kites

I know why you walked away from me

Like a boy who got his kite caught in a tree

Tangled string and hair fighting with the air

And tears won’t bring it back down to the ground

Oh, no

Kitchen table altar in the sun

Hearts were starved where we became undone

Sitting in our chairs, heavy empty stares

With nothing left to say after goodbye

Oh, no

Some people run and laugh

And don’t care if they crash

Some stay standing still

And let the wind wear down their will

And that’s you and me and kites

Quiet dancing through the petulance

Words like branches sharp as bayonets

Tiptoe on the shells, fickle hearted spells

Back and forth we pulled ‘til we were torn

Oh, no

Some people run and laugh

And don’t care if they crash

Some stay standing still

And let the wind wear down their will

And that’s you and me and kites

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine

soft side

Maybe, just maybe

It’s just as bad as a heart attack

Or maybe it’s not as bad

As I think

Remember November

Nobody ever said it’s now or never

Just goodbye

And you didn’t even blink

Endless, relentless

This dizzy in my heart, hot and hellish

Got me helpless

And down on my knees

Curse you, I curse you

You’re standing there

And what’s even worse you

Don’t know what you do to me

It’s crazy, it’s crazy what I’ll do for you

Maybe, just maybe it’s where I’ll find the blue

Just a little past midnight in the hourglass

On the soft side of the moon, moon, moon

Tell me, would you tell me

If I said it first, if I found the words

If I asked you

Before you walked away

Need you, I need you

Yeah all the time, and it’s worse at night

When the lonely

Won’t let me escape

It’s crazy, it’s crazy what I’ll do for you

Maybe, just maybe it’s where I’ll find the blue

Just a little past midnight in the hourglass

On the soft side of the moon, moon, moon

I’m not losing my mind, just losing myself

Just losing all track of time

It’s crazy, it’s crazy what I’ll do for you

Maybe, just maybe it’s where I’ll find the blue

Just a little past midnight in the hourglass

On the soft side of the moon, moon, moon

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine

don’t leave me lonely

Everybody knows

Where this is gonna go

It’s anybody’s guess

How it’s gonna get there

I don’t have the time, this time

What’s mine is yours, what’s yours is mine

So be careful with my heart

That’s only fair

Please

Don’t leave me lonely

Don’t let me go

Don’t leave me crazy

On my own

Don’t leave me lonely

Daises only grow

Where the heartache won’t

I had always hoped

You’d pick some for me

Please

Don’t leave me lonely

Don’t let me go

Don’t leave me crazy

On my own

Don’t leave me lonely

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine, Frank Maroney

postcards

Hey you, send me a postcard

Wherever you are

You are, you are, you are

I’ll try to read it when I can

Wherever I am

I am, I am, I am

I will wait for you

Like the stars wait on the moon

Tell me all of the things you’ve seen

Tell me all about where you’ve been

Are you falling in love with the streets

And the city, the lights in the midnight trees

Instead of me?

I send my words through the sky

Letters on telephone wires

To you, to you, to you

My heart’s a note in a bottle

Floating on water

I am lost at sea, at sea, at sea

Will you come back soon?

Before spring turns in to June

Tell me all of the things you’ve seen

Tell me all about where you’ve been

Are you falling in love with the streets

And the city, the lights in the midnight trees

Instead of me?

Postcards from far away

Never have room for all you need to say

Tell me all of the things you’ve seen

Tell me all about where you’ve been

Are you falling in love with the streets

And the city, the lights in the midnight trees

Instead of me?

Madeleine, Olivia Rudeen

fingertips

Twilight in your eyes

There ain’t no surprise in this

Goodbye feels like

We started just like this

With a kiss, just a kiss

Your lips; harmless

They’ve got me hopelessly tongue-tied

In this last wish

We get before the well runs dry

Tonight

Cause tomorrow’s a beggar

That borrows and steals

All the love from forever

That we tried to build

Piece by piece, bit by bit

Through our fingertips

Throwaway words like fractures

Spread through us like a spiderweb

We search for comfort

And hope the fragments we’ve left will let

Us forget

Cause tomorrow’s a beggar

That borrows and steals

All the love from forever

That we tried to build

Piece by piece, bit by bit

Through our fingertips

Sifting through sorries for something to say

Drifting from dreams that were stolen away

Cause tomorrow’s a beggar

That borrows and steals

All the love from forever

That we tried to build

Piece by piece, bit by bit

Through our fingertips

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine, Olivia Rudeen

sounds like saturn

I’ve been trying to get my brain around this

Like roping clouds, trying to save from drowning

In my veins, a trace of space resounding

On and on and on

Sounds like Saturn

I can almost hear the stars exploding

Raining light, spilling all the knowing

Radiates through my skin and bones and

On and on and

Sounds like Saturn

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine

miss the boat

Late night crying makes perfect sense to me

Curled up under a blanket of memories

Of you and me

You and me

Colder and colder, no I just can’t get warm

There’s times I swear that I still feel your arms

In this winter storm

Snowflakes are thorns

The world turns older

We move slower

And you’ll find sometimes

You just miss the boat

There should be stars that shine on wars like ours

And kiss the broken ribs that couldn’t hold our hearts

And heal the scars

Of what we are

What if we had met at a different time?

Would you still be here and still be mine?

I close my eyes

And wonder why

The world turns older

We move slower

And you’ll find sometimes

You just miss the boat

And watch your something sail away

The world turns older

We move slower

And you’ll find sometimes

You just miss the boat

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine

parachute

You came in and broke down all my walls

Helped me build a fence around my heart

I hope you’re there to catch me cause I’m falling

Falling down from clouds of distant stars

I wished upon a star up above

I’d parachute into arms full of love

And I’m falling

There’s a chance I’ll shatter and break

But once I jump, oh it’s way too late

Cause I’m falling

I’m falling

I don’t know if this will last our whole live

But forever doesn’t feel like long enough

We could pack it all and take a long drive

Run away where time just won’t catch up

I wished upon a star up above

I’d parachute into arms full of love

And I’m falling

There’s a chance I’ll shatter and break

But once I jump, oh it’s way too late

Cause I’m falling

I’m falling

Madeleine, Kristen Kuiper

tantrum

I don’t wanna say goobye

Don’t wanna cry my eyes out

Tryna hide the truth that I, I

I don’t wanna

Wish I listened, wish I wasn’t distant

Wish I didn’t save my kisses

Wish that I, I

I wish I didn’t

I thought that there’d be time

I still see ya in my dreams

You’re floating, waving, reaching, leaving

Yeah I, I

I still see ya

I thought that there’d be time

Never heard the clocks upon the wall

No I never heard them tick ‘til you were gone

I thought that there’d be time

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine

mars

When you close your eyes

Can you still see the gold?

Feel the heat, and all your soul ever told you

Tell me tonight while we’re racing the light

If we’re really gonna make it

14 million miles

And 20 more to go

Never been this far from never going home

Tell me tonight

While we’re racing the light

If we’re really gonna make it

Is this all we are?

Wandering, stardust hearts

If we miss our mark

Will no one ever know?

How long could we last if we just keep on going?

Tell me tonight

While we’re racing the light

If we’re really gonna make it

Is this all we are?

Wandering, stardust hearts

Jeff Anderson, Madeleine

amelia’s star

Where are you going?

Where have you been?

I’ve been wondering about you

I hope you’re doing okay

I’ve held my own hand

I’ve sung myself to sleep

Between alone and lonely

I still have my dreams

I go where the wind blows

Searching for my truth

I know when I find it

I’ll come back to you

Racing clocks and candles

Tiny grains of sand

On the road less traveled

To find out who I am

I go where the wind blows

Searching for my truth

I know when I find it

I’ll come back to you

So I’ll keep on searching

And listening to my heart

Maybe I’ll finally find you

When I find Amelia’s star

Jeff Anderson, Brittany Kennell