TWO FACES
COMEDY
TRAGEDY
A PERFECT BALANCE
NOT ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER
WITH EVERY TRIUMPH
A DEFEAT
IT'S ALL SCRIPTED IN THE END
THE WAY WE SHOULD FEEL PRE-WRITTEN
SOMEONE ELSE'S SIGNATURE ON OUR LIVES
LIVING A LIE
AND THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID DRAMA
IS TO DROP OUT OF THE PLAY

THE ACRID STENCH OF ***** INVADING YOUR NOSTRILS
IGNORANCE YOU THINK AS YOU FLASH BACK
ONE OF YOUR OWN
CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE
BUT QUICKLY HIDE IT
WHO THE **** ****** IN A STAIRWELL?

ALL THAT REMAINS WASHES ASHORE
MY MASSES AT MY FEET BEG MY PARDON
THE FEAST THAT I SEE
GREY AND LIFELESS
I FEED ON THEM
BLINDED BY LIGHT
RETINAS BURNED OUT BY YOUR SUN
I CANNOT GAZE UPON YOU
THESE BROKEN MACHINES
GATHER ALL EARTHLY REMAINS
BUT THE SOULS ARE MINE
COLLECTED TO PAY MY DUES
FOR I WILL CROSS OVER IN COMFORT
ON THE BACKS OF THE BROKEN
I SEEK THE DARKNESS
TO SOOTH THE HURT
AFFLICTED BY THE LIGHT
WE ARE BUT CROP FOR THE HARVEST
LAID AT THE FEET OF THE DIVINE
RICH MEN BUT A MORSEL
THE GODS GROW FAT
FEEDING OFF OUR LIVES
BUT NEVER FILLED, NEVER PLEASED
SEATED IN LUXURY
LOOKING DOWN UPON US
WITH SIGHTLESS EYES
WE SIT EXPOSED
GREY AND LIFELESS
BEGGING THEIR PARDON
WE ARE THE FEAST
WASHING ASHORE

"FOLLOW ME INTO DARKNESS" HER EYES SAID.
AND IT FELT AS THOUGH MY ANCHORS HAD LIFTED.
"COME AWAY WITH ME" SHE SILENTLY PLEADED.
SO I CAST OFF AND BRAVED THE STORM WITH QUICKENING PACE.
REACHING INTO DARKNESS TRYING TO SMOTHER MY OWN INNER LIGHT, I FEEL THE MONOLITH SWAY.
"THIS COULD BE THE END OF ME" I WHISPER LOOKING UP INTO THE NIGHT SKY.
MY COMPASS NO LONGER POINTS NORTH AS I LOSE MYSELF IN THIS MOMENT.
NOTHING LEFT ASHORE CROSSES MY MIND.
AND I'M LIKE A BLOOD SICKENED BEAST RAVAGING IT'S PREY.
I AM OUTSIDE MYSELF LOOKING DOWN ON THE SCENE UNABLE TO STOP WHAT'S COMING, THE MESSY END AND ALL THE BROKEN PIECES THAT GO WITH IT.
BUILDING MOMENTUM AND FALLING INTO A TAILSPIN I CHOKE BACK MEMORIES OF THE MAN I ONCE WAS, AND STARE.
I STARE INTO THE REELING FACE OF OBLIVION.
I TASTE BLOOD ON THE LIPS OF DEATH.
CLOSE AS I AM TO HER I CANNOT JOIN HER.
I FEEL THE GROWING URGE CREEP IN ON ME AS I HEAR THE GNASHING JAWS OF THE SWEET END POUNDING IN MY EARS.
"WHERE IS MY COMFORT?" I SCREAM WITHIN MY OWN MIND.
HOW WILL I GET BACK ASHORE?
LOST AT SEA I DRIFT BETWEEN WORLDS.
"I CAN'T SAVE YOU NOW." BUT SHE ALREADY KNOWS.
MY TALE FINALLY REACHES ITS ****** AND I AM PULLED BACK FROM THE TOSSING WAKE OF ETERNITY.
AS THE TIDE COMES IN AND LIGHT SHOWS AGAIN I SIT BESIDE THE MONOLITH AND PONDER...
"WHAT HAVE I BECOME?"

WE WILL NEVER BE GONE FROM THIS PLACE
WE THE WELLS OF KNOWLEDGE
ARTISANS POETS AND PERFORMERS
A PIECE OF US YOU TAKE AWAY WHEN U LEAVE YOUR SEAT
A LINE THAT STICKS IN YOUR MIND LIKE THE SMELL OF A WOMAN (EVERYTIME)
NO ONE WILL SAVE A SEAT FOR THE PERFORMER
THEY EXPECT US ON-STAGE
TO POUR OUR HEARTS OUT TO THE KINGS OF MEN AND THE QUEENS OF QUEERS
LAST TO SEE THE STORY SET BEFORE US
FIRST TO KNOW IT'S END
WHEN IS THIS END
REREAD THE SCRIPT
FIND THE MORAL
CONVEY THE MESSAGE
MAKE IT COUNT
I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE
BUT MY TICKET DOESN'T HAVE A SEAT NUMBER ON IT
I STAND BEFORE YOU
YOU LOOK THROUGH ME
AS THOUGH TO SEE RIGHT THROUGH MY FAÇADE
I MOVE LIKE FLUID THROUGH ALL THE MINDS OF ALL MY CROWDS
I SPEAK TO YOU
IF U HEAR ME
REALLY HEAR ME
YOU ARE MOVED
AND THIS MOVES ME

SAVE ME A SEAT

breathing softly in the night
I feel her move
this reminds me that I am still alive
seems like a feat
against all odds still fighting
the way sleep fights me now
at this moment
all seems possible
she could even save me

I AM

FILLED WITH SHADOWS

OF GREY AND BLACK

VOIDS ONCE FILLED

WITH WHITE LIGHT

WHERE DEMONS NOW LURK

THE EMPTINESS UNFILLABLE

USING VICES TO GET BY

ALL ALONE IN MY DARK PLACE

I HIDE

OUT IN THE OPEN

YOU CAN STILL SEE ME

BUT ARE YOU REALLY LOOKING

REALLY