"Ever wonder where music really comes from? Without a doubt, Laura Bradley knows. Laura is an absolutely brilliant talent with an awesome heart. She has an incredible voice. Her magnificent beauty, appreciation, and passion for life radiates so deeply from within. We'll be hearing much more from Laura Bradley in the days to come!" --Michael Cobb, GM, KLKC/Parsons, KS
Leave me be * I'm busy driving demons from the night * Quiet
dawn * Perfecting every color by its light * Here I go * I'm flying inhibitions
like a kite * Faster still * Reflecting off the day it blinds my sight * Chorus
* And it looks like sun * Drying out the pain * What I wouldn't give * For just
a little rain * And it looks like sun * Allow me to explain * What I wouldn't
give * Oh, for just a little rain * Holding back * Sorting through the gray for
black and white * One more time * Cast away the shadows twice my height * I have
found * Forgiveness frees my spirit from its plight * And a little faith *
Restores these tired wings and gives them flight * Chorus * Bridge * It's not
that I * Allow myself to bargain with the pain * But there are days * When you
never want to face the night again * And so it goes * It's sometimes easier to
let it stay * Before you rise * Find the strength and send it on its way *
Chorus
Lyrics: Laura Bradley, Music: Laura Bradley & Claudio Spiewak (Back to top)
It's 8 a.m * And you're not here * And I am not * Wherever
you are * I know your bones * Your strong embrace * But it's getting hard for me
* To find your face * Chorus * What the body remembers * Is stronger than the
mind * What the body remembers * Is your body next to mine * I rest my eyes and
breathe you in * What the body remembers * Is written in my skin * It's 8 p.m. *
And I'm not there * And you are not * Wherever I am * The image burns * Upon my
hand * Reaching out, rising up * To meet the body's demands * Chorus * Bridge *
I know your rhythm * The way you move into your day * I concentrate * To find
your face * But it's always the same * I feel you near * Before I ever imagine *
You are here * Chorus *
Lyrics: Laura Bradley, Music: Laura Bradley and Grant Van Dijk (Back to top)
I wish that I could explain * Maybe I'll try it anyway * No
idea what this is all about * A dark night of the soul no doubt * Honey, I'm
starting to realize * Mirror, mirror's just been telling lies * Remind me that
it's not okay, to operate this way * I've been the biggest fool of all * Chorus
* And I know that I lose if I choose * To remain in this slow motion madness *
And I know that I lose if I choose * To believe that I'm giving up on you * So
you say this is the real thing * And we polish and protect * But I'm gluing back
the pieces of all my mistakes * Honey, I still feel like something's cracked *
And once in awhile I believe * We catch the break that we desperately need *
This would be about the time that I could make good use of mine * I've been the
biggest fool of all * Chorus * Bridge * Sliding towards translucence * I crawl
into your head * And lay me down * And maybe for awhile * I'll hang around *
Chorus *
Holding onto promises * Holding forth for gain * Holding out
for better days * Holding up thru change * Holding in our deepest fears *
Holding back against the years * Holding onto dignity * Holding out for you and
me * Chorus * And I would trade it all * For one more night of bliss * I'm
begging God again * And shaking both my fists * And I'm still drowning in your
skin * And tasting from your lips * I'm not sure that I know how * To handle
this * You used the word amazing * And amazing is the twist * The risk of
reaching out to me * And the chance I might have missed * There's so much more
to learn of you * And the sweetness that I've seen * I know that I can be
without as long as you are within * But how long will I make it in this skin *
Chorus * Bridge * Take my skin * In * To the dark abyss * Where I will *
Remember this * Chorus *
Am I good to you * Could I do more * I can be very self absorbed * I did not
choose this road I own * Will you forgive me * Never thought I'd need you * Now
I know the score * Believe me * I only want to love you more * Chorus * For
every reason * I give you * To give up on me * You give me one more reason to
believe * For every reason * I give you * To give up on me * Ohh Ohh you give me
reason * In the dark I feel you * As your presence bars the door * Your silence
overwhelms me * While your quiet breathing dulls my roar * So many neon failures
* Still you glow each time I soar * I only want to love you more * Chorus *
Bridge * You could have closed your eyes * You could have walked away * You
could have turned your back * But you pick me up and hold me one more day *
Chorus
Lyrics: Laura Bradley, Music: Laura Bradley & Claudio Spiewak (Back to top)
What If I was supposed to be firegirl * What If I ignored the
flames along the way * What If I destroyed the best laid plans before me * When
I found it was so much more than I could take * Chorus * The higher I fly, the
further I fall * The more that I learn, well the less that I know * And the
deeper I feel, so much wider this hole * I'm just trying to find my wings * So I
won't burn and blister in these flames * Still I believed I was supposed to be
this firegirl * And I believed I'd put out flames along the way * But in the
middle of this fire and flying ember * I was burning in my own greatest mistake
* Chorus * Bridge * And in the dark there comes an angel to me * She said you
don't need wings beneath the deep blue sea * In tranquil blue you'll float free
of this fire * The question is now will you fly or dive * Chorus * The darker my
days, well the grander my goals * The tighter my grip just makes me loosen my
hold * It's much harder to keep, than it is to let go * I'm just trying to find
my wings * So, I won't burn and blister in these flames, Again *
It's many miles I know * But the desert's pale * And a white
wind blows * All's quiet in my mind * Crossing another state line * Scaled down
to simplicity * Got another moon hanging in front of me * Finally nothing but
darkness around * Crossing another town * Chorus * Drive * Drive * Drive * The
cell phone's acting funny * It only works when I hang up * It seems that that's
when all the words begin to flow * Free falling from the mouth * So I guess you
have no idea * About the way I really feel * And the only way for me to try and
sort it through * Is from this perspective behind the wheel * Chorus * Bridge *
Sometimes even starlight burns * If It shines on you too long * But you still
prefer the safety of the night * Where you glide along silent and strong *
Chorus * Driving through another town * I can't pull off and I can't get out *
What I lost I think you've found * Crazy how I'm all alone * Several thousand
miles from home * Should I turn around or should I drive * Chorus *
When you're slipping * You don't stop to wonder why * It's
all you can do to hold onto yourself * And watch the images fly * And for a
second you fumble * And you lose your grasp * You think to yourself maybe
finally * Rock bottom at last * Chorus * No worse, you breathe * No lower, you
sigh * I've been down so long so far now * I don't even think I can cry * No
more, you ask * No harder, you say * I've been down so long so far now * I don't
even know how to pray * When you're slipping * Nothing matters but your speed *
It's all you can do to land hard on your feet * Unbroken in one piece * And for
a minute you wonder * And you look around * You think to yourself is it possible
* To return to higher ground * Chorus * Bridge * I don't even know where to
start * To stop the bleeding from this perforated heart * And that's when you
declare enough * And you begin to climb the steepest wall back up * Chorus *
Razor wire, sword and stone * Kept me from my righteous home
* White magic cast in time * Spun for my peace of mind * Be still and listen now
* No need to speak at all * A candle speaks of rich reward * Deep within the
castle walls * Pre-chorus * But all I see * Are the storms I've brewed * In
front of me * And sweet revenge * Has this monumental Edge * Chorus * And I'd
have never thought * That I could get to mercy now * Change of heart, flesh and
bone * Forgiveness conquers sword and stone * Sure as the moon will rise * Above
the hill and cross * A second chance is ushered in * Weep no more for what was
lost * Pre-chorus * Chorus *
Baby I know I told you I'd be home by five * With all my
heart I really thought I would * And why I kept moving past the exit on the
highway * Is a mystery I never understood * They sky ahead bled twilight and the
rain fell * And a pounding heart kept rhythm with my head * I'd split the
difference easy on your wrongs against my rights * To silence the war of what we
said * Chorus * Cause you're all I ever loved * And it's taken all my strength
to understand * And it's broken down my will; now I know there is a hell * And I
would not be here * No, I would not be here * If I only took your hand * Scratch
the surface, what a bloody shame * Tears fall red and reckless down my face *
With all my heart I wished you here beside me * When I hit ground running from
this place * Chorus * Bridge * It's bitter cold without you hear inside my head
* Courage isn't what they chalk it up to be * Worse is that I'm lonely for the
stupid things you said * But I can't forgive dishonesty * Chorus *
Missing you is not the way I planned this * Out of sight is
never out of mind * Loving you long distance barely fills me up * And I can't
get your drift chatting on-line * I wonder where you are and what you're doing *
I wonder if you're wondering on me * The nights are getting longer and my phone
just doesn't ring * I think that it's broken, cause I haven't heard a thing *
Chorus * Probably it will be okay * And probably you are fine * You're probably
laughing right now * And probably I've stopped crying * Every mile a bitch and
back between us * Holding you is just a memory * Your picture's really crumpled
cause I sleep with it in bed * And I'm starting to think this is messing with my
head * Chorus * Bridge * Get out of my way * I'm out of my mind * I need to get
back now * It's a matter of time * Chorus * Probably it will be okay * And
probably you're still fine * But probably's never been good enough * Let it be
good enough this time *
I am a big ass liar * I took you for a ride * I gave you the words you wanted *
Now I'm the one who's trying to hide * I am a big ass liar * I said that I understood *
Your reasons for clinging to * Excuses why you never could * Move on * Chorus: *
I have never been so ashamed * I told you that it was okay * To live your life this
brutal way * Watching you make the same mistakes * Over and over and over again *
Over and over again * I am a big ass liar * I watched you place the blame * On everybody
left * Responsible for all your pain * Chorus * Bridge: * I'd prefer you'd skip the part *
Of how it soothes you craving heart * It cracked your life and stole my voice * The bottle
that's your drug of choice * Empowered by your lesser god * A drunken monster rages in a fog *
I am a big ass liar * I took you for a ride * Chorus *
You won't slow a raging river from the middle * You've got to
seek the end and wait the calm again * And I can't help you stay afloat * If you
won't reach for me * And I can't fix this broken hope again * Chorus * And we'll
go down together * Silent in these waves * Choking on a storm * Of words we
never said * After all this time * It's funny I'm * Still wishing * In a
thundering silence * A soul cracked in this room * Now it's standing room only *
But they don't know you like I do * I know I made up all the rules * I still
wonder why * No one gets to you the way I try * Chorus * Bridge * Odds are
we'll surface * With little or no faith * The storm will cease * And we'll wind
up somewhere safe * Will it really * Matter at all * Cause in this storm * I
can't hear you call * Chorus
There's no hurry * You've got no place to go * Find the calm,
my love * Let it soothe you real slow * You don't remember * That's all right
because I do * It's just so strange how * I don't know what to do * Chorus * But
if you falter * I'll be there by your side * Take care now * Don't forget to
write * I will remember * The blueness of your eyes * Take care now * Don't
forget to write * Now it's different * You fly away unharmed * Leave behind the
armor * Call the fight with open arms * From the distance * You begin to see the
shapes * No need to salvage * Cause nothing went to waste * Chorus * Bridge *
For a moment * You'll fight without a sword * On the battlefield you knew * Find
the calm * Rest awhile * Let it speak to you * Chorus *
Lyrics: Laura Bradley, Music: Laura Bradley & Jim Gasior (Back to top)
