No Escape

Written sometime in March '11, I think.
Yay for depressing-ness! ;)


No Escape

She's in her bedroom
Tryin' to drown out the sound
Of her angry parents
Shouting each other out

She has a world where
Everything's okay
But it's a place
She can't manage to stay


'Cause even though she says
She is lost in her dreams
In a world where all
Is not quite as it seems
She's painfully aware of her reality,
Believing in dreams,
More a lie and formality
Because there is no escape, not in dreams.


She sees his girlfriend.
She's perfect for sure
But all that she wishes
Is that he'd look at her

She could dance with Prince Charming
Along in her dreams
But deep down she knows
She's falling out at the seams


'Cause even though she says
She is lost in her dreams
In a world where all
Is not quite as it seems
She's painfully aware of her reality,
Believing in dreams,
More a lie and formality
Because there is no escape, not in dreams.


LIfe can be beautiful
But it isn't always
We've all seen the clouds
Wished for better days.

But her last fortress
Is crumbling away
While she frantically fights
To make it stay


'Cause even though she says
She is lost in her dreams
In a world where all
Is not quite as it seems
She's painfully aware of her reality,
Believing in dreams,
More a lie and formality
Because there is no escape, not in dreams.


You'd never know it
Looking at her
In the rush of life,
She gets caught in the blur

But if you look closely,
I think that you'd find
That all her dreams left her
Are tears in her eyes.

There is no escape, not in dreams.

I Can't Believe

Written 7/8 of Jan 2011



I Can't Believe


After all that you have done,
I can’t believe that you could care.

It’s not that I don’t want it,
I want nothing else.
And it seems that this relationship
Is the one making you jealous.
Three years I spent, fighting for you,
Being ignored, and wishing you would care.
So forgive me if it’s hard to believe
That you were there
All along.

It’s all that I could wish for,
It would be a dream come true.
But baby, I just can’t believe it
After all you’ve put me through.
You could have had me at your slightest word,
Which you know full well.
So if you loved me all this time,
Why would you never tell?

It doesn’t make any sense.
Which leaves me with only one choice.
After all of your denial, I have to ask myself why
I was almost tricked by a desirable, beautiful lie.

I want to believe it,
Trust me darling, I do.
I’ve tried to be with other guys,
But the only one I see is you.
But time after time
I fell and you didn’t catch me.
So forgive me if I’m less likely to believe.
I would drown in sadness until you cared,
But you’re fine with watching me suffer.

It’s all that I could wish for,
It would be a dream come true.
But baby, I just can’t believe it
After all you’ve put me through.
You could have had me at your slightest word,
Which you know full well.
So if you loved me all this time,
Why would you never tell?

It doesn’t make any sense.
Which leaves me with only one choice.
After all of your denial, I have to ask myself why
I was almost tricked by a desirable, beautiful lie.


Forgive me for liking you too much,
And I’ll forgive you for not liking me enough.
Forgive me for the way I notice you,
And I’ll forgive you for never noticing me.
Forgive me for being weak,
And I’ll forgive you for taking advantage of it.
Forgive me for not being able to let go,
And I’ll forgive you for never holding on.

It’s all that I could wish for,
It would be a dream come true.
But baby, I just can’t believe it
After all you’ve put me through.
You could have had me at your slightest word,
Which you know full well.
So if you loved me all this time,
Why would you never tell?

It doesn’t make any sense,
Which leaves me with only one choice.
After all of your denial, I have to ask myself why
I was almost tricked by a desirable, beautiful lie.

After all that you have done,
I wish I could believe that you care.

Excerpts from Lyonism: Graphic Novella ;)

Here's some stuff I did with my friend and wifey Haley Hanzawa for an english/art project. Enjoy :D

(Note: If you click on the pictures, they'll open bigger so you can read them.)