johnfpederson

[johnfpederson]

the same sun (219)

i know the truth

i know she don't get no love

i saw her heart

in visions from up above

admittedly

i am a bit naive

i'll believe anything you say to me

we must not

be looking at the same sun

something just

isn't quite right with this one

i made a list of all of my best mistakes

i couldn't bring myself to put down your name

tell me lies

ever so effortlessly

they don't mean

any goddamn thing to me

suddenly

i was at odds with myself

unaware

i was in need of my help

[johnfpederson]

your favorite martyr (218)

drown me slowly in the open water

drag me farther out

i have always been your favorite martyr

lay your burden down

[johnfpederson]

what do you need me for? (217)

i don't even wanna know

i don't even wanna know

i don't even wanna know

i don't even wanna know

[johnfpederson]

she didn't even know it (216)

that's what she told me

but that don't mean it's true

i know who you are

but i don't think you do

[johnfpederson]

the weight of her shadow (215)

she carries the weight of her shadow

with so much grace

you'd never know

that this was the first time she'd seen the sun

in far too long

if she did have something to prove, it wouldn't be to you

with reckless abandon she followed

her only hope

through hell and back

[johnfpederson]

(214)

in lieu of debts

i'll never get to pay

maybe i should sell my soul

i never meant

to scare my friends away

i just wanted to feel whole

you'll never get

to see yourself the way

everybody else sees you

maybe i let you steal

i knew you wanted to

[johnfpederson]

(213)

in a modern portrayal of a classic tale

i will tell you a story that does not end well

of a prince and a pauper and a magic

and a curious

[johnfpederson]

kiritimati (212)

nothing is quite as it seems

can't you see?

come a little closer

everything's illusory

sky and sea

all hell and gone over

all is but a fantasy

the yangtze

the white cliffs of dover

free yourself from the terrene

who are we if we're not each other?

[johnfpederson]

(211)

if there were any way out of this

i would've taken it

fated to wander

i guess i'll never know

what you were after

"there's only so much that i can do"

even the thought of you

leaves me exhausted

i can't believe that it came to this

[johnfpederson]

(210)

the sun set lazily below the pacific

sometimes i wonder if it ever gets bored

she took a drag from her american spirit

and had a sip of her champagne & chambord

for all the times i told myself to forget it

implicit threats i could all but ignore

she doesn't want to be the one to admit it

but i don't have to bring it up anymore

[johnfpederson]

(209)

i broke my own heart testing the people that i love

on whether or not it will heal i have given up

i don't bother asking myself if i am enough

as if there was something i would be that for; for what?

[johnfpederson]

(208)

sometimes i still wonder if you're gonna come and save me

couldn't you tell i was scared of what they might have made me?

i didn't even know it was a game when you played me

before i knew what had happened to you, you betrayed me

[johnfpederson]

bliss (207)

take for granted

every little thing you can

if ignorance is bliss

then damn the consequences

shake your fist

it isn't gonna make a difference

fight your corner

ain't nobody gonna listen

[johnfpederson]

you won't get an apology (206)

why can't we all just disagree?

why can't we all be enemies

till the end?

i still wear my heart on my sleeve

you can't take that away from me

and you won't

most things are better lived in dreams

you won't get an apology

not a one

there's not much left for you and me

it isn't all that hard to see

till it's gone

you can't deny it

we haven't got much left to lose

i'll tear the world apart

just so that you can't have it, too

some things are simple

some things take time to understand

i watched the stars collide

while blood was dripping from your hands

[johnfpederson]

(205)

were you in over your head?

did you leave yourself for dead?

i can't understand you

i don't even want to

did you lose yourself again?

was it worth it in the end?

i can't be your escape

i won't even try to pretend

[johnfpederson]

(204)

and so i'll see you all in hell

i have no stories left to tell

they just don't make 'em

like they useta

it might take some

gettin' useta

i wish i could have been

a fly on the wall

the moment you realized

that none of this was worth it after-all

goddammit to hell with it all

i wish i could've seen

the look in your eyes

the day that you found out

that everyone could see through your disguise

and every last one of your lies

[johnfpederson]

(203)

give me whatever is left of whoever you were

before vultures circled in the sky above the dead

take me back to when you had to be used to be blessed

show me all the gleaming precious metals in your head

give it all away

i will someday

for now, i'm going to savor it

be that as it may

you had your day

the obvious, belabored

tonight i'm doing us another favor

i know what i saw when i closed my eyes

this time nobody's gonna come to save her

God never apologized

meet me where i'm at

i take it back

i don't think you can find me

one short of a pack

mourir moins bête

i tied the ties that bind me

sell me every shadow in the recesses of you

lead me to your garden, sibylline, preeminent

take apart the mechanism for a truer use

embellish the mythos in the name of sentiment