Is Anybody Really Happy

IS ANYBODY REALLY HAPPY

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017 

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE COMPLETE

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE WHOLE

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, SO I WOULDN'T KNOW

NOTHINGS EVER GOOD ENOUGH FOR ANYONE

IT'S GOT TO CHANGE, NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED

EVERYONE WILL TELL YOU THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM

IS ANYBODY REALLY HAPPY

UNLESS THEIR IN CONTROL 

TO PREVENT A TEAR, I'LL TELL YOU

JUST WHAT YOU NEED TO HEAR

TWISTED LOGIC AT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES

WHAT'S BECOME OF ALL THAT'S PURE

WELL I'VE SEEN ENOUGH TO KNOW

THAT MOST OF THIS ISN'T RIGHT

YOU SHRUG OFF THE WARNING SIGNS

AND JUST SIT TIGHT

TELL ME WHEN YOUR SOULS ARE COMING TO LIFE

SO WE CAN TURN THIS THING AROUND

SURE THE DAYS ARE LONG AND THE NIGHTS ARE LONGER

BUT WE CAN ALL DO BETTER THAN WE ARE

A WORLD GONE MAD, NEVER SATISFIED

ALWAYS LOOKING TO THE OTHER SIDE

YOU LENT YOUR HEART TO THE IDEA

 THAT NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME

THE TRUTH IS OFTEN NEVER KIND

DON'T LET IT UNRAVEL YOU, CAUSE YOU TO UNWIND

KEEP THE MAGIC ALL INSIDE

JUST BREATHE, AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT

WHAT YOU'RE FEELING LEFT YOU IN THE COLD

NOTHINGS EVER SURE BUT THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE 

IT GETS LIGHTER AFTER THE DARKEST NIGHT

THE LAST THING YOU WANNA TO DO 

IS THINK IT WON'T ALL TURN OUT RIGHT

YA WE'VE ALL HAD OUR TURN 

ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE JUST TO WATCH IT BURN

I TRY NOT TO LET THINGS BOTHER ME

WORRY'S JUST ANOTHER ENEMY, THAT I CAN DO WITHOUT

TRYING TO GAIN SOME SPEED

GET TO THE THINGS I NEED, WITHOUT DELAY

THINK I'VE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT 

I JUST HAVE TO FIND MY WAY

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE COMPLETE

TO BE WHOLE, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT SO I WOULDN'T KNOW

 

Waiting For Something Beautiful

Painting By: J.R Hilton

WAITING FOR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017 APRIL

LONELY SKY TONIGHT

NEW MOON PEEKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS

WHEREVER YOU ARE TONIGHT

THINKING OF YOU, NO SURPRISE

YOUR VISION NEVER LEAVES ME

I CAN SEE YOUR SMILE

HEAR YOUR LAUGH

SMELL YOUR PERFUME

SOFT LIKE SPRING, DEW DROPS ON ROSE

I CAN'T SHAKE IT

CAN'T FORGET HOW YOU MADE IT FOR ME

WHERE ARE YOU DARLING

NEW PLACE, NEW LIFE

WHEN YOU WATCH THE WAVES

CRASHING INTO THE SHORE

DO YOU EVER THINK OF ME

TIMES WE HAD

RUNNING UP THAT HILL

AND THE WALLS HOLD STILL

GUARD THE CASTLE LIKE YOUR HEART

MAYBE YOU SHOULD OF THOUGHT ENOUGH

NOT TO LET ME IN

SHOW ME JOY

BUT LEAD ME TO HEARTACHE

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE

WAITING FOR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW

TIMES I LOOKED INSIDE MY HEART

AND I COULDN'T SEE

ANYTHING BUT EMPTINESS

INSIDE OF ME

HOW YOU WERE GONNA CHANGE IT ALL

YOU WERE UNDER MY SPELL

AND IT WAS SO EASY TO TELL

BUT YOU DECIDED IT WORE OFF, AND YOU LET GO

JUST STOOD THERE AND WATCHED ME WALK AWAY

ALL THE THINGS I THOUGHT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND

I WAS WRONG, MAYBE I WAS WRONG RIGHT FROM THE START

BUT I CLOSED MY EYES AND PLAYED THE PART

SHOWED ME JOY AND LED ME TO HEARTACHE

IT WAS HARD TO TAKE

FELT LIKE I'D BEEN STRUNG ALONG

EVERYTHING WE HAD SUDDENLY GONE

IT WAS NEVER ABOUT ME AS YOU THOUGHT

IT HAD TO BE JUST AS YOU MADE IT WHAT YOU BOUGHT

GUARD YOUR HEART FROM THE DEMONS FROM YOUR PAST

EVEN I THOUGHT YOU'D SEEN YOUR LAST

GUESS THEY CAUGHT UP TO YOU AFTER ALL

I STILL HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY

 WITH THAT CALL THAT CHANGED FOREVER

 

 

 

A Song Called: Ragged Canyons

Photo by: J.R HILTON

RAGGED CANYONS

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 

DECEMBER 2016

I SEE THE MOON 

LOOKING BACK AT ME

BACK-LIGHT FOR A FOREST OF DREAMS

LIGHTS UP A NORTHERN OWL ON THE WING

WOLVES HOWLING ON A HILL 

MAKES ME SHIVER

GIVES ME A CHILL

BIG YELLOW MOON

TRACING ACROSS THE SKY 

SWIMMING THROUGH THE STARS

LAUGHING AS IT PASSES

ON IT'S FIRST TRY

AND I CAN'T SEEM TO LOOK AWAY

MESMERIZED 

DOWN BELOW

AS THE TREES ALL GLOW

UNLOCKING MYSTERIES

SOFTLY AS WE GO

FOLLOWING FOOTSTEPS IN THE SNOW

 WHO KNOWS WHAT EACH NIGHT WILL BRING

MAYBE TOMORROW

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS WILL SING

TREASURE AND RICHES

MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU THINK 

THEY'RE ALL AROUND YOU

AND DEEP WITHIN

CAN YOU FEEL IT RISE

CATCH A SPARK IN YOUR EYES

RAGGED CANYONS

COVERED IN MIST

AS SEETHING WATERS CHURN

HEADING FOR THE SEA

EAGLES DARE HIGH ABOVE

GIVE ME THE MOUNTAINS

AND I'LL SHOW YOU LOVE

PRISTINE, CRYSTAL CLEAR STREAM

MOVING THROUGH THE TREES

MOSTLY UNSEEN

WATERFALLS, TALKING UP A STORM

LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY

HURRY DOWN, THEN MOVE STEADILY ON

LESSONS FROM MOTHER EARTH

FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE

NOTHING EVER STAYS THE SAME

IT JUST GETS BETTER OR WORSE

YOU CAN MAKE IT A BLESSING

OR MAKE IT A CURSE

WHEN LEAVES FALL

ONE BY ONE AND ALL

ALL GONE TO GROUND

THERE'S A HUSH, WITHIN THE WOOD

A SILENT SNOW, FILLING THE VOIDS

NEW DAY

NEW LANDSCAPE TO DREAM AWAY

WHAT OF THIS WORLD IN WHITE

GEESE ON THE WING

HEADED FOR THE LIGHT

STANDING HERE

IN A BLANKET OF SILENCE

BUT I'M STILL IN AWE

WHAT I'VE SEEN AND WHAT I SAW

 

 

 

 

My Lyrics To: Miles To Go

Miles To Go

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

NOVEMBER 2016

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS PASS BEFORE MY EYES

HEADED WEST TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO

TO IMPROVE THE LIFE, I WAS ACCUSTOMED TO

MILES TO GO, AND NOTHING BUT TIME

MY MINDS MELTS INTO THE MOUNTAINS THAT I SEE

THEY BECOME A PART OF ME

NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP

SHROUDED IN MYSTERY AND CLOUDS

AWAY FROM THE MADDENING CROWDS

A CROW CALLS TO ME, AS I'M CROSSING THE SCREE

REACH FOR THE TOP, SAVOR THE VIEW

SEE INTO THIS WORLD ABOVE THE CLOUDS 

AS FAR AS MY EYES ALLOW

LET MY MIND WORK OUT THE REST

FREEDOM IS FLYING LIKE A FLAG IN MY SOUL

IT'S HARD TO LEAVE THIS PLACE AND GO

BUT EVERYTHING'S BEGINNING HAS AN END 

AND WHO KNOWS WHAT AWAITS AROUND THE BEND

BACK ON THE ROAD, THAT LEADS TO WESTERN GOLD

A NEW START IN THE SUN

IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I GAVE IT ALL I HAD

THE THINGS THAT GOT IN THE WAY

NOW DON'T SEEM SO BAD

WITH A SUNSET BURNED INTO THE SKY

I'LL MAKE IT, I'LL GET BY

ROADBLOCKS NEVER MEANT THAT MUCH TO ME 

I'LL FIND MY WAY AROUND

THE WILL FINDS THE WAY

ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD, THE WIND AT OUR BACKS

SMILE ON YOUR FACE AS YOU

 TRY TO GET THROUGH THESE TIMES

I DON'T HAVE MUCH AT ALL

BUT WHAT I'VE GOT IS MINE

I DON'T HAVE RICHES, BUT I'VE GOT LOVE

WHAT I CAN'T GET AROUND

I WILL RISE ABOVE

  

Song / Lyrics/ Children Of The Sun

PHOTO BY J.R HILTON

Children Of The Sun

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON 2016 05 02

A FIELD OF BLUEBELLS, STANDING IN THE SUN

WE WALK RIGHT THROUGH THEM

COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE

SUCH A PERFECT DAY, FOR YOU AND I

WE LAUGH AND WE PLAY

WE FIND A STREAM

 FAR REMOVED FROM EVERYTHING

BLANKET ON THE GROUND

BOTTLE OF WINE PASSED AROUND

PRETTY SOON, WE'RE CHILDREN OF THE SUN

SQUEEZE OUT EVERY DROP OF SUNLIGHT, IN THIS DAY

ONLY ONE THING TO SAY, WILL YOU STAY

I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR

THEN YOU CAME ALONG AND PROVED ME WRONG

ALL YOUR CHARMS, SHINING THROUGH

IT'S ONLY YOUR HEART I HOLD NOW IT'S TRUE

NOBODY ELSE WILL DO, IT'S YOUR LOVE

IT'S THE WAY YOU MELT IN MY ARMS

IT'S THE WAY YOU LIKE WHEN I TAKE CONTROL

OH MY, YOU AND I, SO MUCH ALIKE

I THINK THAT WE'LL BE OKAY

WE WALK BACK ON THE TRAIL THROUGH THE BLUEBELLS

AS THE SUNS GETTING LOW

WE MAKE OUR WAY WALKING SLOW

DRINKING IN THE SCENERY, YOUR HAND IN MINE

PERFECT DAY, PERFECT COMPANY, PERFECT WAY

FEELING FINE, IT'S ALL RIGHT ON TIME

EVERYTHING IS GOING BETTER THAN OKAY

IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WILL FOUND A WAY

YOU FOUND ME, THEN I FOUND YOU

PROBABLY SAVED EACH OTHER

 FROM FALLING THROUGH

ENDLESS MISERY