flight 93

listen to the mp3

kiss me, my darling, before i go
my flight leaves at 8 am
i’ll see you when i get home
i’ll call you from the west coast

and when i say i love you
it’s for always
starting today

hey there, it’s me, from the air
i just called to say…i miss you
i’ll hope that you will be….

happy.

so kiss me, my darling, before i go

Add comment October 2nd, 2001

we will rebuild

listen to the mp3

i’m struck by the beauty i now see in you
i’ve long ignored the red white and blue
has someone switched you in the night?
i see you new by the dawn’s early light

rubble and reasons that do not stand
life slips out of a grasping hand
planes that turn and terrorize
dry are empty, tearless eyes

we will rebuild
a peace taken by fear
we will rebuild
and we’re still here

under your colors that wave in the wind
we fight in a war we did not begin
a spotlight to shadows, darkness will flee
we bury the brave and we rally the free

over our shoulder we carry you on
we raise you high, plant you on lawns
our sorrow is strong, but so are you
the beautiful red, the white, the blue

Add comment September 20th, 2001

911

written while watching familes searching for the missing after September 11th

Listen to “911″

tangible shadows
a reason to fear
out of the darkness
evil is here

hope holds a picture
we don’t seek to find
but bring to life
the death on our minds

how long will you tarry, Lord?
how long till you carry us home?
my soul cries to You…for rescue

dust in our lungs
but what shall we scream
wake in a nightmare
fresh from a dream

sunshine escapes us
it must look away
while we survivors
must stay

Add comment September 14th, 2001

at the pass

i wrote this when an earthquake struck japan and yugoslavia was undergoing
revolution – and i was in as much confusion.

listen to mp3

i’m not a strong man
when i push down
get up again

but the hardest thing
is seeing you smile through
tears of my intent

are you ok?
i did not mean it
i’m sorry

please won’t you stay?
i’d quit betting on me…

here are scars from fights we’ve won
here are scars from nights i’ve run
but head me off at the pass

i’m a rat born into a maze
i don’t know any other way

don’t question the walls
or the end of my days
i can’t see anything but yesterday

the ground will shake beneath my feet
the nations will fall in flames

but cover me up in your promises
and tell me again how you know my name

here are scars from fights we’ve won
here are scars from nights i’ve run
but head me off at the pass

i’ve got so much i want to say to you
but the words all spill out of order
put a hand on my shoulder
You know…

Add comment May 5th, 2001

felt so new

listen to the mp3
so you have your first real love
but didn’t you just tell me
i was the one you were thinking of?
(ahh)

48 hours grows me up
you swallowed me and threw me up
’cause somebody better came along
and i wonder what went wrong

i would have been just friends with you
i would have done what you asked me to
i’m so used to being used, but with you
it felt so new

you said you never wanted to hurt me
you said it would break your heart
to up and go and leave me alone
how well you knew your part

did you lie when you said you’d cry
if you ever took advantage of me
even i can see through tears in my eyes
you’ve never been so happy

i’m mad at myself for letting you
do just what you warned you would do
and i’m mad at you for saying things
that evidently were not true

Add comment February 2nd, 2001