a whole lot of nothing say where you been gone, the only thing I know is that the end is a coming, leading us along, party at your house but the doors are all locked and windows boarded up, weeds in the garden they told us not to stay, told us to grow up but…
Thus ends…
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 retreated, energy sapped by drought, Deflated, negated, A simple progression fated comes about, This mortal…
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 The flotsam and leftovers, Of the lost and the gone, Are tearing at the souls…
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 Searching for that lull, That interconnectedness that falls sometimes Where your feet are part of…
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 roll from square to square, As checkmate nears, we face our fears One last push…
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 From your space to mine From your space to mine, Share a little of the…
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 trying to find the way to go Express yourself and walk away, No other truth…
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, On the page, I’ve got the woodland misty blues, And why should I not pick…
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 all the best They are rattling empty bottles and complaining of the low Now come…
traction fragments
Are you going in? 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 need to bother, It’ll sort itself out. Take care of 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 the walls Paint is fading and I’m watching while I’m waiting… Holding on to pictures…
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 the dimness miss each other’s features, As darkness marks the faces of us creatures Feck…
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 life spills from my hands When i try to make demands.. The morning is yawning…
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 now as it turns away, Like you don’t know what you want to say. See…
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 lose if you hear too much truth. Choosing a road, hatching a plan, Navigate ways,…
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 layers Peeling back the skin Damaged from the tear Healing by your skill In our…
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 ring Just ready to forgive me Still swallowed by the tide so deep, yeah Fell…
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 long This weak old man was once just as strong Gather up those thoughts Harvest…
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 smile And you know how to use it smile you know just how to use…
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 beat and call, Fought for miles, sat down to sigh, Where the dew will fall.…