I Hope You Know
I hope you know I realise just what I've got and I won't let go. I hope you know
I hope you see it in my eyes but even if it doesn't show, I hope you know
I hope you know how much I care, how deep inside me I hold you, I hope you do
and I hope you don't go anywhere but I'm right beside you if you do, I swear it's true
Because you, you fill up my heart, I'm bursting with pride, I don't know where to start
You, you settle my soul, something was missing till you made me whole
and ever since you came along I finally feel like I belong and so I hope you know
that everything I can I’ll do because I owe it all to you I've got your back
I just hope you know that
I can’t believe how close we are today, I hope we never grow apart, that'd break my heart
and I hope the end is far away but in case it's not I've got to start to speak my part
Because you, you fill up my heart….
and ever since you came along…(chorus)
I may struggle to say everyday how much I
would give up for you and put myself through just to try
to make it OK and will everyday till I die
I just hope you know that.
I hope that now I've spelt it out you'll never doubt the way I feel and that it's real
and I hope somehow you're working out
how great you are and even though it doesn't show I hope you know.
Not What Knocks You Down
It's not what knocks you down that measures or defines you
It's not what brought you here that lays the path ahead
It's not what broke your bones that ripples and reminds you
It's not the sticks and stones that settle in your head
No, it's not what knocks you down, it's how you get back up that makes the difference
and makes a boy a man
It's not what knocks you down, it's how you get back up
There's got to be goodbye as well as happy ever after
It's not who broke your heart that chooses if it mends
Oh and they may make you cry, but they can't take away your laughter
You can't choose where you start, but you can choose the way it ends
It's not what knocks you down.....(chorus)
Oh and everybody hits a wall, it doesn't make a victim of you
Everybody takes a fall, it doesn't mean you're down
and everybody wants it all but king or pauper it's within you
Everybody rise above it all
and say it's not what knocks you down....(chorus)
Surrender
Give it a rest lord, give us a break
I don't know how much more we can take
If you really meant this to be so relentless
then you've done a fine job, here’s your applause
and I wonder
did you cast the spell that we're under
cos instead of sun you brought thunder
where once we were strong now we surrender
Why us
picked out and picked on on purpose
what once was our gold is now worthless
and we don't deserve this
Give us a sign Lord, give us a clue
How much more time before this is through
Our patience is fading, we're worn out from waiting
and we've had enough to last us years
and I wonder…(chorus)
So with a white flag waving we just gave in
See us caving in
With a white flag waving we're surrendering
and I wonder…(chorus)
One Deep Breath
He pays the bill, he walks her home
One kiss goodnight, then she's all alone
That wasn’t quite the way she planned
She climbs the stairs and gets into bed
But she's wide awake, he’s still in her head
Too polite to understand
If they both know that that they've fallen fast
then why can't they just say
cos they both know that they’ve waited long enough
If they've both found something real at last
then why do they delay
All that's past, let go of
Take one deep breath and fall in love
He checks his phone, he chews his lip
Should he call her now, is it still too quick
Sick and tired of playing games
They're miles apart, but their thoughts collide
as if both their hearts are sat side by side
wondering if they feel the same
If they both know that they've fallen fast….(chorus)
One deep breath
One more night
So one could hold the other tight
Till it was done
Till it was day
Till there was nothing left to say
No more fear
No more face
No pretending just in case
With all their past let go of
They took one deep breath and fell in love
Treading Water
Years pass and each one gets shorter
In the blink of an eye all the branches are bare
but I’m still when I wanna be moving
Too fast and I'm treading water
Time shrinks but I still haven't gone anywhere
Uphill but still not improving
I know, it's just a case of waiting in line
I know, it's just a case of biding my time
I know, so much has been growing that I've not noticed
When the tide's turned, when the wind dies down
all that I've learned, will make sense somehow
I keep on and try not to falter
but each step that finds me follows two in reverse
I can't win if I'll always be chasing
I keep strong and try not to alter
Each breath reminds me it could always be worse
so I'll climb every mountain I'm facing
cos I know, it's just a case of waiting in line…
When the tide's turned…
When the tide's turned, when that line is crossed
All that I've earned will be mine at last
I feel it all slipping away
but I hold on hold on hold on hold on
And even if it's years away
I'll hold on hold on hold on hold on
cos I know, it's just a case of waiting in line…
When the tide’s turned…
Glove
Here's a picture of someone I used to be
Here's the puddle from the ice that you made melt
Here's a list of all the things you do to me
How I’ve been and the crazy ways I've felt
Here's a measure of how fast I fell for you
Here's the rhythm of my heartbeat when we touch
Here's a copy of the things I'm telling you
So you can learn to learn to love yourself just half this much
To the world you may be just one soul but to this soul you are the world
and I can't look back and I can't move forward because
all I see is you and me and now
Oh, I fall deeper and deeper in love
You fit me like a glove
and I need you to know, I fall deeper and deeper in love
You fit me like a glove
From the sparks that we made in the early days
to the flame left behind that will always glow
We’re the proof that patience sometimes pays
You were worth the wait all those years ago
To the world you may be just one soul…
Oh, I fall deeper and deeper in love…(chorus)
Better Off
You're way out of line this time
You held me on then down the line
you dropped me cold but that's just fine
I’m better off without your kind
I'm better off now
Thanks for asking but now
I'll be off two steps down the line
and three back in time
You're way off again my friend
You'd keep me hanging till the end
to drain me dry once again
but next time I'll see you coming
I'm better off now…(chorus)
Tell me time will show you
to be the fool I thought true
To be the one who let it all go and then cried…
I'm better off now…(chorus)
Playing Safe
I am walking talking proof
that playing safe is a dangerous game
I throw my caution to the wind
it comes right back like a boomerang
It kicks itself till black and blue
then settled in my palm
I figure it's saving itself for a rainy day
that I fear may never come
Oh, I've no-one to blame but myself, no
So why...
To me to risk-take leads to heartbreak
leads to losing what you had
So when I think about it what's the point
when what you've got is not that bad
and oh, there's no-one to blame but myself, no
So why...
I can't sleep at night
the 'what if's and 'what might have been's are slowly killing me
And all I dream about is fear and doubt
and all the things I'll never be.
Why...
Summer
Sun on my back
Sweet air fills me up
The weather's being good
It knows me well enough
Sure every day has life
but I never really lived till now
Take stock of life
then start again to use it better somehow
Summer tries to stay
but will I notice anyway
It happens every year
and I will never change I fear
Summer tries to stay
I started drinking early
Finding time to do something
Read papers, mainstream radio
The date don't matter and I don't know
Break from all known
brings home that which matters
And that which makes our smiles
and makes the good things rise to great
Summer tries to stay... (chorus)
Sure every day has life...
Summer tries to stay...(chorus)