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Live Without the Lies by ~Berhane-Negus:iconBerhane-Negus:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Spiritual > Song




LIVE WITHOUT THE LIES

The metal has rusted
And the golden paint has chipped away
And until you lift your blinding veil
There’s nothing else to say

I ask, what good is change
If you’ve thrown it all away
But still I’ll say I’m sorry
That it all turned out this way

Now you’re left to fix your woes on your own
You’ve cast aside the help to live your own way
And it’s up to you to decide
What will be written in stone

The metal has rusted
And the golden paint has chipped away
And until you remove your gilded mask
There’s nothing else to say

I’m sure one way or another
You’ll find Heaven from Hell
But if that day should come too late
You can only blame yourself

‘Till then I’ll be watching
From a distance with love
For you to reach that place
You keep on speaking of

The metal has rusted
And the golden paint has chipped away
And until you can speak without a silver tongue
There’s nothing else to say

You’ll find your answer
When you look reality in the eyes
But old demons are never far behind
Unless you can live without the lies
©2009 ~Berhane-Negus
:iconberhane-negus:

Author's Comments

This is a deeply personal piece about which I won't go into much detail; it is inspired by real events, but of course I'm using imagery to convey reality. This has nothing to do with anyone on here, so there's no need to worry or speculate. The point of the song is already there: Dishonesty can never lead to good karma in life. Beyond that, I'll leave the rest up to your own interpretation.

As with my last song, combined influences are found here: Johnny Cash, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Joe Strummer, and Bill Withers. It was Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" which provided the initial inspiration and the styles found in Cash's 2002/03 rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "Further On Up the Road" (released in 2006 after Cash's death on the "American V: A Hundred Highways" album) and Strummer's "Long Shadow" which helped flesh out the song and get the ideas here into full swing. In a nutshell, this song was written in the spirit of dark Folk or Alternative Country.

Rather than album art for a preview image here, I felt a picture of the artist who served as the main guide for these lyrics would be most fitting. Though I'm unsure who took the photo, this picture of Johnny Cash can be found here: [link]

Please enjoy.

Peace and love,
Spence

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*LauraJeanZ Apr 17, 2009, 4:41:14 PM
Spence I :heart: this. Really.

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the gig is up
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~hObBiTzWiLlEatYou Apr 17, 2009, 8:58:10 PM
"And until you can speak without a silver tongue
There’s nothing else to say" I have to keep this with me...

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...Light Upon Light :heart:
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~Berhane-Negus Apr 18, 2009, 7:30:27 PM
Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you like it!! Thank you for faving it!

--
"The harder they come, the harder they fall." -Jimmy Cliff
We stand by you, Jark! No matter what!
FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN...Vaginal sex can wait
Rudie can't fail, bitches
:iconberhane-negus:
~Berhane-Negus Apr 18, 2009, 7:30:51 PM
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like it...

--
"The harder they come, the harder they fall." -Jimmy Cliff
We stand by you, Jark! No matter what!
FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN...Vaginal sex can wait
Rudie can't fail, bitches
:iconas87fanwriter:
~AS87fanwriter Apr 26, 2009, 9:53:34 PM
I would love to create some music for that. It's so sad... and I feel something familiar when I read it. I'm sorry you had to feel this way in your life, but I'm glad you created this wonderful poetry out of it.

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>.>

<.<

[link]

^^

Trust me, it's cool. ^^
:iconberhane-negus:
~Berhane-Negus Apr 27, 2009, 1:15:21 AM
I'm so glad you like it! I'm glad you can find some form of connection to what I wrote...please don't feel sorry, though. I'm doing alright, and I think writing that helped me to feel better too... Thanks for the :+fav:, Eri!!

--
"The harder they come, the harder they fall." -Jimmy Cliff
We stand by you, Jark! No matter what!
FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN...Vaginal sex can wait
Rudie can't fail, bitches
:iconas87fanwriter:
~AS87fanwriter Apr 27, 2009, 10:57:10 AM
No problem. ^^ I'm glad you're feeling better!

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>.>

<.<

[link]

^^

Trust me, it's cool. ^^
:iconberhane-negus:
~Berhane-Negus Apr 27, 2009, 7:08:42 PM
:hug:

--
"The harder they come, the harder they fall." -Jimmy Cliff
We stand by you, Jark! No matter what!
FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN...Vaginal sex can wait
Rudie can't fail, bitches
:iconreiko-sensei:
=Reiko-Sensei Aug 24, 2009, 4:32:17 AM
Truly I can see the truth in this piece. Dishonesty caused my parents to divorce, and thus I saw what kind of person my dad really was, dishonest till the end. He never admitted he was cheating on my mother.

So that is why I take the message in this song at heart. :nod: ^^

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"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."
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