Manic Joy

Simple songs about life, love, and uncertainty. Comment, download and share. =)

[Song] If You Knew

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I want to take you away from here, I want to lead away
I want to travel the world with you, forever and a day

I want to feel you next to me, I want to hold your hand
I want to look in your eyes and know, you understand

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'Cuz if you knew then you would love me, like I love you
And if I knew then I would love you, the way I wanted to 

We could ride ride on a cloud my love and we could talk to the sun
We drift in the sea and be, far from anyone

Let's connect the stars with our love and land on the moon
We could dive from the sky my love and try not to land too soon

Chorus:

'Cuz if you knew then you would love me, like I love you
And if I knew then I would love you, the way I wanted to

When I look in your eyes, I hope you know I care
I do, I do, I do

Chorus 

I WISH I WAS...

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By Dave Charest

I wish I was...a little more
Like you

Cuz then I'd be...exactly where
I needed to be

I wish I was...or maybe I am
What's happened to me?

I used to know...but now I fear
What's happened to me?

You lift me up...I pull me down
How can it be?

I wish I was...I know I am
What will you be?

I wish I was...

How Many Times? (Demo)

By Dave Charest

It starts with disruption
If only to get me, outside of my head

Push back those feelings
A voice from my bed

The struggle continues
I forget what she said

What if I left you?
Unraveled the thread

How many times?
How many times?

'Fore it stops being 'round
If only I knew you
I'd get out of this sound

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Less of 'You'

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By Dave Charest
 
Things that require less of 'you'
Require more of me
So you're a little lost again
But that's okay by me
 
A heart's afire in my soul
It's something I thought you should know
Burning down the walls inside
'Why did you have to go?'
 
A little less of 'you'
Is all I'm asking for
A little less of 'you'
Would show me so much more
A little less of 'you'
Is all I'm asking for
 
Now I'm livin' out a dream
If only you'd be here too
My head is full of grand ideas
But mostly I'm thinking of you
 
Time and time again I've found
That there are things I shouldn't say
But here I go again
'I really want you to stay'
 
A little less of 'you'
Is all I'm asking for
A little less of 'you'
Would show me so much more
A little less of 'you'
Is all I'm asking for

CLOUDSURFER

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By Dave Charest
 
I don't know where I'm going to
You don't know where I've been
I thought I saw you coming in
You thought we could begin
 
Well, I don't know what's happening
You thought I would be wise
I guess I just fell down again
After I looked into those eyes
 
Yea... Hey love? Are you?
 
Looking down from a cloud above?
Surfing like the sea?
Wonder if I'll ever find, a wave to carry me
 
So you thought you put your finger on
The workings of my mind
Instead, I led you to the tapestry
The others could not find
 
So what's to say and what's to do?
I'm not so sure when I'm not with you
But I think I thought I thought of you
And now you're always on my mind
 
Yea... Hey love? Are you?
 
Looking down from a cloud above?
Surfing like the sea?
Wonder if I'll ever find, a wave to carry me
 
Way up in the atmosphere, that's where I'll wait for you

DOWN

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By Dave Charest
 
Don't let them get you down
Don't let them put you in the ground
Why should they even be around?
 
'Cuz they don't know just why
And you don't know just when
All I know is that I...
 
I don't understand
These thoughts around my brain
Can someone help me to explain?
 
Why, why, why, why why?
I feel so happy I, so happy I could cry
 
Don't let them get you down
Don't let them put you in the ground
Why should they even be around?
 
Down, down, down, down, down

STATIC

by Dave Charest

There's a static running through my veins
And I know that you're the one to blame
So hush...and don't you say a word
And hush...I want to hear you breathe

'Cuz when I take you in, I can feel you underneath my skin
And my soul just floats away-ay-ay
My heart just wants to say-ay-ay-ay, hey

What am I hiding from?
And where am I going to?
Perhaps you were the one
Perhaps I was looking for you

Soon the time will come around
And all I'll have is this sound
To remind me of the time
That I thought you would be mine

And I know it's not the same, but if I could please explain
That when I hold you in my arms
The world just melts away

So what are you hiding from?
And where are you going to?
Perhaps I was the one
Perhaps I was meant for you

There's a static running through my veins
And I know that you're the one to blame
So...

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RELAX (Bedtime Version)

By Dave Charest

Sometimes I'm up all night
Wonderin' where the time will find me
Alone, uptight, afraid
If I could leave the past behind me

Who knows, who cares, so what 
I didnt' need it that much, anyway 
When will the time come down?
Maybe it was yesterday

And after all is said and done
Perhaps I'm not the only one

Relax...won't let it get me down
Relax...won't let it get me down

Wake up, I'm late, run out
How could the world start with out me? (Messed this line up in the rehearsal. Eek!)
Behind, catch up, no way
This dance of life is all around me

Your game, my rules, who'll win
Whose keeping score anyway?
Sometimes I'm up all night
And tomorrow is today

And after all is said and done
Perhaps I'm not the only one

Relax...won't let it get me down
Relax...don't let it get you down

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