Instrumentation: B3 organ, Blues Telecaster guitar, concert piano, percussion, vocals.
Words and music copyright 2001 by Ty Davison. All rights reserved.
DEMO: Who We Are [4:41 / 4.4 MB MP3]
Just a slight mistake of opening my heart
The space you needed to judge all my faults
I closed the gap you found,
You, you played your part
Perhaps we are who we are
I tried to summon the courage more than once
Resolved to talk with you without interference
Conversation, explanation, could they lead us past
That awkward stage where we behave like indifferent strangers
I live in a world of regret
Things left undone, things I'd like to forget
Topping the list is talking with you
To see if we could somehow improve
Who we have been and who we are
Let me try to explain this pounding of my heart
Maybe you feel the same way
Or don't know where to start
But only when people are on the same line
Or in the same space
Can they be combined
The trouble with me—and I don't know why—
Is that I see all the faults
Will you see me
Not for who I am
Or who I have been
But for who I can be?
And I'll see you not for who you are
Or who you have been
But as you are...
In my dreams
For I live in a world of regret
Things left undone, things I'd like to forget
Topping the list is talking with you
To see if we could somehow improve
Who we can be and who we are
NOTES
Who We Are is a song of longing, regret, and forgiveness. I wrote it about those relationships I have which aren't what I want them to be. It's about feeling misjudged, turning away from others, trying to reconnect, acknowledging my own failures, and, ultimately, hoping for and seeking a different future based on the belief that it's possible for people see the best in one another.
