[SmileAndFollow]

This one is a song I came up with. I have a few ideas for the melody...

These words don’t matter
We will all be forgotten tomorrow
Because were drunk again
And were feeling so hollow
Like the empty bottles
Like the empty bottles were crying out
Like the empty bottles laying on the floor that we take up
Where we wake up feeling sick and alone
And no ones home
Except these empty bottles crying out for company
Like the empty bottles
Like the empty bottles were all alone
Just like the empty bottles theres nothing left inside
We puked it all up last night
And tonight were going to do it all again
While we cruise the town in search of one true friend
“You’ve got a friend in me” cries the empty bottle
Like the empty bottles
Like the empty bottles were just looking for a friend
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
We cry out
You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
But when we’re all empty we’re still alone

[SmileAndFollow]

Your eyes are green as you smile back at me
Hand in hand we stand with the troubles of life in the background
Out of focus and out of mind
Time makes us all forget
I will never forget this time

[SmileAndFollow]

I’d always been told to follow my heart
But my heart likes to mislead
Or that’s just how it seemed
Until the day that I met you
So absolutely beautiful
You took me by the hand
And kissed me once in the snow
My heart had finally made it home

Three words and youre so scared
And Im so unprepared
But at least I feel warm
Surrounded by white as you drift away
I just stare as I try and think of something I could say
“You make me warm”
But youre too far away
So absolutely beautiful
I will forever be changed
And I will never let go
Of the warmth I found on that mid March day in the snow

[SmileAndFollow]

The focus is always on the sex and the violence
Sure theres beauty to be seen in sex and violence
But that beauty is to glorify
Not to be glorified

[PontiusPirate]

I’d always been told to follow my heart
But my heart likes to mislead
Or that’s just how it seemed
Until
the day that I met you
So absolutely beautiful
You took me by the hand
And kissed me once in the snow
My heart had finally made it home

Three words and youre so scared
And Im so unprepared
But at least I feel warm
Surrounded by white as you drift away
I just stare as I try and think of something I could say
“You make me warm”
But youre too far away
So absolutely beautiful
I will forever be changed
And I will never let go
Of the warmth I found on that mid March day in the snow

I LOVE this man.

[SmileAndFollow]

The sun is high in the big blue sky and I almost open my eyes as we collide but its far too bright outside so I search for some sort of shady place so I can take a look at your pretty face and maybe I could finally feel my heart race but theres no shade to be found as I crawl around looking absolutely pathetic while ignoring the sounds, the wind in the trees and your voice calling to me from under the big branches so that I may see the beauty that is only found inside of me

[SmileAndFollow]

Today me and my friends we feel like dying
Nothing new under the sun we feel is worth trying
But escape only lasts for so long
Before we get sick of our selfmedicated state of mind
Its all too much to take
So lets take it away

[SmileAndFollow]

I get lost in vital signs
As I try to follow the faint blue lines
They rise and fall in Gods design
All the hearts of all mankind
Beating together in 4/4 time
With the same life that flows through mine

[SmileAndFollow]

The Ghosts in the trees sing a song of redemption
Redemption for you and for me
Yet we turn our ears away so that we may not hear what they have to say
While we go to sleep every night alone with our thoughts growing darker
We wake to find there is no one home
Everyone is out looking for something
The ghosts in the trees sing a song of redemption for you and for me
They know where its found
Its in the wind as it blows through the trees
Its whistling come back to me

[Ardent1]

good imagery.
-angela-

[SmileAndFollow]

Youre so far away
Like the day after the long awaited holiday
My dreams the memories
Reminding me of the space between
Where I can hold you but I cant really
You slip through my fingers
Like the sand in the hour glass counting the time
How much sand would it take to make you mine?
We could go to the beach and Ill put it in your hands
Just hold on tight and don’t let go
That’s what they say to do when you’ve got a dream
But this sand doesn’t really mean anything
When you have all the sand on all the shores
Youll still be standing here wishing for more
So take my hand and let the waves wash us away
Well float past the reef and out to another day

[SmileAndFollow]

Ive been thinking about what you said
Its a little too far fetched for me
I like things grounded
Stuck in the way things have always been
Like trees
Sure they reach towards the sky
But their roots are holding them down here with the rest of us
Your words told of things I cant believe
Just above my head
As I lie here in the mud
Where its hard for me to breathe
The warmth of suffocation is all the warmth I need

[AuthenticGroove]

Where has everyone gone?

[SmileAndFollow]

Ive been working a lot, and Chelsea bought me a journal so Ive been doing most of my writing in there. I still poke in here from time to time to see how things are going and to keep lifted on peoples minds. Is it on your mind?

As long as Im here I will post a recent writing.

Our Time To Shine
by Joel Allen Wilde

When weve been plowed like a field
A heap of ruble with broken necks and broken knees
Lord Crush our bones and let them rejoice
Let it be our time to shine
As we lie in the dust of the streets together
Or off the path where we were dragged and mangled
Lord let us shine
Though our teeth have been broken with gravel while we were crushed under foot
Let us never say
"My splendor is gone"
Because of your great love we have not been consumed
Your compassions never fail
Let this be our time to shine
All whose hope is in you
Lord let us shine

[Ardent1]

Wow. I didn't know where it was going at first, but the violence of it all made it so relatable at the end. Nice.
-angela-

P.S. I'm still here.