Tag: Songs Without Words

Song Without Words

A pointed remark that gets under your skin like a splinter Can work through the veins and permanently lodge in the brain I wouldn’t want something I said, to hurt you and mess up your head And so just for you I have written this song without words…


Vapour Trails

The drizzle that dampens every crevice The grime that soils each dream This nation that’s forged its own shackles The red brick that’s swallowed the green It’s no place for one of such beauty The poison will soon reach your heart They’ll scuffle your shine ’til it’s blackenned Come take your chances with me…


Devil On Your Back

The one who soothes your ego when you’re not feeling yourself Is tugging on your conscience when you’re feeling someone else You may say that she’s beneath you when you’re feeling ten feet tall But the one you treat like dirt is there to catch you when you fall…


Now Is The Silence

My sparkle having ochred, dried brittle and vanished underfoot I hide beneath the eiderdown stirring only to fan the embers of the soot Saying said and doing done Now is the silence and I hide beneath the snow…