we talked about your earliest memoriesas a child in a faraway landthen you pulled a dinosaur figurine from your bagand we both stared at it in disbeliefwe’re both grown upsyet there’s a part of us that’s still yearning for our candyflossand if you don’t walk with me, then who will?and if you don’t walk withContinue reading “the girl with the dinosaur in her bag”
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different worlds (julianne)
and we’ve both seen things that are best unknown comeI feel it in my bonesit’s not the way it was beforeand you, you knew it all alongthen why, oh why, did you just play on? I’ll always have the minute before you went awayas a reminder that even love can failfor all we know forContinue reading “different worlds (julianne)”
a vermillion destiny
took so many years for me to knowwhen you see off your fears you’ll go and go there are two things in lifeyou need to surrender tothe first is love but rock and roll is up there too I met you by chance but not really by chancefate must be helped for it to standContinue reading “a vermillion destiny”
happier times
you looked at the skiesand asked yourself whyyou’d gone all that way just to falter that daywhy you?you picked yourself upbut then you cracked upagain and again all that effort in vain for youand scotland won’t mean the smallest thingit’s just not where you could ever behappy, clappingyou won’t find your peace of mindmorale-sapping, seeingContinue reading “happier times”
the curse of the passenger
I saw a picture of your facestraight back from the realm of forgetfulnessyour voice resounded in my veinsafter years in the wildernessyou looked like you were in parisfrom the crayon-like colours outside the dooryou looked like you’d conquered your demonsthey were not haunting you anymoreand I saw you still wear those ear-ringsthe ones you boughtContinue reading “the curse of the passenger”
another day in the sun
what’s left for you to dream?you have wonyou have beenyou couldn’t have written it any betterthan it turned out to beyour young boy’s tears are now forgottenand look what you’ve achieved another morning will comeanother day in the sunbut won’t you remember this one? summers wentsummers camewith no carewith disdain for your soulfor your lifeyetContinue reading “another day in the sun”
a life in black and white
I’ve been uprooted so many timesI still see the world through a child’s eyesevery new start carries hints of a gamethe older I get the better I playwhere I grew up it rained all the timeproviding shelterconcealing the tearscall it a life in black and whiteI’m simply happy to be here singing in the rain,Continue reading “a life in black and white”
village of the damned
someonecome over here and wake them up from their sleepI’m just passing by I never said I’d be in for keepshow can I rely on counterfeit notions of life?I see empty looks and hear sad, robotic replies where do you think you’re going?where are you even from?a country has been doped and dupedand cheated allContinue reading “village of the damned”
the house of wine
I will always remember the waywhen you turned up just as I woke upI will always remember the wayyou sang us into loving youyeah, some time has gone by since thenbut from what I see, your mind’s still free it’s all for your eyes againfor your eyes againthat people fight and people fallfor your eyesContinue reading “the house of wine”
(one of many) imaginary monologues
came back to find that on my shelfthere’s still a picture of my old selfthat summer changed all our livesfor good or bad, it was our time a man taking a picture of a man taking a picture of a man taking a pictureof another man, and so on…I called it art but you labelledContinue reading “(one of many) imaginary monologues”