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"Brendan James" (2010)




Nothing For Granted Lyrics – Brendan James

Leave your worries, leave your fears, leave the doubt you’re holding dear
Leave them there love, by the door, they’re no good anymore
Tell your friends you’ll see them later, tell your family they can wait your
only young once and only dream of the day that love will steal you away
Run with me down these midnight streets, we will take
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted
Come with me life is short and sweet, we will take
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted
Stop the seasons drifting by, stop believing there’s no time
Stop your heart from closing off, I think you deserve it all
Love your future, love your past, love your body it’s all you have
Love your secrets bottled up, but love them more when you give them up
Run with me down these midnight streets, we will take
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted
Come with me life is short and sweet, we will take
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted
You gotta get outta your mind, there’s so many wonders to find
There’s so many words they could write across your early grave
So come on and open your eyes, I will be right by your side
And we will see love lies in everything
Run with me down these midnight streets, we will take
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted
Come with me life is short and sweet, oh
Nothing for granted, Nothing for granted

Take The Fall Lyrics – Brendan James

She is packing in slow motion the sun is coming up
I am sitting in the next room staring in my coffee cup
Now we are driving down the shoreline, this car is cut in two
I am quiet, she is humming, When the Stars Go Blue

And pulling up to JFK, there really isn't much to say

Don't tell me you'll write me, don't tell me you'll call
Just tell me you'll see me in the Fall
Don't give me a promise you know you'll never keep
Go and find it all and I'll see you in the Fall

Now I'm back at our apartment and nothing feels the same
Her coat is gone, her toothbrush is missing,
all the flowers start to fade
And September feels so far away

Don't tell me you'll write me, don't tell me you'll call
Just tell me you'll see me in the Fall
Don't give me a promise you know you'll never keep
Go and find it all and I'll see you in the Fall

Let you fly away from me, fate will bring you back to me
And darling that's all we have

Don't write don't call I'll see you in the Fall
Don't write don't call I'll see you in the Fall

Anything For You Lyrics – Brendan James

I woke up early from my bed
With a secret in my head
In the back of my backyard
I keep a spaceship in the shed

I lit the engine and took the sky
From up here it looks so nice
I didn't stop until the moon, where I
Picked a flower just for you

[Refrain:]
And I fell down to you in a parachute
of newspaper rubber bands, tape, and glue
So you would see I would do anything for you
Anything for you

I didn't want to wake you up,
so I put the flower in a cup
On the floor next to your bed
Without a sound I laid my head

Drifted off into a dream
Of what has been and what could be
I saw your tears, I saw you fall
But I saw us rise, I saw it all

[Refrain]

And I never want you to know
All of the lengths I've gone
To find where the flowers grow

Love is never supposed to be
A present under our tree
I do it because I believe

[Refrain]

The Lucky Ones Lyrics – Brendan James

On the edge of a moment,
In the land that we love,
In the time that our best has to be good enough,
Like all those before us, we start out alone,
We race from our schoolyards, into the unknown
City lights, as far as the eye can see,
You and I, we will live differently
With our hearts in our hands,
Like loaded guns,
We’re taking a chance,
We’re the lucky ones,
This moment is yours,
This moment is mine,
And we’re gonna be fine,
Oh oh oh oh ohhh
Oh oh oh oh ohhh
Searching for love,
Counting steps as we go,
Our parents they taught us there’s no way to know,
I still hear their voices in the back of my head,
Saying, “You’ll do better than we ever did”
City lights, as far as the eye can see,
You and I, we’ll do it differently
With our hearts in our hands,
Like loaded guns,
We’re taking a chance,
We’re the lucky ones,
This moment is yours,
This moment is mine,
And we’re gonna be fine,
Oh oh oh oh ohhh
Oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
Oh oh oh oh ohhh (We’re gonna be fine)
Oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
City lights,
Stretching from sea to sea,
You and I,
It was meant to be,
Meant to be
Yeah
With our hearts in our hands,
Like loaded guns,
We’re taking a chance,
We’re the lucky ones,
This moment is yours,
This moment is mine,
And we’re gonna be fine yeah,
We’re gonna be fine yeah yeah oh,
This moment is yours,
This moment is mine ohhh,
And we’re gonna be fine,
Oh oh oh oh ohhh
We’re gonna be fine,
Oh oh oh ohhh ohhh
We’re gonna be fine,
Oh oh oh oh ohhh
We’re gonna be fine,
Oh oh oh ohhh ohhh

Stupid For Your Love Lyrics – Brendan James

I'm smarter than your average Jonathan or Joe
I could fill a hundred suitcases with everything I know
But I am stupid for your love

Aurora borealis makes perfect sense to me,
Its light particles and magnets
I'm smart enough to see
But I am stupid for your love

I still remember 30 numbers after 3.14?
Don't ask me why

And with a Rubix cube I'll make a fool of
Anyone who tries to beat my time
But I am stupid for your love
I am stupid for your love

I love to read the classics
They're not too long for me,
I read 'em in one sitting
Like I did with War and Peace
But I am stupid for your love

And I got a lot of street smarts
From years of looking out,
I've seen the biggest cities
And I know what they're about

But I am stupid for your love

I still remember 30 numbers after 3.14?
Don't ask me why

And with a Rubix cube I'll make a fool of
Anyone who tries to beat my time

But I am stupid for your love
I am stupid for your love [4x]

Different Kind Of Love Lyrics – Brendan James

Driving in a trance through your lost and lonely town
Something in the air that could blow your whole house down
Something like a tragedy
Something that you think you need

Turning on a dime you pull into your local store
Aisles going by and you forget what you're looking for
Maybe it's a pot of gold
Maybe you're too lost to know

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
One that you have never seen
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey

Maybe what you need is a better kind of love
One that you could only dream
Maybe it will take all the sorrow away
And let you feel free

Nothing like a storm in your heart to wake you up
Someone by your side and you know their not enough
Maybe you should try and stay
Maybe you should walk away

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
One that you have never seen
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey

Maybe what you need is a better kind of love
One that you could only dream
Maybe it will take all the sorrow away
And let you feel free

Maybe you wake up to a brighter sun
Voices in your head screaming now the change has come
With a different kind of love

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
One that you have never seen
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey
Maybe what you need is a better kind of love
Maybe it will take all the sorrow away and let you feel free

Different Kind Of Love Lyrics – Brendan James

Driving in a trance through your lost and lonely town
Something in the air that could blow your whole house down
Something like a tragedy
Something that you think you need

Turning on a dime you pull into your local store
Aisles going by and you forget what you're looking for
Maybe it's a pot of gold
Maybe you're too lost to know

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
One that you have never seen
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey

Maybe what you need is a better kind of love
One that you could only dream
Maybe it will take all the sorrow away
And let you feel free

Nothing like a storm in your heart to wake you up
Someone by your side and you know their not enough
Maybe you should try and stay
Maybe you should walk away

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
One that you have never seen
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey

Maybe what you need is a better kind of love
One that you could only dream
Maybe it will take all the sorrow away
And let you feel free

Maybe you wake up to a brighter sun
Voices in your head screaming now the change has come
With a different kind of love

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
One that you have never seen
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey

Maybe what you need is a different kind of love
Maybe all you are is a part of a star on a long journey
Maybe what you need is a better kind of love
Maybe it will take all the sorrow away and let you feel free

Get It Right Lyrics – Brendan James

Deep is the water under my bridge, flowing
And short is the lifetime that I’ve lived, knowing
Messing up and starting over again
Maybe all the breaks and the young mistakes were supposed to carry me here
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
Lord knows I’ve let myself down too many times, many times
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
My life is passing me by gotta take a deep breath, and get it right
Looking for answers what have I missed, someone
I want to be so much better than this, in the long run
Stepping forward and falling backwards again
When I get the breaks will the young mistakes be the ones to carry me on
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
Lord knows I’ve let myself down too many times, many times
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
My life is passing me by gotta take a deep breath, and get it right
I know I’ll get there, things will get better
Better with every day
And what lies behind me will not define me.
I tell myself nothing can stop me now
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
My life is passing me by gotta take a deep breath
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
Lord knows I’ve let myself down too many times, many times
This time I gotta get it right gotta get it right now gotta get it right this time
My life is passing me by gotta take a deep breath, and get it right

Changing Us Lyrics – Brendan James

We’ve come closer than we wanted, we’ve seen what we never should
And we will not be the same. We’ll never be the same, no.
Like steel we are so resilient, but too much and we’re weak as children.
We were not meant to be made witness to these scenes, no.
Gunshots in a broken palace, planes crashing and burn around us
It’s different than it ever was, darker than it’s ever been
Three shouts and thank God I found you
With the crowd and the fog around you I’ll never let you fall, I’ll never let you fall
Oh Heaven can you hear us
Right now we are not sure
But I hope it will get better
These times we’re in together, they’re changing us forever
Two kids in a crooked alley, school canceled again
And now they won’t learn a single lesson except how to load a weapon
And right here on this old soil we hope for peace and we pray for joy
But like everybody else we’re still fighting with ourselves
Oh heaven can you hear us
Right now we are not sure
But I hope it will get better
These times we’re in together, they’re changing us forever
Oh heaven can you hear us
Right now we are not sure
I hope it will get better
These times we’re in together, they’re changing us forever
Oh heaven can you hear us
Right now we are not sure
But I hope it will get better
These times we’re in together, they’re changing us forever

Emerald Sky Lyrics – Brendan James

So we boarded up the windows and we’ve taken down the lights
From the streets I hear the echoes
Yeah we’re leaving town tonight
We don’t need no medication, we’ve got all our vital signs
All this noise and light pollution, I just wanna see the stars tonight
We’re gonna walk out of this city, leaving everything behind
We can sleep the days and cover ground at night
Until we find that emerald sky
Now there’s plastic in the valley
There’s still heartache in the ghetto
I need to talk to someone face to face this place
No it doesn’t feel like home
We don’t need no medication, we’ve got all our vital signs
All this noise and light pollution
I just wanna see the stars tonight
We’re gonna walk out of this city, leaving everything behind
We can sleep the days and cover ground at night
I hope we find that emerald....
I’m gonna find that place that we forgot
Where I don’t care about the money you’ve got
Where I don’t need much cuz it don’t take a lot
We’re gonna go…
We’re gonna walk out of this city, leaving everything behind
We can sleep the days and cover ground at night
Until we find that emerald sky
We’re gonna walk out of this city, leaving everything behind
We can sleep the days and cover ground at night
I hope we find that emerald sky
Look up look down, oh, from the heaven to the ground…

Coming Up Lyrics – Brendan James

Out on the roof overlooking the bright lights of Brooklyn
Thinkin’ ‘bout what I could lose and what I should save
I’ll be the first one to say I was caught up in something
Something so bad it was wasting our good life away
And it really broke me down but it’s getting better now
I’m coming up
Out of the wreckage
To show you this love is still good enough
It’s there if you let it
I’m coming up
I hope you can see it
What held me down is leaving me now
Say you can feel it
Down to the courtyard below I decide to start walking
With the sun on my face and a light in my heart again
I get to your door and I stop just before knocking
I take a deep breath and I say “this is where we begin”
Yeah I’m feeling better now
I’m coming up
Out of the wreckage
To show you this love is still good enough
It’s there if you let it
I’m coming up
I hope you can see it
What held me down is leaving me now
Say you can feel it
Try as you did, love, the course we were on was unsteady
Love’s hard to do when one of the two falls apart
I’m coming up
Out of the wreckage
To show you this love is still good enough
It’s there if you let it
I’m coming up
I hope you can see it
What held me down is leaving me now
Say you can feel it
Say you can feel it

"The Day Is Brave" (2008)




All I Can See Lyrics – Brendan James

I want to walk through this doorway
I want to open my mind
I want to pledge my allegiance to all I can find
I want a car that will crash trough the barrier
To a road no one knows
I want to feel less control on the bend and I
Want to land far from home

The revolution of the earth around the sun
Is the perfect lesson of how it should be
So if I cannot learn to journey and return
To never rest till I've seen all I can see

I want to learn a completely new language,
One I don't understand
I want to help someone lost, someone helpless
With the strength of my hand
I want to come to the base of a statue built
Before they counted the years
And there I'll fall with my face in my hands
And cry and feel their hope in my tears

The revolution of the earth around the sun
Is the perfect lesson of how it should be
So if I cannot learn, to journey and return
To never rest till I've seen all I can see

Train rides and pastures colliding
Colors and customs I've never seen
I know I, yes I know I,
I know I will stumble, but,
Time is precious my friend

Those who journey can easily understand
The more they see, the more they'll learn,
The more that they will be
So this I swear to you, and this I swear to me
I'll never rest till I've seen all I can see
No, I'll never rest till I've seen all I can see

I want to know where the stength of a person lies,
In their past or their future
Is it in the way that they hurt
Or they love themselves, or is it all an illusion?
I want to crawl from this skin that I'm painted in
Body, please let it give
I want to find the creator of all good things,
Ask what it means to live

Hero's Song Lyrics – Brendan James

Here I am
In the desert again
A compass and a weapon
A lost American
I started out with a simple plan
And a locket in my hand
But the sun so unforgiving
And the wind so hard to stand

Fall out, fall out
With the rest of your brothers
With the rest of your sisters
Heroes on the line
Carry out what your leader says
For what his leader says
Is that his leader says
This is right for the people

No one will ever understand why
Thousands of beautiful, healthy,
Young statues must fall
Smoke and explosions surround me
A flood of hate, it drowns me
I cannot live this way
No I cannot live

Doubt and confusion
They find me
They run up right behind me
I cannot die this way
No, I cannot die this way

In the water, in the sand
Is the blood of a culture
Is the blood of an ancient people
In whose holy war I stand
I hear the world like a cannon roar
Say I can't win this war
I promise them this is
Not what I signed up for

No one will ever understand why
Thousands of beautiful, healthy,
Young statues must fall
Smoke and explosions surround me
A flood of hate, it drowns me
I cannot live this way
No, I cannot live

Doubt and confusion
They find me
They run up right behind me
I cannot die this way
No, I cannot die this way

No one will ever understand why
Thousands of beautiful, healthy,
Young soldiers must fall

Smoke and explosions surround me
A flood of hate, it drowns me
I cannot live this way
I cannot live
With your doubt and confusion
They find me
They run up right behind me
I cannot die this way
No, I will not die this way

Early April Morning Lyrics – Brendan James

There used to be nothing in common
There used to be nothing to share
It used to be sit by the window
And stare at what used to be there

It used to be lonely in numbers
Impossibly weak on my feet
When the game starts and one person's left out
It used to be me

But that was then and she is now
I once was lost, with her I'm found
On this early April morning
Water falling from the sky
The sun that's breaking fills my eye
Life has changed without a warning

Said there used to be nothing in common
There used to be nothing to share
It used to be sit by the window
And stare at what used to be there
Like a king in his court at his table
Who is blind to the power he holds
I could never come to understand
All the powers I had of my own

But that was then and she is now
I once was lost, with her I'm found
On this early April morning
Water falling from the sky
The sun that's breaking fills my eye
Life has changed without a warning

I trust my love, I trust myself,
I trust the love of someone else
I trust that I will get
I've been hoping, waiting for
The prison walls are crashing down
As winter dies without a sound
On this early April Morning, now

Let the struggle end, the joy begin
It's true, it's love I'm falling in
And it came without a warning, now

And that was then and she is now
I once was lost, with her I'm found
On this early April morning
The water falling from the sky
The sun that's breaking fills my eye
And it came without a warning, now
Without a warning, now
Without a warning, now

The Other Side Lyrics – Brendan James

I was a child once
The fear of the world in my eyes
Far from the safety of the other side
I colored by numbers
Learned how to tie my own shoes
Like all the others I was just
Prayed I'd make it through
Prayed I would make it through

Oh mother look how your boy turned out
Three hundred miles from that small town
You never stopped believing
Oh daddy, it hurt to watch you walking out
But understand it made me stronger now
And so satisfied, so full of pride
Thank you here from, from the other side

I'll always remember
The kids and how'd mean they'd been
Eleven years old and I could, could not fit in
But I made it through high school
And college according to plan
The pressure was never greater to become a man
Would I become a man?

Oh mother look how your boy turned out
Three hundred miles from that small town
You never stopped believing
Oh daddy, it hurt to watch you walking out
But understand it made me stronger now
And so satisfied, so full of pride
Thank you here from, from the other side
Thank you here from, from the other side

Mother look how your boy turned out
Three hundred miles from that small town
Dad it hurt to watch you walking out
Hear the piano do the crying no

For all the preachers and the teachers, now
For all the ones who never let me down
I'm so satisfied, so full of pride
Standing here on, on the other side
Thank you here from, from the other side
Thank you here from, from the other side

Here on, on the other side I'm taking my time
There's nothing to fear
There's nothing to worry about
On the other side
I remember when I thought I'd never find
The other side

Run Away Lyrics – Brendan James

Can you feel the room spinning
Can you feel what's happening
Walls are caving, colors change
The red you're wearing turns to gray

Oceans rise and oceans subside
Seasons give up and so have I
Holding you is holding you back
From what you could be
What you could have

Run away, run away before it's too late
Run away, before it's too late
Run away, run away before it's too late
Run away, before it's too late
You never know what you're gonna find out there
No, you never know till you look

Memories as sweet as these
You cannot take them, they belong to me
Don't you worry, worry about me
Don't make this harder than it has to be

Run away, run away before it's too late to
Run away, run away before it's too late
Run away, run away before it's too late
Run away, before it's too late
You never know what you're gonna find out there
No, you never know till you look

Run away, before it's too late, run away
Run away, before it's too late
To run away before it's too late

Run away, run away before it's too late to
Run away, I want you to stay
You never know what you're gonna find out there
No, you never know till you look

Begin Lyrics – Brendan James

Become the champion of the known and the trust
Embrace the strength of one
Decide what can be done

Corrupt the worst of us
Capsize the sinking love
Forgive them from the start
Commend with a melting heart

Begin, be not afraid
Fall in, the day is brave
Remember what has happened in our past
So much is happening right now
So much can come
So much will come
So much can come

The Sun Will Rise Lyrics – Brendan James

The sun will rise, the sun will save me
The sun will change me, change the way I feel
The day will make this heart a fortune
From the fruit of a hundred orchards
From the water river's break

The sun will rise, the sun will save me
From the night, the sun will change me,
Change the way I feel
I've had enough of the hard and harder,
Times are tough
I've drifted farther, farther from myself

I won't dwell, baby, on my failures
It won't help, baby, it won't bring changes
I won't run, baby, when all I want is to run
I won't forget the morning sure to come

The sun will rise, the sun will save me
From the night, the sun will change me,
Change the way I feel
The love I want, the love I need is sure to come,
Is sure to lead me, lead me home again

The light is low, the night is burning
My head is still, but my mind is turning,
Turning round again
If only I could make it through this lonely night,
If I can do this, if I can drift away
Then the sun will rise, the sun will save me
From the night, the sun will change me,
Change the way I feel

Manchester Lyrics – Brendan James

Plains and painted trees
The long south willow street
A raging river turning
Feelings never change
And the names remain the same
As children go on learning

Like all the town she fights
She prays she'll do it right
With nature's sounds to guide
Her safely through the night

All of Manchester together
To carry on the weight that is life
That has changed over night
Let the good lend their hands
As the old teach the young
This is all of Manchester
Together, to carry us on

Shades of red and white
In the blinking of an eye
The blues not far behind
Free to live for the price
Of the cold November night
A chill that never dies

Like all the town she fights
She prays she'll do it right
With nature's sounds to guide
Her safely through the night

All of Manchester together
To carry on the weight that is life
That has changed over night
Let the good lend their hands
As the old teach the young
This is all of Manchester
Together, to carry us on

Father Roger speaks,
he brings us to our knees
It's beautiful

All of Manchester together
To carry on the weight that is life
That has changed over night
Let the good lend their hands
As the old teach the young
This is all of Manchester
Together, to carry us on
To carry us on

So let the good lend their hands
As the old teach the young
This is all of Manchester
Together, to carry us on

Let Your Beat Go On Lyrics – Brendan James

If he came down from heaven
And cleared the lines from your face
Said so long to your mistakes
And questions and start over again
Look in his eyes,
You'll find your own reflection,
A face of hardship and pain
Your money saved and spent,
Your loves and losses,
They're not worth it again

Let your beat go on forever,
They say we're made to live as one
Let this need to fear each other
Not be passed on to my son
Let your beat go on forever,
Let your fears down rivers run
Let the silence be the music,
When their words are said and done

Now fate lands you out in the open,
A slave to the man inside your head
Your second chances,
They're buried deep in rock canyons
As you lie here in bed

Let your beat go on forever,
They say we're made to live as one
Let this need to fear each other
Not be passed on to my son
Let your beat go on forever,
Let your fears down rivers run
Let the silence be the music,
When their words are said and done

I feel like as people,
We're afraid to question,
Afraid of our heavens and our hells
My mother raised me with strength and measure
My father raised me too late

Let your beat go on forever,
They say we're made to live as one
Let this need to fear each other
Not be passed on to my son
Let your beat go on forever,
Let your fears down rivers run
Let the silence be the music,
When their words are said and done

Take The Fall Lyrics – Brendan James

Forget about Norman 'small town' Rockwell
Scenes of simple life
Forget about savings and poignant phrasings,
Cigarettes and schoolyard fights
Let us out now Lord of our speed and fancy
Of our 'can you hear me now''s
And our techno loves
Drop us off on 55th and keep us reading Vonnegut
Point out now what we're careless of

My chance in life is worth letting go
Of all the trends they're setting so forgive me
If I'm so ordinary with
Extraordinary reasons to live
It's just like a boy to save his
Honor and his money
It's just like a girl to feel
It's just like a child to stand
And interrupt us all
And say I'll gladly take the fall for you

Now love, love, love, yes
It's all you need
John and Paul, Ringo, George profess
If I've got love
I can feel I can remember every meal
But like a gift it can be taken all away

My chance in life is worth letting go
Of all the trends they're setting so forgive me
If I'm so ordinary with
Extraordinary reasons to live
It's just like a boy to save his
Honor and his money
It's just like a girl to feel
It's just like a child to stand
And interrupt us all
And say I'll gladly take the fall for you
I'll gladly take the fall for you