Let The Fools Carry On

you may not believe it
you may not want to know
it's not ours to understand
if they wander leave them be
if they holler...give them peace

just let the fools carry on
the way they wanna do
let the fools carry on
the way they are
let the fools carry on
do what they gonna do
till it's over and done
let the fools carry on

you may not condone it
you may not think it's right
this is not a world that we know
if they rumble let them be
if they're looking...let them see

just let the fools carry on
the way they wanna do
let the fools carry on
the way they are
let the fools carry on
do what they gonna do
till it's over and done
let the fools carry on

(2009 db michel)

When I Left Indiana

i was just a kid
but i didn't know it
i was just another
fool out on the make
i thought i knew it all
then i took my graceless fall
left me pickin' up the pieces
headed for the gates

it's been a long time
since i left indiana
been a long time gone
ain't never goin' back
nearly lost my mind
then i left indiana
hard to think about it now
it seems so far away

lived out on the ocean
of a thousand whiskey bottles
the coast of indiana
where the bottles break
i thought i had it covered
later i discovered
a million heartaches later
i was just a waste

it's been a long time
since i left indiana
been a long time gone
ain't never goin' back
nearly lost my mind
then i left indiana
hard to think about it now
it seems so far away

could it be so many years
that live on unforgotten
could it be i'm crazy
for thinking of them now

it's been a long time
since i left indiana
been a long time gone
ain't never goin' back
nearly lost my mind
then i left indiana
hard to think about it now
it seems so far away

(2009 db michel)

Empty Is My World (Without You)

This is an original song lyric performed as a recitation...I'm having a lil trouble getting the music done.

Btw...For those who may be curious...This was written as a take on what a friendly message from an extra-terrestrial intelligence might be if decoded...And human reflection on what such an experience might be like...The friendly and rather lonely alien message...Empty is my world...without you...

(2009 db michel)

I Got The Feelin'

i've been away awhile
it was no place like home
not the kind of place
i would ever pay to go
i spent my time
all alone with myself
everything i loved
was out there
in somewhere else
now i'm headed for the door
i ain't stayin' here no more

i got the feelin'
and home is on my mind
hey, i got the feelin'
i'm gonna get back to mine
i paid my living dues
you can read it in the news
i got the feelin'
and it's mighty fine

i did you wrong back then
it was my fault all along
i wasn't thinkin' clearly then
it was like my mind was gone
i'm hoping you
have forgiveness in your heart
please tell me baby
that you want a brand new start
i was out there all alone
now i wanna get back home

i got the feelin'
and home is on my mind
hey, i got the feelin'
i'm gonna get back to mine
i paid my living dues
you can read it in the news
i got the feelin'
and it's mighty fine

(2009 db michel)

When The Bite Follows Kiss

the outsider
waiting like a snake
to take over
and change your world
the outsider
overrules the hearts
of the steadfast
and tears them apart
who do you love?
who do you trust
who really matters?
when the outsider changes the game
voices changing
from afar
comes to make
their own way with others
comes to take
what they had before
and make it like
their own parlour

sweetness and smiles
soft tender light
hard to see
when the bark turns to bite
i just leave
when the bark turns to bite
sweetness and smiles
soft tenderness
hard to feel
when the bite follows kiss
i just leave
when the bite follows kiss

(2009 db michel)

You'll Never See My Face On Facebook

you'll never see my face on facebook
you'll never find me there at all
i have no use for vacant poses
stuck inside the garden's wall
i don't need to follow what the crowd does
hell...they don't even know my name
i'd rather sit out in the weather
soakend by the pouring rain

i'll never tell my tale on Facebook
the people there won't care at all
don't feel the need to be connected
to those who don't mind if i fall
i don't need to chase the latest flavor
hell...it wouldn't even quench my thirst
i'd rather be here where i'm wanted
where it don't matter what i'm worth

i could be just another cliche
do the thing 'cause they tell me too
but that' ain't me
and that ain't what i'm gonna do

you'll never hear this song on Facebook
no you won't hear from me at all
don't wanna be another lemming
slidin' down the waterfall
i don't need to look in other places
hell...i can wait here for Santa Claus
i like the space that i've been given
i'm gonna stay here just because

(2009 db michel)

Should Have Never Shown My Face

l learned my lesson well
did you think i couldn't tell
i am left to watch you fade away
i let you see too much
way beyond the smile is such
some things are better off not knowing

i could lie
i could hide
wait for hope on the other side

but i should have never shown my face
never shown my face
i should have never shown my face where you could see it
i should have never let you see
the reality of me
i should have left the mask on
and let be the mystery

i'm livin' in the past
the future hit me way too fast
i am left to watch the pieces falling
i let you way too close
now it's over...all she wrote
some things are better off not showing

i could lie
i could hide
wait for hope on the other side

but i should have never shown my face
never shown my face
i should have never shown my face
where you could see it
i should have never let you see
the reality of me
i should have left the mask on
and let be the mystery

(2009 db michel)

I Won't Say A Thing At All

i think about you sometimes
in the middle of the day
and wonder where the time has gone
i dream about the moments
we never thought to take
there's nothin' there to leave
so why move on?

i could have said so many things
you could have said so many things
the time has passed to my regret
what we had back then is all we'll get
i see your face in random dreams
i'll pretend it don't mean anything
the time has passed for me to call
so i won't say a thing at all

i wonder 'bout the life we missed
while i'm sitting home alone
and think about the tragedies of life
i hold on to the moments
i looked into your eyes
but the past can't be revived
'cause it's all gone

i could have said so many things
you could have said so many things
the time has passed to my regret
what we had back then is all we'll get
i see your face in random dreams
i'll pretend it don't mean anything
the time has passed for me to call
so i won't say a thing at all


(2009 db michel)

Friends

how did we find each other?
what made us such good friends?
why did we learn to lean on each other?
shoulder to shoulder...again and again
those precious days behind us
time passes and we've grown apart
still i know i would have been much less
without your friendship in my heart
when i think about you these days
i think about a time so sweet
when the only thing we had to know
we were friends because we needed to be

(2009 db michel)

Together

break these chains of pain
keep the faith and pray
we will make it through
together

believe there is a way
to take the love we save
give it to the world
together

and i know now
at this moment we are hurtin'
we'll shine like diamonds in the end
i know now
that even though we're hurtin'
we're strong together
'cause we're friends

let the cynics cry
say we're all gonna die
we will prove them wrong
together

we know better now
we can show them how
we can learn to fly
together

and i know now
at this moment we are hurtin'
we'll shine like diamonds in the end
i know now
that even though we're hurtin'
we're strong together
'cause we're friends

(2009 db michel

The Bathroom Song

An original song.

(2009 db michel)

You're The One

i sometimes think about you
and pretend that you are here
i feel so lost and lonely
as the good times disappear
i have no consolation
all i know is you are gone
and it's left me to forget you
something i have never done

when the wind blows
when the night calls
when my heart comes all undone
i go back into my memory
you're the one
yes, you're the one

there is no resolution
for the love i lost back then
the days keep moving on now
and i can't go back again
i have no bitter feelings
just an empty bitter ache
i guess that's all that you left with
when your heart's too broke to break

when the wind blows
when the night calls
when my heart comes all undone
i go back into my memory
you're the one
yes, you're the one

(2009 db michel)

Not What I'm Here For

all this fussin' and fightin'
pointin' to the video
he said...she said
what damage did they do?
the people have spoken
they've spoken loud and clear
predictions are given
it's the future we should fear
all of this drivel
runnin' down the wire
not what i'm here for

all these fugitive governors
runnin' to the talk show
she said he said
what bad thing did i do?
the losers are angry
they want to turn around
their vision of the future
we're headed straight for down
all of this drivel
runnin' through the ether
not what i'm here for

someone sing me out of here
i don't know what to do
the rush is on to hate
things we never knew

all this pushin' and shovin'
jockey for position
he said...she said
the next time will we do
other things other ways
the people just don't see
we're comin' to save them
with our own reality
all of this drivel
shinin' on my TeeVee
not what i'm here for

(2009 db michel)

Only Alone

do i look like a victim
so easily led
was it my hermit ways
that made you forget
i'm not really desperate
i just don't like the phone
it may look like i'm lonely
but i'm only alone

i try to remember
what made me move on
the things i've forgotten
are already gone
i don't need a memory
to tempt me from home
it may look like i'm lonely
but i'm only alone

i'd live in the past
but there's only regret
i'd rather stumble along
it's as good as i get
i'm not looking for pity
in this world that i own
it may look like i'm lonely
but i'm only alone

(2009 db michel)

Old Masters

it's comin' again
just like it did
you hear it again
ringin' in your ears
the summit awaits
that's what you wanted
and the spirit won't break
because it carries you

on the back
of the old masters
turning you on
faster and faster
the limit exceeded
no turning back
you remember the song
of the old masters

you turn on the light
and it's shinin' on
the spirit at night
it's what you're living on
the tower is there
where you remember it
the wind in your hair
is meant to cover you

on the back
of the old masters
turning you on
faster and faster
the limit exceeded
no turning back
you remember the song
of the old masters

you can't break the chain
because it's in your blood
it's burned in your soul
it's there to carry you

on the back
of the old masters
turning you on
faster and faster
the limit exceeded
no turning back
you remember the song
of the old masters

(2009 db michel)

just a lyric i wrote meant for a heavy metal backing.

You Don't Know My World

i'm still the one you see here
after all this time
you think you know me better
like i'm a simple line
in between the spaces
you never thought to look
therein lie your answers
that's where i write the book

you may know something of me
but you don't know my world
and you never did
you may think it's easy
to understand my dream
but you don't know my world
and if you don't know my world
you don't know me

i'm just another dreamer
swim against the tide
you think you know the story
hiding in my pride
you hang onto the bitter
it's easy to explain
you'll never understand
why i'm smiling in the rain

you may know something of me
but you don't know my world
and you never did
you may think it's easy
to understand my dream
but you don't know my world
and if you don't know my world
you don't know me

i'm another riddle in your episodic world
happy ending land
the guy will get the girl

you may know something of me
but you don't know my world
and you never did
you may think it's easy
to understand my dream
but you don't know my world
and if you don't know my world
you don't know me

(2009 db michel)

Beyond The E Horizon

we are the lonely people
always looking down
searching on the ether
for what in the real world...can't be found
we like to give an appearance
that we're normal
that we're sane
but behind the stone walls we hide
a fortune in pain

lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon

we are the lonely settlers
in these electric plains
the heart in the real world
short circuits...in the pouring rain
we like to dream that we're happy
that we're solid
we're not fake
but behind the facade we build
a mountain of pain

lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon

(2008 db michel)

Ringing Bells

the ice and snowy weather
wintertime is closing in
soon it will be Christmas
i can hear the ringing bells begin

ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me

ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone

the children look in wonder
at the season in their midst
soon that day is coming
they can hear the ringing bells begin

ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me

ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone


(2008 db michel)

One Man Band

if i could give you one reason
why he plays on and he stays on
i would
but i don't know the magic he's hearing
as he plays on
for a world that just don't care

one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone

if i could tell you the secret
why he dreams on and he goes on
i would
but i can't reach the place he goes to
when he plays on
for a world that just don't care

one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone

and if i could get there
i'd be goin'
if i could be there
i'd be knowin'

one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone

(2008 db michel)

Serbian Snow

it looks just like Serbian snow
but it's miles away you know
from my Serbian home
so far away

this place has a similar look
but it comes from an alien book
it's not like my home
so far away

i miss the sunrise in Vojvodina
i miss the people who i know so well
i miss the way my heart would be beating
when it snowed back home
anyone can tell

it looks just like Serbian skies
although it could fool my eyes
it can't fool my heart
so far away

i miss the sunrise in Vojvodina
i miss the people who i know so well
i miss the way my heart would be beating
when it snowed back home
anyone can tell

it looks just like Serbian snow
but it's miles away you know
from my Serbian home
so far away

(db michel)