How Pretty are Your Demons

I can be your baby doll I can your teenage dream
I know all the things your like, if you know what I mean
the things you won't tell your mom, but dad sometimes let slide
are the things that momma gives you, and money just can't buy
though your slipping through your fingers, cuz you turned time to sand
while you might mark the passage you can't understand
there are rivers in the darkness, blue lagoons and castaways
but were all on the love boat, and I hope it stays that way
cuz the passions that divide us are the same that keep us whole
down avenues in broad daylight, don't you test the prom queens might
cuz she one the fans adore, and your not needed anymore
she dressed you and played you nice, and now you drink the widows price
and once you take that bitter pill, eat the apple, have your fill
your drunk on maddness not of mine, for I am void and this is time
so why the fuck did your drag me here, to trap me in your fading light
in hopes I had the final key, but it's the piece that no one needs
it doesn't fit in any door, you gods don't live here anymore
you took temples, and you call them homes, and from their bones you craft your thrones
but when your on the devils ride, she a bitch, and your her ride
she chews you up, and spits you, tells you what it's all about
and if you still can sing your song, well she'll just shake you all night long
and if you go another day, she just cries while you laugh and play
she's only just a little shrew, and you know just what to do
you play baby, daddy, mommy wife, just so you can sneak a bite
looking for your new coo coo, but she can't stand they way your stink
so off you go to find a drink, you numb your mind to take your pain
I make you another stain.
your just a trick, and I am too
so if you wanna know my magic mind
well thats to bad, cuz it's all mine

Jack
aka
PanseyBard

out on the edge looking in

I'm not here for your amusement
though I love to play the fool
When I find a prison, well
I'm breaking all the rules

Everyones my leader
but no one keeps me chained
you can nail me to your crosses
it's still you who are to blame

bringing fire from heaven
well sure I paid a price
locked up for the weekend
but at least I rolled the dice

I don't care if you've gone crazy
there is no such thing as sane
it's just a story that you made up
to drive away the pain

You put your past behind you
you lay your dead to rest
so when you drink the spirits
your disdained become your guests

always I'm among you
so you don't know where to look
I've become my own police man
cuz I'm the biggest crook

I am not the darkness
though I know I'm not the light
it was you that split the heavens
cuz it gave you such a fright
so you marked each stars passing
hoping it returned, and
then you found the planets
how the heavens churned

imagination turned to legend
possibility to fact
for every two steps forward
it was me that pushed you back

each act of kindness
is answered with it's sin
when answers to the questions
have set limits from within

so I burn my wings to blind you
from the light you so adore
to find I was beneath you
while you use me as a floor

I can take a pounding
for awhile I like the view
but when things are beneath you
well you know what people do

no matter how I fight it
I'm always someones tool
like the surfer and galactus
but at least I know the rules

whipped when I'm barking
there are strangers at your door
another act of kindness
but we gotta know the score

I am not the darkness
though I know I'm not the light
it was you that split the heavens
cuz it gave you such a fright
so you marked each stars passing
hoping it returned, and
then you found the planets
how the heavens churned

spinning webs of mystery
so everyone can play
while everybody wants the job
no one likes the pay

none of you can own me
I belong in all and none
but when you try to shape me
well I love to play along

I'll always be the joker
so I'll always take the blame
but I just do the reading
it's batman thats to blame

he always hides in shadows
never sees the light
it's not that I am jealous
he'd be nothing without me

chaos left behind me
they say I was to blame
so no one wants to find me
they just can't take their shame

how can wounds that heal so quickly
leave such lasting scars
if someone is deceiving
I know that it's not mars

I am not the darkness
though I know I'm not the light
it was you that split the heavens
cuz it gave you such a fright
so you marked each stars passing
hoping it returned, and
then you found the planets
how the heavens churned

Fall no More

Rejoice oh child of Ba'al
Redemption is your due
Turning of the age
brings the taming of the shrew
Lilith's venom coursing
Boldly through your veins
Heralds trinity restored
Covenants remade
Spider queens revival
Dawning shadow bright
Tipping of the scales brings
Liquid inverse light
Night blooming flower
So long trapped by fear
Wake from your slumber
Twilight's almost here
You've been infinite in patience
Or were you just biding time
Intertwining of the serpent
To move from heart to mind
Equilibrium not equal
Detente has been declared
Wars of pride are ended
When no ones left who cares

Jack
aka PanseyBard