I’m really enjoying my time with Amy It’s like peace from the demons that slay me And we were friends years before Nearly twenty though it seems like more Some kind of teenage scene But after I woke the dream Up with a sudden shake Now it’s in every breath I take The loveliness and the confession It’s in the water and the succession Is a notion that I can’t bear to speak The ocean within me makes me weak And subject to the will Of the Divine that lives to kill Each and every one of us Look at me like broken trust Do you love the water I’m sick and tired of being the daughter Of the waves they come Don’t you wish you had a son To raise on high Now I am lost in the saying goodbye Ten thousand times And it’s just a pity my sadness rhymes
A rising tide lifts all boats But that only works if the damn thing floats Else you have a tidal wave And drown the people you’re trying to save And are we crushing the flower we walk upon Will we only know when it’s gone When it’s too late to turn back Fighting over what we lack Or will there be a new tomorrow Where we wake up from all the sorrow Into a domain of peace Where forgiveness is our just release And what part do I play Do I stand up for what I can’t say As it ushers in a new command Aren’t we too wise to fight over land?
I'm studying what makes the earth spin
And no, I guess, it's not all down to him
As we share and co-operate
We give to others and lift our state
And the land that we till is not under machine
Can someone else enter into your dream
When you're asleep
As I promise to keep
My bargain with duty and all the gold
I'm living my heart and I won't be told
What to do by someone with guns
But neither am I in service to nuns
I follow the beat and I self regulate
But I make mistakes, like what's up with that date
I had one time with destiny
It was a mistake and I'm coming to see
That trouble is winter and there is a sun
That shines through the clouds in what can't be done
And account for the loss of trying to fail
I give of my heart and it's not for sale
But I must find a way to cut through the tide
Make mountains move because I'm alive
And be the example in what is a rule
Live up to the promise that I had in school
The world as we know it
Is in rapid decline
I'd love to say something
Like it's all just fine
And it would be true
To a degree
But there's something that's calling
Of the ocean to me
And we're building cities
Up from the ground
But there are people crying
Because of the sound
Of war drums that beat
To the rhythm of people's feet
As they march across the sand
While economists talk of
The invisible hand
But we gotta make a move
To make a change
As the atoms stratify
And rearrange
Into a new form
And is the sun warm
What a question to ask!
Are we able
Or up to the task?
And we've got this spirit
Running our veins
And I can't tolerate
All the pain
That the interpretation creates
I see us all in better states
Where we make a duty more than law
But the reason why the ice thaw
As my compassion heats the storm
Is there a world that could be too warm?
The flow of superfluity
Allows me to write
But do I stand up
For what I know is right
Coz there's ancient eons
Creaking with the weight
There are girls crying out
Like they're on a first date
And the man has just
Produced a pistol
I can't hide from
All the vitriol
That just pours through
So I try to compose
A letter to you
So that you might know
That from where I'm standing
The world and its discontents
Can be too demanding
But I don't fail
At the final hurdle
I just shift my stance
Like I'm playing wordle
And there is no monument
Or mountain to climb
That's out of reach
Of the Sublime
So I'll just keep my breath
Like it's a tic tac toe
But I'll be true
Always, you know
You can’t stop the slow march of time You can only reveal the effortless sublime And Obama sang for yes we can But could the answer really be a man Who could lead us all to peace But it gets worse before the trouble cease And we all clamber, fighting the tide Did you notice you’re alive Or are you so lost in the stream That you don’t see beyond the edges of the dream As it binds you with its swell So much so that you can’t tell What is true or supposition Til pain hits you with its ammunition And we have got to learn how to deal With the fabric that Reality steal To make into a dress or suit And is Truth a just pursuit?
I just wanted to know if you left me a message It’s nothing insincere But I’ve been tripping the wire Of in love with you, dear And I know it’s a fallacy And I know there’s nothing wrong It’s just you gave me that rush Like you thought I was strong And I’m smiling to myself As I’m sitting on the couch Threw normal out the window Of sanity to vouch For me in the days When the water is less clear I had a dream of you When your words made you seem near But anyway and anyhow I’ve got to let it go I just wanted to uncover These reams and reams of snow So you’d know that in the winter The sun burns just as true You said that you liked me Well, hey man, back at you!
Leaving a paper trail of tears behind me I’m overwrought so never mind me As I build a new monument to all that’s fallen I’m in the Deep South and they are drawling As they curb all anticipation Can I watch your tv station Just for a little while I made you see, you made me smile And all I can think of is torment The indigenous people and where they went Forced across rock and stone Broken in their skin and bone But with their Spirit true I can still have faith in You As all comes crashing like a wave Is it sin to abdicate to save And hold a hand Is the shore more than sand And if a rock is hewn to bits Do you have space to sit with it Or does its impermanent tone Remind you what it’s like to be alone Moving weight like old stone I’d hold back but I’ve already shown All of my stars to you I’ll love you if you want me to
The war in her heart spills over into mine When I say I love you for the thousandth time And you’re nothing more than fantasy Dreams I make out of the fate you see And you’re roving wild waters And your chivalry escorts her At least in my mind As I look on from being left behind It’s a sorry state But I won’t give in to hate As the wound it festers And the court is filled with jesters That make the music of the time But that sound could never be mine As I pull away from modern notions Focusing on my emotions Til they’re all I can see But that’s not all there is of me And dignity Walks me to the door As you say your love’s no more And I agree I look out but it’s wintery As I pull my jacket close You look like you’ve seen a ghost “You’re not gonna venture into that” But I gave you a home, I won’t take it back And he pulls my hand Close to his soul that’s made of sand As it pours on through Was I wrong to trust in you And he sighs “I’ll take leave of our goodbyes” And points me toward the flame That is burning in the middle of his name You can stay here I say, okay, my dear
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