my demise has set me free

 



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May 8-10, 2013

 

larry curtis spurlock

my demise has set me free

verse 1

wounded silence over the horizon appear

beneath a gleaming sky

drenched with arid richness

while the world wonders why

hiding behind an unlocked door

for all mankind to see

 

hook

i was born on my last day

my demise has set me free

 

verse 2

helpless forms of caustic requests

hanging by adversarial means

takes a promissory mission

of reds and blues and greens

members swearing members

easy as one two three

 

repeat hook

verse 3

religious fools aim their dearth

at those who do not pray

convincing independents that

it’s all they have to say

everyone wants to buy it

the cost of which is free

 

repeat hook

 

verse 4

conservative thinking vagrants hide

while testifying malicious belief

confounding material vanguards

chastising those with grief

good or bad it matters not

to be or not to be

 

repeat hook

verse 5

expert time has finally materialized

exposing grandiose partisan claims

confusion mounting pretence

screaming softly like foxfire flames

predatory mounting epic fail

filling all who pan with glee

 

repeat hook

 

bridge

 

verse 6

feigning enemies as fearless foes

makes soldiers of us all

yet history has defined us now

as tearing down that wall

but playing left against the right

is like subtracting you from me

 

repeat hook

repeat hook

　

fini