Dead Shamrocks
Coffeehouse soundtracks muse Then pause while live performances tumble through the door Uproar and brouhaha fight in brawl Yet none of this is recognized Like a worthless fighter with fists still raised Though red mash covers the floor and...
My Spider Dance Lyrics
#2 of poetry these lyrics popped into my head in the shower when the "spider dance" song from undertale was stuck in my head. i'm not particularly a fan of undertale, but let's not get into that.
The Starling Master
Amid the mid-air rushing the Starling Master stands Invisible to every eye not of his feathered kin. The starlings wheel around him to his soundless swift commands, Above, beneath, beside him they rush out and they rush in, In orbit all about him...
The Sisters of Vengeance
#21 of poetry one thing that i like to do is take a song i like and write new lyrics for it. sometimes that's just because i like the lyrics, but sometimes they're a direct commentary on the originals.
Maybe Stop Telling This Man What He Wants
"Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long." How often hath that platitude Been strangled into song? By men who do not want, but have Their little and their more. In rhymes perforce, in meter bad, They serve it to the poor. ...
Sunstroke
We heard of him in fairy tales, Unfinished epics, songs in braille. From all ends of the ending earth We tracked him to this place. We each believed the others fools. But all believe: those are the rules. At last his trail, Like...
Evensong for Flock and Pack
Save me a place by the fireside, love, For nightfall's outrun me again. There's miles upon miles I must walk somehow, There's burdens on burdens I'm carrying now, And when I come home--which I will, I vow-- I'll be needing that fireside then. For...
And I Shall Rest
Sun going down. And I am far from home. Sun going down. And I'm out there alone. On the roads, I'm one more weary soul Searching for some place where I'll be whole. With my loaded backbone bending And the pain jolts up my arm. I will reach...
Cold Front
Grey mountains march at the edge of the sky. Dark mountains glower through a narrowed eye. From shadowed mountain vales comes a breeze long blest And the wind rises silent from the dark northwest. It rushes as it rises like a half-remembered...
My Nightmare
lyrics my nightmare verse i: why do you treat me this way i feel i'm lost in a haze you don't seem to give a shit we might as well just split why are you so cruel making me look like a fool and every chance you get you're making another regret chorus
Joy Ride
lyrics **joy ride** **verse i:** **would you come with me** **on a ride of ectasy** **come on now baby** **you're gonna excite me** **ohh now baby** **come on downtown** **i need you in my apartment** **right now...
Our Sickness
I once walked with the best, my head held high We pushed further into the cold dead of night We had fought hard and still we pushed on And when the night had faded we looked forward to the new dawn I know I'll never be the same again But here I...