Live In Armor
 
Darkest wave of cold,
all winds of hate won’t harm you.
Fate won’t harm you.
 
The sweetest tales of hope,
high songs of grace won’t charm you.
Grace won’t charm you.
 
Passing through all lives,
through cravings, hopes and hardships. 
Hopes and hardships.
 
Keeper of all grief.

Custodian of many keys,
who left the weak to bleed.
 
The weak to 
bleed 
and weep.
You made them fail and kneel.
You kind of killed. 
You’re cruel.
 
You live your life in armor
that your past has forged and sealed. 
 
You’re armed to fight all vows of love
aimed to break your tear-stained shields.
 
You weave your web of iron
to trap the souls you think you don’t need
 
to help you and to guide you through
your maze before you leave.
 
You march.
You march. 
On your own again.
You break before you bend.
 
You march
You march 
without peace or friends.
You’d rather break than bend.
You’d rather break than bend.

Courted, conquered, lost
and turned into your trophy,
into your trophy.
 
Your system won and sold.
Rock-solid, when the cracks showed,
when the cracks showed.
   
Concealed, erased, controlled.
Their voices echo in you,
they echo in you.
 
You copied, used and faked.
You came so far, just to fit the mold.
You learned to lead and take and 
take so cold. 
 
Though lately 
you’ve swayed.
 
And you’ve lost 
to yourself.
 
You’ve watched
the ray.
 
You’ve never been in awe
before
 
A seed.
 
You live your life in armor
that your past has forged and sealed. 
 
You’re armed to fight all vows of love
aimed to break your tear-stained shields.
 
You weave your web of iron
to trap the souls you think you don’t need
 
to help you and to guide you through
your maze before you leave. 
 
You march.
You march. 
On your own again.
You break before you bend.
 
You march 
You march 
without peace or  friends.
You’d rather break than bend.
 
Then her blade of love with ease cut through 
your straps and shields and belts.
 
And she took all you had worn and owned,
All you’ve built and fought and feared.
 
And she cut your chest and took your heart,
and she washed it clean from hate.
 
And as she put it back she kissed you. 
And no scar was to see.
 
You’ve loved.
You’ve loved.
 
You’re free!

In Armor

In Armor (Demo)

FORCES

All strides’ been in vain,
when endless rows of empty living ruins rose.

And  Athena implored.
How shall she live from what was left of what once was?!

All was missing all the time.
All conversations bent or out of tune. 

And had there not been a dancing spark 
or a tender hand or that subtle flame, who knows.
The last straw.

How did I never know these forces?
How did I did never understand?

And yet they carried me like horses
through those lost decades. I made amends.

Like wreaths of flowers drifting downstream,
I don’t know when and how and why they came to be,
I know they’re fleeting and won’t stay with me
forever.

Forever.

Dilapidated aspirations
Caps lock angry writings on brand new walls

And Liberty felt flawed
When all the ones meant to hide nothing, hid it all

Permanently temporary angst in return for afflictions 
brought on by the curse of life

And had there not been idiocracies and 
kleptocracies and hypo-lobbycracies, who knows.

But we won’t fall.        
  
How did I never know these forces?  
How did I did never understand?

And yet they carried me like horses
through those lost decades, till the end.

Like wreaths of flowers drifting downstream,
I don’t know when and how and why they came to be.
I want to breath them. 
I want to keep them with me. 
I want to hold on to them. 
Can someone please stop time?! 
But I’m fleeting and I won’t stay with them
forever.

Forces (Demo)

You’re Good
  
His key chain...
Time you messed up your tidy room before he came in so his rage would 
make some sense to you 
You’re guilty of guiltlessness 
Of guiltlessness

You’ve learned how to bring “shame”
to give some meaning to the lack of love and kindness in your life. 
Trading deep cuts for hugs

And so you give them every reason to not welcome you no more
You’re swiftly swinging in and out of line
Changing peers, beliefs and cities and the color of your hair
Whatever game, you’re in!

You say you’re nothing, but I know 
you’re good
You’re good

Through the red fog with your flare
You’ve pulled your chords from the mire
And you play them fine and high
Fine and higher

Quizzical, quizzical, as they all hail 
the culture of consumption and the “fun” that comes along
Distracted by secular icons for now
You’re to blame for your blamelessness
You say you’re sad-happy
  
By now, can you explain
why try to flatter the accusers when you can throw them out the door?! 
“The wait trumps the hate trumps the kill. Smile and chill!”

You’re a seeker, a survivor, you’re a mirror and a friend
A menace, kind and sorry, wild and drained
You’ve been through substances and abstinence and doctrines along the ride
You win ‘cas you know how to fail!

You say you’re nothing, but
You say you’re nothing, but I know
You say you’re nothing, but I know
You’re good!
You’re good!
You’re good!

You’ve pulled your chords from the mire
And play them fine
Fine and high

You're Good

You're Good (Demo)

Reconciliation

There was space between the impacts, the arguments and rows
There was space between the strifes and the punches and the blows
And there was silence between the rise up and the falls
But the sounds have changed 
On the battlegrounds of new convictions, old convictions, new convictions and old convictions
  
Reconciliation!
Reconciliation!
Reconciliation!
Reconciliation!
Battles and silence!
Silence please!

Armored forays through the systems, through policies and hopes
Constant algorithmic pounding from old robots and machines
And you will know them all, you'll know the rebels and their calls 
Soon the lights will change
On the stale feud between old convictions, new convictions, old convictions and new convictions

Reconciliation!
Reconciliation!
Reconciliation!
Reconciliation!
Battles and silence!
Silence please!

Will no one listen? Anyone? At all?
Please! Will no one listen? Anyone? Anytime? At all?

In Armor (Demo)

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