I've been told my expectations are too high
To lower my standards
That what I seek isn't a reality
And I have probably passed up
A beautiful mind
Or
A beautiful face
But, I cannot change this vision of mine
She's out there
Utterly perfect in all of her imperfections

It took only but a few minutes
Finding the worn headstone
Never forgetting
Who could forget such a love
Accepting the silence
Undoubtedly one day my name will disappear
For this cemetery
Is where I've buried myself
For each one of my long lost lovers
From name tree carvings
And spoiled chocolate valentines
To the everlasting reds in the roses of dead petals
Of all the starlights in the brilliance of diamond rings
For a wise man told me
Love is narcissistic
And you only find someone to love you
As much as you love yourself
Not realizing he was wrong, until her beautiful face
Told me she loved me, just to love me

Been a couple days since my breaths ran out the door on me
I've been trying to hold it in, hoping for the day you'll come back for me

Maybe I'm just being blinded by the better side of what we are
I hope, I wish, I can keep the scars you left behind, my northern star

Couldn't believe how much I bled, when the blade was placed by you
Not bleeding blood, tears, or even fears, just pain

You had a hold on my soul
Caught a case of rope burn, lost grip and let me go

I hope you'll be safe in the arms of another.

When the storms a rage and loving you is a losing battle
If I were to drown here, it wouldn't  matter
There's things you seem to do
I thought that love was never true
And everyday I'm a slave to the heartache
No, it's not heartbreak, it's an ache I crave and put everything at stake
You tore my world apart
Like it was something you had planned to do
Trying to find our love, headed back to the start
Cause giving up a love like you
Is something I just can't seem to do

I lost my soul
So ****** deep
Inside of you.

If we make it out alive
Drowning deep in the sea
Pull me back to shore
Cough up the salt licked sympathies
Compass only points to the east
Pointing to thee
For where you are
I will be
Miles high in the deep
Walking in your gardens in ecstasy
Wild flowers crushing beneath our feet
Taking our time drinking the whiskey dipped memories

Marked for death
Through all of our pain
These violent history games
Kindergarten crushes to blame
For all the glory and fame
I can't remember my name
Decadent stain
What might have been lost?

In times of war and desolation
There was a spree you had given me
In a lifetime of war: peace
Heat and fever were all around
Tastes of cherry wines and summer vibes
Unexpected and quite adventurous
Speckled eyes and starfire nights
The Endless Summer calls to thee
Yet, in sparing times of self discovery
The change of the leaves from green to gold and further more of stark winds
The craving of sweaters and cold innerlocked fingers
Mesmerizing walks through the winter pines and soft spoken "I love you's"
I guess we found that frozen lakes still contain hidden fires and the snow can burn just as bad
For when we are together
The summer is endless

I get this feelin' that I'm losing it
I'm out of my head, can't you see, can't ya see me?
My bloods turned to wine, and I taste just fine
I'm climbing what's left just to see what in this world I need
Snow capped hills and mountain sides
Frostbit and lips bit
My blood taste just fine, aged perfectly red wine
A top of the world, a quest, a conquest
Treasured and traded
Learning to take it
Climbed all this way to find
I was wrong the entire time, but I swear I tried
I'm just so out of my head
Threw a prayer way up high and swing to miss it
I'm not quite sure what his answer will be
Climbed so **** high, just to find, what I need
It's at the bottom of my eyes
You'll be at the summit

Dreams and dreams of a man
The only one who can do what you do is you
Taken paths of decadence
To the moralities of an heart not yet corrupt
Lie two picture frames
The legacy of a man

1. The family and kingdom adored by all
2. A man of twenty-four atop the world, of snow capped states and stars, yet a lone for the glory

Heavy Lies The Crown.

This eclipse is proof
That the light will shine
Beneath the blackened skies
So, pretty girl
Shine bright
For the dark is only here, but for a moment

Any day now
I've been waiting
Been a long time coming baby
Come closer, please
We don't have to rush
Holding the pieces, let's build it up
Back to the endless summer
Remember the first time I saw you
Most beautiful creature, I've ever saw
I'm not quite sure what will happen
Both our lives hectic chasing passion
Just know that flame I've had for you
Is still ignited, and it's burning up

I miss your pain
That constant loving drain
I miss your kiss
Already
Well, I hope dear
That you don't think I'm weird
Just miss your plane
Come stay at my place
Cause I miss your brain
You're like a the best ink mark stain
I miss your kiss
Already

Thinkin' I might flip and fill my brain with lead
Wander through the dead
With you caught up in my head
You're a lot more pretty when you show your scars
A beauty that longs to be amongst the stars
Cause that piano sound
Brings some love that can't be found
And you know what I think about
Lyrical lies and beautiful eyes
Always fill me with doubt

Caught me by surprise
Dragging me down to the ocean side
So foreign and I like it
Waist deep and I can't fight it
Whisper in my ear
With her voice from the heavens
Askin' where I want to be
Whisper back wherever you want me
Cause home is you
So, tell me what is it you want to do?
Let's take a ride
Into the night

We all have things hidden deep inside
And I am no king, no I wear no crown
But, you are still my queen that I've learned and my heart resides
You've taught me to trust
What lies deep inside
And, I still faulter in these desperate times
Still I weaken somehow
As time still slowly goes by
You refuse to let it tear me apart
Trusting the fears that lay upon my heart
For the day is losing light
But, you remain
Shining, oh so bright

Wish it was was me and you
Tell everyone else to forget about it
Wish it was you and me
That I could be with the rest of my days
I just have to make you mine
I know, I know I'm running out of time
It's been raining a lot
So, today I'm telling her
She's the most beautiful girl in the world
Her smile just makes the sun shine
I guess I hope she decides she likes mine
Have no idea, have no plans, running out of time
I just know that I have to make her mine

I think I need you to help me out of this
I always seem to make a mess
There's these holes in the sky
And you're pulling in your dreams
You always ask me where my mind goes
I don't dream, I guess my covers blown
The world seems to flimsy when you dance and sing for me, I grin
Delicate like the spear head rip off the edge of an arrow
I want to run, your form terrifies me breaking my bones to bits all the way down to the marrow
A subtle smile reminds me of your interest
I want your breath drawn out and reborn again

When you finally find something
Good in life
You eat it all up regardless of taste
Like you haven't ate for days

The days losing light
And we're running out of time
So, lover of mine
Come rush to my side
Please give me one last kiss
For such distance will soon
Spread between our lips

I'm trying to draw, what I think I want this life and it seems to be you
I can't seem to keep the colors inside the lines
Cause' when it comes to you
The page goes blank and I feel like I'm losing my mind
I have the shape and curve of you
The color is what I can't seem to find
Is it Red or Blue?
I swear, I'm going color blind
Only to realize that in time
You just happen to be
All the colors I need in me

My hands knew the way of the keys
And the keys knew only my name
For when they sang, I could feel love
Colors rain when they scream out in harmony
In a world of monotone hues
Black and White keys resembling Doves and Ravens
Bring out the best of both worlds
A perfection of symphonies
To allow your beauty to shine
With your perfectly drawing smile
Your glowing spotless skin
Those big brown eyes in rays of sunshine
Perfect eyebrows and subtle laugh lines
Did you know you have small wrinkles around your eyes, when you smile so hard?
You might find imperfections in your reflection
To some those might just be among the perfections
I think I could stare at you for hours if not days
The piano is the only instrument, I could think of
To match such a magnificent creature

Builders you all are
Architects and master craftsmen
Built in black and white
Given small amounts of colors to shine
Bridges built on words
Joining a community together from around the world
All in a common goal
Express thyself
Spill the thoughts of your soul
For the next to progress farther on
And so on and so
To you poets, I beg of you
Be raw, be vulnerable
It shall make this glorious golden gate
Unbreakable

In a life time of internal wars
I found peace in your body
Lost in the currents of loving vibes

I apologize
That I cannot seem to use
Enough words to describe
Your level of perfectness
I'm still slipping down this slippery *****
After all this time

She turned and giggled
As she watched a boy struggle
To button his cuffs
As she helped
He couldn't help, but admire her perfectness
The bareness of her shoulders
In a miraclous red dress
The lightness of her cheek bones
From perfectly applied makeup
She had her hair in a style he'd never seen
She was always so adventurous
Finally looking up after the job was done
To lock eyes with a lover
Lost in nothing, but a moment
As he kissed her not caring of the perfect red lipstick on her lips

Lovely weather as the dark comes
They start to light the Eiffel
As I stand on the balcony
Above the city of love
Thinking she must be down there
A lover in a loveless wasteland

Find myself writing the eulogy
For romance and chivalry
We live in a ****** hookup culture
Maybe I should embrace the torture
Cause' I can't seem to find my place
In a world that doesn't have love's taste

From birth
Born so **** insecure
Not ever believing if love is real
Disregard if we'll ever be sure
Cause' humans were born to feel
And in the shadows there's a place for us
Somewhere hidden they can't find our love
I was the trust and patience
You were the confident ways
And sometimes we're missing
Lost under the waves
I know it's alright, we've been under pressure
I believe, we'll make it through together

Saw you in the summer
Your face came to life
You could be my lover
Oh, baby we're falling so deep
Only took a couple lifetimes
Take our bodies higher
I saw you in my dreams
Middle of the night
You told me we're all we need
Together let's go
Your voice and sound set my soul on fire
The girl guys hope to meet by running into
Whoever you are
Just hope you take my body higher

Maybe I need to compromise
Although my dear, my way is heavy
I have been on the road
And I'm not quite sure which way to go
Searching through the constellations for one I can't seem to find
Hope your face lights up the sky and see the stars re-align
Can you come and rescue me?
Cause' babe we're getting lost out at sea
It's so lovely out here
Amongst the salt licked sympathies

She chose the city
Guess that's where she wants to be
So, you can guess that's where you'll find me
She's the only sight in the big apple I want to see
She's the music in our symphony
In the city she's always awake
Just a gorgeous girl, a kind the world doesn't seem to make
Here to break the rules
Just a dreaming fool
The big apple took a bite out of me
Finding out what were turning out to be
Guess that's where I want to be
Cause' she chose the city

In a lost amount of complexities
You're quite simple aren't you?
In a testament of strength
You fair boy, you seem to be my greatest adversary
Breathing in and out
Cause' rooms filled up with faces
And the air so thick we could taste it
Heavy heads always seem a racing
And somedays you can feel yourself erasing
Freedom in the high lows
Find some space and learn to let go
As a soul seems to be shifting higher
Bursting at the seems of good hope
Clashing like images of kaleidoscopes
That sounds like my life though

I can see blood in the water
It's none of the worlds business
How she's got me loving in the morning
Singing in the pouring rain
Finding it perfect in the palm of your hand
So, pardon my manners
Something about you
Turns me into a savage
If I'm going to be honest
I'll do what I need to
To always please you
My dear

I can see blood in the water
I can write anything honest
Is anyone else trying to bring love back?
Still find myself fishing
Sadly, there's a couple things I keep pent up
Alone in my room with nobody around
Gather the thoughts
Just keep wondering why we fought
It seems that's the generation's way
It's just what we believe we were taught
Join me, be the change
Refuse to be the same, cause let me tell you
This generations ideals on love is not my ******* way

Lips like sunsets
See you begin to undress
Start to lose my head
Let's get magnetic
Make this life electric
I know you like it
I can feel you in my bones
Starting to feel a lot like home
You can be the lyric
On my melody
Let's get lost in the romantics

It's funny
How a flash of your smile
Can cause my quiet life
To be so slowly distorted
Speak the words on your mind
Oh dear, here you go
Waste away into the night fall
Hands are shaking from the lovers lost call
Oh babe, I'm so ready, holding steady

Heading west
To where her heart and the sun sleeps
City fall out, I just need a place my lungs can breathe
Just hold me and let's fall asleep
Cause' my heart skips heavy when we were free caught underneath the waves
Cause' this is already bigger than us
It's bigger than you
It's bigger than me
It's bigger than Love
Caught breathless from the start
What she doesn't know is that for her and the 365 days of endless summer, I'd give up these pretty words and my art
For just a compliment a day and the shot at stealing her heart

It's weird that lately, we just don't feel the same
Though, we've been trying to
We just don't know love anymore
Learning that this road is pretty difficult
Spill an ocean of secrets
Hold each other down hoping we don't drown
You've been dying for rain
I've been just been hoping the sun doesn't go and hide away

Not all things
You'll fall in love with
Are going to be perfect

Love
Reckless and defenseless
Open and vulnerable, isn't it wonderful?

She knew
A storm was coming
She smiled bright anyways

What a curse it must be
To be so attracted to a person
At a first random glance
To find everything about their face
Just so compelling
To see the glint of starlight in their eyes
Brought to crazed happiness upon a smile
Feel the rush of heat
As their voice and laugh
Strike against your ear drums
She's my sun model
Setting my world ablaze

Deep sea, beauty
Drown me in the water
Find me in the dark
Drag me down to the deep

Island fires
Boy's I'll never deny
That she's a high tide come to wash over me
Find your woman, and dance in the moonlight
Let your love rain down the valley's
Let your waters wash over me

Suddenly the moon comes out
And I feel my love creeping out again
Bathed in moonlit madness
Stuck in crowded rooms
Getting drunk off Bacardi
Knowing my place isn't at this party
Knowing tonight I'm drinking more than recommended
It's the only thing I can do to keep my heart corrected
Finding my way outback poolside
Imagining that the stars are listening as my mind confides
Oh, at least the suns suddenly coming up
And, I feel my love burning up again
Bathed in sunlit happiness

A constant circle of being human
Trying to make eachother feel something
Bittersweet years gone away
Lost sense of taste
Colors most days seem to fade to grey
When you're alone in the bed you've made
So, dear if you're going to stay then stay
But, love if you're going to go
Make sure you make me feel something

This world
Isn't quite
What my heart expected
Except you and I, two hearts
Refusing not to be connected
If the church knew were weren't believers
Living stupidly free just lost dreamers
Oh, how badly I crave to be free
Just, trying to find my home sweet home
Maybe, something's just wrong with me?
It doesn't matter cause, it's not just me, but it just so happens to be we
Thanks for helping me feel so lively
Just trying to find my way back home, oh sweet home

In the garden of Eden
All of the king's horses
And all of the king's men
Couldn't piece together these lands again
We're all looking and searching just to find ourselves drowning
There's wolves in our heads and they're howling
Just when it seems like we lost it all
We somehow find something to believe in
Just needed one reason
To save our souls from the sins we've been bleedin'

Lately, I've been yelling up at the sky like "What is my purpose?"
Forgive me, everyday I'm reminded that I'm far from perfect.
And lately I feel ashamed to feel pain, I keep to myself.
And what gets to me the most, is I know there's more to life than to dwell on my own ******* self.