bound and gagged

you took my arms
and tied them against me
you took my feet
and bound them together
bound and gagged
in your church basement
bound and gagged
in lit coffins

the air was poisoned
by your last thoughts
the air was stolen
by all your parts
blinded and left
to fight for myself
blinded and left
to give up and turn in

so many lives were stolen
through false leaders
hopes burned down
through fear and corruption
i can free myself
and leave the rest
bound and gagged

Life

i could be you
it wouldn't be too hard
switch around the bodies
and were all the same

life was never coherent
and i haven't caught my breath
but every curve brings surprises
good and bad, its all the same

its not that i don't care
its i can't stop caring
love and hate are all passion
flames stoked high breed heat

my love
and your hate are the same flower
but mine spreads on the wind
and yours die in the sun

were all made of the same parts
and this is all so confusing
so love everything
and give everything

Free are Home

the free are home
the free are home
brought on soldiers backs
and tank treads
the free are home
the free are home
seized by bullet holes
sunk by wandering
the free are home
the free are home
and we left them to dry
no blood on our floors

the free are home
and the walls are on fire
the free are home
and the floors have sunk
the free are home
and they will still wander
the free are home
and i'm sick of their crying

we let them go out
and now we forgot

Flower

have this flower
that i plucked in your garden
it out shown the sun
but its grown dim
in your hand

it grew for you
as i lived for you
and like the sun
you have bathed me

pleasure was your name
and you never let me forget
just like the sun
you can never set
but only bounce back

Hope

I never lost my hope
in the world i love
i never lost my love
for a world with hope
the designs that i found
left smiles on my face
and the sadness in the air
never took up much space
my enemies can be friends
if i just give them the chance
my enemies can hold the key
if i just hold promises dear
even left beat and dead
light will still shine
left used until nothings left
hope will still fill
and i'll hold onto my hope
so i can never lose my love