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Ozymandias

Posted in lyrics, Poetry with tags , , , , on July 28, 2020 by msbloodandlace

Let the statues fall
We don’t need them where we’re going
& let’s stop canonizing men who never deserved to be gods
We could have it all
If we all could just stop fighting
About the value of a life
Based on the lines that they have drawn

Let’s stop living in the past
While our future is waiting
We’ll only make it out together
There’s enough to go around
So let the statues fall
We can rebuild from the rubble
Forget whatever they told you
We’re writing the story now

& we will not lie down
To pave a path for ignorance
& we will not sit silent
While our lives are on the line
We will not turn away
We will not be scared
We have nothing to fear
But nothing changing at all

So let the statues fall
Let the pedestals crumble
Let the lines be undrawn
& the lies be undone

Let us all come together
& let our voices carry
All for one & one for all
Let the statues fall

Landscape

Posted in lyrics with tags , , , , on April 28, 2020 by msbloodandlace

I’ve done some things
I don’t recommend
& I’ve seen some things
I’d rather forget
But I’ve felt the breeze
From the ocean sky
& that’s enough
To get me by

I’ve dropped some balls
I’d like to have back
& I’ve burned some bridges
Where I’d like to build paths
But I’ve seen fate
Down a mountainside
& whatever happens
It’ll be fine

Nothing is perfect
No matter how you try
So try not to worry
It won’t change the tide
The waves will come
The way they like
& somehow things
Will be alright

I’ve been up
& I’ve been down
I’ve been in
& I’ve been out
& either way
The sun comes round
The stars still shine
Lost or found

So look up
When you hit the ground
Breathe it in
Look around
We’ve got the moon
We’ve got the clouds
We’ve got tomorrow
Don’t stop now

There’s always tomorrow
Don’t stop now

Alice

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on July 3, 2019 by msbloodandlace

I keep sweeping up the pieces
But they never fit the same

I keep sewing up the stitches
But the blood flows anyway

I keep looking for an answer
But it won’t look my way

Somewhere through the looking-glass
I watch it fade away…

Inline

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on July 19, 2018 by msbloodandlace

Hey

Look at me

I’m so cool & important

Hey

Look at me

I’m such a big deal

Hey

Look at me

I’m so pretty & fortunate

Hey

Look at me

I’m a modern age shill

The Internet feeds the blood stream

That ethernet gives us life

We do it all for the selfie

We fake it all for the likes

Hey

Look at me

It’s 2018

& we’re all in love with machines

2017

Posted in lyrics, Poetry with tags , , , on October 10, 2017 by msbloodandlace

The people get poorer
The stacks keep shrinking
The price gets higher
This game
We’re losing

The bounty keeps rising
Pay up
Pay up
Better cut that cheque
Pay up
Pay up

The ground gets drier
The ice keeps melting
The oceans get higher
This ship
We’re sinking

The water keeps rising
Pay up
Pay up
Better watch your step
Pay up
Pay up

The air gets thicker
Things keep dying
The stakes get higher
We’re catching fire

& the heat’s rising
Pay up
Pay up
Better place your bets
Time to ante up

This…

Posted in Poetry with tags , , , on January 6, 2015 by msbloodandlace

This lump in my throat

This hole in my heart

This burn on my soul

Shaped like you…

Hide and Seek

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on July 14, 2014 by msbloodandlace

I study everyone’s faces

I don’t know why

What I’m looking for

Myself

I guess

I look so hard

Everywhere

Anywhere

For something

For somewhere

Toxic

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on May 22, 2013 by msbloodandlace

Toxic

Like arsenic

The way you flow through my veins

Caustic

Your fingertips

Like sweet acid rain

Noxious

Your gaze

Every word that you say

Reckless

To love you

But I do

Anyway

Now and When

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on March 5, 2013 by msbloodandlace

When I say I want to leave

What I really mean is kiss me

When I say I have to go

What I mean is tell me no

When we go through this again

Acting like some kind of friends

I don’t want to pretend

I just want it all to end

 

When I say it’s you I need

What I really mean is kill me

When I say we can’t go on

What I mean is prove me wrong

When you break my heart again

Acting like it’s made to bend

I don’t want to make amends

I just want something to defend

Penny For Your Thoughts

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on January 21, 2013 by msbloodandlace

If I had a cent

For every lie

You told to me

I’d buy your time

 

And if I had a dollar

For all the ways

You break my heart

I’d pay your stay

 

But all I have

Is your resent

My love for you

And my regrets

 

And even though

That’s all that’s left

I am still

Collecting coins