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Take off the Mask

Maia — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:27:10 +0000

This is a work in progress I wrote down yesterday. It does have a melody, so I’m gonna try recording it soon.

Please take off the mask
And show me that he’s real
The one who knows me to my last
The one who knows where I begin

Please take off the mask
I know that you’re in there
Let your guard down, let me see
Let me feel you, let me hear

Please, let me in

Please take off the mask
I haven’t seen you for so long
Only the briefest spells of time
When you make me feel so strong

Please take off the mask
You are more than I see now
You have so much more to give
You can heal me if you try

Just let me in

Hold onto your senses
Please don’t try to hide
I’m standing here and waiting
Just dare to take the stride
I’m holding out for you, dear
I’m never gonna go
I know that you’re still in there
Take my hand, break out your soul

Please take off the mask
You don’t have to hide from me
Your defences cannot last
I will hold you finally

Please take off the mask
I have seen it all before
Follow the sound of my voice
You are so close to see it all

Just let me in

Am I Home?

Maia — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:24:20 +0000

This is my glass of red wine,
My jug of water, my favourite line
I am in your couch
Am I home?

I’m sleeping in your bed
Is it my bed, or in my head?
Room is full bags
Am I home?

Living out of boxes
Music in my ears
Keys are in my pocket
I’m eating up my fears
You’re the only person who can answer me
Am I home?
Am I home?

My old keys are gone
I put them in a mailbox
My old home is gone
Am I home?

I’ve tried to fit my books
In your bookshelf, but it looks
As though we need more space
Am I home?

Living in your house
Unpacking all my things
Keys are in the hallway
I hide away my wings
You’re the only person who can answer me
Am I home?
Am I home?

Alive

Maia — Sun, 09 May 2010 14:42:58 +0000

See, the sun is shining now
See, the sky is blue and bright
Day is dawning, clean and new
This is spring’s first morning dew

World is overgrowing now
Life is overflowing now
We are bright and shining now
And the Earth is singing out

Right at this moment there is no death or pain
Tomorrow we can dance in the rain…

Can you see it blooming now
We are grooving now
We are moving now
Can you feel it swinging now
We are winning now
We are, we are, we are
Alive

On the day of reckoning
We will see the dark draw in
But today there is no fear
Mother nature’s birth is here

Now we can fly, there is no death or pain
Not a moment of joy is in vain…

Can you see it blooming now
We are grooving now
We are moving now
Can you feel it swinging now
We are winning now
We are, we are, we are
Alive

Can you see it growing now
Overflowing now
Overjoyed now
Can you hear them sing it now
We will bring it now
We are, we are, we are
Alive

Before You Go

Maia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:32 +0000

Call it
Feel it
Don’t believe it
This was never what you expected

Love it
Leave it
Go deceive it
You meet fate on a day like today

And here you are, sitting on the shelf
Drinking whiskey like water and hating yourself
And if it was a question of dying tonight
You’d be faced with the challenge of losing the fight

So here you are, sitting on the shelf
Drinking whiskey like water and killing yourself
What you’re feeling right now wasn’t part of the deal
And tomorrow’s another day to make you feel
So numb it, numb it, kill it with fire
Cause everyone in this world is a liar
And this is all that you need to know
Before you go

Go down
Fall down
Lose your calm now
God looks away today

Blow it
Fake it
Don’t mistake it
You lost your lucky day a long time ago

And here you are, sitting on the shelf
Drinking whiskey like water and hating yourself
And if it was a question of dying tonight
You’d be faced with the challenge of getting it right

Nothing More

Maia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:29 +0000

You never take any consequences,
Because the consequences don’t matter to you
You do what you like with a constant smile
Not caring what others think about you

Your friends are mostly temporary
Random people walking in and out of your life
And you’re fairly easy going, you smile and you laugh
But I wonder if anyone’s seen the inside

I wonder if you ever peel off the smile
Remove all the plastic and stop with the lies
I wonder if, when your friends leave, does it hurt
When they quietly walk away, do you ever learn?
Or is it really just all fun and games
Are you nothing more than what we see every day
Are you nothing more?

You’ve never been mad at me, never been careless
Enough to let the smile leave you behind
But at the same time, you’ve never been honest
Enough to let the smile reach your eyes

I wonder if you ever look at yourself
Put the smile and the plastic all on the shelf
Remember the things you told friends about friends
And feel guilty for ruining another event
Or is it really just all fun and games
Are you nothing more than what we see every day
Are you nothing more?

Do you talk behind my back as well
Do I have your respect or do I just see a shell
Are you any more honest with me than anyone else
Or am I just like the others, I really can’t tell
Do you love anyone, do you love yourself?

Are you nothing more?

Untitled

Maia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:28 +0000

A wind is blowing through the trees
And the sky is bright red in the north, north-east
The summer moon is just half full
But it’s shining as brightly as ever

The birds have all gone to sleep long ago
And the sun will rise soon and I love this so
The silence and calm just before dawn
As this moment seems to last forever

But I know that it isn’t forever

And that’s all right with me
Because you, my love, you’re not here right now
But I will see you soon
And until I do I will think of you
Watch the night pass into day
If I don’t fall asleep first

Somewhere I think I saw a frog leap
Only creature awake, everyone is asleep
All the doors are closed, not a lamp is lit
But it never gets dark here, not ever

Though the summertime isn’t forever

These Words

Maia — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:00:12 +0000

You have kissed my lips raw and sore
We’ve raised our glasses to “forever”
(in the sense of the foreseeable future)
And I have counted your eyelashes
We’ve had talks about now or never
And you’ve yet to run away

The next time I see you
When my lips are well and truly assaulted
These words that rest upon them will escape
And I will tell you
I will tell you

These words have waited here for days
Wanting so much to be said
And I have to look away sometimes
It has been a special time
Sky seems to be glowing red
And you’ve yet to run away

The next time I see you
When my lips are well and truly assaulted
These words that rest upon them will escape
And I will tell you
I will tell you

I can hardly speak
When I’m with you
My knees go weak
And I know that I’m a walking cliché
And my rhymes are really bad
There’s no structure to be had
And these words are rushing to get out

The next time I see you
When my lips are well and truly assaulted
These words that rest upon them will escape
And I will tell you
I will tell you

I will tell you.

Just This Once

Maia — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:00:05 +0000

I know I tend to see a future that never comes
I know I tend to analyse the situation a little wrong
I know that what I want to happen isn’t usually what comes to pass
I know that the world’s full of shit and every person in it is an ass

But is it so wrong to hope?

Just this once,
Can I have all the things I wanted, too?
Just this once,
Can I be rewarded for being totally honest with you?
Just this once,
Can I do the things I really wanted to do?
Just this once,
Can I get what I want?
Is it all right with you?

I know that things don’t always happen the way that you imagined them to
I know you can’t control your own fate the way everyone would like to do
I know that the fairytale ending doesn’t happen like in movies or books
I know that the tiniest detail can ruin the best plot hook

But is it really too much to ask?

Just this once,
Can I have all the things I wanted too?
Just this once,
Can I be rewarded for just telling you the truth?
Just this once,
Can I do the things I really wanted to do?
Just this once,
Can I get what I want?
Is it too much for you?

No, I’m not some sad little kid
Who doesn’t know dream from reality
I’m not some irrational dreamer
Whose world is endless anxiety
I don’t need to always get what I want
I don’t need to always be right
But just for once it’d be nice
To feel like I’ll win the fight

Just this once,
Can I have all the things I wanted, too?
Just this once
Can I be rewarded for having the courage to see it through?
Just this once,
Can I do the things I really wanted to do?
Just this once,
Can I get what I want?
Is this enough for you?

Chased

Maia — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:00:11 +0000

Soberly and sombrely
Echoing from somewhere… I forget
No more melancholy
Never find its way back to me again

Soberly and sombrely
I will find it somewhere else
Always running away
My destination would be somewhere far away

Feathers floating on the wind of days gone by
Always running, never stop for breath or air or sleep
Days lived in the rain will never come again
But still I’ll keep on running
Still I’ll keep on running

Soberly and sombrely
Looking for something new
Something’s chasing me
And so I’ll always run and you will never catch me

Hopeful faces see me passing off somewhere
Always running, never stop for food or shelter there
Days lived in the sun will never come again
But still I’ll keep on running
Still I’ll keep on running

You Snore

Maia — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:00:01 +0000

You snore
It’s like a million annoying little crickets in my ear
Or maybe bulldozers
Or buzzing bumblebees
Only worse, more disturbing
And I can’t sleep

Of the nights I have slept next to you,
I’ve only really slept one of them
Because I was tired and I fell asleep before you
The others, I’ve lain here, looking at you
Wondering if I could do something to make you stop
Pinch your nose, perhaps
Push your face the other way
You might snore less if you sleep on your side rather than your back

You snore
It’s loud as a hurricane
Or a plane crash
Or a volcanic eruption
Or a nuclear bomb, and it keeps me awake
And I can’t sleep

But that’s okay
Cause you’re sleeping next to me
And I don’t mind
Cause you’re sleeping next to me
And even if I don’t sleep,
I feel safe

But you snore
And it’s getting really annoying
I think I’ll cover my ears with my pillow
Or try to think of something else
Or turn on some music
Cause I can’t sleep
But that’s okay