Diminished


I watched you fall. I think I pushed. Maybe I’m crazy Maybe diminished Maybe I’m innocent Maybe I’m finished Maybe I blacked out. How do I play this? I will give my best today I will give myself away I have never hurt anything Is the jury wavering? Do they […]


Continue Reading

I Can't Sleep Baby


Girl I must have been crazy To say that it was overI had to be a fool To yell out we were throughAnd now I’m all alone And feeling down and out babyWhen I never Meant for this to endIt was so so crazy of meSometimes we say things that […]


Continue Reading

Paint It Black


I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they’re all […]


Continue Reading

Alter Mann


Er wartet auf den MittagswindDie Welle kommt und legt sich mattMit einem Faecher jeden TagDer Alte macht das Wasser glatt Ich werf den Stein zu meinem SpassDas Wasser sich im Kreis bewegtDer Alte sieht mich traurig anUnd hat es wieder glatt gefegt I’m weissen Sand der alte MannZitternd sein Pfeife […]


Continue Reading

Photograph


I found this photograph,underneath the broken picture glass.Tender face of black and white,Beautiful, a haunting sight.Looked into an angel’s smile,captivated all the while.From the hair and clothes she wore,I’d place her in between the wars. Was she willing when she satand posed the pretty photograph?Save her flowering and fair,the days […]


Continue Reading

Camera


From the inside room when the front room greeting Becomes your special book, it was simple then When the party lulls, if we fall by the side Will you be remembered? Will she be remembered? Alone in a crowd, a bartered lantern borrowed If I’m to be your camera, then […]


Continue Reading

Ignoreland


These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them years, Wrecking all things virtuous and true. The undermining social democratic downhill slide into abysmal Lost lamb off the precipice into the trickle down runoff pool. They hypnotised the summer, Nineteen seventy-nine. Marched into the capital brooding […]


Continue Reading

Live With Me


I got nasty habits, I take tea at three Yes, and the meat I eat for dinner Must be hung up for a week My best friend, he shoots water rats And feeds them to his geese Don’cha think there’s a place for you In between the sheets? Come on […]


Continue Reading

Beat A Drum


The sun reflected inThe back of my eye.I knocked my head against the sky. The dragonflies are busy buzzing me.A seahorse as if we were in the sea. Half way from coalHalf way from diamond.My fall knocked a mean chip out of me.Gathering as far as I can reach.Perched up […]


Continue Reading

Ignorance Is Bliss


Ignorance is bliss, ya know it’s true Ignorance is bliss, just look at you Ignorance is bliss, ya know it’s true Ignorance is bliss, just look at you Is it goin’ anywhere? Is it goin’ anywhere? Ignorance is bliss, ya know it’s true Ignorance is bliss, just look at you […]


Continue Reading

I Love You


When I look in your eyes I see words I can’t describe And these words I’m tellin’ you And I tell you I love you Don’t try to put me down Just because my back is turned around I’m playing it strait for once Cause baby I love you I […]


Continue Reading

Phoenix From the Flames


Silence shields the painSo you say nothingFeel they’ve rigged the gameAnd you’re done with lovin’Only you can see the darkness in the northern lights Phoenix from the FlamesWe will rise togetherThey will know our namesCan you feel itShelter me from painI always wanna feel this wayOh yeahJust like a Phoenix […]


Continue Reading

Marry Me


(Translation To: Heirate Mich) You see him creeping around the churchhe has been alone for a yearThe sadness took away all of his senseshe sleeps every night by her grave There, by the bells sleeps a stoneand I alone can read itand on the fence, the red roosterwho was your […]


Continue Reading

Summer Turns To High


Mercury is rising stillTurn the fan on high I won’t step on my own shadowNo-one wants to cry Someone put a pox on meI spit in their eyesSummer turns to high Lift my bed sheet keep in sandlesCircle search and there are candlesSummer’s here but night is raising hopes and […]


Continue Reading

Beast of Burden


I’ll never be your beast of burden My back is broad but it’s a hurting All I want is for you to make love to me I’ll never be your beast of burden I’ve walked for miles my feet are hurting All I want is for you to make love […]


Continue Reading