Something Else Without you, I’m nothing…...I’m nothing And with you, We are something…..We are something else Without you, I’m nothing…...I’m nothing And with you, We are something…..We are something else You are part of my story Though I try to resist We’ve been apart for so long But I still remember the gist Cos you helped me to find This hummingbird that I love I could see in your eyes What I could feel in my blood Without you, I’m nothing…...I’m nothing And with you, We are something…..We are something else And I hope that you never wish That I was around I hope that you’re happy I hope you haven’t found That you’ve given up your dreams For something you’ll never feel She might tell you you’re safe But don’t you know…it’s not real Without you, I’m nothing…...I’m nothing And with you, We are something…..We are something else You’ve been moving around Though you are trying to keep still You are chasing a life Where you will do what you will But I can’t help but think That you miss the stars in your eyes Are you never coming back? Is the sun (son) never gonna rise? Without you, I’m nothing…...I’m nothing And with you, We are something…..We are something else Without you, I’m nothing…...I’m nothing, yeah And with you, We are something…..We are something else But you are someone else, you are someone else, You are someone else, you are someone else’s… Copyright © 2014 Marie Conniffe

I Have No Choice I am watching the people on the street And I am trying extra hard to find some joy in my defeat But I will sing of you until they hear the breaking of my voice They wonder why I do not stop - I tell them that I have no choice And you were running, running, running, running late But we made it on the plane and, what you did, you sealed my fate Would you decide to steal a story about how she decides to die? And so you sold Marie some magic that sent her flying to the sky Oh, it was two open ends and, yet, we still had to choose It was a game of blind roulette and either way I was to lose Did you breathe a sigh of relief when they said I had to be alone? And now you sit upon your hands after casting the first stone But, little do you know, I’ve used your stone to find my way I’ve carved the notes upon the sand, I’ve sang the words I cannot say And, in the end, it doesn’t matter if I feel a little bit exposed I am the bluest of the blue, I am the lightest, brightest rose I am the bluest of the blue, I am the lightest, brightest rose I am the bluest of the blue, I am the lightest, brightest rose Copyright © 2016 Marie Conniffe

The Chalice It’s so hard to feel my own heartbeat When I’ve written you into my life And, in heaven, I knew where you came from Made me trip and fall onto your knife And, in truth, I have felt my own failings And the pain of becoming your ghost And, for sure, I knew not that you loved me But I thought that you liked me the most And I wonder what the spirits will say When they drink their drinks and start to sway Will they say “Well she tried her best, But the river ran from the forest” And they will say “It’s such a shame To lose the plot and draw the game” But forever’s not what it used to mean And you’ll never know what we’ve never been Da da dada dada etc. And maybe there is no way out But to raise the chalice to your mouth And drink until you feel the truth The way it felt within your youth Cos I will never take your name But I will never be the same I don’t feel the fight inside no more But you’ll need the ball If you want to score Dad a dada dada etc. Copyright © 2012 Marie Conniffe

Running Free You, you are darkness and water When the moon is pulling it tight And I can’t, can’t resist the temptation To go swimming at the edge of the night Chorus And I will light up the lantern If you will turn and follow me And, oh, we will be happy, Lying still or running free And I live for your sensations around me Yeah you spring me alive with every touch And I melt in, in your hands like a candle Though the heat, it is never too much Chorus And you fill me complete with your music And I warm to the pulse of your voice You are made of everything that I’ve needed Yeah, you leave me with no other choice, no other choice Chorus Copyright © 2009 Marie Conniffe

Just in Case I had a king, I had a key to his door, Now I’m walking through Kilkenny, Casting spells upon the Nore And I have so many keys I just don’t know what they are for And, if I’m honest, well I’ve told this story Time and time before. But I forgot to get a paper And so my mind is free to roam Down the halls and though the tunnels Oh God, why am I alone? You know, the fault don’t lie with him That’s far too easy to be true The problem is I’m still a-searchin’ For another you Woah woah woah etc. Another you would ease the pain Of living life in broken dreams And wishing songs would write (right) the truth Of falling open at the seams Cos I remember when you held me I could hear the beating of your heart Until her voice dripping with poison Ripped and tore our souls apart And that was it for me and you I was too high a price to pay And you were lost and sad and lonely When they locked my love away But I get tired of telling stories When they pulsate with the truth Just know I always sing for you, Just in case you still need proof Woah woah woah Just know I always sing for you Just know I always sing for you Just know I always sing for you Just in case you need me to Copyright © 2012 Marie Conniffe

In My Heart There is a lion in my heart I’ve told him many times to leave But he’s never been that smart He says “There must be time for one more song” And, smart or not, I’ve gotta say He’s rarely ever wrong I have tried my best to look him in the eye But he acts like he don’t know me Although we never said goodbye He’s lost his way and I can’t let him go Cos that would be the end of what We nearly came to know And it’s been so hard to face reality To know we’ll never be apart Because he’ll always live in me I’ve given up the ghosts of other men I’ve tried to make them real But there’s only so much magic in my pen So, I’ll surrender to the hand that I’ve been dealt I’ll look for other ways to grow And maybe all the things I’ve felt Will keep me going while, for now, I shut my mouth Because it’s time for giving in, I’m sick and tired of giving out There is a lion in my heart I’ve told him many times to leave But he’s never been that smart He says “There must be time for one more song” And, smart or not, I’ve gotta say He’s rarely ever wrong So, I turn and I face him and I wait for his cue He looks up to the sky as if he’s drawn up to the blue And then he tells me he’s forgotten the first line And, as always I remember, Yes, I remember every time Copyright © 2017 Marie Conniffe

You Keep Me Going I was born of your wisdom, I came out of your dreams, And it’s too late now to say you don’t know what I mean, ‘Cos I was yours and you were mine and we were ours and they were theirs And, if you’re with me now, then baby I need more than just your prayers Chorus ‘Cos I’m playing the part of an angel that has fallen from the heavens, And I’m naked and I’m running and I know that I’m alone in this night And I am tempted by the fountain but the devil knows I won’t destroy the flowers I have known what love can do and I’ll believe it ‘till I see the morning light I’ve closed my eyes and let them hold me down and kiss me on the mouth But it wasn’t you so I came to and said they had to cut it out ‘Cos I was spinning in infinity of fears you were not real But, how could that be true? How could I feel the way that I did feel? Chorus Well I fell back in wonder and awe at the ghosts that I’d seen Of the lovers who knew me and wanted to crown me their queen And the wheel that kept moving while the bell rang out clear in the night Though the clock, it stood still, and the time, it ran out of my sight Yes, I fell back in wonder and awe at the ghosts that I’d seen Of the lovers who knew me and wanted to crown me their queen And the wheel that kept moving while the bell rang out clear in the night Though the clock, it stood still, and the time, it ran out of my sight But you kept me going Just like you keep me going Repeat... Copyright © 2009 Marie Conniffe

Coming Home The day breaks, my soul shakes, And the moon has gone into hiding And I’ll tell you some secrets, I should not, I should not be confiding, And baby, it’s been you always, You’re with me every time I look in the mirror And I can’t stand the time As I feel you getting nearer and nearer And I miss you, And it’s all, it’s all that I can do And I’m, I’m coming home to you I walk the line, it don’t stop, I just go round in circles, With the sun and the moon and the stars We are our own little miracles And baby, maybe, I’ve spent too much time thinking about you But I can’t find myself While I’m livin’, while I’m livin’ without you And I miss you, And it’s all, it’s all that I can do And I’m, I’m coming home to you Water and electricity They mix together inside of me No wonder magic bounds and bounds And lightning flashes all around The road is long, And my heart, my heart is travelled, Now I wander the clouds, While my mind, while my mind unravels, And I, I miss you, And it’s all, it’s all that I can do And I’m, I’m coming home to you Copyright © 2008 Marie Conniffe

Take Me Away As I unpeel my eyes to the sunrise I untangle the sheets on my bed And I stare at the mirrors in your eyes Looks that never before have been read Chorus So, take me away from the water, C’mon and pull me back down to the road Cos I know that I’m somebody’s daughter Be careful, I just might explode Well, I can’t help but unhandle the gauntlet Don’t throw down what you just can’t let go I’ve created my own crazy longings My poor heart, she will never unknow Chorus So, take me away from the water, C’mon and pull me back down to the road Cos I know that I’m somebody’s daughter Put me down, I'm about to explode It’s a lovin’ and lovin’ is leavin’ It’s too much for the mightiest mind I was never much into believin’ Now all is dreams and dreams, they unwind So, I cast out my gaze to the mountains And I screamed as I lept to my death Now I sing to forget that I’m falling And I’ll breathe ‘till I run out of breath Copyright © 2006 Marie Conniffe

My Fall It was ten years ago, I thought that day was the last It was ten years ago and now I live in the past And the sun got me going until my head was in the clouds I was wise and all-knowing, didn’t know that wasn’t allowed And I picked flower after flower until they rotted away It was about one every hour until the end of the day Cos I thought I’d walk across the floor, where you’d be waiting for me But the wall was painted as a door, that’s all you were ever meant to be Ever meant to be, ever meant to be… And I kept all the balls in the air for as long as I could But he just sat there and stared like I was up to no good And, when I finally broke and started letting it out, I felt my mind go up in smoke and my dreams starting to shout, Starting to shout, yeah I started to shout “Happy birthday to you” though you don’t care now what I do But I just can’t help thinking back over it all What you meant to me, I never meant to you And the things that you said, well they just were not true You broke my heart, you didn’t even try to break My fall Yeah, what you meant to me, I never meant to you And the things that you said, well they just were not true You broke my heart, you didn’t even try to break My fall Copyright © 2016 Marie Conniffe

Between Ennis and Woodstock Between Ennis and Woodstock I knew you were there So I opened my window And I let down my hair But the people were frightened Cos, my voice, it was heightened So they came to take me away And they handcuffed my wrists And they told me to pray They took me to “Your Blue Room” And I tried to make sense Of the ever-changing tune I told jokes that really weren’t funny And I told them what I thought Of their dank, dirty money So they cut off my water And they sent me to sleep So that I couldn’t wander They thought that I might be violent Which I could sort of understand Because I wouldn’t stay silent And, all in all, it felt like “The World’s End” had really come through And, all in all, I thought that the poets of our land Had prophesised me and you And I am the fool who tells the truth that she saw When it never could be I kept your secret sacred when I slept under the sea And so the sun/son came out to play Not long after the thundershowers And I waited for Radiohead For hours and hours My famous blue raincoat and eyes were A shadow to behold On that Big Day Out in Galway, I felt like I’d never grow old On that Big Day Out in Galway, We felt like we’d never grow old Copyright © 2014 Marie Conniffe

The Brightest Star I’m surrounded by the people who need time to lose their faith I’m confounded by the reasons why the light is getting late I could try to cast a shadow on the clock that sings the rhyme I could try to tell the time to tell the time Chorus And it’s always the brightest star that keeps coming back for more And it’s always your smilin’ face that I see when I peer round the door And I’d fly to you forever if you’d show me your watch when I land And I know that I am lucky to be your friend He kept rhymin’ and stepwritin’ what he knew to be the truth He was headstrong and strong-headed in his youth But, for all his foolish pranks, well he was always giving thanks And I knew that he was beauty more than proof Chorus We are endless turning pages for the woman in the shoe We can see ourselves within the witches’ brew And the brightest star is guided by the lighters up above And I know that, in our own way, we’re in love Chorus Yeah, it’s always the brightest star that keeps me coming back for more And it’s always your smiling face that I see when I sing “The Door” And I would fly to you in an instant if you would hold out your hand to my hand And yes I know that I was lucky to be your friend Be your friend, be your friend, yeah Copyright © 2006 Marie Conniffe