Empty

[the tourist]

Water cold
On the bruise
Try to win
Always lose
Dream of love there never was
And then you take my soul away from me

How do you sleep tonight?
How do you sleep tonight?

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And alcohol
Lips undone
A fist, a fall
Staircase breaks boys called mistakes
In drunken words you pound the rails in me

How do you sleep tonight?
How do you sleep tonight?

And nothing is resolved
And hollow hangs the night
And flesh and blood grow cold
And superheroes die

(AJ, "Empty", Soma Holiday, 2003)

 

[ZeroDude]

I quite enjoyed this, the inquiry and anger in this piece take it far above what it would be otherwise

 

[lazarus]

Staircase breaks boys called mistakes

wow...a great, great line. whole thing's good but I just had to single that one out.


laz

 

[the tourist]

Re: Re: Empty

wow...a great, great line. whole thing's good but I just had to single that one out.


laz

Thanks. When I wrote it, it made me shiver a little bit.