BEYOND THE BOTTOM OF ROCK BOTTOM

I've been to the bottom of rock bottom
only to find it's got a new bottom
becomes your new lot when your luck's rotten
thirteen splintered pieces falling
from face broken mirror's calling
out for me to fucking listen
teaching me my greatest lesson
embrace the new count my blessings

possibilities abound
in each moment yet to come
things yet to see to be found
keep keeping on don't you run
this time they won't steal my crown
no more gloating time has come
to grind snakes deep in the ground
their time well and truly come

I've been dragged deep into puddles of mud
only to come out tougher than the rest
soul got sold and heart's been under attack
though it still beats it's been put to the test
a heart that hurts is a heart that still works
navigating through so much injustice
not retreating to all dark places worse
incarceration through unjust sentence

deafening siren sounds
indicate time for muster
unhinged heads back in the ground
before the screws can bust ya
for trying to make them frown
poison spreading like cancer
in cells where men are space bound
freedom of mind the answer

TIME BOMB

My broken soul's not up for sale

No matter what they offer me

But the pieces you just might find

In the places I used to hang

My dying breath expelled in vain

If I let my haters prevail

I'm not leaving before my time

Lowlifes would have to kill me first 

Tick tock tick tock

Karma spares none

One two time bomb

There's no escape

When life becomes a pantomime

For stalkers to manipulate

Ultra violence seems a good choice

My voice removed by violent force

Some would say I'm losing my mind

But I lost the plot long ago

Never to come back from the pain

Of living in this sick sad world

Tick tock tick tock

Fun in the sun

One two mind fucked

Walking time bomb

CHAIN REACTION

Hanging on by a thread

To this life so tragic

Really I should be dead

Felled by low down tactics

Drown away all pain

Killing every faucet

That drips out acid rain

Euphoria like magic

This paranoia fame

Makes me want to gank shit

Which bad choice is to blame

Let's take another hit

Actions spoken wrong reaction

Everybody feeling sorry

Fashion victim's lack of action

Everybody has a story

Write yet another cliché

Formulaic structure

Another wasted day

Do me a fucking favour

Say shit straight to my face

I thought myself a saviour

A fool's chivalrous race

Leaving a bitter taste

Just pull the coward's knife

Out of the small of my back

People may wonder why

Such a destructive path

Actions pending lame reaction

Every real crim hates weak snitches

Legal shafting lies in action

Every cowboy's sad life story

Who will be there to save me

When I'm consumed by rage

Come here and watch me bleed

Inside an inhumane cage

Where inmates smoke ox and dream

About that wonderful day

They are once again free

Can't wipe the smile off the face

Of a subhuman condemned

To repeat the same mistakes

Over and over again

Left with nothing but much hate

Actions taken chain reaction

Just say the word karma's a bitch

Beasts awoken truth through action

Every jail bird has a story 

EVER PRESENT DANGER

i went to the edge of a perilous ledge 

then hedged all my bets on unpaid debts

all of my regrets unresolved yet

in once incensed breath she wished me dead

explosive anger ever present danger

lyrical wanker doing no real favours

those words they sank her crazy cowboy ranger

criminal gangster various jaded flavours

greedy fly banker money abject failure 

model prisoner behind bars in hakea

but there are no bars except where you are

locked down in concrete accepting defeat

hustler superstars stealing fast flash cars 

don't bring down more heat than we really need

so doomed from the start we fell worlds apart

each day on repeat like a broken record

we know who we are with each day in hell

went all the way back to see where the trace leads

SCREWDRIVER SUN THERAPY

Got not reason to be happy

Open season for the big hunt

Now I'm bleeding on the footpath

Left here seething at the damage

Plain survival in the jungle

New revival of deep cruelty

Peace is vital for the broken

Find the rights holes for those loose screws

Keeping turning until they fit tight

And you might just see me smile again

MY JULIET

 all the hours now wasted

empty black holes tasted

didn't think I'd make it

even though I just take it

too much for one to fake

all surrounding walls shake

when I fall much further

from gravity's centre

where things don't get better

so I wrote this letter 

to make my feelings clear

as the passing of years

put aside all my fears

to bring you this fresh news

didn't want to leave you

hanging without a clue

as to what you should do

about the history

between the two of us

love still a mystery

I can't seem to work out

you are still my Juliet

on fire my heart you set

that's why I get so upset

every time I think of you

all the things that might have been

between the two of us that

never had a chance to be

oh Juliet come back to me

destroy the holy temple

nothing quite so gentle

like flooded sea vessels

caught in a losing battle

where one meets one's maker

who's power could break us

there's so much at stake here

not just words and fake tears

from movers and shakers

who's motives should wake us

to such tragic failures

like karma strikes traitors

no escape from it's grip

we all did what we did

when pressure blew our lids

and we closed our eye lids

to the truth before us

now settled in the dust

when we did what we did

we were only just kids

you are still my Juliet

on fire my heart you set

that's why I get so upset

every time I think of you

all the things that might have been

between the two of us that

never had a chance to be

oh Juliet come back to me

love is more than just a

four letter word for us

to fit a person to

it's what we choose to do

I just can't understand 

why you chose what you chose

into harm's way you ran

the emperor wears no clothes

twas all part of God's plan 

to divide and conquer

partially driven by

envy of yours truly

love is shown through actions

which speak louder than words

it's deeper than the ocean

the way it unfolds: absurd

one things still remains true

after all is said and done

strong is my love for you

don't you dare choose to run

you are still my Juliet

on fire my heart you set

that's why I get so upset

every time I think of you

all the things that might have been

between the two of us that

never had a chance to be

oh Juliet come back to me

MONKEY DO

in these days of being told what to do

there's only bad news no end to the abuse

reasons to excuse only the staunch refuse

running is of no use only chains to lose

powering before long tune of a new song

powerful like King Kong strongest of the strong

going on a rampage where nobody's safe

so erase the first page in the book of rage

serenity for days, enter a new phase

monkeys do as monkeys do see

get to you just to pry you free

monkeys use what? monkeys do use that

make then go nuts while others go splat

all the ways to do what we're told to do

does it get to you, did it confuse you

the folly of youth reaching out for clues

how not to always lose seek for yourself the truth

beyond what you see branch off like a tree

greet those who you meet on the way to defeat

death we just can't cheat does it leave us beat-

en down on the street with blood on the sleeve

of your favourite t-shirt you wear just to please

the fashion police telling us what to wear

help catch Ben Lee's disease as people stop and stare

humans do as humans do see

living proof we lack decency

junkies do what yes they do use this

makes them erupt into pure bliss