Idle chatter sounds much better to the absent mind. Govern me, kill thy master. You will not enslave me. The root is bitter but the fruit is sweet but
Sorcerer, blind me with your eyes Deny me, cast me aside Mine is vengeance, now I see Unleash the killer within me Dark clouds come rolling in My mind
Random acts of cruelty Victims lying in the wake Friend or foe it makes no difference You are always on the take Act without reason, the choice you have
The poet sits and twists the meter 'round And in the glare you'd swear his smile was a frown And Hermes there, he stares as the pages grow And all are
I know you better than you think I know a lot about your past And why you wear a mask You may deceive with your disguise And you may buy yourself some
Tossing, turning, restless Can not sleep Drenched in perspiration Dampened sheets Nestled in nocturnal darkness lay Reeling, my subconscious Mind at play
God's cruel joke has blown up in our face Damned from creation, mankind a great mistake Man had a purpose, obey the laws in stone But man in his defiance
Crooked politicians promise things And never see them through Bleed this country bankrupt All the while they're bleeding me and you Thousands here are
Who are you to judge like you're a some kind of saint I tell it like it is, you tell it like it ain't I go by what I know, you go by what you hear Preach
Shadows hug the walls Embracing Whispering, breathing On my face Tell me of forbidden dreams Help me help you Make them true confessions Shared Let me
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I'm stupid, impotent My feelings aren't important I'm useless, worthless Nobody, good for nothing We argue so often I guess I'm good for something Chew
Etched in marble, scarred in memory Meet thy maker be thy judge Life so precious you have taken God have mercy on thy soul Death, the doorway to a new
Today is the day we go our separate way No longer will I carry twice the weight It's time to cut you loose You won't drag me down this time Misery loves
The soul lives on beyond this life will you ascend into the light Or be consumed by nothingness Or cast into the black For as above is so below and only
When you wake up in the morning Can you tell me what you see A gentle flowing river Or a stormy troubled sea In this life you will find Tests and trials
Welcome to my parlor, with a gesture I am lured inside Bitten I am helpless as the poison cripples my mind A worthy specimen chosen to be the mate She
I rest here on this pillar I am a granite king And you will bow and worship My praises you will sing My immortality The reign goes on forever The valley
