To fight aloud
Is what you do
To hide from
What's inside of you
Refute the things
That people say
And box in bars
On Saturday
To fight aloud
Is what you do
To hide from
What's inside of you
Upset, attack
Disturb, annoy
Nag and nag
And nag your boy
To fight aloud
Is what you do
To hide from
What's inside of you
Bicker, fuss
And fight and feud
And then you say
"You're being rude"
To fight aloud
Is what you do
To hide from
What's inside of you
I read a lot of books
About psychology and stuff
Crammin knowledge in my head
I’ll never get enough
Tried to figure out
Why some people fall apart
Wondered if the problem’s
In the head or in the heart
The answer is so simple
And amazy
If you don’t tell yourself the truth
You’ll go crazy
Deception is a poison
It destroys and complicates
Honesty alleviates
It cures and it regenerates
Living all those lies
Is gonna rot your loving soul
Heal your wounded heart
And let yourself be whole
The answer is so simple
And amazy
If you don’t tell yourself the truth
You’ll go crazy
Double-cross a lover
While she's sleeping upstairs
Betray your best friend
And never give a care
You could eat a flea for breakfast
Put a saddle on an ant
Ride it like a pony
To the centipede dance
The lies you tell yourself
The lies you tell the world
The never-ending lies
That pushed away your girl
You could hide inside a thimble
Crawl under a door
Get lost for an hour
In a crack in the floor
Leave a trail of destruction,
Misery and loss
Turn and walk away
Let others pay the cost
You could build yourself a castle
With toenails and sand
And declare yourself king
Of Tiny Little Land
by Richard W. Bray
The world is made of frozen light
Everything connects
Nothing in the universe
Works like you expect
Does a tree know it exists?
Does a star know how to love?
Look at thirteen blackbirds
Listen to a dove
Make some room for kindness
As you straddle space and time
The world is charged with grandeur
Everybody shines
by Richard W. Bray
"To see what's right in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."
–George OrwellWhen you don't wanna know
What you know
It takes a massive toll
It'll singe your living soul
When you don't wanna know
What you know
The fables that you tell
The fiction that you sell
When you don't wanna know
What you know
What people say and do
What's right in front of you
When you don't wanna know
What you know
His face is full of doom
He smells like cheap perfume
When you don't wanna know
What you knowWhen you don't wanna know
What you knowWhen you don't wanna know
What you know
by Richard W. Bray
I'm sad we broke each other's hearts
Didn't want to leave you blue
I'm sad we'll always be apart
I hate the stupid things I do
I'm glad for every moment
I got to spend with you
Your sweet and blessèd soul
Your heart was always true
A snowflake and a rainbow
A sunset and a flower
They fade and fall from view
But they never lose their power
I'm glad for every moment
I got to spend with you
Your sweet and blessèd soul
Your heart was always true
by Richard W. Bray
in a fog
in a flutter
inattentive
in love
in debt
in danger
insolvent
in love
in the dumps
in a pickle
injured
in love
in the groove
in the saddle
invincible
in love
by Richard W. Bray
I can dunk a basketball
With my left ear
I can sing a sonnet
While I'm drinking a beer
I'm pretty excellent at everything I do
And my best thing is being with you
I can program a computer
While washing my car
I figure out physics
Just sitting in a bar
I'm pretty excellent at everything I do
And my best thing is being with you
I can skip a stone
Forty-seven times
All the ladies swoon
When I make up my rhymes
I'm pretty excellent at everything I doAnd my best thing is being with you
I made a rocket ship
And took it to the moon
I fought off a grizzly
With a fork and spoon
I'm pretty excellent at everything I doAnd my best thing is being with you
by Richard W. Bray
it's easy to hurt
another human being
if you're careless
if you're stupid
or just plain mean
you can't take back
the hurt you give
you're gonna
have to face it
as long as you live
it doesn't matter
how bad you feel
it ain't gonna help
the other person heal
you can't take back
the hurt you give
you're gonna
have to face it
as long as you live
by Richard W. Bray
Build a house upon a sinkhole
You can reinforce the walls
Build a house upon a sinkhole
You can bet it's gonna fall
You can look out real far
And never look too far in deep
You can look out real far
And always wonder why you weep
You can live inside a daydream
It's got a really nice view
You can live inside a daydream
But it never comes true
You can tell yourself she loves you
Any day she's gonna call
You can tell yourself she loves you
You know what comes before the fall
by Richard W. Bray