Drek

That's Where We Are I looked in the mirror Seeing through tears of horror Looking for my heart, shattered on the floor. And I think for a minute about surrendering Maybe I’m wrong in my rendering But even if I am wrong I won’t move along {Chorus #1} I will not give it up No I won’t give in When there’s still a chance Of us again I will not rest When I know we’re not through I only hope again To see me and you. So at night I lay down In the bed we made together No matter how hard I try It still feels like leather So I sit up and I read the note The simple things that we wrote Small little words like “I love you” and “good-bye” Why did we ever let this die? {Chorus #2} I will not give up Nor will I give in When there is a chance To be US again When I know there that we aren’t through All I hope to see is you with me and me with you. Someday. I hope to see you walk through that door And make me feel the way you always did before When I’ve lost my way and a part of me I know your by my side, that is plain to see But you’re not where I need you most In my embrace When you’re there maybe then I’ll know I can escape this place. (Repeat Chorus #1) (Repeat Chorus #2) The mirror is shattered And the bed sheets, tattered But at least I know what I see You’re in my arms…the way life should be. Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

#somewhere, #between, #together, #apart

Everytime you're near My heart begins to thump Now it's crystal-clear Why it beings to jump When I hear your voice I feel like I can't speak And when I feel your touch Oh how my knees go weak When I feel you laying by my side It seems these feelings I can not hide There is a simple word It is only four letters long There is a simple word But to me it like a song Love It does not need critique Love Simple because it is uniqe Love Is quite like you and me Because in love We will always be... Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

#everytime

The Days Of Old It is like a thunderstorm rages in my brain And my eyes let out the rain These tears aren’t warm…but they are full of pains These tears are cold like the ice in my veins They run cold rivers down my face It is like an artic mist Freezing my lips that long to be kissed My heart as well is frozen Because I’m not the one you’ve chosen My thoughts are cold as ice You did the deed, I pay the price My blood runs cold Because I’m still in love, with the days of old. Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

Drunken Dreams And Knowing This Guilt This Pounding In My Head Is The Source There Is So Much Pain That Has Been BuiltThese Hand Of Mine That Feel So Coarse So I’m Ready To Take The Bottle For A Tilt (Chorus) It’s A Sickly Sweet Symphony of Fears And It Seem That You Are Drowning In A Sea Full Of Tears All Of These Visions Becoming Clear Along With The Screams In This World Of Sober Sights And Drunken Dreams I Haven’t Dropped The Ball And My Speech Isn’t Slurred I Haven’t Let You Fall And My Thoughts Of You Aren’t Blurred This Pounding In My Head And This Beating In My Heart Tells Me That I’m Not Dead And I’m Not Torn Apart (Chorus) Don’t Shut Me Down Don’t Let Me Feel Cold A Frost In My Sea Of Tears….Don’t Let Me Drown To This Symphony of Fear…Let My Hearing Be Lost My Sights Are Sober and Clear But Dreams Are Drunk Though My Thoughts Are Full Of Cheer My Dreams Seem To Lack All Of Their Spunk (Chorus X2) Written by Derek Jordan “Ace” Sytsma Submitted by Drek

#sober, #sights

Contemplating on something I need to decide Should I show the real me Or continue to hide? Should I open up and let people see That I’m thinking of all of those nights I would lay and cry While my life lacked its glee That I’m remembering all of my feelings I would try to deny When I didn’t know who to be. That I’m concentrating on the times I would ask why And all of the times I questioned if I was free That I’m wondering if it mattered that I would try Or if “try” is just a word of debris And now I’m questioning so many things while I look to the sky I see the moon and howl in a sort of guarantee That I won’t say fair well or goodbye And this is something I do decree But the moon just glows down on me and listens, that is its reply Perhaps because it knows the real me. Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

#knowing

You Seem to Find The Dark Never Find The Light Look For The Sun Not The The Moon You Should Look For These Bloodshot Eyes They Belong To Your Gloom Look For The One Who Will Hold You Through The Coldest Of Nights Look For The One Who, In Your Name, Stands and Fights. Look For The One Who Lives For Your Next Word The One Who Would Die To Give You A Last Breath I Hope I Am All Of This I Hope I Am The One Whom You Miss Look Into To The Night And I Pray To God I'm Right That I Am The Bloodshot Eyes That Tell No Lies When The Warm, But Hurt Voice Groans And The Words Come Out As Moans Of I Still Love You and Forlorn Hope This Is Why I Sit and Mope Know That I Stand Up For Your Name I Never Let It Fall To Shame Know That I Wish To Fix The Damage Done And This Is Why People Say That I'm That One Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

Tell my heart to last longer Tell my will to be stronger Tell my mind to stop thinking About what was and what could have been Tell my ears to start to listen Tell me to have a better plan But don’t ever tell me to be a better man I tried my best But best just won’t do Because my best didn’t keep you Don’t tell me to care more Don’t tell me to hold open the door Don’t tell me to want it worse This is not something someone can coerce Tell me you want to be a friend Tell you want what we had to mend But don’t tell me you love me Don’t feed me another lie Because if you loved me You wouldn’t have let “us” die. Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

(Chorus) Let me take you on this emotional roller coaster Let me take you for this emotional ride Let me take you on this emotional roller coaster Let me take you for an emotional stride*X2 always* A corkscrew and a loopdeloop Of a broken heart A corkscrew and loopdeloop Tearing us apart A corkscrew and loopdeloop And a forgotten name A corkscrew and loopdeloop So whose to blame? (Chorus X2) A corkscrew and loopdeloop Rewind the ride A corkscrew and loopdeloop No where to hid A corkscrew and loopdeloop Have you forgiven me yet? A corkscrew and loopdeloop That’s a choice you won’t regret (Chorus X2) Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

#emotional, #roller, #coaster

Baby you're all that I want When you're lying here in my arms I'm finding it hard to believe We're in heaven We're in heaven Oh, thinkin' about our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free Now nothing can take you away from me We've been down that road before That's over now You keep me comin' back for more Baby you're all that I want When you're lying here in my arms I'm finding it hard to believe We're in heaven And lovin' is all that I need And I'm finally there in your heart It isn't too hard to see, We're in heaven We're in heaven Now nothing can change what you mean to me There's a lot that I could say But just hold me now Cause our love will light the way Baby you're all that I want When you're lying here in my arms I'm finding it hard to believe We're in heaven And lovin' is all that I need And I'm finally there in your heart It isn't too hard to see, We're in heaven Now our dreams are comin' true Through the good times and the bad I'll be standing there by you We're in heaven And your loving is all that I need When I'm finally there in your heart It isn't too hard to see We're in heaven Oh oh oh oh oh oh We're in Heaven. ((This is for you baby-girl...I love you Ashley,)) Written by D.J. Sammy Submitted by Drek

#heaven

Take these roses all from me Let me live, let me be For a little while Let my eyes, See everything and nothing in their time I do not mind Who've guess I'd learn To let the walls around me burn Light up the hillside My words, I ate them for so long and nothing changed It was just the same And I don't know if you see me But I can tell you your face is clear I will see you... Forever Forever I will see you Forever Forever Call me close once again Call me teacher, call me friend Just like the first time Call my name, it echos around me in this room Its all you I don't know if you hear me there But it's dark so no one cares I will hear you... Forever Forever I will hear you Forever Forever I wanted you to be everything to me Now I've got to learn to carry on I know I cannot hide this emptiness inside But nothing is the same since you've gone Send me letters from above Send me strength, send me love Such sweet love Sing me songs that echo in my head and in my heart That's where you are And I don't know if you feel me here I can tell you one thing that's clear I will feel you... Forever Forever I will feel you Forever Forever I will hear you Forever Forever I will see you Forever Forever Take these roses all from me Let me live, let me be Written by Vertical Horizon Submitted by Drek

#forever

I drown in the ocean that is our love I breath the air that is our passion Forever I dream the sweet dream that is our lives I feel the zephyr that is your pressence Forever Forever is the o­nly word for these feelings I love this feeling, this ecstacy that is us I will feel this Forever... Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

#forever

Look at this photograph, everytime I do it makes me laugh. How did our eyes get so red, and what the hell is on Joey's head. And this is where I grew up, I think the present owner fixed it up. I never knew we ever went without, the second florr was high for sneaking out. And this is where I went to school, most of the time had better things to do. Criminal record says I broke in twice, I must have done it half a dozen times. I wonder if its too late, should I go back and try to graduate. Life's better now than it was back then, if I was them I wouldn't let me in! Oh oh oh... Oh God I! (Chorus) Every memory of lookin' out the back door, I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor, It's hard to say it, time to say it, Good-bye good-bye. Every memory of walkin' out the front door, I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for, It's hard to say it, time to say it, Good-bye good-bye. We used to listen to the radio, and sing along to every song we'd know. We said someday we'd find out how it feels, to sing to more than just the steering wheel. Kim's the first girl I kissed, I was so nervous that I nearly missed. She's had a couple of kids since then, I haven't seen her since god knows when! Oh oh oh... Oh God I! (Chorus) Every memory of lookin' out the back door, I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor, It's hard to say it, time to say it, Good-bye good-bye. Every memory of walkin' out the front door, I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for, It's hard to say it, time to say it, Good-bye good-bye. (Bridge) I miss that town, I can't believe it, So hard to stay, So hard to leave it. If I could relive those days, I know the one thing that would never change. (Chorus) Every memory of lookin' out the back door, I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor, It's hard to say it, time to say it, Good-bye good-bye. Every memory of walkin' out the front door, I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for, It's hard to say it, time to say it, Good-bye good-bye. Look at this photograph, everytime I do it makes me laugh. Everytime I do it makes me... Written by Drek Submitted by Drek

#photograph, #nickelback