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Dear jaded beauty, dear tortured soul
I hope this nocturne finds you well
Dear optional orphan, dear lonely lionheart
You'll never know, if you don't start
There's roads to walk, mountains to climb
Oceans to swim in and rivers to cry
So close, close your tired eyes, close your eyes
There's holes in your sleeves and dirt on your feet
The world is still spinning but not to your beat
With all that you need in the sack on your back
It's time to go out hunting for everything that you lack
There's mud on your nose, tattered rags lick your toes
With every step taken the affinity grows
You're a travelling soul, you've got no roots
Except the worn down soles of your tramping boots
Reflected in your eyes are bitter nights and crystal skies
The spinning constellations burn when morning flames arise
And paint the blues to brighter hues, and glitter the morning dew
If today you're feeling broken maybe tomorrow is the glue
So close, close your eyes
Rest your legs
Settle your mind
The sun, the sun will rise
So slow your thoughts
You'll find the time
You're never alone, but forever lonely
Your cracks running deeper, if only if only
The howl of the wolf and the light of the moon
Would flood them all with a raging monsoon
The wind in the branches scratches at your skin
Seeking for a vulnerable place to work its way inside
Your false sense of hope can only resist
Until the last leaf falls and winter begins
So maybe the truth is not what you seek
Maybe your scars are digging too deep
Maybe you need to run, maybe you need to bleed
To rip out your greying hair and to scream
So loosen those screws and release the pressure
Of other's expectations it's your now or never
And close, close your eyes
Rest your legs
Settle your mind
The sun, the sun will rise
And so may you
My star, you'll shine
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One breath
Two steps
The depths are darker than the night
A small death
And two steps
Towards your bed with the devil in your stride
Deep breath
Sticky webs
The soul is colder than a block of ice
Your heart beats
Through your chest
And into their back as blunt as a knife
In the back of their throat
There's a coldness on your lips
All the flowers wither
At your fingertips
Slow breaths
Strong chest
The night is softer than the blink of an eye
The demons
Scratch at your skin
How many can you swallow? How much can you hide?
Exhale
Gentle as nails
Your flesh tears apart and sets them all free
Rub them
Back in the wound
Your demise is waiting patiently
On the back of your eyes
Your empire tumbles down
You're bracing for the moment when you're
Impaled on the ground
One swish
Two flicks
Of the serpent's tongue as she coils on your chest
Feel the
Vibrations
Slither from you toes all the way to your neck
One bite
No fight
You're sharing your bed with an untamed ghost
Sucking
The life from
The depths where you need it the most
There’s a twitch in the curtain
A flash in the corner of your eye
Their fingers all around you
Devoured by the night
On the tip of your tongue
Are the words that you should say
Impossible to spit as your breath is
Choked away
Your regrets
Sit on your chest
Proudly waiting for a kiss goodnight
Staring
Back at you
Kinetic like concrete, paralysed
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I try to be strong but it's sometimes just too much
The stupidest things always trip me up
And it's just so hard, to keep a smile charged
To add meaning to a laugh, to pretend that I am tough
And I'll survive to dance another day
And you'll survive in the words that I say
As me and you, sorry, "you and I" are forever entwined
Your morales like fire, are burning in my eyes
I will search for your whispers on the breeze
And I will seek your love inside of me
Wherever I be I hope you can see
The bears and the bees, the sky and the sea
Another star in the night sky leads my way
Another sunset cadence ends my day
Every home that I leave, every mistake that I bleed
I know that two steps behind, you will follow me
So I don't need a net to catch me when I fall
And I don't need a mountain to stand up tall
With your blood in my heart my flame will always restart
With your lessons in me I will always get back up
And I will search for your whispers on the breeze
I will seek your love inside of me
Wherever I be won't you stand there with me?
And whatever I see, won't you breathe it in with me?
I hope that I would still make you proud
I'm not the same boy as when your light flickered out
I've been selfish and wrong, broken hearts and caused storms
All in the hope to sing a brighter song
In your highest regard would you still hold onto me?
In my conflicted heart is it love that you would see?
Could you still hold the hand of the damaged young man?
Would you stand by his side without a reprimand?
I will search for your whispers on the breeze
And I will seek your love inside of me
Though you'll never see the person I will be
Wherever I be you'll be standing there with me
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I left the herd in Quito
And my love north of Ottavalo
As she travelled south
My heart was bleeding out my mouth
I left the herd in Quito
Stomping lonely Incan roads
To my right the setting sun
And a metaphor that we were done
I want to stand on mountain high
To trot the paths that meander by
To touch the burning sun
A slow morning in a border town
Out of words, Colombia bound
Unsatisfied with our goodbye
I spat into a sky of greying clouds
I left the herd in Quito
Walking trails that no-one knows
With nothing to proove
My tired dirty hooves on forgotten roads
I want to stand on mountain high
To trot the paths meandering by
To touch the burning sun
With my eyes
But happiness is better shared
And you're no longer there
The absence of your furry neck
Leaves me in deep despair
Oh mi cria llamerita, tu esta non aquí
Me desgarra el alma, que no estás conmi-go
Hay un vacío en mi interior, en cada pico solitario
Where Chimborazo scrapes the sky is the place I'm gonna die
But until I'm in my grave it's gonna be a wild ride
Which I want to share with you, I want you by my side
To be the first thing that I see in the morning light
Won't you throw it all away
To stomp the hills with me
We'll climb closer to the stars
Where the grass is always green
Am I a desperate camel
Are these a mad mammal's dreams?
Won't you throw it all away
Take a chance on me
Kiss the alpine breeze
Dream to insect symphonies
Let's not swallow our silence
And pine for all that hasn't been
Come with me
Ven conmigo
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There's a shift in degrees
The wind is howling through the trees
It'll blow you off your bike
So you better hold tight
A storm is on it's way
And there's nothing you can change
So kick back, take a breath
Pour a drink enjoy your death
Stop staring at the clock
It looks like we're finally out of luck
There's a shift in degrees
The wind is howling through the trees
Their screaming carries far and wide
It's us they want to sacrifice
A storm is on it's way
And there's nothing you can change
You can't run so have some fun
Your apocalypse has just begun
Abandon your flock
It looks like we're finally out of luck
When our foundations shake
Everything is gonna break
But they're sitting far away
They won't hear our cries of pain
We are victims to their game
And we're gonna take the blame
It's such a fucking shame
They will never know our names
Pile up your stock
It looks like we're finally out of luck
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Take your medicine boy
You'll feel no pain you'll feel no joy
It's a lovely sunny day
But you can't come out to play
Sit down and swallow your pills
The side effect will kill all our thrills
But you'll be sterilised and safe
Docile you will stay
If you know what's good for you
You'll do as I prescribe you to
A healthy dose of black and white
Will keep you wide awake at night
Then I will slip into your dreams
Applying pressure to your seams
You'll be begging me for more
Your bloodied nails upon my door
So calm your tits and sit your asses
While I pacify the masses
From morning until hour late
You'll loathe who I tell you to hate
Your addiction's feeding me
And only I retain the remedy
I keep it under lock and key
Your freedom doesn't benefit me
Your screams
Are like sprinkles on ice cream to me
I revel in your endless pain
A splash of hope keeps you fucking insane
No more sunshine no more rage
Be quiet and behave
Believe in what I say
Or I will never ever go away
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Little toy houses sitting by the sea
Artificial nights that devour me
Tonight we dance, we're on TV
Tomorrow I'll stumble, you're missing from me, my love
In little toy houses the town is awake
Another grey day of quiet heartbreak
The solitude sinks me in an unreturned smile that I make
To a girl on the street, a piece she takes, of my love
I stare out into the abyss
How can I be so sad, to be around this?
Outside little toy houses they're sitting in baths
The bubbling water won't drown out their laughs
It's time for a gossip, it's time for a chat
But all alone, I ache for all that we had, my love
You walk away from me and into my poetry
I'm torn between distance and a cold reality
The world tumbles on while I am drowning in my past
With hope for a future built on moments crumbling fast
Our cadence interrupted, begging for release of night
But the sun won't set on Reykjavik tonight
In little toy houses I take off my boots
My heart is elsewhere, my body on the move
This plate that I ordered is the life that I choose
I take a deep breath and try to cut you loose, my love.
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