Anthem

Anthem Dec 2016

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loving you is like
painting a house on fire

Anthem Dec 2016

if it can be lost
it can be found
if we try hard enough
we can bring it back around

if it can be broken
it can be fixed
just stand up
say that you want this

we were promised the world
but that's not what was asked
we want opportunity and a future
not to be buried by the past

Anthem Dec 2016

Ageism.../

a momentary distraction
a brief respite from the pain
a decision to last a lifetime
and how it can never be the same

so drown the day in darkness
shut yourself inside the house
and when it comes to call on you
stay still, and quite as a mouse

because hope is a waking dream
and i'm too terrified to sleep
no matter how bright the old lights shine
they never give off any heat

Anthem Dec 2016

Blue Whales

they're the same stars
just seen from different places
if we learn to live like this
maybe we can learn to love again

Anthem Dec 2016

Time...

time doesn't slow down
for those who dream

Anthem Nov 2016

Doppelganger

i could tell it was happy
the day i set it free
i've watched it grow
i've watched it change
i've watched it always
while i'm still the exact same
it beckons applause
it wins awards
it leaves a trail of smiles in its wake
there's always something it's working towards
i've watched it
ever since i set it free
and in all this time
it's never once looked back to me

Anthem Nov 2016

Lonely // Old

a lonely room that houses
a lonely chair that holds
a lonely man that hasn't
risen in days finds the strength to say
these walls have ears!
these walls have ears!
old man, you have no idea!
press that little life to your heart
continue to pray the pain away
your whispers leave traces
it's all that you have left
there will be no second night!
now, close those simple eyes
and burn! my god!
old man, you have no idea