37 quotes found
"Art is... a reflection of a greater divine creation. There really is no separation."
"Once when we moved away, She came to Romulus for a day. Her Chevrolet broke down. We prayed it'd never be fixed or be found."
"Rest in my arms Sleep in my bed There's a design To what I did and said"
"You gave your body to the lonely, They took your clothes. You gave up a wife and a family You gave your ghost. To be alone with me. To be alone with me You went up on a tree. I've never met a man who loved me."
"Oh, great intentions, Covenant with the imitation Have you no conscience? I think about it now Oh, God of Progress, Have you degraded or forgot us? Where have your laws gone?"
"He dressed up like a clown for them With his face paint white and red. And on his best behavior In a dark room on the bed, He kissed them all."
"But in my best behavior, I am really just like him Look beneath the floorboards, for the secrets I have hid."
"Tuesday morning at the Bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens"
"In the morning when you finally go And the nurse runs in with her head hung low, And the cardinal hits the window. In the morning in the winter shade, On the first of March, on the holiday, I thought I saw you breathing."
"All the glory when He took our place, But He took my shoulders and He shook my face, And He takes and He takes and He takes."
"Oh, I am not quite sleeping. Oh, I am fast in bed."
"Thinking Outrageously, I Write in Cursive"
""It's been a long long time since I've memorized your face."
"Words are futile devices."
"When I die, when I die, I'll rot. But when I live, but when I live, I'll give it all I've got."
"At least I deserve the respect of a kiss goodbye."
"Somewhere I lost whatever else I had."
"I know I've caused you trouble, I know I've caused you pain. But I must do the right thing; I must do myself a favour And get real, get right with the Lord."
"I want it all, I want it all for myself."
"I'm not fucking around."
"Ah, ah, Beautiful is the mother. Ah, ah, Beautiful is her son."
"Somewhere in the desert, there's a forest And an acre before us But I don't know where to begin"
"I forgive you mother; I can hear you And I long to be near you But every road leads to an end"
"When I was three Three, maybe four She left us at that video store"
"Found myself on Spencer's Butte Traced your shadow with my shoe Empty outline changed my view Now all of me thinks less of you"
"Some part of me was lost in your sleeve Where you hid your cigarettes"
"What's left is only bittersweet For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me Now I'm drunk and afraid Wishing the world would go away What's the point of singing songs If they'll never even hear you?"
"Well you do enough talk My little hawk, why do you cry? Tell me what did you learn From the Tillamook burn Or the Fourth of July? We're all gonna die"
"Should I tear my eyes out now? Everything I see returns to you somehow Should I tear my heart out now? Everything I feel returns to you somehow"
"I am a man with a heart that offends with its lonely and greedy demands."
"I love you more than the world can contain in its lonely and ramshackle head."
"There's only a shadow of me In a manner of speaking, I'm dead"
"Fuck me, I'm falling apart"
"Planes will crash, He'll never let you down. So maybe there's a crash coming for the ground, Seek His face, He'll never let you down. Worship grace, He'll never let you down."
"Did I make you cry On Christmas day? Did I let you down Like every other day? Did I make you cry On Christmas day? Did I let you down On Christmas day? . . . I stay awake at night After we have a fight I'm writing poems about you And they aren't very nice."
"If I miss my chance, I didn't even try I'm not one to regret Christmas in July."
"Since it's Christmas, let's be glad Even if your life's been bad, There are presents to be had."