Sunday, September 2, 2012

silhouettes and streetlights.



in a corner of paris 
in a darkened studio
amidst a disarray of tangled limbs 
and pillows on the floor
your breath is slow and even
your lips pressed against my throat
you smile in your sleep 
and i wish i could go where you go
when your dreams carry you away 

the sky is dark, bluish gray 
and the leaves are burnished gold
the days end quickly 
and though the nights are cold
the window is flung open 
and on the streets below
a single set of headlights 
illuminates the snow
drifting down lazily 
as the moment seems to slow
and you shiver in your sleep 
and reach out to bring me close
there's a pause between our heartbeats 

running through the darkness 
with my hand held in yours
silhouettes against streetlights 
that set the night aglow
though there are many places 
that i have called my own
there's never any doubt you are my home 

stumbling over cobblestones 
in the narrow streets of rome
pressing our tongues against 
melting ice cream cones
wandering through ruins 
where sound speaks in echoes
our laughter is mingling 
with centuries of hope
as we stand at a fault line 
of the new world meeting old

running through the darkness 
with my hand held in yours
silhouettes against streetlights 
that set the night aglow
though there are many places 
that i have called my own
there's never any doubt you are my home 

when the adventure is ending 
and drawing to a close 
i will hang up my hat 
and take off my coat
and when i'm writing the epilogue 
to the grandest story told
there will never be any doubt you were my home

running through the darkness 
with my hand held in yours
silhouettes against streetlights 
that set the night aglow
though there were many places 
that i called my own
there was never any doubt you were my home
there was never any doubt you were my home

Monday, August 20, 2012

cigarettes and a touch of pink.

she smells like cigarettes and a touch of pink
a mix of bad with innocent
a sideways smile on blood red lips
with a little shrug she starts to sing
i'm medicated up to my neck
i'm dedicated but such a wreck
its complicated but whatever's next
i think i'm ready for the test

if it breaks me
i'm just gonna get up
if it hurts me
you know that's what i like
if it kills me
well, i guess that's fine
i felt alive 
i felt alive
i felt alive

she stumbles home in six inch heels
all golden skin and sex appeal
whisky-soaked and out of breath
says i've never looked before i leapt
hell, i think i'm brave but i hate the dark
i know i crave leaving a mark
i'm educated but not so smart
i never know when to stop

if it breaks me
i'm just gonna get up
if it hurts me 
you know that's what i like
if it kills me
well, i guess that's fine
i felt alive 
i felt alive
i felt alive

wait

you see, i know you're right
that you're the sanest voice
that's running through my head at night
but as the reel unwinds
and the time ticks by
the picture shakes
the tracks are misaligned

sometimes it's all too

slow, slow, slow
and it feels like i'm losing my mind
fast, fast, fast
and i, i am falling behind
wait, wait, wait
i don't know how this thing goes, but
if it breaks me
i'm just gonna get up
if it hurts me 
you know that's what i like
if it kills me
hell, i guess that's fine
i felt alive 
i felt alive
i felt alive

Monday, May 21, 2012

this is not my fight.

he said your story's so fucking tragic
if i read it you'd have my sympathy
but living in it with you
is more than you can ask of me 
you make sad look so peaceful 
but the stillness does not run deep
and there's no one that can fix
what's broken underneath
i gave it my everything
until you wrung all the caring out of me
and now i look at you
and think its time you set me free
of all this misery 
and hope for things that you can never be