UnMe все записи автора AIRPORTMAN
he moves efficiently
beyond security.
great opportunity awaits.
airport fluorescent
creature of habit
labored breathing and sallow skin
recycled air
moving sidewalks
great opportunity blinks.
great opportunity blinks.
discounted.

the people mover
the people mover
discounted.


LOTUS
hey hey.

I was hell
sarcastic silver swell.
that day it rained
tough spun. hard won. no
ocean flower aquarium
badlands. give a hand.
honey dipt. film flam
hey hey. hey hey.
that cat can walk like a big bad man.

so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus

storefront window, I reflect.
just last week I merely heck
tip the scale. I was hell
picked me up, then I fell.
who's this stranger? crowbar spine
...and I feel fine.
let it rain, rain, rain
bring my happy back again.

so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus

let it rain, rain, rain
save me from myself again
wash away my ugly sins
opposing thumb, dorsal fin
that monkey died for my grin
bring my happy back again
let it rain, rain, rain
bring my happy back again

so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
I ate the lotus
I ate the lotus


SUSPICION
now my suspicions on the rise
I have known, I have known your kind.
please don't talk, don't make me think
order up another drink
let me let imagination drive

can't you see I need nothing too deep

Imagination, come alive
Suspicion, tonight, I'll dream tonight.

Listen to the devils in my ear.
Tell me what, what I want to hear
Youre so funny, youre so fine.
You're so perfect, youre so mine.
That i never had an opportunity to hide
No I never had a chance

can't you see I need nothing too deep

Imagination, come alive
Suspicion, tonight, I'll dream tonight.

Look into my eyes.
Hypnotize the lights, the drinks
Let the music carry you away

my eyes are blurred, my sights are limited
am i sensing a familiar twinge?
no I never had a chance

please don't speak, make me think, it's all too deep

imagination come alive
suspicion, step down, I'll dream tonight.
step down, I'll dream tonight.
youre so naked baby, dream, dream, carry you away


HOPE
You want to go out friday and you go forever.
You know that it sounds childish that you've dreamt of aligators.
You hope that we are with you and you hope you're recognized.
You want to go forever you see it in my eyes

I'm lost in the confusion
and it doesn't seem to matter.
You really can't believe it
and you hope it's getting better.


You want to trust the doctors, their procedure is the best.
But the last try was a failure and the intern was a mess.
And they did the same to Matthew and he bled 'til sunday night.
They're saying don't be frightened
but you're weakened by the sight of it

You lock into a pattern
and you know that it's the last ditch.
You're trying to see through it
and it doesn't make sense.
But they're saying don't be frightened and they're killing alligators.
And they're hog-tied and accepting of the struggle

Uou want to trust religion and you know it's allegory.
But the people who are followers have written their own story.
So you look up to the heavens and you hope to see a spaceship.
And it's something from your childhood
you're thinking don't be frightened.

You want to climb the ladder. You want to see forever.
You want to go out friday and you want to go forever.
And you want to cross your dna to cross your dna with something reptile.
And you're questioning the sciences and questioning religion.
You're looking like an idiot and you no longer care.
And you want bridge the schism, a built-in mechanism to protect you.
And you're looking for salvation and you're looking for deliverance.
You're looking for deliverance you're looking like av idiot
and you no longer care.
You want to climb the ladder.
You want to see forever.
You want to go out friday
You want to go forever.


AT MY MOST BEAUTIFUL
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way,
a way to make you smile

I read bad poetry
into your machine
I save your messages
just to hear your voice.
You always listen carefully
to awkwards rhymes.
You always say your name.
Like I wouldn't know it's you,
At your most beautiful.

I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile

At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes secretly.
With every one, whisper I love you.
I let you sleep.
I know you're closed eye watching me, listening.
I thought I saw a smile.

I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile


THE APOLOGIST
They call me the apologist,
and now that I'm at peak,
You know at first it really hurt,
we joke about these things,
I've skirted all my differences,
but now I'm facing up,
I wanted to apologise
for everything I was, So,

I'm sorry, So sorry, So sorry, So sorry,
I'm sorry, So sorry, So sorry,

Did you understand me right?
The people here are good.
They tell me what I should have done,
and offer what I could,
I'm good, all is good,
All's well, no complaints,
When I feel regret,
I get down on my knees and pray,

I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),
So sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),
I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),
So sorry (So sorry),


I live a simple life, unfettered by complex sweets,
You think this isn't me? Don't be weak, There I go.
I'm so sorry,

Thank you for being there for me,
thank you for listening, goodbye,
I can forfeit selfishness,
I hope for you that you apply,
This happiness,
This peacefulness,
This peacefulness.

I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),
So sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),
I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),
So sorry (So sorry),

I live a simple life, unfettered by complex sweets,
You think this isn't me? Don't be weak, There I go.
I'm so sorry,

Thank you for being there for me,
thank you for listening, goodbye.


SAD PROFESSOR
If we're talking about love,
Then I have to tell you.
Dear readers, I'm not sure where I'm headed.
I've gotten lost before.
I've woke up stone drunk,
face down in the floor.

Late afternoon the house is hot.
I started , I jumped up.
Everyone hates a bore.
Everyone hates a drunk.

This may be a lit invention
Professors muddled in their intent
To try to rope in followers
To float their malcontent.
As for this reader,
I'm already spent.

Late afternoon the house is hot.
I started , I jumped up.
Everyone hates a sad professor.
I hate where I wound up.

Dear readers, my apologies.
I'm drifting in and out of sleep.
Long silence presents the tragedies
Of love. note the age. get afraid.
The surface hazy with attendant thoughts.
A lazy eye metaphor on the rocks.


Late afternoon the house is hot.
I started , I jumped up.
Everyone hates a bore.
Everyone hates a drunk.
Everyone hates a sad professor.
I hate where I wound up.
I hate where I wound up.


YOU'RE IN THE AIR
You wanted a challenge
that's calling you higher.
I landed on my feet by crawling.
I remember standing alone trying to forget you, idling.
I hate to admit that that's my reference point,
but there it is you say you want me.

I'm what you found I'm upside down
You're in the air, in the air
and I am breathing

Brighten the stars
The weather is lifting
The heavens love a love like this
It's pulling you higher
Twist it and turn this around
It lights from within
It dribbles your chin
Now brings a smile
I'm lost again
I'm lost again

I'm what you found I'm upside down.
You're in the air, in the air
and I am breathing you.

I want the stars to know they've won.
If only to beguile
The sky has opened up again
In heaven reconciled
I want you naked, I want you wild.
I want the stars to know they win.
Give me that smile
just, give it me
just, turn it on
I'm lost again

I'm what you found, I'm upside down
You're in the air
I'm what you found, I'm upside down
You're in the air
I'm what you found, I'm upside down you're everywhere
You're in the air
and I am breathing you.


WALK UNAFRAID
As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down
These heavy notions creep around
It makes me think long ago
I was brought into this life a little lamb
a little lamb
courageous, stumbling
fearless was my middle name.
but somewhere there

I lost my way.
everyone walks the same
expecting me to step
the narrow path they've laid
they claim to

Walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me
high.

Say "keep within the boundaries
if you want to play."
say "contradiction only makes it harder."
How can I be what I want to be?
When all I want to do is strip away
these stilled constraints
and crush this charade.
Shred this sad masquerade.
I don't need no persuading
I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and

Walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me
high.

If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go.
I just want to hold my head up high.
I don't care what I have to step over.
I'm prepared to look you in the eye,
look me in the eye
and if you see familiarity
then celebrate the contradiction.
Help me when I fall to

Walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me
high.

Walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
Hold my love me or leave me
high.


WHY NOT SMILE
The concrete broke your fall
To hear you speak of it
I'd have done anything
I would do anything
I feel like a cartoon brick wall
To hear you speak of it

You've been so sad
It makes me worry
Why not smile?
You've been sad for a while
Why not smile?

I would do anything
To hear you speak of it
Why not smile?
You've been sad for a while
You've been sad for a while.


DAYSLEEPER
Receiving department, 3 AM
Staff cuts have socked up the overage
Directives are posted No call backs, complaints
Everywhere is calm

Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up
Talk of circadian rhythm

I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Daysleeper, daysleeper
daysleeper

The bull and the bear are marking their territories
They're leading the blind with their international glories

I'm the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night

I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Don't wake me
You're so much
Daysleeper

I cried the other night
I can't even say why
flourescent, flat, caffeine lights
It's furious balancing


I'm the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night

I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache grey
Don't wake me you're so much (Wee ooo Wee ooo)
The ocean machine is set to night
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper
Daysleeper, daysleeper, (Wee ooo Wee ooo)
daysleeper, daysleeper. (Wee ooo Wee ooo)


DIMINISHED / I'M NOT OVER YOU
I watched you fall
I think I pushed
Maybe I'm crazy,
maybe diminished,
maybe I'm innocent,
maybe I'm finished
maybe I blacked out,
how do I, play this?

I will give my best today
I will give myself away
I have never hurt anything
Is the jury wavering?
Do they know I sing?

Maybe I'm crazy,
maybe diminished,
how do I, how do I play this?
Jealous lover,
self defense,
protective brother,
chemical dependance
I'll consult the i-ching,
I'll consult the TV,
ouija, oblique strategies.
I'll consult the law books for precedents,
can I charm the jury?

I will give my best today
I will give myself away
I have never hurt anything
Is the justice wavering?
Does she know I sing that song?

Sing along.
Sing along.
Sing along.

I watched you fall.
I think I pushed.
Maybe they'll see me,
maybe they'll say,
"I can see the truth in his statement. Smallpox blanket? No way."
Can I charm the jury, my defense?
Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished

Maybe I loved you,
baby I loved you,
baby I loved you,
baby I loved you
Baby I'm, finished

I will give my best today
I will give myself away
I have never hurt anything
Is the justice wavering?

Does she know I sing that song?

Sing along.
Sing along.
Sing along.

I have given myself away
I have given my best today
I have never hurt anything
Is the justice wavering?
Does she know I loved you?
Does she know I loved you?
Does she know I sing?




I'M NOT OVER YOU
I feel great.
I lied to save your feelings.
Truth convened,
my head smashed through the ceiling.
I lost an arm,
no one harmed,
you diplomatically alarmed.
I sulked away to lick my thin skin.

I'm not over you.
I'm not over you.
I'm not over you.


PARAKEET
You wake up in the morning,
and fall out of your bed.
Mean cat eat parakeets
and this one's nearly dead.
You dearly wish the wind shift
and greasy windows slide
open for the parakeet
who's colored bitter lime.


Open the window
and lift into your dreams
lately, baby
you can barely breathe.


A broken wrist an accident.
You know that something's wrong.
You fold the leavings of your past.
No one knows you've gone.
The sunspot flares of the early
nineties light up your wings.
And scan the shortwave radio
it's tracking outer rings.

Open your window
to lift into a dream
baby, baby
you can starts to breathe

The tectonic dispatcher shifts
to smooth the ocean floor
and flattens out to warmer winds
of Brisbane's sunny shore.
Where buddhas tend to mending wrists.
A tea made from the leaves
of eucalyptus fragrances
and coriander seeds.

Open the window
to lift into a dream
baby, baby
you can starts to breathe.

Open your window
to lift into a dream
baby, baby
you can starts to breathe.

You wake up in the morning
to warm Pacific breeze
where mean cars chew on licorice
and cannot climb the trees.


FALLS TO CLIMB
I'll take the position,
assume the missionary part.
You work by committee,
you had me pegged from the start.
I'll be pounce pony, phony maroney,
pony before the cart.
I'll be pounce pony, this ceremony
only fills my heart.

Who cast the final stone?
Who threw the crushing blow?
Someone has to take the fall,
Why not me?

A punch toy volunteer
a weakling on its knee.
Is all you want to hear
and all you want to see.
Romantically, you'd martyr me
and miss this story's point.
And it is my strength, my destiny
this is the role that I have chosen.

Who cast the final stone?
Who threw the crushing blow?
Someone has to take the fall,
Why not me?
Why not me?

Gentlemen mark your opponents
fire into your own ranks.
Pick the weakest as strategic move.
Square off to meet your enemy.
For each and every gathering
a scapegoat falls to climb.
As i step forward, silently
deliberatly mine.

Who cast the final stone?
Who threw the crushing blow?
Someone has to take the fall,
Why not me? Why not me?
Had consequence chose differently
had fate its ugly head.
My actions make me beautiful
and dignify the flesh
me. I am free. I am free.