HALF ME GONE

 

HALF ME GONE

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

CLOSER  BECOMES FARAWAY 

I USED TO SAY

I KNEW WHERE I'D LAND

NOW THERE'S SO LITTLE

I'M SURE OF

I DON'T KNOW 

THE DIFFERENCE ANYMORE 

BETWEEN HAPPY OR SAD

 SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE

WAS A FINE LINE I MISSED

BETWEEN JOY AND MISERY

 

I LOOK BUT ALL I SEE

IS A MASK 

THE SADNESS ETCHED IN FOR GOOD

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO

I THINK I'VE DONE ALL I COULD

WHEN LESS BECOMES MORE

ITS TURNED INTO THREE OR FOUR

THE PAIN THE WEAR

HALF ME GONE

I TRY TO STAY

COME WHAT MAY

 

THE WEATHER THE STORM

WILL I EMERGE UNHARMED

NIGHT OR DAY

THEY PASS THE SAME

DRIFTING ON

SWALLOWED BY CONSEQUENCE

THAT I SEEM TO OWN

IN THE UNTAMED WIND

LIE THE ANSWERS

LEADING ME ON

PUSHING ME OUT TO FLY

WHEN IT STOPS

NO ONE WILL WONDER WHY

 

 

ALREADY MY HEAVEN

 

ALREADY MY HEAVEN 

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

SOME DAY

I'LL FIND A WAY

TO GET INSIDE YOUR HEART

HOLD YOU

INSIDE MY LOVE

DEEP WITHIN

 THE MAGIC WE SHARE

I WANT TO WAKE UP

AND FIND YOU THERE

YOUR ARMS REACHING

FOR ME

IN THE MORNING SUN

 

TAKE ME

INSIDE YOUR DREAM

LOOKING INTO YOUR EYES

THE LOVE I FEEL

I CAN SEE

THE LIGHT

 THAT SURROUNDS YOU

SURROUNDS ME

LET'S ME BE

ONLY YOURS

MY INHIBITIONS FALL AWAY

NO NEED FOR THEM TODAY

 

FEELING CHARGED

FEELING SO TAKEN WITH YOU

ALREADY MY HEAVEN

I CAN'T PUT YOU DOWN

I CAN'T FIX WHAT'S NOT BROKEN

PERFECT IS AS CAN BE

JUST AS LONG AS I CAN SEE

STRAIGHT INTO YOUR EYES

FIND THE WORDS

SO YOU REALIZE

WHAT YOU'VE DONE

ALREADY MY HEAVEN

 I CAN'T PUT YOU DOWN

MY SOUL IS EVER ENLIGHTENED

WHENEVER YOU'RE AROUND

 

YOUR VOICE 

THAT TAMES AND SOOTHES ME

CONSTANT AND CONSUMING

LEADING ME SO DEEP

INTO THE MAGIC

THAT WE SHARE

I'LL NEVER FIND MY WAY

FROM THERE

 

 

 

SEE THEN SEE NOW

 

SEE THEN SEE NOW

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

SEE THEN SEE NOW

NOW AND THEN

SEE WHEN IT BEGINS

RELATIVE TO ITS END

ITS ONLY A THING

FOR SO LONG

THEN ITS GONE

AND DID YOU GET SOME

WHILE YOU COULD

WERE YOU LEFT

 STANDING THERE 

 

TELL ME YOU'RE OKAY

LIVING LIKE

 IT  DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY

SEE THEN SEE NOW

WE KNEW WE'D MAKE IT

SOME WAY SOMEHOW

WHY WOULD 

THAT HAVE CHANGED 

WE FOUGHT TO GET THIS FAR

WE FELL ALONG THE WAY

GOT BACK UP EACH TIME

ENSURING US TODAY

 

NOW SEE THEN THE PROBLEMS

THAT WE FACE

THERE'S NO EASY ANSWERS

RAISING THE RAGE

THE FAITH WE HAVE

IS STRAINED 

THE WORLD IS EVER STRANGE

CLOSING IN AGAIN

TELL ME THAT YOU'RE OKAY

ABOVE THE CRUSH

SEE THEN SEE NOW

THE DIFFERENCE

ITS NOT OKAY

 

HOLD BACK TOMORROW

 

HOLD BACK TOMORROW

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

FROM ABOVE TO SEE BELOW

ALL WHITE FROM THE SNOW

THE TREES APPEAR TO SLEEP

WATCHING OVER CANYONS DEEP

I CAN HEAR MY OWN HEARTBEAT 

I LOOK THROUGH THE GLOW OF FIRE

RIGHT INTO MY VERY SOUL 

 

I GUESS I HAD MY CHANCES

THE ANSWERS ELUDE ME

SECLUDE ME FROM THE REST

TURNING FASTER

SWIRLING MOVING

 TOWARDS DISASTER 

HOLD BACK TOMORROW

I CAN'T KEEP ON FIGHTING

I'M NOT GAINING GROUND

I FACE THIS ALL ALONE

THE WEIGHT OF MY WILL

IS INCREASING

TURNING INTO STONE

 

ONCE IN AWHILE

FATE WEARS A SMILE

IF ONLY I COULD SEE ONE NOW

I COULD BREATHE AGAIN

I COULD SING IN THE WARMTH

OF THE SUMMER SUN

KNOW I DID SOMETHING GOOD

TOOK MYSELF 

FROM DEPTHS OF DESPAIR 

GUESS I MAY NEVER KNOW

THAT'S NOT THE WAY ITS GOING

THE LIGHT SLOWLY FADING

THE DARKNESS IS SHOWING

HOLD BACK TOMORROW 

BETWEEN STRAIGHT LINES

 

BETWEEN STRAIGHT LINES

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

THE SUN SHONE BRIGHT AND BLINDING

THE DAY A SHINING EXAMPLE

OF ALL THAT'S GOOD

ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT I'D EXPECT

AND MORE I DIDN'T AT ALL

THIS COULD BE SOME KIND OF REVELATION

SOME KIND OF WINDOW OPENED WIDE

FOR ME TO GO INSIDE

SEEMS I HAVE TO HEED THE CALL

STARE BACK OUT AT WHAT I MISSED

UNTIL I FIND IT I PERSIST

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THERE WERE TIMES

BETWEEN STRAIGHT LINES

THAT I COULD SEE

ACROSS THE OPEN SKY

ALAS I NEVER KNEW I HAD THE KEY

THE UNIVERSE WOULD OPEN UP TO ME 

I TOOK AWAY WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ALL I NEEDED 

GUESS I CAME AWAY A LITTLE SHORT

I NEVER HAD A BACKUP PLAN OF ANY SORT

 

WINGS AND PRAYERS

ITS HOW I GOT HERE

WINGS AND PRAYERS

TO BRING ME BACK

SOMETIMES I STRAY TOO FAR 

UNTIL I LOSE MY WAY

UNTIL I HEAR HER SAY MY NAME

BRINGS ME BACK TO NOW

I LOOKED AND LOOKED

BUT I COULDN'T FIND THAT WINDOW AGAIN

DEFEATED DENIED

I COULDN'T IF I TRIED

 

PULLING DOWN THE SUN

 

PULLING DOWN THE SUN

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE

ON YOUR OWN

EVERYDAY A JOURNEY

TO THE UNKNOWN

ITS COLD NOW

EVEN WHEN ITS WARM

WHERE IS KINDNESS

WHERE IS THE VERY THING

THAT DEFINES US GONE

YOU KNOW YOURSELF

THERE'S SOMETHING 

SADLY WRONG

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WHERE IS THE GOODNESS

WHERE IS THE GRACE

WHERE IS THE GODDESS

WITH AN ANGELS FACE

HOW DID IT FALL

SO FAR DOWN

PULLING DOWN THE SUN

JUST BECAUSE IT OFFENDED SOME

IT WAS ALL TOO RIGHT

SO NOW ITS ALL WRONG

ITS MORE THAN SAD

THE WORLDS GONE MAD

THE MORE I SEE

THE LESS I LIKE

THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE

 

TAKE THE WORLD BACK

OR STEP AWAY

HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT

LIVE INSIDE THE MYSTERY

IS COMMON SENSE ALL GONE

I SEE LITTLE AND NONE

NO  WAY FORWARD LIKE THIS

THE MORE THERE IS

THE LESS WE EXIST

ANYTHING IS GAME

SUBJECT TO BE NEXT

EMBRACED BY MADNESS

DRESSED IN SADNESS

WE SHOULDN'T FEEL SORRY

WE COULD CHANGE THE STORY

MAKE IT GOOD

 

WHERE IS THE GOODNESS

WHERE IS THE GRACE ..
 

OF THE STARS

 

OF THE STARS

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

I FEEL I'M DRIFTING

FLOATING AWAY

NO CONTROL

I HAVE NO SAY

PART OF

THE STARS TONIGHT

I'M HERE I'M THERE

AND BACK

BEFORE ANYONE

CAN SEE

BATHED

IN MOONLIGHT

THEY WON'T KNOW

 ITS ME 

EMBRACE THE THINGS

I AM

FORGET THE THINGS

I WON'T EVER BE

 

SEEMS I LOST MY PLACE

BEFORE I SLIPPED AWAY

NOT ALL THE WAY

JUST OUTSIDE THE FRAME

AFTER ALL

ITS ALL A GAME

 WAITING STILL

WANTING PEACE OF MIND

GAVE IT A LITTLE TIME

THEN A LOT

AND I STILL HAVEN'T GOT

A REAL DIRECTION

NO GUIDANCE I CAN TRUST

JUDGE ME IF YOU MUST

BUT NOT SO I CAN HEAR

YOUR OPINIONS

 MEAN NOTHING TO ME

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE

SUFFERED IN SILENCE

SO LONG

THAT NEVER

CHANGED A THING

THIS OLD WORLD

NEVER CARED

WAS INDIFFERENT AND COLD

I PUSHED BACK

I EMBRACED

I WON I LOST

I FACED IT ALL

 

WATCHING ON

 

WATCHING ON

WRITTEN BY

JEFF R HILTON

2023

 

SPIRIT ME AWAY

TAKE ME

WITH ALL MY PROBLEMS

TELL ME

THERE'S NOTHING SO BAD

THAT YOU CAN'T SMILE

NOTHING BAD

THAT I CAN SEE

AS IF IT ALL

LIVES OUTSIDE OF ME

HOW COULD ALL THIS

EVER BE

 

I'VE BEEN LOOKING

WATCHING ON

WHATEVER IT WAS

IT SEEMS ITS GONE

LEFT HUNGRY FOR MORE

LOOK TO THE SKY

AND BACK AGAIN

TO THE FLOOR

I BELIEVE IN GOOD

RISING TO THE TOP

AS IT SHOULD

 

HOW WILL I KNOW

FOR SURE

WHEN ALL THE LINES

BEGIN TO BLUR 

MAYBE I CAN FEEL AGAIN

I SENT ALL MY WISHES

MY DREAMS ARE KNOWN

BY ONLY FEW

WHERE HAS ALL TIME GONE

IT JUST FLEW

 

WHEN I'M DOWN

I CAN'T SEE THE POINT

THE NEED TO SEE THE END

IN THE LIGHT AFTER

THE GLOWING SUN

BY MOON AND STARS

OLD AND TIRED

LESS INSPIRED

BY THE GRIND

ALREADY MOSTLY

LEFT BEHIND

 

I'VE BEEN LOOKING

WATCHING ON

WHATEVER IT WAS

IT SEEMS ITS GONE

LEFT HUNGRY FOR MORE

NOW I'M NOT SO SURE