Au revoir

When the morning comes

And you're unsure 

Where you're meant to go 

On the borderline 

Of our promised land 

And dreams we can't ignore 

With the hour 

Drawing closer 

Don't you give in 

To the posers 

And the fakes that line the walls 

Skulking down the dim lit halls 

Where I'd found you 

And we had found it all 

When the bitter night ends 

If you can't see 

Where you find yourself 

Like a blinded man 

Just hold my hand 

I'll help you reach the shelf 

Where our dreams 

Hide with our sorrows 

Beside the treasures 

Of tomorrow 

To hold us up right when we fall 

Straightened spine to keep us tall 

Till this darkness 

Makes the way for dawn 

We'll somehow carry on 

So don't you fear the morn

Voight-Kampff

beautiful lie
tell me why
I should fall for you

will I see
a bluer sky
if I were to follow you

I have no qualms
at giving in
to your every word

give me a chance
before I burn
the things I've always loved

beautiful lie
tell me why
you would do this to me

touch my heart
tug the strings
and then just leave me be

won't you try
to tell me what
we are meant to do

give me advice
show me how
all our dreams come true

beautiful lie
let me try
to read past your perfect smile

just speak your mind
and I'll believe
even if it takes a while

beautiful lie
I could die
beautiful lie
I won't cry
beautiful lie
don't ask me why

Momentary lapse of conscience.

tonight
let the wind speak it's mind
just hide within my arms
forget about our crime
let us first learn
how to survive the night
and then worry about
the coming charge of life
the train isn't leaving
until a far later hour
we've still got a station
or maybe two from afar

though the urge to pull the chain
may linger every moment
and a single shred of weakness
might push us on the pavement
we cannot give in
to the sensible line of thought
we'll end up derailing
wasting all that we have fought

you have to understand
this is no small amount of torment
or some short-lived sadness
keeping us from living in the moment

so tonight
forgive me for my sins
forget the train
give in to your whims
the time of surrender
is just a fleeting chance
this feeling of going under
I promise, it won't last
I promise, we won't last

Waging peace.

10 megatons of a better life
the mushroom cloud
of liberation

we just want to free them
from the sadness
of existence
a slight push
in the right direction
down the path the dodo was led
and the liger
and our conscience

so we grouped them up
in the name of freedom
to give their lives
a sort of upliftment
like a quick fix
for the sagging tits
of an eighties star

as we strapped it
shipped it
and dropped it down
10 megatons
of a better life
the mushroom cloud
of liberation

Narcotic girl

She's ecstasy
And I'm tripping out
In her doe shaped eyes
Those lips and that mouth.

She's cranium fog
Clouding my reason
The perfect little sin
Enough cause for treason

She's living chaos
But I was never a fan of order
So I shouldn't be worried
When she pushes my borders.

She's a free reign
And I surrender to her rule
You can take me for an idiot
Or sell me as the fool.

If she's everything wrong
I'd rather never again be right
So I'll follow her into the dark
Until she forever fades from sight.

Immaterial.

Don't give me a throne
Or a piece of the land.

I don't ask for your riches,
No more than what's in my hand.

You can keep to your ranks,
Stick to your titles and names.

I don't crave your piece of pie,
You have nothing I wish to claim.

I wouldn't implore you
To give me a house too big for home.

I find that space doesn't matter
As long as my mind has room to roam.

Keep your wine,
Your gems,
Your flowers with little stems.

I will never ask
For such worthless things
I don't wish any part of them.

All I want is to be my own
To see the world my way.

Just the steady pulse of a heavy heart
And nothing left in gray.

No shiny lights
No golden goose
No games I wish to play.

Just some words to leave behind
When my days finally die away.

CPR

Why do you nurse
A broken heart?
She asked.

Is there a reason
Your words are always sad?

You're too young
To feel the way
You say you do.

Forget the fools
You aren't mad.

You shouldn't hide
From the tides
Of fate like this.

You needn't worry
About risking a chance.

You miss every one
Of the shots
You don't take.

Let me remind you
How to dance.

Rendezvous

Meet me at
The same new place
Let me show you
The world from somewhere else

We can safely share
Our stories in the silence
No need to hide
Won't partake in their violence

Meet me at
The edge of the earth
I will pile up the wood
And build our little hearth

A place to warm
And rest your tired feet
Come the morning
Our roads will not repeat

Meet me at
Any place that isn't here
Somewhere to lie together
Where there's no quarter for fear

It need not be
Heaven or some paradise
It may not even be
Something seen by our eyes

So meet me at
The turn to the long road
I'll wait with a cigarette
As it's embers grow old

Leave behind your bags
Throw your conscience to the wind
Let me show you
Everywhere we could have been