untitled punk rock song

i don't pay taxes to get asked
whether i've been smokin' grass
don't pay to have my shit get trashed
you can't search me, kiss my ass!

i don't pay taxes to get zapped
to get beaten, maced and gassed
don't pay to have my phone line tapped
or to get myself entrapped

i don't pay taxes to pay bankers
for behaving more like gangsters
than any pimp or pusher on the street

i got a friend, let's call him Joe
a high school grad with no real skills
recession's on, can't find a job
so Joe sells dope to pay the bills

if Joe gets caught he' serving ten
for selling safer medicine
while old men pushing lethal pills
with tv ads and D.C. shills
get tax breaks on that brand new benz
and meetings with the president

so tell me who's the criminal
when extortion keeps your pockets full
and you keep harrassing harmless kids
for the same shit we know you all did

A Year Underwater (new lyrics)

One thousand days beyond the sun

Bodies warm, hearts growing numb

Through mist and shadow, cloud and shade

We're falling fast to the ends we've made

Empty jars lie on windowsills

In fading sun, gathering dust

A year underwater hasn't drowned my will

But my confidence fails at a touch

And this place has never been my home

And here my balance is fragile

But how can you believe you're alone

And forget we're entangled?

When will we be here again

At this crossroads of summer tides

I fear that this is the end

The end of a life full of lies

Now face to face

We're inverted

Through time and space

We come alive

And someday soon

We'll be unburdened

If our planets align

Through streetlights and bonfires

And whispers of storms

I've held her up

I've kept her warm

Memories once bright

Now grey and dim

Pressure constricting, I hold myself in

When will we be here again

At this crossroads of summer tides

I fear that this is the end

The end of a life full of lies

This time there's no turning back

All barriers and bridges collapse

No secret left to betray

Confess, repent for judgment day

And fall into place

Close your eyes, cross my fingers

Shed this disgrace

Place your hand on my heart

Run through these veins

With this page as my witness

Feel this embrace

You are mine

Victory is ours

When will we be here again

At this crossroads of summer tides

I fear that this is the end

The end of a life full of lies

When will we be here again

At this crossroads of summer tides

I fear that this is the end

The end of a life full of lies

let's learn to fly

unrest
it's a crime of passion
undressed
it's the latest fashion
these walls
create the other
will fall
before we're torn asunder

i don't even want
to try to touch the ground
eyes fixed upward,
we are weightless in the sound
we are fools and kings
and noble cowards once again
with ragged voices singing
at last we've learned to live

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My optimism spent a semester abroad, but it's back now.

when the world finally sleeps
and you take your fitful leave
i sit here shaking


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i need to remember that things can be beautiful on their own.

eat your demons

i want to eat your demons
draw out the poison,
the black and twisted cancer in you
i want to chew, swallow, suck it down, spit it out
cough and choke and still hold it all in
even if it kills me
i know i won't regret it
i'm taking them to hell with me
and i hope you won't forget this


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goddamnit i love you i love you i love you why is this so useless

one good wing

i want to raise you from the barren earth
let the breath overflowing from my lips
fill your lungs and quench your thirst

open your eyes into mine
in your ears, my distant voice
i want to be your compass
my right hand reaches out,
my left denotes true north

we have each but one good wing
broken, wretched creatures that we are
but hold fast to me and we'll ascend
more swiftly than ever
fly straight through the sun
straight on til morning

Rise

Rise
You faceless
You thoughtless
You voiceless victims
Cry

No more
Your past

Erodes inscriptions

I gather my goodbyes

Press them together

Til time and space subside

Under this heat and pressure

But I am bound to carry on
In shades of grey
Solemn strangers call my name
I cannot trust in any god;
I'll place my faith
In fragile human will and form

one day we'll just give in
no longer run or hide
find what's been here all along

buried deep or tossed aside

I hope these walls

Come crashing down

Before the day we're torn asunder

And if you fall

Without a sound

I'll hold your up

Or you'll drag me under

But I am bound to carry on
In shades of grey
Solemn strangers call my name
I cannot trust in any god;
I'll place my faith
In fragile human will and form

Blind to the beacon

Head in the sand

With passing glances

We move along

Through thick illusion

And frosted glass

Sky laughing at me

Spins far too fast

Now redshift the horizon

See tainted Eos rise

In bookmatch perfection

This matchbook inspiration

I am bound to carry on
In shades of grey
Solemn strangers call my name
I cannot trust in any god;
I'll place my faith
In fragile human will and form

I am bound to carry on
In shades of grey
Solemn strangers call my name
I cannot trust in any god;
I'll place my faith
In fragile human will and form

The earth still shakes

The torch still burns

This is not still

This is not dead

We are not still

We are not dead