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lullaby.

by Andrew S Adams

i've been busting my body/ to bruise up the backbone/ bringing the water/ and walking you home// and i don't dare decide/ if i come inside/ it's all the choice/ of a man with no mind// as he stares out his window/ watching the wind blow/ waiting for midnight/ to rein in tomorrow// as i start keeping track/ try walking on every crack/ so as to break my back / as i am my mother//

Chorus:
we are the killers killing
all the killers can we
justify and
does it matter?
we still can't sleep at night
and we don't feel relief
we still are suffering
we still have all our grief
well now we're safe and warm
don't think now anymore
just dream and dream oh lord
the lullaby is sung
just dream and dream oh lord
the lullaby is sung


establish a plot/ then you give what you got/ and don't take it back/ even if they attack// cos we can't act the cowards/ while feeding the cancer/ we've got to pretend that/ we've got all the answers// the truth is a burden/ the proof isn't nothing/ as long as the proof/ doesn't have to be truth// and it doesn't so i don't/ discount the demands of/ those calling for heads/ then those heads to be damned//

(chorus)

add up the dollars/ don't dare call the lawyers/ we've got to find somewhere/ where all of these problems// can safely just disappear/ silence is madness/ make us give in to fear/ now that you've got us// it isn't our fault/ that we levy the judgment/ leave it to god to/ get into government// and build all our laws/ out of primitive notions/ cos most of us now/ can't hide our devotions//

(chorus)

and i've been counting the colors/ creating the crash course/ the air in the courthouse/ will not convince them// the jurors were joking/ just making it all seem/ like this was for laughing/ i don't find it funny// abuses, misuses/ mistakes, broken truces/ learning the truth/ after tying the nooses// and letting the floor drop/ below the discordant/ depriving the man of/ what makes him human//

(chorus)

03/21/2005

Author's Note: lyrics. i'm still working on making the chorus fit with the rhythm... and i'm also aware that the first verse doesn't make much sense in the context of the rest of the song, so i'm working on that, too.

Posted on 03/21/2005
Copyright © 2024 Andrew S Adams

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by James Cavet on 03/21/05 at 08:18 AM

I'd love to hear this song recorded. It's very visual in my mind.

Posted by Scott Cadence on 03/22/05 at 01:57 AM

"depriving the man of what makes him human" - its an interesting subject. I think the song seems to revovle around this concept, and a good one it is. I would also like to hear it, so if you ever get it to mp3 or wave format let me know. :)

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