LYRICS from FIERY BLUE (debut) CD
All songs ©2010 Paul Marsteller, except as noted. All Rights Reserved.
BIG MOMENT
Blue midnight
silvery rain
in an hour
Big Moment
pulling in on the train
Three long years
he's been gone
in an hour
he'll be back
in my arms again
Big moment
pulling in on the train
Blue Midnight
silver rain
in an hour
he'll be back again
Big moment
pulling in on the train
Big moment
DIAMOND RIDE
Left everything I own
turned down this burning highway
I run from all I've known
into the sunlight I go
The cactus somehow rhyme
in the desert's vast whispered song
from distant echoes I hide
push the pedal hard and then I fly
Hushed land that's stretched and dry
a longer view than what’s behind
into white light I ride
where I can see the diamonds shining on me
I turned from all I've known
with the ancient sand I'm blown
into white light I ride
now I can see the diamonds shining from me
DIVE
Your war's over
no more soldiering
you can go home again
or so they told him
'You're colder now
when you hold me',
that's what I told him
as he was smoldering
You can't know him
unless you're a soldier, too
what he holds deep inside
he can't show to you
He's older now
though he's still drowning
they only taught him
how to dive, not swim
FAR AND NEAR (©2010 Paul Marsteller & Gabe Rhodes)
Late at night
while you sleep
it's not as quiet
as it might seem
The Earth stretches tight at night
like a tin-can telephone line
if you listen
you'll hear
far and near
In the dark
where you dream
there is a brightness
that you can't see
The stars shine so deeply
with the secrets they keep
and though they seem so far
They're where we are
FEELS LIKE FALLING
It feels like falling
with nothing under me
I pass through light and dark
I can't see for all the sparks
Where I'm going
or how far I'll go
the further I fall
the less I know
But oh, oh
Here I go
I was alone
no one to call my own
A burning candle light
shining from my window
Then you came along
just like in a song
the more I know you
the less I know
But, oh, oh oh oh ooh
Here I go
yeah, here I go
Oh, oh ooh
here I go,
here I go
It feels like falling
with nothing under me
I pass through light and dark
I can't see for all the sparks
Where I'm going
or how far I'll go
the further I fall
the sooner I'll know
But oh, oh, oh
oh, ooh oh
Here I go
here I go
FIRE SHOW
The embers flew through the coal black night
raining down a shower of little red lights
It was the first time I saw you
Oh, oh oh, (yeah) I saw you
Smoke and fire spewed a volcanic brew
the air was thick, oh, how my temperature grew
It was the first time I saw you
Oh, oh, oh (yeah) I saw you
The ground rolled around like it would crack in two
all the trouble seemed to be bubbling up from you
It was the first time I saw you
Oh, oh, oh, I saw you
Oh, oh, oh I saw you
Oh, oh, oh (yeah) I saw you
FUNLAND
Step right up and come on in
Chills and thrills galore
in store for you inside the doors
of Funland,
Funland
The coasters roll
the sky wheel spins
so buckle in, hold on tight
for the big ride of your life
Round, round, round
don't look down
Why ask why?
It's just a mystery ride
A thousand mile an hour spin
your heart will surely twirl and swirl
in this tilt-a-world
of Funland,
Funland
How time flies by
as we defy gravity
Round, round, round
don't look down
Why ask why?
It's just a mystery ride
HIDE AWAY
I dream of a white sailboat
floating in a hidden bay
where I go to watch the sun glow
on ribbon candy waves
Out of the storm, tucked in this cove
echoes playing in the air
where I can find the open window
(Oh) I always return there
(and) If you come with me
we'll feel the tides rise and fade
and if you stay for awhile
we can hide away
Hide away
Hide away
My heart longs for the other shore
over the far horizon
out past where the oceans roar
I hope that there is one
If you come with me
we'll feel the tides rise and fade
and if you stay for a while
we can hide away
Hide away
Hide away
Hide away
IN THE WIND
Almost before I step out the door
I feel the wind kick in
been years since I've
been swept up in,
and felt the thrill of that spin
A better kind of loneliness you find up here
as you float around
Funny thing, you find
you don't miss the ground
you don't want to go back down
I'm in the wind
There is no sound
Twirling without (a) care
I'm no where to be found
Almost before I stepped out the door
I felt the wind kick in
Funny thing, you find
you don't miss the ground
you don't want to go back down
I'm in the wind
and I make no sound
Swirl without a care
I'm no where to be found
THE LONG LIGHT
It passed by me along the beach
just beyond my reach
don't know what I was thinking
don't know what I feared
I lost to time
it didn't wait
it sailed on by me
took my chance away
That shining ship
that came for me
tonight it's gone away
back to the sea
I lost to time
when I delayed
and it sailed away
when I hesitated
Now it's just a long light on the sea
A long, long light on the sea
Though it's gone
the sea won't wash that light away
the darker the night
the more that light reminds me
Where I could be
what I should be
I lost to time
when it became
Just a long light on the sea
A long, long light on the sea
A long long light on me
A long, long, long light on the sea
LOOKING AT YOU
The night we met
a comet blazed across the sky
and even better yet
I watched it glow in your eyes
I guess you could tell I fell hard
I guess you could say it was in the stars
There was fiery blue
and colors that I never knew
I hadn't looked up yet
cause I was busy looking at you
I guess you could tell I fell hard
I guess you could say it was in the stars
I remember you said
you'd have to wait five hundred years
to see this again
I said I hope I'm still seeing you then
I guess you could tell I fell hard
I guess you could say it was in the stars
MAGIC
Being born and raised
on the East coast
Oh, the West coast
seemed worlds away
Most of what I heard
about the state of California
supposed to flake off
into the sea
Then I found myself
on life's big highway
bound out West
to join a magic show
First I got sawed in half
then I do my disappearing act
We all make believe
there's such a thing as magic
But, hey,
just wait
I got a look
at California
And there was magic,
real magic
in the air
everywhere out there
and there was Magic,
real magic
in the air
everywhere out there
Magic,
real magic
in the air
in California
So now when I'm back
on the East coast
half my heart
has vanished away
There was magic
real magic
in the air
everywhere out there
And there was Magic
real magic
in the air
in California
NEON AGE (©2010 Paul Marsteller & Simone Stevens)
Since I left home
days ago
I've passed through
many old towns
All have changed
and some have grown
Since I last traveled this road
The more I see
the more they look the same
Just different names
The lights
are getting brighter
the buildings
they're getting higher
I come from the open range
into this Neon Age
Some still rely
on night skies,
not city lights
When I'm done
what I need to do
that's where I'll be returning to
Seems like the further away I go
the better I can see my home
The lights
are getting brighter
the buildings
are getting higher
I come from the open range
into this Neon Age
I'm a little jaded
and a little afraid
as I look down
the road ahead
STRANGER
As much a stranger as when we met
as close as you want to get
Your heart's covered with steel
you wear it like a badge, but it's a shield
And what you feel,
you conceal
And what that reveals
you don't want to hear
There's a stranger in my arms,
a stranger lives in my heart
Still a stranger like when we met
You're as close as you can get
If my eyes could penetrate
I'd see you can't give what you can't take
And what you feel, is sealed
under lock and key
There's a stranger in my arms
A stranger in my heart
There's a stranger in my arms
A stranger lives in my heart
There's a stranger in my arms
A stranger
TURN
Turn
turn back to me
I'm the one who cares
Turn back to me
Hurts
yeah, it hurts so bad
you explain it all away
but it hurts so bad
Gone
you're gone away from me
What you didn't say
you just walked away
My world
turned 'round you
Now that I'm upside down
where do I turn to?
Turn
turn back to me
I'm the one who cares
Please turn back for me
Hurts
it hurts so bad
you explained it all away
but I hurt so bad
VIRTUE
Down in this well, with the change
Wishes didn't come true
left in this hole
with echoes of what we need to do
Light's gone
Dark's come
No rope left to climb up on
Our place isn't here
We need something to get back home
Virtue, virtue
We took a fall
when we were handed much
Then grabbed for it all
so here we are
Everlasting greed
always meets the wall
Time's up
Smile's gone
No one left to pass it on
Our path isn't here
we need to turn to get back home
Virtue, virtue
Virtue, virtue
Light's gone
dark's come
No rope left to climb up on
Our path isn't here
We need to turn to get back home
Virtue, virtue
Virtue, virtue
Virtue, virtue
Virtue, virtue
WHERE THEY ARE
It's freezing as I walk to town to use the phone
It's late and I'm out on this road all alone
The ice cracks under me though it looks so hard
Snowflakes in the sky where there used to be stars
Your phone just rings, but I know where you are
Three thousand miles and three time zones back home
Your voice sticks in my head just like a song
I keep hearing your words that I'm too strong
What pulled us together now seems to push us apart
So fragile where it once seemed so hard
Your phone just rings, but I know where you are
Three thousand miles and three time zones back home
I'll be here through winter, though I don't belong
Darkness comes early and the nights are so long
Things are just frozen right where they are
We'll see how it looks when the season thaws
Your phone just rings, but I know where you are
Three thousand miles and three time zones back home
WILD BIRD
There is a wild bird
calling from the tree
if you wanna be free
just follow me
And there is a train that's going away
whistles out my name
And there's a seat on that train
That waits for me
Carry me up
and take me away
to some other place
where it begins again
There is a dream I'm always in
seems so real
I'm lost in a house of mirrors
and I can't find me
Carry me up
and take me away
to some other place
where it begins again