Clarity
Why lie? It’s only me
Silent lullabies for clarity
The long night for dawn to arrive
Waiting to arise
It’s on the way, come away now
To color me inside and out
Fall away from all I’d do without
Light. A line. Alive. Alone…
To float in new space
Letting go of tethered weight
The hollow replaced
Feeling whole but not by fate
Setting alight
Eyes once dulled by crueler days
Unbearably light
O, to feel this way
Who can tell me off, it’s only my thoughts
Turned inside out and I’m finally
Over pains of doubt, so what do I do
Now with this clarity?
And this tethered weight, severed and gone
Turn, turn now to face
From night, the brightest of dawns
Head seated squarely upon…
Time for me
Winds, oh how they change
I will ride them, you will stay here
Fate, she doesn’t favor us
How it pains me that I can’t take you with me
Oh, what I wouldn’t do
For just one more night with you
I want you to
Take some time for me
I won’t be around much longer
Don’t walk away
We’ve only hours and numbered days
Oh, stay
Or if you must go, hesitate
I pray that somehow you do…
Take some time for me
I won’t be around much longer
Dangerous Kicks
Drunk and gambling in the backroom of a cocktail bar
I have bet away my life
Hired girlfriend saying, “hey baby, you’ve gone too far”
I don’t even know my name anymore
Ain’t it high time to back out from it?
When they’re staring at me cold-blooded
Looming over the table, threatening
Was I foolish to be so confident?
Cocksure of myself
Does her makeup as she peels out on the Ninety-Four
Late again, what can you do?
Hundred-eighty, in the right lane a car is parked
Giving chase just suits her mood
Pulling over to take what’s coming
Will she talk herself out with her body?
Just a smile from this pot of honey
Does it really work like as seen on TV?
Everybody wants to play
Hollywood heroes and escape from their lives
Sacrifice the wife and kids for some dangerous kicks
It’ll cost much more than the ticket price
An unnatural kind of paradise
A fresh new hell for us to fantasize
Can’t we all just get on with our lives?
Smoke Communiqué
You’re so loud
It’s just hot air coming out of your mouth
Bite your tongue
Or just cut it out for good
Haven’t you had enough?
[Why do you get to say
Everything on your mind?
While I scream at the wall
Of stones that don’t know I’m right]
You’re so dense
Thickest suit of paper armor I’ve seen
Full defense
Of some baseless claims that you read
I wish I could break your chamber of glass
Shatter your illusions of the future and the past
Raise my voice as a kick to the face
Put them dogs in their place
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Why do you get to say?
Virulent and poisonous, your vitriol display
Why the hell is it then my mistake
To have come at you with something more than
Smoke communiqué?
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Tantalus
Hey, where are we now?
Is the answer hard to find?
Feeling lost inside this crowd, the million faces floating by
There’s a place where we fit like keys inside of the right locks
To be turned to open all the love inside
Turning over leaves,
Stones and pages, blank and empty sheets
They reveal not but want
Pulling inwards like supernova vacuums of the mind
To be formed into our microcosmic place
Mmm, lovely
Parched and hungry
For merely touch of skin, I’d weep
Fruitless patience drains a heart
That can no longer wait in vain
Anticipating only love, disappointment bringing pain
And I am standing as Tantalus in seas of golden opportunities
My love, must I starve myself for thee?
Pining anxiously
Celibacy strains a restless beast
Feeling chained all for naught
Am I guilty for thoughts, when your voice bears a frigid cold?
Could your comet come burn up in my atmosphere, oh?
Sing to me
Red wine poetry
Comfort me with disembodied love
Fruitless patience drains a heart
That can no longer wait in vain
Anticipating only love, disappointment bringing pain
And I am standing as Tantalus in seas of golden opportunities
My love, must I starve myself for thee?
Credits
Music and Lyrics by Austin Horn and Philip Dyszy