bone dry

There’s a man - holding tight hands - bleeding hands
Captive of belief in dreaming
Set his sights - mission countdown - nowhere bound
Everyone he knows is leaving

Bone dry - he’s gonna have to feed it
So dry dry dry
No more - before the thirst seduces
Bone dry dry dry

Oooooooooooooooooo
It goes on and on and on

There’s a man - with a big plan - underhand
Any which way to peel it
Sold it all - over waterfall - curtain call
Nobody is left to hear it

Bone dry - he’s gonna have to feed it
So dry dry dry
No more - before the thirst seduces
Bone dry dry dry

Happiness is a cigar ...

You see the blackness
in every moon
you smell a poison though you're feeding from the silver spoon
you hear the minor
in every scale
you think the wolf's the one who's winning every fairy tale
you taste the bitter
in every breath
you see tomorrow as one giant leap towards your death
your future's history
your present's past
the sun may shine but you can smile because you know it won't last

Shooting Bullets At The Sun

snapshot memories hang from walls of grey
words of love, lust rusting on display
firing protests from this broken place
feel my voice is fading every day

(i shoot)
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
I'M SHOOTING AT WHAT CAN'T BE STUNG
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
I'M SHOOTING AT WHAT CAN'T BE DONE

seven years can itch or so i'm told
(and) scratching means you bought the shit they sold
(so) stand your ground and stay out in the cold
wake up, bite down, shoot and then reload

(i shoot)
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
I'M SHOOTING AT WHAT CAN'T BE STUNG
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
BULLETS AT THE SUN
I'M SHOOTING AT WHAT CAN'T BE DONE

my own worst enemy

well i cut my teeth on a dirty cloth
a butterfly dressed like a moth
spill my heart in equal dose, in measures i once chose
and drip-feed them my cough

go on choke it down
go on choke it down
go on choke it down
choke down the remedy

MEDICATION ... SAVE ME FROM MYSELF ... WATER DOWN EVERYTHING I'M THINKING
ANAESTHETISE MY BROKEN BONES ... SAVE ME FROM MYSELF ... I'M MY OWN WORST ENEMY


well i jump through hoops on dangled rope
drink the voodoo like i'm told
sleep with snakes their tongues all forked, dribble as i talk
i swallow down my hope

go on choke it down
go on choke it down
go on choke it down
choke down the remedy

MEDICATION ... SAVE ME FROM MYSELF ... WATER DOWN EVERYTHING I'M THINKING
ANAESTHETISE MY BROKEN BONES ... SAVE ME FROM MYSELF ... I'M MY OWN WORST ENEMY

Insomnia

Insomnia

kill the caffeine running in my blood
cos it's killing me
a parasite that keeps the light on in my head at night
a dog that needs it's feed

KEEPS ME AWAKE
NEEDS ME TO PLAY

i got this feeling that i know just what i'm feeling and i
feel it every day
so many words that form in verses which i don't rehearse
and like smoke clouds they drift away

KEEPS ME AWAKE
SO MUCH TO SAY