2020
The Songs We Leave Behind The Voice: Special Edition 2016-2017 Storm King School
Polina Shklovskaya
We may only be able to catch falling stars in our hands, at night, while we dream like that one snowake you can still taste on your tongue, unmelted, eternal for long after the music fades, these are the songs we leave behind
2020
The Songs We Leave Behind Class of 2020 Storm King School
Songs Feet on the Ceiling- Ameliarose Douches How Life Really Is-Sean Witte
We're Dreaming-Rene Gonzalez Tangle-Samantha McCullough
The Rocks and the Glass-Morgan Papera Close to Violet-Mathew Pelton
Mesmeric (Bright Lights) Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza A Wolf in the City-Huanran Mao Nighttime-Noah Mendlewski Perception-Chris Chang Life-June Jang
What is Love-Emmanuel Davis Missing Home-Jae Hyun Kim
Real Things-Guy-Paul Delisfort Travel-Nil Sera Gungor
Sweet Dixie Land-Pierce Pramuka Mistake-Mya Carter
Waking Up-Sophia Grausso She Said-Rory Tobin
The Night Sky-Thanyakumari, Chandran
There’s more than you think-Courtney Foster Summerlove- Jacob Barnett
Where Have You Put My Sky?-Peter E. Rowe
Illustrations Red Shirt on Path-Polina Shklovskaya Sunset-Rowe
Sunlit Path-Astrid Shihe Xiao Ring- Sammy McCullough City Lights-Ines Borbon Wolf-Huanran Mao
Starlit Sky- Hung Tran
Gods Descending- Jae Hyun Kim Bright Colored Travel-Rowe
Purple Horizon-Tiana Vazquez Girl-Polina Shklovskaya
Faces and Places-Thanya Chandran Sailboats on the Sea- Zay Megias
Flowers in Bloom- Eduardo Vallarta Pena Moonless Sky-Sam Burakovskiy
2020
Feet On The Ceiling By Ameliarose Douches
glitter on the skin shine brighter than starlight overalls with heels nail polish in her eyes erase the pain, embrace the feeling create a face, feet on the ceiling chasing the sun on top of the moon “his eyes are my horizon, I’ll see him soon” chasing the sun on top of the moon “his eyes are my horizon, I’ll see him soon” marigold sunset copper clouds he blinks, waiting for her to come around erase the pain, embrace the feeling create a face, feet on the ceiling
Rowe
chasing the sun on top of the moon “his eyes are my horizon, I’ll see him soon” chasing the sun on top of the moon “his eyes are my horizon, I’ll see him soon” face to face, eye to eye I know you’re on the edge of tonight you’ll believe you can fly face to face, eye to eye chasing the sun on top of the moon “his eyes are my horizon, I’ll see him soon” chasing the sun on top of the moon “his eyes are my horizon, I’ll see him soon"
Shihe Xiao
How Life Really Is Sean Witte
Saw a feather on the ground today Remembered there’s so much more to life than I can see When I’m trapped inside the bubble that's my world Sometimes I am unaware there’s more to life than me I can wait forever for bad to become good But no-one will ever be understood Society has closed the door on every open mind While losing the ability to be kind Our pride should never cloud our judgment Who are we to say we know best? Say how you feel but don’t force your opinion Think it through or just let it rest You’ll never know if you don’t try You’ll never learn how if you don’t step outside Your comfort zone where nothing changes You live your life in phases This is my mountain I must climb it on my own This is my life I must face my fears alone I just want to be myself Don’t know how to be somebody else
We’re Dreaming Rene Gonzalez
I try to give my all but it’s always a one shade gray Worlds of change Led us astray I wish I could dream the rest away All a strange Next thing I know I’m flying And all the colors soar through In a million streams And I say, hurry up, come on, We’re dreaming The stars, they have come alive Soaring through the colors I hear my heart beating This dream is My favorite work of art Yet it’s unphotographable But I know every detail by heart And I say, hurry up, come on, We’re living Living up to the dream In the dream And I say, hurry up, come on, We’re dreaming The stars, they have come alive Soaring through the colors
Tangle
Samantha McCullough
When you come walking into the room I turn and look at you When I’m around you everything is harder to do I can barely breathe let alone even speak You took my heart away and you didn't even try You left me all alone in the glimpse of an eye To you I let my mind wander To you I am nothing but a girl who you will never notice And with that you leave my heart in a tangle If you gave us a chance If you saw what I see But until that day I sit alone in the shadows There is only one way to change that Forget you, I mean why you? Because I thought you were cool To you I let my mind wander To you I am nothing but a girl who you will never notice And with that you leave my heart in a tangle
The Rocks and the Glass Morgan Papera
Fill up the glass until it’s overflowing
Find a bigger one to keep from pouring Put on the lid to keep from showing
Beneath the rocks, all my worries are buried There they will stay so no one else worries
Soon all the thoughts and worries become blurry The art of life's distractions
Just waiting to move on to the next attraction All of them waiting for the bursting reaction
Soon the glass breaks and the rocks roll away All the distractions soon go another way
And what you are left with is the thoughts and the worries
Close to Violet Matthew Pelton
You see meaning where there's none, where there's none You see wacky connotations in a sentence fire I see fortunes that you won't , that you won't I see fortunes where we absolutely hate each other {Chorus} Night time with a violet, screaming about our feelings Dying in the cold wind Looking for a meaning Passed on the concrete, dizzy from the spinning Woke up to the feeling you're always leaving I'm sick of you speaking Sick of your words Sick of your face I'm sick of the disaster that's infested in our friendship I'm sick of your movements Sick of your ghost that's in my place I get the feeling that I'll never leave this school again {Chorus} Night time with a violet, screaming about our feelings Dying in the cold wind Looking for a meaning Passed out on at the concrete, dizzy from the spinning Woke up to the feeling you're always leaving Failed by design Shut your face, keep it mine This link, isn't bright keep it safe, make it right {Chorus} Night time with a violet, screaming about our feelings Dying in the cold wind Looking for a meaning Passed out on the concrete, dizzy from the spinning Woke up to the feeling you're always leaving
Mesmeric (Bright Lights)
Naunet Leonhardes Barboza Baby I was drawn into you I was drawn into you Drawn into you You’re shining too bright And I think you are I think you are I think you are Mesmeric (Beat Drop) But ooh baby when you walked in that room The lights were shining on you All eyes were staring at you Ooh baby waiting for you To walk in that room Bright lights shining on you Always stealing some glances Sure, I was taking my chances But since it was for you I felt nobody knew Ooh baby When you walked in that room The lights were shining on you All eyes staring at you Ooh baby your smile's endearing And all that I could see— I’d always count on you To have bright lights shining You’re shining too bright And I think you are I think you are I think you are
You’re shining too bright And I think you are I think you are I think you are Ooh baby your smile’s endearing And all that I could see— I’d always count on you To have bright lights shining You’re shining too bright And I think you are I think you are I think you are Mesmeric (Beat Drop) Ooh baby When you walked in that room The lights were shining on you All eyes staring at you
Mesmeric (Bright Lights)
Ines Borbon
A Wolf in the City Huanran Mao Overhead
An old crow caws Blunt teeth erupt From canine jaws Bright beady eyes And boisterous yapping Your wolf skin crawls As you hear teeth snapping An endless chase A deadly race Nobody knows Of the running shadows Run, wolf, run From the mad dogs From the sun Keep on running with those scrawny paws Those dogs are cunning, no time to pause You’re a lone wolf In a stone city No alpha no pack All you have is pity You better grit your teeth And shield your honor Don’t close your eyes Because you’ll be a goner The dogs are baying for your blood You’re overstaying your welcome A parasite plagues your mind Like a darkness leaving you blind Now you’re tearing through the streets With wild eyes and a famished frame The distant past is slipping To the dogs it’s all a game
Run, wolf, run From the mad dogs From the sun Keep on running with those scrawny paws Those dogs are cunning, no time to pause You’re a lone wolf In a stone city No alpha no pack All you have is pity Keep your head up And focus your weary eyes Follow a darkened path Expect any surprise Surrounded on every side Cornered and growling Not a crevice to hide in Death comes prowling Run, wolf, run From the mad dogs From the sun You never had a chance But you thought that you could dance with fate And as the howls linger in the air The moon remains as cold as slate
So, run, wolf, run Just keep on running You’re not so cunning anymore Just another ragged animal Blending into the grey You shouldn’t have ever come here You were never meant to stay
Huanran Mao
Night Time Noah Mendlewski Night is when I can sleep Nobody even makes a peep I can walk around, and be the only one awake I can finally have a break (Chorus) The sky is dark, with specks of light. The moon is so very bright Nocturnal animals come out to play, until they hide away for the day When you awake the sky is bright The big fluffy clouds are white The golden sun will rise And will be painful and refreshing to the eyes In the morning, the grass is wet with dew Past my window, a blue bird flew Sleeping with the beeping sounds of leaking water (Chorus) The sky is dark, with specks of light. The moon is so very bright Nocturnal animals come out to play, until they hide away for the day
Hung Tran
Perception Chris Chang Down this road alone, whispers through a phone Following a path, the others they don’t know, I am still poor, sitting on my throne If it can’t support itself, a tree would never grow Down this road alone, whispers through a phone Following a path, the others they don’t know, I am still poor, sitting on my throne If it can’t support itself, a tree would never grow Stop claiming what you own, and think about the show Once the game is over the ball will still be thrown We’re shattered and whole, divided and controlled, People taking journeys, but never down a road Take me through the risk, promise of the gold Guide me through the darkness, guide me through a fall This is our call, a special kind of wall Take off all your filters, n’ don’t you see it all? Down this road alone, whispers through a phone Following a path, the others they don’t know, I am still poor, sitting on my throne If it can’t support itself, a tree would never grow Take me through the risk, promise of the gold Guide me through the darkness, guide me through a fall This is our call, a special kind of wall
Life by June Jang Death is not what I am afraid of It is running to the finish line, finding out that I never genuinely lived Full of regrets, running away from threats and having no chance to go back Would your last words be I should have done something Would you die with grieve of what you didn’t do more than what you did Ask yourself, what more tasks have you been hiding in that mask I once fell into a deep hole, where I had no control I was not a God believer but I couldn’t believe my ruined self either Careless, I was searching for anything that could be a solace I pretended I was worried about people’s error while I hid my failure Raised my voice just to cover my anxiety when I had a choice to run over Peace was not my business to care about, because the only thing I’ve learned was to doubt Future is as foggy as the Golden Gate bridge, reality is as merciless as the judge Time is as fast as a jet flies, and gathering courage is as scary as other people’s eyes But sometimes you gotta state, create, and strive to be great No matter what there is nothing such as flawless gain, but there is ruthless pain It’s the law of this world and no one can abuse it, but if you can choose what pain Would it be the pain that leads to a path of success or the pain driven with wrath of regret Don’t be afraid of a new adventure, risk the obscure tomorrow because that is life I thank everyone who was scared instead of who neglected to be experienced I respect everyone who overcame, and I bless everyone who conquered Getting closer to death, waiting for your last breath Don’t be a person to regret following the rule of gold instead of the golden rule Don’t be a person to regret being nervous having meaning and purpose Life is too short to simply abort You can’t go back and make a new beginning But you can appreciate your life and create a new ending
What is Love? Emmanuel Davis Alone I sit Waiting for someone To show me what Love really is Really is I ponder how I can ďŹ nd the answer I ask my Lord To help me now He pours his wisdom Onto me He tells me that The meaning of love Will open my eyes And show me the way Alone I sit Waiting for someone To show me what Love really is Really is I ask around And everyone says That the meaning of love Is like the weather It changes based On the person you ask One might say that love is kind And another might say that love is a monster Alone I sit Waiting for someone To show me what Love really is Really is
Jae Hyun Kim
Missing Home Jae Hyun Kim
When I left you behind You know I didn't mean it When I spat out sharp words I knew I couldn't be acquitted I left as if I was upset But I was biting my lips hard I walked away like I was unhurt But I was holding up my guard I still miss that time When we played around full-time I still want to go back To those times, I still have some flashbacks I really have nowhere to stay I have nowhere left, I'm astray Can't find my home anywhere After I left you only with tears i still remember that painful takeoff Which left me outside alone I think all of this is well enough It's time to find my missing home
Real Things Guy-Paul Delisfort
I wrote a song before this but then it made me feel So I threw out the other song because it got too real This song is going to be better though I swear The other one was about change, This one, being scared The opinions that others have used to make me scared But once their opinion of me got bad I really just ceased to care That was first grade, now I'm here Facing my ultimate fear Will they smile or will they glare Like I said, don't really care Now saying that I don't care about what people say is just a blatant lie But if someone wants to go hate me I'm not going to go and cry Truth is I get scared But why should you care You live your life I live mine And if you have feelings never share I wrote a song before this but then it made me feel So I threw out the other song because it got too real This song is going to be better though I swear The other one was about change, This one, being scared
Travel Nil Sera Gungor Get a car and gas Then time will pass There’s so much to do Take a stop and enjoy the view Go to new places Meet new faces With miles and miles Comes smiles and smiles There is so much to explore If you think you are done, there is more Go from LA to NYC There is so much that you can see From big cities To forests with big trees With every place comes different food I suggest you explore some, dude You can eat a philly cheese steak Or just have some cheesecake Go to new places Meet new faces With miles and miles Comes smiles and smiles There is so much to explore If you think you are done, there is more There is so much out there people don’t even care They just sit in their houses and have less memories to share Make sure to Go to new places Meet new faces With miles and miles Comes smiles and smiles There is so much to explore If you think you are done, there is more
Rowe
Sweet Dixie Land Pierce Pramuka
Sittin in my bed… Missin the South land It's Cold outside An’ I got nowhere to hide Oh man I wanna be in Bama again So, I’m gonna... Chorus Take a train down to dixie Gonna eat some catfish nice and crispy Maybe watch a Bama game Cause we all know Auburn is lame Oh man oh man I love my Southern home You gotta have pride in your heritage Dixie is callin me I miss my boat on the water And my cousin an’ my gran’father So oh man you just know I gotta go Chorus Take a train down to dixie Gonna eat some catfish nice and crispy Maybe watch a Bama game Cause we all know Auburn is lame Oh man oh man I love my Southern home End Oh man oh man I love my Southern home
Mistake
Mya Carter Tears that dripped like a leaking faucet I had always sworn I'd never let myself be torn Mistakes are often made and promises broken words that we wished were never spoken Why is it now that a choice to leave knowing all these years I'd been naive Comforting town by a makeshift sea, filled with broken souls that often mislead I thought if I left that I may find, A place where I'd relax my mind. Left behind is a best friend, Who wants to make her golden life end. You came for a boy who you thought would be beside you no matter what he's seen. T he golden girl is solemnly pushing through But she's made it quite clear she's replacing you. T he starstruck boy has been banished for good, there are times you knew he never understood. Comforting town by a makeshift sea filled with broken souls that often mislead I thought if I left that I may find, A place where I'd relax my mind. Comforting town by a makeshift sea, filled with broken souls that often mislead I thought if I left that I may find,
Waking Up
Sophia Grausso She lays down, quiet, still and unmoving The ground crowns her dandelion queen Her feet bare and hands stay unmoving, proving Just how hard she’s tried to come clean She turns on and on And listens to the melody Of ocean waves and tsunami tides She turns on and on And listens to the countless creatures that sing her a lullaby A sea shell and dime Remind her of those times empty bottles and sticks of nicotine Lined her halls free for all to see A cigarette drag That lit the whole world on fire nowhere to go And no way to see She turns on and on And listens to the melody Of ocean waves and tsunami tides She turns on and on And listens to the countless creatures that sing her a lullaby Stuck in a blaze Head in a daze or the flames No one could tell No one knew how to care
Waking Up
She picked herself up Began to move her feet to the beat Of her own battle cry, loud and clear She made quite the point Threw away every joint, she says But her hands still shake and, it’s not from the fear She has this look in her eyes, she knows There’s no way to compromise And if she tries she’ll be her own demise She turns on and on And listens to the melody Of ocean waves and tsunami tides She turns on and on And listens to the countless creatures that sing her a lullaby Tiana Vazquez
She Said Rory Tobin
In her room with doors slammed shut Screaming in her bed she lay Spitting the words that came to her head She said There is nothing you could ever say To make all the pain go away But nothing you could ever do To make forget that I love you This used to be my safe place But now it's just a trap I'm not sure where I belong I just want my home back Hope was lost for her So she tried to save her siblings Attempted to keep them pure Guarded them from reality Wishing someone would do that for her In her room with doors slammed shut Screaming in her bed she lay Spitting the words that came to her head She said I was forced to grow up childhood ripped out of me I was forced to grow up Strangled by maturity
You said it was a gift I say, unfortunate reality But I just have to live with it In her room with doors slammed shut Screaming in her bed she lay Spitting the words that came to her head She said It started as a stumble Slowly watching the ďŹ gure crumble But so used to cleaning up the mess She doesn't even fumble And as she looked down at the ground She whispered powerful but quiet sounds Spitting the word that come to her head She said I'll remember you for who you were But slowly lost track to when the good and bad times became a blur In her room with doors slammed shut Screaming in her bed she lay Spitting the words that came to her head She said
She Said
Polina Shklovskaya
The Night Sky Thanyakumari, Chandran You left me here alone, All alone in this black night town A town that is as silent as space, A town that rains all year long, A town that has no love but only hatred, A town that sun is covered by clouds, On this tipsy night, I sit up alone on the tower, We once sat together, Filled with regret and hatred, I try to find the light in all of my darkness, I try to find away to forgive, The stars all above, The clouds disappears, The sky is filled with magic and imagination, This world I live in could maybe be a dream, Where am I, All I see is a red door, Inside the red door is a cave filled with diamonds, At the end of the cave Is a waterfall, On the other side of the waterfall is a whole new world, Where am I? Was everything we been through real?
Thanyakumari Chandran
There’s more than you think Courtney Foster
Believe in the breeze
The foggy morning clouds The sun on your face And the touch, of gentle wind The loss that came today Will still go away But we Are going home You want more than this Want it more than life More than this life To feel, something real Will help your scars heal Like the sun on your face Wishes on the stars But we Are going home You want more than this Want it more than life More than this life I need it more than life
Zay Megias
There's More than you think
Summerlove by Jacob Barnett
Ding ding ding schools out Spring ing the birds sing In the summer i feel like the king The man to my left i call him my wing It's a time where everyone brings out their bling Chorus: Summer love it's hot Summer love is at the top Like i said spring is hot Lets not be bots and go outside and have fun The best times in the spring are shared with everyone So let's all go outside and gets some sun-my son Chorus: Summer love, it's hot Summer love is at the top Like i said Summer is never dead Summer is where i get my bread up Everybody is always in a happy mood yup Lemonade stands, pour me a cup Summer is positive that is whats up You worked all year on your body no need to tuck Go outside, do some work, make a buck Chorus: Summer love, it's hot Summer love is at the top Summerlove, it's so hot Summerlove is at the top
Eduardo Vallarta Pena
Summerlove
Sam Burakovskiy
Peter E. Rowe
Has Coyote stolen the moon again For it’s Winter here And it is dark and has it has begun to snow Let us walk na' wa kwa until bid 'a ban Listening to the whisper among the tall trees Remembering all ghosts who have all fallen Where the even the forest now laments And so I raise my hands to the heavens I raise my hands and cry Where have you put my sky? Where have you put my sky? We all have had everything taken We have all felt a world of ruin, But the day may come, like sound of the drum where we will rise again soon! And so I raise my hands to the heavens I raise my hands and cry Where have you put my sky? Where have you put my sky? I am alone with my aloneness I am a nomad with no true home You chain my spirit to this forgotten field As my tribe is dust and stone And so I raise my hands to the heavens I raise my hands and cry Where have you put my sky? Where have you put my sky? The sacred hoop will be mended No longer will our hearts yearn I cry out to the Great Spirit For the buffalo to return Wind swept are our memories A feather in the sand But Pte Oyate will ride again Like a storm across the land Until then, I raise my hands to the heavens I raise my hands and cry Where have you put my sky? Where have you put my sky? Where have you put my sky?
Where Have You Put My Sky?
Where have you put my sky?
Lyrical Poems and Songs from the Class of 2020 Storm King School