Honey is thicker than bloodYou can tell yourself all you wantThat’s why you draw fliesYou’re a corpse in the sun Honey is thicker than her tearsfill your glass againToo drunk to talktalk too much to listen You can always drown in low tideLying on your backThe pills make it easydeath just seems so freeingyou sink […]
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Music
I put the music you should face on a record and I buried it deep in the dirt from it grew a hand that kept me tethered to this earth I let your voice become a vine that overtook my garden tangled in the thorns of roses their petals used to kiss your cheeks I […]
Habits
My breath is itchy like my throat is scabbed over nothing’s coming for me they say over and under like if they lie nothing bad ever happens leave me here I’m better off in my habits I’m better when my words scratch it the itch that makes me so mad it hurts bugs under my […]
Blood
I want to throw my body against these rocks My own legs will drag me up I’ll jump but then I think of who will find me My blood will slick the soles of their rain boots My blood will stick to their dark clothes Slippery, don’t fall You’ve got people back home I will […]
Flashlight
You don’t walk like you own this place You don’t walk like you’re anybody sit on somebody else’s grave and think about how you’re dying on your feet You carry a flashlight through this house You hold it up to my face Make sure nothing’s changed again To you I’ve not aged a day You […]
Checkmate
This must be a jokeYou must really think you’re cleverI’m caught in a contradiction(Checkmate)I must admit you’re betterExcept you’re not Just a friendly reminderyou’d always rather drown when you’re on fireThat never made anyone a liarNo one at all This ain’t a game to meThis is a conversationWhen you think you can get me(Checkmate)Is the […]
You
I sit and listento the salt water dripfrom the cracks in the roofand offthe cheeks of the scaredif only you would’ve cared my stomach grumbleswhile my mouth screamsa battle cry for this fightand Iam scared of my own faceif only you would’ve stayed love is a hookburied deep in my cheekand I’ve been dragged to […]
Atlas
You shook your head It rattled my foundations like I was built on top of you An island with a view But you’re so alone scared of dying and of phone calls How’d you get so small? My teardrop, your rainfall It’s not how it used to be you breathing fire while I’m away me […]
Heavy
you are marchinglike some kind of soldierheavy is the hip that wears your holster you walk kinda funnybut you’re not making funheavy is the hand that holds your gun you’re not justicebut you’re blind all the sameheavy is the badge that bears your name you’re not protectionjust a different gun against our headsHeavy is the […]
Lost
I can’t tell you what you wantconjure up a thought to make it stopthe memories won’t go awayif where the ghosts haunt is where you stayI’m sorry I’ve got nothing for youexcept empty hands as my proofwhat do you want me to say?words that will never make it okayI lost them Comfort is fleetingand it’s […]
Song Lyrics and Short Stories 