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Drum-Banger: the Shadows of Dismay

Verse 1: I took several selfies in the dark Tonight, I want to sing my heart out I want to be your flaming spark Or a swirling, singing lark, no doubt Silence your screams, a harmonic drought You led me to an awful puppet master’s route (Be a banger by banging away the shadows of the deep deep inside you and me and everybody...the darkness and its intense loneliness and meandering, wicked ways were and are not meant for anybody...) Pre-chorus: I would be delighted If you would free my sadness And chase it down all away…today… Shatter it to shards and do throw it all out Shatter it all…get on the ball.. I would be relieved To see you smile with happiness And chase away the pain of dismay Instead of pouting and complaining about In all sorts of appall…and all... Chorus: Today, could you mend me? Today, would you lessen my anger? Today, should you listen clearly? Today, it looks like you’ve become a banger On the drums of becoming numb On the keyboard of being bored On the guitar strings of delirium Holding up the flute of overcoming… Tribulations unlike some…unlike some… Oh oh ah ah hmmmm… Oooh no, no, no, uhh duh dum Verse 2: I shook my head in so…much…disappointment Tonight, I refuse to fall asleep in contentment Because I want to be your light against the night Can you let me? Would you let me with my might? Waited for the breeze To blow away my disease Of wanting to be led astray and fallen Of wanting to be bound and be forgotten Pre-chorus: I would be delighted If you would free my sadness And chase it down all away…today I would be relieved To see you smile with happiness And chase away the pain of dismay Chorus: Today, could you mend me? Today, would you lessen my anger? Today, should you listen clearly? Today, it looks like you’ve become a banger On the drums of becoming numb On the keyboard of being bored On the guitar strings of delirium Holding up the flute of overcoming… Tribulations unlike some…unlike some… Oh oh ah ah hmmmm… Oooh no, no, no, uhh duh dum Rap: I am no longer Satan's puppet of upsetting regret…it gets me feeling pity I am no longer held by tight ropes and strings that craze me up extremely You understood exactly where I stood, Although I was madly misunderstood Hung low and conceived woe Beyond me and you, oh no…no… You left me hanging and now, I choked to death By your callous, senseless beating heart with a breath Your neglectful ways… Kill me insane as always… These days, I wanna kill you with kindness But, inside my cell, is where I dwell, I’m so afraid to tell this… To reveal all this…all this wretchedness… Secret abyss bull that leaves me hopeless It’s hard to make progress In this misery-kinda mess But, you sorta get it by now Don’t know how somehow Pre-chorus: I would be delighted If you would free my sadness And chase it down all away…today… I would be relieved To see you smile with happiness And chase away the pain of dismay (Just go ahead... Bang out the dread Inside our head Nothing else said) Chorus: Today, could you mend me? Today, would you lessen my anger? Today, should you listen clearly? Today, it looks like you’ve become a banger On the drums of becoming numb On the keyboard of being bored On the guitar strings of delirium Holding up the flute of overcoming… Tribulations unlike some…unlike some… Oh oh ah ah hmmmm… Oooh no, no, no, uhh duh dum (Be a banger of everyone’s drum Not just yourself… Or even myself!)

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