Bells

I woke up to alarm bells

Lost in my own bed

Lost in my own head

Control, slipped through my fingers

It was all artificial

A sea of masked memories

I woke up to alarm bells

Lost in my own bed

Lost in my own head

I ran, I ran, I ran

I swear I did!

But my feet held fast

Stuck by the concrete walls

No strength could avail

I woke up to alarm bells

Lost in my own bed

Lost in my own head

Stop the ringing

The constant ringing

That shrieks in my mind

Stop!

Let darkness prevail

I woke up to nothing

The warmth touched my skin

There the bedside table

A bell laid broken

Cracked in two

For a moment

Comfort sought me out

For a moment

No bells were ringing

But only for a moment

It came back

As if a headache

Those miserable bells!

And from where?

For whom did they ring?

A hand pulled me up

From the peace

Where I lay

I sobbed to the sound

That I could not drown

She pulled me up

Hand in hand

Quickly I was taken

Quickly we ran to shelter

Quickly she drowned the ringing

With hot summer air

In the distance it was there

But she held me with care

She surmounted the distance

To create a place of existence

A moment of rest

Eluded to these signs

Consciousness gave way

To the fright they conveyed

These bells were ringing my name

In a sea of Alarm

Rumor Has It

The things that I want. The things that I have. What I’ve paid to try to let this go. I’d fuck you over without blinking, leave your goddam life in the dust. A place of misery where you won’t be found. You made me pay over and over. When I find you, seek you out, there will be nowhere to hide. I know all your secrets because you hid me in your shadow. The things that I have. The things that I want, and the things I’m gonna get. Rumor has it, I'm out for your soul. 

Spirited Away

There it is. There you are. My day was brightened by your departure. Now you're back. I thought maybe you were gone for good. But you came back, waltzed right in as if you were comfort. As if I were dependent. You brought the damn clouds with you. I wish you would get out, turn around and walk out. But around your neck and in the palm of your hand, is something I want. Something I feel as if I need. Something that keeps you coming night and day. There you are, standing in my way. There it is wrung from your neck, and dripping from your hand. There it is. There you are. 

Lust

I fell out of heaven

To be with you in hell

My sin's not quite seven

Nothing much to tell

Lust I have and crave

A saintly boy I'm not

I'll take it to my grave

Beside it cursed I'll rot

I'll ride these roads alone

Beneath the sulphur sky

Everywhere I roamed

Life's one big lie

When the fireball goes down

Out by LA ways

I come into town

But only for a day

Starving on my knees

I pray for you to understand

The man sure is weak

But lust holds my hand

I struggled and I cried

I pounced with no avail

Least I never lied

Or did the truth derail

-The Raveonettes 

Crimson Cranes

Crimson Cranes

with crimson stains

to wash away this pain

Morning

Deep blue sky, why do you hide?

You make me cold

Down to the bone

Shiver beneath my skin

I seek and find

What I cannot hide

Stolen

Tick Tock

Of this clock

Round in circles

I get lost

Shoes were taken

My feet were bare

Breaking mirrors

Broke my stare

Were you angry?

I don't know

Dreadful drowning 

You want me out

Stolen blood

My restless sleep

Desperate seeking

Let me out

Painful burning

My bathroom seat

Tick Tock

Round in circles

I get lost.