it’s obvious that you’re dying,
dying.
just living proof
that the camera’s lying.
and oh, oh, open wide.
this is your night,
so smile.
’cause you’ll go out in style.
“don’t you know by now: you can’t turn back, because this road is all you’ll ever have.” — Fences by Paramore.
they taped over your mouth
scribbled out the truth with their lies
you little spies.
nothing compares to
a quiet evening alone.
just the one
two of us is counting on.
that never happens,
i guess i’m dreaming again,
let’s be more than
this.
“if you wanna play it like a game, well come on, come one, let’s play. ’cause i’d rather waste my life pretending, than have to forget you for one whole minute.” - Crushcrushcrush by Paramore.
i’m a fountain of blood
in the shape of a girl.
you’re the bird on the brim,
hypnotized by the whirl.
drink me - make me feel real.
wet your beak in the stream.
game we’re playing, is life.
love’s a two way dream.
you are the one who grows distant,
when i beckon you near.
“i’m a path of cinders, burning under your feet. you’re the one who walks me, i’m your one way street.” — Bachelorette by Björk
lust for comfort
suffocates the soul
this relentless
restlessness
liberates me
sets me free
“did I imagine it would be like this, was it something like this I wished for… or will I want more?” — Wanderlust by Björk; from the album “Volta.”
Through the mayor’s ruined head,
the boy steps through the window
and cries out from the ledge
to the people below.
‘There’s a time to pray
and there’s a time to fight.
Anything can be a weapon
if you’re holding it right.
Defend what is yours,
they will not take our souls.
It’s time now to
rise
and fight!’
“Save our city, keep our souls lord. Through the Rapture of this world.” — Save Our City by Ludo; from the album “Broken Bride.”
you woke up, in pieces
from making these changes
and holding the ransom, won’t write you an anthem.
on the outside, I’m trying, cause inside, I’m dying.
you took me for granted
now I’m changed, you haven’t
it won’t be so easy to sell me this feeling.
“this broken heart, was stronger then. now i can’t stand to part with this.” — This Broken Heart by Something Corporate; from the album “North (Japan)”
And so I’m trying,
to hold it all together and,
and make it through the day.
When I’m just dying
to drop it all and take your hand,
so we can run away.
“if home is where the heart is, then my home is where you are. but it’s getting oh so hard to spend these days without my heart.” — I’m Taking You With Me by Relient K.
You belong
to the gang.
And you say you can’t break away.
But I’m here,
with my hands
on my heart.
And our families can’t agree.
I’m your brother’s sworn enemy
But I’ll shout
out my love
to the stars.
“so wait, for the stone, on your window, your window. wait by the car and we’ll go, we’ll go.” O Valencia! by Decemberists; from the album “The Crane Wife.”
Before you click please note that my language is quite.. expansive in this entry. I apologize to those who find such offensive, but you have no obligation to read this.
Your eyes like sea glass,
so weathered and worn.
From all they’ve seen of
adolescence torn.
The lovers who
have tainted you,
they pulled you into the night.
They touched your skin
with velvet gloves,
and made you feel alive.
“you have bent your shoulders, to hold the weight of the world you will surely shatter.” — Magnolia by The Hush Sound.
This room’s too small,
it’s only getting smaller
I’m against the wall,
I’m slowly getting taller
here in Wonderland.
This guilt feels so familiar and I’m..
home.
“You live the life you’re given with the storms outside; somedays all I do is watch the sky.” — Watch the Sky by Something Corporate.