Take Me Away to Write Songs For You

"I'll Compose One For You"

there's never a song that contains all the words
you make me wish to scream
never a verse so perfectly put to explain what i mean
there is no melody that captures the hurt and the remorse
there is no tune to captivate with the way in which you do
and there is no amount of drumming to suffice in explaining the way you make my
heart pound
there are no words to describe you in a song
and to try, well, it would be wrong
you make my breath catch and you make my heart yearn
you make me smile
you make my soul die and you have let me scream and burn
i cannot express the ups nor the downs and no song will try
no song will ever catch all the tears in one place
nor all the ways i cried
there are no songs about you, dear
there are no tunes nor melodies
and there never was a composer to try, none other
than me


8/4/11


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"Ticket Away"

Buy me a ticket to a better place
I need an airplane to save my life
I need to get away from this space
that is keeping me here in strife

Take me on journey for my broken heart
I need a place to rest these weary feet
I am in desperate need of a better start
And I really need new people to meet

So won't you, won't you, won't you
buy me a ticket away?

I need an airplane to save my life
I need a moment to capture happiness
I need a way to get away from strife
and I gotta' combat this loneliness

Take me on a journey for my restless mind
Take me up high and let me leave tonight
I need to leave this place far behind
Let me do what just feels right

So won't you, won't you, won't you
buy me a ticket away?
I needed to leave a couple months
before yesterday

8/5/11

Airplane

She was going to take an airplane

to change her future

and to lift her heart on wings

She was going to take an airplane

to right a wrong

and to allow her heart to sing

But planes can go up in flames

just like love built upon lies

She was going to take an airplane

to make music in her head

and to let her heart carry her to peace

She was going to take an airplane

to fight away the frowns

and to let her heart and love be at ease

But planes can go up in flames

just like love built upon lies

Every coin, penny, nickel and dime

set aside for a fancy plane ride

to end her troubles and woes

and take away the sorrows

Every coin, penny, nickel and dime

spent elsewhere because that plane ride

never happened, never flew, never left

because hopes come and go for what's best

Planes can go up in flames

just like love built upon lies

She was going to take an airplane

and she was dreaming of the coast

and dreaming of the hope

never wanting to let go

She was going to take an airplane

and she was reaching out to hope

so she could wake up and she'd know

but now she'll never, ever go

now she'll never, ever know

Planes go up in flames

like love built on lies

Watch them fly away

and wave and say goodbye

 

by elizabeth azpurua orginally written on 2/10/10