JUSTIFIED
The glare has haunted you
Watching your life
With its looming presence
You feel it piercing through
Patronizing essence
Is this fear
Justified?
Is this right?
Sometimes it speaks to you
Using its light
And you find you’re drawn in
And what it says is true
It says what you like
You’re alone without it
Is this fear
Justified?
Is this right?
Is this fear safe?
Justify your way
So when we come
Unto this end
It’s the fear that drains us
Its fight or pretend
Making the choice
Will it come to please us?
Is this fear
Justified?
Is this right?
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SOME KIND OF THIEF
How strange
Its raining again
And I hope you can prove you’re right
How tame
You’ve proven to be
But I hope you don’t change your mind
Its written in metal
Engraven inside
Youre free to release him
To play some kind of thief
Hey,
Youre looking familiar
The image will seldom change
Saint
Or are you a sinner
I never did catch your name
Its written in liquid
Dripping from signs
Youre free to release him
To play some kind of thief
I know you’ve had better days than I
The trail is untraceable,
So why run?
Its written in cardboard
The man on the street
Hes hoping youll see him
so he can get off his feet
hes hoping youll see him
to help him get off his feet
youre free to release him
to play some kind of thief
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The Sky is Falling
On any other day
We might have drawn conclusions
On any other day
We might have got it wrong
Just looks into the skies
And says he had a vision
A forest in his eyes
A needle in his arm
And are you
Scared my love?
Do you hope the sky is falling
If the world ends now
We wont be responsible
I had a dream
A man who came
He told me not to notice
Said to raise a finger
Was to lose your only arm
I never woke again to find
The shouting on the pavement
The secondary letter
Written red to raise alarm
And are you
Scared my love?
Do you hope the sky is falling
If the world ends now
We wont be responsible
I told the man to sleep at home
Hes got a bed that’s warm
A fire that’s cold
Cold
Wait, you know theres more of this to come
Balance, I said its been there all along
So now you’ve been around
What do you think of my life?
Is it cold? Is it dark? Is it you?
And are you
Scared my love?
Do you hope the sky is falling
If the world ends now
We wont be responsible
And are you
Scared, scared,
Scared we wont be responsible?
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Graffiti
Pictograms are etched upon a wall
These ancient figures
Tell stories long forgotten
And do you see the picture of a man
He holds a spear within his hand
Hes hunting something
His eyes are fixed upon a dove
As fear resounds throughout the sketch
Afraid of something
Hieroglyphic images are written on a pyramid
Imprisoning someone
Something, somewhere, somehow
And do you see the picture of a girl
She stands by the river waiting for someone
And if you look above her head, youll see
The goddess of the night at watch
Standing over
Petroglyph, a writing on a wall
Made for reasons that are unknown to us
Written for us
For us to see
And do you see a work of art upon the walls
Relayed through time
With a purpose?
Or do you see a vandalism
Destructive art
We call graffiti
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PROJECT IVY
We suffocate the ground each day
So heavy falls the sole
To contradict the rain
Its plain, still we stay
The movement of the mass is framed
Dictated by the one
They all will feel the strain
Its strange
Still they play
Seeds of grey,
Plant and pray
Ivy lover wrapped in his own life
Never said he had another wife
I feel your pain
Seeds of grey
Plant and prey
You cannot leave me now
Don’t know how
Eyes of stone
(just wait)
View their own
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THE PARADISE
Sailor,
I know your mouth is sore
From all that filth
All the words you wrote and spoke
Eyes red
Seeking after smoke
To fuel the fall
But you’re so small
Senses are numbed by addiction
You’re no change
Failure,
You stagger drunk and fall
You lose your meal
But youre too far gone to feel
Senses are numbed by addiction
Youre no change
Sympathy’s losing its hold on you
Still you stay
Talk about my flesh and blood
As though you’d see her fall right off this boat
Ill take no more
Sailor
So old and frail
Worn thoughts will seethe
To know the air
To feel you breathe in one more phrase
Senseless addict, still you –
But You’re so small
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WORDS
The sound
Look to the sound
Look to the sound
Older than age
Past expectations
With something to say
But they vote concealment
But words have a way of just coming out
Some view me a child
Caught in whats around me
Never care to see the searchlights above
One first to call me wild
Then they will all follow suite
And im giving up
Live in a day
Then its all over
Something is strange
Something must break down
but words have a way of just coming out
Some view me as a child
Caught in whats around me
Never care to see the searchlights above
One first to call me wild
Then they will all follow suite
And im giving up
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ROACH
Stay with me for awhile
I know im not, not sane yet
Thoughts coming from inside
To strain the mind
Not safe yet
Iv seen failure now and in the past
now alone id never last
Its good to see you here
To hide me from myself
Lift me out
Somehow
Tomorrow brings the call
The order to display
To hear the gavel fall
And tell me of my fate
Iv been alone for too long
Im not feeling so strong
Iv been lost without the second word
Eyes closed with thoughts on what Iv heard
No one will hear me now
Or save me from myself
So in this state of mind
I fall away to fitful dream
Lift me out somehow
Scenes fly
Crack the sky
Create the second word
To save the ones I need
To take another turn
Denying only greed
Iv been alone for too long
Im not feeling so strong
Heres what I see
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PRINCE OF WHITE
Wind has no disguise
Throws herself on winter
To her own demise
Broken forest blown
Fragment of a breeze
That’s forcing cold
I am the king who wished his world saw never an end
Shivering walls built up around me
Only pretend
But I am cold
Darkest
Prince of white
Alone
Winds of march return
A thaw to all the hopes once trapped in ice
Limbs from birth to sky
Given ground to try for better light
I am the king who wished his world saw never an end
(from birth to sky)
Shivering walls built up around me
Only pretend
But I am cold
Darkest
Prince of white
Alone
Give presence to green and lush and warmer days
Quit wondering why ill never change my ways
Your angels are lost on me
Your angels are lost on me
I am the king who wished his world saw never an end
Shivering walls built up around me
Only pretend
Strength is a lie that only wisdom can defend
(till we meet again)
I am the king who watched his world fall down again