- Arguing Philosophies
I come here
to find you
to let you speak
whatever is on your mind
I will not interrupt
I will not twist your words
I will not plug my ears
and tell you that I can’t hear
- God In My Own Image
I don’t want to worship a god
I made in my own image
and what’s the use of a savior
who depends on my righteousness
maybe I’ve been seeing things wrong
maybe I don’t know you at all
maybe I’ve been seeing things wrong
maybe you’re not so much like me
- Obscene
When I said your name, I made it obscene. Your beautiful name, the name that sounds like cool water, was a curse in my mouth. I meant to say it like light on the edges of clouds, but it came out filthy. Believe me I thought about it. I thought about it, and I decided I would never say your name again. But I couldn’t do it. Because the time you said my name, you made it sound like it never sounded before. You made it sound like the day the azaleas bloom. After the rain, when the colors are so bright, and the birds fly in and out of the bushes, that’s what you called me. So here I am, putting the perfect word in a rusty can to drag behind me. I rattle and clang, and even whisper when I have to, just hoping you’ll say it again.
I know the curtain was torn
but there is still
this veil
of skin
and bone
that divides
- Paper House
Knocking on my door
and you're calling out my name
But you won't come in til' I let you in
Knocking on my door
you keep calling out my name
But you won't come in until I say
- Someone has to Bleed
I tore my mother
when we parted
and I tore my lover
when we first joined
now she carries
a piece of me inside of her
I will carry
- Something I Was Not
I have some love
But not enough
To pull me over
Where dark meets day.
You were something that I was not
When I was dying, you've pulled me up
And I was guilty