Pristine
by Mantaraybryn
//Like those old films
Blue waves
The white text over it
Like those crystal water summers//
//And that, all this time I was tryin' to be
James Dean, pristine, suntanned, underwater
Living an american dream
California bleach blond//
//I could be a beacon of hell
I could live without this swell
Live my life in black and white
Just like an american dream//
//All this time I was thinkin' about Brando Custo
20th century slick back
Black and white heroes
And he wants to be a pilot
And he wants to be a diver
And he wants to be, he wants to be
Something higher-er!//
I've Never Seen a Cyclone
by Mantaraybryn
//I wish that I could say
That is someone up there
But I'll be lying to you//
//And I sit there in the church
Not knowing what to think
Not knowing whether to cry
Not knowing when to believe
She's stuck there in the church
Holding back the tears
I'm picking up the fallen family shield//
(very nice slow song am fan 10/10)
Thorns
by Mantaraybryn
//Thorns, the things that hold you down
The parts follow from your crown
A million diamonds in the sun
Gone from sixty down to one
The vines wrap around your hands
Crumble into silver sand//
//Roses they smell so nice
You wait untilt he star lit night
When the petals turn into night
You didn't know these thorns could bite//
//What if I've got it wrong
What they're just too strong
I lie here in the thorns
They protect me from the storm//
//These thorns will break away
I'm waiting for that day
These thorns will snap some day
I just don't know when//
Take me to Church
by Hozier
//My lover's got humour
She's the giggle at a funeral
Knows everybody's disapproval//
//If the heavens ever did speak
She's the last true mouthpiece
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
A fresh poison each week//
//She tells me "worship in the bedroom"
The only heaven I'll be sent to
Is when I'm alone with you//
Cocoon
by Catfish and the Bottlemen
//I fell straight
Into your arms
Like a drunk
Who's been on it
All morning
And the sun's up
And my head's fucked
And immediately I grabbed you
You go all red
Like the first time
I love it when you do that
Gotta love it when you do that//
//I remember when we
Swapped names and I thought maybe
You'd stay and try to out-drink me
Your friends all hate it!//
//But fuck it if they talk
Fuck it if they try and get to us
'Cause I'd rather go blind
Than let you down//
//And if you wanna track down and pose as positive
Hide smoking from relatives
Rest on me
Honey, that's all right!
And if you wanna act more drunk than usual
To help you get away with more than
Rest on me
Honey, that's alright!
Honey, that's alright!//
(thanks J for getting me into Catfish and the Bottlemen lol)
Tom Sawyer
by Rush
//A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride//
//No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government
Always hopeful yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent//
//Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets by on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day//
a/n: an oldie just for you ;)
