The mist is lifted to reveal an abandon road Leading to a discarded train track town The sign still reads "rooms to let" Even though this place has been vacant ...

I've got to get off my back And put my words into action I have laid motionless for much too long now The dream is not dead It's just laid dormant in my head Ea...

Passed by a patch of flowers planted to form a cross But they were dead just like my faith in the shape that they were born in And I couldn't help but wonder wi...

Sirens scream a tune of panic Heartbeats rival the speed at which the pistons are pushing the engine Dispatched to the aid of black despondency Life has left th...

The fields have been emptied The trees are naked weeping for spring The sun is sleeping longer as last of the green tries on it's winter clothes The rustle of e...

Drink in, as you sink into the floor Last call, as you stagger out the door Dream of a better life on a coast you've never known Remember loves you've lost, and...

What can you do when the hands on your fate don't have the desire to call you back When every moment wasted is just another failure that you can add to your lif...

A phone call A hospital waiting room I saw you sleeping never to awake Could barely recognize you laying lifeless laying still Churches and hospitals We look so...

There's no room for substance When you've got abundance And who needs self-respect When you've got fortune and fame Stepping stones labeled "friends" Without ro...

I have beliefs that I only call out when it's convenient for me It seems like I change my mind more than my clothes And my ideas can be just as pungent But I do...

Skinny wrists and feeble fists clinched in rage, Aimed at every evil that's in range Gutless mangy mutts that masquerade as dainty ladies Waisting daises on sha...

In loving memory of joseph felix o'brian Dying midwestern like a black and white movie On the shore, carved by the mississippi, and the st croix This park bench...

Baseball cards and matchbox-cars Let's pretend that we are rock-stars Let's build a ramp behind the house, And let's jump bikes off of it Let's make a list let'...

Love if you're reading this, than I am already gone Since I've fallen into grey, don't hesitate to take another love Don't want you to be alone, I didn't want t...

Shed your appendages Trade your skin for scales Venomous speech Your blood stained teeth You won't stop until you've sucked us dry You speak your love for me I ...

There's a battle raging on the other side of this dry wall That sheet rock screws fasten to two-by-fours They would if they could speak out against injustice an...

Millstones disguised as milestones You peer into the room That doesn't hold the things that you anticipated all your life "the years you've wasted" You're twent...

Play on words like a jungle gym Juggle until there's nothing left of them Shriveled and shrinking, foolishly believing that we would be the first grapes to beco...

Long for breath on the back of your neck and an arm on your waist A look of adoration you know is not mistaken or faked He questions the validity of his life Ha...

Phantoms dance in semantics There's no pure way to describe what I'm feeling [Chorus:] But I'll still try to crystallize my lifetime So when I die, I can surv...

I've always had the dream Now I prescribe the drive 20 milligrams of zeal to keep me feeling in my stride As I strive to mine the gold I've been told Resides in...

What's the deal with destiny? It's got me guessing when I shouldn't be Am I a slave to the way (the why) whatever God made me Were the choices even mine to make...

In this chain of communication I think we skipped the link where you mention your intentions And since I brought it up this is when I thought I would speak my m...

I hate my need for affirmation and attention Wish I could begin to blend in with the Scenery But I'm struggling to find a balanced flow Between my id and both m...

Heads delicately dreaming of the beauty behind shadows She sings inside the saddest homes Together we in our hard spring Lie apart asleep in green country and n...

I've got a painting in my head (one that will not soon fade) Of twisted metal and broken glass They say it all will fade in time, But it's tattooed on our heart...

Soft words pull them from their tall perch It all hurts when it's only worth a damn But our collective breaths could change the weather, Let's band together and...