the freak
first song im posting on here omgg
yet another circus metaphor im sorry
he held a sickle
my hand in the other
glance lingered on my dimple
it was a long time coming
wanted to show him my paintings
he said leave pretty to the personalities
go stand in the ring
with all the other freaks
now i hate lawrence ferlinghetti
like the ghost of christmas past
he shows me what i almost was
and what i could be now
what i could be if i didn't wear one shoe three sizes bigger
you could be the poet
i have become tich miller
i would rather be the acrobat
than the freak
soaring through the air
constantly risking absurdity
but if i was on a tightrope id fall off immediately
im graceless as i jerk my body
flung over the beam
if i was in the circus
i would be the freak
fingernails down to the floor
babies with scales
gentleman with only one arm
girls with snapping bones
neuro variance
the trapeze artists stretch the furthest to normality/the ballerinas dance the closest to normality
i try to understand the lifestyle of the freaks
now i hate lawrence ferlinghetti
like an embarrassment from the past
he shows me pity i asked for
how i act even now
under strobe i wear one shoe three sizes bigger
you can be the poet
i am tich miller
but i would rather be the acrobat
than the freak
soaring through the air
constantly risking absurdity
but if i was on a tightrope id fall off immediately
im graceless as i jerk my body
flung over the beam
if i was in the circus
i would be the freak
the dancers wonder why i shake like a man possessed
clicking, scrunching up my nose
exploding through my neck and head
smirks and looks from the audience
pinned down like an insect
what a spectacle of the spastic
couldn't hold a pen in her two hands
don't speak to me at all about it
i know i don't fit into your irregular
i'm too erratic to be peculiar
and eclectic in a way that's poetic
but in the end
i'd rather be the acrobat
than the freak
soaring through the air
constantly risking absurdity
but if i was on a tightrope id fall off immediately
im graceless as i jerk my body
flung over the beam
if i was in the circus
i would be the freak
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if eurydice could see me now
song inspired by 'tear you apart' from she wants revenge
and of course, greek mythology
wrote this for napowrimo ☺️
eurydice, muse of mine
i'll take your hand, lead you to my time
let me bring you to this modern world
modern magic, modern love
if eurydice could see me now
look through my eyes, feel how i felt
well i think she'd be pretty proud
or pretty disappointed
just trying to keep it figurative
i write better now than i ever did
send them to tears with the first lyric
nymphs begging, me to risk it
(instrumental chorus)
i see you in parallel
eurydice please, show me hell
will you come up, if i come down
follow me, follow me
she still glitters like the swollen lips
skies of moons, a billion
im checking for a vision trick
to find out how to replicate it
oh muse i can't face you now
i would die, to bring you back
i play my lyre and don't believe the man
im not a fool, im just overwhelmed
blood pooling in the imprint you left
but i leave, there'll be no poets
i arise to the heart's music
i gave up, now i just make it
(instrumental chorus)
eurydice please, show me hell
I think she'll teach me pretty well
"..-dont help me you just help yourself"
she leaves me like a feeling
in modern hell
if eurydice could see me now
look through my eyes, feel how i felt
well i think she'd be pretty proud
or pretty disappointed
(3x with vocals in background and gets louder each time)
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