Everything We Could Hold
I take out these words
And feel them on my tongue
I try them out to see
What they sound like
Spoken on a whim
Carried away in the wind
What do they even mean
What do they even mean
I lay awake late at night
Watching you as you breathe
Thinking about all those times
We had to go in between
Visiting in your dreams
Visiting in your dreams
There was a time we thought we knew
Everything that could be known
There was a time we thought we had
Everything we could hold
But when we look into the dark
We see we’re all alone
When we look into the dark
We see we’re all alone
You look at me as if you want to say
Something quite profound
Something gained, something to be lost
Something to be found
Your lips don’t make a sound
Your lips don’t make a sound
There was a time we thought we knew
Everything that could be known
There was a time we thought we had
Everything we could hold
But when we look into the dark
We see we’re all alone
When we look into the dark
We see we’re all alone
There was a time we thought we knew
Everything that could be known
There was a time we thought we had
Everything we could hold
But when we look into the dark
We see we’re all alone
When we look into the dark
We see we’re all alone
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Who Loves You Now
You went down to the river
Your sorrows there to drown
You carry them as a burden
You never quite could put down
You gathered them up slowly
You held them Oh… so tight
You wrapped them up around you
Now they won’t give up without a fight
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
It all started so innocent – ly
When you came upon a scene
Words were thrown in anger
You hid so you would not be seen
You stood in your corner
And watched the world explode
Your sorrow swirled around you
You felt, oh so cold
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
It’s a cold cold hard rain
Let it sweep away the pain
It’s a warm sunny day
Just burn everything away
Yet another sleepless night
Won’t you leave behind the day
It’s another stranger’s face
Staring through the crowd
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
Ooh ooh, who loves you now
©2020 Frank Oelschlager. All Rights Reserved
In Your Love
Hey now, you there
I see you, everywhere
Where I go, I find you’re
You’re already there
How do, you do that
Well, I’d like to know
So I can find
Myself at last
Come see the world through the eyes
Of ten year old me, and you, and you
and me
Well now, you see
Everything, so clearly
You have super-powers
Of hyper-observation
So come tell me a story or two
About you, and me, and me
and you
When you, go away
From me,
I find myself
Yearning
For, your love
To be
Wrapped
Around me
Come, won’t you find me
Come, won’t you free me
Come, won’t you heal me
Oh Come, won’t you wrap me
In your love, in your love
Hey now, you there
I see you, everywhere
Where I go, I find you’re
You’re already there
How do, you do that
Well, I’d like to know
So I can find
Myself at last
So I can find myself at last
So I can find myself at last
In your love
In your love
In your love