1024x768

1440x900
(click here for full-sized image)

UNICEF ARTICLES

UNICEF USA Ambassador Clay Aiken visits Somalia

The Survival Project: One Child at a Time

UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken visits northwest Somalia

CLICK HERE to support UNICEF's work for the children of Somalia.

1440X900
(click here for full-sized image)

1024X768

ON MY WAY HERE

TRACK LISTING

on my way here

ashes

everything i don’t need

something about us

falling

where i draw the line

the real me

weight of the world

as long as we’re here

sacrificial love

grace of god

lover all alone

bonus tracks:

it's in everyone of us

forget i ever knew you


Clay Aiken - On My Way Here Video 
visit and comment

on my way here lyrics
(may not be totally acurate!)

On My Way Here
I took my first step
On that black and white kitchen floor
I sometimes wonder if that house
Is even there, anymore
I had my first glimpse of love
When I was five
I watched two people split apart
But still the three of us survived

I’ve seen the best
I’ve seen the worst
I wouldn’t change what I’ve been through
I’ve touched the sky
I’ve hit the wall
But I did what I had to
Ooooohhhh

CHORUS:
On my way here
Where I am now
I’ve learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I’ve fallen hard
But I’ve been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here.

Oh yeah yeaaah

My address has changed
Almost every year
I've found that standing still
Can quickly make a lifetime disappear
I'd rather try and fail
A thousand times denied
And this, whenever you feel pain
It lets you know that you’re alive

I’ve been a fool
I’ve been afraid
Yeah, I’ve been loved
I've been lied to
I've been wrong
And I've been right
I stood up when I had to

Yeah Yeahhhh

On my way here
Where I am now
I’ve learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I’ve fallen hard
But I’ve been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here.

No guarantees
I believed that I would find
An open door or a light
To lead me to the other side
I guess that is why

On my way here
Where I am now
I’ve learned to fly
I have to want to leave the ground
I’ve fallen hard
But I‘ve been loved
And in the end it all works out
My faith has conquered fear
On my way here

Yeahhhh
Oooooohh

Ashes
Someone
Told me
What doesn’t kill you only
Makes you stronger
Sets you free
From all that held you down
With all my heart
I believed
The inner burning
Was a dream deep in me
Then everything went up in flames
I still walked away

Turn around and see what love’s done for me
You would not believe the way I used to be, so cold
Maybe love requires
Walking through the fire
To set me free
So I could rise up from the ashes

I was
broken
A million pieces left to hold
I was
frozen
My heart left out in the cold
Looking back I can see
How the voice of reason
Kept reminding me
I was never good enough somehow
Try and remind me now

Turn around and see what love’s done for me
You would not believe the way I used to be, so cold
Maybe love requires
Walking through the fire
To set me free
So I could rise up from the ashes

Send it up in flames
Let it light the sky
Now that I’m OK
I’m alive

Turn around and see what love’s done for me
You would not believe the way I used to be, so cold
Maybe love requires
Walking through the fire
To set me free
So I could rise up from the ashes

The ashes
Rise up from the ashes

Everything I Don't Need
Get out of my dreams
There’s no room left
Get out of my bed
We did goodbye yesterday
Don’t you think I heard what you said?

You want too much
You play too hard

Well, well

In bed I’m gonna lie again (?)
Don’t wanna answer the phone
I went to sleep last night angry
I’m sure I was alone

You know me well
Always ring my bell

And tell me
What would I want from you?
‘Cause you try so hard
To get who you are
But there’s no way
I understand what you do

Last of a dying breed (?)
‘Cause you’ve come this far
But it’s got has to stop
You’re everything
Everything I don’t need

(Get out of my dream
Get out of my bed
Get out of my room
Get out of my head)

I don’t wanna listen to the answer
To the question I didn’t ask
It’s all about you
I wanna move out
Before the breakdown starts

It’s so long
Won’t you let me go

And tell me
What would I want from you?
‘Cause you tried so hard
To be who you are
But there’s no way
I understand what you do

The last of a dying breed
Well we’ve come this far
But it’s got has to stop
You’re everything
Everything I don’t need

You fuel my head (?)
You’ve lost my view (?)
You’re killing me
You’re everything I don’t need

Every fault I do (?)
I get free ‘cause of you
Taking everything
Everything I don’t need

What would I want from you?
‘Cause you try so hard
To get who you are
But there’s no way
I understand what you do

Last of a dying breed
Well it’s come this far
But it’s got has to stop
You’re everything
Everything I don’t need

Last of a dying breed

Something About Us
Stop the music, play the song
We’ll dance together all night long
Spotlight glows, somehow it knows
That there’s something about us
Something about us

People smile when they walk by
There’s too much magic to deny
A fool could see we’re meant to be
There’s something about us
Something about us

The words on every poet’s tongue
Every love song ever sung
Is about us, it’s about us

Romeo and Juliet
Plays they haven’t written yet
It’s old and new
A classic tale for two
And a perfectly perfect love

You can see it in our ways
And how we spend our nights and days
Crazy laughs, a photograph
There’s just something about us
Something about us

The words on every poet’s tongue
Every love song ever sung
Is about us, it’s about us

And Romeo and Juliet
Plays they haven’t written yet
It’s old and new
It’s a classic tale for two
And a perfectly perfect love

Stop the music, play the song
And we’ll dance together all night long
We’ll reminisce of moments like this
There’s something about us
Yes, there’s something about us
There’s something about us

Falling
Silence, long lost friend
You come to me again
Night comes, closing in
And the loneliness within
Older, should be wiser
Still I never seem to learn
Closer than ever to the end

And I’m falling
I am falling
From the world I used to know
Been trying to hold on to something for so long
Now this never ending dream won’t let go
I am falling

Restless, I lie awake
And trying to escape
Memories that never sleep
I taste the bittersweet
Hold on to forever
Still I’m stuck on yesterday
Closer that ever to the end

And I’m falling
I am falling
From the world I used to know
Been trying to hold on to something for so long
Now this never ending dream won’t let go

Come back and wake me up again
I can’t face the world alone
In my dream I return and then
I am falling, I am falling

I am falling
I am falling
From the world I used to know
Been trying to hold on to something for so long
Now this never ending dream won’t let go

I am falling
I am falling
From the world I used to know
Been trying to hold on to something for so long
Now this never ending dream won’t let go

I am falling

I am falling

Where I Draw the Line
It's all as it should be
You're the best thing that ever happened to me
I melt every time we kiss
I've never felt anything like this
it's almost too perfect
Call it a curse or call it fate
something beautiful brings on the pain

Looks like it's gonna be the same this time around
I wanna let you in but I don't know how
I've been here one too many times
Seems like whenever I let somebody get this close
I'm right back where I got hurt the most
That's why, that's why
Around my heart
Is where I draw the line

Wish I could just forget
And not have one more regret behind me
To remind me
What I've given up
Could I ever live with this
Knowing that I might have missed my last chance
For love to find me
I could stay here drowning in the rain
Unless you have the strength to save me
Nothing’s gonna change

And it's gonna be the same this time around
I wanna let you in but I don't know how
I've been here one too many times
Seems like whenever I let somebody get this close
I'm right back where I got hurt the most
That's why, that's why
Around my heart
Is where I draw the line

Either you’re gonna rescue me
Or you’re gonna be the death of me

Gonna be the same this time around
I wanna let you in but I don't know how
I've been here one too many times

Whenever I let somebody get this close
I'm right back where I got hurt the most
That's why, that's why
Around my heart
Is where I draw the line
Around my heart
Is where I draw the line

The Real Me
Foolish heart, looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile, don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Reveal me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
No need to hold back my frailty
‘Cause you see the real me

Painted on, life is behind the mask
Self-inflicted circus clown
I'm tired of the song and dance
Living a charade, always on parade
What a mess I've made of my existence
But you love me even now
And still I see somehow

That you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Reveal me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
No need to hold back my frailty
Oh, ‘cause you see the real me

Shadows of shattered dreams
They followed me, they haunted me
To take in the broken pieces of my life and held me to believe

‘Cause you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Reveal me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
No need to hold back my frailty
Oh ‘cause you see the real me

Weight of the World
Has anybody else but me ever felt this way before?
Like the world is spinning much too fast
And you’re falling through the floor
Struck by lightning, feels so frightening
When the morning feels like war (?)

Unbreakable, unbreakable

So when you fall down, down, down
Don’t get down on you,
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why you’re trying to
Carry the weight of the world

Some folks say that we’ve been blessed
And I know deep down they’re right
But when you’re feeling cold, alone and desperate
And can’t get through the night
It seems the only time you test your wings
you’re crashing through the sky

Unbreakable, unbreakable

So when you fall down, down, down
Don’t get down on you,
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why you’re trying to
Carry the weight of the world

Has anybody else but me ever felt this way before?

So when you fall down, down, down
Don’t get down on you,
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why are you trying to
Carry the weight of the world

Oh get down on you
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why are you trying to
Carry the weight of the world

It’s hard to see from where you are right now
I know it’s hard to breathe
Just let the world go round
And round, round, round
I’m not trying to
Carry the weight of the world

As Long as We're Here
Why did we have to fight?
Why can’t we spend our time trying?
I wanna to be close to you
Keep love from slipping through my hands
Words said in anger aimed at someone
Are hard to take back once the damage is done

Let’s stop now
As long as we’re here
Alive on this earth
I’m gonna love you for all that it’s worth
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
Let’s make the most of our time
As long as we’re here

Some people live their lives
Holding their fears inside them
Afraid to build windows
To let the light of the world in
They hide in the darkness
In self-imposed walls
If they could just tear them down
They’d have it all

As long as we’re here
Alive on this earth
I’m gonna love you for all that it’s worth
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
Let’s make the most of our time
As long as we’re here

When you’re with me
I believe it
You are my need right now of me (?)
As long as we, as long as we’re here
I’m gonna love you
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
As long as we’re here
Alive on this earth
I’m gonna love you for all that it’s worth
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
Let’s make the most of our time
As long as we’re here

Sacrificial Love
Sometimes I feel like I’m chasing the shadows in your eyes
Losing my footing and looking for something that I recognize
Tell me you’re here for forever
but act like you’re passing through
Which one’s the real you?
Which one’s the real you?

Are you only practicing until you find the real thing?
Taking up space until you find yourself in that perfect face?
Are you looking over my shoulder?
Am I enough or just
Your sacrificial love?

I know when we started
I kinda talked you into this
I was good for the moment
But now something’s missing
from your kiss
I see you lying beside me
But I feel you’re moving on
Which one’s the real you?
Which one’s the real you?

Are you only practicing until you find the real thing?
Taking up space until you find yourself in that perfect face?
Are you looking over my shoulder?
Am I enough or just
Your sacrificial love?

Do I have to spill my tears?
Teach you how to say goodbye?
If that’s not what I am to you
What am I?
What am I?

Are you only practicing until you find the real thing?
Taking up space until you find yourself in that perfect face?
Are you looking over my shoulder?
Am I enough or just
Your sacrificial love?
Just your sacrificial love

Grace of God
Some folks always get the rough ride
Seem to end up on the wrong side
Constant battle just to survive
on any given day

I watched a mother on my TV
Hungry children that she can't feed
Still I've got everything that I need
And that just don't seem right
That I sleep safe tonight

There's got to be some rhyme or reason why
We turn away and we close our eyes
If I could find some way that we could justify
all of this suffering
There but for the grace of God go I

Every day makes the headlines
Someone struggling for their life
Feels like I’m watching from the sidelines
Will nothing ever change?
Just the truth got rearranged

There's got to be some rhyme or reason why
We turn away and we close our eyes
If I could find some way that we could justify all of this suffering
There but for the grace of God go I

Sometimes it's hard to believe
In a truth that you can't even see
But faith holds the hope for the world
And I know, I know

There's got to be some rhyme or reason why
We turn away and we close our eyes
If I could find some way that we could justify all of this suffering
There but for the grace of God go I

When I'm thinking it's a bad day
Feels like nothing's going my way
I pass a wreck out on the freeway
And I pray that they survived
There but for the grace of God go I

 
RECENT ENTRIES

ON MY WAY HERE AOL SESSIONS

LINKS TO FOX NEWS INTERVIEWS

CLAY ON QVC

NEW LOOK TO CLAY'S MYSPACE

PLAY ALBUM SNIPPETS

GUIDE TO OMWH AND SPAMALOT-RELATED
AUDIO AND VIDEO

CLAY'S RCA PRESS RELEASE

CLAY'S NEW CD ALBUM BIO

CLAY'S NEW CD "ON MY WAY HERE"

SPAMALOT STORY AND LYRICS

SPAMALOT YOUTUBE VIDEOS

CLAY AT THE STAGE DOOR WALLPAPERS

CLAY DOES BROADWAY

 

2007 ENTRIES

CLAY IN POUGHKEEPSIE WALLPAPER

CLAY IN MEXICO

HAPPY BOXING DAY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

CLAY SPAMALOT PROMO

CLAY IN WASHINGTON

CLAY JOINS THE CAST OF SPAMALOT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAY!

CHRISTMAS IN THE HEARTLAND TOUR OPENS

CHRISTMAS IN THE HEARTLAND TOUR VENUE LINKS AND SCHEDULE

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

CLAY AT VEGAS SKATE SHOW

CLAY JOINS SPAMALOT

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER 1

MORE DCAT WALLPAPERS

DCAT VIDEOS FIRST HALF

DCAT WALLPAPERS

TULSA

HOUSTON

TOUR OPENER - DALLAS

MEMORY LANE pt 1

AI5 REVISTED

DWTS SKIT 5/07

if you have enjoyed my site and wish to donate to its upkeep,
any small amount will be greatly appreciated, and will keep this site ad-free
THANKS! cha cha
Donate towards my web hosting bill!
claymatized is a not2tech web site