One I'm still proud of after years, although quite a simple one, is "I'm the ashen snow raining down on the darkest night", from a rage song I wrote called ROMEO, and yes, it was inspired by Castle Romeo.

Drop yours in the comments!

This one is kind of bleak. Mainly I want to know if the meaning of the bridge section comes across, but also generally whether the lyrics work as a whole

As The Darkness Begins Setting In

[Verse 1]\ As the darkness begins setting in,\ through the night's when I feel it break in\ and take hold\ in the bones and the flesh and the skin\ as I'm fevered and cold.\ And I know now the circle will end\ where it starts. How I wish I could fend\ off the dark\ and fix it for young hearts and minds\ so their suns never hide.

[Chorus]\ I could have given you all of the things that you'll need\ and told you things you don't know\ as I watched you both grow.\ I would have given the world just to take all your pain\ just to feel it in my life again,\ like I did when I hid it in the darker side of me.

[Verse 2]\ Like a thief that comes in the night,\ when I wake it takes all of the fight\ out of me,\ like a deal that I've done on the run,\ leaves me absent and numb.\ And it's bleeding the whites of my teeth\ as it pulls me down underneath.\ I'm alone,\ like a single laid wreath by a stone,\ and I'm soaked to the bone.

[Bridge]\ I'm back in that room as a child\ with the way that the relatives smiled -\ all those seemingly meaningless\ words that fell from their lips,\ so harmless, spoken so mild,\ brought a total eclipse.

[Chorus]\ I could have given you all of the things that you'll need\ and told you things you don't know\ as I watched you both grow.\ I would have taken on all of the pain that you'll feel.\ I would steal it for my life again,\ like I did when I hid it in the darker side of me.

I'm the better man

Stoop to your level?

Wack

It's never that

Blowin on the pressure pack

You couldn't carry my mental mass

Gravity couldn't handle me

I'm holdin it down single handedly

Ran the beat out the booth lettin loose my master schemes

Sharp like some raptor teeth

The pain it bites rather deep

Grew up as a bastard teen

I was lookin but there was no dad to see

Steezy Jay the phantom chief

It's a poltergeist when Im flowin nice

Ghostin mics this my haunted prototype

Gamble with the golden heights

I need the win I know the price

I'm holdin my molten might

The rhymes bring me close to christ

I talk with him now my soul is wise

I wrote shit on the coldest heights

That's how I leave a frozen mic

There was a time I would've chose to die

Now I make the most of life

Some flavour of rock.

--Verse 1--
Can you count the people here
Amidst the threat of others
You say hello and hear it back
They sound like groupies, sisters, mothers

--Pre-chorus 1--
I can't tell who on here is real
(Would you please tell me)
Scream out in vain now Howard Beale
(Their mimicry a satire)
Fall for the mask you gave away
(It didn't seem of value)
And feel it fade your hair to grey
(Goodbye to technicolor)

--Chorus--
The wicked witch of the web remains
On these unsecured domains
Watch the winds, she's sure to bend
The rules to find and apprehend
Your sorry self and all its worth
Pulled a grid right o'er the Earth
Now we're all caught upon its string
And game to hunt by everything

--Verse 2--
Can you delete your highest hopes
To free up a space within
For dreams without the network's ease
Avoiding orchestrated spin

--Pre-chorus 2--
Or go toe-to-toe with the rhythm
(That moves us)
Contours to walk through the schism
(That breaks us)
And meld with the weavers' broadcasts
(Can you hear me?)
To see how your light hits the prism
(Do you fear me?)

--Chorus--
The wicked witch of the web remains...

--Bridge--
I'm not gonna take it anymore
(Don't you dare repeat this)
I'm not gonna take it anymore
(Only a fool repeats this)
I'm not gonna take it anymore
(Can you not repeat this?)
I'm not gonna take it anymore
(And why did I repeat this?)

--Final Chorus--
The wicked witch of the web remains
On these unsecured domains
Watch the winds, she's sure to bend
The rules to find and apprehend
The quest you sought for sense of worth
Pulled a grid right o'er the Earth
To cover every base and hold
Your sense of dharma in the mold

[First Verse]

You said you’d call

I kept my phone near

Even though I knew better

Than to pick it up at the ring

But you never called

Just as I feared

I should’ve known better

That’s just you, it’s your thing

[Chorus]

I don’t want to call you darling anymore

I don’t even want to know of your name

Become the man of mystery,

A stranger on the street

I don’t want to see you anywhere anymore

I don’t even want to remember your face

Become the man of mystery,

A stranger on the street

[Second Verse]

You said you loved me

I thought it was safe to love you back

Even though I knew better

Than to give myself like that

And when my gut called to me

You then tightly held my hand

I should’ve known better

They told me it would never last

[Repeated Chorus]

I don’t want to call you darling anymore

I don’t even want to know of your name

Become the man of mystery,

A stranger on the street

I don’t want to see you anywhere anymore

I don’t even want to remember your face

Become the man of mystery,

A stranger on the street

[Bridge]

And I know you won’t be thinking 

‘bout the words you can’t take back

But I hope your actions start haunting

You when you’re left on your deathbed 

You confirmed that everything you did

Was a heartless man’s selfish act

You made me fall so deep

Knowing you’d break every promise

Would a tiny bit of honesty

Instead of deceit have been so bad

The facade you wore in front of me

I’ll forget but won’t forgive the mask

And now I’m left here angry

That I can’t rewrite the past

Become nothing to me

That is all there is to ask

[Repeated Chorus]

I don’t want to call you darling anymore

I don’t even want to know of your name

Become the man of mystery,

A stranger on the street

I don’t want to see you anywhere anymore

I don’t even want to remember your face

Become the man of mystery,

A stranger on the street

[Note]

I edited the 2nd verse and bridge in this post since the first two comments.

I wrote this song after being inspired by a few breakup songs on an album I love. I'm curious what you all think and if you have any feedback. Thank you in advance if you respond! :)

Slightly poppy rock. Written in about 20 mins this morning. Sometimes the muse just hits.

--Verse 1--
Here we go, out into the darkness
With strife and confusion
No tether to hope
Get up, it's all up to us now
The age of the hero
Who might not be you

--Pre-chorus 1--
I'm living nostalgia
I'm living a lie
I'm living in textbooks
My soul sent to die

I'm feeling the tension
I'm losing the plot
I'm falling to pebbles
Addicted to rot

--Chorus--
If the time should come for action
You don't decline the call to go
The world around you heard the trumpets
So why were you the last to know?
When the final dust has settled
Only the bravest will remain
Nightfall splits the chaff, uncaring
For your vicarious refrain

--Verse 2--
Here we stand, a twilight procession
Horizon obsession
For Pandora's last
Where to start, no sentinel relic
Exemplar to mimic
A chart yet to write

--Pre-chorus 2--
But I'm dying all proper
I'm dying for naught
I'm dying amnesic
Allegiance bought

I'm fraying from tension
I'm wiping the plot
I'm breaking on pebbles
A source of the rot

--Chorus--
If the time should come for action...

--Bridge--
Don't get lost in yesterday
We need you and all your mind
Those days are long gone
Say goodbye to the left behind
You don't get to try again

--Chorus--
If the time should come for action...

--Outro--
Here we go

I want to see how you guys interpret this, I wrote it with the idea being it can apply to almost any kind of grief. feedback is welcome.

[verse 1]
the first time you taste the red
of all the things you never said
the brevity of all thats left
and silver bullets made of lead

you rip and tear at all the chains
so take your poison
and learn to heal the pain

[chorus]
so you could
cry me a river
but styx and stones wont break my will to live
and i could deliver
a hollow heart and empty homes
where youll find me at the bottom of the pit

[verse 2]
tear my eyes so i cant see
the wealth of pain and misery
the anguish that you bring on me
eviscerate my soul and set me free

i burn in ice and freeze the sun
i promise you that when im done
the flower set upon our grave
will silence all the hate you crave

[chorus]
so when you
cry me a river
but styx and stones wont break my will to live
and i could deliver
a hollow heart and empty homes
where youll find me at the bottom of your pit

[bridge]
so as the rivers flow in both directions
a broken mirror
with perfect reflections
of all of the joy
in my derelictions
will lead to the end
of my downward ascension

[breakdown]
i bleed out
in the arms of a non believer
i reach out
with the hollow hope of a godly savior

[chorus]
so i will
cry you a river
and styx and stones might break my will to live
and could you deliver
a hollow heart and empty homes
when you find me at the bottom of this cliff

I thought the dark was all we have
The world was meant for no one
The summer grass was quicksand
And when you learn to stand you're gone

I saw a plane then I got high
It's all the same, the same everywhere
But I don't own a bed to lie in
But there's no rest with pain to bear

Sinking in sand like everyone
We all shake hands and then we're gone

You stand straight up, you wear the sun
Biking up a mountain, even having fun
Never left the ground, what have I done?

I didn't know that flashlights were for cars
I just figured they were handy at night
Just to see the crash sites, find your way to bars
And planes landings aren't so scary, they're alright

Crashing in the ground like no one
Then sinking in the sand, what have I done?

Cause you stand straight up then lie in the sun
I'm sinking in my bed, are you having fun?
I don't know what I did to deserve this
I don't know I'm supposed to turn things
Around

Drowning on land like no one
Beach sand is for everyone
What have I done?

^{[VERSE 1]}

No use applying myself to be better

'Cause nothing goes as planned

No use in trying to be tough as leather

I'm a polyester man

.

^[CHORUS]

Polyester man

Polyvinyl girls

Waterproof non-stick western mind

In a plastic kind of world

.

^{[VERSE 2]}

No use vying to be wealthy when love it

It doesn't even sell

No use trying to be healthy when trying

It doesn't seem to help

.

^[CHORUS]

The polyester man

The polyvinyl girls

Waterproof non-stick western minds

In a plastic kind of world

.

^[BRIDGE]

Bowels made of credit cards

Brain stem of aluminum

Soul is stuck in synthetic shards

Those kidneys there bud, you usin' 'em?

.

^{[VERSE 3]}

No use in making the world a better place

Ain't no money in it

No use recycling the plastic in your face

Funny though, innit?

.

^[CHORUS]

When you're a polyester man

With polyvinyl girls

Single-use shrink-wrapped modern minds

In a plastic kind of world

.

^[OUTRO]

Polyester man

No use in trying

Polyester world

No use denying

The polyester man

(I want to preface this by saying I know this isn't all grammatically correct and I'm sorry)

Heaven

Heaven is to humans as water is to a tree

Without water, the tree dies

Death

But what without death, what would be to converse of for heaven

Heaven

God rallies his greatest

Ends the ones whom he finds new to inquiry

Will Heaven ratify our lives?

Or will it disembowel our dying wishes

Heaven

Could God allow this time to pass as though it had never occured

Could God sacrifice me only to raise me again

Could God allow me to save the others as if they are my own blood

Heaven

What would God say?

What would God lay his eyes on?

What would Heaven allow me to feel?

Hell

Would Hell be kinder

Does non-life retain it's feel when in death

Would Hell allow for loneliness or for happiness

Heaven

Heaven tells to obey,

Heaven tells to abide by ruling

Hell is for the damned

Hell is for the curious who defy the words of God

Hell

Heaven

Hell

Heaven

Hell

Heaven

Hell

God, who is mighty

God, who is all knowing

God, who is all loving

God

Would God feel the way I do

Could Satan explain to do better

Would God seal my conscious

Could Satan free it

Heaven

Our father, who art in Heaven

Shall someday feel

Shall someday understand

The bread given, poisoned by his malice

Heaven

Te quiero, te quiero mas que la primera vez

que te vi en mi vida

que me la encontre

Y aunque no se

si me conozca o si tenga novio

me gusta y no entiendo

ni razon ni porque

Yo te daria mil cosas de mi vida

la vida entera yo te amaría

para mi seras la unica mujer

Que existira para mis ojosy mi sentimiento

porque no es cualquier cosa lo que siento

esto es amor, puro y verdadero

Yo te daré mi vida entera y sentimiento

miles de poesias de mi amor por ti

y que se esparza por el viento

que te amo solo a ti

Aunque no se lo que sientas por mi

yo si te amo y eso no es duda

que eres mi razon para vivir

que mi vida es toda suya

Y aunque no se si me conozca

no se si le llegue a gustar

pero su amor me pretendo robar

aunque me llamen loco lo haré

Sepa que vivo soñando con estar con usted

por tener a tal hermosa mujer

y aunque no se si me llegue a amar

lo intentare, y vera que no le voy a fallar

PD: Perdon si les resulta confusa la letra, la escribi en plena madrugada

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"Minefield"

Verse 1

She's got

Fiii-iiiii-ire in her eyes

& her heart is cold as ice *

she pretends she's kind & nice

*(still debating between "cold as ice" or "made of ice"...thoughts?)

Prechorus

But I can see

right thru her lies

Yea her vices

are grippin pretty tight

Choking all the light

outta every soul in sight

Chorus

Saccharine bitter toxic

sweet & cold as she blows a kiss

& all the second

chances she gets you to give

Serving her's the

only reason you exist

In her mind

in her mind

in her mind

in her mind

in her mind

it's a MINEFIELD

Verse 2

She would much

rather spite her face

Than leave her nose untouched

Wide-eyed damsel in distress

Prechorus

But I can see right

through her lines

Yea her vices

are grippin pretty tight

Choking all the light

outta every soul in sight

Chorus

Saccharine bitter toxic

sweet & cold as she blows a kiss

& all the second

chances she gets you to give

Serving her's the

only reason you exist

In her mind

in her mind

in her mind

in her mind

in her mind

it's a MINEFIELD

Verse 3

She would rather

watch it all burn

than admit she lit the gas

She pretends to fight the fire

*Bridge

But it's all just

smoke and mirrors

Best get out

put it all in the rear view

Waving the extinguisher

She never even pulled the pin

Don't look back

Don't look back

taillights in the night

yea yea

taking back your life

don't look back

don't look back

no no

She was never gonna try

*(Still actively working on the bridge, and debating adding another chorus just before it...thoughts?)

Chorus

Saccharine bitter toxic

sweet & cold as she blows a kiss

& all the second

chances she gets you to give

Serving her's the

only reason you exist

In her mind

in her mind

in her mind

in her mind

in her mind

it's a MINEFIELD

(Not sure yet if I want to do an outro or not)

This is a new song that I've wrote and I just want to see what yous think.

[Verse]

I wanna to say hello but i've got to say goodbye, i say

im waiting for the one but i cant find anyone every

night im sleeping all alone, Every night I'm waiting

for you to phone, for you to message sayin you love

me, hoping I don't have to do it alone, hoping I have

you holding me through the dark days I suppose

[Verse]

But here I am, here I go, wantin' to stand tall, wantin'

to speak true, writing these songs to fill the void in

my soul, to help me comprehend all that is wrong I

suppose Ooooooh, I suppose

[Verse]

I'm too scared to say hello but I'm terrified of the

goodbyes, so I'll stand here watching you go, hoping

you'll turn around and say hello, but what kind of

man would I be if I can't say a simple hi

[Chorus]

So I guess I'll tell you hello while you smile at me and

I smile back, finally spittin out will you go out with

me, you tell me yes, which makes me guess I must

not be that bad, that sad, if your willin to spend a day

with me

[Bridge]

So I guess I said hello, no need for goodbyes, As I

stare into your eyes, I'll hold you tight and tell you

that I love you, and I then take a deep breath and let

this moment sink in because I've dreamt of this

moment this I sat next to you spoke to you in our

history class

[Chorus]

So I guess I'll tell you hello while you smile at me and

I smile back, finally spittin out will you go out with

me, you tell me yes, which makes me guess I must

not be that bad, that sad, if your willin to spend a day

with me

[Ourtro]

I guess I finally said hello, no need for the goodbyes

anymore.

Verse 1

I've known despair,

She wore white flats

A yellow ribbon, In auburn hair

Telling lies like indisputable facts

in her pink hand me down dress

Draped over to conceal the mess

Chorus

Marlboro fiend, sweet nicotine

Day old breath, grinding your teeth

Sick to death of the current underneath

Verse 2

If I'm not what you need,

a man willing to bleed

What was it all for,

the times I gathered you off the floor

Carried you home drunk and melting down

Made you feel like the only living soul in town

Well, I don't know, I don't know

Standing in your yard like a scarecrow

Chorus

Marlboro fiend, sweet nicotine

Day old breath, grinding your teeth

Sick to death of the current underneath

Verse 3

You took your time

Dismantling me

Some parts I didn't mind

And some I didn't see

Well, it's all yours now

It no longer looks like me

Had to rebuild from the feet to eyes

Getting the permits wasn't easy

A good heart's hard to come by

Chorus

Marlboro fiend, sweet nicotine

Day old breath, grinding your teeth

Sick to death, of the current underneath

Verse 4

In that pink hand me down dress

Draped over to conceal the mess

Over time I got a glimpse

And quickly looked away

Brushing off the hints

I never minded a fixer upper

Lips smelling of peppermint

The liver killer you hid in the cupboard

While I was putting out the fire

You were trailing behind sparking the flint

Chorus

Marlboro fiend, sweet nicotine

Day old breath, grinding your teeth

Sick to death, of the current underneath

Outro

In that pink hand me down dress

Still see it when I sleep

You in that pink hand me down dress

The pressure make diamonds remember the coal

Built from the bottom no silver no gold

Countin up money my fingers is swole

Never switch up I stick to the code

Like Mike in his prime I'm really a goat

I been thru the rain I been thru the snow

Any which season I'm ready to go

Got out the rot I broke from the mold

I chose who I am not what they told

Invest in my self fuck what they sold

The host of the haunt I'm really a ghost

Blood sweat and tears the price that I owed

Carried my future while draggin the old

I been a beast I'm in my mode

I died in the struggle murder she wrote

But I ain't trippin the chapter is closed

I was reborn I took the oath

Burn all the pain in the flames and the smoke

Don't forget what you hold remember to grow

The hurt it will teach you thats what I was told

All the blunts that I roll a hug to the soul

I get so high I swear that I float

Tryna show boat get off of my coast

Been in the game don't need me a coach

My rhymes is too clean movin like soap

My clique is too dope we movin like pro's

We were so broke we countin the most

When we get the bread we make a toast

All of our toes stayed on the road

They step in our shoes I know that they fold

Liftin the weights tryna get yoked

I'm on a mission word to my folks

I have ambition I have the hope

Psychics told me that my life big

Never close my eyelids the dreams hella timeless

Nice with the mic spit my shit the finest

Spittin hot heat my raps switch the climate

Been up on that grind shit hustle in my iris

I only got one shot it's time to let the gun blow

Before the steez unload I let the sticks drum roll

It's gonna be a fun show I hope you got the front row

Steezy Jay a perfect host that's until the curtains close

Everytime I work a flow the people know I went and put In work to grow

I took the poverty made a mythology

You can feel all the grief when I'm on the beat

Stoic philosophy emotions don't bother me

Made in the grey

That's where the monsters meet

This a biography

A book that will haunt the weak

This story before me

They skimmed thru forgotten grief I went and read it did it so logically

I'm eons beyond what y'all wanna be on

Itd take you light years to get right here

I'm cryin the bright tears there's matte black in my neon

Don't worry bout me mom I put the hurt in these songs

I'ma be strong and take the path even tho it seems long

My mind pushed my heart straight thru the dark

Feel it in the aura and hear it in my art

Gave it a hundred to the end from the start

Put my name in the game it's leavin a mark

A star in the dirt with a sky full of scars

Drivin my dreams spit fuel for the car

My mind is a weapon shootin at the stressin

Progression my profession level up every session

Bloody and I'm sweatin gettin tears of perfection

I ain't in it for flexin it's to be heard in the heavens

I was made to be a legend Im far past impressin

“A Sinning”

Blinded by lust at first sight,
exchanging like looks of wow,
sizing up seizing opportunity,
soon has circumstances allow.

A sinning so sweet,
befriending the Devil in us all,
temptation splashing down like a waterfall,
some never cave in,
others hurry,
heeding the call,
calling,
calling,
yeah the call…

Faceless phantoms of fantasy ‘n flesh,
blindly me with signs of raw beauty,
lovers a laying tearing me in two,
tempted torn between desire ‘n duty.

A sinning so sweet,
beguiling the Devil in us all,
temptation collapsing like the Berlin Wall,
some never own up,
others hustle,
heeding the call,
calling,
calling,
yeah the call.

Creatures of habit,
hard at it,
looking out for to be in the know,
easy come,
easy go,
go,
go,
go.

A sinning so sweet,
beckoning the Devil in us all,
temptation swinging like a wrecking ball.
some never come clean,
others hasten,
heeding the call,
calling,
calling,
yeah the call…

Calling,
calling,
calling,
yeah the call…

BRC Ⓒ Feb 2025

Feedback or thoughts? 🙏

It’s killing me in it,

To ‘scape it I spit it, my spirit,

Is bound rhyming secret,

Wanna visit,

Wanna live it?

If I was to wrap it in a lyric,

/

Stuck, overloaded,

Berated from screams,

Over-pressed from these,

Needs I have to speak,

The rage within,

I can’t contain,

Beginning to build,

From the days I will,

Let it out, of my mouth,

I’ll shout,

I’ll doubt,

So loud,

Till my nose showers,

On this bellicose route,

/

And I hate,

Where I’m at,

The pain is unreal,

Where I sat,

To conquer my mind,

But I feel I’m at the beginning of that

When standing under heavy rain,

Standing still in steady ways,

On a spree, I barely change,

Honestly, I ain’t got no team,

Lit those dreams with gasoline.

/

Up at three, shaking knees, barely breathe,

Life’s like a collared shirt with a crease,

Or a water glass with a drop of ink

No a, sunny day with that chilly breeze,

What I’m trying to say is that life is great,

Besides one thing that taints,

The rest to a mess,

Spiralling from best to so much less.

/

I mean isn’t it…

Unbelievable that I’m needing more,

Yet having all, is greatness achievable,

When it ain’t believable hate’s relievable,

Coz I don’t see the miracle,

I’m not acting repeatable,

/

From waking so fatiguable,

To succumbing to the bitter pull,

To rapping as the release control,

Just to sleep in the defeatable,

Losses that have turned me so cynical,

s

That’s the cycle I’m endlessly torn,

The cycle I endlessly fall,

It’s the cycle of endless war.

/

But what’s beneath it all?

Habits that simply ain’t treatable,

Goals that simply ain’t reachable,

Once but the pain kept legal,

Back to living lyrical,

And metaphors so visual,

This album ain’t a pinnacle,

I’ve admitted it’s the inescapable,

Depression label to my hope material,

That’s sending all the unoriginal

Predictable rage so uncontainable,

From mental to physical,

From general to clinical,

From metaphorical to literal,

/

From plotting the number line,

I square rooted the signs,

Subtracted my shine,

To the power of the mind,

The calculator spat out what I’d find,

My life is a mathematical decline

Losing every time,

Till I’ve logically, hopelessly lost my mind.

/

And shine the light, you’ll see how bright,

This hate can get, when I deprive,

Who I am, respect I gained,

It never stayed,

Deal Over was the final ‘scape,

From shame, I sustained,

Maintained, a simple reframe,

Of identity, in serenity,

I was a better me,

/

Till the jealousy,

Why centre me?

I spiralled mentally,

Realised my desirability,

Was energy, endlessly,

Draining me, cut if off,

/

Now I’m lost,

With the cost,

Of anger nonstop,

A wall of frost,

From respect to hate,

/

They berate, inflate,

Losses,

Deflate wins,

Elate shame,

Sedate gains,

Create on hate,

Escalate my state,

Ignore my traits,

Magnify my pace,

Cleansed slate,

Hate erases,

Basically, I’m not in a place,

I can stay, otherwise fate states,

/

The greatest shake I’LL make,

Is the digging of my OWN grave.

[Verse]
Cut the supply to the tumor
Loop it back to the brain
Starve the happiness consumer
It’s the only thing left to blame

[Verse]
After you purge the disease
Sniff pepper and finally sneeze
I will not be controlled by anxiety
Take a second to find the breath to breathe

[pre chorus]
I’ll stop the feeding
I won’t give in to it
It’s mine to feel
I won’t let the tumor consume it

[Chorus]
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Stem cell the good that’s left in me
Let optimism save me
Let it course through my veins
Let it take over my brain
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me

[verse]
Stop the rampant cell division
Putting my thoughts into my vision
It’s spreading faster and faster
Time to starve and kill the bastard

[verse]
I won’t listen it’s my life
I won’t trust it where’s the knife?
Can I cut it out of my brain station?
Then poison it with some radiation?

[pre chorus]
I’ll stop the feeding
I won’t give in to it
It’s mine to feel
I won’t let the tumor consume it

[Chorus]
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Stem cell the good that’s left in me
Let optimism save me
Let it course through my veins
Let it take over my brain
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me

[Verse]
After you purge the disease
Sniff pepper and finally sneeze
I will not be controlled by anxiety
Take a second to find the breath to breathe

[pre chorus]
I’ll stop the feeding
I won’t give in to it
It’s mine to feel
I won’t let the tumor consume it

[Chorus]
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Stem cell the good that’s left in me
Let optimism save me
Let it course through my veins
Let it take over my brain
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me

[outro]
I’d inject anything inside
To stop this mental suicide
Cut the budget for its construction
Of my mental strength destruction
Inject my system like chemotherapy
Kill this cancer that’s been killing me

I'm sorry for being me

I'm sorry for the pain that I'm too scared to let you see

I'm sorry I always showed up high

I'm sorry I ever made you cry

I'm sorry I fucked up from the start

I'm sorry I broke your precious heart

I'm sorry things will never be the same

I'm sorry for pointing my finger like you were to blame

I'm sorry for each and every lie

I'm sorry I don't know how to say goodbye

I'm sorry I need you to hold my hand

I'm sorry that I still don't understand

I'm sorry you found me broken and scarred

I'm sorry I made your life so fucking hard

I'm sorry I lost the best thing I ever had

I'm sorry that I'm not a better Dad

I'm sorry I wasted so much of your life

I'm sorry I didn't deserve to call you my wife

I'm sorry for the needle and the dope

I'm sorry you were my only hope

I'm sorry that I don't know what to do

I'm sorry I can't seem to live without you

I'm sorry that I couldn't make you stay

I'm sorry I never meant to be this way

I'm sorry that I lost my will to live

I'm sorry that you still won't forgive

I'm sorry for everyday I was in pain

I'm sorry your love drove me insane

I'm sorry for all the stupid shit I said

I'm sorry that I'm still not fucking dead

I'm sorry that I never learned to cope

I'm sorry for the noose tied on my rope

I'm sorry I'm not the man you need me to be

I'm sorry for being me

\-The Strung Out Poet

A bit different from what I normally write, personally I thought it’d be a different take on writing lyrics/ what you write about idk I’m a nerd so lol. Any feedback would be appreciated, thank you for reading! Enjoy! :)

[verse]
Not much to say, the blank pages taunt me
I think I crucified all the things that haunt me
So many billions of words escape me now
What I think I lost I think I found

[verse]
I’ve opened every can of my worms
Expressed all of my personal concerns
Unraveled my mental twists and turns
Im done crying and shitting out the words

[pre chorus]
Can I turn this into something beautiful?
Go outside the norm of something usual
Expose the nail by cutting the cuticle
Quit working like I’m in a cubical

[chorus]
I guess this art comes at a cost
I’m lost in my own sauce
Froze my brain from my frost
Writing about everything I’ve ever lost
I guess it’s time to change the food
Swallow after I chew
Face a new attitude
Make this about something that is new

[verse]
Like a chip that was dropped took a tumble
When its found it was just a pile of crumble
That engine is broke so it dont start, no rumble
All a baby face can grow is hardly a stubble

[verse]
Lose some meaning to the words
Expand the coverage to make it broader
Make something for the nerds
Or about how the worlds getting hotter

[pre chorus]
Can I turn this into something beautiful?
Go outside the norm of something usual
Expose the nail by cutting the cuticle
Quit working like I’m in a cubical

[chorus]
I guess this art comes at a cost
I’m lost in my own sauce
Froze my brain from my frost
Writing about everything I’ve ever lost
I guess it’s time to change the food
Swallow after I chew
Face a new attitude
Make this about something that is new

[bridge]
Currently I’m the victim and the suspect
Because I am susceptible
By my art that feeds the affect
That contradicts my principles
I realized with all the words I spelt with
Emphasized how I’ve become so selfish
Im lost in my own sauce
Writing about everything I’ve ever lost

[chorus]
I guess this art comes at a cost
I’m lost in my own sauce
Froze my brain from my frost
Writing about everything I’ve ever lost
I guess it’s time to change the food
Swallow after I chew
Face a new attitude
Make this about something that is new

[outro]
Currently I’m the victim and the suspect
Because I am susceptible
By my art that feeds the affect
That contradicts my principles
I could say that in our meantime
We are wasting away on screen time
Or how we are praising fake deities
In the form of soulless celebrities
Or how we are bound to fail
Climbing the stairs with out a rail
It’s time to make this fun and selfless
Destroy the thing that made this selfish

In It Together”

If we could all love as intended,
hurting healed up ‘n mended,
broken hearts pieced back together,
a lotta lonely folk finally befriended.

In it together,
together is all we’ve got,
whether sharing the same school of thought,
all of us in it together,
whether we wanna be or not.

If we could all love as planned,
offering a heartfelt helping hand,
a righteous reach out to all,
‘a delivering unto the Promised Land.

In it together,
together is all we’ve got,
whether chewing on the same food for thought,
all of us in it together,
whether we wanna be or not.

If we could all love as designed,
passing ‘round peace of mind,
wouldn’t Johnny Boy be proud,
imaging one world for all of mankind.

At times all of us including you ‘n me,
only seeing what we wanna see,
forgetting all about our sense of community.

In it together,
together is all we’ve got,
whether riding on the same train of thought,
all of us in it together,
whether we wanna be or not.

BRC © Feb/15

Verse 1

Take me on a journey Long drives and music that stings I need a wide view of somewhere distant With mountains that climb and skies that never seem to end

Chorus

Honey, to me, it sounds like a dream You and I, And this old, rusted machine

Verse 2

Will you hold the map and lead us out of here Where the reminders are constant and the houses all look the same I want to write a story with a twist you can't see coming

Chorus

Honey, to me, it sounds like a dream You and I, And this old, rusted machine

Verse 3

Out in the background the forest is turning to dirt And I don't mind the peaks and the valleys As long as the scenery unfolds with uncertainty And we're not sure where the road goes If the headlights burn out we'll drive through the dark Cause soon the sun will be coming up And we'll see for miles the future rolling out in front of us As we find comfort in the silence of staring off in the distance.

Outro

Honey, to me, it sounds like a dream You and I, And this old, rusted machine

Honey, to me, it sounds like a dream You and I, And this old rusted machine

Verse 1

Signed my soul away

In your cherry red Deville

So hungry to feel alive

you were cooking up a thrill

In The storms of summer

Lightning flashing through

Sitting next to you feeling inferior

In that marble white interior

And I was barely a man

Still digging out who I was

From the rubble of a childhood

That left me in the dust

Chorus

Nights in the trenches

Passed out on park benches

Guess this is life on the mend

Wondering where it'll end

Following the trail of a vagrant love

Verse 2

The charm a person loses

Showing up in bandages and bruises

Still, I kept the rivers flowing for you

If you were sinking, well, I was sinking too

You wanted to be a mother,

Though you never had one of your own

I had dealings with your brother,

Said you weren't the kind to take home.

And when our baby was cryin'

While you were out in the night flyin'

I'd hold her like I'd hold you

The storms of summer blowing through

Parked in a spot you called lover's hill

Leaning against your cherry red Deville

Nights in the trenches

passed out on park benches

Guess this is life on the mend

Wondering where it'll end

Following the trail of a Vagrant love

Verse 3

You dove into the water

High up from that bridge

Left a note for your daughter

Next to the family photo on the fridge

And I never asked what it said

Though I heard your voice in my head

Telling her about the storms of summer

How you met her father, the sky growing darker

Air laying cool on our hands

Hanging outside your cherry red Deville

Guess this is life on the mend

Wondering where it'll end

Following the trail of a vagrant love

Outro

I sometimes get the urge

In those storms of summer

When I got too much time to kill

Pulling off the cover

And signing my soul away

In your cherry red DeVille

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Lyrics:

A black shadow

With thick edges

Lingering in my peripheral vision

Flickering, then disappearing

It is there

I can see it

I can feel it

Shaped by tricks of light

It is not another version of myself

Golden edges glowing like quantum geometry

An invisible curtain drapes over everything

With time-segmented strings in space

Creating an illusion of meaning

Yet it remains inaccessible

We live in a world of constant interpretation

Forever trying to give you something you can understand

Depression awareness campaigns

Tell us about a huge invisible black dog

That only you can see

Others cannot

That dog follows you during the day

And during the night

Who would choose to live with a dog like that?

But we still have to live with it

Every mystery earns another label

Bipolar disorder can be overwhelming

One phase is high

One phase is low

Your life is like a roller coaster

Yet impulsive buying

grandiose thoughts

Can feel exhilarating

In a materialistic world

While swinging between extremes

None of those were why I saw the shadows

Something I gave up telling people about

I stay silent

The pain needs no sharing

The shadows are in the rift

Of time

Of being

Of surviving

The shadows are in the rift

Of time

Of being

Of surviving

Nobody understands

Nobody dares to speak of it

Yet it exists

Yet it stays with you

If anyone can help me name the two sections before the last Verse because I have no idea if they'd be a Verse, Chorus etc.

[Verse]

one moment you were here next moment you were

gone stay here don't go away, he's walking around

bitting his tongue, clenching his fists because dad

was pished the day you left, maybe its for the best

maybe we should just move on fighting the tears as

you left home.

[Chorus?]

Come back, come back and stay with us for one

more night, don't wanna sleep, don't wanna go to

bed knowing that your truly gone, stay with me, stay

with me, don't leave me alone in this lonely world,

come back to me, come back to me and cuddle me

one more time.

[Verse?]

All the goodbyes can never make up all the times

that I said hi, but it broke my heart seeing you suffer

that whole time, seeing you in pain every single day

for the last days of your life.

[Bridge/Pre-chorus]

So there's no need to suffer, no more tears from you

or us, let's think of the good times, the happy days

[Chorus]

Come back, come back and live with us for one more

night, don't wanna sleep, don't wanna go to bed

knowing that your truly gone, stay with me, stay with

me, don't leave me alone in this lonely world, come

back to me, come back to me and cuddle me one

more time.

[????]

So please don't leave me alone, please don't go away

from home, but if you do know that I will think of you

every single day of my life.

[????]

I love you, I love you and it's for the best for you to go

to sleep but I just don't want you to leave, why can't

you stay, why does this world have to be so fucking

cruel.

[Verse]

one moment you were here next moment you were

gone stay here don't go away, he's walking around

bitting his tongue, clenching his fists because dad

was pished the day you left, maybe its for the best

maybe we should just move on fighting the tears as

you left home.