lying broken...shattered on the floor

#001 - Shattered - 1997

To start this off I picked an old song. I wrote this in 1997 at the old age of 19. It has the distinction of being the first song I ever wrote on an acoustic guitar (and on my favorite guitar). It also has the distinction of being a song that I played for a lot of people in the 2000-2001 era. It kind of kept me going musically when I was kind of giving up on a lot of things that made me me. Oh and it has no chorus which is kind of something I've done a bit with. This version is a rerecording from 2009 and encompasses more of what I was thinking the full song should sound like (as opposed to the purely acoustic version that touched a lot of hands). Originally intended for the abandoned "Rude Punani" reggae/punk/acoustic album. Lyrics are below:

"Shattered"

Lying broken

shattered on the floor

I've taken so much

I can't take no more

It's only you I know

but still it's too much

You say you're gonna leave

and I told you that I didn't really give a fuck

but now that you're gone I lay awake all night

trying to pass the time

all I do is get high

when I think

that maybe you're coming back

Don't you know I'm so lonely

I can't see myself

when I look into the mirror

I try to hide

You took away everything from me

including my pride

but I still know

someday you're coming back

at least I sit and watch as time floats by

smoke another cigarette and cry

cuz you

you meant the world to me

and all I know is that I love you