Lyrics

Where I Need to Be

by Kim Wempe

Maybe the truth,
Isn’t what we though it was,
And maybe these lies,
They’re just engrained in us,
And it could just be me over thinking things,
But I think I know more than ever now,
Where I need to be.

Chorus:

And all I know is when I arrived there,
I felt at home,
Something inside me is pulling me,
Towards the East Coast,
I just want to go back to the rolling hills and the crashing tides,
That crashed into my life,
And opened my eyes.

And opened my eyes.

Sunrise, sunset,
Come upon me.
With a new view of life I’ve never had.
People come and people go,
And the people who came sure let me know that,
There is still beauty and good.

(Chorus)

So, maybe the truth,
Isn’t what we though it was,
And maybe these lies, well,
They’re just ingrained in us,
And it could just be,
Me over thinking things
But I think I know more than ever now,
Where I need to be.

Out Of My Closet

by Kim Wempe

Well I called you crying,
And all you could say,
Was I’ll call you back.

I hope you thought of me,
In your white powdered dreams,
In your white powdered dreams.

And you, you sure fooled me,
But more importantly you fooled yourself.

And I’m not one to give up,
Until I’m face down and ass up.

Chorus:

So take all your shoes,
Out of my closet,
Out of my closet.
And pack all your bags,
And get out of my soul,
Get out of my soul.

Well I tried to be your philosopher,
But it was over your head,
It was over your head.

The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,
Was give up on you,
Give up on you.

And your pride will get the best of you,
I’m only guilty of having hope for you.

(Chorus)

Get out of my soul.

And your pride will get the best of you,
I’m only guilty of having hope for you,
‘Cause I saw the person that you could be.
‘Cause I saw the person that you could be.
‘Cause I saw the person that you could be.
‘Cause I saw the person that you could be.

Oh Heart

by Kim Wempe

Weakness,
Oh Weakness,
Won’t you please leave my soul
What you did with my strength
I don’t want to know

Oh strength,
Can you hear me,
When I call your name
Don’t listen to weak whisper
It’ll drive you insane

Oh happiness,
Happiness,
Where have you gone,
You’re like an old friend,
I haven’t seen for so long

Chorus:

Oh heart,
My heart,
Won’t you please come back home.
I know you don’t trust me
But he is long gone,
Oh heart,
My heart,
Won’t you please come back home,
I know you don’t trust me,
But trust me, he’s long gone.

Fear,
Oh I’ve seen you,
Lurking around here,
Waiting for opportunity,
When she knocks at my door.

Opportunity, opportunity,
Won’t you give me a chance
And just look my way
When fears on your back.

Intuition, intuition,
Please stop your roam,
and stop fear and weakness,
from knocking down my soul.
(Chorus x 2)

The Last Version

by Kim Wempe

No matter how sure you are that I breathe as easily as you do, you have to question why this girl is turning blue. You’re lookin’ at me with covetous, cowardice eyes, and I’m lookin’ at you with a sad smile. ‘Cause you see it took me so many years to finally be satisfied with my creation of me and my entire life. See I didn’t find her, I created her. So mothers and fathers throughout the land don’t criticize what you can’t understand. See that’s why that’s my favorite Bob Dylan line.

Yeah e yeah, yeah e yeah, yeah e yeah e yeah e yeah, yeah yeah.

And I am not another one of society’s girlfriends, but I don’t mind once and awhile hangin’ out with him until I see what he, he does to all of you. He tells you that he loves you and buys you Versace gowns.

So go ahead and wear your Versace gown, go ahead and wear your Versace gown, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.
And then he gets all of his, his wives and lovers to pose for one big family picture and then gets critics to gnaw your body frame down to one big game of who’s in and who’s out, out, oh oh oh oh.

And when you’re thrown out into the world, you’ll see you’re just a nobody in a big sea. ‘Cause your eyes are the same and your mind is the same, as the TV’s and all the magazines.

The Sound of Us Falling

by Kim Wempe

I felt you coming like a bad storm, love grew dark, hot to luke warm.

When you can’t speak, you can’t avoid screaming.
Fall asleep one more night to the sound of us falling.
When it comes to love, you love what you’re used to loving.

The sound of rain is the sound of us falling.
And we’ve stripped each other down to the bone,
Just to find out that no one was right or wrong,
There goes that moment where there’s nothing that you can say,
To bring you back to the way you used to be.

I’m still holding on, but your fingers are slipping through the palms of someone with too much giving.
The roads of this province, well they just keep going,
But beyond our skin is the sound of us falling.
And I’ll remember how life is beyond our bodies, while we dance to the sound of us falling.

And we’ve stripped each other down to the bone,
Just to find out that no one was right or wrong,
There goes that moment where there’s nothing that you can say,
To bring you back to the way you used to be.

In Your Pocket

by Kim Wempe

I woke up this mornin’, rolled over to someone starin’.
How long have we been here?

Then life looked away, said what do you want from me?
I said I used to know, but now I ain’t so sure.
He said time ain’t your friend, and luck well it don’t exist.

So you’d better stop sleepin’ with me, ’cause I’m not one for sympathy.

I’m lost in the arms of uncertainty, and now he’s the only one who knows me. I could keep my dreams on my to do list, but dreams aren’t meant to be kept in your pocket.

So I got up and showered, packed the doubt up in an hour,
And said goodbye to consequence.

Then I looked in the mirror, and said what’s your worst fear?

And as they flashed before my eyes, my body took its last sigh.

Life is all just chances, you gotta try to see what happens.

And as I turned around there was my friend fear yellin’ you can’t get rid of me.

I’m lost in the arms of uncertainty, and now he’s the only one who knows me. I could keep my dreams on my to do list, but dreams aren’t meant to be kept in your pocket.

Philosopher

by Kim Wempe

You are my silly love song, I’d pick you up at 3 am and drive you around til’ you forget every little pain that’s poked you with its pin.
‘Cause the way I love you is like a crazy fool. I ripped my heart out and said this one’s for you. Now I stand here with a hole in my chest, bleedin’ in a puddle yellin’ that I am blessed.
When you’re down, when you’re down for the count,
And when you’re lost, without a hope in hell,
When you’re locked up by your own steel barred cell,
I’ll be, baby, I’ll be your philosopher.
You haunt me like a silhouette, the way it lingers and admires itself. And if my imagination doesn’t fail me this eve, I can lie here and feel you against me.
You make uncertainty feel okay. Whatever life throws at us, we’ll face. And I can put my faithless, fairytales away ‘cause the fact that you’re real still surprises me.
When you’re down, when you’re down for the count,
And when you’re lost, without a hope in hell,
When you’re locked up by your own steel barred cell,
I’ll be, baby, I’ll be your philosopher.
Baby I’ll be your philosopher.
Baby I’ll be your philosopher.

Come Back to Me

by Kim Wempe

I remember the days when I had a choice to love and a choice to leave. Now there’s no redemption, there’s no escape, my vulnerability is bound up in chains. You’re my will, my power, truth is I’m lost without you. My heart’s in your hands, how dare you look at me that way and say I gotta go baby.
Don’t you leave no, no don’t you leave no, no don’t leave, don’t you leave baby.
Don’t you leave no, no don’t you leave no, no don’t you leave, don’t you leave, don’t you leave baby.
Ooooo, oooo.
Go to your apartment, turn the key, just an empty space that reminds me that you’re gone, that you’re not here, that you left me alone cryin’ with my tears.
Sleepin’ is torture without your legs to entwine around mine. This is just my desperation talkin’. I will be myself soon if you’d just come back to me, back to me, back to me.
Come back baby, come back baby, come back, come back to me.
Come back baby, come back baby, come back, come back to me.
Ooooo,oooo.

Don’t you know, don’t you know, that everything, that everything would just be fine if you would just, if you would just, come back, come back, come back, come back, come back, come back to me.

How Do You Know if You’ve Won

by Kim Wempe

Come all you people, naked and free.
Tonight there will be no boundaries.
Erase the line and share our ideas.
Make peace with the new and learn from the past.
Open the bottle and throw away the lid.
We all know they’ll be no need for it.
And if it rains may it clean our souls.
Of everything we’ve never forgiven ourselves for.
Step out of your cardboard box.
And rip the tape right off of your mouth.
Acceptance comes when the fight is done.
If you’ve never tried, how do you know if you’ve won?
This kitchen table wants to hear about your day.
‘Cause here it don’t matter if you’re straight or gay.
There’s no need to hide who you are.
Come out, come out wherever you are.
Together we’re one and separate we’re lost.
Our differences are the pinnacle of us.
Don’t stand there quiet, speak up.
Your words go further than you ever thought they could.
Step out of your cardboard box.
And rip the tape right off of your mouth.
Acceptance comes when the fight is done.
If you’ve never tried, how do you know if you’ve won?
Step out of your cardboard box.
And rip the tape right off of your mouth.
Acceptance comes when the fight is done.
If you’ve never tried, how do you know if you’ve won?
If you’ve never tried, how do you know if you’ve won?
If you’ve never tried, how do you know if you’ve won?