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soul drifter
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0 posted 2020-10-12 10:49 AM


Wash Away Sad Eyes

Life is burdened with splendor
life is colored with pain
I see you trying to build up your sand castles
against the tide time and time again
I hate to see it
hopes driven into the ground
it can all be so useless
but don't let it get you down

Don't let that cold wind
blow your cares away
wash away sad eyes
don't listen when you hear them say
fall
come on rise above it all

Love is tainted with glory
love is twisted and sad
whenever you try to outrun the world's blade
your aching heart will beat like mad
it's always that way
Icarus with melted wings crying
living a dream is so daunting
but don't let it stop you from trying

Don't let that cruel rain
clear your soul away
wash away sad eyes
don't listen when you hear them say
fail
come on ring out like a bell

And I will be right here
with open ears
ready to hear your song
of self-worth to take on the world
glisten like the light of dawn
I watch it rise again in you girl
so don't fret, don't cut yourself down to size
c'mon wash away those sad eyes

Happiness is a long road
happiness is a ledge
I see you building up your sand castles
here right along the tide's edge
and I can see it
hopes once lost are found
it is all so very fragile
but don't let it get you down

Don't let that cold wind
blow your cares away
wash away sad eyes
don't listen when you hear them say
fall
come on rise above it all
don't listen when you hear them say
fail
but I can see in your eyes, you're ready to sail
those sad eyes away



"It's never over, she is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever"--Jeff Buckley

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insect
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since 2000-04-22
Posts 1014

1 posted 2020-10-12 11:40 AM


Very nice!
This could be a song also.
It's nice that you are there for Sad Eyes.
We all need a lift from friends when waves wash away our sand castles.


augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US
2 posted 2020-10-12 07:58 PM


I was told I had sad eyes a time or two..

Like the way the 'sad eyes' in your write
is reassured.

Lovely piece Souls

Sky~

Temptress
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3 posted 2020-10-14 09:17 AM


What you have here is a very powerful and uplifting fight song. This could definitely be set to music! Love it!

"I know this love will tear me to pieces
I know his hands will dig up my secrets"

Meg Myers


Forlorn Angel
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4 posted 2020-10-29 02:37 PM


I would also love to hear this put into music.
Rex Allen McCoy
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5 posted 2020-10-31 03:08 PM


Talk about a great hug and squeeze
Michael
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6 posted 2020-10-31 06:47 PM


quote:
Life is burdened with splendor
life is colored with pain

Much power in your opening words, and so true.

It's so easy to let go...and so hard to hang on.  We don't get messages of encouragement often enough.  Thank you for this one.


Michael

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