jake-warne
American
I am currently teaching voice and music theory at the Milwaukee High School of the Arts and a recent graduate of Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. While not teaching music, I am primarily a songwriter, and have spent the past 10 years writing and performing in rock bands and as a solo musician throughout the Wisconsin. I am currently writing songs for my new band, Amberstein, and my solo folk-oriented music, while also expressing myself through drawing and theatre. / / / "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be" / -Abraham Maslow
Designed for disaster,
betrayed with a kiss,
one bite from an apple and we cease to exist.
Is anyone listening?
Are we lost on our journey?
In our fancy fears are we yearning for glory?
How shall we know if your life is of merit?
What shall we know of these ruins we inherit?
From prejudice comes the prisons we share,
built with the drugs and the violence of those for whom we care.
We're all come of the same, but we act if its fair,
that another one's life is none others' care.
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:35 AM UTC
Life is a war in which we're all in.
You cant win the battles until you've conquered the sin.
My heart, it is breaking, bludgeoned outside and within.
Cutting words and bleeding verse,
those who don't deserve it arrive to it first.
On hands and knees, digging trenches to hide,
preserving armor for the battle at first-breaking light.
First come the soldiers, the liars, the thieves.
Then come the sinners, who die on their knees.
The funeral bells ring with no discrimination;
for the war is our own, no help from our nation.
Life is for living, but often dying comes first,
while waging the wars that were known since our birth.
For plagues are not locusts, frogs, or a flood;
but in hate, persecution, abuse, and our blood.
Some day we'll all die, and cease to exist,
I just hope that you know I wouldn't ask for all this.
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:27 AM UTC
I thought that you would change
so many times before
but I was wrong.
I was wrong.
And I thought you were different
this time around for sure,
but I was wrong.
I was wrong.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally see what I should see
Whoa, it hurts so good
to finally learn to move on
I'd love you in the evening,
but in the morning I'd say
that I was wrong.
I was wrong.
I'd sing songs of sweet redemption
until the feeling would stay,
but I was wrong.
I was wrong.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally see what I should see.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally learn to move on.
Now this is the beginning,
although it feels like the end,
because I was wrong.
Yeah, I was wrong.
Though I loved you for a long time,
now you are just a friend,
and I was wrong.
I was wrong.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally feel what I should feel.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally learn to move on
Whoa, it hurts so good,
to finally be where I should be.
Whoa, it hurts so good,
and I'd change everything if I could.
Jul 10, 2013
Jul 10, 2013 at 12:04 AM UTC
How many times have you lied to me now?
Its like counting sheep, but I'm sleeping in Hell.
With all of these bruised and battle scars now,
its like begging for change with nothing to sell.
No, I don't believe we can start over now,
with so much behind us I'd lie to myself.
I'm broken and bleeding, and getting just by.
I've lost thousands of tears, but I'm still alive
I'll survive, I'll get through this too
but nothings as easy when you're broken in two
The hardest thing I believe that I'll have to do,
is leave you behind
I'm not so naïve to forget the past.
Forgiving is easy, but forgetting don't last.
It all comes back clearly, when I least expect
Why would I choose to live this way?
I'll survive, I'll get through this too
but nothings as easy when you're broken in two
The hardest thing I believe that I'll have to do,
is leave you behind
Now its time to move on, I'm a little too late
Take care of yourself, don't give nothing away
And don't believe everything you hear people say
I'll always be thinking of you.
I'll survive, I'll get through this too
but nothings as easy when you're broken in two
The hardest thing I believe that I'll have to do,
is leave you behind
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 11:57 PM UTC
I still remember what she smells like
at least I think I do.
And I remember the way she parts her hair
and all the things she likes to do
Yes, I remember her in summer,
in winter, spring, and fall
and I remember the way she broke my trust
and my walk became a crawl
And I remember all the good times...
...and that don't change a thing
She wasn't ready for devotion
No, she had to play her games
Then she had to change all of the rules
and make me the one to blame
Yes, I remember all those lies she told
and how her words had made me feel
And I recall the nights I stayed awake
asking God if it was real
And I remember all the good times...
And that don't change a thing
No, that don't change a thing
So now I wonder if you hear me
and if you don't, then that's too bad
because you should know by now
its not all my fault,
and some things you can't take back
And I remember all the good times...
And that don't change a thing
No, that don't change a thing
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 11:51 PM UTC
I've been trying for way too long
to tell you that I wrote song about you
so here it goes
Now you've gone to sleep a bit too fast
I guess this was not meant to last forever
I suppose
Now I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to you, still
So maybe I should start again
before you were my only friend
so I don't, end up alone
I write this down to tell myself
that you've become somebody else
who I don't even know
But I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to you, still
Thank God that I can love myself
until I find somebody else to share with
Whom I don't know
As far as I know I can see
you and I shall never meet
before an altar stone
Still I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to you, still
I'm broken and alone
and part of me, wishes I was coming home
to someone else.
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 11:44 PM UTC
Why can't things just stay the same?
Why does everything have to change?
I guess I'll go find someone to blame
oh here we go again...
I'd thought that I had done things right
but I guess I never really tried
Suppose I'll go find someone who cares
Or just go and live my life
Oh why can't I decide my own fate?
And why do I have to wait?
I guess I'm not like you
Why don't you came back down off your throne
and try and change me?
Rescue those like me who will never know..
and try and save me
Oh why can't I decide my own fate?
And why do I have to wait?
I guess I'm not like you
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 11:27 PM UTC
It seems my best days just slipped away
without a cloud on new years day
Its not the end, but I know I'll miss my friends
until we meet again
Ten years have passed, since we first picked up the reigns
Each night, a different stage
another crowd, but the same charades
Each of us just had to know
That someday it would end, and everything would change
Life ain't so simple anymore
From old dawn to new day, I hope I don't just fade away
Thank God for my family and friends
I guess its time that I try to be a simple man,
like I always sang about
They say its times like these that you learn to love again
and now I'm closer to the edge
We told of the girl who talks to the ones up above
we'd say that they'd call her out by name
Well Tom Sawyer's gone now, with the space that he invades
Even he had to say
That someday it would end, and everything would change
Life ain't so simple anymore
From old dawn to new day, I hope I don't just fade away
Thank God for my family and friends
From old dawn to new day, I hope I don't just fade away
Thank God for my family and friends
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 8:04 PM UTC
I've been lonely,
and I've been wrong
Lately I just can't seem to get a long
The sky's been fading,
from blue to black
and all of my dreams,
I want them back
Now I remember,
from whence I came
I never wanted,
to play this game
So please remind me,
what I believe
and I let the sunlight,
pour on me
Let the love-light shine on me
and everything I see
The colors fill the earth and that tells me,
that it'll be alright
So God forgive me,
for who I've been
and hopefully I'll,
love again
The snow, its melting
off from my soul
It makes me wonder,
"Where'd I go?"
Let the love-light shine on me
and everything I see
The colors fill the earth and that tells me,
that it'll be alright
I feel the warm light, on my skin
Its like I can finally breathe again
Let the love-light shine on me
and everything I see
The colors fill the earth and that tells me,
that it'll be alright
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 7:06 PM UTC
You're a storm that I've never seen
You're always there and you never leave
So follow me through a sea of flames
Where the dark can hid all your dreams and pains
'cause I've seen you so many times before
Where the dark turns light and the thunder roars
You'll follow me as I walk the line
but you'll have no grip, I've broke my ties
Break me down and try to see inside
it just kills me how you never die
and I hope you find what you're looking for
So I can close the cage and lock the door
'cause I've seen you so many times before
Where the dark turns light and the thunder roars
You'll follow me as I walk the line
but you'll have no grip, I've broke my ties
I'll close the door,
throw away the key
so I can live again
'cause I've seen you so many times before
Where the dark turns light and the thunder roars
You'll follow me as I walk the line
but you'll have no grip, I've broke my ties
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013 at 6:59 PM UTC