Submissions by Songbird83 (Steven W.)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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Life's Little Games
Sometimes people aren't what they seem
even if you think you know them
they just aren't what they used to be
cause their morals have escaped them
and now they think they're living free
but they're living inside a theme
a theme in someone else's dream
What else is there to believe?
once they shove it in your face
they want you to feel complete
by playing life's little games
they want you to feel defeat
when all you feel is ashamed
(Chorus)
Sometimes people say they will change
but dont intend on...
even if you think you know them
they just aren't what they used to be
cause their morals have escaped them
and now they think they're living free
but they're living inside a theme
a theme in someone else's dream
What else is there to believe?
once they shove it in your face
they want you to feel complete
by playing life's little games
they want you to feel defeat
when all you feel is ashamed
(Chorus)
Sometimes people say they will change
but dont intend on...
#LifeStruggles
#lyrics
#manipulation #deception
#manipulation #deception
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Fade
Everything happens for a reason
Everything changes with the seasons
and I dont know how else to explain
the tension that increases my pain, but
I wont be okay
I'll swim in my pain
I'll try to stay sane
but I know I'll fade
I alone knew what was real
and now I dont know how I feel
but one day I'll be looking back
at all the times I've been stabbed in the back
(Chorus)
I dont think this was a mistake
and I know for sure nothing will change
the memories that have been left in vain
guess I'm...
Everything changes with the seasons
and I dont know how else to explain
the tension that increases my pain, but
I wont be okay
I'll swim in my pain
I'll try to stay sane
but I know I'll fade
I alone knew what was real
and now I dont know how I feel
but one day I'll be looking back
at all the times I've been stabbed in the back
(Chorus)
I dont think this was a mistake
and I know for sure nothing will change
the memories that have been left in vain
guess I'm...
#dark
#lyrics
#myself #hurt
#myself #hurt
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Even When
You always pick my soul up off the ground
I’m never lost with you around
You always keep me from falling down
By holding onto what we’ve found
I want you/ I need you/ I crave you
-And all the pills and all the highs do not compare to how you make me feel inside
And even on the darkest nights you keep me safe with the angelic light you shine
And even when the world’s lost sight you keep me sane with a familiar simple line- (chorus)
You never let me feel like I could drown
I’m always yours from here and now ...
I’m never lost with you around
You always keep me from falling down
By holding onto what we’ve found
I want you/ I need you/ I crave you
-And all the pills and all the highs do not compare to how you make me feel inside
And even on the darkest nights you keep me safe with the angelic light you shine
And even when the world’s lost sight you keep me sane with a familiar simple line- (chorus)
You never let me feel like I could drown
I’m always yours from here and now ...
#love
#wife
#marriage
#lyrics
#aging
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Sick of Living
Everything keeps piling up
I wonder when it will collapse
Will these clouds ever clear up?
or will it all come crashing down?
We can't keep on living like this
Do you feel betrayed?
I'm so sick of living like this
I am ashamed
(chorus 1)
I need some relief sometimes
I need some guidance in my life
If we're strong enough to try
Maybe we will not be denied
We can't keep on living like this
Do you feel the same?
I'm so sick of living like this
I am inane
(chorus 2)
...
I wonder when it will collapse
Will these clouds ever clear up?
or will it all come crashing down?
We can't keep on living like this
Do you feel betrayed?
I'm so sick of living like this
I am ashamed
(chorus 1)
I need some relief sometimes
I need some guidance in my life
If we're strong enough to try
Maybe we will not be denied
We can't keep on living like this
Do you feel the same?
I'm so sick of living like this
I am inane
(chorus 2)
...
#anxiety
#LifeStruggles
#lyrics
#despair
#poverty
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Shine
When I graze you with my permanence you start to adhere
And then I take your breath away with things you’d never fear
I always hope to be with you and never by myself
There’s only room for you in me and not anything else
-And I know that no one else will ever feel how I do about you
And I know that no one else can see inside the real you like I do
When they shouldn’t have to look very far
To see that you shine as bright as a star- (chorus)
When you touch me with your selflessness I fall to my knees
And then you take my...
And then I take your breath away with things you’d never fear
I always hope to be with you and never by myself
There’s only room for you in me and not anything else
-And I know that no one else will ever feel how I do about you
And I know that no one else can see inside the real you like I do
When they shouldn’t have to look very far
To see that you shine as bright as a star- (chorus)
When you touch me with your selflessness I fall to my knees
And then you take my...
#happiness
#love
#lyrics
313 reads
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So Many Ways to Die
There are so many ways to die
Maybe it will be on a hot sunny day
Maybe it will be when I'm weathered and grey
Maybe it will be from a car accident
That I didn't see coming from a mile away
Or maybe it will come for me in my sleep
Maybe it will leave me lost in a dream
Maybe it will be from sickness and disease
That will take me down, bring me to my knees
And I may never know just how it all goes down
It's like a bullet to the head/ A knife right through the chest
There are just so many...
Maybe it will be on a hot sunny day
Maybe it will be when I'm weathered and grey
Maybe it will be from a car accident
That I didn't see coming from a mile away
Or maybe it will come for me in my sleep
Maybe it will leave me lost in a dream
Maybe it will be from sickness and disease
That will take me down, bring me to my knees
And I may never know just how it all goes down
It's like a bullet to the head/ A knife right through the chest
There are just so many...
#death
#lyrics
#TruthOfLife #LifeCycle
#TruthOfLife #LifeCycle
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Ugly
I hate myself for things I’ve done/ I had it all/ I was someone
I can’t escape/ I can’t outrun
The monster that I have become
And now I don’t even know myself anymore, I just know that
I’m ugly, so ugly. You don’t really want to know me
I’m cold and so lonely. This is just killing me slowly
I hate myself for what I’ve done/ forget the past/ try to move on
It’s easier said than done
I remind myself with each new sun
And now I don’t feel like myself anymore, I just feel like
I’m ugly,...
I can’t escape/ I can’t outrun
The monster that I have become
And now I don’t even know myself anymore, I just know that
I’m ugly, so ugly. You don’t really want to know me
I’m cold and so lonely. This is just killing me slowly
I hate myself for what I’ve done/ forget the past/ try to move on
It’s easier said than done
I remind myself with each new sun
And now I don’t feel like myself anymore, I just feel like
I’m ugly,...
#LifeStruggles
#lyrics
#SelfReflection #disappointment
#SelfReflection #disappointment
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Inside My Head
Empty thoughts
Things unsaid
Empty soul
Left for dead
Broken hearts
Crooked smile
Broken bones
In denial
I just keep telling myself... it's all inside my head
Never thought
I'd be ok
Without you here
Every day
I just keep telling myself... it's all inside my head
Vacant thoughts
Never said
Withered soul
Still not dead
I just keep telling myself... it's all inside my head
It's all inside my head
It's all inside my head...
Things unsaid
Empty soul
Left for dead
Broken hearts
Crooked smile
Broken bones
In denial
I just keep telling myself... it's all inside my head
Never thought
I'd be ok
Without you here
Every day
I just keep telling myself... it's all inside my head
Vacant thoughts
Never said
Withered soul
Still not dead
I just keep telling myself... it's all inside my head
It's all inside my head
It's all inside my head...
#anxiety
#dark
#lyrics #emptiness
#lyrics #emptiness
332 reads
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The Way You Live
No more sins
No more sins
No more sins / God will forsake us all!
Our secular world
It’s so pathetic
I can’t see how people survive
But I know the Lord
And I can’t forget
He is the reason I’m alive
- If it’s the way you live that makes you insane
Then why won’t you drown into the night?
If it’s the way you live that makes you betray
Then why can’t you make it all alright? - (Chorus)
I’m not one to change
The truth from a lie
I just want you to see the light
...
No more sins
No more sins / God will forsake us all!
Our secular world
It’s so pathetic
I can’t see how people survive
But I know the Lord
And I can’t forget
He is the reason I’m alive
- If it’s the way you live that makes you insane
Then why won’t you drown into the night?
If it’s the way you live that makes you betray
Then why can’t you make it all alright? - (Chorus)
I’m not one to change
The truth from a lie
I just want you to see the light
...
#conflict
#lyrics
#humankind
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Second Chance
Another start
A beating heart
A chance to rise above the flames
A fueling spark
Erase the dark
Beginning to bury the shame
-I will not fail, no not this time
I can exhale and breathe a sigh
Because this is my time to shine
This is my second chance at life- (chorus)
Breaking new ground
Finally sound
Spread my wings and take to the sky
Can't hold me down
Soul has been found
Soaring like an eagle so high
-chorus-
I won't fail this time
I refuse to die
I...
A beating heart
A chance to rise above the flames
A fueling spark
Erase the dark
Beginning to bury the shame
-I will not fail, no not this time
I can exhale and breathe a sigh
Because this is my time to shine
This is my second chance at life- (chorus)
Breaking new ground
Finally sound
Spread my wings and take to the sky
Can't hold me down
Soul has been found
Soaring like an eagle so high
-chorus-
I won't fail this time
I refuse to die
I...
#hope
#lyrics
#LifeChangingMoment
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Pigs
Zombies, vultures, scavengers
That’s what you are
Mindless, soulless, passengers
That’s what you are
Heartless, ruthless, savages
That’s what you are
That’s all you are
And…
-You’re all the same to me
you’re all the same to me
I won't change how I see
You’re all the same to me – (chorus)
Brainless, useless, ignorant
That’s what you are
Spineless, cowards, full of shit
That’s what you are
Faceless, nameless, fucking pricks
That’s what you are
That’s all you are
...
That’s what you are
Mindless, soulless, passengers
That’s what you are
Heartless, ruthless, savages
That’s what you are
That’s all you are
And…
-You’re all the same to me
you’re all the same to me
I won't change how I see
You’re all the same to me – (chorus)
Brainless, useless, ignorant
That’s what you are
Spineless, cowards, full of shit
That’s what you are
Faceless, nameless, fucking pricks
That’s what you are
That’s all you are
...
#lyrics
#humankind
#disappointment #dark
#disappointment #dark
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Empty Handed
If this is what I look like alone
I'll rear back my fist and break the glass
as I crumble away just like a stone
nothing in my life will ever last
Inside my own mind I wonder why
I wonder why this happened to me
maybe it's because I didn't try
or maybe it's because I'm naive
While some things are lost and never meant to find
I try to pick up the pieces to my life
because I just want to do the best I can
I want to put something in these empty hands
(Chorus)
So this is what it feels like to die ...
I'll rear back my fist and break the glass
as I crumble away just like a stone
nothing in my life will ever last
Inside my own mind I wonder why
I wonder why this happened to me
maybe it's because I didn't try
or maybe it's because I'm naive
While some things are lost and never meant to find
I try to pick up the pieces to my life
because I just want to do the best I can
I want to put something in these empty hands
(Chorus)
So this is what it feels like to die ...
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#lyrics #myself
#lyrics #myself
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