Too sad, too sorry
I will fall into this folly

I cannot swim the sea
You could sit right here with me

Too happy, too funny
I will chase you always, honey

I cannot fly the skies
I love a girl who always cries

Too solemn, too lonely
You were my first and only

I cannot walk through the flame
I'm the one I'll always blame

Is there blood behind your smile?
Sit with me and drink a while.
Can you find the brightest star?
Run with me, we'll go far.
What day is the last you'll stay?
I will do what you say.
Is there love inside that shell?
Don't cry dear, we're far from hell.
Can you stop all your laughter?
I'll be with you, now and after.
Why does it have to end?
**** me now, to be your friend.

Can you hear what I am saying?
Will you sing while I am braying?
Will you run in fear and terror?
Will you find my eyes the fairer?

Can you see what I am doing?
Will you stop my poison brewing?
Will you scream and find a hero?
Will you weep and call me zero?

Can you save my heart from burning?
Will you stop your clever learning?
Will you give into the fire?
Will you laugh and call me liar?

Here's the secret you've been after
It's all madness behind my laughter
There's no end to this black
My heart's all sunder, rend, and crack

Here's the beginning and the ending
My will's all gone, my mind is bending
Run and hide, Go find shelter
I'll be screaming, helter-skelter

Here's the last breath I'll be breathing
My heart's filled with what you're seeing
This is not the outer-layer
I'm not wiser, stronger, braver

Two things stay by my desk
Whiskey, a half bottle
A sugary snack or drink

I like to feed my soul
But with something foul
So I don't outlive my friends

I want to die young and beautiful
Too bad I'm ugly
But I can die young

Something haunts my sleep
A sick bed at 60
I won't let it happen to me

I grew up on fairy tales
I thought it would happen
Like a rain in the summer

No one tells the child
That things don't happen
If you stay indoors a lot

The end never comes
Each new chapter is forever
But then the epilogue is here

How do you begin a love story
Should it start with "At the bar"
I thought "In the rain" sounded best

I never wanted romance
I only wanted you
I waited in the rain

Life is easier,
with love
But love is easier,
without romance

Quiet solitude
Sanctimonious and Holy
A hermit in the wind

Life goes on
without you
But you are fun
to have around

Private horror
Ceremonial Cloistering
Old man at Twenty-Three