Cassandra Kubinski

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A big kiss off, "I'm independent" rock song

You know how some teachers only teach you to doubt yourself? Eventually, you realize you don't need their bad influence in your mind anymore, and you tell them off in a song ;-)

RIDE ALONE
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE Baby, do you feel the earth shakin? around you,
And are you afraid?
You should be, ?cause I won?t slow down for anybody,
And you?re in my way.

PRECHOR If I had a dime for every single time
I let you take my dream, break my self esteem
And tell me how I had to be, I?d be a millionaire

CHORUS So ride off into the sunset
I?m not gonna be cryin? here on my own
I don?t need you in my ear now, sayin? how to steer now, get out
I?m gonna RIDE ALONE.

VERSE Guess what? I?ve had enough of lying down
And taking the crack of your whip.
I realized I don?t have to stay tied
To the chains that fall from your lips.

CHORUS

BRIDGE I?m gonna ride alone
You don?t design the fire in my mind,
And I?m gonna ride alone.

Bet you thought that all your petty lies
Were gonna keep me down
?Cause you keep on riding on top,
But who?s on top now?

CHORUS
I?ve had enough, this is where you get off?

106

Looking back on life and feeling like your accomplishments mean nothing now

I used to be the best at everything. Valedictorian, softball team captain, drama club president, lead dancer... now I am one in a million faces and voices going after the same dream.

ECHOES
© 2005 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE Drizzle, drizzle falls the rain
Head down, I finally found the pain
That resonates from inside out tonight.
And on this Lower East Side street
My triumphs and my present meet
To question me, if where I am is right

PRE CHOR I can still hear Daddy saying, ?you should know I?m proud?
Then too many voices from before, they grow too loud
They?re just

CHORUS Echoes in my mind
Echoes of a time
The climb was not so steep
And I?m hopin? the echoes in my mind
Echoes in time
Echoes will let me sleep.

VERSE It?s not my fault, I got distracted
Love and monthly rent detract
From taking home the trophy every day.
The laughter of my old best friend
It fades, delays, but never ends
I wonder, was it me who pulled away?
I can?t take these

CHORUS

BRIGDE I hear the cheers of years I thought I had it all
But champions can?t rise, only fall
Now I?m here, and I fear that who I am can?t last,
I?m not my past, but it won?t stop calling

CHORUS

90

When life gets tough, it's so beautiful to have someone there who makes you feel like everything's ok.

Rainy night. Midtown Manhattan. Crying in a 10x15 apartment. REALLY grateful to have someone in my life who made me happy.

CRADLE THE MOON
© 2005 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE It?s more than a storm
My life hurricane
It?s all slipping through my hands
Like teardrops and rain.

I passed by a church,
Stood silent outside,
A bus and a puddle met?
I just broke down and cried.

CHORUS And I get so defeated, just tryin? to hold on
When I can?t hold my head up, my spirit is gone,
Then I come home to you, when I?m safe in your arms,
I can hold the sun, and CRADLE THE MOON.

VERSE I get so tense
You show me a place
A place I can balance out
My grit and my grace

CHORUS I am tangled in skyscrapers, stuck on the ground
And I can?t hold my head up from feeling so down
But I come home to you, you remind me of how
I can hold the sun, and CRADLE THE MOON.

BRIDGE Oh, how you comfort me!
Do you know what that means to me?
When all of my dreams seem stuck behind bars
You give me the stars!

CHORUS And I get so defeated, just tryin? to hold on
When I can?t hold my head up, my spirit is down
I?m still holding on to what my life ought to be
But I can barely hold on to my sanity
But it never fails, baby, you?re always there showing me
I can hold the sun, I can hold the sun, I can hold the sun
And CRADLE THE MOON.

65

Seeing what you want to get, and being right outside it- escaping.

I think an emo band/artist should do this song...

RACECAR
© 2004 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE I am right outside the door of where I want to be.
I can peek in through the keyhole, but can?t find a key.
I got angels all around me, but I still feel alone
So I go back to when I was four,
Sliding on my kitchen floor,
Faster than anyone?

CHORUS I am a racecar, and I?m speeding
Past the wreckage of my bleeding life.
I am a racecar and I?m speeding
Past my bleeding life,
I?m gonna be all right.

VERSE I am funny, I am colorful, usually,
But sometimes the dark inside surprises even me.
I compare myself, don?t share myself till I can?t feel.
So I go back to when I was four,
Sliding on my kitchen floor,
I just get behind the wheel, and?

CHORUS

BRIDGE Spin my wheels through turns I might have taken,
Close my eyes and hope when I awaken, when I awaken

CHORUS I?ll be a racecar and be speeding?
I?ll be a racecar and be speeding
Past my bleeding life,
I?m gonna be alright.

I am right outside the door of where I want to be?

102

Guy and girl fall in love. Guy is away for work too often. Girl finally leaves him, needing more of a relationship than that.

Made it up in my head walking around NYC, went home and wrote it.

HARDLY IS A LOVE SONG
© 2005 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE The color of your shirt was baby blue
It matched the Autumn sky if I remember
At Caroline?s Coffee,
You ordered behind me,
A couple laughs later, dinner for two.

A young songwriter and a finance manager
Drinking in discoveries of each other.
You shell-shocked my night,
When you asked if I?d write
A love song, someday, for you.
HARDLY IS A LOVE SONG?

CHORUS But waking up with just the sun
On Saturday won?t satisfy, I
Wanna wake up with someone
Not just this lie.
HARDLY IS A LOVE SONG,
But at least the song is for you.

VERSE That first year sparkled like my left hand diamond,
But time will leave a film upon its surface
And were you missing me,
Like our anniversary?
As you jetted off to who knows where
For work, and I was left to care
For painting and refinishing
And just waiting for the phone to ring,
And how does ?just two weeks dear? turn into forever?
HARDLY IS A LOVE SONG?

CHORUS

BRIDGE After all this time, conversations in my mind?
We moved too quickly
I will never be your number one priority,
So here?s that song you wanted, finally.
HARDLY IS A LOVE SONG..



CHORUS But waking up with just the sun
On Saturday, won?t satisfy me, I
Wanna wake up with someone
Not this lie.
HARDLY IS A LOVE SONG
But at least it?s your song,
Goodbye.

153

The singer is with someone and fantasizing about being with someone else...who also happens to be taken.

You write what you know...

LIKE ONLY LOVERS CAN
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE Her eyes they shimmer clear blue
But are they as blue as mine?
His smile can light a dark room
Like clouds givin? in to sunshine
She?s got both her arms around you now,
And he?s wrapped around me.
But that glance we just shared, you and I, pure electricity.

CHORUS And I wonder what it?s like
Lying just one night
Tracing down your body, until the dawn?s first light
If I placed all my wishes
In those strong, sleek hands
Would we be gazing at each other
Like only lovers can.

VERSE It just don?t seem practical
We?re comfortable, secure
Why give that up for ?what if??
When we both got something good, for sure
In safe and silent voices,
We both say we?re happy
But that little laugh just betrayed you, and I know mine betrayed me.

CHORUS

VERSE This surely ain?t the last time
My thoughts will shout too loud
We share the same barstools,
Yeah, we run with the same crowd
Are you watching as I leave,
Like a bottle floating out to the sea?
Then do you turn and smile at her, riding a wave of thoughts about me?

CHORUS

138

Being annoyed that someone's got you so "out of it" and in love with them.

Self explanatory.

YOU MAKE ME
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski


VERSE No I don't have to want you.
Wanting you is a choice.
I could choose not to swoon at the sound of your voice.

When I think you're amazing,
All that my prince would be,
I have cause to pause and reflect on the bad things
you do to me

CHORUS You make me weak, you make me cry,
You make me know it's worth being alive
You make me sick, when I realize
Nothing excites or inspires like your eyes

VERSE You don't cause a commotion
A seizure in my self control
Just cause your body in motion's a potion that heals
my soul

I'm so good at pretending
Your spark don't shock me at all
Built these walls up so hard but the harder I get, the
harder I fall

CHORUS

BRIDGE What makes you so special?
Aggravate me, just make me see you're not so wonderful

CHORUS
Drive away and swear I won't look back cause your
sweet smile would break me,
Then you make me.

183

A sassy chick warns her guy friend of other flirty women who are just out for fun.

You write what you know...

SHE?S GONNA MAKE YOU WANT HER
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski/Gordon Brown

VERSE Don?t think I don?t notice
How your mouth fell open when she caught your eye
Wearin? jeans just tight enough
So you can see what?s shaping them inside

PRECHOR She?s got you blind, but I know her kind
She?s made up her mind, and now you?ve been warned?

CHORUS SHE?S GONNA MAKE YOU WANT HER
She?s gonna make you want to play the game for sure
She?s gonna reel you in with just a little skin
And a smile that seems too pure
JUST TO MAKE YOU WANT HER

VERSE There?s the perfect hair toss
Followed by the tender head tilt to the right
Man, she loves to be a mystery
But she won?t be swept off her feet tonight

PRE CHOR She?ll go too far, get up on the bar
Dance like she?s a star, and you?re in her show

CHORUS

BRIDGE Don?t ask me how I know,
It?s only a suspicion
Yeah, I confess, maybe once or twice
I?ve been in her position, yeah

CHORUS 2X

913

About the things a mother did for and taught her daughter; her daughter's "thank you" for it

I'm a daughter. I have a mother. She's a cool Mom.

SOMEBODY TOLD ME
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE Somebody told me I?d be fine,
Shook her head, smiled, and wiped off mine.
And so I saw the sight of strength, heard the sounds of healing.
I learned to read it like a sign;
She was beside me, I was fine.

VERSE Somebody told me it?s alright,
Each time a nightmare wrecked my night.
Then held me close, but not too tight, till dreaming came upon me.
Sometimes I think about those nights
Safe in her arms, where I took flight.

BRIDGE And there were times I swore
That our relation was a curse.
And there were times that she
Was just the worse, and angrily,
We both crashed down, forgiveness helped me see
A grain of comedy in every tragedy.

VERSE Somebody showed me with her soul
Lack of perfection makes us whole.

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

BRIDGE And when my dream arrived,
She let me go for my desires.
She let me go so gently,
Told me I would be ok,
Now I for her can do the same
Though I can?t stop the tears that fall into my smile today.

VERSE I was a seed, now I?m a rose
Stronger than any wind that blows.
And I?ll go on, for I have always
More to give, and this I know, ?cause
Somebody told me so.

965

Being caught up in someone and not wanting to show them, lest they run away.

TWISTED
© 2004 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE Tie me up, I want you to,
Bound by things I?m bound to do?
Twisted, I am twisted up in you.

You don?t know that ecstasy
Is what your smile brings out in me.
Twisted, I am twisted so sweetly.

CHORUS I can?t believe
I didn?t see
The knot, I got so twisted
Suddenly?
But twisted is where I wanna be.

VERSE On the rug beside your fire,
Tangled up and taken higher,
Twisted, I am twisted by desire.

CHORUS

BRIDGE You snuck up on me like a dream.
I wasn?t seeking anything.
Torn, treated, tied to each extreme,
But I won?t let you see
Cuz you might try untying me?

CHORUS I can?t believe
I didn?t see
The knot, I got so twisted,
So suddenly, whoa?

I can?t believe
I feel this free
In the knot, I got so twisted
So willingly!
But twisted, yeah twisted, is where I want to be.
Twisted up in you?

175

If you want me to excite, inspire, and save you, all you have to do is ask me. I'm waiting for you. sorta like Pink Floyd's "What Do You Want From Me"

Inspired by the love/hate relationship performers have with their audiences- they love the praise, applause, and love, but hate pouring their heart and soul into their music not sure what the audience wants from them.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski

VERSE Are you?re lookin? for a great escape
Is that the reason you came to me today
To feel connected in a life that falls apart

Is it release? Do you want me
To accept the responsibility
To heal your pain with a crystal cracked from the corner of my heart?

CHORUS Well ALL YOU HAVE TO DO,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO is ask me to

That?s ALL YOU HAVE TO DO,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
I?m ready and willing to give it to you.

VERSE I can be the part of you that?s missing
I?ll be the match when you can?t seem to ignite
If you give me back just what I crave

Validation in the way you need me
Elevation, you open up your dreams
You want love, and I just want to give my love away.

CHORUS

BRIDGE If you want my sweetness,
If you want my fruit
I just want to feed you, so if you?re wanting me to
Break my skin and let my juices run all over you?

CHORUS

328

Feeling out of place and alone, awkward, in your situation.

I actually saw a lime green taxi in New York and wondered what it must feel like, among all those yellow cabs...

LIME GREEN TAXI
© 2005 Jennifer Marks and Cassandra Kubinski

A SECTION I go to the trouble of believing in myself
I go to the trouble of putting my fears on the shelf
I try to keep it real,
But I still feel
Like a LIME GREEN TAXI in New York.

A SECTION I drive downtown, trying to collect my fare
I stare in the rearview at the backseat, no one?s there
No matter where I go,
I?m exposed
Like a LIME GREEN TAXI in New York.

B SECTION Slowly crawling through the traffic
Down Broadway
A crazy maze of lights and faces,
Still can?t find my place, my way

A SECTION The road?s never even, even after all these miles
I drive by the rules, but they don?t always apply
The pedal?s at my heel,
But I still feel
Like a LIME GREEN TAXI in New York.

B SECTION Wind my way through blocks with strangers,
Listening to their dreams
All of them are getting closer,
Everyone but me, it seems

A SECTION The engine?s running, clear skies, bright sunshine
I know where I?m going, and what I?m after; I?ll be fine
I?m behind the wheel,
But I still feel
Like a LIME GREEN TAXI in New York.

1,861

An encouraging song about not giving up on your dreams

Written partly for someone I knew who needed a boost...and partly for myself

HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
© 2006 Cassandra Kubinski


VERSE Have you been gazing a bit more than usual
Up at the sky, asking why you should try
When your body aches to surrender?
Everyone needs someone helping them reach
For whatever their heaven is, someone to teach them
And promise things will get better

CHORUS Don?t give up yet, I know it can split you in two
Slipping off of your cloud, don?t look down when you do
And take my hand, ?cause you?re HALFWAY TO HEAVEN,
And angel, I?ll get you there

VERSE I have been waiting here, watching you breaking
The lines in your face grow like leather and lace
?Till you?re sure the sky just don?t love you
You think you?re walking with just emptiness by your side
Wanting more, feeling less than alive
But don?t look behind, look above you

CHORUS

CHORUS Don?t give up yet, there?s someone believing in you
And my wings carry faith strong enough for two
Baby, I?ll meet you HALFWAY TO HEAVEN
And angel I?ll get you there,0
I will get you there.