caterpillars of salt
By swing_the_hammer
Belladonna drugged,
i saw Atlas and he shrugged
we wallow in the mire
to find a warmth that's worth the fire
so leave no unturned stone,
cause if i find heaven
then i don't die alone...
i saw a girl today,
she said that i should go away.
but she just looked afraid
it broke my heart,
the face she made
so give thanks for this daily bread
and shoot the sinners full of lead!
i know they know not what they do
i pray for them, and so should you
they'll swim in the lake of fire,
sing hosanna! push me higher!
when the four horsemen come,
i'll lock the door and grab my gun
and i'll pray to the son,
that you'll still love me
when it's done
we can walk the line
shoot the shit and bite the lime
it's well worth my time,
to make sure you are doing fine
we can go on, having faith
that we'll fall asleep somewhere safe
i know i'm in too deep,
when i start to dream like i never fell asleep
i smile when i wake,
i just can't wait for each new day
and i sleep hard
but first i pray
home is where the hearth is,
i warm myself by the fire
i can't shut my eyelids,
and so we wallow in the mire
all my life repeating
as though i dreamed it once while sleeping
i found i wrote the ending first
i drank before i found my thirst
you eat the bread, you drink the wine,
but do you believe in the divine?
when i look up and see the sky
i read the future in the stars
Jupiter, Mercury and Mars
the lord will carry me home
i'll hang my hat and rest my bones
he'll heal my heart and mend my scars...
nothing's meaningless,
or so i think. but i digress
somehow i recognised
the false memory that predicts my demise
well if you're drawing flies
then save your soul and tell no lies
the rabbit in the hole,
can't get the giant out of his eyes
i'll always be content,
just to be alive and pay the rent
i should relax,
i'm far too tense
i close my eyes
the world repents
i love my life
i see the truth
i've been reborn
i have the proof
you're the reason hearts can dream
you made me understand everything
let's go outside
let's break the bread.
i'll smoke
and i'll sleep when i'm dead.
Comments on "caterpillars of salt"
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On Thursday, December 20, 2007, Bella Butchery
(696) wrote:
refreshing, i fully agree with sainted
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On Saturday, December 1, 2007, Lynaes
(854) wrote:
"and I'll sleep when I'm dead." Awesome ending. Connected with it greatly. And the whole piece just kept me engaged. Great work here.
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On Saturday, December 1, 2007, Six-Out
(1423) wrote:
mm. tastes like magic.
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A former member wrote:
impressive allegory; nice schemata. ..
and imagetic literary allusions. .. good.