Tirade
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
Wise up
Stand up
This is your moment to be brave
Wise up
Stand up
Join the crusade
How do you expect things to change
when you deliberately
position yourself
out of range
Isolated from this never ending charade
military tirade
look to the heavens
Aerial Raid

Tirade

Pissing On The Tree Of Life
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
A damp corpse entails
that another person's attempt to live, fails.
Like the tree of life drenched in piss,
who the fuck would do something like this?
One's soul embedded in love and covered in dirt
but nothing can conceal the expression of hurt.
Time is irrelevant, suffering will occur again.
We the remainder, pray for the end.

Pissing On The Tree Of Life

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

You're The Embodiment of This Song
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

I enter the room
Sadness is written
all over the blank walls
I keep asking what is wrong
You're the embodiment of this song
Recognizable, you're permanently in their minds
I just hum along
and trail further and further behind
in a chorus of missteps
I just don't belong
unmotivated to play along
All is said and done
The rhythm of loneliness is here to stay
waiting for a tempo change
You finally breakdown
I take you aside and lead you away

You're The Embodiment Of This Song

Last Ditch Effort
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

Last ditch effort to begin
in my mind's ramblings
all I hear is you should've slept in
like morning sunlight
it hurts to look directly at you
resembling an angry crowd
rushing in
you overtake me
wander off
to an obscure little place
try not to let 
this lovely moment
go to waste
say something from the heart
just to see the look on your face
last ditch effort to begin

Last Ditch Effort

clementine

Halsey - clementine

Dust Off A Miracle
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
Dust off a miracle
on the outskirts of town
I'm gonna need it
I'm gonna need it
Take a detour from my predestined path
following the clean scent of nature's bubble bath
Carefree, she enters with a welcoming smile
and a cute comforting laugh
the sun sets and rises
when she twirls
when she twirls
a safe haven from this fast pace world
I feel like its always on the verge
of crumbling....caving in
There is something lingering with in me
but I block it from surfacing
the best I can
Dust off a miracle
on the outskirts of town
I'm gonna need it
I'm gonna need it

Dust Off A Miracle

Edge
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
A desperate lunge forward
You're reluctant to take the plunge
into the unknown
Jesus, I'm not the one to convince you
to move away from the ledge
I know the future has lost its edge
I hear what you're trying to say
I too, put my pants on one leg at a time
but like them I'm beginning to fray
Dangling, I'm not going to hang around
Even without searching
Your body will eventually be found
you will finally be at peace
only when you're six-feet in the ground

Edge

Undamaged
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove
I crack a smile
and pretend to be
undamaged
undamaged
I see you there
Do you even care?
lucky you
were able to
walk away from this
wreckage
undamaged
We laugh together
we cry alone
I need to get out more
but I don't want to leave home
I had friends
I had friends
their funerals
I couldn't bring myself to attend
people say I should forget about her
and maybe get a pet
I haven't been able to yet
Undamaged 
Will she wait for you?

Undamaged

Trying
By Christopher D. Hillsgrove

Together forever
Together forever
we're dying
When did we 
When did we
Stop trying
Take away
take away
tomorrow
and replace it with
replace it with
today
I see you less
and less
and less
I love the other version of you the best
here I am
here I am
at my worst
unable to escape my fate's curse
but Christ
I won't stop trying

Trying

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.

Tirade

Violently Free Chris

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