1. |
Storms
03:35
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© Stevie Nicks
Every night that goes between
I feel a little less
As you slowly go away from me
This is only another test
Every night you do not come
Your softness fades away
Did I ever really care that much?
Is there anything left to say?
Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly calm inside
I haven't felt this way I feel
Since many a years ago
But in those years and the lifetime's past
I did not deal with the road
And I did not deal with you, I know
Though the love has always been
So I search to find an answer there
So I can truly win
Every hour of fear I spend
My body tries to cry
Living through each empty night
A deadly calm inside
So I try to say goodbye, my friend
I'd like to leave you with something warm
But never have I been a blue calm sea
I have always been a storm
Always been a storm
Ooh, always been a storm
I have always been a storm
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2. |
Promises Broken
03:41
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© 2014 Arjay Sharp
[Mother]
We will always love you
But something's gone unspoken
Your dad and I were human and
Promises were broken
[Father]
We're not gonna argue
About who you get to live with
I will come and see you
You can come and visit for a while
We'll paint the park in style
Bring your smiles
Though we'll wear them in denial
[Father & Children]
Wear them in denial
[Mother & Daughter]
When your heart is hungry
Don't let it wander off and
When your lover hurts you
Don't let it ponder 'bout revenge
[Mother & Father]
Forgive and make amends
Love your friend
Follow mercy to the end
[Parents & Daughter]
Mercy to the end
[Mother & Father]
If you ever walk the aisle, we pray
You'll always walk the extra mile
Walk the extra mile
[Mother]
Daughter, be a good bride
Don't kiss other misters
[Father]
Son, be a decent man
Don't look at dirty pictures while your wife
Cries in the night
Treat her right
And you just may be alright
[Family]
You just may be alright
[Mother & Father]
We will always love you
But truth must be spoken
This is what happens when
Promises are broken
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3. |
True Beauty Survives
04:18
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© 2012 Arjay Sharp
She lost her innocent eyes
Though for some they still gleam
Found six tall pillars
For her self-esteem
Told her I admire
Her strength of body and mind
She said, "God gave you the portion you needed
And He gave me mine"
Crossbones and butterflies
From your chrysalis you'd arise
Wings of silk, soul of steel inside
Be it fight or flight
True beauty survives
She found her vigilant voice
In dark metal and ink
Sketched out her angst in
Panthera that dare not blink
Reborn like a phoenix
From the fires of hell
Says her soul knows Jesus
And she's met the Devil as well
Crossbones and butterflies
From your chrysalis you'd arise
Regal tigress with wounded eyes
Be it fight or flight
True beauty survives
She's a lover and a fighter
And her heart's been burning brighter
'Cause the warrior deep inside 'o her
Fights the lie that she's
Not worthy of love
Worthy of love
Joy and love
Worthy of love
Joy and love
Worthy of
Joy and love
Worthy of love
Crossbones and butterflies
From your chrysalis you'd arise
Wings of silk, soul of steel inside
Be it fight or flight
True beauty survives
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4. |
Gave Her All of Me
03:47
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Gave Her All of Me
© 2012 Arjay Sharp
Finally found someone to love, one of my kind
When we made love, I had forever in mind
Ever in mind...
She had said that she may take my name someday
So I let her into all of my hopeful heart to stay
Heart to stay, my heart to stay
Where she touched all of me
She understood the good and bad
Every secret that I had
I gave her all of me
But soon after my soul cleaved
She decided she must leave
All of me
Finally found someone to love for all my life
But now I'm roaming restlessly for my unwed wife
Unwed wife...
Lord I hope that she may take me back someday
She is in my broken heart and just won't go away
Go away, won't go away
Only she touched all of me
She understood my inner hell
Said she'd help me to get well
I gave her all of me
Many moons have seen me grieve
Asking why she had to leave
All of me
I gave her all of me
Now she's found someone to love, one of her kind
And I'm all out of hope, going out of my mind
She's out of my life
But still in all of me
She understood the good and bad
Every secret that I had
All of me
Many moons have seen me grieve
Asking why she had to leave
All of me
Why'd I give her all of me?
Finally found someone to love, one of my kind
When we made love, I had forever in mind
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5. |
Bridge to Brighter Days
05:25
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© 2012 Arjay Sharp
Did I lay my lover's dreams down
So you may cross over cross over me
To find the one fate intended...
Thought you were so content, so connected
That I made you feel loved more than any man had before
And I held your dreams in high esteem
Any tower I would have erected
But to give you all is a hope I can hold no more
Thought I was your long-awaited destination
Oh and in your arms thought my heart finally found its home
So I was shook and shocked when out you walked
With cold resolute resignation
Then you found him and I found myself alone
Did I lay my lover's dreams down
So you may cross over cross over me
To find the one fate intended
I hope and pray your joy runs deeper now
And though I've wished it were wished it were me
Maybe I was only meant to be
The lover to restore your faith
Your means to an end
Your bridge to brighter days
Said I was someone you couldn't help but fall for
But once out of the fog you could see things as they are
Was my weakness so strong, right-thinking all wrong
Enchanted by your Gaelic folklore
Did I dream too deep, did I cast my hopes too far
Did I lay my lover's dreams down
So you may cross over cross over me
To find the one fate intended
I hope and pray your joy runs deeper now
And though I've wished it were wished it were me
Maybe I was only meant to be
The lover to restore your faith
Your means to an end
Your bridge to brighter days
One thing my heart would love to learn
Why am I a bridge you had to burn
'Cause I miss you...
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6. |
I Wanna Know You
03:50
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© 2012 Arjay Sharp
As the infatuation wanes
Something deeper here remains
A desire more divine
To journey where I've not before
Somewhere closer to your core
But it's you who draws the line
Don't know if it's love, oh but
One thing I know I'm sure of
I wanna know you
Dearly, sincerely know you
The woman deep within
The soul beneath your skin
Oh I wanna know you
It seems we're both misunderstood
When they fail to see what's good
Beyond the labels and their blame
Maybe we're not so far apart
And if we melted body and heart
No I wouldn't feel any shame
Don't know if it's love, oh but
One thing I know I'm sure of
I wanna know you
Deeply, completely know you
The hopes that kiss your heart
The doubts before they start
Oh I wanna know you
And though my faith is barely there
I offer up your needs in prayer
It's one way I know I care
About the body mind and soul
Of the woman I wanna know
Dearly, sincerely know you
The woman deep within
The soul beneath your skin
Oh I wanna know you
Dearly, sincerely
Deeply, completely
Dearly, sincerely
Know you
Oh I wanna know you
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7. |
Sunflowers
03:13
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When tragedy
Turns a home of four into three
It may unite, or divide
Raise up the walls inside
But is that what he would want
Wasn't the loss enough
Pushed and left her out to dry
When she needed tears of love
When the plane went down
And the sunflowers bloomed
Was he tellin' you
To shine through the gloom
And to love sister well
'Cause she'll need you to
Don't let her wilt away
I know I don't
Have much right to say these things
But you oughtta know, my heart has felt
Her tear stains
Did you lose
Your favorite child
Well if it's true
Fate's given you
A new favorite now
When the plane went down
And the sunflowers bloomed
Was he prayin' for you
Sittin' on the moon
Sayin' love sister well
Hug her for me too
Don't let her wilt away
Don't let her wilt away
Turn your hearts toward the sun
Turn your hearts toward the sun
When the plane went down
And the sunflowers bloomed
Was he tellin' you
To shine through the gloom
And to love sister well
'Cause she'll need you to
Don't let her wilt away
Don't let her wilt away
Don't let her wilt away
Do you know how wonderful she is
Do you see how beautiful she is
Do you know how wonderful she is
We know it ev'ryday
Don't you know how wonderful she is
Don't you see how beautiful she is
Don't you know how wonderful she is
Don't let her wilt away
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8. |
Searchlight
04:13
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© 2012/2014 Arjay Sharp
She knows my
Waters are haunted
By a romance that I was amiss to have wanted
Careless, I cast off, chasing the wind
Forgiven me once
But can she again
She knows I've
Been led by emotion
And a legend that never deserved my devotion
Hopeful, I cast off, seeking a dream
Forgetting my treasure
Is home and agleam
When she smiles
It's the brightest thing in my life
Like the sun overtaking the night
Duly waking me
From dreams that plunder my light
When she beams
It's a searchlight for my soul
And even a fool must know
I need rescuing
From storms that pull me below
She knows the
Pain of comparing
Knows that she's worth being queen, not sharing
Her kingdom with courtesans, beggars and thieves
I learned my lesson
But still she grieves
When she cries
It's the darkest thing in my life
And I'm numb from the loathing inside
Overtaking me
Oh Lord, send us some light
When love beams
It's a searchlight for our souls
And even a fool must know
We need rescuing
From storms that pull us below
I'm afraid of the water
That I've made her weep an ocean
I don't want to sail on without her
But I don't deserve her devotion
No...
I don't deserve your smile
The brightest thing in my life
Like the sun overtaking the night
Sweetly waking me
From dreams that plunder my light
When you beam
It's a searchlight for my soul
And even this fool does know
What needs forsaking
Some hopes I'm late letting go of
I need your love
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9. |
Last First Kiss
05:13
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© 2012/2014 A. Sharp
Eye to eye you told me this
I wanna be your last first kiss
I was so hungry to believe
Hoped you would be the first
To outlast the need to leave me
Damn all the mem'ries in my head
And all of my hopes that reached much too far ahead
But even your daughter hoped that I was the one
And your boy needs a father, and I so miss having a son
Oh
His cute toddler talk
Took my hand when we walked
(repeat)
Damn all the careless words I said
You'd be in my arms tonight had I kept 'em in my head
Was learning to live with the love I lack
But yearning to give, I took a look back
I looked back
Oh
Your smirk, your hair
Captivating stare
(repeat)
Lyin', cryin' on the floor
Don't wanna miss you anymore
As I slip into my eternal bliss
I hope you know I gave you this
My last first kiss
2 7 3 8 2 5 5
Please stay with us, be strong, survive
2 7 3 8 2 5 5
Please stay with us, keep your hope alive
2 7 3 T A L K
Fight off the dark, don't end this way
2 7 3 8 2 5 5
Please stay with us, you're loved tonight
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10. |
Better For Her
04:21
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© 2012/2014 A. Sharp
Waitin' ev'ryday for her to say
Come on over
My heart stays when I pass the place
I used to hold her
Pain comes along
Anytime I hear a Beatles song
Can't Let It Be
'Cause our Yesterday is my Misery
They're in love, and I won't deny
He's better for her than I
Would've moved my life to reach her dreams
Change my weather
Layin' under 'laskan skies
Watchin' northern lights together
Joy runs away
Anytime I see a dog at play
No hope for me
He's better for her than I could ever be
They're in love, and I can't deny
He's better for her than I
Heart feels a sting
Anytime I hear Ann Wilson sing
My lover's voice
Now rocks the soul of her final choice
They're in love, and I can't deny
He's better for her than I
Better for her than I
Gonna pray 'till the break of dawn
Pray that she'll stay, let their love live on
Gonna pray 'till the pain is gone
Pray ev'ry day may their love live on
Live on, live on, live on, live on...
Sé latrévo, erastís mou
Sé latrévo, erastís mou
Leípeis sychná, erastís mou
Sé latrévo, erastís mou
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11. |
Good Good Bad Girl
03:25
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© 2013/2014 Arjay Sharp
The righteous have censured her choices
The proud have derided her deeds
But love would dare they look deeper
How she laughs and she cries and she bleeds
How she laughs, how she cries
How she bleeds, bleeds, bleeds
She's a good, good, bad girl
But bad is all some will see
She's a good, good, bad girl
Been nothing but good to me
Remember she's somebody's daughter
And like you, a nail on the cross
Sin may be her salvation
But her absence would be heaven's loss
For she's kind
Caring in word, deed and mind
Dares to dream
From a heart that bleeds, bleeds, bleeds
She's a good, good, bad girl
But bad is all some will see
She's a good, good, bad girl
Been nothing but good to me
Nothing but good to me
Don't judge her
Your Jesus loves her
Many a good girl has treated me badly
So I'm done letting my friends decide
My other friends for me, for me, oh
Good, good, bad girl
A good, good, bad girl
A good, good, bad girl
A good, good, girl
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12. |
Lonely Hills of Green
04:55
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© 2014 A. Sharp / B. Sharp
I've loved you
And I pray you
May learn to love me
I've so much
To show you
Once you finally see that
You're my reason why
New York shines
And the south shore sings
My hopes of you, luxuriant
Like a Tuscan spring
I've held on
Just to hold you
And it's cost me oh so much
Yet I sail on
Hopin' to reach you
Your heart, your skin, your touch
You're my reason why
Nothing shines like
Hopes yet begun
My heart for you, so radiant
Like a Tuscan sun
Like a Tuscan sun
So you save me
From my endless fall
Catch me with the words
"We are friends,
That is all."
All I've hoped for
Shines no more
Time to bury lifeless dreams
Now New York's just a city
And Tuscany
Is only
Hills of green
Only hills of green
Lonely hills of green
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Arjay Sharp Colorado Springs, Colorado
I began writing at 15 to express the pains & pleasures of youth, teaching myself piano in the process. Lately, my current focus has been guitar and so my debut album falls more into the acoustic alternative genre. Based now in Colorado Springs, CO, my music carries influences from today's modern rock and 80's Top-40, including Snow Patrol, Imagine Dragons, Jars of Clay, Billy Joel and Toto. ... more
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