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A Tear without a Net

from Sterling Pieces by Schweitzer

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She was crunching numbers for a man that sold used cars
Dreamed in points and commas, but wanted to see stars
And the night would close around her like a sea of rushing tears
And her bed, a lonely island as she drifted on her fears

You have heard the story, probably lived it some yourself
She is just a grain of sand on a continental shelf
Waiting for the big one that will shake her world apart
So she can start tying ends together, and find her long lost heart

He didn’t turn her world around just walking in the door
She noticed his disinterest in the room and nothing more
When she met him in a doorway, coming in and going out
He melted into sadness that was louder than her doubt

She always stood her ground alone… nothing broke her seal
Always knew just how to act… if not how to feel
Then he turned her world around… with eyes both blue and white
And said, now I know why God created light
Now I know why God created light

He held her eyes just briefly, then he disappeared
She found he’d already left when the room had cleared
In the night, in silent dreams, his eyes were always dry
But she knew he was crying, in a way she can’t define

If he could say that to her face, she wanted to believe
So she packed away her points and commas and unpacked all her dreams
Then held them out before her, like a compass, in her hand
And leaped out on her future, like a leopard on a lamb

He didn’t turn her world around just walking in the door
She noticed his disinterest in the room and nothing more
When she met him in a doorway, coming in and going out
He melted into sadness that was louder than her doubt

She always stood her ground alone… nothing broke her seal
Always knew just how to act… if not how to feel
Then he turned her world around… with eyes both blue and white
And said, now I know why God created light

Someone, one day told her, on that night they’d almost met
That he leaped from a window, like a tear without a net
Now she thanks him everyday just by believing he was right
As if he’d passed his life to her through eyes both blue and white

She always stood her ground alone… nothing broke her seal
But now she tries to trust her heart… and act the way she feels
A heart that he had turned around… by looking in her eyes, sayin’
Now I know why God created light

What seems to be a window, to some is darkest night
And now I know why God created light

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from Sterling Pieces, released July 28, 2015

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Schweitzer Los Angeles, California

My brother started writing songs and that was the spark that started me on my own songwriting course that would last the rest of my life. I chose to use my surname, "Schweitzer," for practical reasons, realizing long ago that pronouncing "Richard Schweitzer" was difficult. "Schweitzer Projects" under the "tindog music & stuff" umbrella is producing songs in the Pop / Pop rock or folk categories ... more

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