CHIMERA
And here is yet another one of my lyrics from the past. I hope you all enjoy, or at least some of you do.CHIMERA
(verse 1)
I’m scared to go to sleep,
so, I fight to stay awake.
But, I know the sandman will eventually win,
and my eyes will become heavy like a zeppelin.
Until that time comes around,
I’ll play him for the fool.
I can’t explain why I’m terrified,
the words aren’t taught in school.
(chorus)
I’m trapped in a scream dream,
and serenity is coming up fast.
Things aren’t quite what they seem,
and the calm won’t last.
Now, I”m floating on a lake,
with the eternal crystal snake.
(verse 2)
My skin turns as white as coke,
and my blood scorches my veins.
The walls are closing in all around me,
and the snowflakes burn through to my soul.
There’s an exit somewhere, but, I can’t see,
how do I get out of this hellhole?
Will you help me find my way,
or, have you already closed the doorway?
(chorus)
I’m trapped in a scream dream,
and serenity is coming up fast.
Things aren’t quite what they seem,
and the calm won’t last.
Now, I”m floating on a lake,
with the eternal crystal snake.
(verse 3)
I put my feet on the cold tile,
a floor that’s as old as the dead.
I pass out and choke,
you think it’s a joke.
I’m gambling for my life, against the grim reaper,
but, I’ve got the aces up my sleeves.
Now, I’m walking in the valley,
between the living and the dead.
(chorus)
I’m trapped in a scream dream,
and serenity is coming up fast.
Things aren’t quite what they seem,
and the calm won’t last.
Now, I”m floating on a lake,
with the eternal crystal snake.
CHIMERA
9-22-95
Lyricist Inc.
David A.P.
Comments (8)
You seriously should send some of your poems/lyrics to Metallica!! Your poems are so melancholy...and dream like! Cheers!
I wouldn't know where to begin to sell my lyrics or poems.
Didn't anyone notice the multiple references to different bands? At least two.
I've been hesitant to share my lyrics and poems over the years, close friends have read them, because I didn't want people to think they were a reflection on me, of my life or whatever. They are more like a third person view. Granted some might have personal references. But not entirely. One of my lyrics for example that I wrote, I wrote because of what a friend had said, and he wasn't able to get it out in the form of a song. He was a drummer in a band at the time. So I took his thought and turnd it into a lyric, and got it right on for what he was trying to say, but couldn't.
When I wrote, it was pretty much.....get a line that sounded good and another that sounded good and rhymed with it, and then build line after line.
I really wish I had my lyrics from when I first started writing. These are from my second phase of writing and are second rate compared to my first phase
Well that's enough rambling, I should either get up or go back to sleep.