Nathan Gogin

[Intro]
I never knew love like that,
You flew into my life like an acrobat,
Head over heels I fell into your arms,
I was a complete sucker for your charms,
I asked you out on a date,
That's the night I came crashing through your garden gate,

[Verse 1]
We drove into the night sky,
I was still feeling a little bit shy,
To the movies I drove with you by my side,
Your love was coming down on me like a landslide,
We laughed off the clumsiness, forgot all the fear,
As the neon lights flickered and the static grew clear,
You reached for my hand right there in the dark,
And a clumsy beginning turned into a spark.

[Chorus]
Oh, you caught me when I was falling fast,
Built something real that was meant to last,
From a broken gate to a midnight drive,
With you by my side, I’m so alive.
Yeah, you’re my safety net, my saving grace,
My favorite person in my favorite place.

[Verse 2]
The seasons rolled on and the movie screens faded,
But the feeling we started has never grown jaded.
Now we sit on the porch where it all first began,
Tracing the lines on the palm of your hand.
No more crashing through fences or hiding the nerves,
Just riding the rhythm of life and its curves.

[Chorus]
Oh, you caught me when I was falling fast,
Built something real that was meant to last,
From a broken gate to a midnight drive,
With you by my side, I’m so alive.
Yeah, you’re my safety net, my saving grace,
My favorite person in my favorite place.

[Verse 3]
I still look at you and see that acrobat,
The one who changed everything just like that.
We’ve got our own timing, our own little style,
And you still make me helpless with just a small smile.
The bruises have healed from that first clumsy night,
But the impact you made keeps on burning so bright.

[Bridge]
They say love is a risk, a leap in the dark,
A blind hesitation, a shot in the park.
But I’d crash through a thousand more gates just to see,
The way that you look when you're looking at me.

[Chorus]
Oh, you caught me when I was falling fast,
Built something real that was meant to last,
From a broken gate to a midnight drive,
With you by my side, I’m so alive.
Yeah, you’re my safety net, my saving grace,
My favorite person in my favorite place.

[Outro]
Yeah, my favorite place.
No more crashing down,
We’re safe and sound.
Just you and me, under the night sky.
Never knew love like that.
(Fade out)

[intro]
Why do I feel this way,
Even though I love her I knew she wouldn't stay,
Why do I feel so lost,
I feel like I've been double crossed,
I've had my heart broken before,
But this time it feels like I've washed a shore,


[Verse 1]
On a deserted island,
I've got to make my way to highland,
To see the bigger picture of where I went wrong,
I promised myself I would stay strong,
But this time I'm fighting my heart,
To keep the pieces of it from falling apart,

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
And now I'm standing at the waters edge,
Chasing the echos of words you said,
I'm drowning in a love that's already gone,
Trying to figure out where I belong,
The waves keep pulling me back to the start,
How do I heal a stranded heart.


[Verse 2]
We dreamt of owning our very own home,
Now I've got to go this road alone,
I've walked this alone before,
But this time it feels like its gonna go on for, for evermore,
Whatever happened to make us drift apart,
If only we could just restart,

[Bridge]
We built up a castle right in the sand,
Now it’s slipping right through the palms of my hand.
No walls and no roof, just a ghost of a plan,
Trying to survive it the best that I can.
Did you mean what you said? Did you mean it at all?
As I watch the horizon and watch the night fall.

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
And now I'm standing at the waters edge,
Chasing the echos of words you said,
I'm drowning in a love that's already gone,
Trying to figure out where I belong,
The waves keep pulling me back to the start,
How do I heal a stranded heart.


[Outro]
Yeah, a stranded heart.
Walking this road alone.
No way back to the start.
No way back to our home.
It feels like forevermore.
Just washed ashore.
[Fading out]
Washed ashore.

I want to move on but I don't know how,
All my life I've struggled to allow,
Myself to move on,
It's very strange phenomenon,
The shadows I've faced,
Have now been erased,




I look at the mirror, trying to see who I am now,
The heavy weight of yesterday lifting off my brow.
But the echo of the old days still lingers on,
A quiet phantom waiting for the safety of the dawn.
I’m running from the memory of time I used to waste,
Leaving every bitter thing exactly where it's placed.



Drugs was once a thing I used to run to with my old crew,
To get rid of the feelings I was so familiar to,
The burdens on my shoulders no longer are welcome,
So I'm going to tell them,
Where to get off,
Some people may scoff,
At the life I've lived,
But I’m taking back the choices that I have
missed




And I am breaking through the static, breaking through the dark,
Fanning every ember 'til it turns into a spark.
I don't have all the answers, don't know where the road will go,
But I'm stepping out of shadows that I used to know.
Yeah, the phantom’s getting quiet, the storm is finally still,
If the old me couldn't save me... then the new me will.



I’m building a future on the ground where I fell,
Breaking the bars of my own personal hell.
The old crew is distant, a ghost in the past,
I finally found a truth that is built to last.
No more self-sabotage, no more playing the part,
I’m rewriting the rhythm of my own beating heart.



And it hurts to let go, yeah, it cuts to the bone,
To realize you have to walk this valley alone.
But the pain that I feel is the price of the cure,
For the first time in years, my intentions are pure.
I am standing my ground, I am ready to fight,
Turning my back on the endless night



And I am breaking through the static, breaking through the dark,
Fanning every ember 'til it turns into a spark.
I don't have all the answers, don't know where the road will go,
But I'm stepping out of shadows that I used to know.
Yeah, the phantom’s getting quiet, the storm is finally still,
If the old me couldn't save me then the new me will.



Yeah, the new me will.
I’m moving on now.
I finally know how.
The shadows are gone.
Here comes the dawn.
The storm is still.
The new me will.

I'm choosing to heal,
Instead of standing still,
I'm still in pain,
But I choose not to be slain,
By the things in my past,
They will not last,
I choose to be strong,
Instead of being right or wrong.


I started out life with voices in my head,
I could have gone on to cause widespread blood shed,
But I choose to forgive,
And instead of relive,
My past that haunts me,
For the first time in my life I'm choosing to be free,



So I offer a truce to the war in my mind,
Leaving the anger and tension behind.
It’s a quiet confession, a beautiful start,
To finally open the doors to my heart.
I’m rewriting the story they wrote on my skin,
This is where I begin.


I will take a deep long look at myself,
And put the things of my past upon a shelf,
For the first time, in ages I'm finally at peace with myself,
No more waging wars going on in my head,
No more feeling restless whilst I'm in bed,


I’m waking up to a brand new dawn,
And realizing all of the shadows are gone.
I’m taking a breath, and I'm letting it out,
Finally silencing whispers of doubt.
I’m standing tall on the path that I make,
Reclaiming the life that the shadows tried to take.


So I offer a truce to the war in my mind,
Leaving the anger and tension behind.
It’s a quiet confession, a beautiful start,
To finally open the doors to my heart.
I’m rewriting the story they wrote on my skin,
This is where I begin.



It’s not always easy to walk in the light,
But I’m no longer running or looking to fight.
The scars on my body, the bruises inside,
Are no longer secrets I'm trying to hide.
They’re just a map of the places I’ve been,
And proof of the spirit that's breathing within.


So here is to healing, and here is to grace,
To finally finding my own quiet place.
The past is a whisper, the future is wide,
With nothing but love and hope on my side.
I’m choosing to live, and I’m choosing to stand,
Holding my destiny right in my hand.

I have to move on, I can't stay like this,
But I can not just dismiss,
The things of my past,
But I refuse to let them last,
When I look in the mirror I used to see,
A great big monster staring back at me,


Now the only monster is in my head,
But it's about time I put it to bed,
A brief look to the past,
And I can contrast,
The old and new me,
I refuse to be beaten by the things of my history,
But the way I move on is no longer a mystery,



So I’m breaking the mirror, I’m clearing the glass,
No longer a prisoner to the things of my past.
Yeah, the battle was quiet, but the victory is loud,
I look at the shadow I left in the crowd.
The monster is sleeping, the mystery is gone,
Out of the history, into a new dawn.



I suffered in silence for far to long,
I am now choosing to be strong,
So it's goodbye to my past,
I knew you wouldn't last,
But for a very long time I thought I might drown,
I no longer lock myself away whilst having a meltdown,


The voices are still here,
But they are no longer as clear,
As they once were,
And my head is no longer a blur,
So to hell with the voices,
I've made my own choices,
To no longer remain in your trap,
And these scars on my arm, I've now turned into a map,




So I’m breaking the mirror, I’m clearing the glass,
No longer a prisoner to the things of my past.
Yeah, the battle was quiet, but the victory is loud,
I look at the shadow I left in the crowd.
The monster is sleeping, the mystery is gone,
Out of the history, into a new dawn.



I've now settled down,
No more hospital gown,
This is for my survival,
Your no longer my rival,
Here is to peace with myself,
My past is now bound and place on a shelf.

Rest In Hell.
Voices I'm now choosing to rebel.