Brian Dilts Music

Nighttime, everything is quiet, but the rain that's falling down

Can't think of ever going outside while this rain is falling down

I can see the reflection of angels in this candle-lit room

And I wonder if they are my protectors or prophecies of doom

I hope no one lets me drown; it's raining all over this town

I step outside my home, looking out at the street

Water's flowing over the curb and covering my feet

And I watch all the trucks and the cars as they try to get through

I guess leaving their homes is the only thing they can do

I hope no one lets them drown; it's raining all over this town

And everything's turned upside down; it's raining all over this town

Now we are under control, we're doing what we're told

The powerful stare into peepholes and a whole generation's sold

I can see a great ocean wave crashing and dead clown laughing

I see guns in the street and all the flags half-staffing

Everything's turned upside down; it's raining all over this town

Everything's turned upside down; it's raining all over this town

My eyes they are made for seeing and sometimes for weeping

My heart is made for longing and sometimes for seeking

But my soul it only waits for love to wash over

Wash away all of this hate, 'cause I'm getting older

And everything's turned upside down; it's raining all over this town

Everything's turned upside down; it's raining all over this town

And I hope it's not too late to stop all the rain

I hope it's not too late to stop all the pain

I know it's not too late to stop all the rain

I know it's not too late... 

Fault

I know you so well and I know what you've been thinking

Even this whole hour you haven't made a sound

You'd like to say that it was my fault, my fault that things went wrong

But perhaps there's enough blame to go around

You think you're flying in the air but in fact you're sinking

Digging yourself deeper into the ground

And I like to say that it was your fault, your fault that things went wrong

But perhaps there's enough blame to go around

Chorus

So let's put all this on the shelf

And start with a fresh new slate again

When, oh when will this thing end? I don't know, 

But you will wake up feeling let down, realizing there's no one else around

You justify to reinforce your twisted thinking

Even though the truth can no longer be found

And you keep on saying it was my fault, my fault that things went wrong

But perhaps there's enough of that to go around

Chorus

Let's put all this on the shelf

And start with a fresh new slate again

When, oh when will this thing end? I don't know, 

But one day you'll wake up feeling let down, seeing hate has run you in the ground

Run you in the ground

So let's put all this on the shelf

And start with a fresh new slate again

When, oh when will this thing end? I don't know

But one day you'll look around, realizing there's no one else around

No one else around

No one else around

I plant a quarter in a flower pot

Just to see what pops up

I plant a quarter in a flower pot

Just to see what pops up

So I drop it on the soil and wait…

And what do I see?

Just a quarter staring back at me

Drop a penny on an empty floor

Just to see what appears

Drop a penny on an empty floor

Just to see what appears

So it bounces on the sunlit floor, then what do I see?

A shiny penny glaring back at me

Place a nickel in a frying pan

Just to see what it cooks

Place a nickel in a frying pan

Just to see what it cooks

I turn on the burner and I wait, what do I see?

A melted nickel staring back at me

Drop a dime on a frozen lake

And hope that my wishes will come true

Drop a dime on a frozen lake

And hope that my wishes will come true

And as it falls through the melting ice, I wonder what it is I see?

Just a dime staring up from underneath

I place a quarter in a flower pot

Just to see what pops up

I place a quarter in a flower pot

Just to see what pops up

So I throw it on the soil and wait…

And what do I see?

Just a quarter staring back at me

Just a quarter staring back at me...

You Won't Stay

You never answer when I call you on the phone

When did your heart turn to a cold cold cold stone?

How would I ever know that our love would fade away

And you won't stay anymore

I never know when you've come or when you're gone

Maybe you had planned like this all along

You're still a puzzle that I wanna solve someday

But you won't stay anymore

No, you won't stay anymore

I'd like to move on

And let this pain just dry up

But the rain just goes on and on and on

I'd like to give up

And finally let you go

But this pain just goes on and on and on

I don't know if it'll ever be gone

I've never known you to be wicked or unkind

But now I know that I've just been so so so blind

Despite it all you make December feel like May

Though you won't stay anymore

No you won't stay anymore

I'd like to move on

And let this pain just dry up

But the rain just goes on and on and on

I'd like to give up

And finally let you go

But this pain just goes on and on,

And I don't know if it'll ever be gone

You never answer when I call you on the phone

When did your heart turn to a cold cold cold stone?

How would I know that our love would so quickly fade

And you won't stay anymore?

No you won't stay anymore...

Falling away by the wayside

Face down at the base of the landslide

It was early in the fall

And we were standing tall

Suddenly came a fireball

And the fear consumed us all

Now the world is on the run

Their faces blinded by the sun

Show them a barrel of a gun

In case they try to run

They're all

Falling away by the wayside

Facing down all the days they tried to hide

Falling away by the wayside

Face down at the base of the landslide

You were kneeling to your god

Success to your wars abroad

But you never gave a second thought 

To the chaos that you have wrought

Now we're

Falling away by the wayside

Facing down all the days we tried to hide

Falling away by the wayside

Face down at the base of landslide

Falling away by the wayside (And it's all gone so very far)

Underground is the place we have to hide (

Falling away by the wayside (and the fear inside our hearts)

Face down at the base of the landslide (That everything we know is wrong)

Song For A New Year

It's been a long long year I can't deny

Been a long long year

Seem to fail whenever I tried

And I'm so glad to see it go

It's been a long long year, many lights died out

Been a long long year

Many hopes flew out of sight

And I'm so glad to see it go

(Chorus)

But in those months when it felt like hell

You helped me through, you kept me well

You even showed me a bit of heaven

So let's drink to '10, here's to '11

Hope it's a better year than the last

It's been a long long year and I wonder why

In this long long year

It all just seemed to pass me by

But I'm so glad to see it go

It's been a long long year, many times I've cried

Been a long long year

My tears aren't even dry, and I'm

I'm so glad to see it go

(Chorus)

But in those months when it felt like hell

You helped me through, kept me well

You even showed me a glimpse of heaven

Goodbye '10, Hello '11

Hope it's a better year than the last

(Bridge)

Though one year isn't all that long

It was long enough to justify this song

And I would have never made it through

Without you

Oh, it's been a long long year, I wonder why

Been a long long year

Seem to fail whenever I try

And I'm so glad to see it go

It's been a long long year but I still had fun

'Cause a long long year's still alright

When I'm with you

And I'm so glad we made it through

We made it through

And I - I'm so glad we made it through

Leave It All Behind

In the middle of the darkest night, not a bird awake

The stillness is louder than an earthquake

There's something tangible there, floating in mid-air

A ghost serving to remind to leave it all behind

When the future's brighter than the past, worn out

Separated from the hands that held you down

There's something tangible there waiting in mid-air

When yesterday is so unkind, time to leave it all behind

Bridge:

It's not as if I haven't tried,

Nor even haven't cried

But it's getting hard to be

Just who I want to be

And leave the past alone

Stop hanging by the phone

I could walk a million miles in slow motion

Swim through every drop of the ocean

And I still may not know much more than what I did before

This wisdom I'll never find 'til I leave it all behind 

Alone

Sometimes life can run you in the ground

Pettiness surrounds 'til it seems like you're gonna drown

All this madness can be so overblown, I know

Sometimes we just need a little time alone

Take me, I've always been a loner from the start

I know my mind and I've always known my heart

I may not be clever but my soul, it is my own

And sometimes I just need a little time alone once in a while

Sometimes it's just best to be alone

Chorus

Alone

Where thoughts can take their shape

Alone

When I make a little escape

Alone

A silent landscape

When the days just feed you more

More than you can take

It happens a lot more often than you think

When some people would just take another drink

It's the silence that makes me feel more whole

And that's why I just need a little time alone for a while

Sometimes it's just best to be...

Chorus

Darling you might ask me where I am

Like I'm not really there, even though I am

Near and far your love makes me more whole

But sometimes I just need a little time alone for a while

Sometimes it's just best to be alone

Coda

But I'll be back again with you

I'll be back again with you

I'm already here with you my love

And I'll be back again my love

Invisible Net

I'm standing on a highwire

Just testing gravity

Standing on a highwire

Birds flying under me

I'm standing on a highwire

So high I can't hear a sound

And they tell me never look down

Never look down never look down

So I never look down

I'm standing on a highwire

Skyscrapers next to me

Standing on a highwire

Like broken cathedrals from a dream

Standing on a highwire

I'm a mile above the ground

And they told me never look down

Never look down never look down

So I never looked down

To see your eyes looking at me

Chorus

There's an invisible net waiting 

That's gonna break my fall

An invisible net waiting

And you can't see you it at all

An invisible net waiting

It's underneath my feet

And I know if I fall it will catch me

And bring me home

I'm standing on a highwire

And taking quite a risk

Standing on a highwire

But it's so hard to resist

I'm standing on a highwire 

So high I can't hear a sound

And they tell me never look down

Never look down never look down

So I never looked down 

To see your eyes looking at me

Chorus

I'm standing on a highwire

I can feel the past

Walking on a highwire

While the wind is at my back

And on a million other highwires

Miles and miles above the ground

They are telling me never look down

Never look down never look down

So I never look down

No, I never look down

Never never look down

No, I never look down