VERSE ONE:
i remember you
how you'd whisper all your thank you's
your clothes strewn across the room
it's a typical day of twenty temper tantrums
mind your manners, but there's no judges present at the panel
so don't fear the worst, i believe in you and your worth
it's time, you stop feeding your dreams
and eating your freedom, away...
let's try, to start being our guides to the light,
fireflies start to open their eyes, wide, awake
CHORUS:
feel your fingers, after the numbing years
let's switch the gears in our minds, machines overworked overnight
'cause when you start a fight, the volcano erupts from within
you're in a war with yourself, why are others to be blamed?
let's make this earth, flourish with forests and love
let's share laughter and water these flowers growing in our lungs
POST-CHORUS:
'cause when you mend your soul, you're smoothing the earth's crusts
you're exhaling trust in the air
that people can breathe in
VERSE TWO:
let's snap the slogans and the signboards into half
and ask, "where's the right way to go home?"
oh, the home ever-present is not the house; the mansion, the flat, the outdoors... you grew up in
it's the house in yourself; your temple, your spirit, your honour, that's where you grew up in
so what will happen when your past crumbles to ashes
will you laugh at the pain? or scream at the masses?
we need someone, to point fingers at
we say we're first, when in fact we're last
seems like lying is fine when it's signed over a contract of two
signature proof, forged and approved
(CHORUS and POST-CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
caught up in lies upon lies, you're confused on what to make of the truth
brought up in so many fights, you'd be bemused if 'love' is something true,
if it's even do-able
but love is everywhere, love is in you
love is to try to pair:
the brights with the blues
the rights with the wrongful
the fire with the cool
the divine with the cruel
it's a savior, or the adversary
dependent on your view
it's not a hit-and-win, it's not a lottery
or a one-time thing
it was there before you even knew
(that) it was there before you
so let's crash and hug, and clash our fears
in the hands of love, each other's
(CHORUS and POST-CHORUS)
so let's crash and hug, and clash our fears
in the hands of love, each other's
YOU ARE READING
CLOCKWORK.
Poesíatravel back in time with me - dedicated to the times when my heart was overflowing with love.
