devil on my shoulder
angel on the other side
life is pushing a boulder

the older i get
the bolder i become
just a little dumber & i'm set

oh devil where are you?
i know you've seen what i've seen
my life is dripping like hot glue

if the struggle is so real
then why don't you pick up & leave?
with the empathy you love to steal

so where does it end?
and how will i know when i'm there?
my love, to you, i send
wrapped in an old blanket with care
like the christmas presents you got me
and the kisses you generously spread
i was blind but now i can see
it's time to dine on this old bread
it's time to open my head
it's time to burn the skin i've shed
it's time to crash down like lead

reject my whole body & brain now
i can't hear a word that i'm saying
dying to live, can you show me how?
the line has blurred between working & playing

i say things without a second thought
then i wonder why the **** i'd say that
so many battles lost, almost all that i've fought
burned by the light, flapping my wings like a dead bat

now if you die
come see me
we'll hitch a ride

green-tipped blue waves
the sky is a reflection
we're crouching in caves

you don't say a word
you take it like a man
after all you've seen & heard

we don't wanna talk about it
so we just sit with our thousand yard stares
it might be time we got out of each others' hair

on the floor
wallowing in my own stupidity
i asked for more
but you couldn't burst my big head and rigidity
i am poor
but they say you're rich if you have your health
sipping a coors
and it's the single greatest feeling i've ever felt

(that's not saying much)

in the forest trying to find the tree from which i fell
think it's time to say "**** it", waste myself and go to hell
i thought that something nice would've come along by now
but circumstance after circumstance has me wondering how

how could i have let it go this far?

my heart's on fire
with burning desire
ignite the funeral pyre

it's time to go
and you should know
i am aglow

you think i'm sad
but i'm glad
i've mastered the art of deceiving you
or have you perfected the way you're deceived?

drink it down, throw it up
eyes are glazed like a day old doughnut
shrink me down, **** me up
tonight, i drank an ocean from my cup