you are the so called weak and reckless.

Waiting for the next big explosion,

no matter if it's wrong or right.

if we let you have this, you'll be the first to destroy it.

the future's going out of focus. our talk is cheap,

but the phone bill is not & how can one word mean another?

and why am i staying up alone in the dark? & when will it

all fall through? what else can i tell you? you can't just turn me on and off.

as the song spun, so did the room.

as they hold hands all of the lights start to flicker.

playing it safe, he kissed her cheek.

does he still look at you the same way now?

a laundry list of problems

doesn't make you interesting.

& never getting help,

doesn't make you brave.

not listening to reason

doesn't mean that you have faith.

& to be completley honest, i'm fine with

being average. this way, nobody has expectations

of me. & if i succeed then great & if i

don't, whatever. i'm just average.

A man bends down and says,

"Son, we're going to get through this one.

take my hand and let us pray..."

I scream, "Please get the fuck away."

-senses fail

your defenses were on high

your walls built deep inside

yeah, i'm a selfish bastard

but atleast i'm not alone

i won't forget that day, that i found God

in a kitchen knife & on my arm

so paint the pale white floor with my red life

and tell myself this pain, is the pain i love

as i swallow the pills of happiness

and you watch me fall like

new york in an earthquake

he told his son he wants to kill himself. he said

it's alright, i have had enough of this life.

it's been years and with a simple

glance at your arms and the red in your eyes,

i find out exactly what you've been up to

-me

you're a little too young to become a cynic

of course anything is possible these days.

you say death has targeted all of us

& we have no chance to escape.

she's a hippie at heart;

born into a different century;

but all she really wants is for people to get along;

she'd trade the fighting for true freedom.

she was sent to distinguish

the difference between good & bad

but when she landed in this town,

they raped her of her joy

& they left her to die

just one quick show of independence,

& they shot her to the ground;

you can't survive today unless you live life their way

so open your eyes child,

let's be on our way.

broken windows & ashes

are guiding the way.

here's a picture of us two,

i look so good on you

& can't you please forgive me

for the hurt i put you through?

if you come to california,

i can offer up my room.

the light is bad & the phone is dead

but i'll be here with you.

pity the place where everyone drowns.

sadness and tears. the only things found,

dense with bodies too hurt to care,

cold & lonely, all stripped bare.

people talk of situations. read books. repeat quotations.

draw conclusions on the wall. some speak of the future.

there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all.

sorry to tell you this,

but if you want change

you're going to have to do

more than bitch behind closed doors.

& as we lie beneath the stars

we realize, how small we are

if they could love like you & me

imagine what the world could be

while we thought we were learning how to live,

we have been learning how to die.

i should have known, we will be legends.

-net-