CORDAY

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Solo female vocalist feeling liek a loser, until she is empowered by love! High energy band kicks in to boost the song into high gear with thick jangle guitars and drum loops.

I'm feeling insecure and lost, then you come along and turn me into your superwoman and I feel like I can do anything!

I RULE THE WORLD

Losing my mind, I?m losing my way
I?ve lost my direction, and I?m starting to break
Cause everything is heavy, and everything is hard
Everything I touch seems to leave me scarred

And then you come and things begin
To fade away as you turn me in to

Your hero and your queen
Your savior and your everything
Cause before you came along, I was just a girl
But when I?m with you, I rule the world
I rule the world, I rule the world

Here come the bombshells about to explode
A one-woman army I?m all on my own
I?ve got no protection, I?ve got no defense
I?ve lost my stamina and I?ve lost my confidence

Losing hope, losing faith
I get beat down, a little bit more every day
Then you come and you make me fight
My antidote for kryptonite

230

electronic loops, synth sounds and heavy guitars, you broke my fuckin' heart!

You broke my fuckin' heart! You left me high and dry and you may not want me but now I realize all your shortcomings and now I don't want you either!

A BETTER REASON
You twist my arm and you kissed my lips
and I got so sucked into this? stupid me
You left me high and dry and too pissed off to even cry
Leaving me your baggage and your bills
Everything is festering, the crap you left behind
For me to swallow just like bitter little pills
I?m starting to get pissed?

You better have a better reason
For dumping me and walking out the door
When I ask you why the only thing that you can say is?
I don?t love you anymore (I don?t love you)

Seven years of all of this and now you say you have the itch
To run away from me and start again
Is there another woman, another little boy
Something else you found, a brand new shiny little toy?
Now I?m really getting pissed?

You better have a better reason
For dumping me and walking out the door
When I ask you why the only thing that you can say is?
I don?t love you anymore I don?t love you anymore?

All the bullshit finally crept into the bed right where you slept
So now it reeks of all your ugly ways
And suddenly your selfishness is surfacing with all the rest
Of all the things about you that I hate? (Build Vocals)

CHORUS:
I couldn?t have a better reason
For dumping you and walking out the door
And when you ask me why the only thing I?ll say to you is?
I don?t love you, I don?t love you, anymore

489

Acoustic guitars layered with middle-eastern flavored drums and loops, clean guitars, a story song, where verse by verse the singer realizes that they are lucky to me themselves

Thinking everyone else's life look sbetter than yours, wnating to be someone else other than you, but realizing by the end of the song, that you are lucky to be yourself.

LUCKY ME

Oh Cinderella, I?d like it better, to be in your shoes

Down on your knees nowhere to be, nothing to lose

To be so lucky, to be so lucky, to be so lucky as you

Mr Professor, could it be better, than to be you

You know the answers you know the right from the wrong, you never have to choose

To be so lucky, you seem so lucky, I wish I was you

Tell me mother how?d you discover the secrets of happiness

All the little things seem to fill you up, you never feel my emptiness

Show me how, show me mother, I wish I was you

Tell me how, to live like you do, I wish I was you

Oh Miss Celebrity how does it feel to be so loved by everyone

It must be so rewarding to see us all adoring every little move you make

How did you do it? How?d you get so lucky, I wish I was you

You got everything you ever wanted, I wish I was you

Tell me somebody, looking down on me, why am I so miserable

I got everything I ever wanted, everything I need

Cinderella and the Professor are not as lucky as me

And I am really just like my mother, and I?m a celebrity

Thank you somebody smiling down on me, Thank you for me

I don?t really want, to be anyone else, anyone but me

?Cause I got everything, I ever wanted, why couldn?t I just see

That I?m so lucky to be who I am, lucky me

397

Acoustic guitars, funky drums, Wacky trumpet, jangly guitars, wacky bass, and a lame piano

I know you think I'm the villian, that I'm the one causin' all the pain, but it hasn't been easy for me either ya know...

CRUELLA DEVILLE

I know you think I?m the villian,
That I am Cruella deVille
But you haven?t heard my side of the story,
and I don?t think that you will

?Cause you like livin? in lala land
where everything?s pink and white
You want to put your head in the sand
and pretend that everything is alright


Call me the villian, call me a witch
I know no matter what you will
And if it makes you feel better baby
Call me Cruella DeVille

Hurting you hasn?t been easy,
Feeling you start to sink
Watching you cry I sit idly by
Isn?t as fun as you think

And I don?t like being accused
by you and your army of friends
Circling me like crocodiles
Hating me over and over again?














CRUELLA DE VILLE ?2000 J. Corday


F# A F# D# F# A C#
I know you think I?m the villian,
That I am Cruella de Ville
But you?ve never heard my side of the story,
and I don?t think that you will

Cuz you like livin? in lala land
where everything?s pink and white
You want to put your head in the sand
and pretend that everything is alright

CHORUS: F# A C#
Call me the villian, call me a witch
F# A C#
I know no matter what you will
F# A B
And if it makes you feel better baby
D C#
Call me Cruella de Ville

Hurting you hasn?t been easy,
Feeling you start to sink
Watching you cry I sit idly by
Isn?t as fun as you think

And I don?t like being accused
by you and your army of friends
Circling me like crocodiles
Hating me over and over again?

CHORUS: F# A C#
Call me the villian, call me a witch
F# A C#
I know no matter what you will
F# A B
And if it makes you feel better baby
D C#
Call me Cruella de Ville

150

Brooding unrequited love with modern loops and big fat guitars builds into a plea for salvation from unrequited love.

Why won't you face me and give me the love I deserve? Why are you running away from me?

FACE ME

You haunt me and you taunt me
You slither in and out of everywhere

And you tease me, before you leave me
Standing stranded with your souvenirs

You elude me and you lie to me I know it
You lead me on again and take me for a ride

Face me, stop running away, You?re gonna break me if ya keep making me beg
Face me, don?t make me, stop making me, stop making me, beg

You seduce me and you use me
And you tell me what you think I want to hear

You only see me when you need me
Then you conveniently make me disappear.. leave me here

You gotta face me, you gotta deal
You gotta treat me like I?m real
You?re making me crazy, you?re making me weak
You?re making me beg and I?m beginning to think, that you?re never gunna
Face me and be true
And see how bad I?m into you
C?mon, c?mon, c?mon, c?mon, don?t make me beg

Face me, take me, embrace me, stop running away, you?re gonna
Break me, if you don?t face me, stop taking me for granted stop making me crawl, Stop making me feel so small, don?t make me beg

150

Pulsing hypnotic chaos, jangly guitars, lush cellos, groovy bass, and a trashy drum loop, melt into a delicious orchestra of sounds, sybolizing the stress of life, it feels llike I swallowed the world, the pressure is too much and I'm ging to explode... p

I feel liek I swallowed the world, there is too much pressure on me

SWALLOWED

I?m spinning the moon on my finger, catching stars like fireflies

A circus clown with a permanent frown, from the weight of the sky

I can?t breathe, there?s too much pressure on me

Fighting with the ghosts in my reflection, half alive and halfway dead

Balancing what seems to be infinite on the tightrope in my head

I can?t breathe, there?s too much pressure on me

I can?t breathe, there?s too much pressure on me

And I can?t take anymore, I think I swallowed the world

Stuck inside a vice of expectations, I suffer in the squeeze

I?m ready to break, I?m going to scream---

162

Moody acoustic guitars, cellos, floating...

In love with someone who is having an affair.

UP ALL NIGHT

Doesn?t it eat you up, the guilt that?s in your blood
Running through you like a virus?

How can you live like this, doesn?t it make you sick
When she?s standing right behind us? She?s right behind us?

Ah, ah, ah?

Coming home late again, why do I let you in
When I want to lock the door

But you?ve got flowers in your eyes, just like sorry cards
Haven?t we both been here before? Haven?t we been here before?

How can you sleep with that conscience tearing you up inside
Turning you inside out, keeping you up all night

Broken promises, the story always changes
And I know where you?ve been

But you?re so rational, with all your pros and cons,
You convince me to give in, why do I give in?

How do you sleep with that conscience tearing you up inside
Turning you inside out, keeping you up all night

And so I toss and turn, and it?s begun to burn,
As I simmer in the dark

I can?t live like this, I don?t want you anymore
Holding on to half your heart, she has half your heart


I can?t sleep with this conscience tearing me up inside
Turning me inside out, keeping me up all night
I won?t sleep with this conscience tearing me up inside
Turning me inside out, keeping me up all night

134

solo piano and solo vocal about the pain of a lost love, in teh aftermath of a breakup

I'm held hostage, at your mercy as you leave me here to sort through your belongings... and I wish you would come back

HELD HOSTAGE ?2000 J. Corday
5th or 6th capo

Am C Em
Why do you get to decide what stays and what goes
Sneaking around like a burglar in my lover?s clothes

Who are you now but my jury, my judge
As you weed through my life like a garden, digging up the mud

Am C Em Am C Em
Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Am C Em Am (C) B
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

You were always such a politician, so why am I surprised
That when you divided my heart into pieces, you?re selling each slice

Making me feel like a beggar, as a grope for what?s mine
Why are you nailing me down, tell me why, tell me why?
Under the bed like a bad dream,
I seek but I can?t find?
(Hungry for some kind of hand-out, waiting in line)
(And I?ve become a prisoner of your heart, locked inside)
(Seeking some kind of redemption I know I?ll never find)

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy?at your mercy

CHANGE:
C G sus Em C
I?m waiting for you to decide? what is mine
C G C B
And I?m hoping that you might come back, and hold me, hold me?

But I?m chained to the rules you have spoken, that I have to obey
Cause I can?t move, and I can?t breathe, without your OK

So I?ve become your voodoo doll, with your magic and pins
Sticking me down like a bug in your box of old worn-out things

HELD HOSTAGE ?2000 J. Corday


E Ab B
Why do you get to decide what stays and what goes
Sneaking around like a burglar in my lover?s clothes

Who are you now but my jury, my judge
As you weed through my life like a garden, digging up the mud

E G B E G B
Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
E G B E G B Gb
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

You were always such a politician, so why am I surprised
That when you divided my heart into pieces, you?re selling each slice

Making me feel like a beggar, as a grope for what?s mine
Under the bed like a bad dream I seek, but I can?t find

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy?at your mercy

CHANGE:
G D B G
I?m waiting for you to decide? what is mine
G D G Gb
And I?m hoping that you might come back, and hold me, hold me?

But I?m chained to the rules you have spoken, that I have to obey
I can?t move, I can?t breathe, without your OK

So I?ve become your voodoo doll, with your magic and pins
Sticking me down like a bug in your box of old worn-out things

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand


HELD HOSTAGE

Why do you get to decide what stays and what goes
Sneaking around like a burglar in my lover?s clothes

Who are you now but my jury, my judge
As you weed through my life like a garden, digging up the mud


Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

You were always such a politician, so why am I surprised
That when you divided my heart into pieces, you?re selling each slice

Making me feel like a beggar, as a grope for what?s mine
Why are you nailing me down, tell me why, tell me why


Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy?at your mercy


I?m waiting for you to decide? what is mine
And I?m hoping that you might come back, and hold me? hold me? hold me

But I?m chained to the rules you have spoken, that I have to obey
And I can?t move, and I can?t breathe, without your OK

So I?ve become your voodoo doll, with your magic and pins
Sticking me down like a bug in your box, of old tired things

Held hostage, my fate is in your hands
Held hostage, at your mercy I stand

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Moody tribal beat with acoustic guitar, spacy lead guitar, and angry vocal questioning who's at fault in a fight.

Am I too strong for you, or are you too weak?

GLASS HEART
Won?t you help me understand,
What am I doing wrong?
Why are you bleeding again
Is it always my fault?

I?m doing the best I can with you,
Living in your fragile world
Walking on my tiptoes
Through your head like a China store

You got a glass heart, you got a glass head
And all my words, are just like lead
Shooting through you, I watch you break
Am I too strong, or are you too weak?
You don?t like the mess I make
When I throw my guts on the wall
You?d rather close your eyes and pretend
You can?t see at all

Am I the monster or are you the martyr?
Are you the martyr? Are you the martyr?






GLASS HEART (Jen on 4th capo)

VERSE 1: Ab Db
Ab Db
Ab Db

Eb Maj- Eb min

VERSE 2

CHORUS:
You got a glass heart, you got a glass head Ab B
And all my words, are just like lead Ab B
Shooting through you, I watch you break Ab DbMaj
Am I too strong, or are you too weak? EbMaj-min

VERSE 3&4

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE: Dbm Abm Dbm Abm
Am I the monster or are you the martyr?
E Bb
Am I the monster? Are you the martyr?

GLASS HEART ?2000 J. Corday
Open, w/Jen on 5th capo

BRIDGE:
Dm, A Dm, A
Am I the monster or are you the martyr?
BMaj EMaj-Emin
Are you the martyr, are you the martyr?

Am Dm
Won?t you help me understand,
What am I doing wrong?
Why are you bleeding again
Is it always my fault? Emaj- Emin

I?m doing the best I can with you,
Living in your fragile world
Walking on my tiptoes
Through your head like a China store

You got a glass heart, you got a glass head Am Cm
And all my words, are just like lead Am Cm
Shooting through you, I watch you break Am DMaj
Am I too strong, or are you too weak? EMaj Emin

You don?t like the mess I make
When I throw my guts on the wall
You?d rather close your eyes and pretend
You can?t see at all

REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Dm, A Dm, A
Am I the monster or are you the martyr?
BMaj EMaj-Emin
Am I the monster or are you the martyr?

130

trancy, electronic hypnotic groove, gloomy, opens with the sound of the rain, add acoustic guitar and a soft bass, female vocals, sad and vulnerable, about emptiness, lonliness, angelic female vocals join in on the chorus for a moving and beautiful floati

I feel so empty and lonely without you, I feel so hollow. Where did you go? Why did you go? Will you ever come back again and fill my hollow?

HOLLOW


Living in a dungeon, locked away
I?m losing my voice trying to find a way
To get through to you, I know you?re in there somewhere?

Pounding my fists, against the door
Until my hands are bruised and my skin is torn
I gotta get to you (I gotta get to you) I know you?re in there somewhere?

You don?t move, you don?t breathe, you don?t seem to swallow

You seem so empty? Hollow? Hollow

Weak as a whisper, finally you emerge
But you?re just a shadow, and I can?t be sure
Your blood?s still running through you, tell me are you in there?

You don?t move, you don?t breathe, you don?t seem to swallow

You?ve gone and left me? Hollow? Hollow

Where are you hiding, why have you gone
When will you come back, will you come back at all
Can you hear me, (can you hear me) where did you go


I can?t move, I can?t breathe, I can?t seem to swallow
I feel so empty? Hollow? Hollow

I know you?re in there? somewhere?

93

Lilting floating waltzy jangly acoustic song about unrequited love and the pain of silence

I'm listening for a response, for a sign that you love me but I hear nothing at all... your slience is a sign of our impending dissolve...

I'm LISTENING

You got used to not talking a long time ago
I got used to your silence even though
I would wish every night in the quietest part
You would whisper to me as I lay in the dark

I?m listening...
I?m listening...

And it became awkward under the sheets
As the distance between us became so deep
That I started to drown as I looked to your lips
To rescue me from this silent abyss

I?m listening...
I?m listening...
I?m listening...
But there?s nothing at all

I?ll take what I get and I won?t complain,
But your leftovers are never the same
Cuz I?m standing in line and I?m always next
I?m right beside you but we don?t connect
So I?m living in limbo, I?m stuck in this hell
Where I?m waiting for you to break the (silent) spell

I?m listening... for an answer
I?m listening... to the walls
I?m listening... for your love
But there?s nothing at all

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