Take it as it Comes

Take It As It Comes

Jump into the taxi

that pulls up to my side

I can’t see the driver

no such thing as a free ride

Cruise along the front page

Not sure of what we’ll find

Pass an all night website,

time to press rewind

Print an image of a dream

that I don’t recognise

I’m sure that I’d remember

if I had survived

Racing now past curfew

they’re pulling up the bridge

Shoot an arrow across their bow

They’re telling me how to live

(Don’t take me to the bridge)

Can’t change what’s done,

Life’s a loaded gun

Take it as it comes

If I don’t go crazy

I’m sure to go insane

I really need to find myself

but when did I escape           

Don’t close me in these four walls

I really need my space

We really must do lunch sometime

Same time, another fake

(Gotta get away)

Move a little closer,

have you got the edge

Parallel two-step,

on a narrow ledge

The chorus of a morning,

mass murder of midnight

Life’s a price we all must pay,

does anyone get it right

Time’s the untamed master,

hands faster than the eye

Reaching the conclusion,

not a theory in sight

(Driving blind)

Emotionally Bankrupt in a Garden of Lies

Emotionally Bankrupt in a Garden of Lies

You say the words

But they're not meant

they don't sound true

How could they

But it’s the only way you know

To survive

And your words do fool most

Those who want them to be real

Want it to be real

Sometimes though

I think your words

even fool you

Have you been swept away

By your own charade

Lost in your garden of lies

Lies which grow

And spread

And multiply

As you nurture them

As you feed them

Bring them more to life

To a point

When even you believe them to be true

Blurred and lost between the lies

And the truth

You know which buttons to press

A caring caress

A gentle touch

When you want someone 

to do something for you

With a lingering look

You control

Because that's what it's all about

With you

You manipulate

To get what you want

What you desire

You offer false hope

But none of it is real

And the price is far too high

Will leave them

Emotionally bankrupt 

But still they pay

Desperate to believe

That they are the one

For you

Is it sympathy

You are after

So they want to rescue you

When you tell them

one of your hard luck stories

Or are you really looking to be loved

To find true love

But if they knew the truth

They'd feel sorry for you

Or is it just a game

With you the controller

The puppet master

You pull the strings

The heart strings

Cut them with a knife

Because in the end

It's you

Who will lose

And who will end up

alone.