Thirty Years

[ZeroDude]

The court is run by the fools,
The Kings are merely pawns,
Losing a game of chance tonight,
As they’re waiting for the dawn,
Of the kingdom coming,
God sent hope at last,
But Jesus hit the road too soon,
Man, your moving way too fast,
But I’m not one to criticise,
What you want to do,
May the sinner with the slowest wit,
Lay the blame on you,

But the world is not in the hands,
Of one man, divine or not,
We praise the words of well spoken men,
Much more often than we stop,
To think about the metaphors they toss into their speech,
I laugh at them with a broken soul,
As they try to confuse me,
They sing lullabies to their sons,
And their daughters too,
Making sure they know the enemy,
Before these thirty years are through,

Thirty years have come and gone
Since we last had peace,
Thirty years and counting,
Thirty five until we cease,
Pretending that everything’s going to be alright,
I’ve had my fill of your wistful lies,
Yet I wish you a good night,
,

You may say its hope filled thinking,
But I know that I’m right,
As third world lovers dance round em’ shells,
By broken candle light,
But who am I?
Young forever still,
Wiser men have come and gone,
Yet they’ve never had the will,
To stand up and take down the hypocrites,
To toss them to the side,
If you reckoning I’ve an agenda,
Then it’s one you’ll never find,

Thirty years have come and gone
Since we last had peace,
Thirty years and counting,
Thirty five until we cease,
Pretending that everything’s going to be alright,
I’ve had my fill of your wistful lies,
Yet I wish you a good night,

Now I’m not one to complain,
But there’s no justice in this world,
A man who talks truth for a living,
Is barely ever heard,
But look at the walls,
They advertise a better state of mind,
Selling the masses religion,
Of the “aesthetic Buddhist kind”,
But seeing as right is wrong,
God is love and hope,
Heaven has no pearly gates,
Only the temples of men have those,

Do you see what we’ve built?
Do you see what we’ve done?
Thirty years of counting,
No wonder no one’s won,
For war is a futile, exercise in hate,
We build the guns and ship the men,
Only to seal their fate,
Burning in the hearts of men,
Hell has no place here,
For man is the devil,
We’re the only ones, worth our fear,

Thirty years have come and gone
Since we last had peace,
Thirty years and counting,
Thirty five until we cease,
Pretending that everything’s going to be alright,
I’ve had my fill of your wistful lies,
Yet I wish you a good night,

 

[financeguy]

I like that one.

Just curious - is the 30 year reference to do with Northern Ireland? Or something else? Actually don't answer that if you don't want to maybe you're better off keeping it cryptic.

 

[ZeroDude]

Hey thanks,

The 30 year reference has a couple of connotations, some less obvious than others, strangely enough though that's all I'm willing to say.

 

[wizard2c]

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Great writing, Zero Dude.........if only more would hear the words....that's the problem.......we often feel so all alone about what we write.

My only deep concern.....is time is running out quickly in that hourglass of sand........and when it reaches a critical mass.....then what?

carol
wizard2c

 

[ZeroDude]

You know what, I don't think anyone has the right to claim they have the answers, I don't think I'll be here for it either.

If I'm to be honest there's alot of people who don't know what I really know, that may sound enigmatic and somewhat pretentious but you it's true.

 

[For Honor]

Now I’m not one to complain,
But there’s no justice in this world,
A man who talks truth for a living,
Is barely ever heard,
But look at the walls,
They advertise a better state of mind,
Selling the masses religion,
Of the “aesthetic Buddhist kind”,
But seeing as right is wrong,
God is love and hope,
Heaven has no pearly gates,
Only the temples of men have those,

Most intriguing part for me......


Good work, ZeroDue.



I do believe that only the temples of men have pearly gates. I often think how mundane we preconceive heaven - huge palaces, kingdoms, riches, joy, no pain, no sorrow


No wonder people are so unhappy.....


Look what they are striving for?


Actually, now that I htink of it, it's quite absurd.

Heavenly father.................?

To give you an earthy set of delights? Materialistic pleasures? Oh, and of course, you don't have to worry about the afterlife, because you'll be in a kingdom, an eternal one..........


"wtf"

as they say.



Is that all people really want?

To avoid the pain of life?


Fine, I don't care how odd I seem. That's pathetic in my eyes......


Of course, though........ I can't blame mankind. It's all we know. When times were bad, slavery , ruled by an unjust kingdom..... what...... so we make a religion to over throw it. The smart ones, the manipulators, know how powerful an ideal is..... a goal....


East or West, it's all the same.

But so this is the balance. People strive towards harmony, yet need great events to do so. But we're still so..... characteristic.


I don't listen to dave matthews a lto, but Iremember this line

"the space between the wicked lies we tell, and hope to keep us safe from the pain"


Look, I'm not promoting self chastisement or enjoyment of pain... but I think people need to accept it as a part of life.

*yeah, I know, my post is all over the place, that's my tendancy*



Of course, these are just my.......... initial reactions.

Apologies, ZD, if this has taken your works in too strange a direction......

 

[ZeroDude]

No problem, they're there to be interpretated, the strange thing is I agree with you, we need to be able to experience all of lifes woes to say we have truely lived.

 

[For Honor]

Heh, I suppose that your recent postings have generated some interesting responses from me. I guess that means you're doing a good job....


Or perhaps I am using your posts as an excuse to vent my own conflicts....

Either way, keep them coming.