Hey everyone, thought I'd try out this part of the forums. These are a few new ones I've been writing.

D.I.Y.

I'm checking with the banker
To see if I'm worth saving
But I can barely hear a word
Between his rantings and his ravings
Who would have thought a dollar sign
Would leave its mark upon my life?
Sometimes I wonder if my birth
Is meeting its full fiscal worth

With barcodes on our foreheads
And blinders on our eyes
It seems the world's greatest feat
That we are still alive
But if life is measured out in gold
Then I am lying stiff and cold
Unburied in the potter's field
A "Dig-It-Yourself" kind of deal

I'm kneeling at the pauper's feet
Selling my soul for quarters
A bane upon society
A sweeps story for reporters
It seems Christ was stabbed by Benjamin
Or at least one of his minions
For his smile and shade of green
Have come to answer all our hopes and dreams

With barcodes on our foreheads
And blinders on our eyes
It seems the worlds greatest trick
To say that we're alive
If life is measured out in gold
Then I am lying stiff and cold
Unburied in the potter's field
A "Dig-It-Yourself" kind of deal

I'm falling all to pieces
And I can't afford to wonder how
But don't worry on my account
I'm told that it's run dry
So share unto me quarter
And I'll throw in my two cents
Maybe this system works for you
But I'm dying to pay the rent

You can bet dollars to daisies
That I think that it's crazy
This depressive fincancial game
And while you praise its name
Trying to keep it the same
Rest assured, I'm begging for change

I was offered up some pity
And then stopped at the door
Screaming "The world's smallest violin
Is all I can afford!"

A "Dig-It-Yourself" kind of deal

And then there's this one:

One in the Same

The words of the prophets
Are written in shit upon the bathroom wall
Anonymous and unanimous
He's naming names, he's telling all
He's reinlisting his progenies
In stalls two, three and four
"In prevention of calamity
We've waged another war"

War, famine, death and pestilence
Choke on tomorrow's bones
Then spit up a nation of effluence
That from now on we'll call home
The whispers of ages embracing us
Will take us to our graves
As we fall to earth like grains of salt
Leaving nothing left to save

Enviromentalist
Warlord and degenerate
They all dance to our song
Majorly played
In a minor key
The show the ways we've all gone wrong

Tomorrow's titans
And yesterday's fools
Gather their arms
And then gather their tools
They sing of good fortune
And then act in deciet
Today's morning sickness
Is tomorrow's disease

We wait for the chance to devour our kind
By teeth of our own or by those of God
We shatter the glass of neutrality
We feast on our flesh and don't find it odd
We're cutting through diamonds
With careful word and gently guided hand
We're crushing the thought of humanity
And leaving it sinking in the sand

Who are we to say a word
To ourselves or to eachother?
When we are the depraved, absurd
Lying naked in the gutter

Demigods
Patriots and sepratists
They all dance to our song
Majorly played
In a minor key
The show the ways that we've gone wrong

Tomorrow's titans
And yesterday's fools
Gather their arms
And then gather their tools
They sing of good fortune
And act in deceit
Today's morning sickness
Is tomorrow's disease

The earth goes the way of Chernobyl and hours
Six feet underground
Embraced by the arms of the reaper alone
Gone without a sound
All raise a toast to the matters of chaos
Soon we will be learned
All raise a toast to the matters of chaos
Just to take a turn, on the wheel of life

Sickened aristocrats
Wear several broken hats
And then dance to our song
Majorly played
In a minor key
To show the ways we've all gone wrong

Is this an act of God?
If so, will tomorrow come?

Is this an act of man,
Or of the blind, deaf and dumb?
One in the same

So there you go. I'd love to hear some feedback.

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Majorly played
In a minor key






I loved these lines.

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Thanks alot man.

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Yeah those are good lines, Majorly played... etc.

Very clever stuff man,its nice to see some good lyrics through all the other junk!

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Thanks for all the kind words guys.

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Very cool. The first was my favorite, but they both kept me reading to see what would come next.

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Thank you very much, I really appreciate it.

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