I shall not grieve
For he who has lived
Retreat into sorrow
God forbid.

For he who has lived
Shall not be mourned
For life was his
And well it was worn.

© Daniel Breslin

We can’t always be up
We can’t always be high
It’s as okay to laugh
As it’s as okay to cry.

It’s a human experience
Reading this, that’s you
Sharing the experience
Is the best we can do.

We can’t always be smiling
We can’t always shine
Sometimes we’re tired
Sometimes we’re not fine.

Sometimes we have our dips
Sometimes we have our falls
Sometimes we seal our lips
Sometimes we build our walls.

Sometimes we need a little help
Sometimes we need a little rest
Sometimes we need to just think of self
Give others a little less.

We can’t always be flying
We can’t always give
But if we keep on trying
There’s some glorious days to live.

And on those days
When we give and come together
The world will amaze in ways
Till you’ve never felt better.

So keep on pushing
When the world pushes about
When the world says fuck you
Push your fucking chest out.

If you can keep your measure
Like a hidden treasure
When it gets too stormy weather
We’ll fight the bitch together.

© Daniel Breslin

I love to love
I love to give
I don’t keep bad blood
I love the life I live.

Made a fool of myself many times
But I love the fool I am
And while there’s life to live
I just don’t give a damn.

I love the life I live
And I got a little love for all
We’ve to create our own happiness
Especially, when we fall.

Life is for the living
And I live my life for love
It’s love that keeps me driven
Love’s my favoured drug.

When you can’t give your love to someone
Then give it to yourself
Love’s my savoured drug
Love’s my favoured wealth.

Learn to love yourself
And others will learn to love you too
And if your love loves someone else
Give it time, you’ll find someone new.

Learn to love your life
Even when it feels life’s not loving you
And if your love gets cut
Heal up and love anew.

There’s so many people in this world
And they all deserve a little love too
Use hurt to help your love toughen up
For tough love, has always seen me through.

Live your life your way
And I’ll live mine my way too
And I love to love
So that’s what I’m gonna do.

© Daniel Breslin

To love is to know pain
To know pain is to feel
But pain is not loves game
It’s just the small print in the deal.

© Daniel Breslin

You ever get them nights
You just be looking at them stars
Listening to Einaudi tonight
He just playing piano bars.

I got that freedom in my mind
Thinking how beautiful everything is
Young guy walks by with his girlfriend
Then comes a mother pushing her kid.

I got that easy feeling
That incredible awe of life
This setting is so healing
I’m feeling that tonight.

This picture offers clarity
Little clarity is always nice
I’ve been living in confusion
Till confusion feel my life.

I ain’t sitting brooding
I feel magical tonight
Picture so completely soothing
Losing all that makes one uptight.

You ever get them nights
You just be walking looking at stars
Not a single need for talking
Nearly laugh at people in bars.

You just got that magic in you
And it don’t depend on drink
It depends on all these others
And you just having time to think.

You ever get them nights
You just walk our city streets
Breathing in the sights and people
That give our city its beats?

Smiles upon their faces
As they laugh as people do
And a smile crosses my face
Maybe I think of you.

You ever get them nights
You just be looking at them stars
In complete awe of life
Einaudi playing bars.

Me, I drink it in
Rarely feeling more free
Just walking breathing in
The world that I can see.

You ever get them nights
Them nights are there for you
We’re just passing through this life
Don’t let this life pass you.

© Daniel Breslin

He’s trying to look hip
He’s trying to fit in
Trying to look like the shit
When the shits where he’s been.

Be a man about town
Look super suave
Impress all the girls around
Like he got em in his lámh.

But he ain’t got shit
Just dropping cash
Trying to look rich
Trying to be flash.

If I see right through
Best believe girls see too
So don’t be that fool
Nothing cool about cool.

Cool about heart
Cool about chance
Cool a man start
A love romance.

If you just getting drunk
Which chick to hit next
You ain’t super cool
You as obvious as it gets.

Do you what you do
If you want get around
But do it as you
Or you just a damn clown.

Don’t be what you’re not
Be what you are
Happy with what you got
Make anyone a star.

Say fake it till you make it
Maybe that’s true
But from over here brother
You look like a fool.

Dropping cash you don’t have
And when the cash get low
In come another
And away she go.

He trying to look hip
Trying to fit in
Trying to look like the shit
When the shits what he’s in.

© Daniel Breslin

Tonight I’m going out
I’m going to have myself a beer
I’m telling you right now
Going to be a party up in here.

I can’t tell you how it starts
But I sure tell you how it ends
Back at my fucking gaf
With my best fucking friends.

Put your good clothes on
Going to put ourselves about
Get the blood flowing
Tonight we’re going out.

I can’t tell you how it starts
But I sure tell you how it ends
Back at my fucking gaf
With my best fucking friends.

© Daniel Breslin