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matthewkirn Nov 2011
If I could
I would
Sail to the end of the earth

And I
I would
Never step foot on an ounce of dirt

For what it's worth
You were the birth of my soul
I don't know
No control, got nothing left but hopes

I know
I've got  
No plans tonight

If you're alive
won't you stop this
Make it right

If I could
I would
Stop the earth

Stop motion
Figure 8
The tapes stuck in reverse

It would be something new
It would be Something burned
I learned we take turns
To turn back into dirt
matthewkirn Nov 2011
I swear nothing else will do
make me believe it's true
I swear I do
I lie I lie I lied to you

Fall sends me to the edge
Wake me when this winter ends    

make a mask with all this fraud
stop blaming your **** god
I've got friends too

I will fake amends
While i make this mess
I'll come out of this clean as you

Let snow pour down
Oh yeah you're pure now
Another cliche you know isn't true

Fall sends me to the edge
Wake me when this winter ends

Make a mask with all this fraud
Stop blaming your **** god
I've got friends too
matthewkirn Nov 2011
I hope you like
What you've become
Another holiday
I won't go
I know everyone there is a fraud
That's why you get along

I know I love what I've become
The same **** thing as before

If I waste my time here
Do you waste yours too?
If I waste my life here
Do you waste yours too

Stop and listen to yourself
I bet you love your voice anyway
From the way you talk so cheap
I bet you don't remember me

I'm standing right here
Are you really that ******* blind
From the way you talk so cheap
Just another holiday that will never be.

I know I love what I've become
The same **** thing as before
matthewkirn Nov 2011
I swear
If I could fly
We could disappear
We would go so far away
Just to make it clear

That we are young
And ****** in love
Twenty years gone
And going strong

I know I've gotta
I've Gotta wake up

I know
If I could write
I could make it clear
That we are so legit
that the end isn't near

And we are young
And ****** in love
Twenty years gone
And going strong

I know I've gotta
I've Gotta wake up
matthewkirn Feb 2011
You showed up after nine,
You know it's alright
I saw you in the window,
You waved goodbye to your ride
I swear I've seen his face before.

You showed up in a wheelchair,
My attention span's as short as your hair
What is he doing here?

You told me of some foreigners wedding
The time, the place and the day I'll be forgetting.
Memories are cheap to no end
The setting, the discourse, and disbelief
I can't believe this is happening
I can't believe this is happening.

To hell with you and all you're desires
You want to see my soul set a fire?
I guess fall never comes,
I'll stand here looking dumb

August is always a day away.
August is always a day away.
I'm just a method actor in this play.
I'm always a day away.

You told of some foreigners wedding
Oh yes, I knew your soul - soon i'll be forgetting
Because I don't want to write to some silly lullaby to sing to a wall
I guess you never loved me after all.
matthewkirn Feb 2011
There was a kid,
He snuck a peak at heaven
He said "it's okay I'm going back to my room"

He swore he
Was three times seven,
Said "We are all chugging to our doom."

I swore I
Would teach him his lines
take him out back and teach him what to say

He looked up
Said there was no use
He's done all he's here to say.

She cried

I asked why
He never went back
To the window that he drew.

He said "I
I never meant it
I never wanted to save you.

I, I, I,
I die, I died
I died for me not for you.

You see my
My father, never loved me
Sent me here to love you.

I, I lied
I'm just a child
You know me not to be true.

I, I lied
I'm just a child
You know me not to be true

I swore I,
I was taught my lines
You took me out, taught me what to say

I, I looked
Out from my room,
I thought this was a play

Said I,
I'm just a child
Here to teach you how to stay"

I erupted
With fury you know
It's the better way

She Cried
matthewkirn Feb 2011
God and a blind man
They're keeping score
There are tall men, staring at me
Guarding the door.

And one of score keepers is,
Is pointing me a finger at me
He said "touch, my heart
give me life, set me free"

I reached out to hold him
He disappeared
Static in the air, vanished
Screeching pierced my ear.

Then the dirt split,
it said "come on in
I've been watching you all your life
We can be friends"

I stared back blank
"it will have to do
I'll say my farewells
and I'll start seeing you"

I go back to the room
Nobodies there
The score book is alone
Just resting on the chair

The blind man left a note,
"i have won"
God ripped his side up
scribbled "I am done"
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