I’ve used hammers made out of woodI have played games with pieces and rulesI’ve deciphered tricks at the barBut now you’re gone, I haven’t figured out whyI’ve come up with riddles and jokes about warI’ve figured out numbers and what they’re forI’ve understood feelings, and I’ve understood wordsBut how could […]
Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a CorvetteThinks he’ll get the girl, he’ll only get the mechanicWhat’s missing? He’s living a day he’ll soon forget That’s one more time around, the sun is going downThe moon is out, but he’s drunk and shouting, putting people downHe’s pissing, […]
Have a drink, they’re buyingBottom of, bottle of denial Big guy, big eye watching meHave to wonder what it seesProgress laced with ramificationsFreedom’s big plunge Pull the innocent from a crowdRaise the sticks, then bring ‘em downIf they fail to obeyIf they fail to obey For every tool they lend […]
There’s a girl on a ledge, she’s got nowhere to turn‘Cause all the love that she had was just wood that she burnedNow her life is on fire, it’s no one’s concernShe can blame the world, or prey till dawnBut only love can breakerfallBreakerfallOnly love can breakerfallFall It’s like she […]
Don’t feel like homeEase a little outAnd all these words alone is nothing like your poemPutting in and putting inDon’t feel like methadoneA scratching voice all alone is nothing like your baritone It’s nothing as it seemsThe little that he needsIt’s homeThe little that he seesIs nothing he concedesIt’s home […]
It’s out of my hands, making all hands meetStumble as it’s crumbling out of reachIt’s in the cards of destinyYour sanity in towDesignate my luckResignate This power has no roots to guide, no roleTrust me, rusted minds refuse to goUnwillingness, it’s meaninglessTo walk away in vainDesignate my willDesignate my willResignate […]
All my rivals will see what I have in storeMy gunI’ve been harboring fleets in this reservoirRed sunAnd this nation’s about to explode Your disciples are riddled with metaphorsWell-hungBetter pony up and bring both your barrelfullsNot oneAs we release this unspeakable toll How’s our mother to damn these contributorsWith mud?How […]
All in all, it’s no one’s faultExcuses turn to carbon wallsBlame it all on chemical intercourse The swallowed seeds of arroganceBreeding in the thoughts of tenThousand fools who fight irrelevance The full moon is dead skinThe one down here’s wearing thinSo set up the ten pinsAs the human tide rolls […]
sirens scream wanton attentionTime to take heed and change directionsTime to take stock and make omissions EvacuationEvacuation Time to take leave all formal functionsTime to plant seeds of reconstructionNo time this time to feign reluctance It’s like you’re waiting for a diamond shore to wash your wayBets put aside, you’re […]
Oh, he deals ‘em off, off the top, ties ‘em offFills it up with his past, gets carried awayOh, half his life, a hand-me-down, wasted awayOh, he fills it up with the love of a girl Oh, he left it alone, drilled the pain with money to buy How he […]
Routine was the themeHe’d wake up, wash and pour himself into uniformSomething he hadn’t imagined beingAs the merging traffic passedHe found himself staring downAt his own handsNot remembering the changeNot recalling the planWas it…? He was okayBut wonderingAbout wanderingWas it age?By consequence?Or was he moved sleight of hand? Mondays were […]
Behind her eyes, there’s curtainsAnd they’ve been closed to hide the flames, remainsShe knows their future’s burningBut she can smile just the same, sameAnd though her mood is fine todayThere’s a fear they’ll soon be parting ways Standing like a statueA chin of stone, a heart of clay, heyAnd though […]
