Trey Mills Quotes

LYRICS FROM "ATHABASCA" and other projects

FORGIVENESS

Sunrise this morning, dreams forgotten
We all need expression, something to cling to
Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness

Passive, unspoken, the silence is killing us all
The answers, not knowing, what am I doing with my life
Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness is so hard
Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness is so hard
Forgiveness, forgiveness, forgiveness is so hard

Didn’t I tell you,
Didn’t I tell you
Didn’t I tell you
Must have forgotten
Must have forgotten
Didn’t I tell you
Must have forgotten

That I heard you, I heard you, I heard you.

Forgiveness, forgiveness….

I’m so sorry.

BIG CROW RISING

Out of the dust on a cold winter’s night
With the moon lying low
A cool wind is blowing
To places I’ve never been before
Telling me things I could never have known

Big crow rising
Dreams are flying
Things can never be the same
Big crow rising
Dreams are flying
Flying away

Maybe tomorrow I’ll be coming back for you
Take you by the hand and show you the way
We’ll travel together on love’s open highways
Following our dreams be what they may

Big crow rising
Dreams are flying
Things can never be the same
Big crow rising
Dreams are flying
Flying away

No matter what happens
Keep this in mind
No matter what happens
I’ll love you forever
Like I love you tonight

SAVING ME

I drove all night, in the western light
I drove for hours
It’s like I was going to see the medicine man
In such a far away land
And I needed to be healed

And there you were, yes there you were
Saving me
There you were, yes there you were
Saving me

I could only stay three hours
I had no offering, no flowers
Just the truths that only strangers can share
We looked through your high school photos
And we fell in love in the shadows of your parents’ living room
Then I was on my way, just like that
And as I drove away I couldn’t take my eyes of the rear view mirror and…

There you were, yes there you were
Saving me
There you were, yes there you were
Saving me

Now you’re a thousand miles away, but the scars are gone
And though you’re a thousand miles away
I gotta tell ya babe, that I’m okay
Cause I close my eyes and…

There you are, yes there you are
Saving me
There you are, yes there you are
Saving me

PLAYERS

Players move on
I’ve got no time for you my old friends
This world’s moving to fast around me
I’ve gotta slow things down, down, down

Could I beg you for some time
Could I beg you for a piece of mind
Could you tell me where I fit in
Could you tell me how I could win back your love

In time’s like this
You gotta find the one’s who really love you
So let go, let go, your perfect hands
And let’s pick up all the broken pieces

Could I beg you for a dime
Can I tell you what’s on my mind
Can I tell you where you fit in
Can I tell you where we must begin
It’s back at one

Y’all wanna go faster now, keep moving along
You got no time for what’s real, yeah
Like a crash test dummy hittin’ the wall a thousand miles an hour
Oh I got speed, I was build for speed
Gotta run for cover from the helicopter blade that elevates me

Could I beg you for all time
Could I forever call you mine
Could I love you any more
Can I tell you this is what I’m living for
I’m living for
It’s for you
Could I beg you for some time
Could I buy you a coffee some time
Can we start, can we start all over?

YOU CALLED OUT TO ME

I felt the wind from a midnight’s dream
I felt you sailing across the seas
I felt the mountains touch my feet
As you called out to me

I felt the rain wash away the years
I felt the moments that are called fears
I felt the moon watch over the trees
As you called out to me

I felt forgiveness for all of man’s sins
I felt confusion too many to list
I felt a child dream a wish
As you called out to me

I felt laughter on a gloomy day
I felt a shoulder in my dismay
I felt your heart beat from so far away
As you called out to me

I felt temptation rear its head
I felt like dying but cried instead
I felt remorse for things never said
As you called out to me

I felt the sun warm at my back
I felt the snow leave my tracks
I felt such a failure for everything I lacked
For everything I lacked

As you called out to me

NO SUN, ALL RAIN

I’ve been waiting 12 days for sun
Don’t think i've ever had to wait so long
I've been without 12 days with rain
Don’t think this body’s gonna be the same

Chorus
No Sun, All rain
Don't think I'm ever gonna be the same
No Sun, all Rain
These clouds are blocking all those dreams we've made

Endless puddles, stormy skies
All this wetness makes my emotions run dry
I've been waiting watching dream float by
12 damn days and not one sunny sky

Repeat Chorus

Keep my head above water
In case you wash on back
These rainy days have thrown my heart off track
I’m sinking slowly
Water’s nearly up to my neck
Please hurry back before there’s nothing left

Repeat Chorus

ALL WINTER LONG

We drove for hours through the northern snow
Wind in our face, black ice below
Snow squalls sang praises of a job well done
And I prayed the storm would last all winter long

The blizzard winds blew as darkness fell upon us
Oh we sailed off the long and winding road
We wrapped ourselves tight and kept each other warm till dawn
And I prayed the storm would last all winter long

But with the morning came the roar of flashing lights
And I could see the stillness fading from your eyes
Bare wind swept fields and drifts piled high
Can't we stay here forever on this Island of white

Time turned the wheel back on the road again
The skies are clear and you're headed for home
But there's snow in my head where the storm rages on
How I prayed the storm would last all winter long

ATHABASCA

When I was young I dream about
A tree fort where we’d eat cherries in the sun till midnight
And when we set sail from Sherwood Park
On a mission to find God we found our Noah’s Arc on Baptiste Lake

Athasasca, Athabasca
Do you hear me calling out your name
Athasasca, Athabasca
How I need you in my heart again

Oh the mountains fell at our feet for the first time in Kananaskis
Your sweet air filled up my lungs with love again
And I knew that I could live again, I knew that I could live again
And the stars in the sky, the Moon and Mars where so bright
And the steam came off the lake with the love that we made
And I’d never felt so loved by nature

In Athasasca, Athabasca
Do you hear me calling out your name
Athasasca, Athabasca
How I need you in my heart again

And we sat down at the edge of the peer
With fishing rod at hand and the water was murky
We cast our line and we watched him jump and we prayed and prayed
That we wouldn’t catch him, that we wouldn’t catch him

Oh Athasasca, Athabasca
Do you hear me calling out your name
Athasasca, Athabasca
How I need you in my heart again

HOLDING ON

Through all of my life I’ve been to certain heights
But I’ve never been this close to the edge before
I’ve never been so high as I am today
And I’m afraid as hell of what’s going on below
I spend so much damn time thinking bout ya baby
And I just can’t let go

CHORUS
So I keep holdin on, holdin on, holdin on, yeah
For the hills of that western town
Holdin on, holdin on, holdin on, yeah
Just tryin to hang on
Holdin on, holdin on, holdin on, yeah
For northern Alberta
Holdin on, holdin on, holdin on, yeah
Just trying to hang on

Carley, Carley
I know this must seem so damn strange
Baby, baby yeah
Cause I hardly know ya, but I love ya anyway

So what if I fall down to the earth below
And my world comes crashing to an end
Then again I could see a thousand stars
Make the moon and the ocean my best friends
I spend so much damn time thinking bout ya baby
And I just can’t let go

Carley, Carley
I know this must seem so damn stalker like strange
But oh, oh, oh, oooh, I gotta tell ya I love ya anyway

CHORUS

THE BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE
(A Modern Day Love Song)

We did it in the bathroom baby
We did it in the hotel room, both beds
We did it on the hood of your car underneath the stars yeah
We did it on her couch house sitting her pet
We did it in her bathroom and on her bed
We did it on her washing machine while we cleaned up the evidence

I could write stories better than Anais Nin
Just thinking about it warms me up inside
I guess I’m just trying to tell you that I miss you baby
And that was the best week of my life

We did it on kitchen counter
We did in on the carpets till we burned our knees
We did it with the doors wide open
We did it with your feet right off the ground
We did it with the music blasting
And we did in the back of my van
We listened to Social Scene, M-Squared, Arcade fire

We could write stories better than Anais Nin
Just thinking about it warms me up inside
I guess I’m just trying to tell you that I miss you baby
And that was the best week of my life

Bridge (Happy go lucky whistling)

Remember at your cabin baby
We did it in the shower, it was outdoors
The neighbour was choppin’ a tree and he could see for sure
Remember how it was that morning
We did it three times in a row
Remember how I dried your eyes as you cried and cried yeah

Then you drove me to the airport
And we said out sad good-byes
I guess I’m just trying to tell you that I miss you baby
And that was the best week of my life

Reprise (From the 1st verse)
We did it in the bathroom baby…

We could write stories better than Anais Nin
Just thinking about it warms me up inside
I guess I’m just trying to tell you that I miss you baby
And I’ll be sleeping alone tonight

MISUNDERSTANDING

I’ve seen flowers dry up and fall to a thousand pieces
I’ve seen rainbows turn back to falling rain
So needn’t wonder how life could be between us
Another misunderstanding
Should we make up just to fall apart again

I’ve seen footsteps fade away as the tide rolls in
It’s in these waters that we learn to sink or swim
I kick my feet, my arms are wide to find your hand
But you say it’s another misunderstanding
Should we make up just to fall apart again

My feet are sinking fast, my memory’s growing thin
I take one last deep breath, I’ve got to hold it in
‘Cause in the sunset lies your love
It’s another misunderstanding
Should we make up just to fall apart again

Written by Trey Mills
Published by OP3 Music (SOCAN)