falling off

tomorrow is my penance
for what’s been done today
allegations don’t exist
there’s nothing left to say

pulled back from the edge
before I could fall off
such an easy solution
for everything lost

but maybe he’ll get better
maybe he’ll get well
you shouldn’t try to gauge
another’s personal hell

bridge

you can’t see them from here
they’re too scared to come near
held back by clutching hands
on deaf ears fall their demands

to span the gap is to give in
releasing all that is within
showing all that they contain
the beating heart controls the vein

there’s no compassion in this game
when there are those without a name
there’s solace behind closed doors
bound gagged and struck down to the floor

there is no way to justify
all of the pain and all the lies
apologetic hypocrite
don’t move aside just take the hit

monologue

and then they came
right through me
those without names
from what i could see

so strange to hear
so distant yet....
i heard it all
and i knew fear

through the sound
beneath the layers
came to be found
these grisly players

if all the world’s a stage
and we merely pawns
what’s to stop the rabble
from bringing the new dawn