"Find My Way Back"

Once we were a fairy tale

At least that’s what was in my mind

Now I see I was blind and naïve

And you were unfaithful the entire time

I try to move on, but I can’t

Every move I make, your hand is involved

All I ever knew was you, so it’s all I can do…

Every feeling I feel has roots in you

Time to cut down the tree and start anew

I can’t love you like that, if you can’t love me like this

I have become lost in you I need to find my way back

You begged me to understand

And accept your apology

I’ve wasted my time believing lies

I’m moving on I’ve already missed too much

I try to move on, you’re still here

And in my eyes every man shares your crime

My dream is now a nightmare, I don’t want another

Every feeling I feel has roots in you

Time to cut you out of my life here soon

I can’t love you like that, if you can’t love me like this

I have become lost in you I need to find my way back

"My Own Spotlight"

Now I wanna get out of my head just a bit
Wrap my thoughts around what I've got
I keep thinking I want more than this
My hearts burnt out my mind on overdrive
My feelings bruised from the rides

Now I've gone and lost my head and need to sit
And in my head I just want to leave this spot
My soul so close to the abyss
Now I just want to feel alive
I keep thinking about other times...

These words first poured out years ago

When I thought I found love that would last forever

And with tainted feelings and a few twisted words

Everything has a new meaning

But as for me…

I want to shine in my own spotlight

Shine on my own, shine on my own

I want to shine in my own spotlight

Shine on my own, shine on my own

But I don’t know where to start I still feel so lost

Where does one begin after that

Years of foundation just spent building

No wonder everything fell apart then

There was no me to hold us

So you just left me to choke on your exhaust

With no dimension just left here feeling flat

Delusions you left me feeling

I know I’ll be content again

Too much to say now but I digress

That time when I believed your lies

And stood behind you as you basked in your spotlight

I never said that I wanted it on my own

But damn it I deserve to shine

And now for me…

I want to shine in my own spotlight

Shine on my own, shine on my own

I want to shine in my own spotlight

Shine on my own, shine on my own

Once upon a time I said…  Now I wanna get out of my head just a bit, wrap my thoughts around what I’ve found and what I’ve got…I know I want some more of this!  My hearts on over drive, my feelings are not to hide.  Now I’ve gone and lost my head I need to sit.  And in my head I never want to leave this spot!  My soul so far from the abyss… never felt so alive, I’m so ready for this ride.

But now it’s time…

I want to shine in my own spotlight

Shine on my own, shine on my own

I want to shine in my own spotlight

Shine on my own, shine on my own

"Light & Darkness"

Jaded glances, quick fire judgments, won’t be acknowledged by me.
I am me for better or for worse and I can’t change what you think you see.
I can’t be the angel that everyone thinks that I am.
And I’m not the devil that I try to be and then condemn.

I’m living in the twilight somewhere between the light and darkness and it’s where I belong.

At my darkest, what I see as a glimmer you see as a light.
When I feel that I’m doing it all wrong you just tell me it’s all right.
I was off kilter but it was a hazy illusion.
My life’s too young and promising to jump to a conclusion.

I’m living in the twilight somewhere between the light and darkness and it’s where I belong.

I won’t fade in the light, I’ll shine on and on and on. 

And in the darkness, I’ll be my own beacon of hope.

I’m living in the twilight somewhere between the light and darkness and it’s where I belong.

"No Looking Back"

I put you in a box
Included everything laying around
That made me think of you
And sealed it with a rubber band
I threw it in a lake
Watched as you flew through the dark sky that night
Until you made a splash
And then I said my last goodbyes

I turned away, no looking back
I walked away, my head held high

That was the easiest
But what was yet to come the hardest part
Wanting you back with me
Although you're just no good for me
I dream at night at last
You aren't keeping me up, driving me nuts
I did the right thing I think
I'm just now getting over you

I turned away, no looking back
I walked away, my head held high

You've gone away, stay there
You shouldn't have been here ever at all

I turned away, no looking back
I walked away, my head held high

"Pieces"

I don’t want to be your side kick

Living in your shadow, I crave the spotlight

And I won’t be your enemy

When I have my own here, I want to be good

I don’t want to be your lover

If you can’t return what I’m prepared to bring

I can’t be a part of you

When I’m assembling the pieces of me

I don’t want to sacrifice me

When I don’t know who, or what I can be

You can’t complete me incomplete

Two halves don’t make one whole, where two hearts should be

I know that I’m all that I need

But I can’t be me when I’m caught up in you

I can’t be a part of you

When I’m assembling the pieces of me

Bad choices don’t define me

Good qualities won’t uplift me

I’m the sum of my parts

And what’s in heart 

"Disconnect"

I won’t be another scapegoat for you

To place blame for your damaged heart

My name will not be on that list

Find another sucker to shame

Why bother using some lame cop out

Not to share to spare our feelings

Although it may hurt I’d rather feel the pain

Than bottle it off and die a little on the inside

I thought that you could be the one

But you won’t be so our time is done

It’s time for me to disconnect

Remove myself and my respect

It’s time for me to disconnect

I see it clear in retrospect

Although I never tried once to change you

I thought you were getting better

But I was a fool just a tool

For you to use to fill your needs

Everything about you seemed perfect

Even your flaws were lovable

But you’re not ready for what I’m here giving

I won’t wait patiently when I can keep looking

I thought that you could be the one

But you won’t be so our time is done

It’s time for me to disconnect

Remove myself and my respect

It’s time for me to disconnect

I see it clear in retrospect

Why did I give you the power

That you lectured me for giving to others

And how funny how you used it

Whether you’re aware of it or not

I thought that you could be the one

But you won’t be so our time is done

It’s time for me to disconnect

Remove myself and my respect

It’s time for me to disconnect

I see it clear in retrospect