Sacred Ground

 

SACRED GROUND 

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2022

 

I FOUND A PLACE I CAN GO

 

THERE NO ONE CAN FIND ME

 

MOST TIMES THERE'S NO

 

LIVING SOUL IN SIGHT

 

AT ANY GIVEN TIME I MIGHT

 

FIND IT HARD TO LEAVE

 

 

SACRED GROUND

 

 THE CLOUDS FLY OVERHEAD 

 

HIGH UP ON A HILL

 

A LITTLE CHILL

 

BLOWING OFF THE MOUNTAINS

 

AND STILL THE COMFORT THAT I FIND

 

BRINGS ME WARMTH

 

THE SILENCE ALMOST EERIE

 

THE SECLUSION MAKES YOU FEEL

 

ALTOGETHER APART

 

A PLACE TO FINISH

 

A PLACE TO START

 

 

YOU ONLY TAKE AWAY

 

WHAT YOU NEVER BROUGHT

 

LEAVES YOU SOMEWHERE

 

DEEP IN THOUGHT

 

UNTIL THE PEACE

 

 GETS ALL THE WAY INSIDE 

 

 

I'M NOT MYSELF I'M CHANGING

 

THE SUN BLESSES THE MOMENTS

 

BETWEEN PASSING CLOUDS

 

IT CAME TO ME 

 

ALL AT ONCE

 

I WAS FREE ONCE AGAIN

 

SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PLACE

 

TO START AND END

 

KICK START KICK START

 

THE PUSH I NEED TO THINK

 

HERE ITS BLACK AND WHITE

 

UNTIL YOU COME OUT

 

 THE OTHER SIDE 

 

 

AT ANY GIVEN TIME

 

I MIGHT FIND IT HARD TO LEAVE

 

SACRED GROUND

 

THE SUN GOING DOWN

 

AND I'M MAKING TRACKS

 

DOWN MYSELF

 

SEE HOW THE SKY

 

JUST FALLS ON THE HILL

 

SEEMS LIKE

 

TIME STANDS STILL 

 

Scarlet Sky

 

SCARLET SKY

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2022

 

THE TIME LIES BROKEN

 

THE WORLD IS STILL

 

WAITING FOR A SAVIOUR 

 

A HERO A SAGE

 

TO PICK UP THE PIECES 

 

TO TURN THE PAGE

 

DEEPLY DISENGAGED 

 

IN A WAY

 

A STATE OF PERPETUAL ANCHORAGE

 

 

I CAN'T MOVE MY FEET

 

AN ILL WIND KEEPS BLOWING

 

I'M AFRAID TO BREATHE

 

FEEL A DRAW

 

PULLING ME AWAY

 

BUT TO WHAT TO WHERE

 

WILL MY ABSENCE CAUSE A VOID 

A SCARLET SKY

BLEEDING OUT TO BLACK

BLOTTING OUT THE STARS

STAINING THE MOON

MAKING THIS JOURNEY

END TOO SOON

TEARING THE FABRIC

BARING THE SOUL

A FRIGHTENING ATTEMPT

AT CONTROL 

HOLDING YOU UNDER

NEVER LET YOU GO

KEEPING YOU FROM LIGHT

LIKE THE WALL

YOUR UP AGAINST 

YOU CAN'T REASON WITH

FALLING ON DEAFENED EARS 

WHEN WILL YOU SEE

TEAM UP WITH ME

FIGHT ALL THIS MADNESS

CLOAK OURSELVES IN BADNESS

FOR A TIME

WE GO SEARCHING ON A LINE

NEVER KNOW IF WE'LL FIND

PEACE OR A FIGHT

ONE DAY WE MIGHT

LOOK BACK TO THIS TIME

THAT LIES BROKEN

WAITING JUST FOR THIS

A SCARLET SKY

BLEEDING OUT TO BLACK

BLOTTING OUT THE STARS

STAINING THE MOON

EVERYWHERE YOU GO

YOU SEE THE SAME

AS THEY GO BACK AND FORTH

SHIFTING THE BLAME

EVERYWHERE YOU GO YOU SEE

NOBODY WANTS TO BEND ANYMORE

AGAINST THEIR WILL

 

THESE FEELINGS

 

NEVER STOP

 

NEVER WILL

 

 

Send Me Dreaming

 

SEND ME DREAMING

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2022

 

ON A DAZZLING JUNE MORNING

 

IN THE GOLDEN SUN

 

I SAT THERE AND WONDERED

 

STUCK IN THE MOMENT

 

CAN SHE HEAR MY CRY

 

FOR A KINDRED SOUL 

 

IS SHE STUCK SOMEWHERE

 

WANTS TO COME BUT CAN'T GO

 

WILL SHE COME AND TAKE MY HAND

 

SO WE CAN SLIP AWAY

 

TURN THE DAY INTO GOLD

 

FAR BEYOND THE SUN

 

BEYOND ME OR ANYONE 

 

 

THE STARS WILL SHINE

 

EVEN IF YOU'RE LATE

 

BUT WATCHING THEM ALONE

 

WHAT'S THE POINT

 

WITHOUT YOU I ONLY LOOK

 

BUT I SEE RIGHT THROUGH

 

A CONTINUUM

 

 A VISION OF YOU

 

TO SEND ME DREAMING

 

INTO TOMORROW

 

 

DRIFTING ON THE SUN RAYS 

 

OF AN AFTERNOON

 

RESISTING CONCLUSIONS

 

THAT MIGHT LEAD ME

 

TO HANG MY HEAD

 

THE HOPES NEVER DIE

 

THEIR NEVER DEAD

 

RIGHT THERE

 

 JUST BEYOND MY REACH

 

CAN'T SHE SEE SHE'S BEHIND ME 

LOST IN THE SUN

THE MEMORIES THAT WAIT

FOR US TO MAKE

THE FEELINGS THAT FOLLOW YOU

THAT YOU JUST CAN'T SHAKE

THE SHOW YOU GET TO STAR IN

PUT TOGETHER BY FATE

HEY WOULD YOU WAIT FOR ME

OR IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE

YOU'RE EDGING  CLOSER

GETTING SO NEAR

ALL MY ALARM BELLS

RINGING SO CLEAR

I WAIT FOR YOU IN SHADOWS

GROWING LONGER AND LONGER STILL

SEND ME DREAMING

 

 

Outside The Window

 

OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

2022

 

OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

 

THE WEATHERS MOVING FAST 

 

THE WINDS DRIVING THE CLOUDS

 

AT BREAK NECK SPEED

 

BLOWING AWAY THE THINGS

 

THAT  I DON'T NEED

 

SOME OF THEM

 

A COMPLETE SURPRISE

 

OTHERS ARE LONG PAST DUE

 

 

SEEMS LIKE LONG CONVERSATIONS

 

INTO THE NIGHT WITH YOU

 

HAVE SOMEHOW  SLIPPED

 

 INTO THE PAST

 

SOME THINGS

 

WERE NEVER MEANT TO LAST

 

BUT ITS NOT LIKE IT WAS

 

INSIDE THIS CHAOS

 

WE SURVIVE SOMEHOW

 

SEEM TO MAKE IT WORK

 

 

OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

 

THE WEATHERS SLOWING DOWN

 

THE SUNS COMING OUT

 

LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT

 

STICK AROUND

 

FUNNY

 

HOW YOU RARELY SEE

 

GOOD TIMES THAT LAST

 

THE PARADES GETTING SMALLER

 

YOU CAN SEE AS IT GOES PAST

 

NOBODY LEFT

 

TO CHEER YOU ON

 

IT ALL STARTS FAST

 

THEN SLOWS DOWN

 

GOES FAST AGAIN

 

YOU GO TO GROUND TOO SOON

 

HAVE TO START AGAIN

 

HOW MANY TIMES

 

HEAR THE TOLL OF THE BELLS

 

BUT FOR WHOM IS NOT CLEAR

 

MAYBE IT'S FOR ALL

 

THE TIME HAS COME

 

TO SEE IT ALL

 

AS CLEAR AS DAY

 

BREATHE NEW LIFE

 

INTO LOVE

 

BRING IT NEAR

 

HOLD IT HIGH ENOUGH

 

TO KEEP IT CLEAR FROM HATE

 

DON'T WAIT FOR TOO LONG

 

IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE 

Sages and Fools

 

SAGES AND FOOLS

 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2022

 

HE CAME AT A TIME

 

WHEN DARKNESS OF NIGHT

 

HUNG ON THE DAY

 

NO SUN IT WAS GONE

 

THE PEOPLE

 

ALL TURNED TO HIM

 

WONDERING FOR HOW LONG

 

WITH A FARAWAY LOOK

 

IN HIS EYES

 

HE TOUCHES HIS BEARD

 

 AND SIGHS 

 

I KNOW THIS AND THAT

 

BUT I CAN'T TURN

 

THE WILL OF HIS HAND

 

THY WILL BE DONE

 

WHEN ITS RUN ITS COURSE

 

I'M NO HERO HERE

 

I DON'T EVEN OWN A HORSE

 

 

I WON'T STAY FOR LONG

 

YOU WON'T KNOW IT

 

UNTIL I'M GONE

 

YOU MIGHT MISS ME

 

BECAUSE I NEVER OVERSTAY 

 

I'M MOVING ON EACH DAY

 

SWEET DREAMS TO ALL

 

IT WON'T BE LONG

 

THE SUN WILL FALL AGAIN

 

SOFT AND WARM

 

NO HARM SHALL BEFALL YOU

 

UNTIL ITS DONE

 

 

IN A WORLD OF

 

SAGES AND FOOLS

 

SUBJECT TO LAWS AND RULES

 

THE SPOILS GO TO THE STRONG

 

EVERYBODY ELSE IS

 

JUST HANGING ON

 

FOR  COME WHAT MAY

 

DID I HEAR THEM SAY

 

WHY DON'T YOU STOP

 

I DON'T NEED TO

 

FIGHT MY WAY TO THE TOP

 

I'M ALREADY THERE

 

AT ANY GIVEN TIME

 

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS CLIMB

 

THE NEAREST MOUNTAIN

 

 

WAKE UP BREATHE

 

NOW ITS TIME TO BELIEVE

 

IN YOURSELF

 

KNOW THE HERO'S YOU

 

NOTHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE

 

NOTHING YOU CAN'T DO 

HOLD ME TO THIS PLACE

 

HOLD ME TO THIS PLACE

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON 

 

2022

 

THE CLOCK IS COUNTING DOWN THE NIGHT

 

AND I'M STILL HERE WONDERING

 

IF THIS AND THAT

 

HAS ANY KIND OF CHANCE

 

HOLDING ON LETTING GO

 

BACK AND FORTH JUST FOR SHOW

 

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO

 

SHE SHOULD BE HERE

 

HOLDING ME BACK

 

INSTEAD OF A NIGHT

 

DRESSED IN GRAY AND BLACK

 

WAITING FOR THE VERY THING I LACK

 

HEY GIRL I'M STILL HERE

 

WAITING FOR YOU

 

THE DANGERS TIED TO THIS

 

I'VE SEEN LESSER SHIPS GO DOWN

 

 

IF YOU CAN'T HOLD ME 

 

 TO THIS PLACE I FOUND 

 

THEN TAKE IT ALL AWAY NOW

 

OR MAKE IT SOMETHING GOOD NOW

 

THAT WE CAN SEE AND FEEL

 

EMBRACE IT IF ITS EVEN CLOSE TO REAL 

 

 YOU CALLED ME UP

 

  YOU SAID SOMETHING

I UNDERSTAND

 

YOU WERE FOLLOWING YOUR HEART

 

IT ALWAYS COMES WITH A PRICE

 

WHEN ITS WORTH IT

 

IT FEELS SO NICE

 

ITS BEEN SO LONG

 

SINCE I FELT YOU HERE

 

CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE

 

SO NEAR

 

WOULD YOU DROWN WITH ME

 

RID ME OF THIS INSECURITY 

 

MAKE ME SURE ITS

 

 ALL ABOUT YOU AND I 

WE HAVE TO TRY

OR THERE IT GOES

I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT

JUST AS IT COULD BE

I NEED YOU TO SEE THE SAME THING

IF YOU CAN'T HOLD ME

TO THIS PLACE I FOUND

THEN TAKE IT AWAY NOW

OR MAKE IT SOMETHING GOOD NOW

THAT WE CAN SEE AND FEEL

SOMETHING WE CAN EMBRACE

IF ITS EVEN CLOSE TO REAL