Ransom

Scatter your seeds
see who grows first
futility in your weeds
Longing for just a sprout
Coping but helpless
attention of your doubt
Change your reflection
the mirror never lies
a new seduction
Vanity in your shelves
The lovers left
to rot in thier Hells
Always to play the victim
Ransom is never high
but your heart is cold to them
Your scorched sands never change
but bend with each passing wind
Trigger pulled, target in range

Dearly Departed

What's this you've found?
We had nearly departed
from everything we started
And now my ears hear your sound.
Regrettable as it may
a new lover's touch
will only mean so much
since destiny told you to stay.
The departed left a ringing
that broke the silence
ended in thoughts of violence
and words lost their meaning.

Praise ye the Lord.

Everything Fades

My headlights crest the hill
Lines fade into mirrors like stars
Counting down the traffic lights
Just to get to where you are
A memory with a future
Landmarks prove thus
All these traditional things
that have never defined us
The darkest of nights
and the brighest of days
never shed a clue on
this romantic maze
We must learn to never
rejoice at love's first light
because it is soon denied
as it races towards night
Perservere

Beneath Dreams

I'm not sure where to begin
Everyone points to the problem
never knowing what did you in.
Do you remember when we were kids?
Your search for acceptance never led you far,
and now you sell your heart to be highest bid.
Desperation never filled a hole
Your friends never left,
its our faith that you stole.
You change masks whomever to suit
beneath it you lie in guilt
dreams ever in pursuit.
Your chase is defined
by only who you are,
what dream is outlined?

You had me at "hello..."

So where do you run?
When everyone around you
has been pushed away
and love's everlast begins to fade
We've been here before
knocking on different doors
free falling through eternity
forgetting mistakes to be made
You won't find me anywhere
Death never made a sound
Until then avoid my eyes
and focus on the ground:
your resting place of eternity
to rest in a guilty grave
The lies, love, and lust lost
now turn and point the gun

Bells

Does the bell toll only for me?
The lights they blind me
I can no longer see
everything I used to be.
The days before you came
Before you knew my name
this heart used to be tame
but I'll never be the same
Change is a matter of time
so I'll fake this rhyme
and stay in these lines
to listen for the bell's chime.