People always wanted you to be yourself,
except when you did, well
they didn’t like it all that much.

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People always wanted you to be yourself,
except when you did, well
they didn’t like it all that much.
Every muffler
Firework
SNAP-CRACKLE-POP
people assume is a gun shot.
I know why they imagine this
but I just can’t believe it myself, because
the men and women I see,
whose culture, features, religion
may differ from my own,
are hard working families.
And where I’ve still got fingers,
they’ve only bone.
With all stones cast
There’s a pot still boiling
And a kettle left black
There’s a house still standing
With thinly cracked glass
There’s a kink in the line
With a reel still intact
There’s a spell in the ether
Waiting to be cast
With all stones thrown
There’s a hole full of flesh
There’s a crack in the arrow
There’s an angry protest
Each body a story, color, and time
Each arrow head sharpened, pristine, and divine
Each voice becomes voiceless, estranged, and unkind
With all stones turned
There lies not a soul
The truth is but squalor
Results are annulled
In a garden of daisies
Rest youthful and old
A graveyard of rubble
for silver and gold?
You don’t even have to read between the lines.
With all their talk about cold, cold hearts,
bouncing between heartache and chord progression
like a broken record, it’s apparent
why these yodeling old cowboys are obsolete.
Did they ever really sound that good in their time?
At least the melodies sound good, silly boys
if I could remove your voice, I would,
and in its place insert the songs of a woman,
who’s light shines brighter than your sorrow.
Mercedes-Benz – now that’s a song with heart.