Leeds 81

Leeds 81

You never showed yourself to me...

But maybe you passed me by!

Did I witness hatred in your soul?

See death within your eye!

I'd walked the many backstreets

Passed the red walls smoked in black

It never crossed my mind

That you might stab me in the back!

A kind of strange distraction

Just a twist to show you can

That maybe out of boredom

You would choose to kill a man

You wandered unknown freely

You were hunted high and low

Posters pleaded "FIND HIM"

And the search for you did grow

I strolled the streets at night time

My eyes watched out for you

Could I be the destined one

That stopped the things you do

I'd see you there about your work

And take a brick in hand

Then bash that brick upon your head

Above you proudly stand

I'd witness rage below you 

From a horror scene of hate

Could I have been her hero?

If I'd not have come too late

But then the papers showed us

That the monster had been caught

You looked nothing like a demon

Or the devil I had sought

In fact you looked pathetic 

Just a man beneath a beard

I'd imagined Mr Hyde

At least somebody weird!

Is that why you defected?

Did you need to be a name?

Did your god do all the killing?

And leave you to take the blame!

Or did you just find power

In the softness under touch?

And find that you enjoyed it far too much!

Reap What You've Sown

Reap What You Sow

What the hell is wrong with you?

Is death what you live for?

You... The killers of innocents

The takers of life

Psychotic soldiers,  brainwashed with lies

Equipped with your guns!

Trigger fingers twitching

Preparing your bombs!

With the coward button wired

Are you happy with what you're achieving?

The spreading of hate, of anger and pain

With your threatening chantings of terror and fear

In praise of a god who has abandoned you

A god who no longer cares?

Yet prepares your very own downfall!

Cover your face 

Wash clean the blood that is staining your hands

Look to the skies that will rain with your war

And reap every seed you have sown 

Media Propaganda

Media Propaganda 

Call me a fool but I don't understand

I wonder if someone might lend me a hand

Can anyone out there please kindly explain

Convince me that others are feeling my pain

I turn on the news and I'm filled with a rage

In newspapers "death" highlights each page

An advert on tv shows children in need

The next promotes football a sport rife with greed

Wars they are fought with no outcome in sight

This god and that god "You all can't be right"

Maybe you all need to live your own lives

And not play this game in which no one survives 

I am sick to the stomach of seeing such hate

I guess that a time-out has been called too late

I can't close my eyes and pretend I don't see

Surely others feel similar to me!

A feeling so helpless and one of concern

The fact is that man is too stupid to learn!

His days are numbered, his ending is nigh

And he is too dumb to know why!

One Needs...

One Needs... 

One needs... the resurrection

A spark to fire the heart

One needs a little helping hand

A push to help him start

And when somebody knocks him down

He has to rise again

And face once more his mountain built of pain

One needs... a voice of comfort

A whispered word of truth

One needs to carry memories

Of times he spent in youth

And when he feels there's nothing left

He then can turn back time

And thread the very footsteps cast as mine

One needs... some inspiration

A place where he is free

One needs to have a little faith

To find and turn the key

And when it seems that all is wrong

His darkness turns to light

Then he is shown the path he chose was right

Today While You Shine

Today While You Shine

If TODAY... I make you smile
Then my day has been worth WHILE
As when YOU smile to others bright
The day will SHINE a golden light
And as that light begins to beam
A billion smiles shall be seen
All because I smiled at you
The whole world smiled too

Highs of Nature

Highs of Nature 

When you need to get high
As your world is so low
Its proof of the limits the spirit will go
As once you are THERE
And you've reached to the top
Beware of the heights and your guaranteed drop 
But breathe in the air... Escape to a view 
Then wonderful things shall be planted in you
Inspiration... A need to excel
The gifts born of nature will serve just as well
As all that is free comes delivered to you
And a cleansed soul will then see you on through

The ONE

The ONE

I released her like a bird
I loved her... so I set her free
Then I would know if she was the ONE...
By her flying back home to me
If she did... Then I would embrace her
As her heart had returned to me
If not... Then I was the one released
As WE were not mean't to be