A million baby blue balloons
Captured sunlight in crystal cocoons
A warm hand on the indestructible
Only the breakable
And the fragile

Just a fable about the future
Careful what wished for you
Falling stars reused countless times
Like the town whore
Who lost her magic long ago

Your acidic tongue lost in my mouth
Full of cherry flavoured antacids
Kisses that have lost their bite
Lemon flavoured sugar cubes
I found one in my soup

I slid across your strings
Too quickly and it burned
You hammered on my affection
But every vibrato has to end
When the laws of physics are in motion

*One of those where the mood feels ‘right’ to me for each paragraph, yet I don’t know what the topic is really about..probably something dormant inside my mind. So I guess it’s pretty much open for interpretation.

Verse 1:
There’s something soft behind that guarded stare
A gentle spark that’s sleeping deep underneath
Cos when my gaze brushes across your path
I know you’re searching for truth in my eyes

Verse 2:
I see the secrets dancing on your lips
A burning passion that you desperately hide
There are pains that you’re trying to forget
Why don’t you trust me to kiss them away

Chorus:
Wanting so badly to let you know
I wish that you’re mine and that I am yours
Whoa oh oh
I’m hoping you’re smiling now somehow
Wherever you may be
Please know that I love you

Verse 3:
There’s something beautiful beneath those scars
I sense a heart that wants to feel and surrender
I’m not saying that you have to pretend
You are fine, but will you just let me love you

Bridge:
Something burns deep within
Waking me to a living dream that’s so real
I never want to slip back to silence
Or starve my soul of love

*Someone once asked if  I could perhaps write some lyrics for a song of his, but he never did use them, and I don’t think he ever will. I can’t think of another way to rearrange them, so up on the blog they go :)

Verse 1:
Suffocating in a grave of ice,
I can’t feel a thing.
You’re burning me alive,
It’s corroding more than skin.

Verse 2:
I’m cold iron to the core,
But even metal shells can bleed.
I’m only human, nothing more,
I’ll get on my knees and plead.

Chorus:
I’m drowning in a sea of need,
But I don’t think it’s from greed.
I have the right to be wrong,
And I’ll fail just as long -
As I’m only human, nothing more,
Human, and nothing more.

Verse 3:
Smothered in a veil of anger,
I’m dying just to scream.
Washed out in a swirl of pastel,
I’m crying in my dreams.

Verse 4:
(Like) A goddess flying mongst’ the stars,
Smile so hard I think I’ll crack.
Hearts can’t breathe inside the head,
Together we’re turning black.

(Chorus)

*About being so vulnerably human; feeling so many contradictory emotions at the same time.   Sorta have a tune for this one, will try my best to work the chords out and update again.

I’m not dying because you don’t want me anymore.   Rather I was already dead, and came alive for the brief moment you did.

Roaming the streets of by and by,
I tempted fate while high on death.
Jaywalked at every junction,
Visited the seven deadly sins.

Swore at the heartless sun,
For prolonging the eventual end.
Adopted world proclaimed truths,
But failed to nurture them into hope.

Found some torn patches of wisdom,
To pad the glass walls of my heart.
Unclasped the steering wheel of my life,
Stepped on the accelerator just to see
How far I can go.

Arriving at the house of never,
You found me destroyed with hatred within.
But boldly you entered my nightmares,
To search for the missing person inside.

You set the hollow within me aflame,
With a perfect understanding
That imperfection cannot fathom.
Lit it up so you can see me clearly,
I’ll burn it down to let you find me.

I’ll never see past the step before me,
But night is not darkness anymore.
Not when my path is bathed in moonlight,
And when your stars shy not from my skies.
You lit it up so you can see me clearly,
I’ll burn it down so I can find you freely.

*For those who found something familiar, the first line of the 1st and 4th para join up to form a similar whole quote by Miguel de Cervantes. Special thanks to my friend Clarence, for lending inspiration for this piece.

I have a genuine plastic smile,
Kinda looks like the one you own.
Slip it on to talk to me while
Silent tears of glass slip alone.
We just don’t dare to deal,
With anything that’s real.
Why does it cost so much to be careless,
When we’re so far away from flawless?
So just pretend you’re alright,
And I’ll keep my truth in fetters.
The penance for guilt will be light,
If we leave the shards to scatter
Into foreign bits of matter,
To cut us up inside.

I’ll show you how fragile I really am,
Don’t lie to me, you’re no better yourself.
What room is there to fear of falling,
If I’m holding you close enough?
Like driftwood to you I’m clinging,
You keep me floating when tides turn rough.

I made myself some pretty chains,
Like you I fasten them on by day.
Everyone has a key to their bane,
But I had to throw mine away.
I’m nothing left but to be mended,
And your key fits perfect into me.
So don’t you leave me stranded,
Please, come set me free?
And I can fall on my knees begging,
But to you it don’t mean a thing.
When night from the sky is muted,
The chains will return undisputed.
Don’t leave me to my own devises,
My enemy has no lack of vices.

I’ll show you how fragile I really am,
Don’t lie to me, you’re no better yourself.
What room is there to fear of falling,
If I’m holding you close enough?
Like driftwood to you I’m clinging,
You keep me floating when tides turn rough.

*Written awhile back..maybe a month or 2.  Wanted lyrics but somehow kept sinking back to poetry..Decided to just edit, update and get it out of my system. A slight variation and derivation from a prior quote.

Don’t you crave for the silver grave?
Fasten these chains on me now.
I’ll taste the ecstasy on your lips,
Before the eternal sleep.

I beg for poison to flood my blood,
Be kind and kill me sweetly.
Breathing, you’ll hear me in your ear,
Pleading, I yearn for your dominion.

Leave behind a psychedelic relic,
They’ll unravel mysteries from your eyes.
How much longer can we contrive,
In a cruel bid to stay alive.

Verse 1:
Hello friend, I miss you.
I played the lottery
On the midnight train,
Going from gaze to gaze
Hoping to meet yours somehow.

Chorus:
But you’re not there.
So many faces all around,
But you’re nowhere,
Nowhere to be found.
They ask me questions,
I tell them lies.
What can I say?
There’s nothing left to say,
Except I miss you, again.

Verse 2:
Uninvited thoughts of you
Creep into my head,
But I let them in.
And for a brief second,
I thought I saw some colour.

Bridge:
When the day fades
From grey to black,
I’m at the mercy of my thoughts.
When the crocodile laughter
Ceases to distract,
In that space before nightmares,
I dream of you,
I think of you,
I wish for you.

He’s just a fucktard
Another retard
Dethrone him
Deny him
Despise him
How?

He’s just a liar
Cease your admire
Rebuke him
Rebuff him
Renounce him
Now.

He’s just a poseur
Fake love connoisseur
Expose him
Exchange him
Expired and
Foul.

*Recently I’ve been trying to write more lyrics, and have difficulties due to my habit of making things long-winded. Can’t seem to write any music for them either. :( We’ll see, but for now this is it. Sorta picture it sung Rancid, Pennywise or L7 style.

There’s a gulf
From here to there.
I can see the cliffs
On the other side,
But not beyond.
I say hi,
It echoes and dies,
Down shadows between.
Nothing returns.
There used to be
A beautiful bridge.
I could cross it
Once in awhile.
Now it’s tarnished,
And no one dares
To fix it.

*Temp push fr: Aug 16 2008, 8:55pm