Don't Dwell On Memories
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

You say you still remember me
set me free
Don't dwell on memories
What lead you down these empty streets
You were a strange beauty
Who saw something in me
God knows what it could be 
When something dies, let it be
Dismiss these childhood dreams
love based on proximity
You say you still remember me
set me free
Don't dwell on memories

Don't Dwell On Memories

Societal
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

Things are just different
Sometimes I feel dead inside.
Biblical cherry picking
blame scavenging 
because of toiletry reasoning
Intolerant, their mind is in seclusion
societal delusion
of how we were
old fashion values and community teachings
Wayward Preachers
Disingenuous Beseechers
Attention Seekers
purposely misleading
Refugees fleeing
baby in arms
barely alive
life in ruins
trying to survive
seek shelter
forced to hide
Things are just different
Sometimes I feel dead inside

Societal

Red Tears
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

Another time, Another day
It would have been like
any other Sunday
if we all just looked the other way
save face, some misfortunate to blame
Hold that child in God's name
Tiger in a cage
Failed to tame
Red tears leaking from their veins
Everybody sees your thoughts
etched in their brains.
Why do they
take pleasure in
someone else's pain?

Red Tears

Your Company
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

I really enjoy your company
Tonight, Be yourself just quietly
concerned with how the world perceives me
I get so distracted
so easily
Everything is going on around me
I'm just an untold story.
Even if they don't notice me
They expect me to be there.
I remember the first moment we met, vividly.
Venice, Florence, Rome,and Italy
I stay on the shore
as you sail away
I have a feeling love is real
but I'm awkward
and I'm not a big deal
I really enjoy your company
I really enjoy your company
When you're beside me
nothing bothers me
Life dances along peacefully

Your Company

Driven
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
They said you were always so driven
made the most out of the slim chance you were given
You let your golden hair down
then put it up with a periwinkle ribbon
Politely question whether you're truly living
As you go home
As you go home
to your domestic prison
You were always a lady
an advocate for free thinking women.
You listen to the troubles they're in
and the various sins
You tell them to keep their head up, high
and all will be forgiven
and all will be forgiven

Driven

A Sudden Jolt
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

It went as well as you'd think
We're on the brink
The self-proclaimed heroes
that we adore
stood by and watched
as we sink
to the bottom of
the ocean floor
Poor souls
were never meant 
to float
A sudden jolt
loss of all hope
some how we manage
to just cope
The fire inside
to insure
our enemies
perished in the smoke
words of encouragement
in the form of 
a distasteful joke
How can you be so calm?
When everything has gone, so wrong...

A Sudden Jolt

Calm
by Christopher D. Hillsgrove

Calm down my disturbed angel
you erupt
as you flutter all around the room
watch as everything spirals out of control
I'm an empty vessel
pour out your emotions
drown your inner demons
and liberate your soul
Peanut butter and Jelly
reunited in between
a couple of pieces of bread
sliced in two
I don't know what I would do 
without you

Calm

Sleepyhead
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
Hey Sleepyhead
waiting to do what they told you
hey sleepyhead
oblivious of the shit going on around you
Are you part of the problem or the solution
see them march in the impending revolution
hey sleepyhead
How do you want them to remember you
these flowers were picked before they bloomed
predicting the future leads to certain doom
hey sleepyhead
We mourn the blood shed
All of the nameless who bled
Dare to look into their eyes
as they move on from the living to the dead
Protest the mistreatment of others
even if they differ from you
even if they aren't quite like you

Sleepyhead

Truly Changed
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

Can people truly change?
Can people truly change?
I let you get close
closer than most
now that we're toast
I shoulder all the blame
I thought I was on track
but here comes the train
no looking back
no looking back
I guess I never cared
enough to explain
I listen to you complain
about how things haven't gone your way
yet, you continue doing a lot of the same
and insist to me
that you've truly changed

Truly Changed

Above The Trees
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

We share an intense bond
but will we ever feel like we belong
Are you unable to overlook my flaws?
Who am I to you?
Just a brief pause
Your life was short
I was the cause
You were grounded
I was above the trees
you had shaky knees
I was compelled to leave
I jumped in the car
but had misplaced the keys
sometimes our bright future
is too dim to see

Above The Trees

Violently Free is Christopher D. Hillsgrove, it began as a composition of poems that gradually morphed into songs (rough demos). Within each song there are elements of the artist and bands that influenced me as a person and a musician. Bands such as brand new, taking back sunday, hum, neutral milk hotel, vision of disorder, machinehead, at the drivin, social distortion, pixies, nirvana, slipknot, dropkick murphy's, flogging molly, joy division, iggy pop, modest mouse, the honorary title, deftones, manchester orchestra, rancid, mars volta, blink 182, and violent femmes. As a song writer I try to convey complex social and life issues into a simple metaphor. I always thought there is something to be said about a simple catchy song that people can take something from.

Violently Free Chris

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