let me love you like i'm dying to love you
let me hold you like you want me to
let me feel you like i'm longing to feel you
with a closeness that seemed impossible
finally i'm prepared to seek my higher self
just like all my heroes do
in ...Read More
running his hands through his hair
he stared into a pale fluorescent reflection
unable to sleep in his chair
he’d spent the whole night second guessing everything
what would her father do
were he to learn the truth behind her final moments
but it’s a promise ...Read More
the whistle blows a good ten minutes early
folks start cashing checks and making plans
i got a pocket full of thirteen bucks an hour
but another quiet weekend on my hands
everybody’s out tonight
everybody’s out tonight
somewhere boys are twirling girls across crowded bar ...Read More
i like to hear myself talk
how else can i explain
the bottomless well of stories i tell
over and over again
it keeps their eyes up
and occupies the space
that hovers between the blue and the green
when kept at a delicate pace
it’s the same ...Read More
for the first time in a long time i’m walking tall
with a clear head and a reason to heed a higher call
for the first time in a long time it’s all making sense
come sunrise i’ll be waiting with full confidence
better ...Read More
be it love
be it religion
be it faith
you get it where you can
where you stand
red floods have risen
do you bear
the fatal flaw of man
'tis a far better thing that you're doing
than calling on your god to turn the tide
'tis a far ...Read More
your lipstick rims the cup of coffee
cooling on the bookshelf in the front room
of the house i dream of living in
a pile of embers
smokes beneath the mantle
summoning its warmest dying breath
for this new day
one sandal dangles from your ...Read More
to him it's painfully familiar
but i’m not used to this
what’s the use of this
shifting weight and vacant stares
they are his specialty
but he don’t speak for me
just one week, just this time
just seven days treading impatient water
can’t get her off my ...Read More
i’ve spent nearly half my life
thinking i was bigger than
and better than
the ones that got away
writing off as restlessness
what i knew was something else
but nothing else
gave me reason not to stay
it seemed strange to me
that the ...Read More
you can talk down to me
you have that luxury
of having no sympathy for the lonely ones
i hope its been fun for you
everything’s a joke to you
but see it ain’t nothing new to the lonely ones
sorry if my way of life ...Read More
yellow and white
to my left and my right
miles and miles away from anywhere
blistering through
the black and the blue
miles and miles away from anywhere
i’ve ridden these lines
dozens of times
more and more it’s uninspiring
having to fight
such a desolate night
more and more it’s ...Read More