VERSE ONE:
breathe in the light, your breath will be light
you're from a different species, but you're more human to me than family
blood comes first, i digress
humanity's stepped forward at last
is this the last day, you'll stay?
change is overrated
we're all stuck on the same page
let's leave the first draft as it is
take a swim in the lake of fatal fishes
let's take a walk in the park
and return after dark
that is, if your mom
cared to notice, that you're gone
CHORUS:
you are, a beautiful thing
your heart, weak or strong, is beating
your lungs, big or small, are breathing
you have sight, try to see, that you try
VERSE TWO:
naked in the hands of love
glasses full, jugs of drugs
drink shots, to escape your self-hatred
embody art, to erase your self portrait
there are lions who feast, on the weak
but there are some who'll be kind, if you do likewise
you'd take to their liking— oh, but there we go again with the riflings
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
thanks for keeping up with me, when i fell behind
thanks for sticking up with me, in rough times
when i had no line of defense, you became my fence
we searched underground, and undermined our maps
and got lost the right way around, come and find us in neverland
(CHORUS)
i see, that you're trying
OUTRO:
thanks for keeping up with me, when i fell behind
thanks for sticking up with me, in rough times
when i had no line of defense, you became my fence
(blood comes first, i digress)
we searched underground, and undermined our maps
(humanity's stepped forward at last)
and got lost the right way around, come and find us-
(is this the last day, you'll stay?)
on the riverbanks,
six feet under right where you stand
"feed us our souls, we ask for nothing more."
YOU ARE READING
CLOCKWORK.
Poetrytravel back in time with me - dedicated to the times when my heart was overflowing with love.
