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
You've had enough and now you're through
With everyone you ever knew
Who didn't do what you want them to
Holding on to hate so tight
You're righteous and you're always right
Making lists of friends and foes
For every thought they ever chose
Paranoia grows and grows
Pumped and puffed with so much pride
Everyone must take your side
Every grievance needs a name
Where you can cast a heap of blame
Hiding from your inner shame
Your tender heart is hurt and scarred
Envy grows and dreams die hard
by Richard W. Bray
did you hear about the crazy thing
that Crazy Alice did?
been talking about Alice
since you were all kids
day after day, over and over
the same old conversation, over and over
nothing ever changes and you keep getting older
dry and dreary words
like cobwebs in your throat
stupid as a maggot
stubborn as a goat
day after day, over and over
the same old conversation, over and over
nothing ever changes, and you keep getting older
grab another name
and pass it all around
your whole wide world
is a dusty little town
day after day, over and over
the same old conversation, over and over
nothing ever changes, and you keep getting older
by Richard W. Bray
Life is liquid
Find your flow
Don't worry too much
Where other people go
Life is matter
And energy
You're connected to the sun
You are part of every tree
Life is music
Hear your call
Don't let anybody tell you
One size fits all
Life is love
You are never alone
The whole world lives
In your blood and your bones
by Richard W. Bray
Telling more lies
To prove you aren't a liar
Committing arson
To cover up a fire
Pretending away
Facts that burn your soul
Pretending away
Truth that takes a toll
Festering lilies
Troubles grow like weeds
Caress and fondle
The monsters that you feed
Pretending away
The pain and the smell
Pretending away
The things you never tell
Cardboard illusions
Menageries of glass
Forsaken future
Imaginary past
Pretending away
What everybody sees
Pretending away
Your own reality
by Richard W. Bray
Eating breathing lies
Every day until you die
Resentment is a hell of a drug
Sweeping anger under the rug
Born with missing parts
Eight spleens and half a heart
Resentment is a hell of a drug
Pack your hatred into a shrug
Truth comes down in shards
You're bleeding pretty hard
Resentment is a hell of a drug
Metamorphize into a bug
by Richard W. Bray
I see you beautiful
I see you free
I wish you had some time
To be with me
I see you beautiful
I see you true
I dream about a world
That's full of you
I'll treat you like a princess
If you give me a chance
I see you beautiful
I see you strong
I really like the way
We get along
I see you beautiful
I see you smart
I can't even say
What you do to my heart
I'll treat you like a princess
If you give me a chance
by Richard W. Bray
Tell me on a Friday
If it isn't working out
Give me two days
To cry my eyeballs out
I'll arise on Monday morning
With a pile of work to do
Before I can remember
There's no more me and you
The paradise where roses bloom
Is just another lonely room
Tell me on a Friday
When my day is done
And all my happy hopes
Can set with the sun
I'll have 48 hours
To completely fall apart
Then I'll pull myself together
And resuscitate my heart
The paradise where roses bloom
Is just another lonely room
by Richard W. Bray
You need to kick his ass
That's what I'd do
I heard him talking shit
I'll be right next to you
Pouring poison in your ear
Loathing and fear
As he tries to make trouble
And sucks up your beer
You need to kick his ass
That's what I'd do
I heard him talking shit
I'll be right next to you
The dehydrated cackle
Of a thirsty vampire
Who feeds on decay
And funeral pyres
You need to kick his ass
That's what I'd do
I heard him talking shit
I'll be right next to you
As you flail in bloody folly
The demon disappears
To start endless quarrels
On through the years
You need to kick his ass
That's what I'd do
I heard him talking shit
I'll be right next to you
by Richard W. Bray
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