War (song lyrics)

 Drapery billows; dancing in the hillside wind. 

Colours clear against the sky. Bared teeth breathing. 

Lay these in waiting for velvety fatal embrace.

Softness of flesh meets hardened skins.

Expected acceptance;

All demands have been denied.

You brought promise of conquest of me

By any means.

Laid your hatred at my door.

"I warned you I would quench your thirst for blood.

And I shall.

Drink your fill.

This is war."

"I want to ride storms, trample on dangerous waves." 

"If I should die in this war, it will be my good fortune."

"I was born to do this."

 "I'm not here to witness."

"I will not yield. I will not falter."

You brought promise of conquest of me

By any means.

Laid your hatred at my door.

"I warned you I would quench your thirst for blood.

And I shall.

Drink your fill.

This is war."

Besiegement horrific, we chose victory pyrrhic 

Over your barbaric law.

Incursion oppressive, expression aggressive 

Impressive displays of shock and awe.

Bombardment relentless, this violence senseless,

A riot impious and raw

Deluded by hubris, denuded by truth is

The foregone conclusion of my downfall.

Battlefront brutal belittlement futile 

Hear this lioness roar

'Cause fortitude's meter measures not the blows dealt but measures the number of blows you endure

Yes

Fortitude's yardstick measures not the blows dealt but measures the number of blows you endure.

You brought promise of conquest of me

By any means.

Laid your hatred at my door.

"I warned you I would quench your thirst for blood.

And I shall.

Drink your fill.

This is war."

"I warned you I would quench your thirst for

 blood.

And I shall.

Drink your fill.

This is war."

Our new song War is out now on SoundCloud. Listen here; 

https://on.soundcloud.com/mjAjzwmjZtELBlCzdw

Witch's Garden

 Green grow the shoots here in my witch's garden.

Tiny green tendrils that reach to the light.

The fox wears the bells here in my witch's garden;

Atropa bells nod. Keep watch in the night. 

My heart is purple as hellebore

that blooms in cold and rain.

My colours warm with pleasure

to thaw your frozen pain.

Tall grow the trees here in my witch's garden.

Higher than headheight, verbena in your eye.

Short grow the shrubs here in my witch's garden.

All thyme is creeping, at least in your eyes.

My heart is purple as hellebore 

that blooms in cold and rain.

My colours warm with pleasure

to thaw your frozen pain.

Perfume hangs heavy in my witch's garden;

Lilac that lingers long after the sun.

Firebird foxgloves in my witch's garden,

mend broken hearts but could break them for fun!

My heart is purple as hellebore

that blooms in cold and rain. 

My colours warm with pleasure 

to thaw your frozen pain.

Pity invaders in my witch's garden;

unwittingly playing with death at each touch.

They nourish the ground here in my witch's garden.

Of blood meal and bone meal there's never enough! 

My heart is purple as hellebore 

that blooms in cold and rain.

My colours warm with pleasure 

to thaw your frozen pain. 

Listen to the song here; 

https://on.soundcloud.com/JyyjV

Deeper

 I've been waiting so long.

I said, I've been waiting so long.

But like every man or woman that ever has been, you're running late.

You never call, never phone or write. 

You just don't show up for our date.

No, no.

All I ever wanted, ever wanted 

Was One Good Man.

All I ever wanted, ever wanted

Was a love

That's deeper.

So I met a poet at the Chelsea, he said

"I'll be your Bobby, you can be my Brigitte"

So I lent him my head and he gave me a hand, baby

Get It While You Can. He

Promised me poems. I said, "Catch Me Daddy!

Go read to old ladies instead!" 

Yeah yeah. 

All I ever wanted, ever wanted Was

One good man.

All I ever wanted, ever wanted Was

A love

That's deeper.

I'm just A Woman Left Lonely

Singing in this empty room.

I've gotta Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) to wait

My cigarettes burned out too soon.

So I'm out here walking in the rain

Little Girl Blue with her Ball and Chain.

What Good Can Drinking Do? Oh.

All I ever wanted, ever wanted

Was one good man.

All I ever wanted, ever wanted

Was a love, a love a love, a love

That's deeper, yeah. 

So I found myself a new man.

He's tall and he's thin.

Not much of a looker.

His countenance is grim.

He's only got one outfit, his smile is wide.

No Mercedes Benz, just a horse to ride.

Under this Half Moon it's finally time

To stop my Misery'n. Oh! 

All I ever wanted, ever wanted

Was one good man.

All I ever wanted, ever wanted

Was a love, that's deeper. Yeah.

So this Summertime

I've found my love

I've got one good man!

And he's the Reaper. 

New poem, new song. 

Find it online:  Empire of - Deeper. 

Listen here: https://on.soundcloud.com/pjvTD

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