A touch of the tragic May be conducive to magic But it’s a rock in the shoe Of ordinary life Never wanted it to happen Our branch bent before snapping Saw reality as an anomaly As our little tree struggled in the strife Upon the polished bar-slab Rests an old head who can’t pay his tab While his pocket chimes, a music box The last gift from his wife Well, life may be short I may be numb My country is Governed by a gun Hey, maybe it’s simple Maybe its not I could not work The way that you want If there’s a god If you’re a friend If there’s a story With an end I won’t forget When things were goo ..read more

My Inner-life’s centered Like a good conspiracy My back was turned overlong Toward some memory Where I was who they wanted to be Faded photograph Wrapped in a robe outside The church I wrote these words Corporate daddy Told me their worth It was dignified work Contaminated future bats Hanging in a cave But drink up your idealism And think positive thoughts Today Cause someone will Pay Riding out the rain In my mind Underground Guess I could’ve been someone else If I weren’t so proud To make this sound I need an intruder Nothing is not wrong I’ve serenaded this brick wall Through seven cycles o ..read more

A life in a mirror Of someone’s design With a fleeting interest In my own mind New, improved rules Assimilated inside Genuflect and pray Before your mobile device There’s a new boss in town Polarized from the other guy Queens is quiet tonight I hate when bands make me wait For something I’ve already seen With survival less guaranteed It matters less what it all means Falling through the seasons Of my dreams Observing the fire hydrant ejaculating blood On my $100 jeans It’s hardly apathetic Noticing where we no longer align Queens is quiet tonight The urgency of yesterday Becomes an uneasy toda ..read more

Well, it isn’t much to boast about Jump the fare Get choked out Our fine metropolis Can be… inelegant Harder to say Without being paid What they take out of me Monday through Friday The bureaucratic arm Can be negligent But one bat of your eyes And baby, I’m sold Out of the lie The teleprompter told Anyone can shout from a rooftop And pretend they are omniscient You keep me singing You keep me sane You spare me from the logic Of my obsessive brain Without your presence Darling, I’d barely be sentient Chorus: This world can go down in flames And I’ll buy an ashy bouquet The arsonists Are sprayi ..read more

Life in the empire /The sentries sing at sunrise/ Their Gods are deader / Than the look in their eyes / And I am tethered / To the awaited surprise / The turn in the narrative / The truth in the lies / Where all will make sense / Be at last contextualized / We’re alone in our own reality / Where no one may hide Life in the empire / Culture is a transparent bag / Accusing you of having / Things you never had / And some tin-eared pawn / Celebrates the new hit / While another gatekeeper / Decides if your copper slipper fits / They danced in the street / Because they thought they won / But nothing ..read more

Got a word of advice? I’m having the same problem twice Holy places in my mind protect against time But they don’t make my answers right Always the same town At dawn, lamp-lit puddles on the ground An old library on the corner Where the mayor’s daughter Ensures all lost souls are found A fantasy of possibility An antidote to urbanity With enough room to maneuver I would be so much truer To process And intuitive certainty At the center of things The bells of freedom ring At the center of things There’s no need for a savior At the center of things The echoes of history sing At the center of thin ..read more

Paralyzed At the crosswalk sign And it’s telling me to move In this Balkanized Corporate paradise Consciousness is a fool On my way To a date With the anxious apparatus To plead my case And amend my mistake Of writing that ending Tragic Do you have an empty feeling? Can you play the part of hope? Was their dream worth believing? When you already had a coat? Satisfied By a momentary high After signing their contract Unrecognized Walking the Highline Alias intact We were running late To a play That was about our lives We did not know ourselves Everybody is somebody else And I still love the way ..read more

You say Your heart wants things But its really your brain And you say This lyric don’t mean nothing It only rhymes with rain And I long For this song to heal To be a beacon upon Your sea of distress Its too late for the truth to be beautiful In a story about neglect Chorus: If you feel homesick Even when you’re home That means in a crowded room You are totally alone Can you find a way out of your head? Will you ever finish your manifesto in red? You say Down in Queens Parking lots are united nations And you say Policemen blow stop signs As an expression of a collective frustration But you’re w ..read more

You lost your mind in the rain You kicked the taxi You said we’re absolutely over And you’d never forgive me We never carried umbrellas Your angel wings hit my head I walked alone to Washington Square Where pigeons pecked crumbs of bread We started when folk was hot Everyone with a beard had a deal We met at Treehouse You did the robot to Electric Feel You could hit the high notes I wrote a novel about your hair Our songs could have won it all If the game was fair Lost our minds Trying to describe The world as it is Optimism was a fashion victim In the booze-soaked delirium Girls wore shades a ..read more

Never lied to you Never told the truth Only ever suggested Never made it a job I was far too enthralled To make the connection With one wrinkled face Staring at my lonely place onstage As I hit the right inflection Between desperate and alone Delusional and in the zone Untaught living your lesson Dualistic identity Off-key and heavenly Like a frail body undressing Will you remember my name? Will your mind be the same? After our 45-minute session Chorus: Loyal to the final hour Offering a burning flower From my charred human hand Summoning my mystic power Dressed in black like a priestly prowle ..read more