Snake In The Grass

Days Like These

With Hindsight

In the City

Play It Cool

Always Around

Here and Now

you are dressed in amethyst
shrouded in a sapphire’s kiss
wait until the night grows still
i’ll cover up your brittle skin

silken blue, my thoughts of you
float between the cellar and the moon
white cotton sheets, tanned blistered feet
we forget the moment that we sleep

inseparate
drunk on your myth
we’ll drown as one in the rivulet
in that flowing stream
we are washed clean
to be reborn and sewn with wings

carlotta comes in the waining sun
waves down to me from the highest rung
starlight sings, pulls us in
to waltz again along the rings of saturn

in green and gold, on tippy toes
don’t let the story stay untold
a wedding day, summer parade
shimmers in the light but never fades

temperate
bit by bit
we drift apart in the cosmic shift
tell me once
is it what you want
twice could never be enough

you illuminate my mind
then drink my glass of wine
“you’ll always be protected”
etched into your necklace

in that flowing stream
we are washed clean
to be reborn and sewn with wings
to be reborn and sewn with wings
to be reborn

amethyst

we got married and we had a baby
i got fat, she got a little lazy
the house went to shit, friday nights were crazy
i struggle to think back but man, we were happy

she left one night, i think it was december
she took my car and didn't leave a letter
months passed by, i heard she was doing better
she found a job and finally met her mother

sometimes in spring i sit under a streetlight
i sketch her eyes reflected in the starlight
it's hard to think that once upon a midnight
i slapped her face to see if she would fight back

when i get drunk and sit at the computer
i look her up and think about our future
the one we lost and can't ever recover
now i've finally seen her smile, goddamn, it really suits her

it's a modern world, it feels so bloody broken
the smell of piss and the words we left unspoken
she texts each year just as some kinda token
to check if i am still alive and asks if i'm still smoking

then i cry as i think about our daughter
who never lied or met her younger brother
her plate glass eyes like a sunday school tutor's
i never really tried to take the vial from her

she tattooed her neck and pierced her nostril
she got mixed up with a boy from borstal
the bags, the bottles, the pipes and crystals
but all i know is that i'm guilty for her troubles

so here i sit wounded in the rubble
i forget to bathe, i'm itching from this stubble
it's fine to say 'the end is worth the struggle'
but all i know is that i'm guilty for her troubles
but all i know is that i'm guilty for her troubles
but all i know is that i'm guilty for her troubles
yeah, but all i know is that i'm guilty for her troubles
but all i know is that i'm guilty for her troubles

once upon a midnight (a nursery rhyme)

tell me i'm pretty, laugh at my jokes
tell me you want me, blow some more smoke
tell me i'm special, smart and unique
take me to dinner, buy me a drink

tell me i'm beautiful
one in a million
well you are one in a lifetime

i hate my body, it doesn't fit right
i live in darkness, terrified of the light
i haven't looked in a mirror in over a month
i sleep on the sofa cause the bed only hurts

tell me i'm awful
one in a million
well you are one in a lifetime

all that you taught me i'll never unlearn
when you first found me it felt like i'd been reborn
i'm surrounded by friends
but i don't recognise any of them
every room feels so empty without you in it
i don't speak for weeks, i'm matching your silence

tell me i'm lonely and see if it hurts
then tell me you love me if they're only words
tell me it's over, tell me to take care
tell me you hate me if it makes it easier

tell me i'm beautiful
one in a million
well you are one in a lifetime
you are one in a lifetime

Robbie Raidan

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