Politics

Is this what we're really looking for?
The pain of losing her son
At war
Are these mistakes
Really all that minimal?
Can you honestly say
You wouldn't change a thing?

Do you know the nation?
Mr. President
Do
You
Know
Me?

No you don't know me

They are illegal
The aliens you hate
But do you really think
Citizens would take their jobs
Willingly
They work hours upon hours
For lower than minimum wage
Just for a better life
What's so wrong with that?
It's not like
You want
Their jobs
Or their pay

Do you know the nation?
Mr. President
High atop your tower
Where the sun blinds your eyes
A fancy mansion
Sitting an office
Built for two
Or three

No
You don't know me

What good is a democracy
Where the majority suffers
And the rich just watch and laugh?

Until I Die

I wish I could speak
I wish I could breathe
I wish I could
Sing you a song
You could never forget
My dear

I wish I had talent
I wish I had potential
I wish I could
Make this guitar
Strum its strings
In perfect melody
For you

But if all I can do is write
Then I'll write
Until the day I die

Until I die...

Sitting here
4 a.m.
The world lays silent
Save for my pen
Dancing on paper for you

I wish life was simple
I wish this was easy
I wish I could
Take all your pain away

I'm not perfect
We'll never be perfect
But I hope we'll both find
Someone
Someday

And if all I can do is write
Then I'll write
Until the day I die

Until I die...

The sun isn't up just yet
The world still sleeps
Ink as black as your eyes
Maybe I can see your face
If I stare long enough

Until I die
I'll keep writing

Mystery

Ever written
Something
And didn't
Know what it meant
The words just came to me
There is no reasoning
To this ink
Set in paper

"Pale blue
Seeps through
Drips into my veins"

I've been tearing
At my mind
At my heart
Searching for a reason
Some explanation
But to no avail
It's still a mystery
And there's another

"Daggers fall from crimson skies"

The words make no sense
To me
Can you figure them out?
Now's your chance to be a detective...

Are We Afraid?

There's gotta be a mistake
Gotta be a typo
Ten million deaths
This can't be real...
Lies!

Afraid of the truth

We live in boxes
Chain us down
Rules for reason
Safe, routine living...
Wake up! And live already!

Afraid of ourselves

An earthquake could come
Wildfire spreading
What if another tsunami?
The sky is falling...
Take a risk!

Afraid of the world

What are we afraid of?
What are we waiting for?
The moment won't last forever
Make tomorrow today
Let it out!




Are you afraid?

Burning Eyes

With broken wings
And broken arms
I'll carry you
To a different place

Spilling ink on paper
My heart will race for you
Try to keep in pace
Keep in pace

My head's spinning
My head's spinning
Colors
Blind
The eyes
Whisper words in my ear
I can't hear you
I can't hear you screaming

Spilling all the ink I have
My heart races for you
Try to keep in pace
Keep in pace

I know
You see
Through this wall of lies
I've built
From the ground up
Protect myself
I see your eyes
Staring
Staring at mine
I see your eyes
Burning holes in mine
I see your eyes
Burning holes in mine

Broken
Ink-stained wings
Are all I have

Seventeen For Me

Trying to find myself
But I'm still lost
Even more than before
Dreaming of better
Because reality is depressing
Just pieced together my heart
New scars for the world to see
Treading on thin ice
Threatened with a changing blaze
It grows
It dies
Reaching for something
With fragile hands
Living in a past breath
Hoping for the next
Thinking love is a lie
Only to believe it again
Finding something new to hold closer
A new anthem to celebrate
Searching
For a someone
Because my heart's a fool
And I'm following it
I still prefer the night
The darkness creeps closer
Shelter in a dragon's wings
A little less of a shadow
More of another soul

Three Years and This is it?

Three years I've wasted away
Waiting
Three years gone
Long gone
Nothing's changed
I'm still the same
Confused
Twisted
Mad at the world
Depressed
Sadistic
Lost in myself

They keep preaching the same damn thing to me
I've heard it all before
They just keep adding the chains
Keep binding me
There is no place to escape
No place to just release

Next year is nothing different
But for some reason
I keep hoping
Foolish heart
Don't you know
Love is a lie?

Tomorrow Never Came

We are the voices..........screaming!
We are the broken..........hearts!
We are the blood,
On your hands..........bleed to death!

I hope you bleed to death!

We are
The dirt
Beneath
Your fingernails
You try
To scrape
Away
Our pain

We shout!
We will scream!

Living in the moment...
(Living to breathe)
Hoping for the next...
(Breathing to live)
Living in the moment...
Hoping for the next....

Tomorrow never came...

We are the voices..........screaming!
We are the broken..........hearts!
We are the blood
On your hands..........bleed to death!

Ever felt like screaming!?
Ever wanted to bleed?
Ever felt like screaming!?
Ever wanted to bleed?

We are the blood
On your hands
The dirt
Beneath
Your fingernails
Try to scrape us away
Try to scrape us away

You can bury us
Even burn us to ashes
You can bury this
Even burn it to ashes

But what would they think?
What would they do?

And we will scream!
Tomorrow never came
Tomorrow never came
Tomorrow never came!

Just a Memory

Dear
Memory of mine
Your eyes
Are so piercing
Piercing my
Piece my heart together
Piece my heart together
But where's the picture?
Guide these fragile hands
I keep dropping it
I keep breaking it
I keep dropping it
I keep breaking it
When will I learn?
Precious
Memory of mine
Your smile has faded
Joy lost
Sadness found
Despair drowned
You
I search for you
In rivers
In oceans
I search for you
My dear
Precious
Memory

Voice

Remember the time you cried
On the inside?
How you forced a smile
To be ignored?
Oh how my eyes bled
At the sight of
Their
Tongues
Tied

Sing me something soft
Something soothing
Something calm
Scream me something harsh
Something true
Something raw

Remember the time you collapsed?
No one around
To save you
Pick yourself up
Oh how I wished for the day to end
Already
Hurry it up
I'm done with this
I'm done with this

Sing me something soft
Something soothing
Something calm
Scream me something harsh
Something true
Something raw

Choose your voice
I'm listening
Li
Sten
Ing
I'm listening

Scream me something soft
Sing me something raw

Awoken

I nightmared
My own funeral
And the words
Spoken
Here lies a boy
Who dreamed dreams
But never lived
Here lies a man
Who only saw
One side of the hill
A dreamer crushed by reality
Broken ribs
Broken heart
I woke up
With the taste of dirt in my mouth

Alive

It's been
Far
Too
Long

Are you alright?
(Are you alive?)
Are your lungs still
Breathing?
Is your heart
Still
Beating with mine?
Are you alright?
(Are you alive?)
Are you alive
E
I
E
I

Please tell me it's better
(Don't tell me it's worse)
Please tell me it's better
(Don't tell me it's worse)
Please tell me it's better
(Don't tell me it's worse)
Please tell me it's better

I hope you're feeling
O
K
I hope you're feeling
O
K
I hope you're feeling
O
K

It's been
Far
Too
Long

Are you alright?
(Please tell me it's better)
Are you alive?
(Don't tell me it's worse)
Are your lungs still breathing?
(I hope you're feeling)
Is your heart still
(OK)
Beating with mine?
Are you alright?
(Are you alive?)
Are you alive?
(Are you alive?)

Cloud

Rain
Rain
Go away
And never come back
As if I need a reminder
As if I need a reminder
Sorrow born
Flames scorned

Isolate

That morning never was
The last drips of dew
Fell off each blade of grass
As we marched to the grave
Please
Won't you choke on your words
So I can have my silence
Leave me alone
This pain is mine to bear

They buried her body
But I got some life in me
Still got some life in me

Go away
Just
Go away
I don't need you here
Don't want you here
Your words are the dirt in the grave
Worth nothing
Become nothing

They buried her body
But I got some life in me
Still got some life in me
I'll do this alone
Somehow
Someway
Someday