Rose of Lancaster

Look at you, alone and small
Standing in her shadow
Wearing a Rose of Lancaster
She is your sin, who will save you now?

The rain is cold on your skin
Wrap you up in the light of a million stars
Who will bring you into the warmth
Of loving arms from being lost

You have been searching all your life
For the one who will raise you up
Who will be the one to protect your heart
Move out of the shadow, turn around

See the one next you who is in the light
Reach out and hold the warm hand
Of the one who will protect your heart
They have been there all your life

So baby take the blinders off and run,
Run into the arms of the one who loves you
All it takes is that single touch
So baby take the blinders off and run,
Run into the light and see the only one
All takes is the touch of a beating heart
So baby take the blinders off and run
Run, run, run to the one who loves you.


© LAL
4/17

Kiss the Girl

You said, it was all too soon
That my heart was fresh, brand new
I needed to get steady on my feet
Navigate my uncharted waters

And I said, life is too short
Not to gaze into those eyes
Or to hold that soft hand
Feel your breath on my cheek
Place my hand against your chest,
Feel your heartbeat
To feel your hand run across my back,
To feel the heat
Kiss the girl I want to kiss
Under a moon lit night

You said, it was unfamiliar course
Landing on this a rocky shore
That I needed firm ground to hold me true
I'm not the first, you have seen it all before
And I said, the journey may be precarious but
Are willing to me hold me steady?

You said, let me help you find the way
Keep me steady on my feet
To navigate the uncharted waters
You would be there to hold me true

And I said,
Let me kiss the girl I want to kiss
Under a moon lit night

© LAL
1/17

Touch

Runway queen strutting down the avenue
Looking like a high class prima donna, cold
Fragile as glass, with one tap it shatters
Pieces on the ground, pieces on the ground

Once your body was warm silky unfretted
Laid in the sheets wrapped up in me, touched
Your breath against my shoulder, stroked your hair
Do you remember how you felt with my touch?

My touch, my touch was thing you craved
When I touched your skin and your soul
My fingers run across your hips, tingles your spine
Do you remember how you felt with my touch?

How did it all change, you forgot my touch
When did you lose the moments
When I would walk by, caressing you
How did it all change, when did it turn cold

Posing in your gray Chanel, cameras flashing
Haunting glances around the room, ego crashing
Your presence of a seductress, crumbles
Into fragments on the ground, on the ground

Now you stand all alone, like a pretender
Your ingenue illusion fades away
How did it all change you forgot my touch
My touch, do remember how you felt


My touch, my touch was thing you craved
When I touched your skin and your soul
Run my fingers across your hips, spine tingles
Do you remember how you felt with my touch?
My touch , my touch…….

© LAL
12/16

Memories

Memories always bring you back to me.
You are never gone for long
My touch across your skin makes you tingle
You can feel my breath against your neck
My scent lingers on your sheets

We are crazy mad for the things we ought to be
You know your love will never die for me
Come to me for the night cuz I need you stay
Let me place my hand on your heartbeat
Let's not make our one night bittersweet

Memories always bring you back to me.
You are never gone for long
You know you are tired of being alone
I'm tired of fighting the feelings
Hold on to me, then let me go

Memories always bring you back to me
We will have the memory of the love
It's not enough, not enough-memories
Hold on to me, then let me go

Memories will always bring you back to me

© LAL
9/2/16

Dull the pain

I am looking for a way to dull the pain
To put my mind in a gray haze
To lose my sanity from thoughts of you
Rushing over the hills and valleys

I'll finish my tonic till I'm across the bed
Staring at the ceiling, counting the moments
Till my mind fades to black till the 'morrow
And I will begin again. Pour another tonic

Need to dull my pain
Put you out of my head
And forgive my sin
Love is my weakness

I've lost control and can't find my mind
You stole the riches of my soul
You have put me on the run
To become whole again, letting go

Need to dull my pain
Put you out of my head
And forgive my sin
Love is my weakness

Time to sleep and dream, tonic please
The sweet remedy running thru me
Alone, quiet, I watch the shadows
Seeing you fade away, my mind finds peace

The pain is gone
You're out of my head
I'm forgiven
Love is always my weakness


© LAL
8/14/16

From....

From the moment I saw you all those years ago
As you walked by without a care and free
You captured me

From the second you spoke, my heart began to sing
A love song from deep in my soul, true and bold
You smiled at me

You know...you know...you know
I loved you then
You know...you know...you know
You broke me
You know...you know...you know
It will never be the same

From the darkness came the light of awakening
From the ocean deep came absolution
From fire came restoration
From the earth came strength

From the moment I rose from the ashes
I let you walk away with weight of it all
You released me

From the second your voice went silent
No more love songs, only the music of a beating heart
Your smiles are not for me

You know...you know...you know
I loved you then
You know...you know...you know
You broke me
You know...you know...you know
It will never be the same

From the darkness came the light of awakening
From the ocean deep came absolution
From fire came restoration
From the earth came strength

From here I move into the future
I sing for me
I smile for me
I love for me

You know...you know...you know
You know...you know...you know


© LAL
6/23/16

Straight to the River

I loved too soon
She loved too late
In the end I gave up hope
And she found hope
Living the tangent lives

I stood on the mountain top
Ready to conquer the doubters
She huddled on the ground
Seeking sanctuary from others
Leaving both of us empty

I am crazy far more than sane
She is mad from the pain
My delusion that we could cross the plane
Her reluctance to board the ship
We are doomed by our own insanity


We are headed straight to the river
To wash away the past and present away
We are chained to what should have been
Straight to the river, straight to the river
To be baptized into a new light of sanity
Straight to the river to set our ships free


We stand washed and walk to the shore
Soaked in redemption of clarity
I climb the mountains leaving her
As she heads to the open fields as
I loved too soon, and she loved too late


We are headed straight to the river
To wash the past and present away
We are chained to what should have been
Straight to the river, straight to the river
To be baptized into a new light of sanity
Straight to the river to set our ships free

Straight to the river, straight to the river
Straight to the river, straight to the river

© LAL
7/9/16

Ruination

Will you be my ruin or
Will you be my salvation
Are you my hope or my starvation
Are you my strength or my weakness

Are you going to let me burn or extinguish the flames
Of my burning heart or will it become your train wreck
Is this all you have or I am left out in the rain
Are you real or all wound up in my head

When our worlds collide, who will survive
Who will pick up the pieces
Who will put our hearts back together again
Will we be just surviving the ravages of this affliction

I lay down on the cold ground
Waiting for my heartbeat to begin
I listen to universe spin
Hoping you will walk in

In the new light of day
I see my salvation come from the mist
My thirst is quenched as the rain fills my cup
I am stronger than before, I rise up


© LAL
6/24/16

Without You

We were on the brink of day
All I could give you was that moment
Only your memories to make
The sound of my voice echos
Against your empty walls
My touch lingers on your skin

I'm going to break free
Of your hold over me
Let you slip back into the sea
Watch all the pain float away
You drift among the waves
Wanting to return to shore

I walked through the storm
Battered and torn, I reach the mountain
I see the ruins you made of my soul
Time to pick up the pieces
Start my heart to beating once again
You will no longer defeat me

Let me lay my head down
In the lap of love
Let me hold the warm hand
That comforts me
Let me wake in bed of happiness
Without you haunting me
Without you
Without you

© LAL

23 April 2016

Empty

I stand on the mountain top
Looking down at the cataclysm
I am no longer recognizable

Tick tock the time slides away
The fortune of youth no more
 Once strong now weak

My reign, my empire, my throne
It lays bare upon thy kinsmen
My crown tumbles to the ground

My fight is over, lay down my sword
Surrender my fate as I kneel
No love, no mercy, no hope

I gaze up at the stars
I spread my arms open
My soul grows dim

I am drowning in the sea
As the waves wash over me.
Such pity, such despair, such loneliness

© LAL

18 April 2016