July 8, 2006
Bullet With Butterfly Wings
the world is a vampire, sent to drain
secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames
and what do I get, for my pain
betrayed desires, and a piece of the game
even though I know-I suppose I'll show
all my cool and cold-like old job
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
someone will say what is lost can never be saved
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
now I'm naked, nothing but an animal
but can you fake it, for just one more show
and what do you want, I want change
and what have you got
when you feel the same
even though I know-I suppose I'll show
all my cool and cold-like old job
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
someone will say what is lost can never be saved
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
tell me I'm the only one
tell me there's no other one
jesus was an only son yeah
tell me I'm the chosen one
jesus was an only son for you
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
someone will say what is lost can never be saved
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
tell me I'm the only one
tell me there's no other one
jesus was an only son for you
and I still believe that I cannot be saved
and I still believe that I cannot be saved
and I still believe that I cannot be saved
and I still believe that I cannot be saved
Posted by swift at 3:42 AM | Comments (1)
January 9, 2005
A Friend's Insight
I've never actually met the good person that hosts this blog for me. We email. He is very helpful, kind and patient. He made a recent entry to his own blog that has had me pondering ever since. It is titled The Island of the Colorblind.
For me to comment on it any further would just be hot air. Read it. Think about it.
Posted by swift at 4:02 AM
December 12, 2004
When I Am In Doubt.
When I am in doubt
When I am in doubt
I talk to surgeons.
I know they will know what to do.
They seem so sure.
Once I talked to a surgeon.
He said that when he is in doubt
He talks to priests.
Priests will know what to do.
Priests seem so sure.
Once I talked to a priest
He said that when he is in doubt
He talks to God.
God will know what to do.
God seems so sure.
Once I talked to God
He said that when he is in doubt
He thinks of me.
He says I will know what to do.
I seem so sure.
~~Glenn Colquhoun
Posted by swift at 1:10 AM
June 15, 2004
Talk Show On Mute
Take a bow
pack on powder
wash 'em out with buzzing lights
pay an audience to care
'impress me' personality
Still and transfixed
the electric sheep are dreaming of your face
enjoy you from the chemical
comfort of America
Come one, come all
into 1984
yeah, three, two, one
lights, camera, transaction
Quick, your time is almost up
make all forget that they're the moth
edging in towards the flame
burn into obscurity
Still and transfixed
the electric sheep are dreaming up your face
and judge you from the card castle
comfort of America
Come one, come all
into 1984
yeah, three, two, one
lights, camera, yeah
come one, come all
into 1984
yeah, three, two, one
lights, camera, transaction
lights, camera, transaction
Come one, come all
into 1984
yeah, three, two, one
lights, camera, transaction
Your foundation is canyoning
fault lines should be worn with pride
I hate to say so much more
you're so much more
endearing with the sound turned off
~Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
Posted by swift at 5:14 AM
June 13, 2004
Not A Pretty Girl
not a pretty girl
Ani Difranco
i am not a pretty girl
that is not what i do
i ain't no damsel in distress
and i don't need to be rescued
so put me down punk
maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
i am not an angry girl
but it seems like i've got everyone fooled
every time i say something they find hard to hear
they chalk it up to my anger
and never to their own fear
and imagine you're a girl
just trying to finally come clean
knowing full well they'd prefer you
were dirty and smiling
and i am sorry
i am not a maiden fair
and i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere
and generally my generation
wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
and generally i agree with them
trouble is you gotta have yourself an alternate plan
and i have earned my disillusionment
i have been working all of my life
and i am a patriot
i have been fighting the good fight
and what if there are no damsels in distress
what if i knew that and i called your bluff?
don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
whether or not you ever show up
i am not a pretty girl
i don't want to be a pretty girl
no i want to be more than a pretty girl
Posted by swift at 12:22 AM