White Hot Ice Never asking twice Let the credits show up Let the sounds carry on Play this tune till you're sick of it So we can prove to the world that this is who we are No more lying and no more scars I'm not a hammer of nails anymore I left that behind on the last house Walking away like a man but feeling low like a mouse No matter how far we go Those little spades fly in our faces like those bad headaches It just irritates you I'm cured from the cold but here comes the sweat All of your expectations from me are almost met I have to give you my white hot ice Covering up the old smoke Coming back from the dead To end the reasons to pretend This is what the daily shows refuse to show I'm a visible ghost of who you thought I once was Everything is coming together now The mirror doesn't put negative nouns to describe me anymore It just whispers in my ear What are you doing? Are you finally leaving? Finally leaving all of this rocky horror mental show? Do you love misery when you see it? Take the brochure and sit down I got three hours to **** If being happy at life was a skill Get ready for me to be not over the hill Nobody does things the same way But I seem to lack the right credentials I'm a loose product Of white hot ice Melting but only slowly Transparent and lying coldly The steam wont cool down Not until you tell me If I'm worth more than the actor with $15 in his savings account Am I just going to be another face to you? Down on his luck "OH, it's a genetic thing" That's why she said no to the $300 ring A war is never won Until you surrender Surrender your skeletons They were calling for more room They got tired of being together The divorce papers are on my desk Laying where the dust rests But my mind is still wide awake From their bickering I can't take the bleak diversity Its fading faster than my sanity I want to be normal but I want to be someone who faces a different end of the tennis court I'm first come, first serve to Lucifer's palace Better run before you get callus I never wanted to be here I wanted to be there Where people just repeat the time again we haven't met a galaxy yet That can do that No, not just yet Let's hope past lives exist Because I never got to be a first start I've always had to climb Climb towards the simplest things Nobody is to blame Except myself I'm white hot ice And I'm sorry I burn I can't help it, I'm just one of a million Of one out of ten Statistics show I'm still not going to make it Make it to the next road But I'll bulldoze my qualms And wipe the dirt from my palms Getting my mind to truly work So I can concentrate on what matters most My white hot rage blends in with my contentfulness Is it worth it? Will I make it? Am I just white hot ice? Waiting to be diminished? So I can be the burn that only stays without a name? Pouring my best parts into your drink So you can evaluate and think I'm not the drummer boy but I sure know how to look out of place I'll devour my sorrows And lend you the emotions I borrowed So you can forget all about my transgressions when I leave the ground I'm going to be hot until so long I'll just become steam Letting off some inner demons So I can sit on the side within space itself Telling it that I have nothing else to run to Just my thoughts Cover up the memoir and let them figure it out I'm all about honesty but something has to be creative I am somewhat up to that occupation But I think it might be all I got All I got Good Intentions and secondhand smoke hazing into nothing
So many feelings in one poem. This one changes in tone differently than any poem I've ever written. It's still stuck in my mind.