Eric Stepanian

Bittersweet

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

Chaos at midnight, and there
Killing all the street lights, and I’m
Loaded on a phone line after you
Standing in my doorway, you were
Wearing nothing for me, and you
Slip into the dark, in your perfume

One light alone on a stolen car
Two hearts atone in an empty bar
Three words you say can only go so far

It’s bittersweet like a Sunday morning
Something that I can’t deny
I never wanted to leave
Am I out of my mind?
Someday we’ll begin to notice
Right now we can let this slide
Your love is chocolate to me
Girl you’re bittersweet

So now you’re gone at first light
We know its not the last time
I want to fall but not for you
I’m waiting for the envy
I’m waiting for the frenzy
I’m waiting for the love the parachute

Would you wait for me if I only wait for you?
Would call to me if I only called for you?
They say I got to move on
They say I got to take over
They say I’m out of my mind
Yeah well you know…

Everybody

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

Runaway
Standing still
Somewhere there’s a moment
That tears apart your will
I alone
Will change your heart
Standing here in silence
Nervous from the start

Everybody’s gonna need somebody
Somebody that’s a lot like you
Everybody’s gonna need somebody someday
Somebody more like you

Forever spins
Another wheel
It’s driving you to witness
Everything reveals
An empty moon
A trace of gold
I’m walking with your shadow
And ribbons of your soul

Blue Eyes

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

You don’t have to run
We started out in lies
Ended up miles apart
You’ve got your mothers eyes
She was seventeen
The first time that we met
It would be the last time
I’d fall in love again

Anyways I watched her walk away
And I promised myself I won’t let you do the same

It’s your blue eyes
Are so bright and
Darling I apologize that I,
Wasn’t there for you
And if you need time
Well that’s all right
I wanted you to know why, I will always love you true

We swore we’d make it work
And work was all I did
Screaming like a radiator
I was cold and broken then

See flame blue at heart
A belly full of hope
You were just a flickering
The day she made me go

Anyways I watched it slip away
And I promised myself I won’t let you do the same

The years have been no friend to me
You can see it in my face
Always thought I’d die alone
Without a chance to say

Goodnight Scarlett

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

Hello Scarlett darling
I know it’s been a while
I was chasing after marquees
When I put our love on trial
I’m writing you from London
I flew out here in style
I remember we had nothing
We were innocent and wild

I’m becoming lost the more that I am known
From the stage I see your face and carry on

I was living in New Orleans
The day you left the scar
You were working as a hostess
In the Bayou St. Jean
You led me through a crowded room
And straight on through the night
As I cross these oceans
You still cross my mind

I can say goodnight to Boston
I can say goodnight to Newport News
I can say goodnight to New York City
But still I can’t say goodnight to you

Our storm raged on the bayou
You kissed me in the rain
We were perfect in that moment
I took a photograph that day
It’s kept in my guitar box
Twice around the world
It’s been with me, since I left you
Like tears inside a pearl

They tell that it’s fatal
I’ve got two months or so
If I make past this April
I’ll be living on a loan
I thought that I would write you
And tell you how I feel
Tell you that I’m sorry
Tell you it was real

Call Me When You're Famous

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

She’s a beauty from a small town
And everybody knew her
She didn’t care for what she’d seen
All her life were pretty pictures
Nothing could be better
A frame of glass protects her dreams

My mind’s designed like paisley
Unwind the vines and set me free
Confidence is comforting
This is what she said to me

“Call me when you’re famous
Don’t forget to write
Smile for the cameras
Sign your name is lights
Call me when you’re famous”

We would talk about the weather
And watch it through the window
A change of mood for us to see
All she had she took for granted
Never seemed to notice
I wore my heart upon my sleeve

I know someday she’ll be ok she’ll be fine
I’ll make my way along the highway in my own time

So now I see the world without her
I put it in a letter
A play on words for her to read
When I’m in love I fail to focus
It often makes me wonder
Will I recall these scattered scenes?

I wonder where I’ll be twenty years
How long it takes for me to find her
One day I’ll wake up in a memory
I’d call but I’ll leave it in a postcard

These Flowers

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

She was born on the cusp in the wake of the Fourth of July
A Cancer and a Leo with a tendency for living a lie
There’s a sentimental fever that would never let her say goodbye
And it was times like these she just take the car and drive, drive, drive

And I, I’ve got these marigolds, I’ve got secrets in my closet that can never be told
And every time you follow I’m faking for two, like always
These flowers are for you

She’s tangled in the moment and there’s always someone else to blame
A devil in a dress, fancy words that could cheapen your name
And she’s sweet, sweet girl but she doesn’t know enough to explain
Why the red sky morning is sign for the coming rain

There are words that I could say
Broken promises of change
Well to walk out or just run away

She was born on the cusp in the wake of the Fourth of July
A Cancer and a Leo with a tendency for living a lie
And she’s sweet, sweet girl but she doesn’t know enough to decide
Why the red sky running is the sign for the bleeding mind

October Rose

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

You can see your breath on the wind tonight
As the summer slips away
You’re in love again
Tangled tongues and electric eyes
Summer stars are still in spin

All that’s changing all remains in tow
You may find he’s your October rose

And I’ve been doing well these days
There’s a fire in my sky
I remember this
Love to you was a simple game
Just impossible to win

And this scene is too familiar
Being caught out in the rain
Someone told me there’s tomorrow
You have to let it change
People always change

You can see your breath on the wind tonight
The stars are hanging low
And it’s another year
It’s the moment that you realize
You wish you could just disappear

I never run around in circles but I always thought I could see you
I never run around in circles but I always thought I could be you

Love Across A Wire

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

She’s gone away, the words to say
Crash into the floor like little paper planes
Love across a wire
She said to me “I think I’ve changed
I’m not the same girl from that midnight train”
Love across a wire

And I’m so, careless
Cause I saw Paris, in your eyes

I’m cold as hell beside this fire
I stand alone no gun for hire
It’s love, love across a wire

I spend my days behind these walls
This old revolver well it’s seen it all
Love across a wire
Waking now, screaming loud
You’re walking with another but your lost in the crowd
Love across a wire

This time I’m telling everyone about you baby
This time I’m loving everything about you now

Better Days

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

I’m waiting on a new day
I’m waiting on a brand new sky
One with no envy
One with no alibis

I don’t want to be ordinary
Like the one before me
And a sunrise would be all right with me
I’m waiting on better days

I’m running through the twilight
I’m running through a field of snow
You’re running with a reason
You’re running where we used to go

You don’t want somebody to be over you
You just want somebody chasing after you
All the words you had to say
And how you kept it all at bay
You can’t escape
And I can’t run away

Electric

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

I’ve never been good at “good mornings”
Probably cause I’m used to regret
I always seem to wait out the warnings
But I think I feel electric again

I’m waking everyday in a fever
Thinking of the words I swore I’d never say
I used to find a way I could leave her
But I think I feel electric today
I think I feel electric today

There is something we all live for
There is something in her eyes
There’s a place we wait for, baby
When I’m electric I’m alive

I’m a pacing fool for the moment
Planning every word I would say
I’m leaving everything on your shoulders
And I hope you feel electric today
And I hope you feel electric today
And I hope you feel electric today

Shine

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

We were walking beneath the satellites
Do you remember it ever being this bright?
It was years ago when I first came to life
And you picked me from a million fireflies
And you were right, sometimes we just shine

There’s a fire in the way you move
Desire is chasing after you
If it’s love dear I wouldn’t have to choose
And I came here with knowing I could lose
And that aside, your love lets me shine

Once, love was innocent
We were younger then, I remember when
You, took my wrecking ball
No more sabotage, no more heartbreak walls

Rain falls like bullets in July
Umbrellas bloom pointed towards the sky
If I believed in war I wouldn’t pick a side
If I needed more then maybe I was blind
You ask me why? Your love lets me shine

Last Goodbye

Words & Music by Eric Stepanian
© 2010 Pacing Fool Music (ASCAP)

I looked upon Los Angeles and watched the sky go red
The shadows just reminded me of the secrets we forget
If we’re holding onto everything then were bound to some regret
Somehow I’m still standing here remembering what you said

We can’t say we never gave a try
But you can’t love if can’t find the time
So darling this is my last goodbye

Darkness falling faster than August would allow
In storm of white confetti as the snow began to fall
A time capsule of love we hid and buried in the yard
And the irony cemented in as the ground froze over hard

I lie awake in hotel sheets with someone else’s kiss
Midnight came and went for me, it’s the dreaming that I miss
I guess you can’t make love appear when all you had was care
What once was just a longing gaze is now an blank and empty stare