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The Terms We Come To

Can we be pardoned and excused
For not getting what we deserved?

by salparadise 19 lines, on Feb 10 11:27 AM 2007. In Personal, Lyrics, Life
The World Is A Lie

The world is a lie and it kills the best in us
indiscriminately without any remorse.

by salparadise 25 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 13 3:12 PM 2006. In Lyrics, Dark
When The World Is On Fire

When the world is on fire you will stand
and be judged for each and every sin.

by salparadise 24 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 23 10:34 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Dark
Protect Me From What I Desire

I stand here now in jeopardy every hour
obsessed with a past I cannot expunge.

by salparadise 24 lines, on Mar 23 10:32 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
I Never Cared For You

I never cared for you, yet you believed
I did, so I took advantage of it at will.

by salparadise 22 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 24 1:51 AM 2006. In Sad, Lyrics, Personal
No One Could Protect Her

No one could protect her, she knew better
and followed every whim that seized her.

by salparadise 30 lines, on Feb 19 12:56 AM 2006. In Sad, Lyrics, Personal
To Kendra

I have succumbed to the temptations
of my desires far too often it seems.

by salparadise 22 lines, on Feb 5 8:43 PM 2006. In Sad, Lyrics, Personal

A Legacy Of Youth

Some people are just doomed
and cannot be saved.

by salparadise 27 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 28 6:01 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
If I Were The Man You Wanted

If I were the man you wanted I wouldn’t feel
like I am not at all worthy of your hand.

by salparadise 26 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 19 12:25 AM 2006. In Sad, Lyrics, Personal
All The Lies Are True

I found out all the lies are true so long ago
and little surprises me in this day and age.

by salparadise 25 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 11 7:04 AM 2006. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Expiation

I am going to dispose all pretenses and attack you
straight out here. The language won’t be highflown

by salparadise 70 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 11 7:03 AM 2006. In Personal, Adult, Dark
Some Women

Some women walk right in and reach for your heart
inspiring a crazy longing to know them well.

by salparadise 28 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 17 1:26 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Love
Chronic Isolation Blues

I am alone this world and seem to be facing
an insurmountable sense of loss I cannot share.

by salparadise 26 lines, on Nov 27 3:50 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal
Atonement Blues

You are a wide load of deliverance on a damnation track
temporarily at a loss and more than a little out of whack

by salparadise 29 lines, on Nov 25 9:38 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Dark

For ---

You tolerated the attentions of lesser men
than what you deserved bringing only pain.

by salparadise 25 lines, on Nov 23 2:34 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Love
What You Leave Behind

I think of the children I never had, and the love
that I so desperately wanted to share and give.

by salparadise 28 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 18 8:21 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
To Come Of Age

I came of age in a world I did not expect
to find when I reached that lofty height.

by salparadise 41 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 11 11:17 PM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Aftermath And Summation

I had to lose my mind before I could regain
even a measure of what brought me there.

by salparadise 19 lines, on Nov 2 2:07 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Self-Deception Recovery Blues

You stay on guard against old behaviors,
yet they return fully formed in your life.

by salparadise 25 lines, on Oct 23 2:38 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
The Tyranny Of Dreams

I now decry the tyranny of dreams,
those grand ambitions never fulfilled.

by salparadise 38 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 21 11:59 PM 2005. In Sad, Lyrics, Dark
The Drunken Union

You manipulative cunt, you tattler of tales,
you are using me for what you can, I know.

by salparadise 22 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 21 11:57 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Dark

I Tried To Stay Healthy For You

I tried to stay healthy for you, I tried so hard
but could never quite break from that crowd.

by salparadise 33 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 18 1:17 PM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Dark
Ruminations On Love

Often times you would silently pray
let me have her,

by salparadise 58 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 17 3:55 PM 2005. In Personal, Love, Dark
What I Seem

In the cold hard dawn of our loss,
in the dream just before sleep.

by salparadise 21 lines, on Oct 15 1:48 PM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
War

I am War,
the raw open-throated blues shout of Mars,

by salparadise 132 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 15 1:46 PM 2005. In Personal, Society, Dark
Black Throated Wind

Bid him passage with the chisel of tribute,
offer every form of courtesy, legacy, or salute;

by salparadise 45 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 14 8:13 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Chaos Junkie Lament

I was a chaos junkie dead set on filling my needs
in any manner necessary, I’d go to such an extent.

by salparadise 42 lines, on Oct 13 12:53 PM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Sense Of Mission

I have been searching for a new voice
that can accurately

by salparadise 69 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 12 3:49 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal, Hope
Glamour And Romance

Throwing up at two in the morning, it’s
glamour and romance,

by salparadise 36 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 7 6:36 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
Drunk Writers And Dead Presidents

Drunk writers and dead presidents,
tarnished golden harmonicas lying in the rain,

by salparadise 58 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 7 6:33 AM 2005. In Sad, Personal
City Of No Concern

Call it the city of no concern.
You grow old before you even know what happens.

by salparadise 48 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 7 6:30 AM 2005. In Personal, Society, Angst
To Shannon

You were a dissipated clown near the end,
you ceased taking care of yourself at all.

by salparadise 24 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 7 12:47 AM 2005. In Sad, Lyrics, Personal
Pigeon Hill Girl

You sold your body for a place to sleep and a bottle,
you sold your body for a eight-ball of dope and

by salparadise 66 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 6 3:07 AM 2005. In Personal, Adult, Dark
Old Friends Remembered

Those parasitic and self-concerned
bastards can all leave me alone now.

by salparadise 32 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 5 2:10 AM 2005. In Lyrics, Personal, Dark
A Prayer For Voice

I now for you pronounce a prayer
to give you peace, life and protection.

by salparadise 19 lines, on Oct 4 8:06 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope

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