fallen angel

I am a madman poet machine
don't tell me no
because I created this scene
Little girls
look away
you can't stomach the violence
of what I'm about to say
There is a line
so fine
I can't even see it
You laugh
you cry
you think I'm sedate
but I'm going to show you
I'm hard to ignore
when I'm in the back of your throat
so hard to ignore
when I'm boring a hole inside of you
Close your eyes
baby girl
Jesus loves you just the same
You can get me out of your clothes
but can you get me
off your mind?

There is a weakness in you
only I can see
silly girl
say your prayers
ask for guidance and protection
I am your priest
kneel before me
I can purify
I can clease
but I'd rather teach you to love
something so wrong
Open wide
commune with me
everyone is watching you
down on your knees
This is love
this is lust
this is boys and girls and God above
Take me in
and know
that I will always be a part of you. 

this town is a deathtrap, baby

Under the right circumstances
everyone is a sinner
under the right moon
you might do anything
That's why I'm taking
this moment to tell you
I don't really mean
what I'm going to do
If I could
I would make you
but you just won't let me go
It's for your own good
apparently
you'd rather go down
with this sinking ship
Another SOS won't make this
any more real
another SOS can't save us now

Wake me up
when I'm dead
that's got to be the cure
for this life that I've led
No more bleeding
no more strife
just one never-ending night
Do what you want
while you're alive
I can't help but crave
what's on the other side

Our nights are ruins
our mornings are laughter
my light is dimming
and I can't find yours
So tell me you're out there
tell me you're close
I have nothing left
to be proud of
nothing left to lose
You are the last bit of hope
on this burning, sinking ship
and I won't let you send
another SOS.

girl problems

Let's rehash this
you never know
when it'll be the last time
That girl is a monument
built with ancient hopes
That girl is the stratosphere
so far from here
she's on another planet
she's in the summer rain
she's sending you postcards
with no return address
That girl is accelerating
transforming and dying
faster than you can comprehend
If you have something to say
you'd better lay it down
because tomorrow
is a thousand years away

You sold your hope
to the burning masses
kept your words close
because you knew the truth
walked so many miles of pain
saw so many die
during each refrain
Your sin is written
with a pen of iron
and graven on your heart
with the point of a diamond
but no one is judging you
These are your hands
covered in blood
lick them clean
because tomorrow is another crime
waiting for a perpetrator

That girl is a promise rejected
the memory of something
left behind
but you're not paying any attention
You got what you wanted
the rest lay useless
in your shaking hands
So tell me
this time
it's going to be different.

when I fail (Greg Graffin)

One day
my life will be a chocolate shake and
late night TV
But right now
I'm afraid of everything
that is goin' down

Too many decisions
Too much responsibility
And no one is there
to hold me
when I fail

Like the deer
who knows he won't survive the winter
so he runs in fear
The drifts too deep
the browse too scarce
the able too strong to compete

And I wonder if
I was stronger when
I didn't care
if no one was there
to hold me
when I fail

One day
my life will be a chocolate shake
and late night TV.