Is this a piece of shit?

Innocent_BystanderInnocent_Bystander Posts: 615
edited September 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Just review it:

I let her borrow my wings so she could fly around
Now she says she ain’t coming back to the ground
She led me by hand to a cave of ruin
She disappeared, but told me she’d be back soon
She whispered quiet tragedy into my vacant mind
In time, everything I did became a crime

Where there’s a will, it will decay
I know everything, have nothing to say

She left me locked in a tiny cage
Decorated it nicely, so I won’t fill with rage
My blood was her delicious wine
She was intoxicated all the time
Fearful, I lie in the grave she prepared
Her golden words were to mask her despair

Where there’s a will, it will decay
Knowing everything, nothing to say
The map is what made me lose my way
Heaven is further out of reach everyday
Only when I want to go, I have to stay
When accepted, I’ll just inveigh
Until then, my will will decay
Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
Circle comes around each time
Post edited by Unknown User on

Comments

  • Just review it:

    I let her borrow my wings so she could fly around
    Now she says she ain’t coming back to the ground
    She led me by hand to a cave of ruin
    She disappeared, but told me she’d be back soon
    She whispered quiet tragedy into my vacant mind
    In time, everything I did became a crime

    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    I know everything, have nothing to say

    She left me locked in a tiny cage
    Decorated it nicely, so I won’t fill with rage
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time
    Fearful, I lie in the grave she prepared
    Her golden words were to mask her despair

    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    Knowing everything, nothing to say
    The map is what made me lose my way
    Heaven is further out of reach everyday
    Only when I want to go, I have to stay
    When accepted, I’ll just inveigh
    Until then, my will will decay


    This line is so great
    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    Knowing everything, nothing to say

    i'm going to be honest. i think the only weak point in this is the 3rd verse.



    She left me locked in a tiny cage
    Decorated it nicely, so I won’t fill with rage
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time
    Fearful, I lie in the grave she prepared
    Her golden words were to mask her despair



    i just think that verse can be alot better. other than that i think it is wonderful.
    there'll be time for laughin'
    there's no time to cry
    soon i will be leavin'
    look me in the eye
    no matter what's in front of me
    it's your face that i'll see
  • This line is so great
    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    Knowing everything, nothing to say

    i'm going to be honest. i think the only weak point in this is the 3rd verse.



    She left me locked in a tiny cage
    Decorated it nicely, so I won’t fill with rage
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time
    Fearful, I lie in the grave she prepared
    Her golden words were to mask her despair



    i just think that verse can be alot better. other than that i think it is wonderful.

    The verse you dislike is the only one I didn't write. Being in a band, we try to have a collaborative effort, but ultimately, they end up making me finalize and rewrite everything


    Oh, can anyone come up with a title? It's preliminary title is Abandon, but a new one would be better
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    The verse you dislike is the only one I didn't write. Being in a band, we try to have a collaborative effort, but ultimately, they end up making me finalize and rewrite everything


    Oh, can anyone come up with a title? It's preliminary title is Abandon, but a new one would be better


    How about DECAY? I agree with what the other person said, but you could easily reword it and still include the same imagery to make it sound better
  • pacifier wrote:
    How about DECAY? I agree with what the other person said, but you could easily reword it and still include the same imagery to make it sound better
    That was it's very first title, but the band disliked it, and gave me the responsibility to rename it.
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • pacifierpacifier Posts: 1,009
    That was it's very first title, but the band disliked it, and gave me the responsibility to rename it.

    OK, well then I really don't know. Personally I really like DECAY and think it's a pretty obvious choice, but maybe VACANT MIND or... I don't know, something that sums up the idea or the feeling. I guess ABANDON does that, but personally I don't particularly like that title. It's all a matter of personal taste though. Sorry I can't help you with that one.
  • This line is so great
    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    Knowing everything, nothing to say

    i'm going to be honest. i think the only weak point in this is the 3rd verse.



    She left me locked in a tiny cage
    Decorated it nicely, so I won’t fill with rage
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time
    Fearful, I lie in the grave she prepared
    Her golden words were to mask her despair



    i just think that verse can be alot better. other than that i think it is wonderful.



    thats funny, i thought it was the best verse / part!

    good stuff all round
    Dont take drugs and be a loser
    wear a pink shirt and go down the boozer
  • Spook Fish wrote:
    thats funny, i thought it was the best verse / part!

    good stuff all round
    Well, the band's guitarist will appreciate that. He wrote that verse, and it inspired me to do the whole thing, so it definitely had something.

    The new/edited verse looks like this:

    She gave me glory, it turned to pain
    A decorated nuisance became a bloody stain
    She led me on as a heavenly martyr
    Just to drown me in holy water
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time



    I haven't warmed up to either though, don't know which one to go with, or how exactly to rewrite it
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    yes, it's a piece of shit......what you want, a medal? oh, don't worry, you're just tonight's victim.......why dya havta ask that......it completely made me not give a toss about it? yes, it's a piece of shit......(sorry, cathode has gone crazy, guess I'll have to re-read it.....and try to form an opinion not based on whether it's a piece of shit or not......haven't we all gotten so crude.....but within the frame of whether it's a piece of shit or not, I don't think I can seriously be bothered giving an opinion.....if it's either or).........

    couldn't you just have said 'is this any good' - the way you've framed your question has totally prejudiced me against it, so, yes, it's a 'piece of shit'......gross me out
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • ISN wrote:
    yes, it's a piece of shit......what you want, a medal? oh, don't worry, you're just tonight's victim.......why dya havta ask that......it completely made me not give a toss about it? yes, it's a piece of shit......(sorry, cathode has gone crazy, guess I'll have to re-read it.....and try to form an opinion not based on whether it's a piece of shit or not......haven't we all gotten so crude.....but within the frame of whether it's a piece of shit or not, I don't think I can seriously be bothered giving an opinion.....if it's either or).........

    couldn't you just have said 'is this any good' - the way you've framed your question has totally prejudiced me against it, so, yes, it's a 'piece of shit'......gross me out
    I have changed the title, now what do you think
    Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
    Circle comes around each time
  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    I let her borrow my wings so she could fly around
    Now she says she ain’t coming back to the ground
    She led me by hand to a cave of ruin
    She disappeared, but told me she’d be back soon
    She whispered quiet tragedy into my vacant mind
    In time, everything I did became a crime

    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    I know everything, have nothing to say

    She left me locked in a tiny cage
    Decorated it nicely, so I won’t fill with rage
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time
    Fearful, I lie in the grave she prepared
    Her golden words were to mask her despair

    Where there’s a will, it will decay
    Knowing everything, nothing to say
    The map is what made me lose my way
    Heaven is further out of reach everyday
    Only when I want to go, I have to stay
    When accepted, I’ll just inveigh
    Until then, my will will decay

    in that case, I can say that I find it macabrely romantic....darkly loving, and nihilistically endearing.......I can say that I get images from it, and I picture things about it......like, it's hard to explain, but songbirds trapped in cages singing their hearts out, especially those owned by the Chinese nad traded in HK, and the English Patient, where he left her in a cave, while he went to get help, but she died.....my fave film.....
    I let her borrow my wings so she could fly around
    Now she says she ain’t coming back to the ground
    She led me by hand to a cave of ruin
    She disappeared, but told me she’d be back soon

    this bit
    She whispered quiet tragedy into my vacant mind
    In time, everything I did became a crime

    is so true of women, they have really got a bad deal, so they blame every1...and each other.......and anyone

    this bit sounds biblical.....you will be drunk, but not with wine......
    My blood was her delicious wine
    She was intoxicated all the time

    on the whole, this is an important poem, because it fuses images of life and death with the admixture of love, which can be fatal or life-giving......it's important......maybe not to everyone, but since it's been re-phrased, it's important to me :)
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
Sign In or Register to comment.