The selfish they’re all standing in line…Faith in their hope and to buy themselves time.Me, I figure as each breath goes by,I only own my mind. The north is to south what the clock is to time.There’s east and there’s west and there everywhere life.I know that I was born and I know that I’ll […]
Category Archives: Pearl Jam
Evacuation
sirens scream wanton attentionTime to take heed and change directionsTime to take stock and make omissions EvacuationEvacuation Time to take leave all formal functionsTime to plant seeds of reconstructionNo time this time to feign reluctance It’s like you’re waiting for a diamond shore to wash your wayBets put aside, you’re evil, let’s crawl into your […]
Dead Man
The settling of my every step…Inching off of the earth…Is magnified by the things I’ve done,The thing that I’ve become. Every lift of my hand…Coffee cup, up and back…Is magnified by the things I’ve done,The things I’ve seen, the things I’ve caused… I’m a dead man walking. The hammer that I once brought downNow hovers […]
Off He Goes
1, 2, 1, 2…Know a man, his face seems pulled and tenseLike he’s riding on a motorbike in the strongest windsSo I approach with tactSuggest that he should relaxBut he’s always moving much too fast Said he’ll see me on the flipsideOn this trip he’s taken for a rideHe’s been taking too much onThere he […]
Of The Girl
Oh, he deals ‘em off, off the top, ties ‘em offFills it up with his past, gets carried awayOh, half his life, a hand-me-down, wasted awayOh, he fills it up with the love of a girl Oh, he left it alone, drilled the pain with money to buy How he makes his getawayHow he makes […]
Sleight Of Hand
Routine was the themeHe’d wake up, wash and pour himself into uniformSomething he hadn’t imagined beingAs the merging traffic passedHe found himself staring downAt his own handsNot remembering the changeNot recalling the planWas it…? He was okayBut wonderingAbout wanderingWas it age?By consequence?Or was he moved sleight of hand? Mondays were made to fallLost on a […]
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
I seem to recognize your face Haunting, familiar, yet I can’t seem to place it Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name Lifetimes are catching up with me All these changes taking place, I wish I’d seen the place But no one’s ever taken me Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away… […]
No Way
Here’s a token of my openness Of my need to not disappear How I’m feeling, so revealing to me I found my mind too clear I just need someone to be there for.. me I just want someone to be there for.. me All the static in my attic-a Shoots down my side nerve To […]