The Painter

so it goes meandering forever
ever so forlorn
seeking for treasures it cant find
things it has once lost

but they're back again
taunting its memories
playfully grabbing it by the edge
pulling it from slipping back
among vast crevices of sharp cold

and so it sees
but does not really see
thinks it awknowledged
but now, it slips away

and gets in touch with its feelings
a mixture of sadness
a beautiful indescribable blue
that no one else can see

slate blue matches the horizon
elevation of the sky
as the orange tinges
staining the place i call home

Undercurrent

two tides meet
clashing under the moonlight
someone, turn the stars off

for us, for everyone
for everything i've wanted
ever since we contacted

but that moment's gone now
buried beneath the surface
and now, the moonlight cant reach me

so i allow myself to sink
missing the current as it tides
concave, convex, complex

the stars slowly switch on again
and as they get brighter
they explode into shattered pieces

as i bend down on the shore to collect them
and look back at the sea
because ive missed the current again

you'll keep running

bayshore is burning, burning
say a silent prayer
time is falling, falling

hands are shaking, shaking
because it never stops
no one was there, there

no one ever told you, told you
that the running never ends
bayshore is burning, burning

as the wind picked up, up
north wind blowing wayward
time to wake up, wake up

alarm of unending running, run
before they catch up with you
as we all burn, burn

ten feet underground, ground
tell me why the sky's grey
paint it black, black

i love you, you
your feet keep running
mid-light shifts your face
away from me, me

Free

i pull out a piece of sky
to match my heaven
because i never had a taste
of perfection or sanity
everything in this uncertain world
spiralling down to meet me

and its ever so often
in these cold nights of june
where i stop my thoughts mid wave
and pull out a piece of coral
to think about you
while a wild train of thoughts
rumble slowly by us

Lullaby

i sit in stony silence
wondering what he's thinking
while a wild train of thoughts
rumble silently through my head

its all quiet now
and the world sleeps in blissful content
while i lie awake in echoing emptiness

and i wonder all the time
whatever you're thinking of
somewhere far from where i am

my mind wanders through
vast skylands of lowlands
bright skylines of old cities
passing ships of gold

the tracks never seem near to you
wherever my footprints go
yours vanish into the plains
the constant wind sweeping up your path

so i stop
and look around me
i am lost
with no one to follow
with no where to go

i feel the hollowness now

Never Remember

its hard to remember
the things you forgot
when all you've got is gone
to have a taste of perfection
and then you find you're left
without

why dont you tell me why
you left me early
tell me why
you're doing this
tell me why its so easy for you
when i thought you'd find me here

now the things you remember
you shouldn't forget
especially when they seem
further away than they actually are
why are you leaving this
alone

why dont you tell me why
you left too early
tell me why
im feeling this
tell me why its too hard for me
when you thought that i'd forget

oh, tell me why
tell me why i remember
tell me why
i cant seem to forget
tell me why
the bitterness crept in
waiting for its attack

tell me something
tell me something
remind me i forget

dont tell me something
dont tell me something
because soon i will forget

i'll tell you why
i will forget
because your perfection is gone
i'll tell you why
i will forget
because you will never remember
all the reminders falling around you
you'll never remember
why im here
you'll never remember
how much you mean to me
you'll never remember
you'll never remember

you'll never remember us