In honor of a passing friend this month I have collected a series of lyrics and poetry for all of those who have ever lost someone in their lives. This loss does not need to be death, it can be divorce, a break up, losing a friend from a falling out. This is for everyone and no one.
The following have been collected from fellow friends, old band mates, current bands, and other contributing artists. All writers are credited and copyrighted weather in full name or pen name.
Thank you.
The Artist
By: Grant Ellsworth
I am an artist,
But I cannot draw.
My body will be my canvas,
For all my enlightened thought.
Tattooed to the grave,
I'll make this statement
That I was never okay.
the words settled on
By: Clark Radford
the sentence was nearly filled out
a supposed celebration
the grains trapped under my feet
salty, momentarily sublime
the screen fires a name through
breaking right passed the bruised sternum
smashing all the valves in the pipeline
mourning into a steering wheel
that is where all those dents came from
drive the chauffeur back home
and I already knew
before I even picked up the phone
dozens are second hand witness
torment is a permanent face
grief stricken, quaking from the pain
embrace, we don't know what else to do
the air from the warmth to the heat
these seasons mean something to us
there is no sun shining happy rays
the chapel burns brotherly love
this ground won't bury the memories
that I'm so jealous of
they have what was ripped from our arms
and it will rain in the desert
just to remind me of that day
I miss him like blood from my heart
My Bed in the Sea
By: Logan the Lost
My bed is a boat & the ocean surrounds me,
I can't seem to get up, trapped in a dreamless sleep.
Because these feelings of despair never left me
& I'm trying, I'm trying but I'll never be
The person you want. The person I was.
Because what has happened was just enough
To kill who you knew, & now
Hope has strangled goodbyes
I choke on the tears that run from my eyes
I've died a million times inside, I've been here before
Surrounded by the sea, I'll be here waiting
for someone, anyone to come & get me.
Green Tents at Night
By: MJ
And if I would have realized what had happened that night
when you asked how I slept
I would have followed your footsteps though camp
till we came to a quite place
pulling your back to mine,
I'd slit your throat as I scream
I'll sleep just fine tonight,
Bitch.
& suddenly I remember why
I tried to commit suicide.
Because the vagueness of my life
was always the lie
& these feelings of despair
They never left me
But how could I tell you
my soul had ceased to be
When the boys succumbed to there demons
& acted like men who molest there victims
In the dark green tents of night
The Boy Scouts committed a senseless crime
So don't try to help.
You've done your part
Just sit back and
Bury my body like you ignored my heart.
Miracle
By: M1K3
Please death don't let him leave,
He's only fifteen, He's only fifteen,
please won't you take me,
Take me instead.
For I have lived, loved & already lost to much.
You keep showing up death & stealing those who I love.
This pain only makes sin justifiable in a vague sense of shattered hope
Distraught by a broken heart, the feeling of love is no longer a part of myself. A shattered dream. A distant memory.
& God if you truly felt this then you know the devil is with us, he's here in my heart, waiting for the moment when empathy departs, & I do something I'll forever regret.
& I pray you forgive me for this.
& god if your there,
I'll say I'm not convinced.
if you want me,
please, please save him.
Otherwise I'm here to beg forgiveness,
For all the crimes I know I'll commit.
For I am only human,
I am only flesh.
This is not justification,
This is my last request.
God please save him
Or you can say goodbye to my soul,
This is what I need to see
This could be our miracle.
August hits the Hardest
By: Red Death Roulette -Band.
Every August hits me the hardest
The grave that decayed me
& put hate in my veins
Has made me the man that I am today
So lets lie between the sheets
& please lie when your next to me
(Tell me you love me)
& just maybe I won't feel alone
& just maybe I won't feel alone
TONIGHT!
I'll die in your arms, so hold my ring for me while the sirens scream
TONIGHT!
I am what I eat, so let me eat you & let us both feel free
From death! from life! from grief! From pain!
I swear every day is exactly the same.
From death! from life! from grief! From pain!
I swear every day is exactly the same.
I never wanted anything more than to curl up & die on this floor
So take me by the hand & tell me I'll be your man
Otherwise I'm inclined to die here without you I'll commit
My self righteous suicide
TONIGHT! I'll commit
My self righteous suicide
Emptiness Will Drown Me
By: Logan the Lost
Tears that never fall, weigh hardest on my soul
& words that fall on deaf ears, make life miserable
Friends who laugh, make me want to scream
& I'm afraid I'll never be the man I was supposed to be.
Because I've never been the same since the day you left me.
& these scars run deep so please defend me from myself
Or else I swear I'll drown my soul in this hell
A noose is tied around my neck, please kick the chair for me
& these feelings never leave
Can I forgive? Will I ever forget?
This feeling of emptiness
This feeling of emptiness
This feeling...
Mother doesn't mean Forever
By: Splint
She was rooted in service to all she met a gentle soul that had out grown the cruel world. Death was her saving grace from the pain, oh if only I'd traded places and met death's sweet embrace but I am not worth of such a life, for I am still guilty of all these self loathing crimes.
So I'll scream these words
To reflect the hurt,
It takes to watch you brother
Bury his own mothers, body.
To the only place all our secrets are safe.
Rooted in a box and locked away
I'll carry this pain to my grave.
Speak to me
By: Splint
Gravestones will carry me home,
My heart has been sew below,
To those who lay in the ground.
Forever restless, forever safe, never to make a sound,
Oh the waves of despair come crashing down,
And drown me in the deep of the ocean sea.
Beneath it all I see the stars as they should be. Reflected perfectly. They speak to me.
Of things unseen,
Of thoughts unheard,
And of words unuttered.
Speak to me.
Sidewalks
By: Grant Ellsworth
Sidewalks are no longer painted bright in the sunlight,
Birds no longer hum a slow stead song,
The beat of the music is still in my heart, but no longer a part of my step.
I march to a new drum.
Beat to the sounds overcome by seven deadly sins...for I am only human.
Autumn Eyes
By: MJ
And you lied when you said I was yours forever to be sealed together like that golden ring wrapped around your finger.
To live out the eternities with just you and me because you were my one pure love,
You were all I needed.
I would have sacrificed everything for you, but you couldn't bear to hear my soul scream for the crimes committed against me, and now you're number one on my list for the reason why its so hard for me to ever fall asleep at night.
My Autumn Eyes
"Your the worst thing that has ever happened to me."
So put a dagger between,
Your teeth,
Do me a favor,
And kiss me.
Death
By: M1K3
The world will cry for the death of your age,
And I will drown my lungs in tears on that day.
My screams will overrun the chorus sound,
NOT FOR YOUR DEATH!
But for one more friend I will have to watch get put in the ground.
Sleep Terrified
By: Grant Ellsworth
Every night I sleep terrified,
Scared to death that when you die,
I'll no longer see the point in living
Any part of my life.
Beth
By: M1K3
She had to watch
as her son suffered with a cancer,
Never before seen,
The doctors are to blame,
Same as her father,
She's seen to much to bury her only son.
So God if your there this is my one and only humble prayer, I'm down on bended knee begging, screaming, please,
He's only fifteen! He's only fifteen!
And if you need somebody for anything,
Then I volunteer.
Give the cancer to me.
Please God.
Give the cancer to me.
Repeated Mistakes, Late Nights, and Nothing left to Say.
By: MJ
I'm a failure,
So I'll sink inside myself,
and we all know what's coming,
That I am bound for hell.
Because God will not accept,
Anything less,
Than perfection,
Than our best,
This is.
My failed resurrection.
And I can't seem to make it out,
No matter how hard I try,
I'm dying to give up,
I'm screaming my lungs out why!
Why am I not good enough to stop myself?
Why do I feel that I'm destined for hell?
Lola
By: M1K3
I can't seem to let you go,
From my heart.
Cause all that seems to remain
Are gravestones and scars.
But you were ripped away,
From me.
And you left your mark in the form of a scar, on the day when you passed away.
And I would never try to take my life, but tonight is a night I wish I could die.
Cause now your gone and there's a hole in my heart deeper than my darkest scar.
Because now your gone and there's a space in my soul, hollowed out, I'm no longer whole.
And Jokes at your funeral,
Are consumed in my mind,
Because you can't cry and be a man,
Because no one ever understands.
And I wish that we,
Would have had more time,
Because four weeks was not enough,
For me to feel accepted, for me to know your love.
And If I would have know,
That death was knocking down your door,
Well I would have made sure,
To say goodbye with open eyes.
And if only tears,
Could lead me to the gate,
I'd bring you back to me,
Cause I'm selfish for you,
Like you were selfless for me.
