(08-14-24)
from “Arrival & Reprisal”
Deceiving ourselves
We accept nothing but pain
This is how it always was
We welcome it all the same
The march of genocide and implements of war
This is how it always was
We keep coming back for more
With all the power that we hold
How do we let our leaders stomp us in the ground
With a little bit of inspiration or so the story goes
We'll paint our precious world a different hue
Belief in a world where oppression's dead and gone
Perhaps it's a pipe dream, but everything starts with the thought
Would you rather a positive justice, or to befall a negative peace?
Perpetrated by those who should know better
Israel
(08-14-24)
from “Arrival & Reprisal”
(09-05-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(09-02-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(09-04-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
Flightless, but carefree as a bird
Blissfully unaware, undeterred
And then they came to bring it all down
Without a voice, nary a sound
Their words, they meant nothing
Just frivolous intonation
And there I was to see it all fall
Violently they tore it all
My lands, they meant nothing
Burnt to ashes
Flightless, but carefree as a bird?
I know more than you think
Just take me on my word
I can make it in this world
Without your shallow games
Happy to be alone
You ain't no fucking saint
Breaking hearts and breaking minds is all you can live for
Moving on is much more difficult said than done
And then they came to bring it all down
No more voice, no more sound
Their words, they don't exist
In frivolous damnation
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
Behold Mother Nature
The sorrow and the joy that it brings
The joys of the better days and the sorrows it can sing
The grass is always greener on the other side
Ostracized of life, no more
No more
Watch the sun crack the sky
Banish clouds and winter bright
Watch the sun part its light
Spring is nigh, spring is nigh
Behold Father Time
Passing like clockwork
The maker of the days
The end of it all
Watch the sun crack the sky
Banish clouds and winter bright
Watch the sun crack the sky
Winter's plight is now a'flight
Watch the sun part its light
Spring has come, spring has come
(09-02-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(09-04-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
Amaranthine light shines through the trees
Shrouded in wind, will do as it please
I know my path, a hollow destiny
Forever now I will set it free
Escape from this vengeful storm
My life is forever worn
Ounce for ounce, blood for blood
Now you'll see why I'm under mud
Why I'm under mud
Into darkness I will see
Why the earth and I were not meant to be
I can't see past this blasphemy
That my life would surely be
Covered in more dirt than anyone is worth
A life torn no more
Pound for pound, blood for blood
Now you'll see why I'm under mud
Why I'm under mud
Into darkness I will see
Why the earth and I were not meant to be
I can't see past this blasphemy
That my life would surely be
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
Days pass into emotional downfall
You seem to wonder if you've seen it all
Yearning for a love that your parents never show
Shall destroy the life that you've always known
A knight in shining armor, or so you thought he was
Would steal your fucking heart and break it all at once
He leaves you all alone, pregnant and alone
Left to the dogs to rot and wither away
What to do? How to see this world in front of you?
A child in hand and an arrow in your heart
All he wanted was to fulfill his carnal lust
You meant nothing to him, just another speck of dust
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
Burning bridges and destroying lives
Will leave them all in a shambles
Sometimes it's best to run away and savor this life alone
A fate worse than death passes these days like dust
Floating around all senseless without meaning
And then you come, I yearn to hold you
Without you I wouldn't know who to turn to
A fate worse than death
Don't hold your breath
Burn another bridge to evade the consequence
Reunited nevermore
It's time to end all life support and drain the wounds forever sore
You've all heard this song of loneliness
The sun will set and never rise again
(08-23-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
(08-21-24)
from “The Amber in Embers: Last Leaf”
Watch it softly fade away
To the point of impossibility
Nothing's left
All is dead
Feel the wrath of winter's dread
Chilling cold
Mount of ice
If mother nature could only suffice
The only green is the evergreen
Blowing cautious in the frigid breeze
What is there to look forward to
When the world is as bleak as me?
No more games
Let it all fade away
Death and famine is all I face
Who could see beauty in her disgrace
Bitter cold and its defiling ways
A way to put an end to days
What is there to look forward to
When the world is as bleak as me?
-when the world is as bleak as me?