ANGELA MCGARRY - CAN YOU

CAN YOU

ÂNGELA MCGARRY

SONGWRITER: ANGELA MCGARRY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CAN YOU

LABEL: UNKNOWNED

GENRE: BALLAD

YEAR: 2012

Playlist countdown to Pushing the Limits release: nine more weeks. Song: Can You by Angela McGarry

I draw my inspiration from music. Scenes and characters can come alive from a word, a lyric, a melody. While I rely upon music, and other things, for inspiration, there are others who use writing for their inspiration. Enter a great friend of mine, sister-in-law, singer, and songwriter, Angela McGarry.

For me, handing over my work to be read is nerve wracking. I want people to love my characters and story as much as I do and at the same time I want people to give their honest opinion. Literature choices, as with anything else, are very personal and vary from person to person. What I like to read and what someone else likes to read can be different.

When Angela asked to read Pushing the Limits, I cringed. What if she didn’t like it? What if she hated it? Would she tell me? I mean, after all, we see each other daily.

This song was written after reading a book written by my sister-in-law, Katie McGarry. It has gotten me into the wonderful world of song-writing and I hope it brings as much joy to my listeners as it did to me writing and performing it. More songs to come from Katies other books...

Verse:

I wanna be invisible to the world

I just close my eyes and I’m a different girl

I don’t wanna be the one that they see

Please set me free from this misery

Chorus:

I’m shattered

I’m broken

I’m scarred

Can you really see me?

Verse:

I don’t wanna listen to the crowd

I just wanna stop and cry and scream out loud

I don’t wanna be the one that they hear

Please let me escape from this wicked fear

Chorus:

I’m shattered

I’m broken

I’m scarred

Can you really hear me?

Bridge:

Do you know that I’m damaged?

Do you know I’m confused?

Do you know that I’m shattered?

Is that alright with you?

Verse:

It’s hard to believe you’re looking my way

Your eyes caught my stare and they chose to stay

Could I be the one you were meant to save

Might you be the love I’ve been longing to crave

Chorus:

I’m shattered I’m broken

I’m scarred

Can you really save me?

I’m shattered

I’m broken

I’m scarred

Can you really see me?

I’m shattered I’m broken

I’m scarred

Can you really hear me?

I’m shattered

I’m broken

I’m scarred

Can you really save me?