Showing posts with label Lonely and Miserable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lonely and Miserable. Show all posts

Friday, September 28, 2012

The Ballad That Never Should Have Been - 09/28/12


There's a pub at the end of the world where the dead kids drink their dreams away. There's a hole in the wall at the end of it all where the sinners cry blasphemy. And the only two that you need to know are called Lonely and Miserable, so take two shots of all they've got and call me when your life is over.

The only kids in the world
are the ones who haven't 
died yet,
because the only kids in the world
are the ones who haven't
tried yet.
And the laughter you hear,
full of dread,
full of fear,
is from the one
who are already gone.
And the smirks that you see,
full of glee,
- misery -
are the ones that are singing
this song.

Lonely and Miserable
hit the road
in an old station wagon
with no where to go,
with the last of their marbles,
and a heavier load
than they would never
return with,
so that at the end of it all,
at Hell's last call,
at the peak of a mountain,
on the edge of The Fall,
they could lose all control,
they could lose their souls,
and know how it
so wasn't worth it.

From St. Sanity
to the Point of No Return,
fighting vanity
and they lessons they
didn't want to learn,
they found thirty bullets
and thousands of pills.
So with their limited knowledge
and minimal skill
they decided to burn
it all down
to the bones,
to the shell
of the home
they could not longer find,
the security that had died,
the loves that had lied.

In the Shady Part of Town,
they found a pub
at the end of the world
where they gambled
happy memories away.
In small little towns,
they met friends
all around,
with whom they
could never stay.

Because the only kids in the world
are the ones who haven't
died yet,
because the only kids in the world
are the ones
who haven't tried yet.
And the smiles that hid the lies
and the midnight cries
are all you want to see.
And the hints here and there,
evidence so bare,
you just let it be.

Lonely and Miserable
hit the road
in an old station wagon
with no where to go,
with the last of their marbles,
and a heavier load
than they would never
return with,
so that at the end of it all,
at Hell's last call,
at the peak of a mountain,
on the edge of The Fall,
they could lose all control,
they could lose their souls,
and know how it
so wasn't worth it.

From St. Sanity
to the Point of No Return,
fighting vanity
and they lessons they
didn't want to learn,
they found thirty bullets
and thousands of pills.
So with their limited knowledge
and minimal skill
they decided to burn
it all down
to the bones,
to the shell
of the home
they could not longer find,
the security that had died,
the loves that had lied.

In the blackness they awoke
to and echo when they spoke
of the deeds
that it seems
no one speaks of.
And in one universe,
no one wrote this verse,
and no one ever dies.
But in this one



Lonely and Miserable
hit the road
in an old station wagon
with no where to go,
with the last of their marbles,
and a heavier load
than they would never
return with.

Friday, September 14, 2012

West and Lance - 09/14/12


I wrote you a letter
And I sent it in the mail
And I hope that you get it soon
Because life is better
Though the world is frail
And I need you to know it too

The internet can't deliver
Butterscotch candies
You can't fill and email with glitter
It's enough
To keep in touch
But heartache requires so much
More to keep you from growing bitter

So I wrote it all down on paper
And shoved it all inside
An envelope no bigger
Than the words that I did write
I sealed it with a poem
I signed it with a sigh
I sent it off to no one
Who can't tell truth from lie

I wrote you a poem
And I sent it in the mail
And I hope that it finds its way home
Because despite the world's solemn
And despite the world's ail
I want you to know how I’ve grown

I’ve written 300 poems
About giving up
And only a dozen about trying
I’ve spent so much time
Keeping it all inside
From the actually tears
To the fear of crying

So, Hallelujah,
You can break me down
Any time that you like
Because though he's on the east coast
And she's within a day's bike ride,
It'll always be there names
Those cords bring to mind

So I wrote it all down on paper
And shoved it all inside
An envelope no bigger
Than the words that I did write
I sealed it with a poem
I signed it with a sigh
I sent it off to no one
Who can't tell truth from lie

I won't ever know
Whether it was just a phase
But I know that I never will care
Because each painful step
On each tortured leg
Are my stories to share
Are what got me from there to here

This is what I need to tell you
This is what you need to hear:
I love you, I miss you,
I'll never forget you,
Our friendship grows stronger each year,
You're brilliant, you're beautiful,
Hilarious and wonderful,
Steadfast and noble,
Insane and uncontrollable,
And you've given me the strength
And the hope and the brains
To continue without any fear

So I wrote it all down on paper
And shoved it all inside
An envelope no bigger
Than the words that I did write
I sealed it with a poem
I signed it with a sigh
I sent it off to no one
Who can't tell truth from lie

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Last Word - 5-22-12

What I want most, though,
is to set those words free,
to speak that poem to open ears,
whoever hears is fine with me.
This is my lonely soul
and this is the way it's always been
so give me my sweet misery and negligence
because Lonely and Miserable and Neglected
were the best friends that
ever could have been.
So, Miserable, my darling, I love you,
and any girl who won't have you
is a monster,
by which I mean to say that the one girl
who won't have you
only won't because she wants all of you
and all of them
and never to have to chose.
So, Neglected, mi carino, I love you,
now please accept my arms
and praise and love and affection
and know that I will be able
to have fun without you
but I do not want to.

So, Flighty, who has flown from me,
I love you.
So, Repressed, who has roared triumphant,
I love you.
So, Worried, who has wandered off,
I love you.
So, Giddy, who glides towards brighter days,
I love you.
So, Pretty, who awaits her thrown,
I love you.
And Baby if you hurt my friend one more time
I'll hurt you
but until then, I love you too.
My sassy, southern belle,
I love you.
My beautiful angels, left in Heaven,
I love you.

And Lonely,
and Lonely,
and Lonely you pathetic girl!
Get out of your head,
get out of the marshes,
get out of the caves
and the maze
and the nightmare
and say all the words
you've been dying to say
since they first popped into your head.