Raven Claws

I remember her as a child Raven…on and on with her raven clawsCarving…on and on with her raven claws How she lusts when she remembersThe night of her first blowShe always wanted to knowHow far could she really go Inflamed, a dead-end roomSeduce to consumeNightsilence…Vampire…EmpireStatues with open wounds The flavour of poison and moonStill maturing […]


A Rush Of Blood To The Head

You said I’m gonna buy this place and burn it downI’m gonna put it six feet undergroundSaid I’m gonna buy this place and watch it fallStand here beside me baby in the crumbling walls Oh I’m gonna buy this place and start a fireStand here until I fill all your heart’s desiresBecause I’m gonna buy […]


Coming Up

our father who art in a penthousesits in his 37th floor suiteand swivels to gaze downat the city he made me inhe allows me to stand andsollicit graffiti untilhe needs the land I stand onI in my darkened thresholdam pawing through my pocketsthe receipts, the bus schedulesthe matchbook phone numbersthe urgent napkin poemsall of which […]


Crash Test

Some men believeAnimals aren’t seenTesting on their mindsTesting with their livesYou can’t believeNot even percieveAnimals that dieAnimals that cry Chorus:Crash test! So what! Crash test! So what! CatastrophiesTo the animal speciesPolitically correctOn animals, to dissect? What does it meanWhen animals can dream? Destroying a pure lifeOnly for a price Repeat Chorus Animals that dieAnimals that […]


I Thank You

You didn’t have to love me like you didBut you did, but you did.And I thank you.You didn’t have to love me like you didBut you did, but you did.And I thank you.But you took your love to someone elseI wouldn’t know what it meant to be loved to death You made me feel like […]


Proud To Be An American

If tomorrow all the things were gone,I’d worked for all my life.And I had to start again,with just my children and my wife. I’d thank my lucky stars,to be livin here today.‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom,and they can’t take that away. And I’m proud to be an American,where at least I know I’m […]


All Night Long

[Chorus: ]You say the things you feel are right But I feel those things are wrong And for that we fight all night long If you knew all the things I knew Walked a mile inside my shoes It could make our love flow all night long There you go trippin’ on the things I […]


Closer

I see you, walking everyday, with a smile beneath frownBut I won’t look away, yeah, what does it mean?What’s there to see?If I look closer, closerCloser, closer, closer, closer, closer, closerWhere are you going?And what are you thinking at all?Your eyes show nothing more, than a dazed oblivionWhat does it mean?What will I see?When I […]