HOLD ON TO A SCREAM
WAILING WALL
That day we saw the wailing wall come tumbling down
Splintered marble, heavy clouds of dust
Sweeping through the shopping slums, a fall-out of lament
Stained the Stations of the Cross
That night we heard the motorcade come rumbling through
Opened our sleepy eyes
Hanging out the open window, I touched you from behind
In the flickering of flashing lights
Let go of me for I can’t take it anymore
This blinking love is but a weaponless war
The day the wall came crashing down
Was the day our love turned sore
The rubble hit us hard and brought us to the ground
Then things were lighter than before
Your heart and body have been all over the place
Fashion your dress and get that grin off you face
I came to reason with you
Stop, listen, talk, like the living do
I came to reason with you
But you’re letting me down
The wailing wall came tumbling down
ORPHANED SERENADE
Where does the love go
that was spilled on summer nights
Where does the wasted love
wander today?
Disturbing the airwaves
To be heard somehow
I loved you then
Like I love you now
Where do the melodies go
of homeless songs of love
Where do the serenades
flow unutilized?
Hustling in alleys
To be found time and again
I love you now
Like I loved you then
Where do the angels roam
no longer flying high
Where do discarded angels
wander around?
Hidden like secrets
In grey suburban towns
I loved you then
Like I love you now
Orphaned serenades
Dragging through the airwaves
Where does the love go
that was spilled on summer nights
Where does the wasted love
wander today?
Enlivening worn out dreams
To never see the day again
I love you now
Like I loved you then
SAVIOUR ON A TRAIN
The departed
Meet me as I close my eyes
leave me as I ride way before dawn
Think of me, for I am just a dream away
The rider in the early morning sun
Cause I’m a train driver
I drive to pick you up in time
A train driver
This line’s oblivion-bound
I’m the train driver
Through the meadows in the morning light
The train driver
From over to underground
The departing
Look up, see me in the eyes
Only for a second to approve
I’m the chosen one to save them from their painful lives
I’m the stranger coming to the rescue
A train driver
Across the globe and through the night
Through the mist and through the rain
Across the river Styx I glide
A train driver
A saviour on a train
I’m a train driver
Rolling to where ever you may roam
I’m a train driver
I ride to bring the burnt-out singer home
The departed
Look up, see me in the eyes
Fearless they are captured in the lights
I’m the engineer, the chosen executioner
I’m the reaper at the end of night
A train driver
Across the globe, across the sky
Across the streets of faded fame
Across the river Styx I glide
A train driver
A saviour on a train
A train driver
Through suburban towns I ride
Through the woods, across the plains
Across the river Styx I glide
A train driver
A saviour on a train
SEASCAPE
On a summer’s day
Young boy running from the foaming waves
Speaking in tongues like a meaningless prayer
And waits… on a summer’s day
Sea of emptiness
Drowner in the distance fighting for his breath
Gasping for the meaning of his coming death
He rests…sees the emptiness
And in the fading light
Burning like a curse in the brittle mind
Picking up the soul of the drowning Christ
Inside…he sees the fading light
In the morning cold
Young boy carrying the stolen soul
Running from the waves as the future unfolds
Behold…in the morning cold
HOLD ON TO A SCREAM
Rats swarm through the harbour in an ominous sailor’s song
A million displaced words…to be undone
Ships bring inconveniences, way from overseas
A million displaced words…to deceive
The singer ignites so self-satisfied
Hold on to a scream full of dark desires
Watch it from your window through the stains of nicotine
A million displaced words…still to clean
Hold on to your loved ones even though their blood turned black
A million displaced words…remain intact
The actor holds his head and idly cries
Hold on to a scream full of dark desires
The mouth that moves, the taming of the fire
Predictions come in dreams
The howling of the wolf child civilized
A wordless litany
In his funeral shoes, the noble savage cries
Oh, mother of three
The night bird cawed and another year got by
Just hold on to a scream
Hold on
CITY PARK MURDERS
Dark Hearts meet in the heart of the city park
Dog bites dog and the owners growl and bark
Ice-cream for a wandering child
Children for the Satanic rite
Feasting in the heart of the city park by night
Strangers take each other timidly
Robbers sharpen their knifes behind the trees
The lovers entwined in the pines
Didn’t see it coming from behind
How dark hearts meet in the heart of the city park
Dealers deal lime tablets in the city park
Fascist runes tattooed on their heads and arms
Two young boys freak out on LSD
Forever they will roam and be
Part of the lost souls trapped in the city park
Last gasp of the drowner in the city lake
The water farts and the hero’s always late
The murder remains unsolved
But the cats in the branches saw it all
How dark hearts met in the heart of the city park
MEANDER
Meander
Through the crooked city streets
Follow them as you please
I’ll find you in time
Meander
Loud and indiscreet
You the one-eyed urban queen
Who struck me blind
Catch the rain
And be a man about it
Catch the rain
Soaked but never mind
Meander
Conspire by the tracks
Milligrams of happiness
Going to your head
Meander
Elevate and drift about
Lose your way from cloud to cloud
Embrace the emptiness
Catch the rain
And be a man about it
Catch the rain
All the lovers in your life…meander
Careless in your wanton state
Your red curls dancing in ‘round face
But what we feel we hide away
Like starfish run ashore
Then smoke came curling from the tower room
The watchman to be knocked out soon
Oh, how your perfect body loomed
The drunken violin attuned
Meander
All through your fickle life
You’ve changed, but so have I
So, won’t you come inside
Catch the rain
And be a man about it
Catch the rain
Soaked but never mind
CAT SNAKE CRAWL
When I was your cat snake
When I was your pet snake
When I was curled up on your lap
you fed me microwaved rats
Luring at your body from my den in shadows
Shooting my venom when lovers came to close
It was when I was your cat snake
It was when I was your pet snake
The moon was obscured for seven nights
Distempered spirits blew the flames up high
My poor mother cried: ‘Lord the tarot cards were right’
And I was born a cat snake
I was born a pet snake
When I was a cold case
When I was an unsolved case
Anonymous soldier heaped up in a train
SS cannon fodder traverse the Russian plains
An erotic frenzy of men without names
Body to body, Mauser to carcase
Ignorant and chanceless
When the bombers came
As sure as Varg will kill again
And brave Vikings became missionary men
I came from the valley, not from the mountain
When the future seemed lost, I turned back and ran
I was born a cat snake
I was born a pet snake