PROMISE
" THIS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY A MUCH FASTER AND HEAVIER SONG BELIEVE IT OR NOT....I WROTE A FEW SONGS LIKE THIS IN THE PUNK ROCK STYLE FOR A PROJECT WHICH HAS BEEN RE-VISTED OVER THE PAST YEAR...I GET A LOT OF SONGS I NEVER USE SO I WRITE WITH OTHER SONGWRITERS AND THEY END UP BEING PART OF A BAND'S SET LIST...SOMETIMES THEY EVEN GET DEMOED AND RECORDED..WITH THIS SONG I ENDED UP RE-WORKING IT BUT SLOWING IT WAY DOWN....A FEW PUNK ROCK SONGS I HAVE WRITTEN SOUND LIKE BALLADS WHEN THEY ARE SLOWED DOWN...WE HAVE DONE THAT TEST TO MANY SONGS IN THE LIVE SET AND GOT GOOD RESULTS....EVEN WORKING THE OTHER WAY BY SPEEDING UP A SLOW SONG CAN GIVE THE SONG A NEW LEASE OF LIFE.....IN THIS CASE.."PROMISE" WAS RE WORKED AND SLOWED DOWN HEAPS AND IT CHANGED THE SONG A FAIR BIT.."
........................................................
YOU LIVED THE DAYS, GOT THRU THE NITES,
DID YOU EVER WONDER FAR,
JUST THINKING HOW YOU FEEL,
IT TOOK AWAY THE HEALING POWER,
ANOTHER DAY YOU'RE BEATEN DOWN,
AND YOU STILL FEEL THE SAME,
JUST COUNTING DOWN, AND I REALIZE,
IF I SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN,
* NOW I'M WAITING FOR THE MOMENT,
ALL THE DAYS GO PAST, THEY'RE GONE,
STILL WAITING FOR THAT PROMISE,
WHAT I SAID IT'S TRUE, IT'S DONE,
SO NOW IT SEEMS, YOU'RE FACED AGAIN,
YOUR BIGGEST INNER FEAR,
JUST CONSOLE HERE IN MY ARMS,
ALTHOUGH IT HURTS, IT'S DIGGING DEEP,
IT'S PUSHED YOU TO THE EDGE,
THE ANSWER'S IN YOUR HEART,
PRE
* CHORUS
WHEN YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES,
PLEASE DON'T TURN AWAY,
JUST BIDING THRU THE TIME,
BUT THERE WILL COME THAT DAY,
SO NOW'S THE TIME, YOU'VE HEARD THE VOICE,
SOME COMFORT IN YOUR MIND,
MUST IT ALWAYS BE THIS WAY,
JUST UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THRU,
AND LAY YOUR FEELINGS DOWN,
JUST PROMISE ME YOU'LL STAY,
