The Glimpse
the silent, numb stare
as you gently fall apart
once close at hand
not anymore
replacing, robbing away
so profound and fragile
the love we have denied
we secretly lied to each other
islands far from view
we smile, we forget
the good and the bad things
strange how it works
how love unfolds, when it’s all gone
the hurting, sweet glimpse.
look, it’s all gone it’s all gone.
The Labyrinth of Nighted Silence
I have no real memories
I have no real knowledge
I’m the dazed and the disappointed
I’m the barren and the broken
Here’s the rabbit hole I’ve been diggin’
Here’s the loneliness
I have to bear with
My decaying house with high ceilings
And outside, the giant trees with no end in sight
The sun and the moon playing hide and seek
Behind the blue leaves of uncertainty
I lie down on grass and dream of things
That are so distant and obscure
Some old snapshots of the sunny world
beyond the endless forests
I wander the labyrinth of nighted silence
Frantic
In my solitude
I could rest no more
I went down the road
to the neighborhood
Above the giant trees
Into the outer sky
Grows the tall black tower
I resolved to climb
How long’s the day
How long’s the night
Doesn’t matter when
you can’t keep alive
How loud you talk
How hard you try
Doesn’t matter when
you can’t keep alive
In my solitude
I could rest no more
I went down the road
to the neighborhood
I will scale the tower
So I can glimpse the sky
And if I fall and die
I won’t really mind
The Things
Things I’ve done
They’re never gone
They’re scattered all the way
The kitchen floor
The cracked wall
Paint is peeling off
I stumble over
some chest of drawers
some scraps of paper
in the back of my mind
another life…
Please forgive the angry words
The times I fell, and never rose
The day I didn’t show some love
I never meant to leave you alone
I can’t pretend to be that strong
I think you’ve broken all my bones
But there’s one thing I know
I never thought that
love could be so wrong
Climb
I go brick by brick
No sign of weariness
I cling to footholds
in the swell of darkness
I got to climb
Oh, I got to climb
Well I’m terrified
What if I lose the grip
What if I catch no light
and I sink down deep?
Still I climb
Oh I got to climb
I’m ten feet tall now
I swear, I’m ten feet tall
I’ll be growing taller
‘till my hands get sore
I got to climb
Oh, I got to climb
I’m the unwept, the unhonored,
I’m the man unsung
I’ll pull away the curtain
and unveil the scars
I got to climb
Oh, I got to climb
Ghost Town
On solid ground, I stagger out,
upon the gravel path
The ancient stone church
striving against the moonlight
The forgotten roads, the empty bars
ruins and failures of a lifetime
I seem to recall the broken saturday nights
And all the fucking words
I whispered in your ear
softly spoken, deep in love
where have they gone?
I’m lost in a ghost town
sullen and worn
I’ll be racing the night
‘till I find the way home
I hear small music
from the broken windows
This is where I lived
This is where I learned
I’d walk up and down
doing time on the streets
I feel nothing’s changed
and I have got nothing to lose
but myself
and I feel nothing’s changed
I’m lost in a ghost town
sullen and worn
I’ll be racing the night
‘till I find the way home
The House
Stealing moments from the open windows
I found the treasure within my reach
The house where people meet
and pour joie de vivre
I’m stepping in
Wounded Heart
From a single bright moment of hope
to the blackest convulsion of despair
The lighted room becomes all dark
I see your face, quickly, among the crying masks
Just like the day I saw you ride in the car
totally random
and it was too fast to acknowledge
too fast for anything but a broken heart
that stays with us forever, yet another one
like a scar on the arm and i sing in my head…
now i turn around, you’ve disappeared
everybody ran away in shock
and all that’s left is an empty room
with a wounded heart
The Shards
The shards, by the light of the moon
I’m weeping out the anger,
the hurtache the dead life
I swear, you did me no harm
I thought you did
But here I am empty, weightless
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Marco Machera 