Don't Speak Liars

Prosecuted for a faith that is as individual
as it is communal, love in many that is.
Ashamed of those who use Scripture as weapons,
drawing blood and tears wherever they may fall.
Hard and hollow because there is no Spirit,
that fills the words and the hearts of its followers.

I want a living faith that I participate in,
one of love and charity, hope and patience,
I will never gossip with you about someone else,
I do not take pleasure in other peoples pain.

Large in number, splintering in its followers,
the faith that is supposed to save many is being taken
for something in which hate can be spewed forth,
it does not deserve a front of false hope,
the real hope I wish you could know.

Uptown Girls Are As Good As Gold Downtown

Another million won't be your fix to mask
the pain that you feel inside, your outside speaks
of riches and of glamour, but you are deteriorating
on the inside, wondering what can make you feel
whole and complete, you're missing your last piece.

Diamonds aren't a girls best friend.

Fake smiles and lying words are all that accompany
you and your days, because who wants you
for you instead of what you can give them.
High in society and crashing on life,
I urge you to seek what makes you best,
instead of settling for all the rest of the garbage.

The wrong comes when the riches possess you.

The Whispers Turn To Shouting

Raise me in silence,
I can never escape the thoughts in my head,
I will fill my life with music and mindless noise,
anything to escape the weighted silence.
Maybe I should enjoy the lack of noise,
But all I can hear are the whispers
of things even I do not understand,
but struggle to unravel.
The thoughts come out,
As much as I try to stifle them,
They come out as words with no aim
to please anyone but themselves.
If they are on paper,
Would that make them have that much more meaning?

But I'm The Only One To Blame

You are just a state of mind my dear,
Fragmented fleeting glimpses,
Of who I wish we were,
Let me just concentrate hard enough,
And wish you away.

Let Me Just Mouth Off About You

Let me swallow my laughter and choke on your smile,
As all the words leave my thoughts and flow out my lips.
I'm the best kind of liar until I tell someone the truth,
And that is this: You will never be enough.

This Is Side One, Flip Me Over

There are those who would be as cruel as me,
My tongue speaks truth and my eyes show pain,
The pen across the page gives the release I crave,
To make sense of the hell that we live in.
My heart forms the words as the ink dries,
Someone is bound to feel the sting.

I warn you against such hurt.

I might as well let you know now,
that I make no apologies,
and maybe that is where the mistake lies,
But I will not take anything back.
I say my words stab like a knife,
I got this way from people using me.

I warn you against such pain.

Drink Down That Gin and Kerosene

I wish I could bury my memories,
But I can't ever forget about you,
You've left your mark oh you can be sure
of that which makes you last.
I almost choke on the senses of you from
your smile to your eyes and the way you dressed
up all of my intentions for life.

I can't drown in my sorrow.

You are my favorite liar
drowning in your bottles of regret.
The emotional scars you gave me are still
red and raw as the day I received them.
I can't forget about you,
But oh how I wish I could.

What can keep me from falling?

You are the noose around my throat.
One false move and I end up like you
with nothing left and little to care.
You were dead before I even got to
know the real you which rescinds
the you at the bottom of every glass.
It all went to hell and I wish I had
been able to tell sooner that I would
never escape the flames you left behind.

I can't drown in your sorrows.

You are my favorite deceiver,
blanketed in your lies.
But I still wish you were here
because I would even take the bloodshot
you over no one at all.
I wish that I could mention that I still hate you.

What can keep me from falling?