Glassy Brains And Trapped Peregrines (song, Organ)

PaperHurricanesAndPlanes · 11-25-2007, 12:15 PM

Human Emotions

I

Human emotions are like shape-shifting glass.
All it takes is a plastic ping-pong ball
To shatter it all.
With sunlight-speckled glasses I cast a glance
At the fragile glass coffee table shaped like a brain.
Here’s to love and pain and anger and pleasure.
Blowtorches burning glass; insults shattering conscience.
That is a reason why someone will take up the gun.
At another of endless glassy brains, I look into the amygdala.
With skepticism that is cynical yet true
My struggles of conjecture inject uncertainty into my veins.

And my sledgehammer comes down
Suddenly it is raining inside;
Hailing glass.

II

These feelings are fleeting, some soft, some intense.
But they flee, like a peregrine falcon
That goes hacking back into the wild.
Only to end up in the captivity of cathedral walls.
Like us; ending up as captives of our emotions
Our visceral drives; our evil tendencies.
Bullets killing birds; insults shattering self-worth.
That is a reason why someone will take up the gun.
I look at the birds falling from grace, as everything often does.
I don’t want to fly with faulty wings anymore, on emotionally toxic air.
A residue reminiscent of a former perfection.

And that beautiful dark bird
Flies into a wall
Smashing brains.

III

Torturous speculation drives me
To bang my head against a brick wall
Like an autistic child.
Struggling with conjecture
Trying to kill myself with thoughts
I clench my fists and I hope
I’ll wake up and be a better person.
I struggle with my own chemical imperfections
And my desires for a natural ego-inflating high.
It seems humans’ only organized idea of thought
Is “Get happy, anyway you can.”

And the gun hammer comes down
Suddenly it is raining inside;
Showering brains.

PaperHurricanesAndPlanes · 12-02-2007, 07:05 PM

Apparently I'm perfect.

DontRunMeOver · 12-06-2007, 04:13 AM

Well that was pretty ****ing great.

Ace · 12-06-2007, 04:52 AM

Malcolm seems to have some kind of bad acid trip, since I've been away.
What the hell...

PaperHurricanesAndPlanes · 12-11-2007, 06:04 PM

And just for a minute, let's all do the bump.

Dizzys in the wolf · 12-13-2007, 10:51 AM

I can imagine Patti Smith singing this to a big stadium of handclaps ^^ Its a really good song and you should be proud of it. The only thing is, occasionally it can seem a little pompous, but thats natural with any 3 part epic lol.

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12-06-2007, 04:52 AM
Ace Negative Creep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 648	Malcolm seems to have some kind of bad acid trip, since I've been away. What the hell... __________________ She said if time was in a bottle High up on her shelf She would knock it over And make the world stand still If faith was in her left hand And love was in her right She'd put them both together And raise them to the sky http://myspace.com/euphoric_resolve

12-13-2007, 10:51 AM
Dizzys in the wolf Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 164	I can imagine Patti Smith singing this to a big stadium of handclaps ^^ Its a really good song and you should be proud of it. The only thing is, occasionally it can seem a little pompous, but thats natural with any 3 part epic lol. __________________ There’s something about seeing this city at night Where we can say what we want and do what we like. These streets are empty but we don't feel alone, We can run in the dark and sleep on the roads.