CHRIS PORTER
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Some examples of my work.
The Power to Hold You
You really think it’s worth it?
Worth another try?
I don’t wanna hurt you
I will not lie
Have you truly been honest?
I would never know
I get caught up
In your vertigo
But it seems you've made the worst mistake
That you could ever make
I wish you’d wait
Just a little while longer now
But I’ve still got the power to hold you
And I’ve still got the arms you can hide inside
When you feel like
No one gets you
I’ll be on call
Cos I’ve still got the power to hold you
So isn't it important?
What you wanna do?
Give yourself a moment
To think this through
Now you've made a worse mistake
The worst that you could make
I wish you'd try
Just a little bit harder now
Chorus
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Essential
Searching the snow for recovery, feel the cold biting
Maybe under the water there’s more to be found than what’s hiding
‘Cos you are essential
And you are essential
Maybe I have been cursed with a map that is constantly changing, changing
Looking into the distance it only confirms that I’m spinning, spinning
Raging inside there is more for me here than fire
Hopefully I get to burn when I open up
‘Cos you are essential
And you are essential
You are essential
And you are essential
You are
Same Damn Same
It’s super hard to be super honest
When you face me down, but I know I promised
And so I’ll make it work, girl you know I got it
It’s a case of love, got me in your pocket
I’m not the king of compromise
But you make me feel taller
When I look in your eyes
And I’m meeting you halfway
‘Cos I’m halfway sure
That you’re loving me back
When you should be loving me more
I don’t know how you do that thing you do
Take it to the limit and you push on through, I
Don’t remember anything before you came, and
Every other girl just taste the same damn same
It’s a rollercoaster in a scary movie
Then a fine romance where you can reach right through me
It’s every combination, Alpha a to Zulu zee
A magical sensation, I never wanna leave
I’m not the king of compromise
But I’m happy to take classes
If I’m wearing a disguise
Yeah, I’m meeting you halfway
Because I’m halfway sure
That you’re loving me back
When you should be loving me more
Chorus
We can overthink it all
Waste the hours and barely speak
We could both stare at the TV
We could hide instead of seek
Or we can live life in the moment
Turning left instead of right
It doesn’t have to be a big decision
And it doesn’t have to take all night
Chorus
Free Yourself
Won’t you come call on the Sandman?
He’s overlooked me again
Won’t you remove all the sadness
He keeps rubbing sand in the pain
Putting my faith in the future
Means nothing if I can’t let go
Take back the hooks you have in me
The past is starting to show
Free yourself from anguish
Free yourself from pain
Free yourself from obligation
You don’t melt in the rain
It’s enough if we roll with the punches
But it’s more if we triumph again
Free yourself from this prison
Of material gain
Free yourself
Free yourself
Slave to invisible armies
Shadows that cover the land
There isn’t language to measure
Something you don’t understand
If change doesn’t come in a moment
Change doesn’t matter at all
When you remove all the colours
Then you’ve got your back to the wall
Chorus
Turn the Rain Around
You been digging in my soul for something
But you let it slip away
I’m not just good for nothing
Though you make it feel that way
I gotta fill the hole up with something
Before my heart just drips away
If I believe in one thing
My love is strong
Gotta let it in
You just gotta let it in
I’m gonna get under your skin
Tell me what I got to do to keep you safe and sound
Turn the rain around
Turn it upside down
What have I got to do to keep this love I found?
Turn the rain around
Before it hits the ground
We go, oh
We go, oh
Before it hits the ground
I’ll turn the rain around
You shouldn’t be afraid of someone
Who wants to take you in his arms
I only wanna show you
But I set off your alarms
You know I won’t get tired of waiting
You can have all the space you need
Until you know you’re worth it
That’s what you’re worth to me, you know
You just gotta let it go
It’s not the end of the show
And I won’t get tired of waiting
Chorus
I’ll wait
So do what you gotta
I’ll wait for you
To show what you’re gonna show
So are we gonna stay or go?
We go
Before it hits the ground
What have I got to do to keep this love I found?
Turn the rain around
Before it hits the ground
We go, oh
We go, oh
Before it hits the ground
I’ll turn the rain around
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All lyrics © CP 2021