Hi-Fi Sonata - Metaphors Lyrics

Letting Go

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

And in my sweetest dreams I never dreamed this

It’s washing over me now, a feeling of bliss

I’m letting go now of my grip

I’m letting go now of this

I’m letting go now of my grip

Just to let go now is a gift

Pushing and shoving

Rushing and running

Striving and trying

Hiding and lying

I’ve got to let go of all of this

It’s time to let go of all of this

And in my sweetest dreams I never dreamed this

It’s washing over me now, a feeling of bliss

No mindless distractions now, my spirit at rest

I’m letting go now of my grip

I’m letting go now of this

I’m letting go now of my grip

Just to let go now is a gift

I’m letting go

Pushing and shoving

Rushing and running

Striving and trying

Hiding and lying

I’ve got to let go of all of this

It’s time to let go of all of this

Just to let go is such a gift

‘Cause when I let go, I get

I get

Shades of Blue

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

Oooh – Shades of blue – coloring me, coloring you

Oooh – Shades of blue

Let me tell you ‘bout the time my heart was torn in two

I promise you every word I say is true

Well, I gave him my best, I went and changed all the rest

Now what’s a girl supposed to do?

Well he left me alone; he was good and gone

Yeah, he left me a shade of blue

Chorus

Can I tell you ‘bout the man who was hurt through and through

He put his heart into the hands of a woman cruel

Well he followed her rules, and she played him for a fool

Yeah, she left him a little boy blue

Chorus

Look at the sad, sad people lost and confused

Selling their hearts and souls to things that just aren’t true

I want the rainbow, the promise of something new

Yeah, I want the color of dreams coming true

Now color me anything but a shade of blue

Innocence, My Friend

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

Riding in your momma’s car so many years ago

We’d watch the cars behind us through the rear window

Jimmy Buffet’s wasting away on that AM radio

I used to wonder what that meant, now I wish I didn’t know

Innocence, my friend, I’ll always find you there

Monopoly and Mousetrap, baby brother, Barbie Dolls

The sound of ringing doorbells and those come-to-supper calls

That wind up watch that ticked away those blissful hours

Before I knew what time was, before it held such power

Innocence, my friend, I’ll always find you there

Time moves on so quickly and some memories start to fade

But you are always shining when I think of younger days

You are always shining

Innocence my friend, I’ll always find you there

The street lights flicker on now, and it’s time to get on home

But I’ll see you tomorrow and tomorrow always comes

But then one day it doesn’t and then one day I don’t

Where did you go my friend? You left me all alone

There was no tomorrow, you were safe in yesterday

The loss of innocence, my friend, you’ve gone away

Innocence, my friend, I’ll always find you there

Beautiful Girl

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

She looks into the mirror and decides that the face looking back at her isn’t pretty

She dreams of being out on her own in an apartment all alone in the city

Only 13 and her thoughts are so, so hard to bear

But when you ask her what she thinks, she’ll only tell you that she doesn’t care

She doesn’t see she’s a beautiful girl

She doesn’t realize she matters in this world

And if I had one wish then I wish I could tell her

She says take the plate away, she’s had too much to eat today, she’s not that hungry

She’s lost a few too many pounds, but she still sees that little round in her tummy

Only 20 but she thinks if she could lose a bit more weight

Then maybe somehow her life would finally be great

Chorus

The lies that we’re told – the lies that we tell

The burdens we carry – what we keep to ourselves

We’ve been so blinded that we just don’t see – we don’t see

She sees the lines creeping on her face and she’s been covering the strands of gray at the top of her head

She thinks that he might love her a little less; she doesn’t look her best; she’s not the girl he wed

Only 40 and she thinks there has to be more of life ahead

But she tries so hard to keep it up that she feels half dead

Chorus

I think that you are a beautiful girl

And you mean so much, so much in this world

And if I had one wish, then I wish you would know this

Something More

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

Now I could have had you as my significant other

Or taken you simply as a lover

It wouldn’t be enough

No, it wouldn’t be enough

There’s something sacred between a husband and a wife

There’s something to be said about sharing your life

Something more, something more

I guess I could tell you it’s about those little compromises

Or how we always seem to see things eye to eye

But that would be a lie

Oh, now that would be a lie

I think that it comes down to the way we share and we trust

And how we keep on going baby even when the way gets rough

And oh, it’s enough

Yeah, it’s more than enough

Chorus

Bridge

More than the words “I do”; it’s more than just saying I love you

More than the wedding rings, more than the loving things we do

Chorus

Whisper

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

Your love is in the whisper, a soft caress upon my heart

Your love is in the whisper, falling gently on my soul

I felt the earth quake, heard the thunder shake – The wind blew hard upon my face

I thought I’d find you there, but I was unaware that you would come to me in a whisper

My heart grew faint with fear when you did not appear in the way I thought you would

But in this place of rest, I can feel you best, and you are near to me in a whisper

In a whisper

A soft caress upon my heart

Your love is in the whisper, falling gently on my soul

Your love is in the whisper

April Fool

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

April Fool, great pretender

Sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors

Who you foolin’, who you foolin’?

Whose eyes are covered in wool?

Do I know you?

Could I ever know you?

My April Fool

April Fool, you think you’re swell

And when you’re scared girl, you give ‘em hell

You don’t give up even when you know you’re beat

You hide your tears my baby, don’t admit defeat

Who you foolin’, who you foolin’?

Whose eyes are covered in wool?

Do I know you?

Yeah, I think I know you

My April Fool

One day you’re gonna laugh until you cry

One day you’re gonna wish that you were wise

Then what will you do?

April Fool, my April Fool

The punch line has come and gone, and girl, the joke was on you

No one’s laughin’ at your foolin’, no one’s laughin’ at your foolin’

And they can see right through

Yeah, I can see right through to you

The real you

Through to the real you

My April fool

Whatcha gonna do when you’ve had enough?

And whatcha gonna do when they call your bluff?

Oh what will you do?

Look

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

Tell me how you do it baby, talk to me that way

I like it when you say that I’m beautiful

Whispered in my ear

And the way you touch me baby

It’s amazing and you know it

Underneath the moonlight baby, gently kiss my lips

But your eyes tonight say more than words

And they tell me I’ll be yours forever

Tell me how you do it baby, talk to me that way

I like it when you say that you love me baby

That still makes me weak

And the way you touch me baby

It’s amazing and you know it

Tell me how I find myself lost in your embrace

But your eyes tonight they touch my heart

And I feel that I’ll be yours forever

Chorus

So take me out to dinner baby; we can wine and dine

Spin me on the dance floor baby; that will be just fine

Buy me dozens of roses baby if you think that’s good

But you should know by now that I am yours

With a look

Oh, your eyes tonight say more than words

And they tell me I’ll be yours forever

Chorus

So take me out to dinner baby; we can wine and dine

Spin me on the dance floor baby; that will be just fine

Buy me dozens of roses baby if you think that’s good

But you could look at me

Just look at me

Metaphor

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

You’re a moonlit night I walk in to ease my mind

You’re a glass of wine smooth on my tongue

You’re a lexicon when the words that I need won’t come

You’re a hiding place that only I can find

You’re a Sunday drive when I need to get away

You’re a poem I read time and again

You’re an ocean vast and I want to dive right in

You’re a compass true when I go astray

All this and more, more than a metaphor- I can’t explain just what you are, just what you mean to me- you mean more to me

You’re an answer key when the puzzle’s too hard for me

You’re a treasure chest that I want to keep

You’re a lullaby singing me soft to sleep

You’re a candle’s light when I cannot see

Simple Things

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

A baby finds comfort in the warmth of his mother’s breast

The sun sinks into the sea in the evening when it sets

And castles are built sometimes with a bucket and sand

Oh, and I still get a thrill when my love touches my hand

I find the simple things speak more deeply than the finer things

Teach me more of eternity and God’s love for me

To watch a bride walk the aisle to her waiting groom

Oh, and to know that my dad still stops to watch my momma walk in the room

To feel that first rush of warmth as winter gives into spring

And to hear the sweet sound of his voice when my little boy starts to sing

Chorus

There’s just so much in this life I’ll never know, I’ll never get, I’ll never, never see

But I’ve learned the riches of this world are found in the simplest of things

Final Notice

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

I’ve been here with you for such a long time

You make me feel good, and that’s so fine

Never make me cross my boundary lines

Predictable is a good definition

And with you there’s never suspicion

So why would I want to leave you behind?

But I’m walking slowly to the unknown, the unknown

Got you tucked inside my hip pocket

Wrapped around my neck like a locket

Wear you like a crown ‘cause you’re a king

Easy on me that’s how you make it

Sugar coated that’s how I take it

Imprisoned by the safety that you bring

So I’m running fast now to the unknown

Let my heart run free and my spirit roam

You’re a place for slumber, but you’re not home

I’m leaving you behind, my sweet, my comfort zone

A slave to you is what I’ve become

Afraid to take a risk, to fail, or to be wrong

But the time has come and my sentence is done

Here’s my notice, my time has come

Got you tucked inside my hip pocket

Wrapped around my neck like a locket

Wear you like a crown ‘cause you’re a king

Easy on me that’s how you make it

Sugar coated that’s how I take it

Imprisoned by the safety that you bring

So I’m running fast now to the unknown

Let my heart run free and my spirit roam

You’re a place for slumber, but you’re not home

Leaving you behind, my sweet, my comfort zone

Promised Land

Lyrics: Shasme Guarisco

Music: Pedro Collusso and Shasme Guarisco

I can’t believe you fade so fast

But shooting stars were never meant to last

Oh, could I please

Have one more chance to see

To linger for a while in your galaxy

You’ve spun away from this universe

And gravity holds me fast to the earth

I’m so far from home

And so terrestrial

Longing in my heart for my celestial

Larger than life your life to me

How can this be?

And all that you were

Was everything, everything to me

The stars tonight shine down on me

They’re singing songs of eternity

And through this pain

A deeper Truth remains

And in my heart I know I’ll see you again

Larger than death or time or space

Oh, is Grace

And deep inside my soul

I know, I know

I’ll see you again my friend

In that Promised Land

My heart be still until

Until then