p://www.imeem.com/columbia550/music/FkQ1VLYm/maxwell-pretty-wings-uncut/">Pretty Wings (uncut) - Maxwell

I almost called
to say nothing
simply to feel
what it feels like
to hear you breathe
and believe
that you were
made just for me
and safe is someplace
I can still go to
rest my mind
release the thoughts
I can't to those outside
of my universe
where I can just be
nothing to rehearse
or craft cleverly

I almost called
cause I was missing
feeling like me
when I am happy
so my heart
was about to dial
but my fear
wouldn't let my fingers
ever start
if this is written
than I must play my part
and wait
prayerfully not in vain
for you to need me too
again

I almost called
to cry on your shoulder
and feel the warmth
that was taken when you
walked away and left
the sunshine of my summer
colder and colder
each morning I woke up
to have grown another
day older
without you
and tell you all the things
I changed my mind about
and I no longer want to do
if you'd just agree
to come thru

I almost called
with the intention
to say all the things
I'd been to afraid to admit
when once you smiled
at the sound of my voice
and rejoice at the
beauty of you
from what my eyes behold
that I wrote more often
than you were told
to offer warranties
and guarantees
to firm up the dreams
you think you were sold

I almost called
just to say I love you
and hang up
but couldn't let myself
cause if you didn't still
love me too
it would hurt too much
and from over here...
the essence of you is
close enough in memories
to still touch

p://www.imeem.com/columbia550/music/jzIIMYdz/maxwell-playing-possum/">Playing Possum - Maxwell

If only time was reversible
words able to be rewound and
recorded over in real-time
no matter how many times it took
to get it perfectly in tune
to what your heart needed to hear
to start to sing along with the song
of forever that plays in my breaths
and devotion leaving imprints in destiny
with every one of my footsteps

If only you believed in
forgive and forget

If only the future could be the past
so the present wasn't unknown
we'd know both from where and how'd we grown
what was to come of the seeds sown
so not to worry of what was to come
for fruits - we already have some

If only you believed in
mercy being bestowed - and then
the blessings to come

If only you remembered who I have to be
instead of always arguing with the
vehicle to the victory of my fight with me
than through my trials you'd discern
the self-portrait of my nature more clearly
illuminated by the glow of loyalty
framed delicately in a methodology to the mystery
built special for not just anyone to see

If only you believed in
divine intervention giving birth
to destiny