i've been burying my secrets
cause today's secret agents are of the chemical persuasion
robots believe in false dreams due to chemical equations
and i can't seem to shake these dreams
of falling leaves and flowing streams
carrying agents of devastation
contributing to my own degradation
i sense that death's been losing his patience
we've been hoarding the miracles
and something's gotten jealous
we ignored the cries, believed in lies
but silent artists tried to tell us
we can't car... read more

hands waving panic
man's paving manic roadways to black holes in the horizon
spray painting sunsets in spirals of light
injected intelligence, dripped from the stars
twilight embraces forgotten in a midnight dance
circles overlapping circles making patterns in the sand
we never question where we lay our heads to rest
silent silhouettes gracing darkened alleys
like passionate art piercing granite hearts in some upscale deathbed gallery
where the moon's been masked by light pollution
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you spread your love on paper cards just one day of the year
you sing your sorrow in glass rooms where no one else can hear
while seven million widowed faces slowly fill with tears
just as painfully they replace all your hopes with fears
snowflakes fall upon your brow and quickly melt to rain
hiding tear drops from strangers, can't let them see your pain
you want to go, you want to stay, but nothing's stayed the same
lost in thought, you get lost on walks and sometimes feel insane
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if you squint your eyes just right you can see the word "hell" in the hollywood sign.
the papers bleed disease into the filthy streets
believers on their knees pleading for what is needed
to cleanse those souls, make the broken whole
no matter the toll they'll get those rocks to roll
murder's the new magic that mesmerizes the masses
on blue screens feeding violence fiends
who bottle inside emotions, false pride
ending up as volatile as a full platoon on acid deep in the jungles of vie... read more