Lying beside you here in the dark Feeling your heart beat with mine Softly you whisper you're so sincere How could our love be so blind We sailed on together and drifted apart And here you are by my side So now I come to you with open arms Nothing to hide, believe what I say So here I am with open arms Hoping you'll see what you're love means to me Open arms Living without you living alone This empty house is so cold Wanting to hold you wanting you near How much I've wanted you home But now that you've come back Turned night into day I need you to stay So now I come to you with open arms Nothing to hide, believe what I say So here I am with open arms Hoping you'll see what you're love means to me Open arms -- Steve Perry & Jonathan Cain
Paramour I've known you since Forever And forever it will be Unchained, free I've loved you since before I knew my name And long after Anyone will speak it Forever in a meadow As children Hand in hand And when night comes As goddess and Pan -Me
Emeralds Why do they think her heart is red? Is it her fire or her glow? Is it because they lust for sweets, down below? Silly boys, you've missed the clues. For here before you lies a Mother of an emerald hue. Lush landscapes are her pleasure. The tiniest forest dwellers are her treasure. A proud momma who brings life to all she touches And keeps us all from despair's clutches. Daughter of Artemis, huntress divine The sages know your heart beats to an emerald shine. -Me too
Merci ma belle. Her is a dark one Drowning Inside Out Drowning in an ocean of sorrow and the only thing extending this dance are two talons impaled into my back. This god-devil keeps me alive if only to prolong the sweet torment of living, the singe of despair that preserves me. Water penetrates my mouth, a strange salty aquatic brew that reminds me of cum and pussy— better days, when surrender was easy, unmitigated, complete. There is no gestation in my mouth, only instant offspring which cry out, desperately hungry to believe in something greater than myself, their father. “You done fucked that up too many times, boy,” whispers a gentle voice, softly but thundering with truth. No, I cannot comfort my children this time. But there are no answers, no heroin or heroines to save me. I am stripped, naked and alone, with all these hungry mouths to feed. Fight to live or fight to die and aren’t they the same in the end? Am I the family annihilator who drowns his guttural babies along with himself? Or does he win once again? I cannot die! I cannot die? I can’t fucking die.
When you love a woman You see your world inside her eyes When you love a woman (Well) You know she's standing by your side A joy that lasts forever There's a band of gold that shines It's enough to make you cry When you see her walking by And you look into her eyes -- Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry & Neal Schon
A faded wedding photograph You and me in our first dance Our eyes are closed We're lost in one sweet embrace Since those days the world has changed But our love remains the same God knows we've had our share of saving grace And I'm proud of all the blessings You have given me The mountains we have climbed to get this far You've learned to take the laughter with the tears After all these years You make it feel brand new After the fires that we walked through Against the odds we never lost our faith In our house we've made our home Where our children all have grown Precious moments time cannot erase Make a living up and down the gypsy highways Seasons that we've had to share apart Somehow in my heart I always keep you near me After all these years After all these years You stood by me The days and nights that I was gone After all these years You sacrificed, believed in me And you stood strong Cause with our love there's nothing left to fear After all these years -- Journey
