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Stop My Love (National Poetry Writing Month 2018 #5)   Leave a comment

(Verse 1)
I feel I have a cloud over me;
My ankles all wrapped up in chains.
I seem to always forget, for just a second and then
The chain gets pulled and I’m falling again.
I know it’s not something done on purpose.
I know that you don’t mean to.
It’s not your fault I that have gotten tangled up in you.

(Chorus)
I want to stop my love from growing.
I want the butterflies to decay.
I want to have my life move forward
Instead of tracing circles around you everyday.
You pull me into your radiant sun, but I know
I’ll just get burned if I don’t stay away.
I want to stop my love from growing.
I just want this love to go away

(Verse 2)
I can’t be mad at anyone but me
For chasing after dreams that can’t be.
And yet I’m filled regret, for something I’ll never get
I’m locked down tight but I want to be free.
I know it’s something we want to move past.
Something we want to ignore.
It’s not your fault I’m tangled up in you once more.

(Chorus)
I want to stop my love from growing.
I want the butterflies to decay.
I want to have my life move forward
Instead of tracing circles around you everyday.
You pull me into your radiant sun, but I know
I’ll just get burned if I don’t stay away.
I want to stop my love from growing.
I just want this love to go away

(Bridge)
I know I could find a way to move on
If I really tried
But they say the heart wants what it wants
And mine doesn’t want to be denied.

(Chorus)
I want to stop my love from growing.
I want the butterflies to decay.
I want to have my life move forward
Instead of tracing circles around you everyday.
You pull me into your radiant sun, but I know
I’ll just get burned if I don’t stay away.
I want to stop my love from growing.
I just want this love to go away

– Shaman Romney 2018

(This started as a poem, but as I kept writing, it developed a melody. The meter of the poem seems a little odd, but with the melody in my head it fits. Once I figure out the chords and such, maybe I’ll post a recording.)

Stuck In A Skinner Box (National Poetry Writing Month #16)   1 comment

I’m still playing the game,
But it’s not for fun.
Keep repeating actions
One after one.
(I) don’t do it for love,
Just do it for pay.
It’s the same old grind
Day after day.

My life has become an addiction
I no longer want.
I’m stuck in a Skinner box;
I can’t break the lock

Working our jobs
Trade time for money
To trade it back in
For our bread and honey
Possessions are worthless.
Not worth the time.
Work is our sentence
Minutes the fine.

My life has become an addiction;
I want to be free.
I’m stuck in a Skinner box;
I can’t find the key.

Got to get out of this
Break from the norm.
Make like an anarchist,
Gather up the storm.
Flip the switch, light it up.
It’s time for a change.
My life won’t be perfect,
But I’ll make it strange.

My life has become an addiction,
But it’s not for me.
I’m stuck in a skinner box
It’s time to break free.

– Shaman Romney 2016

New Song: I’ll Miss You   Leave a comment

First song on the blog! Hopefully not the last.
-Shaman


Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 07/24/2014 by Shay in My Music

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Stop Dreaming   Leave a comment

Last night I felt you here with me,
Soft and warm, here in my arms.
Your hair, your skin, the way that you breathe,
But then I wake up and you’re gone.

A thousand heartaches cross my mind
Every time I close my eyes.
In reality you can be so kind.
But you break me when you leave,
Every time I have to dream.

Chorus:
I want to stop dreaming.
I no longer want to see.
I don’t want to feel you next to me
To only have you leave.

Another night of you here with me,
Another day with you gone.
Another dream here to torment me.
When the dreams feel so right,
It makes my life feel so wrong.

Repeat Chorus X2

Copyright Shaman Romney 2014

Posted 04/05/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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You’re The One I Love   Leave a comment

Sometimes its hard to notice all the things you do for me,
It feels like I ignore you, or tell you to leave me.
It’s really hard to let my feeling show,
But there is something I need you to know.

Chorus:
You’re the lighthouse there to guide me when I’m lost out at sea.
You’re the one who keeps me going when I’ve thrown away the keys.
You’re the one who keeps me fighting when I feel like giving up.
You’re the rock that holds me steady, you’re the one I love.

So when I’m feeling lonely, like the world has let me down.
I’ll close my eyes and remember that I’ve got you around.
I’ll try so hard to let my feelings show,
and make sure that you always know.

Chorus

So when you’re feeling lonely, like the world has got you down.
Just close your eyes and remember, all the love you have around.
Then I’ll hold you close and never let you go.
I’ll look into your eyes and make sure you always know.

Chorus X2

Copyright Shaman Romney 2012

Posted 02/25/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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SSDD (Explicit)   Leave a comment

Here at work,
Same as before.
Nothing changing,
Life is a bore.

Just the same shit, a different day
The same shit, a different day.

Stuck at work,
I’ve got nowhere to go,
But don’t complain,
Here they own your soul.

Its the same shit, different day.
Just the same shit, a different day.

Stay at work,
don’t go against the grain.
Get back in line,
Try not to go insane.

Just do the same shit, a different day
Yeah its the same shit a different day
Same shit, different day.
It just the same shit, different day.

(Instrumental solo)

Here at work,
you’re out of luck.
Just do your job,
’cause we don’t give a fuck!

It’s just the same shit, a different day. (Same shit, different day.)
Yeah just the same shit, a different day. (Same shit, different day.)
Always the same shit, a different day. (Same shit, different day.)
Just the same shit different day. (Same shit, different day.)

Copyright Shaman Romney 2013

Posted 02/25/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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My Little Star Shine   Leave a comment

Chorus:
Oh, my little star shine, up in the sky so high.
You shine so brightly in the night, everyone can you, oh my-
Oh, my little star shine, I’m just so glad you’re mine.
And I will love you all my life, ’cause baby, you’re my little-

You can call me a dreamer ’cause I stare at the stars for days and days.
Combing inch-by-inch through the night sky, ’til I see you shine, and you catch my eye.
Then I make a wish, close my eyes, and hope that you will come and see me tonight.
When the sun comes out you have to go, please don’t go, please don’t go my little-

Chorus

Everyday I find my self taking time to think of your smiling face.
Every place I’m with you feels like heaven, oh it feels like heaven because I love you so.
When I’m next to you, I never want the day to end, or the fun to stop.
So I’ll play pretend that you’re here with me when you have to go, please don’t go my little-

Chorus x2

Copyright Shaman Romney 2012

Posted 02/25/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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I Hope You See (You Give Meaning To My Life.)   Leave a comment

I see your face in my dreams,
Smiling like you always are.
It keeps me warm while I sleep,
Gives me strength when the days are hard.

I see your picture on my wall,
A frozen pane of love and joy.
I count the minutes, the hours, the days.
Until I’ll get to see you again.

You give meaning to my life,
And I’d give anything to you.
My love for you is never-ending,
I hope that you can see that.

I see your picture on my wall,
A frozen pane of love and joy.
I count the minutes, the hours, the days.
Until I’ll get to see you again.

Chorus

Alt chorus:
You give meaning to my life,
I’d give my everything to you.
My love for you is overwhelming.
I hope that you can see that.

I see your face in my dreams,
Smiling like you always are.

Copyright Shaman Romney 2010

Posted 02/25/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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I’ll Miss You (Goodbye, My Galaxy Girl)   Leave a comment

A letter arrived in the mail today,
It came across the sea.
The butterflies and flowers all smiled at me,
a bitter-sweet irony.
I read through it all with tears in my eyes.
Something close to me died.
It took its last breath, and left this world.
I lost the love between you and I.

Your voice arrived on the phone today,
It came across the sky.
I tried so hard to hide the pain in my heart,
I still can hear you cry.
I hung up the phone with tears in my eyes
and then I broke down and cried.
As much as I try, I know that its gone.
I lost the love between you and I.

Your smile’s the moon, and your eyes are the stars,
but they wont sparkle for me.
I no longer see you when I look at the sky,
I’ve lost the love between you and I.
You’re gone from my life.
You’re love passed me by.
You’ve left my night sky.
I’ll miss you, goodbye.

Copyright Shaman Romney 2009

Posted 02/25/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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Galaxy Girl   Leave a comment

Baby, you’re my galaxy girl.
Baby, you are out of this world.
You’re smile’s the moon, and your eyes are the stars.
I can see them from wherever we are.
I look at the stars and they sparkle for me,
How I wish the whole world could see
that, baby, you are out of this world.
Baby you’re my galaxy girl.

Baby, star gazers can see you tonight
when you come out after the twilight.
I stare deep into your cosmic rays.
I stare deep for what seems like days.
How I wish that time could slow down
that way, you’d always be around.
But you disappear in daylight.
Baby, I wanted to see you tonight.

Baby, you’re my galaxy girl.
I’m coming to see you, out of this world.
I’ll fly past the moon, and up to the stars.
Everyone can see us where we are.
I look into your eyes, they sparkle for me.
I’m so glad the whole world can see.
That our love is out of this world.
Baby, you’re my galaxy girl.

Chords D-D-G-D

Copyright Shaman Romney 2009

Posted 02/25/2014 by Shay in My Lyrics

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