Thursday, March 23, 2006

Hah. I have joined. Because I feel like it (and am actually ridiculously proud of this thing) I will post the song I read this evening.

Not Dreams But Waking Nightmares
Spiraling off, twisting and turning,
Never afraid while you’re here by my side
But now you’re gone, and so I am learning
When love doesn’t want you,
There’s no place to hide.

My dreams are spiraling out beyond my control
Turning to nightmares when day is through
I can’t rest my head with these devils inside
I’m going insane and I can’t survive
If I ask you again will you be so kind
Tell me what to do (Tell me what to do)

Bloodred sunsets shake my nerves
So badly I can’t breathe
Never again will I sleep through the night
My conscience is restless but I cannot reply
How to stifle my screaming when nothing’s all right
And the leaves shake the wind from the trees?

Spiraling off, twisting and turning,
Never afraid while you’re here by my side
But now you’re gone, and so I am learning
When love doesn’t want you,
There’s no place to hide.

When you were still here by my side I was sure
We’d be safe from all evil intent
But now that you’ve left me here grieving to death
I know nothing can save me
When you said you loved me,
I’m still not quite sure what you meant.

At least Evil’s intentions, however perverse,
Are still purely attired in black and dark red
While Good’s muddled mask saves its true face for last
And you only know its true goal
Once it’s stripped off its pretenses
When you’re lying face down and near dead.

Spiraling off, twisting and turning,
Never afraid while you’re here by my side
But now you’re gone, and so I am learning
When love doesn’t want you,
There’s no place to hide.

Love’s dark angels are sweeping me away
To your side, where I’ll wait for the end of all time
When bloodred streams of loneliness
Wake me from my fever dream
I remind myself to hide my sins from others’ prying eyes
And in the distant future, you’ll be mine

Black birds rip through my troubled mind
Screeching and scratching with bloodred claws
And I know that no matter how I try
They’ll never be gone and you’ll never be back
So I’ll just slip away, into Death’s looming jaws.
And let her do with me what she will
As I smile and the world fades to black.

Spiraling off, twisting and turning,
Never afraid while you’re here by my side
But now you’re gone, and so I am learning
When love doesn’t want you,
There’s no place to hide.

4 comments:

gg said...

I like "leaves shake the wind from the trees" and "love's dark angels."

Thanks for sharing that and I'm glad you are aboard.

gg said...

Hey, where's the love? Maggi finally joins and only I have time to comment?

Clare said...

I am attempting to comment in order to get Ed off my back. However, my dad is sitting up here and won't stop talking which makes it very hard to concentrate on what I am reading. I will give actual comments tomorrow, but from what I have been able to read, and what I remember from the meeting, that is really good.

(Ed, if you don't believe me about my dad, you can ask Grace. :P)

Clare said...

Also: YAY! Maggi joined!