Ali for Cody (Senses Fail)

I'm giving up all expectations
That I will live a meaningful life
I once was filled with inspiration
That lion heart has lost It's pride
I am not the person that I thought that I would be

I keep tripping over the same steps
The stars aren't beautiful, Advice is never useful
And I still walk the line, Held tight with my regrets
I'd rather die than live like this
I gotta give up giving in

Some people never will go crazy
What horrible lives they must lead
I'm gonna try and paint new scenery
And build a window to help me see
I am not the person that I thought that I would be

I keep tripping over the same steps
The stars aren't beautiful, Advice is never useful
And I still walk the line, Held tight with my regrets
I'd rather die than live like this
I gotta give up giving in

I have got
my eye lids stapled shut
I have failed
But I'm used to it
The past is just that
It's a sunken old ship
There will be moments
I pretend
that I can raise it up
Up out
From the depths

Who the F--k am I kidding?
I was born with the curse of always giving in (Giving in)
Every day is another chance to make peace with myself
But i would rather play dead. (Rather play dead)

Sure it looks easy when It's through borrowed eyes
The hero has a thousand faces, None of them matching mine
F--k the world, F--k the stars, F--k the person you are
But nothing will matter, If I don't give up folding my cards.

I keep tripping over the same steps
The stars aren't beautiful, Advice is never useful
And I still walk the line, Held tight with my regrets
I'd rather die than live like this
I gotta give up giving in.

Untangle You

Dawn breaks like bread,

You've kept me in his stead.

And I, you, in hers.

My eyes are blurry,

dew clings to frabric.

The motion of toil.

I've lost all feeling,

And my muscles coil.

I feel black,

That trace of a smile.

Lost in a heartless heart

Of guilded emotionless bile.

I've lost my way again,

Again I've lost my way.

I've caught you falling.

Slipping, crawling.

Enough!

Grasp the cup I hold,

And before I leave,

Gulp the bold.

Walk away and fake love.

to children,

To those above.

I untangle you from me.

I've slept inside to hide.

And sworn it's happened before.

I've lost all faith.

I untangle you from my heart.

I untangle you from me.

(Half way into the new year and only one post to show for it. I think this site has become the next "poem a year" blog. lol. man I've had a strange year. and I have the feeling it's only going to get more so. Love you all! Hope my poems have sparked something inside each of you)