Uprising

All alone
In the corner
Of my room
I was crying out
To someone
Like
You
The air was damp
I set up camp
And looked for
You
This world of ours
Is like a vase
Fragile and
See-through
You took the fruit
I was a mute
No horses
No glue
Every beats the same
Every lyric is tame
I just want to get through
I just want to get through
I just want to get through

Get Through

Fuck rap
Fuck trap
Fuck me
Fuck you
Fuck this
Fuck that
Fuck jazz
Fuck blues
That Immigrant
Not Belligerent
That local
Too Vocal
That king
Bee sting
That homeless person
Is a salesperson

Fuck

Fear heaven
Fear hell
Fear love
Fear shell
Fear life
Fear death
Fear Christ
Fear breath
Fear white
Fear black
Fear fruit
Fear plaque
Fear me
Fear you
Fear them
Fear screw

Fear permeates us all
The silence speaks in volumes
I guess I think we all have a hole somewhere
And the sad thing is that hole will never be filled
All we have is fear to drive us and fear to drown us
I guess moving forward is the only option
But sometimes moving forwards means sacrifice
Hopefully our city will move forward
We’ll see tomorrow

Fear

Dead Baby

I haven’t cried since the age of five
I only talk about sex,sports and drive
I punch my friends to prove I’m a man
My only role model is Bruce Wayne-batman
Once a friend cry, I tell them to die
We can’t talk about any feelings awry
Dominance over women sign me up
I ain’t no fucking buttercup
Men with men makes me sick
All that does is make you anaemic
You can’t be no sissy you’re a man
If you’re like a woman send him to ‘nam

Drunk a fifth of vodka to pass the time
Glass crashed down like a crime
On the edge of the city all begrime
The fruit is all our enzyme
Abandoned house, abandon me
My daughter is talking, only 3
Indirect discourse is my mind
The problem with us is we’re all blind
Binding to the system with our souls
What’s the point in life with no goals
Man chooses slave obeys
We all now have no mores

I’m trying to show
My emotions to you
They hurt me bad
The tar is expanding
The fire beneath all us
Is making me do strange things
I’m living all alone
And talking to myself

Man Up

My grandad passed away 3 years to this day
He used to hold my hand and wipe my tears away
Tears which are now falling down my face
Facing my life now seems like a staircase
All the days Before he died all those days I never cried
I suppressed my emotions like so many of my friends
When the day of reckoning arose
All my emotions at first froze
Then day by day dominoes
I read my poem in funeral throes
Now I guess I’m sad a lot
I thank him as now I’m no robot
I struggle remembering the last time
Did I say I love you that time
His values echo all in mine
This city falters every time

Falter

Running so fast I might fly
Running so fast I might die
Red flags screaming drink it up
Bull is running might blow up
Terrorism daily news is lit
Arms are burning like tar pit
Hal 9000 everywhere
School kids screaming this is Claire

Running so fast catch a fly
People speaking shit amplify
Monotone eyes shrivel up
Cardboard bags kill a pup
Odyssey is dead we’re all trapped
Friends around none been tapped
All my friends now are tapped
Only hope be kidnapped

Claire

Commingled sights blur
Train tracks talk back
Water dilutes all
The city is a trap
Buildings seem too short
Fire drowns my eyes
Spider-hole for fears
Fearless butterflies
Hands are brittle bones
Mind is dilapidated home
All dead on the street
Am I all alone?

The People