One day closer to death…I find
Gone is my reason.. for rhymes
What I hoped would one day be mine
Will never feel what I’m feeling inside
Our distance doesn’t change..what you mean
We still meet at night.. in my dreams
I know these words.. won’t mean anything
Now that we both wear rings
If I could’ve
I would’ve
And I should’ve
Laid it..all out on the line
To tell you the truth
I couldn’t risk losing you
And the heartache still lives in my life
I’ve held onto the want.. and the pain
Knowing I’ve nothing to gain
Like these words will be read in vain
It’s hell the weight of my blame
I can’t take back what I.. used to be
Now time has turned into our thief
I know these words can’t make you believe
You’re thought of with each breath I breathe
If I could’ve
I would’ve
And I should’ve
Laid it..all out on the line
To tell you the truth
I couldn’t risk losing you
And the heartache still lives in my life
To tell you the truth
I couldn’t risk losing you
And the heartache still lives in my life
I try not to make a habit
of accosting every squirrel or rabbit,
and, to tell you the truth, anyway,
they really don't have much to say.
When Eyes keep finding You
In spite of training the Heart not to
It turns out to be a futile effort
to even think of parting from You
When Days turn into Months
yet your Thoughts keep leaving impact
when ignorance makes me observant
and pay more respect towards You
When your voice shines out of all
I end up believing to be more sensitive
when it's Something about You
It feels important to listen to You
I see light in your mere presence
even when you are actually absent
like tokens of brightness in the dark
You give off hope, leading the right path
So, to tell you the truth
My world does revolve around You
I'm just an observer
always there for You,
and You're in the limelight
always the centre of my Life!
Intellectually and artificially
Can it be more worse, tell me unofficially
Why should we be managed for what
Bloody purpose to satisfy who’s plot
To tell you the truth
I miss my youth
I’m sorry this lesson to learn
But you feel the same
Here we go again
But thank God we shall never return
Away from this paradise lost
I can’t pay the required cost
Back to the paradise found
Scatter my ash on the ground
Whatever ground it may be
Doesn’t make any difference to me.
Well it’s not a big issue to know
That I am an abstraction to you
Anyway to your world I can't go
And to tell you the truth, I won’t do
But the same goes to you, isn’t it
A cold war number two made for us
We’ve gone over the budget and split
Now again in the borders we trust
Or in case we do not, then we mime
That we’re different to the core
We pretend not to know it’s a lie
Hope you win with a crushing score
So we’re free from the things we could share
Free to wave our hopeless goodbye
It’s a cold war excuse, that you’re there
And I’m here again, wasting time.
I am naturally friendly, or so I’ve been told
But that feels like bragging, exceedingly bold
A bit embarrassing, I tell you no lie
To tell you the truth, I’m naturally shy
When meeting new people I tend to clam up
So I smile and I nod and sip from my cup
Don’t know how to act or know what to say
I most honestly wish it wasn’t this way
An abundance of confidence I obviously lack
But I quietly listen and try to keep track
Then I’m able to answer, if questions arise,
as long as I don’t have to look in their eyes
It’s hard accept when a compliment’s made
I blush and I mumble on hearing what’s said
Hoping and praying they don’t find me rude
While feeling self conscious it also feels good
I could always go on and tell you some more.
But I won’t, you know, for I don’t want to bore
Well, there you have it, now do you see?
That natural shyness comes naturally to me
I live a life of pain and fear,
I dare not try to shed a tear.
To tell you the truth and let you in,
You would see my life of lies and sin.
I don’t want to hurt you, I just try to give love,
To you I’m your angel, sent from above.
But my heart is heavy and body is tired,
My mind screams out that it’s expired.
I want it to end, be over, just fly,
To a peaceful place up in the sky.
Be a bird who’s wings can touch the clouds,
But such is a dream that I’m not allowed.
I need to fight, be strong, don’t give in,
I can rid my life of this pain and this sin.
Be your angel once more, but not from above,
Walk with you today in our garden of love.
You are my friend, by my side you will stay,
All you want is my happiness, and so I pray,
That I can end this battle, the war of two sides,
So I’ll tell you the truth, in you I’ll confide.
I have become such a good girl gone bad;
The once innocent has become naughty,
to tell you the truth this makes me so glad;
I’m more now like who I was meant to be,
pretending I didn’t want you was mad;
Just kept lying to myself so poorly,
leaving you alone was futile to try;
Shy caterpillar turned wild butterfly.
HEY HEY HEY
No more fears
How long was I out there
Try 75 years.
Drifting alone
In the depths of space
Far from earth
And the human race.
Your lucky to be here
To tell you the truth
Cos I ain't joking
Cos this ain't no spoof.
The ship that found you
Way out there
Could have passed you bye
Without a care.
Alot has changed
Since you've been gone
For the material of time
You've been torn.
So it's welcome back
I could say
For the dawn of your new life
It starts today.
It sucks getting old wouldn't you say.
You wake up tired almost everyday.
Your joints hurt, your muscles ache.
Pills for arthritis you now have to take.
Your bones begin to creak and crack.
Can't stand up straight cuz
you're now a hunchback.
You sneeze and a little pee starts to seep.
Adult diapers are not very cheap.
A once kind mirror will now criticize,
With wrinkles and dark circles under your eyes.
A head full of hair that has now turned gray.
Great great grandchildren with whom you play.
I'd be the first one in to tell you the truth.
If there really was a fountain of youth.
When I was a child,
Running free and wild
The pines my favorite place to be.
Days filled with fun,
Enjoying the sun,
Climbing each and every tree.
The 60’s my decade,
LP’s we played,
So much fun, but serious too.
Vietnam the war,
Couldn’t keep score
Of the young men we lost, quite a few.
Then Woodstock happened.
So close, just imagine
Hendrix, Joplin on stage.
Music all around,
Awesome, freakin sound
They would have gotten better with age.
Memories we made,
Friendships that stayed.
To the future these things we bring.
Just part of my youth.
To tell you the truth,
I wouldn’t change a thing.
Hi, I like to talk to you without being embarrassed.
We have a lot in common. It was nice to meet you
and know you're looking for new friends.
I like to be your friend. No, that's a lie.
I want to go out with you, to be by your side,
immerse myself in your eyes, feel your hair.
Call it love at first sight. This is what makes this
extraordinary. I wasn't expecting it; it hit me like a
lightning.
I finally dare to tell you the truth and only
hope your response is lovely and
not annoyed. I can now hear my heart's palpitations.
So please call me and
give love a chance, the eternal Spring.
With sincere sentiments, I received your message
and happy to let you know I feel the same.
Love's a butterfly of the heart, a fountain that
turns into a river and then a rapid before
pouring into the ocean.
Cheers.
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It’s been ages since I cooked chestnuts for mother
Now that she’s in Heaven enjoying better things.
But each year she would ask me for her favourite
Which always happened at Christmas.
And who am I to desist from giving her what she wanted.
To tell you the truth I hated this concoction.
But would I deprive my mother from her wish?
My sisters positively hated it
But I loved my mother so much
So every early November. I would cook
My mother’s favourite dish,
Until the day she died.
May she rest in peace.
I usually use it for inspiration
or just to vent my frustration
someone said my words weren't plain
so i wrote To my critic
plainly go f**k themselves
To tell you the truth i could care less
well i could if i put in the effort
even my worst is better than their best
i don't write for them
i don't write for you
i write because that is what i do
You was my Baby Girl and I was your White Stallion
Together we overcame some of our darkest days
There's not a single soul in Hell that could ever change
The way I feel about you girl
Because I'm feeling strange
Without you it's like I'm missing a fuze to my brain
Don't get confused all my cylinders are hitting
But my heart is sprang
I hate to tell you the truth but I can't lie
Ever since I got the news I been wanting to die
There's not a single person on this earth that can save now
I rebelled against my Father and He threw me out
Will the Heavens ever take me back up again
Ever since I got locked up I been practicing
To be a better person to show you I really care
Sometimes I feel uncertain about this pain I bare
But my inner desires are very plain
I only desire the Blessings of your Love Babe
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