Sundays Past
On Sunday mornings you would wear a dark suit
With a tie and shiny shoes you are ready to en route
The church bells would ring calling for morning mass
While you check the weather through the window glass
A last glance in the mirror and you are on your way
You join the church goers without any further delay
Walking over uneven cobblestones in our small town
Children would jump on the sidewalks up and down
Dressed up for church everyone is wearing their best
Thinking about the priest and what they have to confess
Men lifting their dark hats as they wish a Good Morning
Then pass by the cemetery bowing heads as in mourning
The church bells now ringing louder and more demanding
Calling all sinners to mass without misunderstanding
I always knew that right then the decision was made
And it was agreed to skip church without being afraid
Through the old alley you and others took a known detour
Heading straight to the pub on the corner that is for sure
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Claude
I have lost you to death my faithful friend
You took my love with you and life is a bend
During your last hour you came back alive
But they said it was only because I arrived
I knew I did the only thing that I could do
But letting you go seems unreal and untrue
You have stayed by my side for over 12 years
What I have left now is your ashes and tears
In 12 years we have only been apart twice
For 2 nights the loss of sleep was the price
I remember your wounds from a raccoon
And your howling at night with a full moon
You never liked anyone that was close to me
For most it was only the pitbull in you they see
To me you were my beautiful friend and my child
No matter what you did it was me you beguiled
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Enslavement
They watched him walking restricted by a thin thread
As he was counting his losses from a game of roulette
They saw him drowning very slowly in clouds of tar
His lungs were punctured by barbed wire very bizarre
They dumped ice on the road where he was speeding
He cried red tears but no one listened to him pleading
They bought what she offered packed tightly in chains
Her tracks almost hidden behind smiles and great pains
They laughed as she danced revealing her naked soul
Watching her stumble across the room with iron control
They celebrated her beauty buying bottles of champagne
While she counted dollar bills soon lost in dreamy acid rain
They delivered health care with bandages in bright blue
When he was running in circles trying to catch his déjà vu
They prayed for the sinners after signing papers of lies
As he was collecting gear made of glass with hollow eyes
They sleep self-satisfied in their beds throughout the night
When he was alone with his girl without any visible light
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Dream Interpreted
There was a nice girl named January in my dream
When fresh snow fell and ice drifted downstream
After a few weeks her mother February came around
She wore a heavy coat over a furry dressing gown
Her husband March was a funny guy and made me laugh
He atoned for the cold on Januarys and Februarys behalf
There was a woman dancing April was her first name
She was joking around all day making everyone fair game
The twins May and June have a talent for physical sport
They play ball back and forth on the sunny tennis court
July the little dog barks at Joe who is also the plumber
Playing with the kittens in the sun she enjoys the summer
Tall August is a professional clown and has curly red hair
He plays with the kids in colorful leaves at the day care
September is really handsome and wants to be an actor
But right now he is clearing fields with a bright red tractor
Big October the mailman delivers packages all over town
It has been whispered that he sometimes wears a ball gown
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Regret
I still see your face appearing to me like a wave
Senses are still tuned to the scent of your aftershave
The white towel you have left behind in the shower
Remains like a withered memory or a pressed flower
I experience more sad days now since you've been gone
The most difficult time I have without you is right at dawn
Settling in for the night you no longer by my side right here
Often I scream silently hoping for everyone to overhear
At night sometimes I wake up afraid of the new day to come
With your visions in my mind repetitive like the beat of a drum
There are no more tears left to cry over you going away
Nothing left to say there is silence around me every day
I will try to forget the smile you gave me each morning
You took it away with you and I feel as in mourning
In time I know I will get better at this missing you less
But for the time being I am desolate and in great distress
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Urban Disappointment
Disturbing nature within the mortal sin of confusion
We pretend to be blind to a world of optical illusion
Blood and sweat cammouflaged in greed and brutality
Surfaces more often than not relegating all morality
A dull knife covered in morphine cuts raw incisions
While we dismiss a grim reality with projected visions
In houses of religion corrupt prophets inflict false hope
And hard earned money is collected by the mighty pope
Love all and judge none has no meaning in the streets
Where skelletons dance to the tune of cocaine treats
Tall fences with barbed wire - risen to keep people in
Cast shadows of desperation because no one will win
Long lines infront of soup kitchens throughout downtown
Speak of dreams that have died keeping the survivor down
At the same time lots of excess and limousines are displayed
Owned by blind men monopolizing a new form of slave trade
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An Argument Forgotten
Some memories need to be re-written to become clear
Because they are newly projected as the events disappear
Things that were said may not apply again in this time
Although the words spoken linger like a committed crime
Words spoken in anger and frustration cut like a knife
Inflicting deep wounds that break open and come to life
Words used as a weapon leave scars in places hidden
But I carry them around with me disguised as forbidden
There is this gutting feeling that burns and hurt my head
The things that were said were meant to destroy and shred
I am no longer free because the burden is heavy and cold
Feelings of despair inflict dark thumbprints like a mold
It is hard to surface after the disappointment moved in
I feel lost and heartbroken and nothing is as it has been
Dark shadows and fog weigh heavy on my recollection
And no excuse I make can erase the threatening infection
I feel every letter of each word that you screamed out loud
Bouncing off my conscience like a suffocating dust cloud
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Morgana Le Fay
Many mystic stories about the Lady Morgana are told
About her being a priestesses intelligent and very bold
Ahead of her time she may've been the Merlin's student
She had a child with her brother Arthur and was prudent
Her oratory was artistically defined powerfull and strong
During her life time she already was a legend and had a song
Living in the mists of Avalon she was a fairy and very small
Brooding over the powers of King Arthur one can recall
She used manipulative methods that were underhanded
She danced naked under the moon when the craft demanded
Morgana was beautiful with long black hair and fair skin
She used her sexuality combined with magic to surely win
Morgana inflicted pain and destruction while being daring
She demanded the crown and kingdom no word of sharing
Morgana so different from the more popular Guinevere
Caused the King's adultery as Camille with results severe
But later she remains with the king her brother until his death
Escorting him on his final trip to Avalon in great distress
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Numb
I am breathing but the air does not fill my lungs
Minutes turn into days with ice on the tip of my tongue
Thoughts of life bypass my heart and linger in the room
I can't make sense of the noise invading like stale perfume
Walking down the road I lose my inner perspective
Searching for something under stones like a detective
Sleep saves me with clouds of darkness during the night
While ideas of tenderness surrender without a fight
Stone walls keep me captive in pastures of green grass
Waiting I watch the seasons through a kaleidoscope glass
Like the echo of sirens vibrating in a storm of dust and sand
I am swaying in the breeze to the beat of a forgotten band
Crossing the bridge across a river of clammy cold sweat
I attempt to clean up the blood of the wounded as in debt
The breath of death touched my surface missing my heart
Every day I get up and move around pretending not to fall apart
Iron chains keep me captive without chafing my ankles and skin
Reborn as a virgin I gain inches embracing the shadow of my twin
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Thank You
I've tried my very best but memories are hard to evict
They feel like a monkey on my back as if I'm an addict
Daily I attempt to shake them off more often than not
But they remain right here as if my head is a parking lot
I really don't want to visit every place I have been before
But thinking of you makes me happy and so I will do it more
Although I knew that loosing you has always been a valid threat
I accepted the risk and embraced the temptation without sweat
I want to thank you that you never took for granted what I gave
That you let me take your heart and body to enslave
Our love was so destructive and overwhelming all the time
It would have never lasted without ending in a passionate crime
You opened a world for me that I never knew to exist
We challenged each other with things we checked off a list
I have never met a man so angry and yet so tender
Someone that did not mind to give me all and surrender
You are the only one I rather stayed in with than go out
The one guy I wanted to know everything about and throughout
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