Stumbling along the sidewalk

La, la, la!
See you! No, you see me.
Play happily!
Run in circles,

Round and round.
Can’t see what’s coming, but
Don’t care either way.
C’est la vie!

Are you here to greet me,
Or do you have another strategy?
How many days are left
Before they sell Christmas trees?

Come with me
Mister Mestopheles.
Do you know the password
For the tender tarries?

Follow me
Oh, so carefully,
To the end of all that is worthy.
Let’s see what we can see!

Happy, slowly feel your way.
Come soon to the day we play.
Rhyme a lot and pass the time.
Curl up close and start to climb.

In your sleep you dream away.
Passing through, it seems to sway.
Stop your heart on a dime.
Color, sketch and draw a line.

Can you see what is to come?
Feel vibrations as they strum.
Clouds descend then blow away.
Each new smile is a new day.

What will be is what will be.
Just accept and set it free.
Leave the other to spend a life.
Never wasting on more strife.

Catch a closing thought to picture.
Pull the edge and feel the friction.
Some time soon it all will end.
And your hardship start to bend.

Do you think it’s time to go?
If that is all, then maybe so.
Should we tarry to find our step?
Now it comes, nothing left.

Deny your pride, and look inside.

The dream you had will make you mad,

But never knowing is worse than showing

What you’re made of, good or bad.

So what is it worth, for a second birth?

What will come from this endless sum

Of trial and error? Your extreme terror

Is sure to come to an end somehow.

Don’t give up on showing love.

Don’t give in to all the sin

You are tempted to fall into.

Surely you can find another man

Who is your soul mate, for

This is just the start of a road that is hard,

But well worth the trouble and hurt.

So stay faithful to the miracle.

Climb into the flaming chariot.

Take a ride to heaven-sent.

Close your eyes and feel the metal

Embracing you with its warmth.

Happy songs echo in the distance,

Crazy colors blink across the sky.

Twisted memories cascade inside.

Long leaps separate you from yourself.

Is the truth hiding from you today?

Is your stomach tied in knots?

Does this answer come at the right time,

Or is it just a passing thought?

Cute remarks fall from her lips.

An angel’s smile on a demon’s face.

Hefty lifts of dripping fangs,

While mercy runs away.

So what is your truth?

Climb into the flaming chariot.

Take a ride to heaven-sent.

Close your eyes and feel the metal

Embracing you with its warmth.

Happy songs echo in the distance,

Crazy colors blink across the sky.

Twisted memories cascade inside.

Long leaps separate you from yourself.

Is the truth hiding from you today?

Is your stomach tied in knots?

Does this answer come at the right time,

Or is it just a passing thought?

Cute remarks fall from her lips.

An angel’s smile on a demon’s face.

Hefty lifts of dripping fangs,

While mercy runs away.

So what is your truth?

Coast about the desert plains,
Searching for a word in vain.
Close your mouth to the sweet refrain,
Trembling lips pray for rain.

Happy now to make ends meet.
Comforting to taste the sweet
Fruit of mana around your feet.
Laughing loudly, with a smile you greet

Strangers as they pass on by.
Angels bend to hear your cry.
Softly whimpering nearby,
Friendly nations start to sigh.

Do you know the secret song?
Do you wait for it for long?
Trying to see beyond the wrong,
Memories flash of Vietnam.

So many wounds around you now.
So many suffering children frown.
If only we could fathom how
To spare the life of our sacred cow.

Conflict comes like a mighty storm.
The dead multiply as vultures sore.
High above, piercing eyes bore
Through our bodies, they cut to the core.

Is the end coming soon?
We wonder amidst the ancient dunes.
In our beating hearts we make room,
As hungry wolves howl at the moon.

If they do not spare our lives,
Neither offspring, nor our wives;
If the kingdom come does arrive,
We are ready for the knives.

Slide into the inner sanctum.
Glide above the stratus clouds.
Call across the ancient ground.

Is there anyone left
In this collection of strangers?
Who will be next to cough up a tale?

Follow me as I run this race.
Close behind, I hear your footsteps.
Realms beyond the imagination

Captured in a passing glance.

How long does it take
To smoke a bong
When taking deep breaths
While singing a song?

How many licks does it take
To get to the center of the earth?
Do you like bananas?
I like bananas.

Where did you come from
Before you came here?
What was your name
Before you became you?

Do you know the way
To El Salvador?
Where are you going
After you leave here?

So many questions, but
Not many answers.
Did you know what they meant
When they spoke to you

At that place?
Did they interrogate you?
Did they threaten you?
Did they take everything you had

So that you didn’t even know anymore
Who or what you were?
Where are you now?
Are you here or there?

What keeps you running?
What terrifies you?
What is nice about this life?
What do you wish had happened

In your life before now?
Where would you like to go and
What would you like to do,
Just me and you?

It’s a sinful world, is it not?
What would be best
For this generation
To pass the test?

Well said.

Long enough to tell the time,
Seeing truth behind the mind.
Complain here of everything
Something smells in what you sing.

Criticize the status quo,
Doing things in rhyme to show.
Finding you in a stones throw.
I see a solution you don’t know.

Only if, and when will be,
I want, I want! Come with me.
I will display another chime
So you can throw away the rind.

Tempers simmer to a boil,
Patience running out so fast.
Tired of the same old toil.
Remember that the first are last.

Do you hear the echo still?
It shakes the ground and reeks until
Something else takes its place.
You will come to find a place.