The Drafts of Summer

Written on July 27, 2011
"There Is" - Box Car Racer

This came to mind so many times, but it never quite fit whenever I tried to post it. So, I'm putting it up here because it just needs to be up here because you told me to put it up here. So, here.



Lyrics:

this vacation's useless
these white pills aren't kind
i've given a lot of thought on this 13-hour drive
i missed the grinding concrete where we sat past 8 or 9
and slowly finished laughing in the glow of our headlights
i've given a lot of thought to the nights we used to have
the days have come and gone
our lives went by so fast
i faintly remember breathing on your bedroom floor
where i laid and told you but you sweared you loved me more

do you care if i don't know what to say
will you sleep tonight or will you think of me
will i shake this off pretend it's all okay
that there's someone out there who feels just like me
there is

those notes you wrote me
i've kept them all
i'll give a lot of thought of how to write you back this fall
with every single letter in every single word there
will be a hidden message about a boy that loves a girl

do you care if i don't know what to say
will you sleep tonight or will you think of me
will i shake this off
pretend it's all okay that there's someone out there who feels just like me
there is

do you care if i don't know what to say?
will you sleep tonight or will you think of me
will i shake this off
pretend it's all okay that there's someone out there who feels just like me

do you care if i don't know what to say?
will you sleep tonight or will you think of me
will i shake this off
pretend it's all okay that there's someone out there who feels just like me
there is

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/boxcarracer/thereis.html
http://www.musicbuzzer.com/boxcar-racer/cat-like-thief-corrections-lyrics.html

Written on June 17, 2011
"Hands Down" - Dashboard Confessional

Nowadays, I think men got lazy and lost their oomph for romance. They learned a thing or two growing up and somehow, some way it disappeared as they got older. This I definitely miss. If only they knew that they actually had it right the first time. If only they knew that we adored their sweet gestures, but just didn't know how to say it out loud. If only they knew their attention and assertiveness was exactly on point. If only they knew that it really doesn't take a lot to make someone feel special. It really doesn't take a lot to show how much you care. You just shut up about it and do something to prove it.

Lyrics:

Breathe in for luck,
breathe in so deep,
this air is blessed,
you share with me.
This night is wild,
so calm and dull,
these hearts they race,
from self control.
Your legs are smooth,
as they graze mine,
we're doing fine,
we're doing nothing at all.

My hopes are so high,
that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me,
so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
to break or bury,
or wear as jewelery,
which ever you prefer.

The words are hushed lets not get busted;
just lay entwined here, undiscovered.
Safe in here from all the stupid questions.
"hey did you get some?"
Man, that is so dumb.
Stay quiet, stay near, stay close they can't hear...
so we can get some.

My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me.
So won't you kill me, so I die happy.
My heart is yours to fill or burst,
to break or bury, or wear as jewelery,
which ever you prefer.

Hands down this is the best day I can ever remember,
I'll always remember the sound of the stereo,
the dim of the soft lights,
the scent of your hair that you twirled in your fingers
and the time on the clock when we realized it's so late
and this walk that we shared together.
The streets were wet
and the gate was locked so I jumped it,
and I let you in.
And you stood at your door with your hands on my waist
and you kissed me like you meant it.
And I knew that you meant it,
that you meant it,
that you meant it,
and I knew,
that you meant it,
that you meant it.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dashboardconfessional/handsdown.html
http://altrocklive.com/blog/2011/01/dashboard-confessional-offers-free-song-download/

Written on May 5, 2011
"Missing You" - John Waite

I wonder if this is true...actually, I know it is. I wonder if one day you'll tell me.

Lyrics:

Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I'm still standing here
And you're miles away
And I'm wondering why you left
And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time
Thinking about you
And it's almost driving me wild
And there's a heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What I might say

There's a message
In the wild
And I'm sending you
This signal tonight
You don't know
How desperate I've become
And it looks like I'm losing this fight
In your world
I have no meaning
Though I'm trying hard
To understand
And it's my heart that's breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all
Since youve been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What my friends say

And there's a message that I'm sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can't bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I aint missing you
No matter
What my friends say
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you

I keep lying to myself
And there's a storm that's raging
Through my frozen heart tonight

I ain't missing you at all
Since you've been gone
Away
I ain't missing you
No matter
What my friends say
Ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you

I keep lying to myself

Ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
I ain't missing you
Ain't missing you
Oh no
No matter what my friends might say
I ain't missing you

http://www.azlyricdb.com/lyrics/John-Waite-Missing-You-159783
http://www.slacker.com/station/broken-heart

Written on July 6, 2011
"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" - Patty Smyth & Don Henley



Now, I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you
just to have somebody by my side.
And I don't want to hate you,
I don't want to take you, but I don't want to be the one to cry.

And that don't really matter to anyone anymore.
But like a fool I keep losing my place
and I keep seeing you walk through that door.

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much,
and it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.
Baby, sometimes, love just aint enough.

Now, I could never change you, I don't want to blame you.
Baby, you don't have to take the fall.
Yes, I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you.
Maybe I just want to have it all.

It makes a sound like thunder, it makes me feel like rain.
And like a fool who will never see the truth,
I keep thinking something's gonna change.

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much,
and it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.
Baby, sometimes, love just aint enough.

And there's no way home, when it's late at night and you're all alone.
Are there things that you wanted to say?
And do you feel me beside you in your bed,
there beside you, where I used to lay?

And there's a danger in loving somebody too much,
and it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch.
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are.
Baby, sometimes, love just ain't enough.

Baby, sometimes, love... it just ain't enough.
Oh, Oh, Oh, No.

Written on June 23, 2011
"Not Ready to Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks

I rolled out of bed this morning, pulled out my comfy pair of dark gray jeans and Suckerpunch tee, slid on my Minnetonkas, and pushed back my uncombed hair with a thick, black headband. I checked my bland face in the mirror before I headed out the door and thought, "Perfect, no artificial coloring needed for me today."

I'm going in with a clean slate and it's about time I did. I don't want to talk it out. I don't want to reason with the choices I made and some that have been made for me. I don't want to dwell on why things are the way they are because I can't always control the way things turn out...no matter how hard I try and how often I hope.

Lyrics:

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

I'm through with doubt
There's nothing left for me to figure out
I've paid a price
And I'll keep paying

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go round and round and round

It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cuz I'm mad as hell, can't bring myself
To do what it is you think I should

I know you said,
"Can't you just get over it?"
It turned my whole world around
And I kinda like it

I made my bed and I sleep like a baby
With no regrets and I don't mind sayin'
It's a sad, sad story when a mother will teach her
Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger

And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter sayin' that I better
Shut up and sing or my life will be over

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go round and round and round

It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cuz I'm mad as hell, can't bring myself
To do what it is you think I should

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time
To go round and round and round

It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cuz I'm mad as hell, can't bring myself
To do what it is you think I should
What it is you think I should

Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting

www.elyrics.net/read/d/.../not-ready-to-make-nice-lyrics.html
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