in ball we defend

stepping on the field in our garnet & grey,
training for weeks for this very day,
game after game, we only get better,
for each drip of sweat is how we measure.
and practice after practice we train even harder, 
so together as a team we only go farther. 
we watch tape after tape, to study our rival,
then step on the field to fight for survival.
we line up for battle and fight for our war,
keep pushing through till we can’t anymore.
we aim to win and always stick together 
on and off the field, birds of the same feather. 
and everywhere we go, we strike fear where we stay,
with our gee gee pride, bleeding garnet & grey.
on the field and off, we’re there for our brothers,
unable to ever replace one another,
and just like champions we never give up,
we go to war fighting for the vanier cup.
we won’t move when pushed, we stay standing strong,
not letting anyone take what’s been ours so long,
we fight for every inch we take on that field,
for the more inches we take, victory revealed
and no one will tell us who & what we can be,
because we want this more then our enemy. 
we leave everything on the field and never surrender,
born soldiers we fight and only get better. 
no margin for error, in ball we defend,
with the heart of a lion we fight till the end.
© nldm 

with your arms around me

WITH YOUR ARMS AROUND ME 

written by Nicole Del Monte & Chris Labelle, 

recorded by Chris Labelle and Paul Gigliotti 

produced by Paul Gigliotti 

my heart & head

i just wanna close my eyes and fall asleep in your bed

wake up in the morning and pretend like nothing was said.

i just wanna go back to that place when we first met.

small talk, all night, there’s nothing about you i forget.

and i just wanna go back to that place when times were right,

let go of all the anger and pain we hold onto at night.

let go of the misery that lies next to me in bed,

i stay awake at night wishing it was you instead.

where do we go from here, when there’s nothing left.

and what do we do when we’ve given up on the best.

and how do i move on when im only numb inside,

what do you do when your heart and head can’t decide. 

times supposed to heal everything, but im waiting instead,

and while i wait for time, i play back everything you said.

every lie you told, and regret you made me feel,

from all of my days i watched you try to steal.

im wondering when my heart and head will agree,

when will they both understand your not right for me.

when will i stop wishing it was you lying here.

when will all of the pain you brought on disappear.

© nldm

caught in a storm

took me a while to put the pieces together

took me a while to figure you all out

to realize we werent meant for eachother

accept how hard it would be to live without.

now i’m trying to figure out when it all fell apart 

understand how it all went wrong

when did all the good days go so bad

why did we keep dragging our hearts along

we got caught in the rain of a crazy storm

and we cant find our way out

its been raining days too long by now

and theres nothing left for us to figure out.

so were drowning in the tears we’ve cried

from all of the hurt and all of the lies.

caught in the rain of this crazy storm

only hoping it wont leave us torn.

now goodbyes are never easy

but i didn’t think they’d be this tough

letting go doesnt make the hurt disappear

or my days a little less rough

i thought maybe this meant something

something more then whats been done

what we had seemed so special 

till we watched it all come undone.

we got caught in the rain of a crazy storm

and we cant find our way out

its been raining days too long by now

and theres nothing left for us to figure out.

so were drowning in the tears we’ve cried

from all of the hurt and all of the lies.

caught in the rain of this crazy storm

only hoping it wont leave us torn.