27.8.11

the way is to climb


Dear Fate,

You may tear the flesh from my chest piece by piece, leaving me with naught but a bloody mess
You can cut everything I love into jagged shards, so that I become blind and cannot see the end
And you may steal everyone I hold dear, so all that's left would seem a dim fragment of a woman once known vibrant

But you will never conquer me. You will never take my memories, or my love, or my hope. You may not have them.
They are mine to keep. I can now only wait for hope to flee Pandora's box. There is always hope.


"the way is to climb
the way is to lie still
and let the moon do its work on your body

and then to rise
through forests and oceans of lives
and through the way of the black rocks, splitting, wide,
and flow
ten thousand miles."

well, i've had enough,
wasting my body, my life
I'LL COME AWAY, COME AWAY FROM THE SHALLOWS-

but can this sullen child,
as bound as the ox that i ride,
climb to the heart of the white wind, singing, high,
and blow
through my frozen eyes?"

8.8.11

there are different kinds of alone


AND JESUS CHRIST THE CHORUS KNOWS IT

Well, I've been absorbed in mediocrity
Been hollowed by uncertainty
I've taken all of my beliefs
And given them up
Cause there's no guarantee
Of a god of longevity
Admit you don't know anything
And give it up

Singing, I don't know if I've been reborn,
Lived a past life, suffered in another time,
I don't know

Give it up, give it up, give it up

Well I don't know what to believe anymore
But every now and then I feel a moment of awakening
But then it's gone, then it's gone, then it's gone
I'm blanketed by the warmth of ignorance

Singing, I don't know if I've been reborn,
Lived a past life, suffered in another time,
I don't know

If I'll go somewhere special when I die
If I'll go somewhere special when I die
So I'll just go on living my way

There's a strength in duality
Penetrate mentality
Give it up, give it up
Learn from casualty
Don't have faith in anything
Give it up, give it up

Singing, I don't know if I've been reborn,
Lived a past life, suffered in another time,
I don't know

If I'll go somewhere special when I die
If I'll go somewhere special when I die




where have you gone?