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From "Motherstone"
All
songs written by Wendy Repass (c)1997-2000
Rise
Above the Rubble by Wendy
Repass
©1999
Wendy Repass
Well,
they took my job, took my home,
Said,
"Little girl, I’m gonna take away your soul."
They
stand above me but I stand for something higher
Rise
above the rubble
Rise
above the rubble
Oh,
no. You know what they say,
You
know how far they’ll try and take it anyway.
They
stand above me but I stand for something higher
Rise
above the rubble
Rise
above the rubble
I Salute You by Wendy Repass
©1997
Wendy Repass
This
song’s for Josie whose home was a hell
And
all day long her family would yell
And
she could kill for what he did
And
this song’s for Edgar who’s always looking down
Just
like he’s praying in a ditch just out of town.
Chor
I’m
not big on advice but I’ve known fear, and I salute you.
I’m
not big on pride but I’ve known tears and I salute you
I’m
not big on hate but I’ve known rage and I salute you
I’m
not big on pride but I’ve known fear and I salute you….
We
think they must have done something wrong
To
bring on the devil, to bring this blood bath on.
This
song’s for Jesse who was left all alone
And
she’s afraid she could die within her home.
Chor:
You Fill Me by Wendy Repass
©1998
Wendy Repass
In
memory and blood
This
desert mountain rises ‘fore the flood
And
I touch the scars of hope abandoned
I
want to lie stock-still
The
disappointment on the floor
With
a pile of clothes where she laid dying
Chor
But
you fill me- You fill the hollow
You
pull me in- under oceans
You
fill me- soft and hallow, you surround me.
When
I was a child
Tiptoeing
in the haze of the grey morning
More
than ghosts that I imagined
Still
what mattered most
Star-gazing,
I see my life in my own hands
Still,
you touch more than I imagined
Chor
Camille’s Song by Wendy
Repass
©1994
Wendy Repass
Did
I tell you I think about you?
And
I see that we’re worlds apart now. Silly world, silly, silly
It
has taken me years to find words
I
was hoping to see them at my feet or somewhere on the ground….
Oh….
Do
you remember that lake last summer?
You
were standing upon the pier, peer through me, see the water
Hand
on glass as you smooth the surface
Diving
in with the world behind you, into the lake, feet above
the ground….
Oh…
Rain Upon a Wire by Wendy
Repass
©1995
Wendy Repass
Mountains
on fire burning low; it’s my heat.
You’ll
find a way to make a break- rain upon a wire.
I’ll
find a way to make you stay- hold a bird in hand.
Say
it was all for to find why
And
who’s to say if she would have stayed that way
I’m
climbing up the ladder, feel it on my hands, feel it on
my feet
Did
I win the kiss, climb the tower, and play the prince
Please
just hold me, please just hold me, stay
Say
it was all for to find why
You
say you’re not that kind, say you feel like I, say you feel
like….
Reasons by Wendy
Repass
©1999
Wendy Repass
All
the people in the world
Do
what they can; they do what they know
But
when you leave without a trace
Everyone’s
got their reasons
Chor
But
I need some love from you right
now.
And I already
care for you somehow
Don’t
you try and doubt my heart
I
never forget these things I just try to forgive make a brand
new start
If
I open up to you
I
expect you to open to. Just risk and let go
Chor
All
the beauty in your heart
May
not be all clear to me now but I can see you
And
all the beauty in your soul
Doesn’t
just come and go but stays on forever
Chor
Fighting by Wendy Repass
©1999
Wendy Repass
Meet
you in a strange place in a strange town
Don’t
know you, you don’t know me
You’ve
got this look on your face like you’d like to kill somebody
now
Nothing
to do nothing with me
Chor
I
know what you’re fighting for but
Why
are you fighting me?
Know
what you’re fighting for but
Why
are you fighting me? (x2)
Tell
me why
You
think this life’s all over
And
tell me how
You
think they’re going to lay this one over
Chor
Sometimes,
oh, seems like things never change, well
You
lose hope for a better life
And
sometimes the struggle seems unfair it seems too late
But
would you kill somebody now
And
still live with all your hate
My
understanding of your problem
Does
not mean I can’t protect myself from you
Oh,
the history of hurt and pain, it can be blinding
But
can you still discern your friends from your foes.
Know
what you’re fighting for
Know
what you’re fighting for
Chor
Something by Wendy Repass
©1999
Wendy Repass
You
live under fear the expression is lurking in the corner
of your mind….
They’ll
preach control. The depression, it’s pushing on you ‘til
you’re frozen and you die.
Chor
Hey!
So you believe in nothing, well it can’t over you
When
your soul is open wide.
Your
heart is saying something, but it can’t over you
But
you’ll believe in it in time
There
is a cry in your soul, a darkness and a light. A shadow
falling
It
finds a way, of my friend. Give it space and give it time
before it takes a life.
Chor
Decide by Wendy Repass
©1995
Wendy Repass
What
can I say…? In this world you cannot falter
But
I cannot be a loaded gun, a cold trip wire or eternal flame
There
I ways I’ll go on living.
I’ll
love someone
I’ll
trust someone
I’ll
hold someone
I’ll
love someone
To
finalize the finite philosophy of my life
Free
to say, free to love, free to be, that’s you and me
But
you’ve gone too far this time, hold the knife up to my eye
"Decide
to live or decide to die!"
Tell
you once tell you again
Still
bear the jungle scars of teeth torn in my flesh and I
And
I stand again to stake my claim
Knife
held to my eye and I decide to live.
I’m
gonna live
I’m
gonna breathe
I’m
gonna stand
I’m
gonna love
The Way I Feel by
Wendy Repass
©1999
Wendy Repass
The
way I feel when you’re around me now something gets me out
to your door
And
I can’t conceal the way you move me; something moves me
to the way I feel
Chor
It
lifts me up over highest mountain
And
carries me up to your door
Chor
It’s
a mystery the way you move me; something moves me
to the way I feel
The
way I feel
To
the way I…feel.
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