Recent Songs: The Long Defeat

The Long Defeat


Empire requiems and dirty sheets
I’ve been riding on the long defeat
Boot trampled rose in the blood soaked streets
All that I’ve lost and all that I seek
The worm in the bottle and the devil in the meat
Starved myself, faithful and effete
On the road less traveled, towards my masterpiece
I’ve been riding on the long defeat

Crumbs of love, a villain’s gluttony
A hateful longing, a nurse’s envy
Broke my heart so I could share a piece
And I’ve been riding on the long defeat
From the bread and water of a prisoner’s feast
To the loneliness brought by mended wings
Behind the frail bars of lustful dreams
I’ve been riding on the long defeat

Cracked bells falling like the fruit of old trees
I’ve been riding on the long defeat
Broken ring like the wail of unborn babies
Silence is the ghost of tomorrows yet to leave
Tied to the ship’s wheel between storm and reef
All that I’ve lost and all that I seek
The girl I’ll never have and the girl I cannot keep
I’ve been riding on the long defeat

Empire requiems and dirty sheets
I’ve been riding on the long defeat
On a pale horse fittingly named, “Prophecy”
Off the road less traveled, far from my masterpiece
Now I’m sweeping up the sidewalks after the parade leaves
In the loneliness brought by mended wings
And though I hang my spurs over this mantel of grief
Know that I’m still riding on the long defeat


September 20th, 2015