The Ballad of Mushroom Down (Poem) Lyrics

We look to the skyDiamonds swimming in squid’s inkTilting back our headsUntil we cannot close our mouthsWe try to count but lose our placeAnd shiverNot because it is coldBut beca...Read Full Lyrics

Alas, my love, if I could make you liveAnd from the page step forth and sit beside meOr better still, bestride the steed I gave youWrapped close within the cloak I lent to hide the...Read Full Lyrics

Precious thingI long for nothing moreThan to be your friendBut I am not goodAs you areFor I thinkWhere I should feelAnd I am not innocentAs you would thinkFor I tryTo turn your hea...Read Full Lyrics

I had you so closeAnd you didn’t even knowI cherished every turn of your voiceAnd thrilled when you laughedAnd died at each offered wordWhich meant you didn’t long to leaveAnd ...Read Full Lyrics

Before a thousand grasping handsIn a glaring light she standsTrying hard to meet demandsEverybody’s girlDefenseless more and more each timeDesecration is their crimeVandalizing e...Read Full Lyrics

This empty space cannot be filledYour kind words bleed right through meAnd I could cry but I’d only lose my tearsJust another form of releaseRelease what – I’m emptyYou could...Read Full Lyrics

Sonnet IIn times of warmth when love and comfort dearHave cast their blindless light upon my star,How is it that I wish to disappearAnd find myself again back where you are?Is it t...Read Full Lyrics

What is feeling if it can be smashed so easily? Have I built up anything in thecourse of a happy day that cannot be torn down by tomorrow’s inevitablesorrows? Am I so fragile tha...Read Full Lyrics

Little boywhy did you have to chase me so harddidn't your mother show you what to dodidn't your father tell you not to pushLittle boywe could have been great friendsbut you frighte...Read Full Lyrics

If you turn the pages of the pastyou'll often find a story without an endingno 'Amen' to say it's overall you have is a name you would rather forgetbut it isn't over yetnot when yo...Read Full Lyrics