Loud Mouth

Inspired by Machinehead – Darkness Within (Acoustic version) & members of society who refuse to embrace the kiss of silence… As great intentions Wither upon invalidated declarations, Serenity’s crowd holds teary-eyed candles Making silent wishes For the venom to be sucked Out Loudness’ waxy build-up Making filthy demands In delegated hostage stand-off To be HEARD Cocked pistols, insignificant Firing duds against glasshouses Rubbing “war-torn” palms Within cemented rubber bands Forgetting life’s lesson To shut their raging mouth If they truly want to be heard Amnesia’s warning sign to muzzle thyself For one meaningful second To ALLOW a merging of disappointed truths Into their heartbeats Salvation’s attempt to stifle boiling pressures of Sangre From coming face to face with reality scythes They latch onto plastic rosary beads Fade to Black Singing Gregorian prayers, Removing knife from karma’s back They strum in vain to please the Lord. We see your true colors Shining through We see your true colors That’s why we can no longer love you Placing forced expectations Against vulnerable humanity To lay weary heads on curtailed shoulder pads With foolish attempts to swallow moot points And pride-coated defibrillators To jump start a heartbeat, extinct Forgetting that even self-made pedestals Have a limited warranty I see your true colors Shining through… ©Drake J. Eszes