Devout Lunatic

I have no compassion
for the possessive
I have no understanding
of the obsessive

call this unbearable
so you don't have to know
what it's like to feel
to love and to grow

I question most things
to distract the cliche
you can't learn anything
if you already know the way

my clouds hold knowledge
the rain, the truth
wash away ignorance
you wash away youth

I know myself
because I know my friends
I read every letter
that the mockingbird sends

seldom do we find
a river so dry
as the hearts of the people
that make loved ones cry

I swear up and down
for the adrenaline rush
I sit and wait patiently
for the imminent crush

your words are of fire
but your mind is cold
you live for nothing
just to do what your told

I'm a devout lunatic
'cause I can't stand the sane
I build these walls
'cause I can't stand the pain

my madness is pleasure
there are no rules
to follow an invisible line
is the hobby of fools

tragic to speak
and only spread hate
a believer of reason
not one of fate

we create life
and destroy ourselves
put you prejudice
back on the shelves

I listen to silence
your words are too loud
I'd tell you my secret
but I'm afraid you're too proud

Cycles

were we so mistaken
at the beginning of it all
though the bricks were in our hands
we couldn't see the wall

and once that cycle started
we fell into our pace
what started out so slowly
sprinted to a race

time was chased away
the past all that remained
only now as I look back
do I see the surface stained

our hands so wrought in anger
could never feel embrace
apology struck into your eyes
but I didn't deserve the grace

shame became like daytime
it was all that we could see
and as stillness was momentum
there was no place we'd rather be

I refused to face the inevidible
so plain before our eyes
what once held us together
soon severed all our ties

assign the blame to me
a diversion to your guilt
the stone pillars crumbled beneath
of the foundation that we built

we tumbled into silence
and were deafened by the sound
screaming into nothing
as the cycle came around

entrapment laced with consent
we chose to be this way
do we linger in this moment
when it hurts us both to stay

the end marks a new beginning
of a time no longer shared
wandering in our separate directions
to places we never dared

Tricks

You know I feel the shards
underneath your skin
I know what you want
but where do I begin

that bitter taste
is suddenly sweet
frozen solid
but I can't stand the heat

reason seems logical
until logic is reasoned with
it turns out you find out
that reason was just a myth

it all just figures
until you figure it all out
so you give in to give up
and learn that its best to doubt

but it really means nothing
you just have to accept
that there are always exceptions
you have to except


Its all so confusing
so forget about that
let's see what other tricks
I can pull from this hat

Crash and Burn

I feel like its always
the beginning of the end
I hold on for the life of me
cause you were my only friend

but why in the here and now
does it have to just stop
Time keeps movin so fast
but we're no longer on top

its like it all keeps crumbling
like this crash and burn
I did all my homework
but there was no lesson to learn

and this is all we made of it
we swirled it around
can't seem to try it
but we still drank it down

and why do we fight
for this reckoning
when everything we say
points us to another thing

I'll never understand
why it has to be so hard
if I must pay the price
well, then here is my card

Charge it to the competitor
I'm not ready to move on
you think you're the king
but baby you're just a pawn

listen while I speak these words
and you best keep them near
because they may be the last
that you'll ever hear

Silent Scream

Bite your tongue
Taste the blood
Speak no words
waste the mud

Deception
Hide your face
Under leather
Wrapped in lace

Bells that ring
Phones that chime
Hear the music
Keep the time

Erase me
So I’ll leave
Love me
And I’ll believe

Lights too bright
Can’t see the stars
Skin’s too thick
To hold the scars

History fades
But leaves a mark
Shadows glow
Inside the dark

Whisper soft
So all can hear
Why only face
The things you fear

Listen close
The silent scream
I’d rather be
Than only seem

Wax Figurines

Falling too conscious
I hate the feeling
Just let me go
I don’t need the healing

I’m thinking logically
Don’t call me insane
You’re not the judge of me
You’re all just the same

just wax figurines
From the same mold
Why be ordinary
If you can be bold

I need no excuses
This is who I am
Say what you want
‘cause I don’t give a damn

liars are role models
and truth is imprisoned
you say you want order
is this what you envisioned

good people lose
and bad people rule
you can look in my eyes
but you can’t pull the wool

I see it too clearly
Though I don’t want to
I know the tired words
The ones that resent you

Paint me a picture
So I can’t see what's real
But I know myself
And that you can’t steal

The Well Worn Path

It’s sad how you walk
This path so worn
Been following the leader
Since the day you were born

You may have dreams
To set the par
As far as I can tell
You haven’t so far

You drown in this river
As you get pulled along
Why stay here
In a place you’ll never belong

Fight the current
And learn to fly
When you know the truth
There’s no need to ask why

In this world
Of a robotic norm
It seems like a drought
When it’s really a storm

Run in a circle
Or step in line
Why take yours
If I’ve already got mine

Don’t give in
To this all of a kind
Thanks for the thought
But I’ve got my own mind

Do as they say
Or give up your soul
The bricks in the wall
Fall to form a hole

Journey

Take this from me
All that I've made
Fall down and sink
In the lies where you wade

Not made of steel
Or carved out of stone
I feel the hurt too
And swear you're not alone

Remembering is hard
When you try so hard to forget
It feels like I know you
But we've never met

Do we surrender
Or stay in this fight
Stand for justice
To be told you have no right

Bitterness burns
Like the light from the sun
Be patient like the moon
Wait til the day is done

How do we find something
That was never really there
It's hard to show emotion
If you don't even care

When assigned a label
We become what we're not
You try to forgive
But you haven't forgot

Lost in thought
And swayed in song
At the rate you're going
It won't take long

Where we've been
Defines who we are
The place we're headed
Is never too far