Shane the Poet | Only Anthem
โI’ve been let go, let down and constantly disappointed Confused by the confusion, I’m often searching for another battleground Where can I fight? Or what do I need? Sources flowing through un-resourcefully I’m looking now through the other side I can’t run to you, can’t walk and never can follow through Given all that I…
โWe all shift from the floor For gravity has lapsed and there is nothing more; We faced fear to the Gods, Praying to be saved But even from the bottom of the oceans had been engulfed in the sun; And so we were sent To an inward looking sound Though our spirits lift the world,…
โYou (really) are my violent eraser, So set to go, you say “just chase her” But your legs can’t move… And your heart can’t choose I’ve been waiting up here, So far to scream to catch an ear But don’t hear me say “You can’t go, you can’t go away” And the stars shine, And…
โAlone… Dark… In the distance sits a phone; Sleeping, waiting… To speak: hear. Direly, time floats on. Forgotten. I sit looking for a seat. She. With eyes of concrete. You can feel alone, Speaking to the dead awaiting burial. We are the voided army. The commonality between destiny and destination. Yet, we have never been…
โI heard your voice the other day, It seemed lost somewhere among the cold; With the begging for you to stay, We became bitter and old I saw your face in the papers, Headlined “Lost, Heartbroken and Used”; With the machines, you’re now one of the makers, We came too far be this confused I…
โExpired hearts, They mean nothing Just passed time that beat us to the end They mean nothing, Just passing through the ones who used us most, And though time has gone by, the have gotten stronger with every beat Just pass the oceans to bigger and brighter places, And though the world seems so small…
โHe never said what colors we would see, Only that if we saw them that we were blessed, In whichever arrangement we find our flowers, they are pleasantly presented to us at our go arounds She was up in the middle of the night, holding onto to him one last time for her dearest life,…
When; With every word… You say these things to me, All I hear is goodbye I; Looking out on the night… When said those words to you, All you hear is goodnight Breathe; I want to find you again… Contorted to know, All my dreams follow You; I know you’re somewhere out there… That it…
โThe only words worth knowing Are those which coming flowing From women with blind ears The color of which has faced saturation from the loss of their balance And no father would ever leave their children behind if the mothers never lost faith in the words of love So where are we now versus the…