In A Heartbeat (9 O'Clock News)

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Open Poetry #43

In A Heartbeat (9 O'Clock News)

soul drifter
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since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2008-07-24 12:55 PM

In A Heartbeat (9 O'Clock News)

The carousel of my romantic fantasies
has broken down
another heart breaks free
without a sound
in this ugly little town
where nothing seems real

Soon as I get home, it's the 9 O'Clock News
and I get more depressed
the world's stepping on my blue suede shoes
and I care less and less
'cause inside me, it's a mess
where I feel right at home

Ex-wives, don't say I told you so
there's still a few miles left to go
'till I find the right love to fit right into
in a heartbeat if I wanted to

Rich are the tapestries I possess
inside my heart
in each and every song I confess
I feel safe only in my art
painting figment girls and tear 'em apart
'cause it never becomes real

Vacant gazes, don't say what I'll never find
I can't get these visions from my mind
it takes the whole night through to transcribe
and in a heartbeat I'd run right to her side

'Cause nothing's coming through for me
that would be just right for me
my soul's running on empty,
crushing pain always pre-empts me
and all that I have to say
time to dive back into the fray
of my empty canvas and unstrung guitar
I wanna see just how far
I can go 'till I need you again
down dark alleys and dead ends
back to begin
back to beginning of the songs I sing

Wrecked life, don't fall down on me
there's still a world of love I've yet to see
a feeling I will chase until the dawn painted blue
to find me heart tangled and dying to get to you
yeah dying to get next to you
in my last heartbeat if I wanted to
and there's nothing else I want to do
than be there with you

"How do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on?" -- Tom Waits, 'Mr. Siegal'

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2008-07-26 06:56 PM

"in each and every song I confess
I feel safe only in my art"
Zach, this rings true of artists in general, for no matter what format they express themselves in, the emotional triggers for creating are often similar.

I enjoyed this song, for it has chords of truth throughout.

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