Darker shade

My princess dances amongst purple pearls
A skirt made of crystal,
A head full of curls.

Her locks are not golden.
They're as black as the night.
Her eyes are green fields
With no life in sight.

I watch her closely as the wind makes me shiver
She turns her head and laughs
at the castles she has crushed into the sand.

My purple princess asks of me
Why I hide in the shadows,
Behind my glasses of ebony

I say it hurts my eyes and my mind
To see clearly
A world I once loved,
Self destructing before me

So we run away to the clouds
and dream forever

Terrible Lie - Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor has long been much inspiration for me - lyrics to 'Terrible Lie' with some lines omitted.

'Why are you doing this to me?
Am I not living up to what I'm supposed to be?
Why am I seething with this animosity?
I think you owe me a great big apology

I really don't know what you mean
seems like salvation comes only in our dreams
I feel my hatred grow all the more extreme
can this world really be as sad as it fucking seems?

don't take it away from me
I need someone to hold on to
don't take it away from me
I need you to hold on to

there's nothing left for me to hide
I lost my ignorance, security and pride
I'm all alone in a world you must despise
I believed your promises
your promises were LIES

Terrible Lie

you make me throw it all away
my morals left to decay
how many you betray
you've taken everything

my head is filled with disease
my skin is begging you please
I'm on my hands and knees

I want so much to believe'

http://youtu.be/7wBaQMCE9aQ

Madness

Rustle. Riccadonna. Remnants & Lies
too long, I've been in this disguise
Dreams fallen apart
and broken hearts

When will the madness end, my friend?

Tickle, trickle, tipple
I'm tired of wandering
wondering
drifting

It's so a short a time we have
shouldn't we be happy?
Instead we work & tire
that constant struggle,
that financial desire
or a quest for fame
& in a few years,
will they remember your name?

So back down I drown
into that drunked-ness blurred vision
& make nothing of all this wisdom

When will the madness end my friend?

When can I go home?

Tippy Toeing

Whisper, winter, wannabe
& all that was, between you and me
Kiss. Kill. Incarcerate.
You think you're here?
You're too late!

You never stopped me
from losing control
& all along you knew
I could have it all.

All the boys & all the girls,
they'd all come to see
how far I'd come
& still I surprise, even the most sceptical ones.

Tippy toeing
across the coal that burnt your dreams
gathering the charcoal and dust
of something
that never really was.

Chem

I hate this chemical imbalance
and then I consider, this is how we should be

Some are born logical
some, born to work,
Sam Beckett said
"we're all born mad, some remain so".

Those like me,
we breathe creativity,
and we try to make it work.
So I need my match to be opposite
someone, to keep the balance.

Someone to keep me balanced.

Yeah, and I've got these grazes
damage I've done
too long, this goes on

and I dislike the feeling of regret
still knowing, it's not done yet.

How far will I fall next time
and can I go back, behind that line

Keep it quiet
inside your mind.

Relax you eyes
you're not yet blind.

skin deep

He doesn't
so why should i?

skin deep
is all they see
all they want to see
well,
that's not me
but look how good i can pretend.
I don't know the game as well as you tho
so lend me a hand.

You're an expert with these things -
put on a smile
hide behind your beauty,
for a while

All the time knowing it's just a fuck.

it's not for us,
just for you
SELFISH FUCKING CUNT!!!

Burn baby, burn

I'd much rather the fall of the fire.

Poor you have burnt your fingers
and now must stay away
from the intimate, the intense.

It's much safer on the fringe,
outside, looking in

Poor you will play it safe
and miss out on everything.