"Street Of Pain" - Original Poetry By Me

I've walked along the street of pain,
With heartache always near,
I've seen my sad reflection,
In the mirror I disappear.

The strength I need is in me,
But some days it's drained away,
I've hoped for inspiration,
In every single day.

Now feeling like an empty shell,
Or am I just a mess?
Every time I say I'm fine,
I believe it less and less.

The future's on my doorstep,
Walk the line or stay inside?
Part of me wants to run away,
And part of me wants to hide.

Staring again at my reflection,
And the man I see is true,
My heart has taken a beating,
And that street of pain was you.

© 03/2009

Keane - Nothing In My Way (Live In London)

Another wonderful live song from Keane. Their lyrics are pure poetry and at the moment it's all I'm listening to.

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Keane - Nothing In My Way

A turning tide
Lovers at a great divide
Why d'you laugh?
When I know that you're hurt inside?
And why'd you say
It's just another day, nothing in my way
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay
So there's nothing left to say?

And why'd you lie When you wanna die,
when you're hurt inside
Don't know what you lie for anyway
Now there's nothing left to say

A tell-tale sign
You don't know where to draw the line
And why'd you say It's just another day, nothing in my way
I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay
So there's nothing left to say

And why'd you lie
When you wanna die,
when you're hurt inside
Don't know what you lie for anyway
Now there's nothing left to say

Well for a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you're having such a nice time
You're having such a nice time (Just...)
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time (...another day, nothing in my way, I..)
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time (...don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay. just..)
For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you're having such a nice time (... another day, nothing in my way; Don't know what you lie for...)
You're having such a nice time(...anyway)

Keane - A Bad Dream (Live In London)

Sit back and enjoy the poetic excellence of Keane performing "A Bad Dream" Live at London's 02 Arena - Fantastic!!

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Keane - A Bad Dream

Why do I have to fly
over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
and you that I defend, I do not love.

I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side,
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting,
guess I'm not the fighting kind.

Where will I meet my fate?
Baby I'm a man, I was born to hate.
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend.

I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side,
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting,
guess I'm not the fighting kind.
Wouldn't mind it
if you were by my side
But you're long gone,
yeah you're long gone now, yeah...

Where do we go?
I don't even know,
My strange old face,
And I'm thinking about those days,
And I'm thinking about those days.

I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side,
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired
to be fighting,
guess I'm not the fighting kind.
Wouldn't mind it
if you were by my side
But you're long gone,
yeah you're long gone now, yeah...

"Thank You" - Original Poetry By Me

For years we walked together,
Two hearts were formed as one,
We've been through happiness, joy and pain,
In the land of Samba sun.

But behind the perfect walls of love,
Something lay in wait,
Those years were all unravelling,
Within the hands of fate.

You tell me you don't want me,
And I asked you to be true,
All your years of secrets,
Never really knowing you.

So now the bond has broken,
And now my heart's my own,
Maybe you never owned it,
Maybe it was just on loan.

But I don't hold resentments,
No bitterness or tears,
Instead of regrets I'll remember,
All of our golden years.

So I thank you for the laughter,
I thank you for the pain,
And I thank you for all the love you gave,
That's left me in the rain.

© 03/2009

This post has been awarded runner-up contender for "Post Of The Day" for 2 days running: 18/03/2009 and 19/03/2009 over at International Best-Selling Author and Photographer David McMahon's Blog Thank you very much indeed David for this tremendous honour!!

The Hurting Time

The genius lyrics, music and voice of Annie Lennox singing "The Hurting Time"
How could she be able to put everything that I am feeling into just one song?! Genius, I love it!

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Annie Lennox – The Hurting Time

To everything there is a purpose...
To every blade of grass
And every leaf on every tree
Every living thing will surely come to pass
And what will be will be... Ooh
That's when the hurting time begins

And all the things you never said
Or didn't have the strength to say
And everything you ever did
That time won't ever wash away
Fears that you've been living with
Gone and left their trace
Tears that you’ve been living with
Come running down your face
Running down your face...
That’s when the hurting time begins...

So tell me what the day brings
Has it lost it's thrill?
Are you still searching
Hoping for that Space to fill...
Everything you turn to
Is like a mirror on the shelf
And the only one you're blaming is yourself

Don’t give me no more of that hurting stuff
Hurt me no more cause the pain’s enough!

A million little deaths you've died
The times that you've been crucified
The more you've loved and lost and tried
And still could not be satisfied
When will you be satisfied?
When will you be satisfied?
Not till, Not till
Not today yeah yeah
Not till the hurting time begins
Tell it like it is yeah, yeah
Not till the hurting time begins...

"I Wish You Only Love" - Original Poetry By Me

I have the need to scream and shout,
In a room that's full of strangers,
You stole my heart and ripped it out,
Exposed me to your dangers.

I loved you every single day,
I showed it always too,
I guess I should have always known,
There was no perfect you.

I've removed my rose-coloured spectacles,
Been blinded by your light,
Now alone with thoughts in darkness,
A future out of sight.

Life has kicked me in the arse,
It's happened once again,
Do I have the strength to bounce right back?
After all your wicked pain.

Now wading through thick water,
I'm right back at the start,
Running but getting nowhere,
You've hacked my love apart.

But no I won't be bitter,
And I won't push and shove,
You've been an inspiration,
And I wish you only love.

© 03/2009