LYRICS

BY MARK GAMMILL

Jesus is the Way

You’ve been down so many roads

How much farther will you go

Are you searching for the truth

Where’s your life been leading you

Are you tired of alone

Will you make it on your own

Are you looking for peace of mind

The answer isn’t hard to find

Jesus is the way

You can change your life today

Jesus is the way

Do you know he died for you

He did what he had to do

to wash away our sins

You can now be born again

Jesus is the way

All you have to do is pray

Jesus is the way

Just pray Jesus come into my life

I believe in you with all my might

Please forgive me of my sins

I want to now be born again

In Jesus name I pray

Because, Jesus is the Way

Jesus is the way

Please don’t wait another day

Jesus is the way

Crazy Love

Verse 1

You still text me late at night

saying you were wrong and I was right

how you always want me by your side

and the reasons why we should never fight.

I want to believe your words are true

but it's so hard for me to do

when I know that there is someone else

who still wants you for herself

thinking about our love

our crazy, crazy love.

Verse 2

That perfect night when we first met

my walls came down with no regrets

the way you spoke, the way you moved

I just wanted to be so close to you

We talked so late that night

you made me laugh so many times

you were so charming and so kind

I still can't get you out of my mind

thinking about our love

our crazy, crazy love.

Chorus

I will always be missing you

and the crazy things we used to do

the way you kissed and held me close

the way you looked into my eyes

I'll miss the most

and our love, our crazy, crazy love.

Verse 3

And now you're texting me to meet

you say one more chance is all we need

how it will be different this time around

and let's not lose this love we've found.

I want to believe in you I do

I miss the way I felt when I's with you

but I know how hard that it will be

trusting you again and you trusting me

and our love, our crazy, crazy love.

Haunted By Me

Verse 1

You thought you could get away with it

you thought you could cheat on me and forget

but now you're in for a really big surprise

cuz I'm back from the grave and you won't survive.

Verse 2

You see me in your dreams every night

you hear me in your ears all the time

you feel me in your bones everyday

you try and hide but you won't get away.

Chorus

You're haunted by me

you can't escape my wrath

you're haunted by me

you'll feel all the pain I had

you're haunted by me

I'll never let it be

you're haunted by me

you'll never be free.

Bridge

You can't fool me because I know just where you are

you can't run away because I'll follow no matter how far

you can't escape me because I'll catch you instead

you can't kill me because I'm already dead.

Moonlight

Verse 1

High Sierra roads

the car radio plays

summer nights were long

even longer than those summer days

sleeping bags in the trunk

her perfect smile on passenger side

arriving at a dark forest grove

after a long and dangerous ride.

Verse 2

With the car top down

the smell of fresh mountain pine

we listened to our favorite tunes

and drank a lot of our favorite wine

her dark enchanting eyes

I was lost within the spell

was our love just an illusion

it was hard for me to tell.

Verse 3

The smell of her dark brown hair

the feel of her body on mine

ignoring the simple truth

it was easy to be so blind

looking far into the heavens

knowing our future wasn’t bright

holding her for the last time

shadows forming in the moonlight

Chorus

Moonlight shines, moonlight betrays

an ominous sign that lights your way

beautiful in the dark but it never stays

it reminds me of you because you've gone away.

© Mark Gammill

Lightning

Verse 1

He played his famed bass with skill and fire

being in a rock band was his greatest desire

he had a dark passion for that heavy metal sound

but he didn't realize the curse he'd also found.

Verse 2

He rocked the stage with all of his power

he hypnotized the crowd in his final hour

he was playing the last song as his fingers bled

when a bolt of lightning stuck his bowed head.

Chorus

He was cursed by the lightning

he was marked by a killer storm

he was doomed to meet his end

on that fateful night that he performed.

Bridge

No one knows why he was the one

no one knows the truth of what he'd done

some say he had made a very dark deal

with the devil himself for his musical skill.

Verse 3

He left behind a tall tale and more in his wake

he left behind a hard mystery to try and break

he left us a question that we all must answer

as he departed this world for the dark hereafter.

Dying Light

Verse 1

Unbendable bars, dim and falling stars

isolation kills, better where you are

words of a new song lie crumpled on the floor

unable to find the strength to write of this no more.

Verse 2

A candle on the wall begging more and more for life

losing its steady burn, losing its winless fight

dark shadows move across the room

knowing that its time

the end of all, the war of it

never will I find.

Chorus

Dying light, dying light

I'm losing all the will to fight

dying light, dying light

only darkness and the night.

Verse 3

In a cell of my own making

having lost the will to fight

now thinking of the final words

I know I need to write.

Too Late

Verse 1

I can't believe all the painful words you said

a testament against a love now gone and dead

and now its too late for us, I am now lost

such a terrible mistake with such a high cost.

Verse 2

I won't ever see your dark eyes again

what you did to us was really such a sin

our love was worth more than you did give

and now I'm gone my love, I no longer live.

Chorus

Too late, too late

it doesn't matter now what you say

too late, too late

it doesn't matter now anyway

too late, too late

no chance to change our fate

too late, too late

my love, you came too late.

Verse 3

No chance to change what's now left behind

when I was alive you just didn't have the time

so all your words today spoken at my grave

are just a waste of time and are all in vain.

Verse 4

I'm laying underground only darkness now

no comfort here, not even a subtle sound,

a single rose upon a stone you now place,

but I'll never know, you came too late.

Chorus

Too late, too late

it doesn't matter now what you say

too late, too late

it doesn't matter now anyway

too late, too late

no chance to change our fate

too late, too late

my love, you came too late.

Outro

All the regret and pain are yours to keep,
my love you'll always be haunted by me.

Jealousy

Verse 1

I see you every day with him

though he treats you like trash

he hits you and hurts you a lot

but you always take him back.

Verse 2

I watch you from a distance

I can't stand to see you suffer

I really want to make you mine

only when is what I wonder.

Chorus

Why can't you see

that he's no good for you

why can't you see

I'm the one that's true

why can't you see

that he's the enemy

why can't you see

that you belong to me.

Bridge

I just can't take it anymore

I have to end the jealousy and pain

I'm finally sure of what's in store

you'll never be with him again.

Verse 3

I wait for you outside your door

with a sharp knife in my hand

I see him walking beside you

I know its time to take a stand.

Verse 4

I stab him in the chest

he falls slowly to the ground

you scream and run straight to him

just as if I was not around.

Verse 5

I suddenly realize what I've done

I'm sure I've lost you now forever

so I turn the knife upon myself

because I know we'll never be together.

Repeat Chorus

Why can't you see

that he's no good for you

why can't you see

I'm the one that's true

why can't you see

that he's the enemy

why can't you see

that you belong to me.

Lost Vegas

Verse 1

Driving all night

I can see the city lights,

reminding me of you,

wanting someone to hold on to,

like you and I were, missing her.

Verse 2

Checking into a room,

many stories above, lost without love

darkness surrounds, what can I do,

nothing's the same without you.

Chorus

In Lost Vegas

here I am looking for you,

your ghost still haunts me

I wish it would break through

I just want to see you again

no matter what, no matter when.

Verse 3

Bar lights low, I wish I could go

where she is, out in the street,

the world is a stranger,

not the way we were, I still care for her.

Verse 4

I see her eyes, no its someone else,

reminding of how I always felt,

such a foolish heart, so far from home,

back to the room, but not alone,

with memory of the truest love

I cannot hold.

Verse 5

Gin, my fateful friend,

drinking all night again till the light of day,

I know its not the way, but letting go of you,

is so hard to do, with so much left to say.

Ouija Board

Verse 1
David lost his girl in a terrible car crash
he was left alone and now he's fatally sad
he misses her so much every day and night
he just wishes he could bring her back to life.

Verse 2
And then he found an old Ouija board
hidden away in an upper attic room
he asked it if there was any way
he could end all the pain and gloom.

Chorus
The Ouija board said yes there is
but you just might have to pay a price
go to her grave at midnight tonight
if you wish to again be by her side.

Always be careful what you wish for
you might not always like what you find
the Ouija board has a very dark side
it can play tricks with your heart and mind.

Verse 3
He decided to follow the board's advice
even with a fierce storm rolling in outside
he just wanted to see her and no longer feel lost
he didn't care about the consequence or cost.

Verse 4
He waited at her grave in the cold wind and rain
he almost made it all night but she never came
he felt so sick with a deadly chill in his bones
he realized too late he was never going home.

Verse 5
He died before dawn on her rain-soaked grave
he got what he wanted but in such a tragic way
they soon buried him there right next to her
together again but not in the way that he'd prefer.

© Mark Gammill

Whiskey and Blood

Verse 1

Chasing over and over the same broken dreams

staring at an empty glass more and more it seems

trying hard to lose the pictures of you in my head

though I try I still see your dark eyes instead.

Verse 2

Bartender orders another shot for the pain

for you he says another one of the same

neon glowing, memories flowing

bleeding far into the past

over and over, hardly ever sober

how much longer will this last.

Chorus

Only whiskey and blood

no more waiting for your worthless love

as hopeless as one left drowning in a flood

with no chance for us, only whiskey and blood.

Verse 3

3 am, sleepless night again

hearing your soft voice in the rain

reoccurring dreams

the long and endless scenes

of losing you again.

Verse 4

In a quiet room I cannot move

the ghost of your face at the end

no matter how hard I tried

your words goodbye

rang over and over again

Verse 5

In a pool of red

on the floor near the bed

an old photograph of you

how sad it is to have come to this

what else was I to do.

Run Devil Run

(Verse 1)

In the heart of New Orleans under a crescent moon,

a man seeks some kind of charm to end his gloom.

with money in hand to a voodoo shop he's led,

there he saw a bottle "Keep evil at bay" it said.

(Verse 2)

A few drops put on his doorstep should do fine,

a barrier against all evil, like a protective sign.

but as dusk falls and the stars start to spin,

the strange potion activates and the devil grins.

(Chorus)

Run devil run, you must heed this lore,

the potion’s the key that opens the door.

run devil run, maybe you're inviting it in,

the door only opens and can’t be closed again.

(Verse 3)

The old walls start to shiver, the air turns cold,

a sinister laughter and the darkness takes hold.

the man now realizes, the charm's twisted jest,

he's opened his door to an unwelcome guest.

(Bridge)

It's become obvious, no more creeping doubt,

the potion's promise he's definitely without.

a bottle of malice dressed up as a friend,

inviting the very devil himself to come in.

(SOLO)

(Verse 4)

Remember this tale about a man undone,

beware the potion called "Run devil run"

for the charm that promises to keep evil away,

might just invite it in forever to stay.

(Chorus 2)

Run devil run, like playing with a loaded gun,

he wanted protection but a curse has begun.

run devil run, too late the deed is now done,

the potion was a lie and evil has won.

The End of Forever

Verse 1

You played bass with a fire in your soul,

living so fast you thought you'd never grow old,

in the shadows you thought you'd found your place,

embracing the dark side but it wasn't safe.

Verse 2

We rode the storm together side by side,

but now I'm left with only the tears that I cry,

echos of your laughter slowly begin to fade,

left alone in silence and I'm so afraid.

Chorus

This is the end of forever,

you thought you'd live on no matter whatever,

but now I'm left here in so much pain,

facing life alone without you again.

Verse 3

So many nights under those neon bar lights,

you danced with danger burning way too bright,

in the haze of your addiction, you lost your way,

and I'm left alone with words I can't even say.

Bridge

The stage is empty, and the lights are dim,

I still hear your voice like a haunting hymn,

in every note and in every song,

your spirit will live on though you're gone.

Verse 4

So, I’ll play your songs and keep the flame,

in the darkness I’ll still whisper your name,

though you're not here you will never fade,

in my restless heart you will always stay.

Repeat Chorus

But this is the end of forever,

you thought you'd live on no matter whatever,

but now I'm left here in so much pain,

facing life alone without you again.

LYRICS

Jesus is the Way

Are you tired of alone

Jesus is the way

In Jesus name I pray

even longer than those summer days

sleeping bags in the trunk

her perfect smile on passenger side

arriving at a dark forest grove

after a long and dangerous ride.

​

Verse 2

With the car top down

the smell of fresh mountain pine

we listened to our favorite tunes

and drank a lot of our favorite wine

her dark enchanting eyes

I was lost within the spell

was our love just an illusion

it was hard for me to tell.

​

Verse 3

The smell of her dark brown hair

the feel of her body on mine

ignoring the simple truth

it was easy to be so blind

looking far into the heavens

knowing our future wasn’t bright

holding her for the last time

shadows forming in the moonlight

​

Chorus

Moonlight shines, moonlight betrays

an ominous sign that lights your way

beautiful in the dark but it never stays

it reminds me of you because you've gone away.

​

© Mark Gammill