"Turn Out The Light"

 TURN OUT THE LIGHT

 Turn out the light

 The world suffers

 I lay upon my bed

 Hatred grows around us

 Roll to my right

 Wars begin

 Arm extend across the bed

 People suffer, people die

 Left leg bends at the knee

 Smell the death that’s in the air

 Inner left thigh grazes the sheets

 Struggle to live another day

 Head rests

 Bury the dead

 Eyes close

 The dead bury the dead

 Peace surrounds me

 Live in fear

"The Other Side"

 THE OTHER SIDE

 I’ve never worked an honest day in my life

 So they think

 I never cared much for them anyway

 The power to judge other people

 Makes us very important to ourselves

 Then again, maybe that’s all that matters

 On the other side

 Sometimes I wonder if this is the life I was meant to lead

 Or did I end up on the other side to early

 Never to see all I could

 Maybe I did not follow the path I should have

 Make the choices I was supposed to make

 Take the road we are all expected to take

 The perfect life we are all meant to have

 It would get pretty crowded at the end

 A long stuffy ride to the other side

 Maybe if everyone liked me for my money

 I could take it away

 And see how lonely I truly am

 We are all alone

 But which is worse

 To be alone

 Or to have so little imagination

 That you can’t pretend that you aren’t

 Take a breath, a sip of wine

 And I’ll see you

 On the other side

 Take life one step at a time

 Things might taste better, look better or feel better

 Maybe I would be more like you

 If I sped up the world

 Just to get it done

 Live life one step at a time

 Perhaps live life one train wreck at a time

 I think I will enjoy my ride more

 To the other side

 The other side is were we will be

 Doesn’t matter how I choose to do it

 Let my eyes see how it really is

 Instead of believing what I am told to before I even there

 You do it your way

 I’ll stick with mine

 We will exchange notes

 On the other side

  

"To Live Again"

 TO LIVE AGAIN

 In the dark of the night

 In the thin hours of the morning

 Alone with my thoughts

 Alone with the burden

 I’ve been here before

 Now I lie alone

 I’ve seen myself die

 Do I have the strength to live again

 Should I think only of myself

 Or do you wish this of me too

 I don’t know what to do

 I feel myself shaking

 To live once again

 Are they my dreams

 Or my nightmares

 Or just one in the same

 Do I plunge in again

 Throw my ashes to the wind

 Let the sea cleanse my soul

 Wash one life away

 Continue in another

 It is mine to take

 It is yours to give

 Do I take the chance

 Is it there to begin with

 Do I have the strength to live again

 Will I feel it happen

 I just dream of something

 In a hope that will never come

 I just dread of something

 In a hope that it is going to come

 I hold my breath

 I can breathe again

 Anticipation of my only prayer

 Please, I hold my breath

 Let me live again

 I am cold

 I am alone

 I am alive

 To my knowledge

 I breathe

 Lost to all the lessons I have learned

 I must learn again

 I am alive

 Though the ones that I love

 The faces I knew

 Drift passed me unfeeling

 The memories are mine

 I do not recall

 They elude me

 Though my presence

 I feel is real

 In the dark of the night

 In the thin hours of the morning

 Alone with my thoughts

 Alone with the burden

 I’ve been here before

 Do I have the strength to live again

"I Am Dead"

 I AM DEAD

 I am dead

 Blood has hardened

 Flesh is rotten

 Bones are broken

 I am dead

 Did you fail to notice?

 Or has it been so long

 Since you cared to see?

 Where I used to be

 Lies vacant

 Remember

 I am dead

 The air lies still

 Once filled with life

 With laughter

 Now only silence

 I am dead

 My eyes hold no light

 My mind holds no thoughts

 My heart no longer beats

 I am dead

"Never Forget"

 NEVER FORGET

  

 Forget

 Did you forget?

 Will you forget?

 Have I been forgotten?

 Forgotten

 Will I be forgotten?

 Will I slip away?

 Will I be forgotten?

  

 Something lost

 Slides from consciousness

 Slips from memory

 Only a distance past

 Vast

 Alone and empty

 Waiting for a path

 Waiting for the past

 Waiting for the future

 Future

 Lies in the past

 Lies in memory

 Fading for eternity

  

 Alone

 Waiting for what was

 Waiting for the next day

 That never came

 Do I wait for you?

 I wait for you

 Do you go on?

 I stay behind

 Do I linger?

 I linger

 Stuck in the past

 Only am I past

 Carry on

 You always carry on

 Left behind

 Waiting for before

   

 Before a change

 All is the same

 Faltered in the past

 Always without change

 Will I wait?

 I always wait

 Don’t forget

 I never forget

"Shield"

 SHIELD

  

 I see you standing there

 So strong and in control

 I see you standing there

 So lost and in the cold

  

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Until you are warm

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Help you weather the storm

  

 I see you standing there

 Surrounded by those who care

 I see you standing there

 Trapped in voices that stare

  

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 In me you can confide

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Not afraid to see you cry

 I see you standing there

 So strong and in control

 I see you standing there

 So lost and in the cold

  

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Shield you from harm

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Let calm replace, no need for alarm

 I see you standing there

 Drowning in the rain

 I see you standing there

 Blind and crippled in your pain

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Raise your head, dry your eyes

 I wanna hold you in my arms

 Here you will never die

"Child"

CHILD

Congratulations child
You’ve done somethin’ in life
That most people dream of
Only in the night

You shine so brightly
Nothing fazes you
Something burns inside
That never fades in you

What’s gone wrong?
What changes you?
So free a child
Something’s killing you

Where does it come from?
What’s tainting you?
I see you slipping
I fear for you

Can I help you child?
Hold you close
If I could only talk to you
I’m at such a loss

If only I knew the words
If only I had the chance
If only I noticed you
Then you would not pass

I feel I failed you
Left you behind
I still watch for you
You’re always in our minds