Emilie Autumn

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Three hundred and six In only six years If it was an accident Where are the tears? I am still unidentified Behind the cathedral Is where my body hides But I'm not inside Just one of sixteen In early one day If it was a game Why couldn't I play? I a...

4 o'Clock

4 o'Clock Never let me sleep I close my eyes and pray For the garish light of day Like a frightened child I run From the sleep that never comes 4 o'Clock 4 o'Clock Out of bed I creep To climb this tower of shame But the hour's still the same Only madness know...

A Letter From A Friend (poem)

Precious thing I long for nothing more Than to be your friend But I am not good As you areFor I think Where I should feel And I am not innocent As you would think For I try To turn your head And I never stop And I see you happy And I wish you well...

Across The Sky

What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since every one, hath every one, one shade, And you but one, can every shadow lend. See beyond the moment Think beyond the day Hear the word My voice will not be cast...

Alas(The Knight) (poem)

Alas, my love, if I could make you live And from the page step forth and sit beside me Or better still, bestride the steed I gave you Wrapped close within the cloak I lent to hide thee Perhaps I’d venture forth to ask thy name Since while thou liest under...

All My 'Lovin

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you Tomorrow I'll miss you Remember I'll always be true And then while I'm away I'll write home every day And I'll send all my loving to you I'll pretend that I'm kissing The lips I am missing And I'll pray that my dreams will co...

Art of suicide

The art of suicide Nightgowns and hair Curls flying every which where The pain too pure to hide Bridges of Sighs Meant to conceal lovers' lies Under the arches Of moonlight and sky Suddenly easy To contemplate why Why... Why live a life That's pai...

Asleep

Sing me to sleep Sing me to sleep I don't want to wake up On my own anymore Sing to me Sing to me I don't want to wake up On my own anymore Don't feel bad for me I want you to know Deep in the cell of my heart I will feel so glad to go There is another worl...

At What Point Does A Shakespeare Say (poem)

At what point does a Shakespeare say I feel it's time I write a play What subject shall it be today A tragedy I've done Lovers twain have been united Audiences are delighted No doubt I shall soon be knighted Royal fame I've won The Queen has come to every sh...

Be silent, Be Still

Be silent, be still Don't make me chase you I'll warn you, I will Just to embrace you I'll get my fill So be silent, be still Be hopeful, be brave I only want you more When you misbehave I know I've said that before It's your touch I crave So be silent, be st...

Best Safety Lies In Fear

Best safety lies in fear Best safety lies in fear A violet in the youth of primy nature Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more. No more. No more. Best safety lies in fear Best safety lies in fear If he sa...

Blackbird Sonnets (poem)

Sonnet I How shall I fly when feathers be not mine Though all my wishes skyward do attend? How tie my wounded heartstrings safe to thine So thou to me, like sun to moon, descend? Or if thou wilt not bend thy starry frame, Wishing to keep thy brow o'ercro...

Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because i'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, Doesn'...

By The Sword

"Days of old," I tell my restless mind Searching mountains, fields, and meadows green What is it my heart can hope to find All I long for I have never seen Tales of glory written in the dust Tapestries of deepest purple gold Legends carved in stone tell...

Castle Down

You can see that I swim Through the sea of painful You have watched as I pull Myself from the floor And you were there when I Built my tower like pebbles in the rain Trying to balance all that I had left With what I didn't have anymore And would you tear my c...

Chambermaid

Show your face Don't hide Take off the mask now Underneath is a deep dark secret Take me for a ride Upon your white horse Take your love 'Cause I don't want to keep it I am out of place And honey you are out of time I'd tell your fortune But the words don't r...

Close (poem)

I had you so close And you didn’t even know I cherished every turn of your voice And thrilled when you laughed And died at each offered word Which meant you didn’t long to leave And I tried not to seem Too happy You seem at home In my darkness And I...

Come Away

Follow, follow me into the forest Where I shall grant you your heart's desire When night falls only darkness between us 'Til stars above set the woods afire Chorus: Come away, come away my love The winds are calling and so I must go Come away, our path shall...

Constant

In the glow of this flame The sleeping shadow of a boy Breathes like music at my feet In the heat of this soul I can feel everything he dreams Passing of me in silence I'm afraid to be with you I'm scared to be alone And I've stayed far too long To find my way...

Crazy He Calls Me

I say I'll move the mountains And I'll move the mountains If he wants them out of the way Crazy he calls me Sure, I'm crazy Crazy in love, I say I say I'll go through fire And I'll go through fire As he wants it, so it will be Crazy he calls me Sure, I'm craz...

Dead Is The New Alive

Dead is the new alive Despair's the new survival A pointless point of view Give in, give in, give in, give in You play the game You never win Dead is the new alive Life's only living rival A casket built for two Give in, give in, give in, give in Yo...

Delirium

The child was abandoned The spirits had left her home A godless creation But she says she's not alone In delirium People can dream In delirium Things are not what they seem I am not alone I dream Don't tell where I'm hiding I don't want anyone to know...

Didn't (poem)

I didn't want the details Of your pathetic life How you wished for a lover And wouldn't mind a wife I didn't want to picture A man so sad and weak I cherished my illusions Until I heard you speak I didn't want to ponder The reasons you confessed Your...

Don't Blame Me

The sun goes down the same as it did before The roses die as their petals fall to the floor The opera was always an awful bore So don't blame me Your poetry was never in vast supply So if you're less than inspired, I wouldn't cry Your broken heart is hardly t...

Dr.Stockill

Attention all gentlemen, countryman, good citizens and friends to the civilized world. Insanity is on the rise. Maidservants, housewives, ladies of all breeding, all are at risk. Madness is a disease and no one is immune. NO ONE IS IMMUNE! Yo...

Empty (poem)

This empty space cannot be filled Your kind words bleed right through me And I could cry but I’d only lose my tears Just another form of release Release what – I’m empty You could pass your hand right through my body And touch the wall behind me But who...

Ever

I've been racing for you honey But you take your love From under my feet The very moment I arrive I hold the invitation in my hand You smile and I don't understand When you tell me the writing ain't yours You were the one thing I could count on Even if your ap...

Everybody's Girl (poem)

Before a thousand grasping hands In a glaring light she stands Trying hard to meet demands Everybody’s girl Defenseless more and more each time Desecration is their crime Vandalizing every rhyme Everybody’s pet Becoming someone else outside Hoping to...

Excerpts from the Upcoming Book, The Asylum

And when I looked out I saw that we were heading fast upon a series of iron gates set in stone, wickedly arched, and crowned with tall spikes. But what unnerved me completely was beyond the gates, a set of doors, heavy and wooden, pointed arched towering highe...

Faces Like Mine

You say you're curious Can't leave a thing to your imagination I wish you'd close your eyes But oh you seem so serious I should enjoy the sweet interrogation You start to hypnotize me I should not be telling you I'm flattered by your interest Who am I talking...

Fight Like a Girl

My heart is a weapon of war My voice is my weapon of choice An eye for an eye, a heart for a heart, a soul for a soul We fight for the dream, we fight to the death, we fight for control For there is no such thing as justice, all the best that we can hope...

Find Me A Man

Find me a man who would die for me Find me a time that is past Find me an ocean without a sea And I will follow at last Find me a man who would die for me Find me a time that is past Find me an ocean without a sea And I will follow at last Find me a man Fin...

Funny How Things Change (poem)

Never wanted anyone Now somebody’s here Never missed his kisses Now I need him near Never felt this happy Never felt this strange Funny how things change Funny how things change Lived my life in starlight Never saw the sun Thought that I was heartles...

Gaslight

The wheels are turning Broken machinery It grinds below us And all around I see The cracked ceilings The old familiar halls The dirty paper That’s covering the walls The shattered staircase The bed I’m bleeding in We’ve tried to fight this But we c...

Gentlemen aren't nice

Once upon a time I thought "What's the one thing I haven't got?" There's not a single thing in this world I couldn't buy That's when a gentleman caught my eye Once or twice we went around But now I'll tell you the thing I've found You shouldn't make your move...

Geordie

As I walked out over London town One misty morning early I overheard a fair pretty maid Was lamenting for her Geordie Oh, my Geordie will be hanged in a golden chain ‘Tis not the chain of many He was born of king’s royal breed And lost to a virtuous la...

Ghost (poem)

Did you know sometimes it frightens me when you say my name and I can't see you will you ever learn to materialize before you speak impetuous boy, if that's what you really are how many centuries since you've climbed a balcony or do you do this every night wit...

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

I come home in the morning light My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?" Oh, mother dear We're not the fortunate ones And girls, they wanna have fun Oh, girls just wanna have fun The phone rings In the middle of the night My doctor yells "What y...

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Step right up! We bring to you the finest entertainment, And I am pleased to be your humble servant Accept our hospitality indulge in abnormality Step right up, we’ve something here for everyone’s enjoyment I do this as a gift, not for employment. A...

Gloomy Sunday

Sunday is gloomy My hours are slumberless Dearest the shadows I live with are numberless Little white flowers Will never awaken you Not where the black coach Of sorrow has taken you Angels have no thoughts Of ever returning you Would they be angry I...

God help me

God help me I don't see how I can live this way And I don't know why he's touching me Won't you shine in my direction and help me? Won't you lend me your protection and hepl me? God help me Believe me, this wasn't what I wanted But no, I can't leave, he's...

Goodbye (poem)

Goodbye And so I've said too much and not enough And so the play is finally at an end You never had the care to call my bluff, and so I must be pleased to be your friend But what then was the purpose of this game? I never really had a chance to win It's...

Goodnight, Sweet Ladies (Funeral March)

Goodnight, sweet ladies Goodnight, sweet friends You lie but sleeping Someday we will meet again With rosemary green and bright You’re not forgotten. Eternal night Won’t fade your memory, dim your light You’ve made a difference, you’ve won your fight...

Gothic Lolita

How old are you? I'm older than you'll ever be I've been dead a thousand years And lived only two or three I don't mind telling you My life was ended by your hand The kind of murder where nobody dies But I don't suppose you'd understand Call off the se...

Heard It All

I heard a story It's too hard to mention I heard a thing once I can't even say I had a moment Of doubtful suspension But it's almost forgotten It's been pulled away By too many hands Touching where I stand And I can't fall Because you'll try and catch me Nev...

Hollow like my soul

Hollow like my soul You think that you'll get by You will die You will cry When you think that you'll survive Just don't try Run and hide My eyes are hollow like my soul Just as I was walking by My soul died My heart cried When you think that you'...

Homesick Sonnets (poem)

Sonnet I In times of warmth when love and comfort dear Have cast their blindless light upon my star, How is it that I wish to disappear And find myself again back where you are? Is it that home is only home with you? And how then did you earn your house...

How Strange

How strange Where you are sleeping do you dream of me How strange, how strange 'Cause you know what they say About the visions in your head and what they mean How strange, how strange That you should feel that way I'm not living in an ordinary world 'Cause I'...

How to Break a Heart (poem)

How to break a heart It is not difficult Anyone can do it So could you, if you tried Just find a light And switch it off As easy as blinking That's what I was taught When I was too young to ask By ladies in white nightgowns In dripping weeds and black ribbons...

I Could Jump The Track (poem)

In this light the dust is visible Glowing golden atmosphere Even the air I breathe is full of memories Shades of others bathe my skin And since I am alone I wonder Who on earth would ever know If I slipped into the other side Without making a sound Wit...

I Cried For You (poem)

I cried for you because you said goodnight When you really should have said you’ll stay I cried for you because you took your light And left me, though you know I’ve lost my way I cried for you for though you’re thinking of me You hide it, saying you don’...

I Didn't Mean You (poem)

I didn't mean you Spent my whole life telling everyone to leave me alone Don't touch, don't look too close But I didn't mean you And now you've gone Because you saw the forbidden sign above my head And you didn't know, I didn't mean you You went to...

I Don't Care Much

I don't care much Go or stay I don't care very much Either way Hearts grow hard On a windy street Lips grow cold With the rent to meet Chorus: So if you kiss me If we touch Warning's fair I don't care very much I don't care much Go or stay I don't care Very...

I Don't Understand

Let me take your picture. Is that a camera? Yes, it is. And when I light the powder... Ah! How long does it take? Well, are you very good at sitting still? Why do you ask? For, if you're not, then we'll have to clamp your head in place. You really do th...

I know It's Over

Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed Oh well. Enough said. I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go Oh... Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head See, the sea wants to take me...

I know where you sleep

I know The sickening thoughts that slither around your head I know The gluttonous guilt that buried me in your bed Manipulate me if you can Go on and fool me like your biggest fan I know The arrogant pride that poisons the truth you hear I know The b...

I Want My Innocence Back

I want my innocence back And if you can't give it to me I will cut you down And I will run you through With the dagger you sharpened On my body and soul Before you slit me in two And then devoured me whole I want my innocence back I want my innocence back I w...

If (poem)

If I had a mystery I’d spoil the surprise Giving it away to you To see it through your eyes If I had a song to sing I’d name it after you So that each time it was heard Everybody knew That no one mattered anymore And no one ever would That I would st...

If I Burn

I could beg a thousand times I could explain, I could use rhymes And rhythms meant to catch your eye But I know you won't see I could cry a thousand tears I could appease your secret fears But the louder that I scream The harder your machines close over...

If You Could Only Know (poem)

If you could only know The hurt I feel each time I think of you, you might Begin to understand What makes a faerie cry You couldn't quite believe The reasons I would give If you asked to be told The nature of my tears And so I told you why If you cou...

If You Feel Better

If you feel better Telling me I'm cruel Saying I'm unfeeling I don't mind If it's necessary If it helps you out Crying that I'm heartless It's alright CHORUS And I'm sorry to cause you so much pain And I'm sorry to bring you down again 'Cause I've...

In A World Of My Own

Cats and rabbits Would reside in fancy little houses And be dressed in shoes and hats and trousers In a world of my own All the flowers Would be very extra special colors They would sit and talk to me for hours When I'm lonely in a world of my own Th...

In Praise Of Cyrano (poem)

He had a fault, this is most true But others have faults greater still A noble profile was his rue But many have done greater ill And yet he would not show His love, nor let her know That she was dear Though he was near He dared not tell her so. Now w...

In Reality

If I take your time Would you think that I'm A little anxious for a friend If I ask your name Try to play that game Would you be willing to pretend 'Cause in reality This informality Is really not my style But I'll Force my fears aside Though they're justifi...

In the Lake

In the lake You will find me Behind your house Behind your house And from that lake I will remind you Of your promises broken Your cruel words spoken My ocean is bluer than the heart you had to break My sea is deeper than your lake My sea is deeper t...

Is It My Body

What have I got That makes you want to love me Is it my body Someone I might be Something inside me You better tell me (tell me) Tell me (tell me) It's really up to you Have you got the time to find out Who I really am Oh... What does it take To...

Juliet

You're in my stars you know Don't need no crystal ball to tell me so Whispering in the air Hoping that my words find you somewhere Even when I close my eyes I'll never recreate the time that flies The consequence is hanging there The sky will fall but I don't...

Lady Anne

She fell on a summer's day Her mother said she'd be OK Tried so hard to run away Where could she go Never did as she was told She tried to cry - she was too old Had to let her life unfold How could she know Who she was Who she ought to be Her life was just a p...

Let It Die

This is your mission Should you choose to accept it Well, I hope that you do This is your story Should you choose to remember Well, I hope that it's true I've finally a reason To let it die, let it die You've given me a reason To let it die Let it die Like al...

Let the Record Show

Turning tricks with absent guile Reeling in your crooked smile Why did I turn to you? I only wanted a hand to pour my heart into And now I'll bump my grind through another night Lose my mind in another fight Why did I turn to you? I only gave you the chance t...

Liar

I want to hold you to the sun I want to be your faithful one I want to show you all the beauty you don't even know you hold I'm hurting you for your own good I'd die for you, you know I would I'd give up all my wealth to buy you back the toy you neve...

Little Boy (poem)

Little boy why did you have to chase me so hard didn't your mother show you what to do didn't your father tell you not to push Little boy we could have been great friends but you frightened me to death you see you made a rabbit out of me and now we can...

Mad Girl

Mad girl Can you believe What they've done to you? Wouldn't they stop When you asked them to leave you alone In all your faerie tales How did the prince say he loved you? How did your father die? Was he a good man? Maybe someday you'll know The beginning and...

Manipulation (poem)

The time for your escape has come and gone What kept you here save your own curious mind? You say you’ve seen too much, and yet look on Where chaster souls would run, you glance behind Have you no ministering angels to consult? I have no power to decide y...

Marry me

Marry me, he said, through his rotten teeth, bad breath, and then Marry me instead of that strapping young goatherd, but when I was in his bed, and my father had sold me I knew I hadn't any choice, hushed my voice, did what any girl would do and When I'm behea...

Medicate With Tea

I don't do crack, I've never seen cocaine And fortunately I rarely pop an Aspirin when in pain 'Cause I wanna be - of alcohol or any drug at all - completely free But I self-medicate with tea (doot-da-doot-doot) I know just where to go to get my fix: The...

Misery loves company

It's not the time It's not the place I'm just another pretty face So don't come any closer You're not the first You're not the last How many more, don't even ask You're one more dead composer Do I need you Yes and no Do I want you Maybe so You're g...

Miss Lucy Had Some Leeches

Miss Lucy had some leeches Her leeches liked to suck And when they drank up all her blood She didn't give a Funny when the doctors Had locked her in her cell Miss Lucy screamed all night that they Should go to bloody Hello to the surgeon With scalpel...

My Fairweather Friend

It's a sunny day in heaven And no one is around To open the gates And I'm waiting for you My fairweather friend Absent in the end Absent in the end The one thing I can count on Is nothing much at all The one thing that I'm sure about Is that you won't be anywh...

Nearer Than You (poem)

How can a woman tell when love is gone From love that merely sleeps but deep inside Has still the root the stem and flower grow on And so dreams not to die but sleeps to hide Perhaps when the clouds drifting by make more noise Than amorous whispers you ai...

Never Tasted Tears

I’ve never tasted tears like these before And though they are the saddest I have known Their simple cause is none but one of joy For now it seems I may not be alone Upon this earth as I have been ‘til no wA truly unexpected twist of fate For I had given up on...

Never You Mind

Walk away, walk away Don't have to pay me now Please don't ask me How can I tell you why You'll never understand When you're holding my hand I feel her touch It won't wash away no matter How much I want to Do you remember how close we came Just like a girl in...

O Mistress Mine

O mistress mine, where are you roaming? O stay and here! Your true love's coming That can sing both high and low; Trip no further, pretty sweeting, Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. What is love? 'Tis not hereafter; Present mirth...

On Artistic Integrity (poem)

I toe the line of self-indulgence Every time I place my pen Upon the page and form the words I felt but couldn’t show ‘til then And to myself I beg the question Why do I thus masquerade As one to one and to another Someone else? If I, afraid Of what th...

One Foot In Front Of The Other

How did I get myself into all this mess? How did I end up with this deadly home address? How did I come to this, where every song I sing Is nothing but a list of pain and suffering? We never will forget, and no, we will not forgive We’ve fought hard not...

Opheliac

I'm your Opheliac I've been so disillusioned I know you'd take me back But still I feign confusion I couldn't be your friend My world was too unstable You might have seen the end But you were never able To keep me breathing As the water rises up agai...

Photographic Memory

You're not so far away Your sitting in the space between the night and day And so I'll wait for the sound of your footsteps The tea that's brewed too strong The part of me that's waited patiently for oh so long At least I try But I'm relying On my photographic...

Prick! Goes to scorpion's tale

Black, black is love’s potion We drink, we drink from its wells And in their name, let’s drink to true love For a toad and a scorpion fell Yes, in their name, let’s drink to true love For true love can break the spell (for true love can break the spell)...

Rant I (poem)

Soulless mindless walking sex-drives hearing nothing but their own words reverberating inside their heads so loud they think they fill up the world with their wisdom imaginationless prating slaves corrupt with idleness looking for a quick laugh arrogant fee...

Rant II (poem)

What is feeling if it can be smashed so easily? Have I built up anything in the course of a happy day that cannot be torn down by tomorrow’s inevitable sorrows? Am I so fragile that a word from the outside of the transparent orb that encloses my physical s...

Rapunzel

In a courtyard Used to sing as loud as she could Locked away here She's been quiet, lovely and good But no one listens now She lost her voice She had no choice If you sing loud and clear Someone passing by will surely hear you No you can't be afraid If you ev...

Remember

Like a dream I had In subconscious deep Here you come again Only in my sleep And I remember you I remember you Like a memory of a Time gone by Many things I've seen Still I can't deny That I remember you Yes I remember the things you do to me When you say my...

Rose Red

Rose, Rose, Rose Red Will I ever see thee wed I will marry at thy will, sire At thy will A thousand years gone by Too late to wonder why I'm here alone If in my darkest hour She rose that fell a flower I should have known Rose, Rose, Rose Red Will I ever see...

Russian Bride

Buy and sell me like a Russian bride Follow me and see how well I hide Worship me thus from a distance Trust me you don't want to miss this First I'll take the bluest vein I own Then I'll make a tourniquet You've shown me this remember remember I don't...

Save you

How do I save you from a fate so sweet As being torn to pieces by a loving hand How do I save you from a voice so soft As that which acquiesces to your each demand How do I look upon the eyes I love And send them down this path, I know it isn't right How...

Second Hand Faith

I'll take my hope where I can find it Seems I find it here in you Hang your curtain get behind it I won't even ask for proof Go ahead and read my fortune Cast your dice devine my fate I just want to know I have one Tell me that it's not too late for A little...

Shalott

She's locked up with a spinning wheel She can't recall what it was like to feel She says, "This room's gonna be my grave And there's no one who can save me," She sits down to her colored thread She knows lovers waking up in their beds She says, "Ho...

Smirking Girl (poem)

If you turn the pages of the past you'll often find a story without an ending no 'Amen' to say it's over all you have is a name you would rather forget but it isn't over yet not when you've built your castle out of barricades to guard against the fools y...

So Many Fools (poem)

Is there no such thing as friendship? Is it possible to not slip Past the point of genial with a Quip implying something more? This is what the young girl wonders As her heartbeat races, thunders, Trying to drown out the grotesque Blunders of a man at w...

Space (poem)

We look to the sky Diamonds swimming in squid’s ink Tilting back our heads Until we cannot close our mouths We try to count but lose our place And shiver Not because it is cold But because we are afraid of falling 

Start Another Story

Start at the beginning, finish at the end Everything you'll tell them is true, nothing is pretend But when you long to come running back, remember This is now, that was then Yesterday will find you, where you've been before Let the past remind you what's...

Swallow

I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown I will swallow If it will help my sea level go down But I'll come back to haunt you if I drown I will swallow I will.. I will swallow I'll tell the truth: all of my...

Take The Pill

Take the pill that makes you weaker Take the pill that makes you sick Take the pill or you'll be sorry Take this bloody pill and make it quick Take the pill that kills your sex drive Take the pill that makes you cry Take the pill that burns your insides...

Tea will rock you

Muffin you’re a mouse in a big house Playin’ in your cage gonna be a big rat some day You got cake on your face You big disgrace Drippin’ your tea all over the place Tea will, tea will rock you Tea will, tea will rock you Crumpet you’re a young ra...

Thank God I'm Pretty

Thank god I'm pretty The occasional free drink I never asked for The occasional admission to a seedy little bar Invitation to a stranger's car I'm blessed With the ability to render grown men tongue-tied Which only means that when it's dark outside I have to r...

The Art of Suicide

The art of suicide Nightgowns and hair Curls flying every which where The pain too pure to hide Bridges of Sighs Meant to conceal lover's lies Under the arches Of moonlight and sky Suddenly easy To contemplate why Why... Why live a life That's pai...

The Ballad Of Mushroom Down (poem)

There was a land I once heard tell ‘Twas christened Mushroom Down The folk who lived there loved it well And never left their town They stayed there from the hour of birth Until the day they died They never cared for any earth Except their Mushroom prid...

The Day You Love (poem)

Remember and tell me, the day you love Behind a veil of tears How dreams as these you dreamt not of And thought to pass your years More peaceably than others do Devoid of common pain Your own company pleased you And as you heard complain Of those small...

The Key

I hear her footsteps running towards me down the hall And by the lantern light I see her body fall She reaches out to me, the Ward Key in her hand She speaks to me in noises I don’t understand The key that taunted me, the key that drove me mad The key tha...

The Muse (poem)

Your eyes are raised to heaven When I’m sitting on the floor At your feet. What am I for? Do I create or just translate Between you and your mind The art you’ll never find And when your pen runs out of ink You’ll close the book and with me Leave behind...

The Music I Heard Once (poem)

The music I heard once Was louder than it is now I can no longer distinguish Pained cries from shouts of joy Perhaps my ears are deaf Or the interference too great Still the order I remember Has given way to discord And while running wild was exciting...

The One (poem)

Who danced with me before now Who joined me at the ship’s bow Who held my frightened form still And now you say that you will But in the years behind me Who ever cared to find me Who stayed me when the tears ran And now you say that you can Forgive my...

The Scavenger

I am a scavenger and I’ll take what I need This isn’t personal We’ve all got mouths to feed Supply and demand Supply and demand I am a scavenger A resurrectionist Yes, I enjoy my work I’m a perfectionist Supply and demand Supply and demand One ma...

The Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the...

Time For Tea

There was a little girl, who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead And when she was good, she was very, very good But when she was bad, she was homicidal! Hatchet… Check! Scalpel… Check! Rusty steel syringe… Check! It’s time for war! I...

Try My Best (poem)

I’m gonna try my best to love him Don’t know why I want him so Yeah I’ll try and keep him by my side I won’t ever let him go Oh I’ve learned too much in my poor life To laugh at humor I can’t see It’s sad I know that I can’t show My love, but I won’t se...

Two Masks (poem)

Two masks One a princess one a witch Both ridiculous and painted and blind My eyes Would fill the empty spaces And bring about a total transformation Artifice is the true realism Deceit lives in the flesh And will not show its face to any man But give...

Untitled (Hidden track)

What have I got That makes you want to love me Is it my body Someone I might be Something inside me You better tell me (tell me) Tell me (tell me) It's really up to you Have you got the time to find out Who I really am Oh... What does it take To...

Visions (poem)

Bits of conversation fill my head Tangling with words we haven’t said Glimpses of a movement you once made Knowing I could live but dream instead Wondering if you saw the part I played Whether I’m the reason that you stayed Only half believing it could b...

We Want Them Young

Doctors: We want them young We want them fresh We want them We want them now! Inmates: We want our freedom from this prison Help us! Please let us out! New Inmate: I should be home by now… Someone will come for me… Dr. Stockill: It was they who...

What If

Here you sit in your high-backed chair Wonder how the view is from there I wouldn't know 'cause I like to sit Upon the floor, yeah upon the floor If you like we could play a game Let's pretend that we are the same But you will have to look much closer Than you...

What Will I Remember?

What will I remember? What will I forget? When this life is ending, and gone What will I regret? If tomorrow I don't wake up, what happens? My sunrise, or sunset? If I never were born If I never died Would it even matter at all? What should I decide?...

Willow

Willow, weep for me Bow your tallest tree Down to the infamous hands Of someone no one understands I'm not unique in this It's based on none but my mistake At night I lie awake Thinking of all the hearts I'd happily break It's cruel I know At least t...

With every passing day

With every passing day, I close my eyes and say: "Here it comes, that happy ending, Sending me on my way." It's just a game I play, Dreaming my life away. Though I know my day is passing, With every passing day. Daydreams that fly so far, Melt all my fears a...

Woman (poem)

Witches and Satanists we have been named Over the years we've been murdered and maimed Mothers and daughters and sisters and wives All have the power - we gave you your lives Nothing can ever reverse what's been done (but we'll try with the birth of each...

Words From The Asylum

Case number: 222. Date of admission: February 14th 18.... Name: Emilie, last name unknown. Age and Sex: 16 years. Female. Married, Single or Widowed: Single. Has any family?: Unknown. Occupation: Hmm... Habits of Life: .....That could mean anything. Re...

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Her name is Yoshimi she’s a black belt in karate working for the city she has to discipline her body ‘Cause she knows that it’s demanding to defeat those evil machines I know she can beat them Oh Yoshimi, they don’t believe me but you won’t let thos...