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james-mellin
james-mellin
South African Singer and songwriter and guitarist
Last pane of glass It seems like now I cannot look at myself anymore. Too afraid to see the reflection of a broken man. I wish I could put on a smile and act like everything is okay Maybe that's what I need to do to. Perhaps the illusion of joy is all I need to finally find myself and believe that I have the strength to pull through. Every minute turns to an hour and every hour turns to a day this is the price I have to pay for letting misery become my only friend and for letting darkness into my life and using it as my only thread. When the nightingale sings I have to ask myself why am I getting up what can today possibly bring. I am glad if you are coping and I know that our future is on it's way to unfolding but I have to be honest and true. I can't live in a world without you. I wish I could look up I hope that I can find some reason within all the rhyme and I will be sure to tolerate every ounce of pain because at the end of the day I would do anything for you even if it means that I get left behind in the rain. I cannot care for a man who I cannot come to love I'm constantly searching for the holy dove but everywhere I look I get reminded that I'm searching for something that I can never find. I'm trying my best and I don't care for the rest because all the paths I walk leads back to you because you are the only person that can see through my mask and show me that I can indeed be true. I shall wait patiently and I shall put in my every breath and ounce of energy. I'm sorry if I cannot mask my emotions but it's all because I love you. I'm sorry that I react in silence and that I'm not putting my thoughts out there as of yet because at the moment every time I look into your eyes I have to bite my tongue and catch the tears I wish I could never shed. My heart is like a mirror and the last pane still reflects but a single image and that's but my deepest desire. To have you back and to hold you tightly , without you I have to look for reason to keep on fighting.
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Apr 12, 2015
Apr 12, 2015 at 11:51 AM UTC
Last pane of glass
Last pane of glass It seems like now I cannot look at myself anymore. Too afraid to see the reflection of a broken man. I wish I could put on a smile and act like everything is okay Maybe that's what I need to do to. Perhaps the illusion of joy is all I need to finally find myself and believe that I have the strength to pull through. Every minute turns to an hour and every hour turns to a day this is the price I have to pay for letting misery become my only friend and for letting darkness into my life and using it as my only thread. When the nightingale sings I have to ask myself why am I getting up what can today possibly bring. I am glad if you are coping and I know that our future is on it's way to unfolding but I have to be honest and true. I can't live in a world without you. I wish I could look up I hope that I can find some reason within all the rhyme and I will be sure to tolerate every ounce of pain because at the end of the day I would do anything for you even if it means that I get left behind in the rain. I cannot care for a man who I cannot come to love I'm constantly searching for the holy dove but everywhere I look I get reminded that I'm searching for something that I can never find. I'm trying my best and I don't care for the rest because all the paths I walk leads back to you because you are the only person that can see through my mask and show me that I can indeed be true. I shall wait patiently and I shall put in my every breath and ounce of energy. I'm sorry if I cannot mask my emotions but it's all because I love you. I'm sorry that I react in silence and that I'm not putting my thoughts out there as of yet because at the moment every time I look into your eyes I have to bite my tongue and catch the tears I wish I could never shed. My heart is like a mirror and the last pane still reflects but a single image and that's but my deepest desire. To have you back and to hold you tightly , without you I have to look for reason to keep on fighting.
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The green monster that of greed and that of lust. Why oh why my God am I content to this constant distrust I know I trust her I believe in your healing land but jealousy still seems to take the upper hand . Jealousy the sin that builds upon so many others please give my heart peace and save me from my minds never ending deceit.
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Dec 7, 2014
Dec 7, 2014 at 1:26 AM UTC
Jealousy
Though darkness may come though death may appear nothing will stop me from holding you near . Bullets and fire I will take if it were your desire ,brimstone and pain I feel embrace if I can save you and give you your grace .To God I prayed in the light and in the shade to show me love to send me his angelic dove for I'm half a man without her kiss I am nothing if not for her . I don't want fame and fortune what is the point of being rich if I can't even blow it on her smile ? I would crawl through deserts I would swim the nile and it would be worth every mile for your eyes speak of destiny and your touch whispers fate can I be the one to catch your tears when you are in your blackened state ?
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Nov 14, 2014
Nov 14, 2014 at 11:22 AM UTC
Fire and Brimstone
I'ts been 6 years daddy every moment meant the world to me . Mommy loved you , you were my hero when I thought I was a zero. I couldn't wait till you came back home after a long hard honest day with no one cutting you any slack. I truly believed everything was perfect you taught me all you knew but as the clock ticked you became scarce and a selfish heart started to intrude.. A demon of your past wandering waiting to come back at us all with a firm and blackest grip. Friends were you new pride and joy and alcohol your lover. As tears went by and bitterness grew vanity and ignorance became your only allies ... It's been 14 years daddy we left you and all your vanity. I see you every once in awhile not knowing if its bringing us closer or using my broken spirit as your arrogance's coaster. Mommy is crying and my heart is breaking can't anyone see my darkness roots back to fatherless fears and that's why all anyone see is tears. It's been 19 years now daddy we gave you your last chance and you decided to greet your lover vanity .. Was it worth the tears was it worth the fears do I still love you or do I miss what I never knew maybe in heaven we will both see the truth...
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Oct 25, 2014
Oct 25, 2014 at 11:26 AM UTC
Daddy.....
None can escape the dark just like no one can escape the their shadow. It can come with twinkling stars and phases of the moon. Or it can come from the bowels of hell or the deepest black heart. The more there is the less you see . But the more pain you feel the stronger you get.... What is this mystery this illusion of both the mind and reality? Who is this benevolent entity that brings both joy and sorrow, beauty and that which is grotesque? WHO IS DARKNESS?........
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Jan 21, 2014
Jan 21, 2014 at 10:36 AM UTC
Darkness
Oh LOVE SHE is pure and she's a cure oh LOVE she lives to deceive and she won't let you breath. Like a thief in the night she'll rob you of your sight. Oh love she's tranquil and she's a bliss, she's that fantasy in the enchanted forest we've all dreamed of. She's a mystery a labyrinth if you will.. what you see isn't always what's to be... she is what you make of her when you wander through dark hallways on that journey to find that girl of your dreams. she is beautiful yet she can be grim she gives you what you need until the fire dims.. Will you treat her with respect and would you give her all you are? Or will you let her fall and let her down? She'll find you and shelter you forever or take you for a trip in a place called never. Love her mystery and cherish her broken pieces and she'll be yours forever more you'll never feel BROKEN OR TORN.........
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Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 12:58 PM UTC
Labyrinth of LOVE
Our hearts have been broken and my smile has been stolen. We where a mask to hide our faces, we live in a world prepared to shoot us down but would they ever fill up our empty spaces? The chords to my heart have been plucked and played as if it were a guitar, every time I start to believe I get left with another scarr. You are the emotion to my song you are the melody that I oh so long...... As night falls I'll wake from my hell some may call my mind I'll do this all to just pull you near and hold you tight. I've lost so many of my fears and I'll keep pushing forward till I've dried the very last of your tears....... If you have the strength to believe me then I'll summon what's left of my soul and use every ounce of my burnt out spirit to give you a life worth living for. And I know through the eyes of an angel I'll see every clouds silver lining. I'll be with you till after forever even when your hands turn cold and your heart stops beating. You are the emotion to my song you are the missing chord that belongs. So lets embrace this moment lets cherish this beautiful kiss I love you my cure to the darkness now let me be your hero you changed this broken soul and I finally believe I'm no zero.
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Nov 4, 2013
Nov 4, 2013 at 4:29 AM UTC
The Emotion to my song.....
You hurt me you kicked me just like she did. I can't live without the pain no I don't want to be left in the rain.. I woke up smiling wondering, planning how I could give you wings little did I know about loves burning cold sting. Look at me! I gave you my heart . You laughed at me! You were my art.... You hurt me ,you picked me just like she did. You deceived me you promised me forever, you fed me lies just like she did... I can't live without you ....seems though that doesn't mean anything to you? I can see the truth now ,nothing ever lasts.. I can feel the hurt now ,I'm imprisoned by my past. Every memory I put away and I framed each touch with so much care , it'll be the last time I leave her my soul broken and bare............... FAREWELL MY ANGEL , maybe I can find love from the darkness..
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 6:58 AM UTC
Hurt me
Days fade .... lonely nights without a single star. I stare at the ceiling sharpening my blade and waiting in the dark.. You murdered my mind and took my love. You'll believe my hands are tied, well I promise YOU Father I'll take back what's mine. You are a book without it's ink I cry and cry pleading for someone that could make me whole but I suppose its not enough to make you think. Fake smiles and hollow words is all you taught me daddy.. can't you see you have paved a road that's morbid and saddening? Blow out my smile do it for the broken and the vile.. ***** the flame as your love decays. Your eyes are so demeaning I have to pretend that I'm blind to keep myself from seeing. Don't do this dear Father your'e meant to be my Martyr. Life without purpose death without meaning is this the life we have chosen one without feeling? I wait for the day the day when you see what you have sold.... WHEN MY HEART STOPS BEATING AND MY HANDS TURN COLD.....
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Oct 7, 2013
Oct 7, 2013 at 12:47 PM UTC
Blow Out My Smile
I can fake a smile. I can pretend that I'm okay .... but I'm only in denial. My hearts been chained I've been imprisoned by shame.. I'm fine F for forsaken I for insecure N for neurotic and E for EMPTY. A few more **** a couple more beers and I'll be able to ignore my pain till Tomorrow that doesn't change the fact that I'm Hollow. Caught between empty sheets I lie awake and think of a way so I can drown in your tranquil eyes.. The grass will never be greener my heartstrings tug at a brighter tomorrow. A few more lonely nights a couple more mind numbing days and I just might live to see the light without its enemy, sorrow. Tears run down my cheek today my dear but I'll never blame maybe tomorrow I'll learn to live without the pain.... Caught between empty sheets the monsters inside my mind will surely haunt me ,the more the better all I have to do is understand your honest letter...
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Oct 6, 2013
Oct 6, 2013 at 11:56 AM UTC
Caught between empty sheets