Bright Side
Bright Side
Album By Tony Petersen
She has a voice so soft
It’s almost not even there
She has the kind of touch
It’s almost carried on air
She says I’m hard on myself
And hard on my health
And that hardly ends well
And I’m always coming down
Even with my feet on the ground
Even when I think I’ve found
What I’m missing
I’m always waking up
Nowhere close enough
But one day love
It’ll be different
Now I’ve been sitting so long
In one place at a time
That I built up the front
That I’m hiding behind
She says that rabbit hole stuff, is
Just tricks of the mind
And I could go back up
Or I’m always coming down
Even with my feet on the ground
Even when I think I’ve found
What I’m missing
I’m always waking up
Nowhere close enough
But one day love
It’ll be different
I wonder what it is you see
When you’re looking at me
If it’s even close
To how I want it to be
Is it more than most
In your history
To keep company
Even if I’m always coming down
Even with my feet on the ground
I can't seem to make a sound
That's worth listening to
I’m always waking up
Nowhere close enough
But one day love
It’ll be different
I'm coming down, always coming down
It’s almost not even there
She has the kind of touch
It’s almost carried on air
She says I’m hard on myself
And hard on my health
And that hardly ends well
And I’m always coming down
Even with my feet on the ground
Even when I think I’ve found
What I’m missing
I’m always waking up
Nowhere close enough
But one day love
It’ll be different
Now I’ve been sitting so long
In one place at a time
That I built up the front
That I’m hiding behind
She says that rabbit hole stuff, is
Just tricks of the mind
And I could go back up
Or I’m always coming down
Even with my feet on the ground
Even when I think I’ve found
What I’m missing
I’m always waking up
Nowhere close enough
But one day love
It’ll be different
I wonder what it is you see
When you’re looking at me
If it’s even close
To how I want it to be
Is it more than most
In your history
To keep company
Even if I’m always coming down
Even with my feet on the ground
I can't seem to make a sound
That's worth listening to
I’m always waking up
Nowhere close enough
But one day love
It’ll be different
I'm coming down, always coming down
I wake up most mornings
And I patch the holes
And bail out the boat
I tried to stay in motion
Try to avoid commotion
But it’s not always what she wrote
But either way
I will stay
So you can take it or leave it
I’ll leave it right here
Year after year
I know you’re questioning
But it’s exactly like it seems
Lets poison the water
And make our heads hotter
Step outside the lines
Cause I’ve been laying down so low
And I’ve been moving so slow
I might be going back in time
But either way
I will stay
So you can take it or leave it
I’ll leave it right here
Year after year
I know you’re questioning
But it’s exactly like it seems
Is it any suspicion
With this human condition
Why Romeo carried a gun
Well either way
I will stay
So you can take it or leave it
I’ll leave it right here
Year after year
I know you’re questioning
But it’s exactly like it seems
And I patch the holes
And bail out the boat
I tried to stay in motion
Try to avoid commotion
But it’s not always what she wrote
But either way
I will stay
So you can take it or leave it
I’ll leave it right here
Year after year
I know you’re questioning
But it’s exactly like it seems
Lets poison the water
And make our heads hotter
Step outside the lines
Cause I’ve been laying down so low
And I’ve been moving so slow
I might be going back in time
But either way
I will stay
So you can take it or leave it
I’ll leave it right here
Year after year
I know you’re questioning
But it’s exactly like it seems
Is it any suspicion
With this human condition
Why Romeo carried a gun
Well either way
I will stay
So you can take it or leave it
I’ll leave it right here
Year after year
I know you’re questioning
But it’s exactly like it seems
Been living like a sitcom one without a guide or cue
No lessons for the crew
No laugh track for people to know what to do
And I am in no mind the majority of the time
To be piloting the ride
With an arrow in its side and spinning
Oh mostly aimless
Partially anxious and mean
When I am on track to landing flat upon my back
You correct me on my path
You’re my police
Most days drag on into nights even more long
Before I know it my mind is gone
Its spread out on the lawn with a wild wind blowing
Some days there's a trick, a little memory that sticks
Like a bell it drifts and splits
Cuts right through the crowd to this
Little demon on my shoulder showing
Been living like a sitcom one without a guide or cue
No lessons for the crew
No laugh track for people to know what to do
And I am in no mind the majority of the time
To be piloting the ride
With an arrow in its side and spinning
Oh mostly aimless
Partially anxious and mean
When I am on track to landing flat upon my back
You correct me on my path
You’re my police
No lessons for the crew
No laugh track for people to know what to do
And I am in no mind the majority of the time
To be piloting the ride
With an arrow in its side and spinning
Oh mostly aimless
Partially anxious and mean
When I am on track to landing flat upon my back
You correct me on my path
You’re my police
Most days drag on into nights even more long
Before I know it my mind is gone
Its spread out on the lawn with a wild wind blowing
Some days there's a trick, a little memory that sticks
Like a bell it drifts and splits
Cuts right through the crowd to this
Little demon on my shoulder showing
Been living like a sitcom one without a guide or cue
No lessons for the crew
No laugh track for people to know what to do
And I am in no mind the majority of the time
To be piloting the ride
With an arrow in its side and spinning
Oh mostly aimless
Partially anxious and mean
When I am on track to landing flat upon my back
You correct me on my path
You’re my police
I let the evening fade away as I fade back in time
Dont wanna feel any different today than I did back when I
Was 9
Couple more kids on the block whittle down their weary while
While a couple 30 somethings talking bout losing their sense of style
It’s slipping away, away
Downtown tonight I have a good place to hide
Beneath the neon glow and satellites
What’s the cost of getting lost
Let’s find out man I’m signing off
After a couple dozen years of slowly spinning on this rock
It seems almost possible I don’t need to fear that what I got is the same as what I want
My friend
But maybe after 5 more cycles of orbiting round the sun
Maybe I’ll find something with lower price still makes me feel like I’m having fun
For once
Downtown tonight I have a good place to hide
Beneath the neon glow and satellites
What’s the cost of getting lost
Let’s find out man I’m signing off
Again and again
Another morning greets the day
Open window light pouring in
Again and again
Dont wanna feel any different today than I did back when I
Was 9
Couple more kids on the block whittle down their weary while
While a couple 30 somethings talking bout losing their sense of style
It’s slipping away, away
Downtown tonight I have a good place to hide
Beneath the neon glow and satellites
What’s the cost of getting lost
Let’s find out man I’m signing off
After a couple dozen years of slowly spinning on this rock
It seems almost possible I don’t need to fear that what I got is the same as what I want
My friend
But maybe after 5 more cycles of orbiting round the sun
Maybe I’ll find something with lower price still makes me feel like I’m having fun
For once
Downtown tonight I have a good place to hide
Beneath the neon glow and satellites
What’s the cost of getting lost
Let’s find out man I’m signing off
Again and again
Another morning greets the day
Open window light pouring in
Again and again
She says she knows
Every little thing that goes
With those words being throw
And how they change from moment to moment
So go back to bed
The booze went straight to your head:
She says "I’d rather be dead
Than trust those lines you’ve stolen
She says boy that’s enough
Don’t make yourself blush
Don’t say you’re in love
That won’t help you now
Every time you open up
All the light is exposing
That you’d fall in love, with anybody
Looks like your years are getting tough
Wasting beauty bottoms up
Fishing gutters and mud
And spinning round and round
Your roses in cheap mugs
Won’t fill the hole you’ve dug
So buy comfortable enough
Curl up for a season alone
She says boy that’s enough
Don’t make yourself blush
Don’t say you’re in love
That won’t help you now
Every time you open up
All the light is exposing
That you’d fall in love, with anybody
Every little thing that goes
With those words being throw
And how they change from moment to moment
So go back to bed
The booze went straight to your head:
She says "I’d rather be dead
Than trust those lines you’ve stolen
She says boy that’s enough
Don’t make yourself blush
Don’t say you’re in love
That won’t help you now
Every time you open up
All the light is exposing
That you’d fall in love, with anybody
Looks like your years are getting tough
Wasting beauty bottoms up
Fishing gutters and mud
And spinning round and round
Your roses in cheap mugs
Won’t fill the hole you’ve dug
So buy comfortable enough
Curl up for a season alone
She says boy that’s enough
Don’t make yourself blush
Don’t say you’re in love
That won’t help you now
Every time you open up
All the light is exposing
That you’d fall in love, with anybody