You

You are safe harbors and still waters
running deep beneath my feet.
Secret keeper. Sworn protector.
Holder of what I want to seek.

I am stony cliffs and angry tides
roaming restless 'gainst your shores.
Holder of weapons. Master of lies.
Losing myself to win the war.


You are reacher. Seeker. Books, ideas, plans.
I am impulse. Instigator. Resolve, action, demands.


You are caution.

Strength.

Home.


I am fury.

Resistance.

Gone.

Madness

whispering madness truth or lie
fear-slick fingers cast the die
beautiful mayhem shiver and cry
trapped in the belly of the beast am I

sorrow slithering scrapes the skin
lunatic, lunatic let me in
blood for thoughts, penny for sin
lunatic, lunatic where have you been?

wandering empty soul to steal
grasping straws for they might heal
welling crimson aches to feel
proof that I might not be real

screaming silence softly seethe
lunatic, lunatic let me breathe
tear it limb from limb and feed
lunatic, lunatic won't you leave?

Depression

Creeping on such
silent feet;
Out of shadows
sink your teeth
into spirit, flesh
and bone;
Hello, beast,
welcome home.

Invisible

Wake me if you can
I don’t want to dream.
Nothing I can say
Will wipe this clean.

The cracks are running deep
Beneath my feet.
I’m losing what I thought
I was meant to keep.

Chorus:
I still love you
Like no one’s loved you.
You are irreplaceable.
I still need to
Hear it from you.
I am not invisible.

I want to reach inside
And touch the ache.
Cut it out of me
And stop this break.

The truth is losing ground
Before my eyes.
I cannot find the words
To make it right.

Chorus:
I still love you
Like no one’s loved you.
You are irreplaceable.
I still need to
Hear it from you.
I am not invisible.

I can’t breathe
Without this pain.
I’ll promise anything
To make it change.

Let me crawl inside
Someone else’s skin.
I might self-destruct
If you don’t let me in.

Chorus:
I still love you
Like no one’s loved you.
You are irreplaceable.
I still need to
Hear it from you.
I am not invisible.

Smoke

my voice whispers
in shades of grey
ghostly vapors
mocking the day
clinging to shadow
in silence I fall
substance-less, I
was never real at all

Down

Fear locks you down with a cold kiss;
Grief is a landmine waiting to shatter you;
Ice is the strength that you swallow down;
It swallows you down.

Barren the view out your window;
Cover your head with ashes and mourn for it;
Once you believed you could stand your ground;
'Til it swallowed you down.

Chorus:
And the heavens are crying but you remain dry;
Cold from the inside;
And everyone's saying it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Hollow the words that fall from you;
Always surprised anyone hears you now;
Rage is the current that drags you down;
It swallows you down.

Lifeless the heart that beats in you;
Keeping your silence lest you begin to scream;
Dark are the days when the lost are found;
And they swallow you down.

Chorus:
And the heavens are crying but you remain dry;
Cold from the inside;
And everyone's saying it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Bridge:
Heaven help you
All alone
It's so much easier
To just let go

Chorus:
And the heavens are crying but you remain dry;
Cold from the inside;
And everyone's saying it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Everyone's saying oh it's such a shame;
You are going down.

Untitled

Here is a day when I can't find the sun;

Bleached out, washed out, colors that run;

And those who don't care what they say or do

Are those who would walk away from you.


Dogs that bite and dogs that don't;

People promise what I know they won't;

Lying or hiding, where is the line?

Ask me, I'll tell you everything's fine.


Love isn't love if you don't say the words;

And truth is still truth even if it's unheard;

Somebody save me from those who are dead;

Somebody tell me what lives in my head.


Painted on gold looks nice from afar;

Up close it's chipped, fading, and scarred;

Hold the pieces, the tatters, the remnant of this

And tell me I don't need all that I miss.


Fighting the past is like fighting smoke;

Rush down my throat, laugh as I choke;

Around me, inside of me, breathless fear,

But surrender is not an option here.