Also, I wrote some songs

To follow up that uncharacteristically positive post I've compiled a pair of songs I wrote this semester. There is a pretty significant chance I'll be partial to playing one or both of these at an open mic over the holidays if those things still happen in my town.

She chose:

V1/2:

Up to base, swing the bat, miss three times and you’re gone

Just relax, take a breath, remember which team you’re on

Send a card, send a gift, maybe that will change her mind

Maybe you’re just too late, you’re just a couple steps behind

Chorus:

So far, So close

I’m not sure I want to know

So far, So close,

I’m just not the one she chose

“ “

V3/4:

I think I’ll take a little drive, leave the pics in my guitar

As If I could do more than try to just forget who you are.

I think I’ll try and just pretend that I am right there in your head

But we both know you’ll fall asleep in someone else’s bed.

(Chorus)

Bridge:

It’s not your fault, it’s not your fault

If you don’t love me

It’s alright, it’s alright

It’s not your fault, it’s not your fault

That you don’t love me

It’s okay, it’s okay.

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

I’ll find someone else to blame.

(Outtro)

Open Book

V1/2:

I own a book

that holds my mind

You can have a look

if you’ve got the time

Just take this pen and write

just who you think I am

Don’t forget to sign your name

On the dotted line

V3:

I’ve got some wounds

I wonder when they’ll heal

There’s nothing I can do

When they aren’t even real.

Pre-Chorus:

When the house is burning

I’ll water the lawn

So we’ll have such nice grass

When all the ashes are gone

Chorus (X2):

Something just doesn’t feel right

When I’m all alone

Oh what an awful sight

Where’d all the people go

(Repeat Chorus)

V4:

I have a room

Where I spend my time

Quiet as a tomb

Suits me just fine

If you want to visit me

Well just come on in

Don’t be surprised by what you see

Who I am within

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

V5:

I am an open book

Much too easy to read

Come and have a look

You’ll notice what I mean

So just take this pen and write

Just who you want me to be

And when I fall asleep at night

I don’t know what I’ll see

(Chorus)

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