Author Archives: amcc1984

at first it was when he slapped her across the faceand then she stabbed him right through his handI drove him to the same hospital he’d put me in years beforewith no explanation for my fractured cheekboneand I remember the coppers asked ‘who did this to you?is this the work of your father?just tell theContinue reading “the ogres”

I’d always admired your faith in the aboveand I even get why you said ‘fuck this love’but it just so happened I fucking loved youand most of all I loved fucking you no one new has come to take your placeno, you won’t be erased if nothing else, you showed me I couldbe all theContinue reading “fuck this love”

how I loved you then is not the way I love you nowhow I loved you then is not the way I love you nowbut in a way it isand in a way it’s strongerand in a way it’s older and in some way it’s got all of the coloursI could never seem to tellandContinue reading “how I loved you then, how I love you now”

I wish there was a way to tell this story in a different shade of greybut there ain’tno there ain’t I wish you took the timeto look around and see how you’re using your lifeand wasting mine and as you’re making your way hometo witness rainy seasonsyou say that you don’t know what you’re goingContinue reading “witness of rain”

your life together felt like poetrythen it suddenly turned to tragedygranted, not in a most literal sensebut before you knew ityou gave up on yourselfdays with her almost finished youyou wouldn’t start anewyou couldn’t see things through and it was not for the want of tryingbut January arrivedall remnants of love were blown awaywith themContinue reading “january”

you look like a potato… written by filippo m colin-clegg fm colin-clegg: vocalsam colin-clegg: guitars, drums, bass

oh girlI wish that I could take your pain awayoh girlI wish I hadn’t hurt you in the first placesome nights I dream of you and we make peacebut we and peace don’t really co-exist you belonged all day longsomewhere in a hopebut I won’t hold on cos we’ve been gone for too longwe liveContinue reading “oh girl”

was expecting some bad newswhen the best news came insteadI was preparing for some bluesbumped into a rock and roll day today, today I’m so alivetoday’s the day she has arrived… I was mopey, thoughts too slowmopping the floor with myselfonly waiting for the final blowbut your eyes are something elseyeah they took me toContinue reading “hitherto lacklustre”

will you pick me up in days?or will you spend the spring away?in spite of all the journeys, I’m stayingunmovable and strong, in my own wayin mind and soulhere, all along… and alonethis path I gotta walk aloneit’s part of what I’ve becomestaying to movemoving to stay on my ownI won’t runcos that, I’ve alreadyContinue reading “days of awe”

you were never my homethough I tried to be yourssome people just dream smallwell I just wanted it all… all and I won’t even pretend that now I do understandbut I stand tall and the view eases the memory of you watch me burn awayand every time that I succeed or any time that IContinue reading “burn away”