when you're five years old
snow is a dream come true
better than icecream on a hot day
it's a laugh a minute
but when you're a grown up
with places to be and people to see
it's like an ice cube down your collar
when you're least expecting it

transforming brain turds
into ripe golden nuggets
of bite sized insight

all I need is a jump start
to get this engine roaring
check the tread on these tired old tyres
so I can get this show a-rolling
defibrillate my heart
awaken my sleeping senses
always so slow to start
but I know I can jump those fences

I am nothing and I have nothing
in this world, everything's out on loan
As Charlie Manson said, "We are everywhere"
And everywhere I go becomes my home
I am the wind and I am the trees
I am you, just as you are me
So if you hate me, you're hating yourself, dontcha see?
I love you I love every facet of me

Let the orange flames lick the life out
of high hopes and grand schemes
until all that remains is
nothing..is nothing..is nothing is
what it seems

this is a queue of epic proportions
put the army on standby as an extra precaution
thousands stand waiting and growing quite restless
getting soaked by the rain, the image is priceless
All for the love a little machine
wave it in public and make your friends green!
survival of the fittest, only the strong will survive
and make it to the counter with their new iPhone 5

Gagged and bound
Hemmed in by eight swords, stabbing the ground
I'm afraid to make a sound
Alone and afraid
But at any point I'm free to walk away
And yet I choose to stay
Each sword a negative thought
A harsh word that I believed and bought
I am anxiety fraught
Not doing what I ought

My arms are tied
A red blindfold covers my eyes
I am trapped by my own mind
No one but me -
The only thing stopping me from walking free
Is my refusal to see
This persistent denial
Holding on to past hurts like a child
preferring darkness over light
It's time to reclaim my sight