Inscription Mage
Here are some more lyrics for songs that will never be songs. Every once in a while I have to write them in digital format rather than the sharpie marker on paper towel and pencil on carbon paper receipts.
Blue Plastic Cup
I’m going to tear through this party
like a fireball
belly full of boiling tea
I’m spewing steam
I’m screaming - the huddle of kids out in the backyard are about to know exactly what I mean
It’s colder inside than out.
You are steal able
How do you do it?
How do you keep it all down?
Like a large dark gray wolf with two big f's
Pawing at your chin
Footprints in the mud
Those broken twigs set me up,
I’m burning up
Well you know the rest
So long until our paths happen to cross again
Maybe then you
Will write poetry.
Unicorn Fantasy Dream Sequence
I’m going to build the biggest rainbow this world has ever seen
Out of aluminum and wood
Birth civilizations from my mouth
and keep guard of them thru the ages
Protecting them from harm
as best as I can.
I’m sorry I make you mad
As unsettling as it may be to see you looking that way at me
like a cop patrolling a church parking lot
I am pretty much at home.
My finger hurts, I think I really burned it this time.
Kiss it and make it better
Don’t bother we both know that it won’t help
no no no no yeah you’re right
You’re too drunk and this record is the only thing
speaking to me here
you wont remember or maybe it will span time itself.
This is immortality.
Thank you for that, tip my hat.
The sound of cripples crying in the park
The stars were aligned and the lines were drawn clear
there’s a bomb on the roof
I swear I swear I swear I swear
You’re not listening
Solid concrete ears. Crushing Blow.
Some of these are old (from around november-december or even older)... some of them are recent:
Bone Anchor
7 am I haven’t slept at all
vegetarian beans burning on the stove
let them turn black.
I’m here now
See I told you id come back.
I was looking at the picture of you
Kissing my cheek
My shirt was off and my eyes were closed
I should be there now but I'm in
Full on pirate mode. Yeah!
Cheyenne peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt.
I’ve been naked for sixteen hours.
I’ve been naked all day long
You drove to Oklahoma and back
And you didn’t hear one song.
Scurvy dogs to say the least
Treasure and doubloons
Nearly twenty-two root beer cans
Littering my room. Go!
Taste is all that matters, And you taste good.
Zxoktoilzab'Daar comes slashing in
Drinking warm apple juice from an old jelly jar
Idly replaying the moments of defeat
How it felt when I beat you
And you beat me.
like a great green dragon
I perch upon my treasure
Pearls glistening under my heated breath
Against the armored scales rippling up my chest
And I wait so patiently
For the next steadfast knight to come and slay me
When I sleep they might steal my riches
I stole them myself so what right do I have to defend them?
What right, what right, just a dragon in the night.
And I fucking hate angels
And you
We haven’t found a real good cure
For a halberd wound to the head
No no we haven’t quite worked
The kinks out of the remedy for
Fifteen arrows to the chest
But I rise and I rise
With the strength of a thousand ogres
An axe hanging at my side
And in the instant
Before the crumpling sound
Ill Leave you in pieces
To soak into the ground
Ah ha
Cramped knees
I spilt soda on the carpet
And sopped it up with my collared shirt
I don’t wear it often
This today was the first time in months
I hope it stains
I hope it locks deep into the fibers
And never let’s up
And in the months to come
Others will join it from my cup.
Yeah, fuck it.
Didn’t like it all that much anyway.
OK!
This ones too fucked up and crazy
Throw it back to the pack
There are more wolves in the woods
And fish in the sea
I see you dancing but you don’t see me
Yeah the problem is
There’s not much sea in north west Virginia
Aww damn it!
Didn’t like her all that much anyway.
Its ok ok OK! Hey hey.
So many people I know have true violence in their hearts
And so many of them know where I live.
When the police finally lock you in that
Concrete tomb keep punching the
walls with your white knuckled fists
It’s the only chance you’ve got
Before you up and suffocate
What a fate, what a downright twenty-one year fiasco
That’s life.
It’s all right. Uh huh.
yeah Yeah YEAH YEAH
woooooooo wooooooooooo
wooo.
Contract
I was up to my armpits in fresh love letters the day we parted ways
I had two earfuls overflowing to the brim
Then you pushed me overboard
Watch me swim.
I’ve got nothing on my plate but you
Ill do whatever you want to do
When you wake up, yeah ill wake up too.
I’ve got no room in my life for anything but you,
apparently.
Stealing hurts peoples feelings
Yeah it hurts mine too
Lay around and watch the light bulbs burn out
Can’t go outside
I might see you.
Captain...
Were taking in fire on both sides
The ship is sinking the hull is breached
You shouldn’t need convincing its right before your eyes.
What a surprise.
Looks like you were capable of mutiny after all.
The fall, the fall, the fall, is coming back around again.
Small wooden table
Celebrate our resiliency
I saw three girls pass by the other day
Two were in a car
Honking and laughing at the third their friend
I couldn’t tell a one of them apart
So I aimed my bike in a crooked line
The fastest way to home
And the freezing air enveloped my face
Oh how I wanted bury my head in your stomach, But my
Feet were too cold.
So I ate bagels
In the living room
Cream cheese and peppermint tea
I would bring some to our room
But you’re busy dreaming without me
The windows held open by a half a brick
The heaters on full blast
Yeah one of us is sick.
So I eat bagels
In the living room.
Blue Plastic Cup
I’m going to tear through this party
like a fireball
belly full of boiling tea
I’m spewing steam
I’m screaming - the huddle of kids out in the backyard are about to know exactly what I mean
It’s colder inside than out.
You are steal able
How do you do it?
How do you keep it all down?
Like a large dark gray wolf with two big f's
Pawing at your chin
Footprints in the mud
Those broken twigs set me up,
I’m burning up
Well you know the rest
So long until our paths happen to cross again
Maybe then you
Will write poetry.
Unicorn Fantasy Dream Sequence
I’m going to build the biggest rainbow this world has ever seen
Out of aluminum and wood
Birth civilizations from my mouth
and keep guard of them thru the ages
Protecting them from harm
as best as I can.
I’m sorry I make you mad
As unsettling as it may be to see you looking that way at me
like a cop patrolling a church parking lot
I am pretty much at home.
My finger hurts, I think I really burned it this time.
Kiss it and make it better
Don’t bother we both know that it won’t help
no no no no yeah you’re right
You’re too drunk and this record is the only thing
speaking to me here
you wont remember or maybe it will span time itself.
This is immortality.
Thank you for that, tip my hat.
The sound of cripples crying in the park
The stars were aligned and the lines were drawn clear
there’s a bomb on the roof
I swear I swear I swear I swear
You’re not listening
Solid concrete ears. Crushing Blow.
Some of these are old (from around november-december or even older)... some of them are recent:
Bone Anchor
7 am I haven’t slept at all
vegetarian beans burning on the stove
let them turn black.
I’m here now
See I told you id come back.
I was looking at the picture of you
Kissing my cheek
My shirt was off and my eyes were closed
I should be there now but I'm in
Full on pirate mode. Yeah!
Cheyenne peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt.
I’ve been naked for sixteen hours.
I’ve been naked all day long
You drove to Oklahoma and back
And you didn’t hear one song.
Scurvy dogs to say the least
Treasure and doubloons
Nearly twenty-two root beer cans
Littering my room. Go!
Taste is all that matters, And you taste good.
Zxoktoilzab'Daar comes slashing in
Drinking warm apple juice from an old jelly jar
Idly replaying the moments of defeat
How it felt when I beat you
And you beat me.
like a great green dragon
I perch upon my treasure
Pearls glistening under my heated breath
Against the armored scales rippling up my chest
And I wait so patiently
For the next steadfast knight to come and slay me
When I sleep they might steal my riches
I stole them myself so what right do I have to defend them?
What right, what right, just a dragon in the night.
And I fucking hate angels
And you
We haven’t found a real good cure
For a halberd wound to the head
No no we haven’t quite worked
The kinks out of the remedy for
Fifteen arrows to the chest
But I rise and I rise
With the strength of a thousand ogres
An axe hanging at my side
And in the instant
Before the crumpling sound
Ill Leave you in pieces
To soak into the ground
Ah ha
Cramped knees
I spilt soda on the carpet
And sopped it up with my collared shirt
I don’t wear it often
This today was the first time in months
I hope it stains
I hope it locks deep into the fibers
And never let’s up
And in the months to come
Others will join it from my cup.
Yeah, fuck it.
Didn’t like it all that much anyway.
OK!
This ones too fucked up and crazy
Throw it back to the pack
There are more wolves in the woods
And fish in the sea
I see you dancing but you don’t see me
Yeah the problem is
There’s not much sea in north west Virginia
Aww damn it!
Didn’t like her all that much anyway.
Its ok ok OK! Hey hey.
So many people I know have true violence in their hearts
And so many of them know where I live.
When the police finally lock you in that
Concrete tomb keep punching the
walls with your white knuckled fists
It’s the only chance you’ve got
Before you up and suffocate
What a fate, what a downright twenty-one year fiasco
That’s life.
It’s all right. Uh huh.
yeah Yeah YEAH YEAH
woooooooo wooooooooooo
wooo.
Contract
I was up to my armpits in fresh love letters the day we parted ways
I had two earfuls overflowing to the brim
Then you pushed me overboard
Watch me swim.
I’ve got nothing on my plate but you
Ill do whatever you want to do
When you wake up, yeah ill wake up too.
I’ve got no room in my life for anything but you,
apparently.
Stealing hurts peoples feelings
Yeah it hurts mine too
Lay around and watch the light bulbs burn out
Can’t go outside
I might see you.
Captain...
Were taking in fire on both sides
The ship is sinking the hull is breached
You shouldn’t need convincing its right before your eyes.
What a surprise.
Looks like you were capable of mutiny after all.
The fall, the fall, the fall, is coming back around again.
Small wooden table
Celebrate our resiliency
I saw three girls pass by the other day
Two were in a car
Honking and laughing at the third their friend
I couldn’t tell a one of them apart
So I aimed my bike in a crooked line
The fastest way to home
And the freezing air enveloped my face
Oh how I wanted bury my head in your stomach, But my
Feet were too cold.
So I ate bagels
In the living room
Cream cheese and peppermint tea
I would bring some to our room
But you’re busy dreaming without me
The windows held open by a half a brick
The heaters on full blast
Yeah one of us is sick.
So I eat bagels
In the living room.