If you could step into my shoes
Would you see the things I see,
Would your head feel dizzy like mine is now
Or would you still walk easily?
If I resisted like you do
Would I be this wreck of a girl,
Do you think I'd have turned out stronger?
... A lighter step, a happy twirl
If I was as white as you are
(Or as you seem to be)
Would I be someone's angel too?
Like the angel you are to me.
If you could step in my shoes
Would you understand my pain,
Would you have fallen just as hard
Or do you think it was all in vain?
Take a look through my eyes
And tell me what I'm doing wrong
Tell me how to fix it all
Whether the situation be short or long.
If you could step in my shoes
You'd see much better than I
Your beauty, wisdom, pure intent
Is enough to make me cry
If I could step in your shoes
I wonder what I'd see,
Would the world become more beautiful;
Does it all depend on me?
she told me get out of here no one wants you around
i hung my head down low as i walked out the door and i glanced at the ground
i seen my tear drops falling, falling from my face
and love abandoned my heart, left me without a trace
so i cried on through the night even had a dream here and there
but i wouldnt call them dreams more like lucid nightmares
and when i woke up in the morning i got a dose of reality
what happened to my happiness? what happened to me?
it kept me down for awhile it was even hard for me to smile
but i kept on pushing on, going that extra mile!!
Release me from this anger
Release me from this state
Release me from temptation
Release me from this hate
Something snaps in my so called mind
Frustration builds, tension mounts
Scream so much my veins collapse
Horrible thoughts, demons all about
Good but even more evil
Pointing fingers, blaming others
I can't stop until someone gets hurt
It's my fault, hate smothers
Release me from this anger
Release me from this state
Release me from temptation
Release me from this hate
Cold blood running through my veins
Why won't it leave me alone, all this pain
Hot blood running through my veins
Why won't it leave me alone, all this pain
Snap
Touch the threads of my illusion,
Let’s taste the flavor and pretend;
That we are hidden in seclusion,
With words we speak that know no end.
Sing a song of sunlit days,
And sip the taste of heaven’s wine;
See a mist through noonday’s haze,
Forget the tunes that hinder time.
Take my hand and help me see,
Joy that mingles with light;
Break the chains to set me free,
And clear a mist that blinds my sight.
Close your eyes slip into sleep;
Time to dream with peace of mind.
Drift into forever, fathom the deep,
Arms of rest are always kind.
When I lose everything
And don't know where to go
You'll know I'm thinking
You have the remedy, you'll know
Fold me, fold me
Like an envelope
I don't really see
I can only hope
Fold me, fold me
Like an envelope
You've got the key
Yeah you've got the remedy
And I know I can cope
I'm a sweet disaster
The cup of happily never after
But you are the angel
Your light is at an angle
So...o
Fold me, fold me
Like an envelope
I don't really see
I can only hope
Fold me, fold me
Like an envelope
You've got the key
Yeah you've got the remedy--
I'm a sweet disaster
Happily never after
You know what to do
I rely on you
Fold me, fold me
Like an envelope
I don't really see
I can only hope
Fold me, fold me
Like an envelope
You've got the key
Yeah you've got the remedy--
I'm a sweet disaster
Happilynever after
You've got the key
Yeah
And you have me
I'm the dark depression
You're my good expression
Just fold me
Like an envelope
Send me to another place
Where happiness is the case
Author's note:I will proofread it later, I know it looks rushed, but I am on a time
limit.
She gives me some inner syncopation
Never thought I'd drop my disguise
No longer fearing liberation
Just flowing, not fighting this explosion
I give in to this psychic implosion
Feel it, feel it, laying like I've been baptized
I want to sleep beneath your buried gold
I want to make agreements with the gods
Everlasting commitment to pure belief
Savoring surprise is its own reward
Love happens of its own accord
Time is now, god, what relief
Don't breathe
Don't move
Until you breathe with me
Until you move with me
And we can never be sure this adoration
Will come again, in life, in time's configuration
So just let me sleep beneath your buried gold
Let this love happen of its own accord
Everlasting commitment to pure belief
Time is now, god, what sweet relief
So...don't breathe
Don't move
Until you breathe with me
Until you move with me
(River of Sorrow) Take Me At Last
What did I tell you, love of mine
I said I was jaded but trying to find
Cracks in this wall, a small ray of light
Feeling the pain of my feet on this path
Watching the world as it has a good laugh
Lines of the scars you read on my wrist
Don't make a big deal now, think nothing of this
They're just maps of pain, roads that I've passed
Being a fool in the cogs of belief
Just like Barrabas, caught like a thief
And so I bring not a thing to the table
I thought you should know I've emptied my glass
I hold neither hope for nor fear of tomorrow
River of sorrow, take me at last
Take me at last
Whatever fuels you is draining me
A master of puppets you turned out to be
Standing beside you, it's like I'm alone
I know that there's darkness getting too thick
The cage door is closing, I've got to move quick
And so I bring not a thing to the table
I thought you should know I've emptied my glass
I hold neither hope for nor fear of tomorrow
River of sorrow, take me at last
River of sorrow, take me at last
I don't want another fairytale to fix me
I don't want to let him in because i don't trust me
How will this ever begin
Im standing here waiting
its quarter past ten
I look at you
looking right back at me.
when I smile
there you smile
We're 10 steps behind and zero ahead
But i know down in my heart,
things are better off unsaid
Its a cold frosty morning,
there you are looking my way
as i close my eyes
I see us dancing under the moonlight
You take my hand
while we awkwardly stand
the walls that were built
come tumbling down
while this frown
turns upside down
and we both smile
drowning in eachothers eyes
There is more than distance between us
but we both know
that we have lost this thing called trust
i'll thank you for being there
but Its time for me to leave
we're 10 steps behind and zero ahead
But I know things will always be better
off unsaid
Theres a part of me that no one sees
Where my heart weeps
And my blood seeps
Like tears runnin' down my cheeks
As I'm thinkin' back to love that I've lost
'Cuz it's taken from me such great cost
I ask the Lord if He can afford
To take this burden off of my front porch
The pain I feel is so sureal
I almost welcome it 'cuz I cant deal
And the chemicals pull up my shield
But they're blocking my attempts to heal
The needle takes it's place on the throne
I look around, Im all alone
I have no place to call my own
I have no faith, I have no home
The future seems so so bleack
Am I sick? Or am I weak?
Can I get back on my own two feet?
Can I walk this road? Can I take the heat?
I miss the chaos I hate so much
I base my life on it, my crutch
My excuse to live as such
I only see what I can touch
Friends have told me they
have seen the two of you together.
Laughing and running around town.
They say that she's the life
of every party she goes to.
But only when I'm not around.
They say they've seen your car
a few times in our driveway.
And they say they've seen you come and go.
I know you think you want her
and you think she wants you too.
But friend, there's something you should know.
She's not the woman
that you think you're loving.
She longs for a strangers hand.
She'll lead you on
and then she'll leave you alone.
I know 'cause once, I was the other man.
The first time I saw her
she was sitting alone.
In a place where I used to go.
She gave me a wink
after I bought her a drink.
Ohh how was I to know?
She's not the woman
that you think you're loving
She longs for a strangers hand
She'll lead you on
and then she'll leave you alone.
I know 'cause once, I was the other man.
(Submitted for the Paula Swanson contest "Play Me A Cheatin' Song".)
why do you ignore me
or shut down when I say I need you
you know that I love you
and that I would do anything for you
you love me you hate me
now I just can't tell the difference
I want to know boy
if I have anything to look forward to
you're treating me bad
and I know it is sad
that I can't stop loving you
no I can't stop hurting you
you're my pretty obsession
that rips me into
I'm goin out of my mind
don't know what else I can do
you're driving me crazy
my rock and roll baby
and all that I feel that's inside me
is everything you deny me
you're treating me bad
and I know it is sad
that I can't stop loving you
no I can't stop hurting me
I see you rock rock rockin
then I come knock knock knockin
but you won't let me in
you act like my love is a sin
so take me outta this pain
my feelings I cannot restrain
go ahead and abandon me now
tasting the salty tears of a clown
As I look into the sky
I start to realize
All my dreams are slipping away
I'm losing hope in time
I wish I could rewind
All the times I shared with you
Mistakes that I once made
Can't take away my pain
Cause I know that we are through
But if I had one more chance
To make all of this make sense
You know I would, I would do it for you
Chorus:
Oh, and I was once alive
But you left me and now I see I'm paralyzed
Oh, I think that I died
This man is gone, I can't carry on
I'm paralyzed
I've tried to carry on
But I've waited far too long
I feel I need to just give up
But something deep inside
Tells me that I'm alright
To start living, living my life again
Repeat Chorus:
Save me your lies, just spare me the time
Beginnings and endings now hard to define
Greying and hazy, the edges have blurred
A hollow abyss but I'll never learn
No places to hide or discard this regret
No matter how dirty I'm willing to get
Haggard delusions of honeymoon bliss
Rasping last breaths through lifeless blue lips
Calloused,controlled, bloodied and bruised
I've a heart and a soul that I'm learning to use
I hate how I wait, standing in line
Parading and flaunting your evil designs
Yet still, you abuse once my senses are dead
I can't feel the beat so i claw at my chest
To check I still function, I'm being, I fight
To de-humanise me will come at a price
17th May 2011
I've seen that look in your eyes before.
You don't even say nothing and you hit the door.
Just tell me, baby, as I look in your eyes.
Why do we have to go on living this lie?
We made our vows complete.
But one night of ecstasy.
Has turned your heart away from me.
All that we shared was true.
But now when I look at you.
You aren’t the woman that I need.
So go on now, girl, and see him like you always do.
And come on back to me with that cheap perfume.
I guess it’s plain to me that you’ve picked your man.
But before you leave help me understand
Cause we made our vows complete.
But one night of ecstasy.
Has turned your heart away from me.
All that we shared was true.
But now when I look at you.
You aren’t the woman that I need.
I guess all that’s left to do is pray.
For God to help take this sorrow away.
But as for the way I feel, I’ll tell you the truth.
Nobody can take my love for you.
We made our vows complete.
But one night of ecstasy.
Has turned your heart away from me.
All that we shared was true.
But now when I look at you.
You aren’t the woman that I need.
For Paula Swanson's "Play me a cheatin' song" contest
9th place
Sometimes its funny what we mean to others,
Strange relation nothing like sisters and brothers.
Being with you is better than the best i've ever known,
Like a tiny seed of love in my heart you've sown.
I wonder why it is to happen this way,
We feel it all happening yet we never say.
You cut through all my pain and sorrow,
Only you fill me where I'm empty and hollow.
At times I'am stubborn and slow,
Despite all that you never let go.
Sometimes my world has so many missing pieces,
When you fill them, their beauty never ceases.
Being with you always fixes me no matter how down,
You are my queen without a doubt and a crown.
I thought beautiful things happen unsaid,
But you are a gift for me even after i'm dead.
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