Thursday, January 19, 2017

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: How Much More

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: How Much More: Painting By: J.R HILTON HOW MUCH MORE WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON 2017 DAYS COME, AND DAYS GO  A BLESSING AND A CURSE ...

Lyrics: How Much More

Painting By: J.R HILTON


HOW MUCH MORE

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2017


DAYS COME, AND DAYS GO 
A BLESSING AND A CURSE
SOMETIMES I'D RATHER NOT SHOW UP FOR ANYTHING
SOME DAYS I'D RATHER NOT HAVE TO FACE ANYONE
KEEP MYSELF TO MYSELF
RECHARGE MY SANITY
NO PAPERS NO NEWS
WAY TO GO, YOU CAN'T LOSE
I DON'T WANT TODAY, UNTIL TOMORROW
I'LL SKIP IT IF IT'S ALL THE SAME TO YOU

ONCE IN AWHILE, THE WORLD PRESSES
JUST A LITTLE TOO HARD
SNEAKS RIGHT UP BEHIND ME
CATCHES ME OFF-GUARD
I HIDE MYSELF AWAY
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
BECOME UNKIND
SOMETIMES I'M ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT'S MINE

WHATEVER HAPPENED OVER TIME
IS THIS HOW WE WANT TO LIVE
I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME STRESSING
ABOUT THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
I HAVE TO TRY, THAT'S JUST ME
HOW MUCH MORE CAN THERE BE
YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL, I DON'T NEED IT
DON'T BUY IN ANYMORE, DON'T FEED IT
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I WALK ALONE
IT'S THEN I KNOW I'VE REACHED MY DARKEST HOUR

WALKING AWAY FROM EVERYONE
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED, I CAN'T SEE
NOTHING BUT BLACK IN FRONT OF ME
BLUE IN WAVES COMING THROUGH
WITH A STIFF WIND BEHIND ME PUSHING ME ALONG
TO A PLACE, I BELONG TO
RIGHT HERE IN THE TREES
THE STARS COME OUT TO DREAM
AND I CAN START TO BREATHE
EXHALE A LITTLE RELIEF
AS I START TO SEE
ALL IT'S EVER GOING TO BE

IN THE SMOULDERING RUINS
COMES THE HOPE, TO CARRY ON
YOU HAD IT ALL ALONG
WHILE I THOUGHT IT WAS GONE 
IT LEFT ME SHAKEN DEEP INSIDE
BUT I'M OKAY
HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS CAN WE TAKE
SURELY MOST OF THIS, IS A MISTAKE
HOW MUCH MORE, COULD THERE BE









 

Sunday, January 15, 2017

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Blissfully Indifferent

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Blissfully Indifferent: PAINTING BY: J.R HILTON     BLISSFULLY INDIFFERENT WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 2017 STARS HUNG LIKE CURTAINS ACROSS...

Lyrics: Blissfully Indifferent

PAINTING BY: J.R HILTON  



BLISSFULLY INDIFFERENT

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017




STARS HUNG LIKE CURTAINS ACROSS THE SKIES
AND DOWN BELOW THE ICY WAVES IN DARKNESS 
FIND THEIR WAY TO DISTANT SHORES
WHERE ECHOES AND PREVAILING WINDS
KEEP ON BRINGING MORE
FATHOMS BELOW IN THEIR WATERY GRAVES
THEY WATCH WITH FASCINATION
ETERNALLY BRAVE, AND DAMNED TO THE SEA
NEVER HUNGRY AGAIN
JUST PATIENTLY AWAITING
FOR AND END THAT NEVER COMES

THEN COMES THE MORNING SUN
TO SPLIT THE DARKNESS, LIKE IT'S ALWAYS DONE
JUST BEYOND THE SEA
WRAPPED IN CONCRETE,STEEL AND GLASS
THE FAITHFUL ALL GOING SOMEWHERE
BUT I'M AFRAID TO ASK
BLISSFULLY INDIFFERENT, BUT FULLY AWARE
OF ANOTHER RHYTHM
WAXING PEACEFUL WITH GRACEFUL CARE
ANOTHER DIMENSION
I MIGHT SEE YOU THERE

LAYING ABOUT ON AVERY SUNNY DAY
IN THE VICINITY OF WATER AND OBSCURITY
WAVES AND SEABIRDS, FILL MY EARS
 WITH SOUNDS I LIKE TO HEAR 
FILLS MY SENSES, AND MY HEART WITH CHEER
CAUGHT IN THE WHIMS OF SUMMER
HYPNOTIZED, A RECURRING DREAM
FINALLY REALIZED

LOOKING BACK SOMEWHERE
BACK IN 1974
IN A PLACE I WASN'T SURE
I SAW THE SEAMS RIPPED OUT
OF TOO MANY DREAMS
IT MAKES YOU HARD
STEELS YOUR POSITION
NOT TO MENTION YOUR OPINION
SOMETIMES IT ALL COMES BACK
IT'S NOT PERFECT, THERE'S A CRACK
IN MY SENSES
RAISES UP MY DEFENCES
SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY
TO BE BLISSFULLY INDIFFERENT
DISTRACTED BY PROMISES MADE BY SUMMERS FADING LIGHT
  


Friday, January 13, 2017

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Poem: You Don't Know The End

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Poem: You Don't Know The End: Painting By: J.R HILTON YOU DON'T KNOW THE END  WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 2016  IN THE BEGINNING YOU DON'T KN...

Poem: You Don't Know The End

Painting By: J.R HILTON



YOU DON'T KNOW THE END

 WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2016 


IN THE BEGINNING YOU DON'T KNOW THE END
AND RIGHT IN BETWEEN THERE
THE MIXED MESSAGES THEY SEND
HOW COULD WE EVER LET IT COME TO THIS
LEVELS OF CONTROL THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST
ONE AND ONE IS TWO
UNLESS THEY TELL YOU THE ANSWER IS BLUE

TAKE EVERY CHANCE YOU GET
TO SAVOR THE TASTE
TAKE ALL YOU CAN TAKE
THE FREEDOMS THAT YOU MAKE
MOVING THROUGH LIFE YOU TRIP AND FALL
YOU DUST YOURSELF OFF AND START AGAIN
BECAUSE FREEDOMS STILL THERE
JUST OUT OF REACH
FROM CONCRETE JUNGLES
TO A SANDY BEACH

ALL THESE DAYS PASS YOU BY SO QUICKLY
IT LEAVES YOU DAZED
THE HOURS YOU WASTED YOU WILL TRY TO GET BACK
BUT DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME THERE
KEEP MOVING FORWARD
AFTER YOU LOCK THAT DOOR
NOTHING CHANCED, NOTHING GAINED
YOU WON'T  WIN EVERY TIME, BUT IT'S BETTER 
THAN MORE OF THE SAME

SOME WILL MAKE IT, SOME NEVER WILL
TOO MUCH TIME TO KILL
MATTERS NOT YOUR GOD IN THE END
THE GODS WERE ALL AROUND YOUR EARTHLY BONDS
EVERY STAR, EVERY OCEAN, EVERY TREE
AND THE FRAGILE EARTH BENEATH YOUR FEET
FROM RAGING RIVERS, TO LITTLE STREAMS
THE SUN, THE MOON AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN 
A PART OF EVERYTHING

IN THE BEGINNING YOU DON'T KNOW THE END
AND RIGHT IN BETWEEN THERE
A SHORTCUT THROUGH TIME
A WINDOW FOR YOU TO FIND
AND IF YOU MISS IT DON'T WORRY AT ALL
YOU'LL TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CALL












Tuesday, January 10, 2017

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Falling Up

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: Falling Up: PAINTING BY J.R HILTON FALLING UP WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON 2016   I WATCH THE SUNSET UNTIL THE LAST GLOW FADES AWAY T...

Lyrics: Falling Up

PAINTING BY J.R HILTON

FALLING UP

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

2016

 
I WATCH THE SUNSET
UNTIL THE LAST GLOW FADES AWAY
THE NIGHT GROWS COLD
BUT I STAY
THE SHOWS JUST BEGINNING
AS THE STARS TAKE THEIR PLACE
GLIMMERING AND GLOWING
THE MILKY WAY APPEARS
 WITH IT'S USUAL GRACE

SATELLITES DRIFTING BY 
WATCHED BY CAREFUL EYES
MOONLIGHT CARESSES THE QUIET SEA
AND ALL MY SENSES 
AS IT FINDS ME
FALLING UP INSTEAD OF DOWN
YOU DON'T NEED A REASON WHY
TO BE EMBRACED BY THE WILD BLACK AND BLUE 
I CAN SEE IT ALL FROM HERE
I CAN SEE IT ALL SO CLEAR

LOOK UP AT THE SKY
AND TELL ME
 YOU STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND
YOU'RE PART OF SOMETHING
 BIGGER THAN US ALL
SOMETHING YOU CAN FEEL
BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH
SOMETHING WE ALL NEED SO MUCH

OPEN YOUR HEART
OPEN YOUR MIND
YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO FIND
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN HEAR
THAT DOESN'T MAKE A SOUND
SOMETHING THAT MAKES THIS WORLD GO AROUND
LIFE BREATHED INTO LOVE
FOR ALL LIVING THINGS
EMBRACE IT FOR THE PEACE IT BRINGS 
THE WORLD HAS SO MUCH TO SAY
IF YOU LISTEN
 













 

Friday, January 6, 2017

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics to: Magical Place

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics to: Magical Place: I have a lot of unpublished written material from 2016, but I'd like to share this one first written in 2017. A heartfelt thank You to...

Lyrics to: Magical Place

I have a lot of unpublished written material from 2016, but I'd like to share this one first written in 2017. A heartfelt thank You to all my blog readers and all the best to you in this new year.

Painting by J.R HILTON 2017


 MAGICAL PLACE

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017


HOW LONG COULD IT BE
HOW LONG COULD IT TAKE
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS RAIN AND UNCERTAINTY
LOSING MY WAY
LOSING TIME AGAIN
PRECIOUS DAYS I PUSHED AWAY
AFTER MY FATHER PASSED I WAS NEVER THE SAME
LOST AND WANDERING IN AN INDIFFERENT WORLD
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE TRAGIC OUTCOME OF THIS GAME
I KEPT ROLLING ON
AFTER EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING WAS GONE
I COULDN'T STAY, I MADE MY GETAWAY
ALL THE THINGS I'VE TRIED
IT'S A MIRACLE I'M STILL ALIVE

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY WISH TO SEE
PEACE AND HARMONY
FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING ME
IF EVERYONE WOULD JUST PLAY FAIR
THE MADNESS WOULD GO AWAY
AND WHAT A MAGICAL PLACE THIS WOULD BE
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
FREE THINKERS THAT ARE FREE
EVERYBODY LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER
SISTERS AND BROTHERS
 I'LL KNOW I FOUND WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR
FOR WHAT I WAS WISHING FOR
GET THE WICKED OUT THE DOOR
WITH ALL THE EVIL GONE AWAY
THINK ABOUT THE KIND OF DAYS WE COULD HAVE

BUT FOR NOW THERE'S JUST RAIN
TOO MUCH SUFFERING AND PAIN
THE SUN STILL SETS
THINKING HOW IT COULD BE
WE ALL GO ONTO SOMETHING
BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE
AND WHEN WE DON'T
IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL
SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO FALL
WHEN NO ONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE
YOU'VE GONE A LITTLE TOO FAR

 











TOO MUCH SUFFERING AND PAIN
 




 

Thursday, January 5, 2017

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: New Again

GOOD DAY/ BAD DAY AS I SEE IT: Lyrics: New Again: Photo by: J.R Hilton NEW AGAIN Written By: J.R HILTON 2016 WHEAT KINGS COMING HOME SO MUCH I LEFT BEHIND BUT OH ...

Lyrics: New Again

Photo by: J.R Hilton


NEW AGAIN

Written By: J.R HILTON

2016


WHEAT KINGS COMING HOME
SO MUCH I LEFT BEHIND
BUT OH SO MUCH LEARNED
AS THE LESSONS TURNED
ONE BY ONE UNTIL THE YEARS WENT BY
ROAMING LIKE A GYPSY
WATCHING THE MOON ABOVE THE SEA
ON THE SHORE BENEATH A TREE
MY WILL ROLLING IN AND OUT
ON THE WHIMS OF TIDE

DREAM THE DREAM THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN
ALWAYS STEPS AWAY
JUST BEYOND MY REACH
THAT'S HOW IT ALWAYS SEEMS
I'M TIRED OF THE CHASE
THE AGE OLD RACE
LIVING BY THE CLOCK
YOU CAN'T EVER STOP

QUIET IS THE NIGHT
IN THE MOUNTAIN MOONLIGHT
THE AURORA FLICKERS IN THE SKY
TWO STARS GO SHOOTING BY
AND JUST TO BE FAIR
YOU KNOW I SHOULD BE THERE
STOKING THE FIRE

AND THEN, THE MORNING COMES
SUNRISE SPARKLES ON THE DEW
EVERYTHING IS OLD AGAIN
AND YET IT'S ALL NEW
I'M ON MY WAY FROM THE SHADOW OF DOUBT
THAT'S MY HAND REACHING OUT
MY HAND TOUCHING YOURS
AS YOU APPROACH DISTANT SHORES 

THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
SO I STARE STRAIGHT AHEAD
NOW THAT IT'S MY TURN
I'M SURE CASTLES ARE GOING TO BURN
EMPIRES WILL FALL
THE ONES THAT NEVER LET US IN AT ALL

AND WHEN THE NEW DAY GIVES WAY TO THE SUN
A NEW CHAPTER WILL BEGIN
WHERE PEACE AND GOODWILL
ABIDE TO ALL MEN
AND THE EARTH SIGHS RELIEF
AS THE GOOD GOES BACK TO GROUND
WHERE IT BELONGS

OWN THE DAY

  OWN THE DAY   WRITTEN BY   JEFF R HILTON    2024   JUST TO OWN THE DAY HAVE YOUR SAY HOLD MORE THAN A LITTLE SWAY HAVE GOOD LUCK COME TO M...