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Diana van der Westhuizen
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From The Get
tag:12160.info,2013-04-26:2649739:Topic:1183539
2013-04-26T01:49:06.542Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
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<p>From The Get</p>
<p>April 25, 2013</p>
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<p>back in mommies womb already groomed<br></br>like a thorn rights ripped torn<br></br>twinkle in daddys a stain on the sheet<br></br>thought form wavelength frequency in fact<br></br>youre infinite all that except programmed<br></br>but you dont know it chemicals spill<br></br>just pop a pill shit vaccinate <br></br>junk makes dna aspartame<br></br><br></br>CHORUS<br></br>from the get<br></br>in a ringer<br></br>from the get<br></br>suffring lingers<br></br>from the get<br></br>slave to the…</p>
<p>From The Get</p>
<p>April 25, 2013</p>
<p></p>
<p>back in mommies womb already groomed<br/>like a thorn rights ripped torn<br/>twinkle in daddys a stain on the sheet<br/>thought form wavelength frequency in fact<br/>youre infinite all that except programmed<br/>but you dont know it chemicals spill<br/>just pop a pill shit vaccinate <br/>junk makes dna aspartame<br/><br/>CHORUS<br/>from the get<br/>in a ringer<br/>from the get<br/>suffring lingers<br/>from the get<br/>slave to the machine<br/>from the get<br/>brain gets clean<br/><br/>nothin but a dream an illusion indeed<br/>corporate greed cant notice<br/>but babies show us wheres your focus<br/>where can it be its me<br/>the center of attention a win is a win<br/>injustice system us against them<br/>school system a meat grinder <br/>repeat what youre told it's getting old<br/><br/>CHORUS<br/><br/>get ready ta die stress sent via<br/>fluoride a by product of aluminum<br/>toxic nauseous but then again lead<br/>added to gasoline mercury fillings<br/>get your daily dose chemtrail laid low<br/>poison swallow subliminals<br/>walt disney lethality <br/>but we dont need cookie cut cousins<br/>creepy reptilians wishing were kissing<br/>getting picked on peaked at dawn <br/>stupid pawns done and bleed<br/>but we dont need shit down our throats<br/>agendas for corporations <br/>they fake data for donations<br/>the vatican is rich ya wonder<br/>lightning thunder cracks<br/>christ crash break the rash<br/>of insanity stuck in a trans<br/>can't grasp it goddamnit<br/>a lost land but it gets better<br/>fuck this tether with dignity<br/>fuck the man yeah bring it<br/>pendulums where it belongs <br/>way to long lead with song<br/>evils gone<br/><br/></p>
Perpetual State Of Awake (original poem/lyrics)
tag:12160.info,2012-05-25:2649739:Topic:862816
2012-05-25T06:02:20.913Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Perpetual State Of Awake</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Blue pill, melancholy, slumbering</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">red pill, fired up, awakening</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">high wire, low wire, puzzling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">want to be a live wire, electricity</span></p>
<p align="center"> …</p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Perpetual State Of Awake</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Blue pill, melancholy, slumbering</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">red pill, fired up, awakening</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">high wire, low wire, puzzling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">want to be a live wire, electricity</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Down trodden, up trodden, stumbling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">awaking, slowly quaking to reality</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">matrix, spider web unraveling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">red pill lost its thrill, insanity</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Out of the blue into a crimson sphere</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">alight the soul, greater mysteries unfold</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">eyes wide shut, to awaken slow</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">in a perpetual state of awake</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">dark and light, virtual</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Too much gloom in the room of doom</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">wicked men revel, clinging to shadows</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">feeding the turbulent lake, men do make</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">lay claim to souls wandering, in the shallows</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">With all things decaying, there is a rebirth</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">with each dieing breath, one more angel is born</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">arcane, mind bending, inscrutable</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">the seeker does see, a rose without thorns</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Out of the blue into a crimson sphere</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">alight the soul, greater mysteries unfold</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">eyes wide shut to awaken slow</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">in a perpetual state of awake</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">dark and light, virtual</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Positive, negative.... attracting</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">like a proton needs a counterpart</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">an electron charge, energy manifesting</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">filling up the void of an uncharged heart</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Blue pill, melancholy, slumbering</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">red pill, fired up, awakening</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">high wire, low wire puzzling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">want to be a live wire, electricity</span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">out of the blue into a crimson sphere</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">alight the soul, greater mysteries unfold</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">eyes wide shut to awaken slow</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">in a perpetual state of awake</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">dark and light, virtual</span></p>
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A Band of Gypsies Wander
tag:12160.info,2012-01-31:2649739:Topic:761818
2012-01-31T01:04:19.597Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>The following is a poem I began writing in high school(circa 1983) and finished in 2000</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A Band of Gypsies Wander</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A bone chilling wind blows from the north. There is mystic magic in the air, somewhere in between good and evil, helping some and cursing others. A band of gypsies wander.…</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>The following is a poem I began writing in high school(circa 1983) and finished in 2000</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A Band of Gypsies Wander</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A bone chilling wind blows from the north. There is mystic magic in the air, somewhere in between good and evil, helping some and cursing others. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">A crescent moon is hanging, glowing in the midnight blue. Beneath it strange things are happening while band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Many eyes shine in the darkness, an ancient power at work. A crystal ball begins to glow and a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In the hills, a fog lowers and a smoky mist covers the ground, unseen, as they continue on, a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In a rickety, old wagon, two lovers share a kiss. The same goes on throughout the caravan. And the aged wagons roll ever onward, a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Snow falls upon the frozen ground, though a campfire keeps them warm. Stopping for the night to rest their souls. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Being pushed or pulled, they know not, but knowing they must go on. No home for these wayward ones, a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Tarot cards are drawn and read, the future now unfolds. Somewhere over the distant plane, they will find their home. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The temperature drops, lower yet, bodies shiver though they have hope. Using their powers over the mind, they must continue on. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Days pass, weeks, then years, the wagons yet move on. Many moons upon this trail, a relentless quest this must seem. Yet a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Generations pass as the pilgrimage leads on. The old ones teaching the new ones, the old ways, always cheerful, they continue on. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Many graves along the way, they die with hope filled hearts. For they know that someday this quest will end. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In the stars, the cards and their crystal balls, they all see the Promised Land. Searching for this utopia, this “El Dorado” with unwavering minds. A band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">They’ve cut through forests, climbed mountains of snow. Crossed barren deserts and golden plains. Seeking what was foretold, so long ago, a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">On a mild, autumn night, under a smiling moon, all is silent but the sound of wagons crossing the land. As a passing shadow catches the eye, a band of gypsies wander.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Still, a band of gypsies wander…………………………………………………</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">© 2000 Thom Daniels</p>
When Will We Realise?
tag:12160.info,2011-10-23:2649739:Topic:693118
2011-10-23T20:54:33.475Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
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<p>Below is a spoken word version of our song "Premature Burial"..</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace all!</p>
<p> </p>
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<span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/o-r-m-e/premature-burial-spoken-word">Premature Burial (Spoken Word)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/o-r-m-e">O.R.M.E.</a></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Premature Burial</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">No bad dream, or nightmare could ever be as bad as this…</p>
<p>Below is a spoken word version of our song "Premature Burial"..</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Peace all!</p>
<p> </p>
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<span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/o-r-m-e/premature-burial-spoken-word">Premature Burial (Spoken Word)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/o-r-m-e">O.R.M.E.</a></span></p>
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<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Premature Burial</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">No bad dream, or nightmare could ever be as bad as this</p>
<p align="center">Freezing darkness - a cataleptic fit</p>
<p align="center">Words he wants to utter shall never pass his lips</p>
<p align="center">‘Till he wakes up in confinement and the scream begins</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">The claustrophobic tension of the coffin of this rhyme</p>
<p align="center">Was nailed in with gratuity, a reflection of the times</p>
<p align="center">The rhyme is but a symptom of a greater truth</p>
<p align="center">A truth we ought to utter but we shall never prove</p>
<p align="center">‘Till we wake up in our lifetime and the scream begins</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Above, the air is cool</p>
<p align="center">Pale sky burning red at the edge of the world</p>
<p align="center">As the crow says “goodnight” and the dark cedar shade</p>
<p align="center">Hides the brightest part</p>
<p align="center">From the rat on the grave</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">What gives them the right to undermine our freedom?</p>
<p align="center">What gives them the right to take away our rights?</p>
<p align="center">A slow erosion over years of every value we hold dear</p>
<p align="center">And we can’t stay calm in the thickening of fear.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">In divided nations it’s not hard</p>
<p align="center">To break the weaker branches in half</p>
<p align="center">Before their cries of outrage start</p>
<p align="center">You subjugate the weaker hearts</p>
<p align="center">With promises you never keep</p>
<p align="center">And laws to make the angels weep,</p>
<p align="center">Lies to hide the rot inside</p>
<p align="center">Your Ivory which towers high:</p>
<p align="center">Though you still sit on the grave</p>
<p align="center">With all your greed you have betrayed</p>
<p align="center">Those you hear deep underneath</p>
<p align="center">Whose muffled screams are those of need</p>
<p align="center">In panic as freedom’s buried alive</p>
<p align="center">And at long last they realise.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Above, the air is cool</p>
<p align="center">Pale sky burning red at the edge of the world</p>
<p align="center">As the crow says “goodnight” and the dark cedar shade</p>
<p align="center">Hides the brightest part</p>
<p align="center">From the rat on the grave</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">If the claustrophobic tension of the coffin of this rhyme</p>
<p align="center">Was nailed in with gratuity, vibrating with the times</p>
<p align="center">The rhyme is but a symptom of a greater truth</p>
<p align="center">A truth we ought to utter that we shall never prove</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">That we shall never prove</p>
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<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> Words and music by Orbitally Re-Arranged Monatomic Elements</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
Stooge is on the Loose
tag:12160.info,2011-10-12:2649739:Topic:686472
2011-10-12T21:58:18.851Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
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<p>Here's some tongue and cheeky lyrics I wrote quite awhile back to a really quirky, rocking tune that the drummer in my band "Throwing Stones" came up with. It's a fun song but behind it all is a message too :)</p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the Loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Thinks he’s divine</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Like Betty…</span></p>
<p>Here's some tongue and cheeky lyrics I wrote quite awhile back to a really quirky, rocking tune that the drummer in my band "Throwing Stones" came up with. It's a fun song but behind it all is a message too :)</p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the Loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Thinks he’s divine</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Like Betty Crocker</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Cooking, he’s so fine</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Got the right moves</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Always shaking the bacon</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">But he lost the groove</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He drives a Porsche</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Always driving fast</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">But inside there’s no force</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Another suit</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Choking the chicken</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Doing the pigeon too</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u>Chorus</u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u> </u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is in the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Riding lightning</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">But he’s losing juice</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Got nothing to lose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He’s a viper</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stalking you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">His politics</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Tricky dick</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Is screwing everything</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Money is his fix</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">There’s a gold chain</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Wrapped around his neck</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">No dignity</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stepping on the toes</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Of society</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He’s getting rich</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Off the common man</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Always selling you a pitch</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u>Chorus</u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u> </u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is in the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Riding lightning</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">But he’s losing juice</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Got nothing to lose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He’s a viper</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stalking you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u> </u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">It’s flaky Jake</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Riding off</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">A bet, another stake</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He passes on</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">All his debts</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">The skunk is on your lawn</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Hey new age man</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Thinks he’s got it all</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">The master plan</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He’s such a douche…bag</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Jolly green big giant</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stuck in his own goo</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u>Chorus</u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><u> </u></span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is in the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Riding lightning</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">But he’s losing juice</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Got nothing to lose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">He’s a viper</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stalking you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Stooge is on the loose</span></p>
<p align="center"><u> </u></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"> </p>
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Splintered
tag:12160.info,2011-09-30:2649739:Topic:679255
2011-09-30T21:37:32.272Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
https://12160.info/profile/Dianavanderwesthuizen
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Splintered</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">How many times can a human divide</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Better look in the mirror</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">And see the splinter inside</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Is your two-faced mind giving you a mind hack?…</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Splintered</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">How many times can a human divide</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Better look in the mirror</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">And see the splinter inside</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Is your two-faced mind giving you a mind hack?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Got your fingers pointing outward always ready for attack</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">There’s a fracture in the soul, growing old</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Division bell tolls</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">For even those in the know</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The mighty ship is sailing but it’s sailing of course</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Captain’s lost his way, something else has taken hold</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Chorus</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Sabotaging the mission</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">When there’s too much division</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The ship slowly sinking</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">And now we’re splintered</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Have we forgotten the fight?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> Setting differences aside</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Common ground to unite</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">But still we splinter</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Eye on the trigger and a bullet in the eye</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Lines becoming blurred</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Going ballistic inside</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The captain’s mast is now without a rhyme or cast</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The crew abandoned ship; they jumped the ship real fast</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Ship is cargo laden, a charily lot</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Captain steers unaided</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Has he lost the plot?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">A deck full of splinters, wreckage on the floor</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Ship weathered and battered crashes on the shore</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Chorus</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Sabotaging the mission</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">When there’s too much division</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The ship slowly sinking</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">And now we’re splintered</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Have we forgotten the fight?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Setting differences aside</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Common ground to unite</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">But still we splinter</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Bridge</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Can you see the sunken ship in the distance?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">And the crew adrift in a sea of turbulence</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The captain is screaming “mutiny”</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The sailors retort “Stop your tyranny”</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">“We will rise above this storm unbounded and free.”</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">“We will rise above, down with tyranny”</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">When bridges are burned there’s no escape route</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Battling with the devil</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">From the inside out</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">You cast off your mates like a game, what a shame</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Jokers got your tongue and the king you became</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">As autumn falls and the leaves kiss the sky</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The broke and wearied crew</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Ask the question “why”</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Why the captain got drunk on the powers at sea?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Absolute power corrupts absolutely</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Chorus</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Sabotaging the mission</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">When there’s too much division</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The ship slowly sinking</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">And now we’re splintered</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Have we forgotten the fight?</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Setting differences aside</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">Common ground to unite</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">But still we splinter</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-3">The End</span></p>
Captain BS
tag:12160.info,2011-08-11:2649739:Topic:562048
2011-08-11T18:57:40.202Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
https://12160.info/profile/Dianavanderwesthuizen
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Captain BS</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Opinions…. Are one thing</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">But if you think you know it all</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">You don’t know anything</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Your head is….. Inflating</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Lego…</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Captain BS</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Opinions…. Are one thing</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">But if you think you know it all</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">You don’t know anything</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Your head is….. Inflating</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Lego that ego</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">You’re too proud</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Spewing out BS</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">All day long</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Chorus</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span><span class="font-size-4">Paging captain know-it-all</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Gonna save us from ourselves</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Behind the bully pulpit</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Acting like a prophet</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">From a planet full of Muppets</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Mental….. Masturbation</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Rambling like a fool</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Without hesitation</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">He thrives on…. Stirring up the pot</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Got you spinning</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Like a top</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Don’t know which way</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Is down or which is up</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Chorus</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<span class="font"> <span class="font-size-4">Paging captain know-it-all</span><br />
</span><p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Gonna save us from ourselves</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Behind the bully pulpit</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Acting like a prophet</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">From a planet full of Muppets</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Solo</span> </p>
<br />
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">He’s pushing…. The right buttons</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Diversionist</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">That’s his function</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">He’s playing….God once again</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Pointing his finger</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Right at you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Quick to tell you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">What to do</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Chorus</span></p>
<p><span class="font"> </span></p>
<p><span class="font"> </span><span class="font-size-4">Paging captain know-it-all</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Gonna save us from ourselves</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Behind the bully pulpit</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Acting like a prophet</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">From a planet full of Muppets</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4">Outro</span></p>
Silly Putty
tag:12160.info,2011-08-08:2649739:Topic:551718
2011-08-08T19:05:46.928Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
https://12160.info/profile/Dianavanderwesthuizen
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-2">Here's some song lyrics I wrote for one of my bands songs. This song is about a very sensitive subject, depression. I believe by opening up about the darkness and pain caused by depression is the key with coping with it. This is therapeutic for me and I hope that if anbody out there is suffering inside because of depression, this song may strike a chord with you. You are not alone.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> …</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-2">Here's some song lyrics I wrote for one of my bands songs. This song is about a very sensitive subject, depression. I believe by opening up about the darkness and pain caused by depression is the key with coping with it. This is therapeutic for me and I hope that if anbody out there is suffering inside because of depression, this song may strike a chord with you. You are not alone.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Silly Putty</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The cold of November</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Comes knocking once again</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">I feel the chill cut through me</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The knife it’s freezing</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Another winters dawning</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The sun lays down her head</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">In the dark my heart is sinking</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The sky is painted red</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">My soul like silly putty</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Being stretched out and back again</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The blues coming and going</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Like an old, familiar friend</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">I’m fighting with my old demons</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Struggling, to close the door</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The past sometimes is haunting</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Rattling bones, under the floor</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Mad stupor revolving</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">I’m coping like before</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">There’s a message in the bottle</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Telling me head for the door</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">My soul like silly putty</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Being stretched out and back again</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The blues coming and going</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Like an old, familiar friend</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The winds of November</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Come howling, once again</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Inside, I am trembling</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Like a leaf in the wind</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Gotta pick myself back up</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Shake off anxiety</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span><span class="font-size-4">The fear is all consuming</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Dancing with insanity</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">My soul like silly putty</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Being stretched out and back again</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">The blues coming and going</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4">Like an old, familiar friend</span></p>
Paper God
tag:12160.info,2011-08-07:2649739:Topic:548083
2011-08-07T16:43:31.494Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
https://12160.info/profile/Dianavanderwesthuizen
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-2">I just wrote these lyrics and hope to put them to a song here soon. I think the lyrics speak for themselves.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Another ten cent millionaire…</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-2">I just wrote these lyrics and hope to put them to a song here soon. I think the lyrics speak for themselves.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Another ten cent millionaire</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Throwing around money</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Like he just don’t care</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Big mansion of superiority</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Masking his inadequacy</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Following a facade</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> Playing with a Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, fooling you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, got you drooling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, digging you deeper</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God…. Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, got you in debt</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, not glittering</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, burning up</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God…..Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Thinking you’re living large</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Underneath the surface</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Revealing deeper scars</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Casino living, playing machines</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Cheaper thrills and cheap dreams</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> Following a facade</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> Playing with a Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, fooling you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, got you drooling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, digging you deeper</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God…. Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, got you in debt</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, not glittering</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, burning up</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God…..Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">House of cards falling, loosing will</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">And now your trophy wife</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Is getting hooked on pills</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Your cards are all maxed out</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Your life falling apart</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Following a façade</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Playing with a Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, fooling you</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, got you drooling</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, digging you deeper</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God…. Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, got you in debt</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, not glittering</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God, burning up</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5">Paper God…..Paper God</span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"> </span></p>
Struggle for Power
tag:12160.info,2011-05-26:2649739:Topic:411169
2011-05-26T23:43:08.870Z
Diana van der Westhuizen
https://12160.info/profile/Dianavanderwesthuizen
<p align="center">I came home from working late last night</p>
<p align="center">Dead tired I stumbled through the door</p>
<p align="center">Sat down and watched a man on my TV</p>
<p align="center">Ask me for just a little more</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">I see a sadness in my young boys eyes</p>
<p align="center">How’d something so damn good get so off track</p>
<p align="center">You want to build your bridge upon his back</p>
<p align="center">But I see through your…</p>
<p align="center">I came home from working late last night</p>
<p align="center">Dead tired I stumbled through the door</p>
<p align="center">Sat down and watched a man on my TV</p>
<p align="center">Ask me for just a little more</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">I see a sadness in my young boys eyes</p>
<p align="center">How’d something so damn good get so off track</p>
<p align="center">You want to build your bridge upon his back</p>
<p align="center">But I see through your soul</p>
<p align="center">And I know it’s just your struggle for power</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">I woke up a little late today</p>
<p align="center">But when I opened up my eyes</p>
<p align="center">I saw that all your plans and policies</p>
<p align="center">Were just the best money could buy</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">My daughter stares out at the shining sea</p>
<p align="center">We watch the dream sail further out of reach</p>
<p align="center">You want her heart to try and fill your breach</p>
<p align="center">But I see through your soul</p>
<p align="center">And I know it’s just your struggle for power</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Take the money don’t ask why</p>
<p align="center">Hey it’s just a little lie</p>
<p align="center">It’s not what you do, it’s what you say</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">If someone takes the fall</p>
<p align="center">Just say you can’t recall</p>
<p align="center">No one out there gives a damn about it anyway</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Why has the truth become so hard to see</p>
<p align="center">A man without a conscience lives in shame</p>
<p align="center">Now how you ever gonna feel my pain</p>
<p align="center">When I see through your soul</p>
<p align="center">I know it’s just your struggle for power</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">I see through your soul</p>
<p align="center">Ah some men will do anything for power</p>
<p align="center">I see through your soul</p>
<p align="center">We can fix this with just a little more power</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">Take the money don’t ask why</p>
<p align="center">It was just a little lie</p>
<p align="center"> </p>