Shawn Farner: Songwriter

Against All Odds

my heart is all over this coast
like a broken seashell, you’ve cracked and scattered me well
and everything i need the most
the ground to walk, the air to breathe, you’re taking everything from me

yet here i stand, defying everything i am

Chorus:
against all odds, i choose to love you
despite it all, in spite of everything you’ve done
you are the wall that i can’t break through
against all odds, you’re still the, you’re still the one for me

my mind is all over the place
it’s like a puzzle, pieces lost, i need you here at any cost
it’s written all over my face
that i’m not strong enough for this, i tried so hard to resist

yet here i stand, defying everything i am

chorus

you’re the one

i promised myself i would not be weak
but i am oh so weak, don’t point your eyes at me
i promised myself i would not be weak
but i am oh so weak, it’s you i can’t defeat

i promised myself i would not be weak
you point your eyes at me and i can’t let you be

chorus

Fly AirCyanide

here i go, this is it
ready, set, stumble, trip
throwing fits, throwing things
falling down, i lost my wings

no parachute, the ground i met
the crash, the burn, i can’t forget
i sit and stare, the present’s bare
except for this wreckage, life’s not fair

so give me a reason to care

Chorus:
i’d rather drink cyanide than pilot a plane that will not fly
the wind has died, much like my insides
so take a turn, a swig, the burn, and no one seems to show concern
this wind won’t ever return

simple events, complex thoughts
i’m tying myself up in knots
i fire shots, i’m in poor health
but i was not aiming at myself

this totally has hold of me
i’m chained, and i’m the one to blame
the same blank stare, my past is bare
except for this baggage, life’s not fair

so give me a reason to care

chorus

slow steps, what’s next?
ledge near, no fear
or do i try this cyanide
in my other hand, what’s my plan?
pick the poison, make the choice and
if i should die, i’ll die trying to fly

Effortless

gray skies i was simply used to
now i simply refuse to acknowledge that they are even there
you bring blue eyes, you bring blue skies to me
you bandage up what bleeds, finally, i’m set free

Chorus:
and it’s you, and it’s me
and it’s true, we were meant to be
so effortless, no reason i should fight this
so i won’t

love is work, that’s what they say
but does it work that way? every second with you feels more like play
tag, you’re it, you just won’t quit the race
and where you go, i’ll chase, finally in my place

chorus

i won’t drown, not while you’re around
to keep me afloat, my lifeboat of hope
won’t give up, even when life gets tough
that’s what love is for, so baby, let’s wage war

chorus

See Me

alone with you, an empty room
you stare right through, i am your mannequin
i look at you, a crowded room
what i wouldn’t do to hold your hand and then

whisper, it’s fate
cliche, but i think it’s okay
i love you more than i could ever say
but you don’t seem to see me, anyway

alone with you, what do i do?
you stare right through, the same old dance again
if only you could hear the truth
that i’d do anything, i’d go to the ends

of the earth, i won’t wait
i’d sail straight, i wouldn’t hesitate
i love you more than i could ever say
but you don’t seem to see me, anyway

i’ve tried to show
or have i no-showed? i really don’t know
i’ve tried to be
everything you need, but you don’t see me

open those eyes
look straight, don’t let your focus stray
i love you more than i could ever say
but you don’t seem to see me, anyway

alone with you, an empty room
you stare right through, i am your mannequin

Meet You There

time’s slipping away, so long
i’m missing your face, trying to hold on

deep down, i fear we’re delaying what’s right
there’s a plan, i’d raise fists but it’s not my fight
cause i’ve placed faith in this thing called fate
and when it’s time, i’ll meet you there

deep bonds exist, we have it
so keep on with this, but while you’re at it

just see, we’re more than you thought at the start
you can leave and make distance but we swapped these hearts
and i’ve placed faith in this thing called fate
and when it’s time, i’ll meet you there

wrote down all the words we said
took pictures so we can’t forget
i’m not one to rely on prayer
but i’m praying that you’re waiting there

time’s slipping away, so long
time kissing your face, but that time’s gone

deep down, i fear we’re delaying what’s right
there’s a plan, i’d raise fists but it’s not my fight
cause i’ve placed faith in this thing called fate
and when it’s time, i’ll meet you there

i’ll meet you there

Ungrateful

top story today, a girl needs saved
that girl is you, i can hear your cries
you’re tied to the tracks, i’m turning my back
so i don’t see you and that train collide

and you know i tried, but it wasn’t good enough
so i’ve decided to give it up

Chorus:
look ungrateful up in the dictionary
what you see will be a very accurate description of you
you always scream, you always scream for help
well this time, save yourself, you probably can’t, but i don’t care

you always whined a thousand times
about these guys like nothing’s your fault
your broken heart and all the scars you have so far
you earned them all

salt in the wounds, tears in your room
you should know why, and you know i

tried, but it wasn’t good enough
so i’ve decided to give it up

chorus

and you don’t care, you’re in the air
you’re flying high, you own this sky
or do you? well, you’d like to
but your plane’s covered in flames

and you’re falling, you’re falling
so fast, so far, you crash so hard
with that, your heart starts bleeding
oh, you know where this is leading

i was always there to save you
i’d break your falls, now no one’s there at all
try me if you think i’m kidding

Fall Accidentally

i know that i don’t know you
that doesn’t mean that i don’t really want to
i know that you don’t know me
but i wish that you’d fall accidentally

down

i know that you’re soft spoken
to guard your heart from being broken
i know, i know you’re nothing but sweet
and i wish that you’d fall accidentally

Chorus:
i’d be the ice that you slip on
the tripwire you trip on
and you weren’t expecting me
now you’re falling accidentally
for me

i know that life can be hard
and love’s made you skid and stumble so far
and i know that you still have scraped knees
but i still wish you’d fall accidentally

chorus

fall down and lose all your grace
fall down til you’re red in the face
fall down, is that so hard to do?
i never said i wouldn’t catch you

chorus

Boston

Chorus:
i’m off to Boston, i knew i lost when
i dropped my guard, i showed my cards
i let you walk in, can’t let that happen
i fell so hard, now i’m so scarred

shake down, breakdown
everything’s reminding me of you
chase down faith, now
finally, i’m finding out what’s true

and it’s not you

chorus

set straight, heartbreaks
seem to be our annual events
we make mistakes
we’ll keep this breathing after it should end

i can’t deal with that again

chorus

I’m off to Boston (x2)

train’s leaving, pain, i’m leaving
and i go north as we go south, goodbye
i’m leaving, and why i’m leaving
can’t be hard to figure out, goodbye

But You

years of waiting to be yours
of holding all the doors
of all fours crawling on the floor

just so you could mess with me
you had the best of me
something you’re not getting anymore

so when we see each other out
and i’m not alone, you’ll figure out
she’s got what you want, she didn’t wait
and you’re too late

Chorus:
she can see what you don’t
she wants to be what you won’t
and i just can’t believe
i thought there was no one else for me but you

you, you took your precious time
with your indecisive mind
too afraid to lay it on the line

so, you kept the tried and untrue
you cried and now it’s through
well, you can’t say i didn’t try

so when we see each other out
and you’re all alone, you’ll figure out
she’s got what you want, she didn’t wait
and you’re too late

chorus

so when you see us getting close
and you’re all alone, you’re gonna know
the ship has sailed, the train left town
that plane has lifted off the ground

the chance, the one you failed to take
that you thought would be there, not today
it’s gone, that’s all there is to say
you made me wait

chorus

One More Girl

i hope you get to read this letter
it’s traveled my heart, my soul, the roads and the weather
all the way to you from where you left me standing alone
and you know, you’re never gonna do much better

the skyline here is usually pretty
when there aren’t storm clouds that swallow the city
and the rain may keep falling down to maybe flood this ground
but i’m not, i’m not drowning in pity

chorus:
i’m all right, i promise, my heart can take this
another crashing love
and you’re just one more girl
who failed to see what she was passing up

best thing for you, but what’s that matter?
a good friend, like i’m supposed to feel flattered
say you love someone, six months you run, it’s in your script, you can’t commit
you feel what’s real and you scatter

chorus

you’ve got a new boyfriend in tow
but in three months, you’ll be alone
run, run, til you’re all out of breath
turn around and you have nothing left

run, run, it’s a shame you won’t stay
but somewhere, you’ll regret this someday
cause i loved you, but i guess that wasn’t good enough

i thought so much of you before
yeah, i thought so much of you before

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