Posts Tagged ‘breaking up’
Karma Chameleon
Actions speak much louder
Given with the right intention
Instead of chameleon words
Hidden with clever inventionWhat do you want of me now?
In those chameleon words, I can’t hear?
But I remember your actions
Is it Karma that you fear?“Don’t hate me” you strangely said
But it’s something I never do
I’ve called you out as wrong
That’s all I think of youWhat do you want of me now?
In those chameleon words, I can’t hear?
But I remember your actions
Is it Karma that you fear?You can survive as a chameleon
But you’ll leave much undone
You gotta stand out with respect
When you wanna get someWhat do you want of me now?
In those chameleon words, I can’t hear?
But I remember your actions
Is it Karma that you fear?
Actions Speak Louder
Well the parting was disjointed
And of an apparent selfish design
Was it just a clumsy mistake?
Or something more planned and malign?
The magic left like a light going out
Like air from a hissing balloon
The barriers came crashing down
Rushing the warmth from the roomI was made redundant
My services not now required
This was a crash landing
Ice emerged from the fire
Such breathless, ruthless action
No time even to think
A sword taken to the chain
It cut straight through the linkLater when I resurfaced
After gut wrenching days
“Keep good memories of us”
“Don’t hate me”, she says
Her actions had spoken louder
They didn’t care what I thought
Was a dishonest bow-tied closure?
Now really what she sought?“Oh, integrity’s important to me,
I don’t want you to feel used”
(Accepting no responsibility
But implying my feelings are confused)
I can forgive of course
But only with explicit request
And only with some recognition
That growth and change are a questNothing can protect me now
Cos everything must change and end
But there are more loving ways
Of leaving the party at the bend
Something nags at her inside
Maybe it’s the karma that she’s won?
Somewhere she needs approval
Something’s yet unfinished and undone
No Words Left
I’ve no words left
After how we parted
I’m alone at sea
Trust’s now re-startedWhat now of my needs?
What now of yours?
The contract’s broken
Back knocking on doors“Lovely, lovely memories”
Yes…you’re so right
They shine so bright
In this cold turkey nightOf course it’s my shit
I know it’s mine to manage
In this cold empty silence
I will limit the damageWe lived wild for a time
We trusted each other
In a brief oasis of time
We enjoyed each other
Ruthless
I’m not that ruthless
I’m not as decisive as you
I worried that if I jumped
Your fall could hurt you
And I was trying to take stock
I was trying to understand
I was trying to hold on
Trying to hold your hand
I was trying to stay on
As we were thrown about
I was honest, I could’ve lied
In my confusion and my doubtI’m not that cool
I’ll say I’ve been hurt by you
I’ll say I miss you
I’ll say I want to see you
There were too many questions
I could feel you slipping
Then we were falling
We could hear things ripping
I gave all I could
I really cared about you
But I knew this could end
With only hurt to hold on toI ‘m not that confident
I can’t say it will be fine
No, I need to see much further
Right on down the line
I don’t close my eyes and jump
No, I look before I leap
And maybe he who hesitates is lost
But we gotta choose what we sow and reap
This is another defeat
But we have not lost
Let’s remember the dream
Let’s forget the cost
It’s All Over Now
You must go now, you must protect yourself
You can see a better future for you from the shelf
In your head, you had a dream of me
But I was nervous competing with someone I couldn’t see
“Don’t worry, we need no scripts”, you said, now didn’t you?
Ah, but it’s all over now between me and youThis pain is real and I ain’t made it up
I didn’t drink for a long time, but you held the cup
I never felt anything, quite like this before
When we met I was nervous, about what I wasn’t really sure
You held back, I tried to push on through
Ah, but it’s all over now between me and youI wear my heart on my sleeve now, or so I’m told
I want it all, or nothing at all, it’s time to be bold
You seemed to get me, you said that we were twins
We gave and wanted love and to be the best at everything
We talked of plans and starting our lives anew
Ah, but it’s all over now between me and youI forgot the lessons that you tried to teach me
You want loyalty and you want love, unconditionally
I know now you’ve set the bar way too high
And you ran when you saw that I would not comply
I would’ve liked one more chance to make our dream true
Ah, but it’s all over now between me and youI remember all the messages that you sent to me
All those pictures and words seared in my memory
But now we’ve fallen, into a dark silent abyss
Was our deep connection so easy to dismiss?
But are all such questions now just wasted on you?
Ah, cos it’s all over now between me and you
Breathe
You searched the world for me
And then you found me
And then you liked me
And then you showed me your heart
And then you called out to me
And then you invaded me
And butterflies arose in me
And our love affair did startSo…Breathe, Breathe and let it go
I’m down now on all fours
My head is on the floorYou rose up to meet me
You suddenly reached out for me
You connected with me
Somewhere deep in the heart of me
That night you were so serene
That night you were a queen
That night you somehow fitted me
That night your words they captured meSo…Breathe, Breathe and let it go
I’m down now on all fours
My head is on the floorI was falling into the sea
But then you caught me
You began to heal me
You began to love me
And then we were smiling
And then we were loving
And then we were living
But then we were dreamingSo…Breathe, Breathe and let it go
I’m down now on all fours
My head is on the floor
The Lady in the Cloak
We were weighing, the goods
When she fell there in, the woods
I think she misunderstood me, that last time we spoke
She took fright and, she ran
She’d no idea, or plan
But she felt more safe there, alone in her cloakDid she see something, in me?
That she didn’t want, to see?
Or did she think all my feelings for her, were just smoke?
I wasn’t ready for, the ride
It knocked all my confidence, inside
When I felt her moving from me, the lady in the cloakThe emotions, we keep
They may be shallow, or deep
That’s why I needed to look at her, when she spoke
I knew her so well, I believed
But I think that I was, deceived
I’ve still much to learn about, the lady in the cloakThese days, I’m so open
Many soft words, I’ve spoken
They say I’m such an emotionally, intelligent bloke
But it’s such a balancing, act
Between honesty, and tact
And I forgot about it all, with the lady in the cloakIt’s a human, instinct
To self protect, I think
We use barriers to protect us, from other folk
And I kept, mine down
To save her from, falling down
But she couldn’t hold on, the lady in the cloakI said I was never, addicted
But I couldn’t have, predicted
How those words would come, back to choke
Because now that, she’s gone
My world it feels, all wrong
Cos, I’m missing her, the lady in the cloakI wait there, in the woods
I met her ghost, weighing the goods
I asked her to fix, what I hoped wasn’t too broke
Even though we’d lost, each other
I still hoped we’d find, each other
Cos, I still wanted her, the lady in the cloak
Kiss and Make Up
My stomach churns again, as I stare at my empty phone
It mutely fills me up, with the emptiness of being alone
My tears fall now, and it seems that it’s getting worse
I’m really feeling it now, but this ain’t my first
I’m sick with wanting you, and all that we vowed
I’m sick with the loss of you, but I’m still unbowed.I love my memories of you, but all that’s now past
Time moves so quickly, it’s a shame that nothing lasts
I don’t know what you’re feeling, is it anything like this too?
Cos surely I meant something, as deep as this to you?
Don’t you want to meet, and we’ll draw a new line?
Can we not kiss and make up, together one more time?
There’s Something Tragic About You
Babe,
There’s something tragic about you
Something so magic about you
There’s something lonesome about you
Something so wholesome about youBabe,
There’s something wretched about this
Something so precious about this
There’s something broken about this
But I’m still hoping about this…
Edited excerpt from Eden by Hozier. Could not write better.
Images are of the great Frida Kahlo – a beautiful and talented woman who added much to the world.
