HAPPY (unplugged) 012112 - STRICKEN

Just thinking about Happiness. Thinking about how she said she was leaving because she wanted to be happy.

HAPPY Key - C walking down…

Happy is the anvil as the hammer strikes the blade
A fleeting spark that fades as the memory is made
Happy is the spark when the hammer strikes the steel
Before the spit has sizzled into a vapor trail
And happy is the planner, “Someday…”
(And happy is the guitar never locked up in it’s case.)

Happy is the close up, on a scene
When you pull the camera back reality is mean.
Happy is that instant before the dawn of grief
Captured in a memory, a moment in relief
Happy is forgetting ninety nine percent
(Holding to the moment, no matter where it went)

Happy is an instant remembered as a time
Captured in a moment and sealed within a rhyme
Happiness, a flashbulb splashed upon our face
That blinds us to the context, confusing time and place
Happiness is deadly when we bow before it’s thrown
(Dressed up as an apple but it’s really an unknown)

You said you wanted happiness as tho it was a state
To be independent as tho there’s such a place
When lies tell lies to lies it’s easy to get lost
Collateral damage is the cost
Happy is the battle, before the blood is drawn
(Lost there in the struggle with the will to carry on)

Happy is the snap shot between the light and dark
Revealing as a sunrise on a carnival park
Happiness as passing as a Ferris Wheel view
The future in the distance and holding hands with you
Happiness is vital, but happiness is fruit
(Without the tree of knowledge happiness has no root)

(C) 2012 Royal T Music