16:00.000+10:00

we'll continue on by Alistair Chong

always there will be
a spring following the winter
breaking between the snow
and finding just another light

as the sun will rise

2010-05-26T03:15:00.000+10:00

faithful by Alistair Chong

no matter how many clouds
how dark it gets
the sun will always shine
forever beyond the rain
and endless days
she'll be there

journeys

2010-05-25T03:09:00.000+10:00

voyager by Alistair Chong

on a payphone
in Paris
waiting to hear a voice
a letter from New York
and it never seems too far

if it never does

2010-05-24T03:07:00.000+10:00

wants by Alistair Chong

cracks appear
in between fears
of many things
we could never love
or we could find it wrong
or never in the first place

the chance

2010-05-23T02:06:00.000+10:00

charmed by Alistair Chong

lucky numbers
and a four leaf clover
a charm we'd kiss
before it's over
all we'll need
is the result

passenger

2010-05-22T03:06:00.000+10:00

stranger by Alistair Chong

so we end up
in the same kind of place
an empty box
and a featureless face

heart signs

2010-05-21T02:04:00.000+10:00

still there by Alistair Chong

too bad
i couldn't be bothered
searching through this diary
to find a note
a note we shared

no more

2010-05-20T02:02:00.001+10:00

tens by Alistair Chong

home stretch
of a part of me
alone this edge
will cut the spree
words upon each other

imprint

2010-05-19T02:01:00.000+10:00

where's the mark by Alistair Chong

before we leave
would you conceive
ever giving something back to us
before too late
we leave our sign
nowhere to be found

this we know

2010-05-18T01:59:00.000+10:00

rolling dice by Alistair Chong

a few more
we'll gamble away
giving lee to what we earnt today
what kind of words
do we remember

dull as

2010-05-17T01:58:00.001+10:00

four leaves by Alistair Chong

there is no notion
or cyclical motion
of this routine
we're just stuck
and there's no luck
we could ever see

i don't think so

2010-05-16T01:56:00.001+10:00

didn't care by Alistair Chong

there we go
more than a half
some kind of mark
to commemorate a sense of nothing
so a lot slipped by
don't bother checking in again

hounds

2010-05-15T01:53:00.000+10:00

back down by Alistair Chong

in the background
a black hound
waits for the hunt to start
to tear this apart

too many hours

2010-05-14T01:55:00.001+10:00

fatigued by Alistair Chong

eyes so weary
can barely see blurry
heavy and burdened
sick of the light that's here

always similar

2010-05-13T01:52:00.001+10:00

uncreative by Alistair Chong

emptying the words from my mind
is a surprising thing to find
a lot of the time
there are only the same words
a sign of lacking

a lot of

2010-05-12T01:49:00.001+10:00

to the heart by Alistair Chong

a bed of grass
root for a pillow
chilly air blankets me over
not long left tonight
i'll be warm soon enough

for a reason

2010-05-11T01:46:00.002+10:00

all night long by Alistair Chong

trying to pull one through
a night we could open up
all the way
until the dawn is upon us

missed times

2010-05-10T01:39:00.002+10:00

routine by Alistair Chong

nearly through
by the by we go
letting it all slip by
before we could take any of it in

boxes we make

2010-05-09T01:28:00.001+10:00

more than this by Alistair Chong

where could we go
when things get slow
why can't we find something else
something different
other than a light in the end of the sky

ideals we create

2010-05-08T01:26:00.001+10:00

sweetheart by Alistair Chong

if we ever find each other
sitting underneath a tree
or swimming in the ocean's deep
staring at stars above
trying our best
to envision this quest
we'd be alright

through time

2010-05-07T01:38:00.002+10:00

civility by Alistair Chong

we could sit around a fire
imagine life without a wire
we could stare into the flames
get lost in primal ways
and pretend today
never existed at all

because we could

2010-05-06T01:36:00.001+10:00

simple things by Alistair Chong

we could find
a sense of pleasure
in anything that's out there
a dream or a sight
anything falling under light

after we're gone

2010-05-05T01:25:00.001+10:00

repetitions by Alistair Chong

i think i find
i use the word sometimes
a few too many
i think we could all
find the right way

just another one

2010-05-04T01:13:00.002+10:00

some kinds by Alistair Chong

such a finite possibility
in a so called infinity
that i tried to find
sure we could try
sometimes that just won't get by

this old

2010-05-03T01:12:00.001+10:00

catching up by Alistair Chong

some kind of impossible task
well it's a bit to ask
might i answer with a sigh
shrug it off let it by
i guess i'll set to it
get going

go for good

2010-05-02T04:37:00.001+10:00

penny in a pocket by Alistair Chong

go for as long as you could
run with your feet as fast
as the wind through a mountain

when you die

2010-05-01T04:35:00.002+10:00

final breath by Alistair Chong

what if you had
not one more breath to take
what would you do
would you hold it
or would u scream
or what would your last words be?
would they be heard by many
or cherished at all
who would even know

mindless thoughts

2010-04-30T04:13:00.001+10:00

mulling by Alistair Chong

we could
probably fall
into an endless hole
want to die
but never stop it all
but i don't know why

i want to change this

2010-04-29T04:12:00.001+10:00

inspiration by Alistair Chong

we could live our dreams
in our own sleep
or we could take a step
break getting it
and be in others'

everyday figures

2010-04-28T04:10:00.001+10:00

mind blown by Alistair Chong

there are six billion
wouldn't it just amaze you
a population
and a world around the sun

correctly

2010-04-27T04:08:00.002+10:00

tree in a forest by Alistair Chong

if a tree falls in a forest
who would know
if it rains in a desert
where would it go
if a mountain fell
would it show
some things
you could never know

wherever it is

2010-04-26T04:07:00.001+10:00

running by Alistair Chong

we can run from who we are
we can hate the so called scar
we can look in a mirror
and scream
we could run

unknowing

2010-04-25T04:05:00.000+10:00

wherever we go by Alistair Chong

we could save the world
and they wouldn't care
we could break down walls
and never be seen

a hero

2010-04-24T04:03:00.002+10:00

impossibility by Alistair Chong

i swear you were always
the one for me
i guess it's safe knowing
that you'll never see
a word i write
or you will unknowingly
i guess i'm over
breaking up inwardly
always denied it anyway

somewhere before

2010-04-23T04:01:00.002+10:00

paths we take by Alistair Chong

i wish i knew
what i do now
when i was young
i wish we did
things differently
back then
i wish these weren't just dreams
like it felt like then
now all it is is a dream

late or early

2010-04-22T04:00:00.002+10:00

reassurance by Alistair Chong

sometimes
we just need to sit awake
just before the dawn
anticipate the sun rising
just to remember
that the world is round
that we'll live another day

bounding

2010-04-21T03:57:00.002+10:00

childhood dreams by Alistair Chong

if only
my heart would pound
bound through my lungs
steal the air from me
if only
one would come around
she would have sung
and made this song complete

never

2010-04-20T03:56:00.001+10:00

wishes by Alistair Chong

where should we
go tonight
a question we ask so light
dark and quiet

futility

2010-04-19T03:54:00.001+10:00

rage by Alistair Chong

breaking walls
or slamming doors
a lot of frustration inside

originals

2010-04-18T03:53:00.000+10:00

therapies by Alistair Chong

just because you don't see
doesn't mean
this isn't my therapy
i'll do it until i don't care

you don't really follow

2010-04-17T03:51:00.002+10:00

get real by Alistair Chong

can we really follow our dreams
or is a dream all it is
a fictional fantasy and an unreal reality
that we indulge
in the morning daydream
or the midnight sleep

ruts we fall in

2010-04-16T03:50:00.001+10:00

searching by Alistair Chong

sometimes
we push to the limit
searching for the air
outside of the box
beyond infinity

the point is...

2010-04-15T03:47:00.002+10:00

misunderstood by Alistair Chong

we could dance in a club
and party 'til the day is young
we could raise our hands
and never lose our stance
we could drink our love
swim in lights above
and do it all over again
what for

always a reason

2010-04-14T03:45:00.002+10:00

another's treasure by Alistair Chong

trash
out in the can
worth more to another man
cash
a dollar down the drain
priceless to those without the same

we all want something

2010-04-13T03:43:00.001+10:00

get out by Alistair Chong

who the hell
do we think we are
much less than we think
all broken into the same thing
we could live
but we choose not to

live it

2010-04-12T03:42:00.001+10:00

do it by Alistair Chong

we could only find
words to cry
if there was a life
that passed by
that we lived

out of rhythm

2010-04-11T03:41:00.001+10:00

blues by Alistair Chong

eyes closed
blanket over
we don't want
the world to find

it really is space

2010-04-10T03:44:00.001+10:00

hey there by Alistair Chong

to anyone out there
hello
is there existence
or do we crawl back into our caves

radio bled

2010-04-09T03:39:00.000+10:00

pop by Alistair Chong

always wondered
how the radio
can make so little sense
and how the words
could be sung again and again
in a mindless world
there's no more wonder

self note

2010-04-08T03:38:00.002+10:00

anyone out there by Alistair Chong

who's ever going to read
words of a kid
stuck in a world wide web
it's like finding sand in the ocean

wrong path

2010-04-07T03:37:00.001+10:00

systematics by Alistair Chong

i guess
in the end
i fell into the same trap
a world so grey
i guess
we couldn't bend
or break what they say

history writer

2010-04-06T03:35:00.001+10:00

dreams by Alistair Chong

if i were a john mayer
i'd write a song
the world would never forget
a thousand years on
words would be etched
author unknown

beyond behind

2010-04-05T03:35:00.001+10:00

repairs by Alistair Chong

sometimes
numbers differ so greatly
wondering how a project
could be so fittingly
repaired

existence

2010-04-04T02:02:00.001+11:00

meaning by Alistair Chong

sometimes
a day fills in the calendar
we really forget where
we exist

wrong reasons

2010-04-03T02:00:00.002+11:00

ghost town by Alistair Chong

dust falls down
onto a rusty crown
will no one see me
just an empty town
no one to bow
how i thought it was glory

more than some high

2010-04-02T01:55:00.002+11:00

lights and the like by Alistair Chong

sometimes it becomes a struggle
burning out in a rut
an empty firework
that's had it's fair share
of light and colour
now nothing more than burnt out
trash on the ground

birthday dad

2010-04-01T01:32:00.003+11:00

for you, dad by Alistair Chong

you are here for us
solid, strong
always here to love
here all along
unconditional, never failing
thank you for being the father you are
we will cherish you
in our hearts

let go of some

2010-03-31T01:54:00.002+11:00

chain breaker by Alistair Chong

some kind of liberation
finding in words we scream
some kind new feeling
it's called freedom
stopping care
and whatever weighs us down

at heart we all

2010-03-30T01:49:00.002+11:00

age by Alistair Chong

sometimes my bones hurt
am i growing older
finding the nights colder
says the old man
sometimes i don't smile anymore
at simple things i see
sometimes i forget about glee
i once was a kid

enjoy

2010-03-29T01:34:00.002+11:00

open your eyes by Alistair Chong

wasted too much
on the things we think
are so much more important
but taking it simply
just step back
enjoy little things in life

round the corner

2010-03-28T01:27:00.001+11:00

pedestrians by Alistair Chong

pedestrian
on the street
turns the corner
we won't know
who it is
ever

how do you

2010-03-27T01:24:00.001+11:00

getting there by Alistair Chong

the only way
you can get to the finish
is to run
the only way
you can find some land
is to swim
it's all you can do

issues in today

2010-03-26T01:08:00.002+11:00

facing today by Alistair Chong

we write about it
talk about it
never doing a thing
working out the solution
to a problem in evolution
but we won't lift a hand

reverie

2010-03-25T01:01:00.002+11:00

never day by Alistair Chong

listen
can you hear
it's those nights
you dream of being big
sold out houses
and packed out seats

proverbial

2010-03-24T00:57:00.000+11:00

fader by Alistair Chong

what happened to passion
what happened to drive
the times i could stay up the night
just working with what i had
pen in hand
or was it for something else

growing old

2010-03-23T00:59:00.001+11:00

maturity by Alistair Chong

i'd climb a tree
if i were three
or if i had less dignity
said he
a well to do man
much too grown up
to try that again
oh what we've lost

limited

2010-03-22T00:54:00.002+11:00

this is earth by Alistair Chong

autumn leaves
blanketing this street
underneath our feet
crumbling into the ground we meet
what a memory
we should cherish
the simplest of things

upward

2010-03-21T00:49:00.001+11:00

progressions by Alistair Chong

day by day
slowly catching up
steps on a pavement

some kind of therapy

2010-03-20T01:47:00.001+11:00

stupidity by Alistair Chong

ten days at a time
seems the strangest
we barely hold a line
let alone this long

i guess they

2010-03-19T01:45:00.001+11:00

culture by Alistair Chong

a lot of the time
my mind will wander
finding the same old words
shows how i never read
sometimes i'm just damn illiterate
uncultured and obnoxious
you'd hate me

lacking

2010-03-18T01:35:00.002+11:00

we're alive by Alistair Chong

blurry eyes
burning bright
some lights just won't come together
out of focus
and breaking apart
i forget what it's like
to sleep

individuality

2010-03-17T01:34:00.001+11:00

adject by Alistair Chong

keys are pressed
words are dressed
with the most unusual
ways and means we can find
just to be one of a kind
sometimes ridiculous

per week

2010-03-16T01:31:00.003+11:00

two days by Alistair Chong

we love our time
timetable so free
no hours for a fee
i'm full of a way that i thought
was going to be
exactly how it is

deciphering

2010-03-15T01:29:00.002+11:00

five too many by Alistair Chong

well, there were five
if only there were four
or maybe three
two or one would have been
more than enough for me

shortness

2010-03-14T01:27:00.001+11:00

echoes of the sun by Alistair Chong

sometimes
i hear the echo of a summer
in the wind that blows by
in the leaves in the drive
wishing for me back

sometimes we miss

2010-03-13T01:26:00.001+11:00

unsaid by Alistair Chong

every day
seems like
a lot of words to say
but we let them slide
hoping for a reply from the other side
just hoping

faders

2010-03-12T01:25:00.001+11:00

enduring by Alistair Chong

we start
with fire in our feet
and wind behind our backs
but we often fold up our wings
and give in
much too easy

wasting

2010-03-11T00:30:00.000+11:00

idle by Alistair Chong

99 minutes
is still a long time
so much could happen
we take for granted
the life we find
is not so broken

a percentage game

2010-03-10T00:49:00.002+11:00

the things we do by Alistair Chong

time, it's on our hands
allow us to make amends
for all the things we never did
time, its in our heads
it's up to what we make of it

trigger

2010-03-09T00:26:00.003+11:00

find it here by Alistair Chong

march oh march
the days of the past
walking down the avenue
listening to broken records
and to the memories under my feet

between fingers

2010-03-08T00:21:00.001+11:00

gone through by Alistair Chong

the numbers differ so
in a very strange method
of finding what has passed us by
finding what has gone
slipping

tertiary

2010-03-06T00:10:00.002+11:00

back then by Alistair Chong

somewhere in the haze
started a phase
the start of the end
of learning about the world

done in

2010-03-05T23:59:00.001+11:00

small steps by Alistair Chong

partial parts
small portions
this is done in
there's only a matter of time
before it all catches up

cannot be

2010-03-04T23:44:00.001+11:00

concentrations by Alistair Chong

there's always a time
to sit down
get to work
and move on
hard hard times

resolve

2010-03-03T23:43:00.002+11:00

runner by Alistair Chong

it was time
to get up to time
fell behind
on the calendar
now running as hard as i can