This Be The Verse

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.

They may not mean to, but they do.

They fill you with the faults they had

And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn

By fools in old-style hats and coats,

Who half the time were soppy-stern

And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.

It deepens like a coastal shelf.

Get out as early as you can,

And don't have any kids yourself.

you can't mistake me for the enemy tonight

How does it feel?
             What does it mean to you?
Your heart is real;  it isn't bulletproof.

Fighting Tao

      it's same damn sun
  in the same damn sky.

—so wilt away.

" Black rose, your thorns are cutting into me
                                         for the last time.

            I watched your petals wilt away;

      I couldn't bring you back to life. "

cry if you want (it's the return of No Sensitivity)

                      You don't have to scream
to say something that you honestly mean.

Work & play were never okay to mix the way we do

I can't say I was never wrong—
—but some blame rests on you.

Polaris

You say that love goes anywhere;

"in your darkest time, it's just enough to know it's there."

    when you go,  I'll  let  you  be,

butyou'rekillingeverything in me.

For Me, This is Heaven

This is what she says gets her through it—

"If I don't let myself be happy now, then when?"

If not now, when?

Summer

   Tried to give you summer,
                   but I'm winter—
wish I could make you spring
(butIfallsohard)

Drive

" Your lips go dry (butthey'resweetinside)—

                            wine must go right to your head. "