The mountainsThey swallowed you wholeThe streetlightsThey beckon you homeAnd maybe I’ll find your noteBuried beneath your old clothesI left on the porch light for youI’ll need to change the bulb soon I don’t know what happened to youOr when you’ll come back to meI’m feeling like I’m gonna loseEveryone, everythingPermanently The lakesThey dragged you underneathThe […]
Tag: Songwriting
Sucker’s Luck
I slept on the pierWoke up in the waterHeard kids callingShark fodder My pockets were emptyWhat could they wantWith jawbreaker wrappersAnd sticks from lollypops Is this a joke?Is this a joke or just sucker’s luck? I washed my bikeIn my drivewayThe boys were shootingSpitballs my wayI decidedTo go for a rideBut they caught up with […]
Statue of You
It’s the virtue of foolsTo be the first to believe the truthTo keep it in their head alongside lies their tellers didn’t think throughBut I’m no foolI’m just a skeptic with a statue of you It’s the pinning of the wings of a flightless birdLeaving its legs free to runTo remind the poor thing of […]
Grow
I watched you sink down to where mankind has not exploredI’ve seen you float above the waves like you weren’t even tryingThings might get better for you but it won’t be anytime soonWe all grow older and learn to deal with what we do I saw you held so high on hands perfectly cleanAnd when […]
Peace
Smile, you know you want to at least act proud of your carnage what else are you to do? you’re gonna run with all you harbored leave me in the driveway mouth hanging open it’s all you it always was and it will be going forward sweet sweet peace you’re falling in bed as I […]
Kind
Today these eyes can’t clear their sightLong dulled are my words like knivesAnd I’m chasing away my kindChasing away my kind Choked on a collar shrinking in sizeLong gouged out my sinful eyeAnd I lived in an abyssI fell but I know how I tripped ‘Cause I’m a traitorJust for changing my mindAnd I’m the […]
Song Lyrics and Short Stories 