Josiah Leming - Grace Kelly

Lyrics by Mika

Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?

I could be wholesome
I could be loathsome
I guess Im a little bit shy
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me without making me try?

I try to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
Ive gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door!

How can I help it
How can I help it
How can I help what you think?
Hello my baby
Hello my baby
Putting my life on the brink
Why dont yo like me
Why dont you like me
Why dont you like yourself?
Should I bend over?
Should I look older just to be put on the shelf?

I try to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
Ive gone identity mad!

I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door!

Walk out that door
Walk out that door
Why don't you like me
Why don't, why don't you like me
Won't you walk walk out the door
the door
oh..

Josiah Leming - This Cigar

Lyrics by Josiah Leming
this cigar, burns a hole straight through my jeans and
through your heart, as we watch the ashes form
another scar, that i will never show
but some how everybody seems to know my demons
in all my efforts i've commited treason
for chasing dreams that are changing like the seasons
make me feel so small, but i'm so proud to tell them all

that i'm a man now
i can drive a car
and i'm a drop out
i'm nobody so far
but i don't mess with
cigarettes or alcohol
cos i'm the best there is
and they tell me all the winners smoke cigars

this guitar, is pouring melodies that burn
inside my heart, as the sound is broken up
by passing cars, they don't know that i'm above
or that i'm swimming in the middle of an ocean
i'm riding on a wave of pure emotion
yeah, i'm drinkin up this sea like it's a potion
maybe it could lend me wings, i'll either float or start to sink

cos i'm a man now
i can drive a car
and i'm a drop out
i'm nobody so far
but i don't mess with
cigarettes and alcohol
cos i'm the best there is
and they tell me all the winners play guitar

and i know i've never been the kind
to let them get inside my mind
you just got to see that i need them on my side
i promise not to breathe it in
or ever strum a chord again
cos it hurts my lungs and burns my tongue to know that....

this cigar, burns a hole straight through my jeans
and through her heart, as we watch the ashes form
another scar, that i could never show
yet somehow everybody seems to know my demons
in all my efforts i've commited treason
for chasing dreams that are changing like the seasons
i know that i'm so small but i'm so proud to tell you all

that i'm a man now
i can drive a car
and i'm a drop out
nobody so far
but i don't mess with
cigarettes and alcohol
cos i'm the best there is
and they tell me all the winners smoke cigars

Josiah Leming - They Say

Lyrics by Josiah Leming

they say, history will find us on the last train
and we'll make all the same mistakes that they made
and we could never rule tomorrow our way out
love...it's too late now
they say, nothing comes from going against their grain
and oh, we are the diggers of our own graves
and we will crash and burn before our train leaves this town
love...forgive me now

they can burn in hell
they can burn in hell

they say, we will live life dragging on the coattails
holding onto dreams of false fairy tales
and sleeping under bridges where our train breaks down
love...our light will drown

they can burn in hell
they can burn in hell

Josiah Leming - One Last Song

Lyrics by Josiah Leming

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The ship was sinking; we were drinking, singing one last song,
Casting our gold into the ocean.
You grabbed a bucket, started screaming, "Come on, come on",
Trying to slow the downward motion.
Back in the kingdom, we were kings and queens and Oh, so strong
That God himself could not contain us.
We never thought we'd be the shorter half of sword and gun.
Now god himself could never save us.

Waves of silver, waves of gold
Are coming now to take me,
To separate my body from my soul
And Jesus leaves or takes me.
Hopes of heaven, fears of hell
Tell me, what's the chance I'll make it.
All my other plans have failed,
And all this time I've faked it.

We started sinking, drinking water from the open sea
Losing our bodies to the ocean.
You grabbed my hand and started screaming, "rescue me"
Together fight the downward motion.
Back in the kingdom we were kings and queens and Oh, so strong
That god himself just had to show us.
We never thought we'd see the colder side of land and sea
But he's the only one who knows us.

Waves of silver, waves of gold
Are coming now to take me,
To separate my body from my soul
And Jesus either leaves or takes me.
Hopes of heaven, fears of hell
Tell me, what's the chance I'll make it.
All my other plans have failed,
And all this time I've faked it.

Josiah Leming - Her

Lyrics by Josiah Leming

Car door's frozen
I can't get to you
Your window's open
The cold air's pouring through
Your bones are broken
The belt won't let you loose
And i'm left hoping
That you might wake up soon

I just stand and watch as they pull you from another world
Unraveling twisted plots, oh i wish you were another girl

And i'll set the world on fire
Cause i could not satisfy her

Empty hallways
You can't get to me
Open doorways
But you're still searching for your keys
And i can't open
The ears for which i sing
So i'll just pass along
And baby you'll start to hear me

You just sit and stare as if i'm from another land
In your comfortable chair, oh i wish i were another man

And i'll set the world on fire
Cause i could not satisfy her

Satisfaction seems to be
The key that turns, the air we breathe
It brings us now so confidently crawling on our knees
So you try to satisfy the hours
But you're ignorance won't fight the fires
And your innocence can't kill desire
So you're not as perfect as you seem to be

I'll set the world on fire
Cause i could not satisfy her
I'll set the world on fire
Cause i could not satisfy her
And i'll take this world by fire
Cause i'll never...
I'll never satisfy
I'll never satisfy
Her...

Josiah Leming - To Run

Lyrics by Josiah Leming

i showed up at her door
no gifts or explanations for
the way that i'd been actin
father time just kept on passin
i tried to kiss her lips
she said, let's put an end to this
a simple overreaction
it sent my head into a backspin

i don't know where to run

she was a teenage girl
i made sure to promise her the world
spend money fast as lightning
anything just to keep her smiling
my voice was all she heard
sentences filled with empty words
oh i thought i was so clever
never knew that our line would sever

i don't know where to run
i don't know where to run
i, i have nowhere to run

i wake up on the floor
my head replays that closing door
my heart won't stop rewinding
inside clocks all out of timing
she starts to disappear
they'll be no turning back from here
when all is said and done
and i begin
to run

Josiah Leming

What can I say? I love this guy. He's raw and real. And he just moves me with his melody.

To me he's one of the best things American Idol has ever produced. It doesn't matter that he didn't make the final cut. I think American Idol knows that it has done its job. It has introduced Josiah to us or, should I say, to me? :)

Josiah, let me know when you're in Singapore or Manila!

JOSIAH SONGS (I thought he has more but seems like I was wrong)
1. One Last Song
2. They Say
3. This Cigar
4. Razorblades and Handgrenades
5. Paper Houses
6. Bad News Baby
7. To Run
8. Her
9. Grace Kelly (lyrics by Mika)