Bittersweet

Seven sins of wantonness andeverything that’s good is goneSell it all for glory from the peersSilicone priestess scratch the back andtwists the knife to boneKick against the pricks and scrape the shinsI’m the enemy in the enemies nowSwallowed the pillDrank to the fillAll these things I carry nowIn this bittersweet, […]


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Shimmer

She calls me from the coldJust when I was low, feeling short of stableAnd all that she intendsAnd all she keeps inside, isn’t on the labelShe says she’s ashamedAnd can she take me for awhileAnd can I be a friend, we’ll forget the pastBut maybe I’m not ableAnd I break […]


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Song For You

It’s all I wantIt’s all I needed now it’s throughIt all comes back to youThe only oneThe one I needed I abuseMore color for the bruiseSo I sing this song for youThere’s nothing left for me to doGood-bye dear oneVenus I thought you’d bless me tooSo selfish to presumeSo I […]


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Hemorrhage (In My Hands)

Memories are just where you laid them Dragging the waters til the depths give up their dead What did you expect to find? Was it something you left behind? Don’t you remember anything I said when I said, [Chorus:]Don’t fall away and leave me to myself Don’t fall away and […]


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Bad Day

Had a bad day again She said I would not understand She left an note and said I’m sorry I Had a bad day again She spilled her coffee broke a shoe lace She smeared the lipstick on her face She slammed the door and said I’m sorry I Had […]


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Knives

Give me one good reason To why you’re so blind I covered your back again And you’d better cover mine [Chorus:]If I turned and walked aay Would you stick your knives in me How much longer til you break Until I walk away, walk away from you Give me one […]


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Sunburn

The sky was dark this morningNot a bird in the treesAnd silence hung suspicious and anxiousLike a blanket covered screamAnd you were goneYou were not there for meAnd I cursed the sky and begged the sun toFall all over meThis life’s not living, babyLiving ain’t freeIf I can’t find my […]


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Easy

I’ve seen your "Johnny Come Lately" Seen your exiled love parade For you another is so easy One more mask for the charade [Chorus:]Yeah you don’t hear the sounds I hear Yeah you don’t feel the fear you fear The distance that is there Well it’s wearing really thin now […]


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Empty Spaces

Mister could you maybe lend a hand To held a drowning, starving, soulless man Whose eyes are blind and feelings all but numb Whose ears are all so deaf and mouth is dumb [Chorus:]This is the way, is the way I fill your spaces now It’s the way, it’s the […]


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Ozone

I wanna make her go, I wanna make her comeI wanna push her awayDon’t wanna feel no painDon’t wanna feel no shameDon’t wanna feel this wayI’m so alone hereWhy must I beI’m the one she calls ozone babyShe waits alone for me to come downBut I want to fly like […]


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Innocent

Satan, you know where I lie Gently I go into that good night All our lives get complicated Search for pleasures overrated Never armed our souls What the future would hold When we were innocent Angels, lend me your might Forfeit all my lives to get just one right All […]


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Last Time

I’m not the first you sucked downI drank your pleasure slowThen stumbled out from your veilStill I’ve come for you tonightChoke my faith and stab my prideAnd tell myself that [Chorus:]This is the last timeThis is the last timeThis is the last time nowI’ll bleed for you Preservation or predation […]


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Hideaway

Hideaway, take me nowI cannot face another roundAnd I’m flipping through the pagesFor a name to take my placeClose my eyes, wish that I could find a spaceTo hideawayTroubled days cloud my eyesStole the sun from my skiesAnd in this darkness I am tossing, turningLying wide awakeHold my breath, wish […]


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It’s Come To This

And I found my head uncrowned and all life’s sweet nectar flowing downthe cracks and seams wasted on some petty little prayersAnd IReached up for despair but I was well below that cherished stageAnd allMy mangled hopes all song unsungI fear I’ve wasted all my sunI fear I’ve wasted all […]


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Slow

All this time I thought this coming down was fine Now everything I fought to grow Is withered hanging on that vine [Chorus:]And all I wanted Was all I needed you know And everything good in my life If you have to take it all way Oh, no, take it […]


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