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Cry About It Anyway - The Great Masquerade

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  I know it takes two but only I'm left in Essex I had no control over how this doomed crusade ended I guess having half a heart wasn't for the open minded I turned the safety off, left the wound of a scar that never bled When a good soul pulls the trigger The bullet goes through quicker I'll never know the element of distance But I'd cry about it anyway All of my cold repulsions Magnetic interference Was my element of distance But I cried about it anyway They know I love my liquor  Nobody'll love me bitter This push and pull Poisons the lust I conjured They call this love, "disaster" I'll cry about it later I'll take all I wish I could say To the dungeons in my chateau A figure hugs me unprovoked in the shadow of a corner Says "You can unburden half the eyes on you if you undress faster" I can tell that the mystery had you surrounded You suffocated in the stampede of your assumptions When a good soul pulls the trigger The bullet goes thr...

Iron Blue - The Great Masquerade

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  Tell me why I lost my breath Only half way through the climb Champagne drunk, in my bed Celebrating half a lonely life I recall when the lanterns in my dreams Almost signed a death warrant for me Sailing through the iron blue galaxy Tell me what it takes for someone to want my company And I won't say that I'm better off alone Because I've never known myself to belong But I will say I've been answering to the tug That just wanting can actually be enough I was burning bright Alchemical starlight Falling for possibilities In the center of your chaos I recall when the ashes of a supernova Left me bereft of any kind of feeling Starstruck by the absence of a soul left grieving  Bruised iron blue by the matches of reason And you won't mean much A stranger that I've known too long I have to admit that I've dreamed up half of it But it all comes back to me All I ever wanted was for you to say Something that would would stop me From digging my own grave I recall whe...