Alex Cairnie

When you are not here, but somehow still, I feel your touch
Six thousand miles apart, and still its you I miss so much
Stolen moments, a love affair we share
In dreams of you each night, into empty space I stare
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The Flag

The soils rich on Flanders fields,
stained red by mortal men
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One Mans Hand

Soldier out there on your own, is it worth the thrill you seek
Lying cold beneath the moon, no persons there too speak
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Look at me, you couldn't guess
That my universe is quite a mess
You couldn't see the crashing cars
That leave so many invisible scars
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My life has been a poem, and it's verse has been my mind
It's been dark, and cold, and sometimes fine
Perhaps sometimes unkind
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Can I ever be free, from this inner thing
It does curse me, and haunt me, if I dance or I sing
It won't let me be happy, or settled or free
And it throws a black veil, over all that I see.
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She was there with me, it was her touch I needed most
The quiet hero, being never one to boast
Each day a gamble, the odds an unfair stake
For some of us they save, and some the gods they take
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I read about it on the web, it took me by surprise
I thought I knew the reasons why, I felt my heartbeat rise
I cannot wait to leave this place, and feel the slow release
I think I'll try again today, try to make the voices cease
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I recall a distant memory, of the time I spent at war
I often wonder what the point, what really was it for
But something else remembered too, even now it brings a chill
The piper at the gates of dawn, to this day I hear him still
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When your gone no more I'll know your name
And nothing that is left will be the same
The joy you brought to me will fade
And clouds will darken all the light you made
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I stare at you,
My silent friend;
Your there for me at each day's end
We talk at night, just us alone
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Memories keep me awake
Days long gone, I shan't forsake
I found solitude inside my head,
Sang secret songs, to cheer the dead.
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In silence I rebel
The cogs of my mind turn
My blood does boil with rage
And in endless anger burn
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The tide comes and goes
The shore changes once more
Shifting sands leave no trace of you
But you were here once
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If I do not rise tomorrow
Do not be sad for me
My life was lived in far off lands
And plenty I did see
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Can I tell you a secret
There's a cold in my heart
I can feel it freeze over
When we are apart
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I sit here and wait
No emotion no hate
I sit here alone
No one calls on the phone
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No one remembers you,
but today I did.
You were just a boy
In a man's world.
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There is a storm surrounding me, but within it I exist
Magnetic poles, so strong I can't resist
And somewhere too, in this is you
In the waking hours, dictating all I do
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As I ride through my darkest days and nights
And follow cold moons the lonely winter bites
Arriving in your town and falling at your door
Wondering if your still here or if your gone forever more
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