Tuesday, November 27, 2012

the devil in stitches (bad religion)


*This is a Brett song.  I know it's co-written, but Mr. Brett has his fingerprints all over this one.*

Hey
angels fall down without warning
cherry lipstick on their teeth
and all dangerous curves
she had a bullet-proof mind
and big pawn-shop eyes
and nothing you could say would get to her

so don't look homeward, angel, from that rumble seat
I can strum twice and make it all go away
we'll tap every last drop
until that beating stops
and let the devil come join us dancing
across that yellow sun

we'll run
because the devil in stitches only has his fun
performing for the chosen one
we can run

she was living on the edge of a knife
his head was filled with restless ghosts
it's so easy to love a bringer-of-destruction
she said
darling I love you madly

black tear-stained cheeks behind her shattered window
praying for a song to save her life
I had a paperback crime
running straight down my spine
so let the devil come join us dancing
across that yellow sun

we'll run
while the devil in stitches goes and has his fun
performing for the chosen one
we can run

wild in the street
like a formal procession
of love and deceit
I will carry you home
like a bride from the wreckage
Here's your punch-drunk cupid
knocked clean out of his senses

I know he drove her out to the brink
that's where they stood and looked down
right then he made a decision
that's where they made a division
declaring war on the weather
a reckless pact with forever
so come on and sing
sing hallelujah
right now.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands
















The seasons changed
and left me behind
everyone told me
I'd be just fine
everyone, including you,
was begging me
to stay on the line

what are my chances
can I make it
another year
how much patience
how much strength
do I possess
do I have a choice at all
I choose today

today is my day
and what a beautiful day
no one can feel lonely
on such a beautiful day
this is my Mount Zion
this is my home
this is my sun, my sky, my air
this is a perfect day
and it is mine

tomorrow is more "suffering
in the furnace of affliction"
tomorrow awaits
and a thousand more conspire
I'm not stupid
I see them lining up
I see them
unholy and unabashed
I see them waiting for me
to surrender this beautiful day

wars and rape
are made of this struggle
this moment in time
I will never surrender
this coalesced  rhyme
is sandstone and Kristin Braley
three brothers at Chautauqua
girls in the summer rain
Leonids and northern lights
this moment in time
is beautiful
and it is mine.