the sap stuck the axe to your fingerslike blood to a knifean answer to a questionfor every life, a life and the sap stuck your fingers togethermay you never cross them againit forever shut the mouth that saida sin’s a sin’s a sin and the sap turned your hand to amberstill in all its hatemay […]
Tag: lyric writing
Secrets of the Saint (different version of Telltale)
Are there skeletons in the closet of your cottage in the woodsRemote and overgrown again after an excavation or twoAnd of course there are all those mysterious fires where they couldn’t determine a sourceYou said it was just some stupid kid who was known around town as a torch I’ll travel by the light of […]
Full and Spilling Over (redux)
My cup is nearly emptyAnd I’m waiting on another dosePretending to stare at many thingsBut only focusing on one And it’s getting cloudy yet clearerThe voices drawing nearerOh they’re so familiarThey must be one of mine You are full and spilling overOn those of us half drunkDreaming of pretty thingsWhile you’re spitting over balconiesInto our […]
Fences
fencesI’ve never encountered this kindsunk in the grounddisappeared in the sky honestlyI was honestyou projecteda little perspective goes a long way fenceswith gaps I can see a bit throughthe rot in the woodgives a healthy view honestlywhat did you think?this whole timewhen did I become a liar? Or was it always you?Was it always you?
Aesop
What’s there left to find?It’s all been washed awayYou’re anxious to get rebuildingWhat you let slip down the drainYou’ve clawed your way back upFrom a false bottomYour boots are heavy but you won’t take them offAesop Stop talking in riddlesIt’s all so strangeYou’re begging me to understandWhat you can’t explainYour thoughts are unintelligibleThere’s nothing to […]
Creeps
It creeps not like a thief but like an ivy up your legit slept in the soil where you were bornit flowered on your bedyou listened to it screamwhile it ignored your criesit doesn’t care what happens, it just cares why It hurts not like a knifebut like a pin in a butterfly’s wingsit burnt […]
Green and Grey
Old folk songs and their wisdomlooking for an unclaimed earfor a soul undistractedlisten child and you shall hearof green and graygreen and gray Tell me a bedtime storyone with monsters and heroesgive me something to believe intell me something that I don’t knowgreen and graygreen and gray Do you know what it was like before […]
Ice
Down in the dumps are we?Well you know what they sayOne mans trash is another mans treasureMaybe your sadness is worth its weight Winter came twice this yearSo much for loving ice, ice, ice When it’s all said and doneWhen it’s all frozen overOne mans breeze is another mans frostbiteBut neither of them wish it […]
The Great Big Whatever
You’re in the corner of my eyeYou’re a whimpering dog that isn’t mineAll arrogance without a single accomplishmentYou’re slapping me with your tailYou’re a down to the quick hangnailYou brag in whispers and you think that protects your reputation A shrug of the shoulders can pull the rug from beneath your feetNo one owes you […]
Was I Wrong
Was I wrong to begin with?Did we start this off on the wrong foot?All those missteps and all those questionsHow could I have ever understood?Should we rebuild all these bridges?Should I start to look for new wood?Or would we be better offletting this whole thing remain as sootwhile I stay put
Song Lyrics and Short Stories 