On Insurgence

Stifling, with dreams like
paper truths cremated
in the basement of the

Ministry, with intent
to burn all life and all
ambition out of me

Eternally, while my
sluggish heart hardly cares;
and all creation sits

Soundlessly, with faces
melting into blue-grey
oceans of digital

Urgency, with muteness
stemming from delusion
that our words are billed by

Quantity, and I?

I just want to float down frosty rivers,
navigating rapids and

To swim in sunny surf,
pursued by Poseidon and outsmarting the sirens and

To cross this continent by train,
rambling with Kerouac and all the tumbling miles of track
and singing with the click-clack and
To simply BE
breathing in the mountain air
or hiking all these cobbled stairs
or laughing with a brilliant old friend

At a table
in a bar
on a riverbank
with a drink
and a warm smile.

Enough For Two

I tried to talk with you again
I'm sorry I guess I'm not ready for the end
Cause there was this fatal feeling
Like Charlemagne's army was finally closing in

And I knew all that I wanted
Was a room, enough for two
And I knew all that I wanted
Was a place for me and you

I tried to be a charming man
I'm sorry I guess it was foolish to just pretend
Cause there was this naked feeling
Like all of my mysteries were solved before I began

And I knew all that I wanted
Was a room, enough for two
And I knew all that I wanted
Was a place for me and you

I saw a brick house it was covered in vines
I said to myself one day all this will be mine
Then soldiers shoved in and they tore it apart
Now all that is left is our rubble and sparks

And I knew all that I wanted
Was a room, enough for two
But I guess all that I wanted
Will just have to stay subdued

Soft Blows

Here:
Standing on the south pole
braving the 31 below zero
Like paramagnetic slivers
faced with parka-less shivers
after their brief trembling

Iron red, Eyes run redder

You albatross, spanning your global wings
because a thousand miles wasn't enough distance
You albatross, devouring golden calves
guided by the currents and incandescent lamps
You albatross, swooping down the sea-line
baring your teeth at the black and white
You albatross, plaguing the water and wine
because even a blurry view is much too bright

Here:
Standing on the center-sun
sweating anthemic buckets
Like emasculated cloudbursts
losing our shoes and shirts
after a sudden final flare

May

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I got scared in the winter
That the summer had disappeared
And we all got trapped in our isolation
Let's get out of here, yeah!

I rode around on my bicycle
Thinking of all the words you said
It was so good, it was so good
It was so good like the month of May
It was so good, it was so good
It was so good like the month of May
When everything looks close on maps
And everyone just smiles in the photographs

I caught you trying to catch a break
Your pulse was slowing, it was frozen in a way
It's ok to finish, even if you're late
It's ok to finish, you know that I can wait

I got scared watching snow fall
That the spring would never come
And we'd all be trapped here in hibernation
Waiting for the sun, yeah!

It was so good, it was so good
It was so good like the month of May
It was so good, it was so good
It was so good like the month of May
When everything looks close on maps
And everyone just smiles in the photographs

City

6:09 pm with a thunderous crash
I finally got the chance to leave you waiting

I sat around the house
and built a fire with a match;
I changed my clothes
(suit and tie)
Stepped into the elevator

Froze my ears off
figure-skating sidewalks
I hailed a car:
50th
49th
48th
...a countdown to disaster, see?

Looked up your name
and called your bluff,
You were seven stories up
In a window shining bright
Like a hurricane devouring lamp posts
Look out
(and hear me) bellow!

and at the table
in the store
in the demonstration room
in this exhibition
i heard it begin
s o s o f t l y
but building...

Until all our fine china had been dissolved
Until all our clothes were splatter-painted
Orange and Red
Orange and REd
Orange and RED
We walked outside into our crumbling city
and watched the fire go out

Saints (with MP3 download link)

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The wind blows
across my back;
I am wandering,
I am whispering
to you now
'til you know

Distant waves
Different saints
We are saved by the sound

The wind blows
across my back;
I am wandering,
I am whispering
to you now
'til you know:
"I love you"

The Warmest Feeling

Holding hands was the warmest feeling;
could use it right now
Snow is falling, the earth is calling
all its friends back down

It's so beautiful, The most beautiful thing
I've seen in awhile
I know it's pitiful, Yeah so pitiful but
I can't seem to smile

Oh, I wish I was sharing this with you
Oh, I wish I was sharing this with you
Oh, how I wish I was sharing this with you
Oh, I wish to God I was...

Take a picture to help you remember
Everything you saw
I'll be watching, through the winter
Waiting for the thaw

Enjoy the weather, Enjoy your feathers
Keep using them to fly
It's for the better, It's so much better
If you don't realize

Oh, I wish I was sharing this with you
Oh, I wish I was sharing this with you
Oh, how I wish I was sharing this with you
Oh, I wish to God I was...

Get up, get up, move faster now
Come watch it all fall down
I don't think I have ever seen
More beauty than right now
Get up, get up, and move your feet
It's freezing back at home
Come on, you know that we are both
Shivering
Shivering
Shivering, alone...