"One Inch From The Ceiling"

“One Inch from the Ceiling”

© By Frank A DeCenso, Jr

[Vs1]

Pretty horses, wedding gowns

Antique clocks and small home towns

These are things I love around –

They move me - it's true;

Sandy beaches, autumn skies

Moonlit walks with no goodbyes

These are things that touch my life –

But not like you do...

Pre-CHORUS

My heart feels like a rainbow hit the center

Within your warm embrace I surrender

CHORUS

I can travel 'cross this landscape beneath a painted sky

I can run through every midnight as the moon goes drifting by

But nothing can compare to the way I am feeling

Cause every breath of your love lifts me one inch from the ceiling

[Vs2]

Babies laughing, grandma’s kiss

Fresh cut roses, moonlight mist

These are things I can’t resist –

They move me – it’s true;

Shakespeare poems, willow trees

Old love lettered memories

These are things that carry me –

But not like you do...

Pre-CHORUS

My heart feels like a rainbow hit the center

Within your warm embrace I surrender

CHORUS

I can travel 'cross this landscape beneath a painted sky

I can run through every midnight as the moon goes drifting by

But nothing can compare to the way I am feeling 

Cause every breath of your love lifts me one inch from the ceiling

[BRIDGE]

If the moon just disappeared and the Milky Way fell down,

If every flower in the field grew underneath the ground,

If every breath I took forgot that I was still around,

All I'd need to wake up is that voice inside your eyes...

One more time,

One more sound...

'Cause...

Pre-CHORUS

My heart feels like a rainbow hit the center

Within your warm embrace I surrender

CHORUS

I can travel 'cross this landscape beneath a painted sky

I can run through every midnight as the moon goes drifting by

But nothing can compare to the way I am feeling

Cause every breath of your love lifts me one inch from the ceiling

"Parts"

“Parts”

Copyright by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

It’s late here in December,

I found some photographs;

They’re pulling me to places gone,

Where we used to laugh…

These dusty covered mem’ries,

Are more than can I see –

Pieces of two lives apart…

They’re parts of you and me.

CHORUS

The parts still paint a picture,

We painted holding hands;

Those parts are small reminders,

That once we said we can…

Those parts still paint a picture –

Some paint’s still on my hands;

Without you all the colors,

Are just parts of who I am.

This attic has grown colder –

Some boxes have your name,

I tremble as I open them,

To see what has remained…

There’s clothes that you wore dancing,

When we were naive kids;

And letters you wrote me,

With words time somehow hid.

CHORUS

The parts still paint a picture,

We painted holding hands;

Those parts are small reminders,

That once we said we can…

Those parts still paint a picture –

Some paint’s still on my hands;

Without you all the colors,

Are just parts of who I am.

BRIDGE

Tomorrow I'll be calling you

With all defences down...

We'll start this whole thing over

Making pictures...

Better than the ones I found...

CHORUS

The parts still paint a picture,

We painted holding hands;

Those parts are still reminders,

That once we said we can…

Those parts still paint a picture –

Some paint’s still on my hands;

Without you all the colors,

Are just parts of who I am.

"Untold"

“Untold”

©️ by Frank A DeCenso, Jr

<All Rights Reserved>

[Vs1]

I can’t forget your funny grin,

Your eyes took me away -

I swear I'd give up everything,

To fall in them today;

Morning sneaks in soft and slow,

Old dreams kept me awake;

We ran along a shoreline's coast –

Love's waves refused to break…

CHORUS

In every word of promise

Like fairytales grown old,

Something thought of has been said –

Something written has been read –

But sometimes what it means...goes untold

[Vs2]

I still recall your whispering,

It made my world go ‘round;

Every time you held me tight,

My broken walls came down;

Like every empty midnight sky,

Where winds are dark and clear –

Your memory breathes on my soul,

As if you are right here…

CHORUS

In every word of promise

Like fairytales grown old,

Something thought of has been said –

Something written has been read –

But sometimes what it means...goes untold

BRIDGE

Words are simple, funny things

Sometimes they say everything

But sometimes everything 

Needs said again...

CHORUS

In every word of promise

Like fairytales grown old,

Something thought of has been said –

Something written has been read –

But sometimes what it means...goes untold

"Closer To Here" (Recorded)

“Closer to Here” (Recorded)
©️ by Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

VS1
Every time we kissed I tasted heaven
Every time we held I felt alive
I smiled with a feeling that was certain
Everything I hoped for was now mine

CHORUS
When I close my eyes I still see
Your face crystal clear –
How I wish (those) yesterday(s)
Were/(was) closer to here
In your arms, safe and warm
You were always near
I still wish (those) yesterday(s)
Were/(was) closer to here

VS2
Anytime you told me that you loved me
Every time you looked inside my eyes
The future had been pulling us together
Everything that was there was now mine

CHORUS
When I close my eyes I still see
Your face crystal clear –
How I wish (those) yesterday(s)
Were/(was) closer to here
In your arms, safe and warm
You were always near
I still wish (those) yesterday(s)
Were/(was) closer to here

BRIDGE
If I can I’ll rewind time and bring it to today
If I can’t I’ll shut my eyes and go back there someway…

CHORUS
When I close my eyes I still see
Your face crystal clear –
How I wish (those) yesterday(s)
Were/(was) closer to here
In your arms, safe and warm
You were always near
I still wish (those) yesterday(s)
Were/(was) closer to here

"This Is Our Time" (Long Version)

“This Is Our Time” (Long Version)
By Frank A. DeCenso, Jr.

{GIRL}

If the answer to my question is forever,
Then all I need to know right now, is when do we begin –

{BOY}
If the answer to that question is whenever…
Then everything we need right now, is where we’ve always been…

Pre-CHORUS
If it’s only love
It won’t hurt to taste it,
Let’s not wait and waste it…

CHORUS
This is our chance,
This is our time -
If all we do is let it fade
We can’t say we tried;
This is our dance,
We can rewrite the rhyme –
Let’s hold on tight ‘cause we both know
That this is our time…
Yeah this is our time

{BOY}

If the future carries us along together...
I think we’ve known it all this time, there’s no wrong to what’s right –

{GIRL}
So if we follow this love to wherever…
We’ll find out it’s where we belong, it’s not far from our sight…

Pre-CHORUS
It is only love
We can’t wait to taste it,
Let’s not wait and waste it…

CHORUS
This is our chance,
This is our time -
If all we do is let it fade
We can’t say we tried;
This is our dance,
We can rewrite the rhyme –
Let’s hold on tight ‘cause we both know
That this is our time…
Yeah this is our time

BRIDGE
Let's not let this magic slip away like the wind...
Too many times a story ends before it begins...

CHORUS
This is our chance,
This is our time -
If all we do is let it go
We can’t say we tried;
This is our dance,
We can rewrite the rhyme –
Let’s hold on tight ‘cause we both know
That this is our time…
Yeah this is our time