Thus ends the age of exploration
Now Rules of Grammar and stuffy constants constrain
Fixed and steady, RIGID and arbitrary
While whipped on a whippet of wind,
Deserted, rejected, injected and binned,
Age turns the skin inside out
And indoors …
Turlough
Turlough
Here comes the flood
The beat of rain in the dark,
Here comes the water,
Streams of pain make their mark.
A shoreline appears,
From the stone come angry waves,
A sinking in tears,
Of moments that nobody saves…
FUD
Fear Uncertainty Doubt
an outpouring of fragmented images and scattershot thought
Cathedral hum
Buzz of the racks of servers
Hooded servants tending to their machines
Absorbed in the satisfying drone
About their business bound
In the hush of the deserted…
streetegy
streetegy
[audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/streetegy.mp3|titles=streetegy]Your stare is following the sound
I can’t be found, I’m not around
And though we’re trying hard,
We’re losing touch, caught in this rush
We go moving up the board
For nothing much, the greater good.
We …
Another sidelong glance will suffice
it’s all consuming, rest assured
Out the other side for sure
We are beating all around the bush
Breaking bottles in a rush
Nearly ready to be fooled,
Prepare and sharpen your sharpest tools
Almost time to draw the line…
Distorted Expressions of Selfness
I’ve worked too long to let it go
My grip, the fit, the form, the flow,
Holding on and holding off for something slow
Words, a theme, some random tune,
Your smile, my frown, the cresent moon,
Hanging on and …
Scattershot (blues)
Tumbleweed,
On you lead.
Rainshower,
On the hour.
I’ve got the grey-day roundabout blues,
And why should I not pick and choose?
The city closes in again you lose.
Scattershot me, living askew
Raw Power,
In a cage,
Dead Flower,…
Onfeedence
onfeedence
Money in the meter,
Honey in my head
Money in the meter,
Frozen in my bed
Hardly in the moment
Hurry, get ahead, but
Barely any movement,
Somewhere else instead.
And oh the restless guests they are not feeling …
traction fragments
traction fragments
Good grip in these tires.
Good shit, as far as it goes.
But I cannot keep it lit.
A cliche that won’t hurt a bit.
Easy now, in it goes.
A spot of blood on your clothes.
No …
Room to move
CH: C G Am F (with variations)
Standing in a queue
People doing what they do
Headphones blocking out the sound
It’s like there’s no-one else around
Outside everything seems fine
Pople standing in a line.
Paint is fading on …
Cultural Evolution
Feck it! We’ll throw the empty books on the fire,
And feck them! While they burn we’ll be warm.
But it won’t be long before the flames dip down,
And we lose all sight of shape and form.
And in …
spilling over
Up at the dawn with an eye to the breeze
Still half asleep with a head full of dreams
The cool air is clear here it fills up my lungs
The night put behind me left speaking in tongues
And …
Easy in your own skin?
Are you easy
In your own skin?
Does it take a lot of work
just to feel that you fit in?
Should we try this hard to be ourselves
When the force distorts our simple loves?
I see your gaze …
Falling through cracks
[audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fallingThroughCracks.mp3|titles=fallingThroughCracks]
V1
He knows knothing about things like this,
Drifting along in a twist.
Falling behind, failing to find,
A place that will give peace of mind
He’s just a trier, too honest to boot,
What you have you can …
Damage Control Central (Take a Shot)
Demo (Fragment): [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/takeAShot.mp3|titles=takeAShot]
Come take a shot at it
Target you can’t miss
In your crosshairs still
If you don’t I will
In your hands I see a weapon
In your eyes I see a light
Come lift away the …
Off the Ledge
Demo:[audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/FallingNotFlying4.mp3|titles=Off the Ledge]
G E F
Fell out of a window
G E F
Fell way out into the sea
Where waves of isolation
Drag everything away from me
Thought I heard a bird sing
But it was your alarm …
Showtime
Demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Show.mp3|titles=Show]
Leave your shack,
Can’t look back,
Feet falling as they cover cracks
Time to move my mindset, and move it right
Fight the dying rays of this fading light
So you’re so young now
But it won’t last …
fIre and nIce
Fire smile light touch time
You got more fire
Than you you know how to deal with
Fire,
Than you know how to deal with
(you got more) Fire
Than you know how to keep inside
You got a great …
Singalong Blues
[audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/SINGAL.mp3|titles=Singalong Blues (Take 1)]
Am G F#/G
If you had heard half a song,
Turned and went to run,
A road that stretches on and on,
Before your days are done.
If you had listened for a while,
Felt the …
Now and Then
Sleepwalking,
Eavesdropping-
Move on by
Keep talking,
Eyes moving,
Come on in.
Still standing,
Crash landing,
Cannot fly
Find something
Gone missing,
Now and then.…