August — Shannon Lay

Death Up Close

Comin’ from the north side

I do not see the answer

I cannot feel your breath on my hand

Gone with the day again

I’ve seen so much and there’s more yet

Come again

Don’t mind the gap

No sense to recognize

Come back

Have you seen death up close now

Gone with the day again

You’ve seen so much and there’s more yet

Gone with the day again

We’ve seen so much and there’s more yet

I love it

I love you

Nowhere

Nowhere soon

Soon we’ll get to nowhere

And we’ll talk to no one

And not meet them

Exchange simple glances

No thought no concern here

Separate dimensions

No sound

Smell in the air

Rain water flowing

And green of every kind

Nobody knows where I am going

I just close my eyes and I find

The place in my dreams

And will I ever see through

And they ever see though

It takes more mind more than eyes to see through

And will I ever see through

And will they ever see through

It takes more mind more than eyes to see through

November

Molly did you feel the sting

Of November songs gone quiet?

Did your breath fall to the wind

Like a summer rain on your eye lids?

Were there even tears to cry

When you realized when you realized?

I think of him often

I wonder if he’s listening

I wonder if a voice so quiet could ever really die

That’s when I realize that it cannot

My only wish is all your trials are done and gone

They’re done and gone

Shuffling Stoned

Shuffling stoned play it again it’s so good

Cracks and dust and the the sound

And it smells like weed

As I’m shuffling stoned

I’ve seen it all before but play it again

Maybe there will be something new

Hidden, something new

As I’m shuffling stoned

What is your name does it matter

I’ll just enjoy your sweet sweet silver tones

And the sound and the smell and the tiny spider in the mix

Shuffling stoned

Shuffling stoned play it again it’s so good

Past Time

I see danger here

But here is where I need to be

Must be brave despite my shakin’

The dog bit Buck and Minnie went crazy

His affair was scandalous

The drifters robbed her blind

Her sickness left her stronger

The dog bit Buck and Minnie went crazy

Tell me again about the things you mother made

And how no one did it better and no one ever will

Tell me again about Philadelphia

And all the things you could get for a quarter

How I do love this time

The dog bit Buck and Minnie went crazy

Wild

Free to share what you wish

To give what you can

Oh to be a wide eyed wanderer

And never look back

We are wild things

Free to use our hands

We are kind things

Capable of the most evil

Heart broke with delight

Which eye sees the truth here

Drenched in natural light

Or hidden by the hum of a blue glow

We are wild things

Free to use our hands

Not above a style to try things

Simple as a hat

Big as a house

We are wild things

Free to sonder

Not above a style to try things

Simple as a hat big as a house

Simple as a house big as a heart

Simple as a heart big as love

August

Open the doors that you cannot

Down down down with the arc

Second hand growing

I know I can’t fight it for long

Second chance be open

Gone again it was like the wind

Gone again it was like she had said

So now the game we play

I’ve got the last piece of the puzzle we’ve left to make

And the only one gone is you

And the only one left is me

Love in the August

That was all August

Honestly I’m tired of fighting I’m tired of running

I can decide my own way

I can decide which way to go

Got to view the end

Gone it went

Sea Came to Shore

Sea came to shore

With a capture

And as it swore

The sky turned blue

Sane came to mind

At the edge of a mountain

I am the last thought before clarity

Clear as day

And the signs were there to show the way

But not for you

You must find your own way

Outside of time

Sunday Sundown

Sunday sundown

Floating around

You found me

Lovely I cannot explain how I feel

Explain how I feel today

Excitement still remains

Excitement deep inside me

Tryin’ we’re all tryin’

Fallin’ apart tryin’ to get what to do with it all

Trust me

The love is hard

The love is hard to find

With the shadows of your mind

The shadows of your mind tellin’ you otherwise

With the shadows of your mind

Tellin’ you otherwise

You don’t know

You don’t know how much you deserve

Sunday sundown

Floating around

You lost me

Something on Your Mind

Yesterday, any way you made it was just fine

So you turned your days into night-time

Didn't you know, you can't make it without ever even trying?

And something's on your mind

Let these times show you that you're breaking up the lines

Leaving all your dreams too far behind

Didn't you see, you can't make it without ever even trying?

And something's on your mind

Maybe another day you'll want to feel another way

You can't stop crying

You haven't got a thing to say, you feel you want to run away

There's no use trying, anyway

I've seen the writing on the wall

Who cannot maintain will always fall

Well, you know, you can't make it without ever even trying

And something’s on your mind

Tell the truth now isn’t it

And something’s on your mind

Unconditional

If you’re called upon

Don’t keep your heart hidden away

See me I’m goin’ ‘round

And I can’t escape

Through the wind and the rain

Through the nights and the days

I just do what I can to get through

If the sounds gonna come

I’ll deliver it to you

I will listen when it calls

And I will sing to you

And I’ll always be singin’ to you

And I’ll always know how hard it is to get through

Call it what you will

Don’t say no

Just say you do

Unconditional

Keep me hung on a wall

Keep the sound in the air

Keep what you love so much

Do everything you can

To take what you can

And to get what you need

and to do your best to get through

Cus they’ll take all they want

And they’ll give nothin’ back to you

It’s true

The Dream

It seems to me all a dream