The Closer I Get To You (LYRICS) -Donny Hathaway ft Roberta Flack

Perfect

 When you are loved as much as you love,

cared for as much as you care.

~

Smiles...the magic we possess. 

Trapped

Shorter and shorter 

by circumstance and time, 

looking for that something 

which only exist in the mind. 

No key nor doorknob 

it's all broken at best 

when I tried to open it

another day was put to test. 

~

I had the fondest memory

we were walking side by side,

but the devil still skirted 

he shadowed this rhyme. 

It was a magic 

only time could share, 

as I closed my yes 

to bring you near. 

Death

 Death comes in many forms, 

I have felt it more than once. 

The void that is left behind

darkens with each round. 

The heart no longer beats

and the tears no longer fall, 

the emotions are all but gone

and with them goes the song.

Dream

 My heart led me 

to the heavens above, 

where we danced close

on our very own cloud.

I sensed your heart and soul 

as you have a loving hold, 

pulled me close as two can be

felt your kiss in a dream.

Above

 I feel the magic 

that love can bring, 

I heard the song 

my heart sings. 

Incredible happiness

filled with desire, 

it was always you 

setting my soul afire. 

The darkness quickly faded away

as you are the sunshine in my day,

somethings are truly meant to be

making fall feel like spring.

Whispers to the wind

send my kisses to you my friend,

from day one I felt the love

that taught me to dance on the clouds

above.

Tender

 I looked up at the night sky,

our star was shining bright

and from that very moment

you were not only in my mind. 

The distance between us 

disappeared from sight, 

as I reached out in the darkness

and pulled you to my side. 

I felt the joy and magic 

that only love can bring, 

as there is something special

between you and me. 

It soothes my spirit 

calming sweetly the soul,

with merely a thought of you

I feel your tender hold.

You

 When all that's left is memories 

I find myself living on a dream, 

thinking what could have been 

all that time passed is a sin. 

The leaves have fallen down

and now they blanket the ground,

it is as if the day has died 

I find myself taking a good cry. 

Once more I close my eyes

and it's certainly no surprise,

that in the dark I see

you there dancing with me. 

Arms of Mine

Unlike the seasons 

that come and go, 

life is bases on choices

pointing out the roads. 

It could be I'm missing you,

as I am melancholy as can be.

The darkness moving in 

as a troubled hold on me. 

It's the scream in silence

that no one can hear, 

as I reached into the darkness

and found a wall of fear. 

The wind suddenly danced 

high up in the trees, 

swirling around in circles

I caught a few falling leaves.

My heart is racing 

as a tear falls from my eyes, 

I am caught up in a dream 

that you are in these arms 

of mine.

Bee Gees; Robin Gibb - I Started a Joke - live One for All - 1989

Angel on the Clouds

I struggled with the feelings 

that had come on over me, 

from mere thoughts of you 

first thing in the morning. 

I thought it might be foolish

to always think of you, 

from the moment I wake up

till I am under the stars of blue.

I just can't control 

the way you make me feel, 

like an angel on the clouds

trying to talk out a deal. 

Song

 They say, love and hate draw on the same emotions.  Both emotions mean you care enough to feel. Clearing my mind, like windshield washers on the car. Somehow all the memories come flooded by a simple word, saying, experience, song, dance etc. Even so I can't seem to get past the caring aspect of these emotions. 

I love the experience 

but I hate that you are gone, 

like the sun as it goes down

you feel that somethings wrong. 

Time rules each moment

and I have never said goodbye,

from the darkness in life and

a trial of song. 

My heart

 Lust might be a sin but

love is where life begins,

an experience in caring 

warming my heart from 

within. 

Every day I go about writing,

hoping the words can say,

the feelings from my heart

that just won't go away.

Foolish Love Song

 Coulda redirected the path

rewriting the story a new, 

choice was always there

as my hand reached out to 

you.

I wake up in the morning

to the sweetest memories,

knowing very well just

what you mean to me. 

We can't change the yesterdays

as they are all here and gone,

but my heart still goes on singing

that foolish love song. 

 Cradled by your love 

filled with desire, 

the magic of heart

sets the soul afire. 

Closing my eyes 

just to feel you here, 

taking a deep breath 

with a love to be shared.

The was mighty hard

and the need is almost here,

but as I hold your hand 

I know that you card. 

The visual is sweet

as I see you here with me, 

day and night in all

of my dreams. 

Pulling my blanket close

this much you must know, 

no matter where we are 

we are never ever far. 

Today

 It's not when we are looking

those gifts throughout life, 

that challenge the heart 

and toy with the mind. 

Like a complicated puzzle 

each piece will somehow fit in, 

it's up to us to decide

when and where it all begins. 

Each day added to years

chapters to my own ears,

all of my thoughts are different

not all of them heaven sent.

There is no winning or losing

the experience is always moving,

when you no longer feel the 

emotions have met up with the end.

I've the turned another page 

as if yesterday died in its own way,

cleared the canvas of thought

no more lessons need to be taught.

Waking up to a day that's new and

a sky above that is certainly blue,

there is sunshine here in my heart

I reckon that you played a part.

All of the darkness faded away 

and only the goodness remains,

I said goodbye in my own way

as I begin a new chapter today.