All rights reserved. Copyright Andy Dunne 2018 IMRO
Broken Pieces
Verse 1
So many times in my life
I should have felt so scared
Times that would have killed a grown man
I never seemed to feel fear
While hanging from a thread
I couldn’t bring myself to understand
Yet, these days, I’m haunted
By the hidden and untold
I find that I’m imprisoned in myself
I miss the child I left behind
On that gurney, freezing cold
He deserved a life with no regrets
Chorus 1
I took his broken pieces
I took his very name
I took the very air that he would breath
Now all those broken pieces
Still with me, to my shame
Are all that I can ever hope to be
Verse 2
This is my apology
To a child I never knew
A child who could have forged a better me
I didn’t mean to turn my back
On you all those years ago
The only way to kill those memories.
Bridge
Buried deep, so I believed
In that unmarked grave
But now my mind’s a darker place
For turning away
Chorus 2
I took your broken pieces
I took your very smile
I had no past and so no future I could see
Now all those broken pieces
Still with me, all the while
Are all that I can ever hope to be
Broken pieces of you and me.
So Long
Verse One
I’m saying goodbye, to a rainy day friend
I’ve found the courage after years pretence
No easy decision, but it just has to be
I need to fix the broken pieces in me.
Chorus
So long, so long
It’s taken so long
So long, so long, so long.
Verse two
This won’t be easy, of that I am sure
Live a day without your shoulder,
Pick myself up from the floor.
I’m tired of bad decisions, and beating myself down
Playing, the only game in town
Chorus
Instrumental break
Verse three
I gave you my money and most of my time,
You stole my laughter and most of my mind
But Their were two of us in this right, from the start
At least, I’m walking away with my heart
Chorus x 2
Instrumental Outro.
Take This Man
Verse 1
If all we need, is time and space
Then take a look at this man’s face.
You’ll find the end to all your fears
It’s written here, between the years.
Then put those thoughts upon a shelf
And bit by bit just help yourself
I’ll gladly be your stepping stone
So take it all and go…
Chorus
Take the colour from my eyes
Take the freedom I was born with
Take the anger and the hate
Take as much as you can stand
And when all your dreams are gone
Take mine to keep you going
Take my breaking beating heart
Take this man
Verse 2
What a fool I’d be to crave perfection
So I’ll carry on, I’ll carry on in vein.
If all you need is mine to give you
Then take it all, take the pain.
Chorus to finish.
