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So it turns out that what I had so far wasn’t that great. However, what I have now is much better. Just you wait and see.

Just A Dream

It feels like it was all just a dream
Without a doubt I’d believe you
If you told me that yesterday
Was all in my head
And didn’t really happen at all

Because after leaving you
If I was told that all that happened
Was that time turned back
I would believe it
If I was told that all that happened
Was that I woke up from a dream
I would believe it
And I can’t believe it

I feel like meeting you was all just a dream
And maybe next time I say hello
You’ll just look at me and stare
Because I dreamed it all up
And I never really met you at all

If I was told that all that happened
Was that I woke up from a dream
I would believe it
And I can’t believe it

-Zach

Shout Softly Spoken

I am a shout softly spoken
I may not have done it right
It may have been a foolish act
But still, I believe
That it’s true

We’re in love with the world
Not in whole, but in part
And you notice that this is
Out of place

But now this shout softly spoken
A tone in which I all to often speak
Under the shadow of the treetops
I stand among the breeze
And still, I believe
That it’s true

-Zach

Able to Stay

Keep the thought together
Come on, can’t you do better
Because being with you is like
Getting wet without feeling the rain

On my shoulder, you tap
But I sway just like I do
And you persist
Thankfully you don’t give up on me

And I’m sorry that I end up to be
The rain that floods your sunny day
Remember that I never chose to be
The last one that you see
But if I am able
I am willing
To stay

If I ever seem to detract
From that smile of yours, so sweet
You can send me home
But I never meant to be that way

Please, please let me stay

-Zach

Without Hesitation

It’s the first time for you
Do you like it here?
Will you stick around?
Will you stand strong
For what you say you stand for?

I could use an example to follow
Because soon I’ll be the one
Going somewhere for the first time
Without knowing why I came

So when it’s the first time for me
Will I take you with me?
Will I hold you close?
And will I stand for all you stood for?

Without hesitation
You set the mark I need to follow
And if I fail
Will you still help me along
And never stop believing
that I can be good enough
To walk beside you?

-Zach

Rebuilding

I, I’m stepping down
Because the stairs I took
They went the wrong way
Didn’t go as high as I would like to
Someday

So we drop
What’s in our hands
And we talk
Let out what’s in our heads
And on our hearts
And now we walk
The other way

Stepping down is starting over
It’ll feel a bit lonely for a while
All alone and lost
But remember
That the first step, it’s the hardest

Rebuilding a foundation
Give it time
Make it strong
And you’ll go higher
Than you ever thought you could

-Zach

Return

Look me in the eye
Because I’m leaving
Through the rain and the dark
Tap your foot as you wait
For me to return

Your eyes stare
Into the distance
Right in front of you
Just like I always was
But not now, as you wait
For me to return

Peek through the window
Pull the blinds open
And hold it right there
Tap your foot as you wait
For me to return

The light arrives
The distance, you see me
And you know
Because you can feel it
Pulling you to see me

And would you run out into the rain
No closing doors behind you
Let go of it all, and forget
What kept us apart

-Zach

Let

Let this just be a quick one before I leave
And let the music keep on playing throughout the night
And we won’t stop, even though we’ll be apart

I bet that you can see it in my eyes
The fact that everything’s changing again

Let this just be one last word between us
Before I see you again, when you might not recognize me
When we will talk, and we won’t stop, not all night

And I bet that you can see it in my eyes
I’m expecting that I won’t be the same
Even when we meet again

Let us not forget the places in our hearts that we have shared
And let us not regret the things we said without thinking too much about
So while we’re apart
Let this be the best time of our lives
And let us grow
Closer while we’re apart
Let this be

-Zach