is bouncing off the walls

thoughts on a Friday morning

the shards of glass that penetrate
the fog that we all live in
I find that it's harder to breathe
without fairytales to spin

the remnants of the breakdown collect at my fingertips
waiting to be played
when there are no word left to be said, we should call it a day.

new edition of New New Song

I'm too tired to play charades with a cheat
stale rhymes are junk for a cynic, you see.
they say I have a competitive streak,
so what is it that you see in her you don't see in me?

will she write poems for you?
would she fight and die for you?
I wouldn't either but it won't kill you if you knew

oh darling, darling, you're too sweet
keeping you satisfied is no mean feat
these silly pantomimes aren't very neat
so I say we should strangle this broken beat

don't you think it's time to tidy up this mess
fight less, dream less
because we were bound to break, save your words and confess.

to tell you the truth
between our walls, there's nothing left to prove
say goodbye to the girl you once threw
She's not waiting around to watch the skies turn blue

Better Off as Fools

Verse 1: You had me enchanted for a minute
You had me believing that we could fit

Refrain 1: But then the day grew old
The sun turned cold
We couldn’t see the road home
Never had we been so tired, so alone

*CHORUS*: We were stars that could never be caught
The world’s too fragile to tear us down, or so we thought
As time found us, we became its tools
Better off as fools, we were better off playing fools.

Verse 2: I once knew of a town that was so very hollow
You tell me, pop a smile on your dial, there’ll be tomorrow

Refrain 2: So young we were,
nothing stopped us chasing rainbows.
Learned the hard way,
that it’s far easier to follow

*CHORUS*

Bridge: Listen closely, watch these lines untangle slowly
Their words won’t hurt if we imagine that we’re birds.

*CHORUS*