Found You

(Verse I)

I'm barely holding on

So I turn to the skies

To try and right my wrongs

To help me dry my eyes

I haven't asked for much

But I have nowhere to turn

I'm sorry we lost touch

But now I have learned 

(Pre-Chorus)

Velvet dawn, help me move on

Part the clouds, undo my wrongs

I need your strength, so I can think

(Chorus)

Above in seas of blue

I have this picture of you

Hugging my mom so tight

Casting infinite light

I watch the pace of the clouds

As they wash away my doubts

Revealing this new found truth

Now that I found you

(Verse II)

In nature so majestic 

There are answers all around

Whispers in the distance

Telling me to listen now

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

I'm ready, please take my hand

So we can find the promise land

I'm ready, to follow your lead

Open the gates so I can be freed

(Chorus)

© Dominic Dema, 2020

  

Life Got In The Way

(Verse I)

The city lights 

Race past my eyes

Moving at the speed of sound

Representing the daily grind

Sometimes we're to blame

For not staying in touch

And for that I'm ashamed

'Cuz I miss you so much

(Chorus)

When the years count the days

That we've been apart

I haven't heard your voice

Since two years ago March

I meant to call you, I meant to write

We could've reminisced about old times 

Now there's no excuse I can say 

Life got in the way

(Verse II)

Now these miles

Have divided our lives

Two separate agendas

Seen through different eyes

Now it's not easy

Doing this on our own

But only time will tell

If we're ever coming home

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

We think time is ample

We always want it to move

But eventually you run out

With everything to lose

(Chorus)

© Dominic Dema, 2020

Move On

(Verse I)

Sometimes my vision is blurred

Sometimes the lines aren’t defined
On the tightrope between right and wrong

I find myself leaning to one side

Then I see your hand outstretched

To pull me out of this mess

When all I want is to start over

When all I want to do is confess

(Chorus)

Help me see

The person I know I can be

Help me breathe

When all I want’s some relief

Time and again I’ve been right here

Stuck in a rut with a future unclear

Now I rub my eyes to the rising dawn

With you, I’m ready to move on

(Verse II)

Let the past go ‘cuz you can change

I have to convince myself everyday

All the wreckage I’m leaving behind

Is not the destiny you had in mind

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

There’s no better time than now

To cut ties with all my doubts

And walk the path intended for me

Take my hand and I’ll follow your lead

(Chorus)

© Dominic Dema, 2020

Your Shoulder

(Verse I)

Can I weave anymore into this tapestry

To make it all coalesce

It seems the parts are always fleeting

Now everything’s a mess

But you’re the beacon to see me through

This darkness I dwell at times

You give me hope when I can’t stand

Myself it’s all in my mind

(Chorus I)

Your shoulder, can it hold me up for awhile

I need a place to cry, I need a place to hide

To hold her, always makes me smile 

Helps me to breathe, makes me believe

When I need somewhere to lean

Your shoulder’s always been there, for me

(Verse II)

You’re a call away but so hard to reach

Life gets busy sometimes

I don’t want much but sometimes I need

More than you have in time

(Chorus II)

Your shoulder, when I need to find peace

And somewhere to cry, somewhere to hide

Just to hold her, puts my mind at ease 

Helps me to breathe, makes me believe

Now when I need somewhere to lean

Your shoulder’s always been there, for me

(Bridge)

These ropes are fraying so I’m not swaying

On this bridge anymore

You’re my rails when all else fails

You’re my support

(Chorus II)

(Chorus I) 

New Life

(Verse I)

I can’t begin to tell you

Where it all went wrong

I tried the straight and narrow

But now that path was gone

Hindsight’s a funny thing

It’ll haunt you in your sleep

They say don’t judge a person’s past

But you’re always reminding me

(Chorus)

Now the company you used to keep

Will slowly disappear

And all you had in common

Was living in fear

So I’m cutting these ties, breaking these chains

Leaving this behind for better ways 

I need to go now and do what is right

Start over, in this new life

(Verse II)

Not everyone can relate

All my demons I lose count

Can love conquer the hate

Can love save me now

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

So much carnage left behind

In the wreckage there is pain

The wounds will heal in time

I don’t want this life to be in vain

(Chorus)

Without Your Love

(Verse I)

I thought it’d be easy to sweep under the rug

Along with my heart there with your love

Now this makes me uneasy all I'm thinking of
So how do I go on without your love 

(Pre-Chorus)

Our love is strong, sometimes blinded

Is there hope for two hearts divided

Everything’s a mess, now I confess

(Chorus)

Without your love I can’t rise above

Help heal wounds that lost so much blood 

Now I never realized what empty could mean

Without your love I just don’t like this version, of me

(Verse II)

You were always there where I could reach

So much taught yet so much to teach

You are my rock my refuge in the night

That one shining star guiding ever so bright 

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Sometimes we don’t stick

Sometimes we don’t make sense

Everything’s happened so quick

I don’t want to be the past tense

(Chorus)

Down The Line

(Verse I)
I know you're in the room
But it's like your miles away
Just to feel your touch
Was at arm's length
I miss who we were
Before the downhill slide
In all that we've endured
Now all we need is time

(Pre-Chorus)
I'd like to flip the calendar back
To so many years ago
When every moment we spent
Was better than the one before

(Chorus)
Somewhere in all this space between you and me
We can see our bond fading gradually 
I'm such a fool to think that everything was fine
I was blind, but in time, let's meet down the line

(Verse II)
When the scars run deep
And we think they won't heal
We just need to mend
Now we just need to feel

(Pre-Chorus)

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
You're my heartbeat, you're my soul
You're my reason I get out of control
This is driving us nuts, why do we stay
Cuz without you life's just not the same

(Chorus)

Happy

(Verse I)

It’s so easy, they say

To give your heart away

What’s hard, right now

Is to know I let you down

It’s a give, and take

When you watch a dream break

All I wish, in the end

Is you find happiness again

(Chorus)

The hardest pill to swallow

So jagged going down

And the bitter taste that follows

Knowing you’re not around

The heart heals in time

If you lose your partner in crime

Let me say if you leave

I just want you to be happy

(Verse II)

It’s so easy, to run

When that’s what you’ve become

So shaken and scared

For this I wasn't prepared

Now here, we stand

An hourglass with no sand

I guess time’s run out

But what do we do now

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

The memories run deep

A timeline of you and me

So hard to imagine now

That this flame's burnt out

Now I start to reminisce 

About times that I’ll miss

But I can’t force you to see

How lost I'm going to be 

(Chorus)

Worry

(Verse I)
We meet again
Somewhere deep in this lion's den
I can't pretend
That you don't know where I've been
Cuz in my mind
Is where we struggle all the time
Where it unfolds
Over things that I can't control

(Chorus)
We're all in a hurry
When all we do is worry
About problems we should just let go
When the lines get blurry
All we do is worry
These concerns are killing our souls
When you can't find what you're searching for
All I know is I don't want to worry, anymore

(Verse II)
I need to breathe
Let this anxiety pass me by
Just so I know
That there's more to this life

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Now I feel so worn down
Just trying to figure it out
A way to detach for awhile
And try to find a way to smile

(Chorus)

In Between

(Verse I)

I lie awake

With this tug-of-war in my head

I can’t escape

The chaos in this bed

I’m so confused

How did things end up this way

You seem amused

While we slowly dig our grave

(Chorus)

Now let’s lay all our cards down

At our feet

Cuz right now we’re somewhere

In between

This love and hate that’s inside

You and me

Now we’re caught somewhere

In between

(Verse II)

I’m so anxious

The sleep I want evades me

Can love save us

When some attention’s all we need

We’re so consumed

With what’s gotten into you

That we’ve lost

What made us tried and true

(Chorus)

(Bridge)

Can we clean the slate, start again

Let all the bad times just be pretend

I know there’s something deeper

That will let our hearts mend

But I know we can’t go on

Thinking this is the end

(Chorus)