Black Hole

There’s a hole in the door
That you fill up with stories
Of how aggrieved you truly are
No one fixed all of your worries
They tiptoe around your collapsing star
And how cruel of them, the villains
Who kept your life from being full
But it’s you who embraced those darker feelings
And it’s you who made the hole.

Skewed

I always figured that you noticed
Or maybe I just never thought
But now I can’t unknow this
It’s a problem that we’ve got

I took it for granted
That you thought about it straight
I didn’t like much where you landed
But I prefer friendly debate

But you, you’re only angry
And now you’ve given a good look
At the skew you call responsibility
When it’s the one thing you never took.

Real

I can’t say that it’s on you;
I know it’s me who steps aside.
You can’t police my panic,
And I can’t talk straight while I hide.

Maybe I am simply manic,
And you’re the normal one who has to deal.
Yet anytime that I am asking questions,
You’re the one who can’t be real.

Discontent

There’s something vicious in me
And I dread its coming out
There should be no time for pity
I shouldn’t have the time to pout
But that’s all that’s given to me
Gratitude I never learned
I wail at all that’s given freely
And for what I haven’t earned.

Quiet in the Shadow

I leave people to their own devices
I let voices carry from down the hall
I believe in the choice of kindness
So why can’t I but think, “Damn them all”?

The Plank in Your Eye

You don’t know all the thoughts that she’s thinking
You don’t see the consequences you’ve wrought
You say it’s best to cut the line to what’s sinking
You can’t have said so with a moment of thought
‘Cause you’d know you’re the poison we’re drinking
All this time, and she’s not let you drown
She let you weave all the weak points you’re linking
And still you think she’s the one to take down

Hatred

You fill yourself with anger
To leave room for nothing else
Tell me, you who hates the world
Are you happy with your self?

Right and Wrong

I can feel it creeping in
The bounty of their cultivation
That final fruit of Eden
Feeding modern devastation

I have swallowed up their justice
And I have choked on blame
Anything one person says
The next will say the same

How two people can agree
And yet still be at odds
I too closely come to see
Ah, the foolishness of gods!

People Are Evil (People Are People)

People are evil so why should it be
You and I should get along so wonderfully?
People are evil so why should it be
You and I should get along so perfectly?

So forget all the others and forget all the things
You’ve done you’ve forgot are waiting in the wings
It’s obvious you hate me so I’ll just play along
It obviously must be something that I have done

I can understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
How I understand

People are evil so why should it be
You and I should get along so wonderfully?
People are evil so why should it be
You and I should get along so perfectly?

Now you’re brooding and you’re whining and you’re pitching a fit
I’m kind of inclined to do the same, I admit
It probably won’t matter, but my instincts tell me
The only thing to do is just to smile and agree

I can understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
How I understand

People are evil so why should it be
You and I should get along so wonderfully?
People are evil so why should it be
You and I should get along so perfectly?

Differences

We both have our share of guilt
Neither inclined to bear it
I don’t understand this world you’ve built
And you’re disinclined to share it
So you cast your aspersions
And me, I’ll cast mine
How can there be so many versions
Of what should’ve been a shared timeline?