Out of Eden

I look for answers everywhere I see the faces of the uncaring They always have answers for unasked questions The tragedy comes from the distance between our heart and head It’s the difference from picking from the tree of knowledge or choosing to be ignorant in the bliss of not knowing There are some things…

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Hope

This must have been a dream Countless endless nights were spent grasping at images dancing in my head And each one a vision of it’s true self Of you Memories are dreams that have value In the pale morning light as I rise I feel the sunlight breaking over the foot hills and thawing the…

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Do you remember?

Do you remember when we were seventeen? Punk rock music and skateboarding off of Short Vine We didn’t hold anything back Do you remember walking arm and arm? We passed out on the door step from drinking too much stolen beer We didn’t hold anything back We hated each other But we’re never seen apart…

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Me

I took a walk inside my head just so I could talk to my heart It led me down so many paths of bad choices and broken dreams Finally I found what I was looking for I thought it was me. Then I woke up and realized I just wanted it to be me. But…

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Because you know me

You and I Caught in and endless circle of love and debate Every step closer to an edge we can’t see Every step closer to falling, we hold back Hot and Cold I’m here Where are you? I can see you turning away I’m here. I’m trying to reach you You’re running away from the…

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Saying… Goodbye

In the empty place Which is now my heart I wonder in years of silence waiting for you Waiting by the phone The ghost of what will never be hovers over me like deaths shadow And I wait here alone in the empty place that is now my heart A rush of panic creeps over…

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Does it need a title?

The way you’ve touched my soul will always remind me of how beautiful life can be You say that the differences between us keep us from being happy I say you’re afraid. In the end all that matters is love. And we had love. Glorious and passionate. I’ll miss you, my dirty little princess.

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