BAD CHOICES

What if you had to choose between only bad choices, which would you choose?

The one less worse of the god forsaken choices in front of you

Or would you inflict the same pain that's been dealt to you by someone close

Only for it to create suffering in it's wake you know all too well

The no man's land of pain you just can't let go of no matter what

You've tried to push it aside, stuck right here, quite the misery guts

Who's thrown in the towel time and time again when faced with what you can't face

A past filled with deep regrets, time erased without a trace

So you make the choice to walk the safe, comfortable path keeping you stuck

Like a silent voice choked by the cold, miserable grip of the same rut

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

LOVE/COMPASSION

Love and compassion 

Highest of all ends

Going out of fashion

Even towards friends

Need to tread gently

As soft as we can

Hatred is aplenty

We are better than

The freak show parade

Running it's due course

Got nothing to say

Get back on your horse

Pain and suffering

All must go through it

Can be challenging

What doesn't kill us

We shall all find it

Strength to carry on

No longer blinded

By the same hang ups

Leading us to hell

Stuck in a deep rut

Only time will tell

If we can get up

Ghosts of betrayal

Would leave most broken

We simply can't fail

To do what's spoken

Time to let it go

All the holding on

Forgive our worst foes

They bleed just like we do

When knives cut through us

For making mistakes

As normal as rust

The walls start to shake

GLIMMER ON

Cracks in reality

Gaps in my memory

Lack of integrity

Trapped in purgatory

Hits in the neigbourhood

Shit gets misunderstood

Fits they normally would

Get junkies really high

Days slipping through my grip

As pieces of me die

Waves crashing to the shore

As seashells glimmer on

Leaves on the muddy ground

Seether coming back around

Creeps all around up town

Weep to ties that are bound

Let's break free from bondage

Set out a new passage

Fetch bait to catch cat fish

Exciting new attitude

Time slipping through my hands 

As hope fades right away

Heart still beats sign it works

As villains soldier on

Shame building up so much

Games are their safety crutch

Lame dishes served for lunch

Main reason I lose touch

Gave you all I could give

Say what you really mean

Do you want us to live

In a world so obscene 

Love shining on through us 

We won't ever give up

No matter what drives you

Don't ever let it die

ROTTING CADAVERS OF JUSTICE

All the times I've failed but never really tried
Are like a wishing well full of all the tears I've cried
In order to get over how fucked up this world and the people in it are
Nobody wants to step out of line, they just wanna be superstars
In a reality TV show about their boring lives full of mediocrity
But they're so out of touch with reality that they're living in a fantasy
Having kinky sex with with their enemies, not lover or special friend
But in the end it amounts to nothing, just a game of let's pretend
That everything is alright, that there's light in the darkness
But we've lost our minds and decided to jump off a cliff without a harness

On the merry go around
Have been many I found
Then lost again after that
Just like all those feral cats 
Why must we march to the tune
Of a boring afternoon
There will a revolt soon 
Release those labelled loons

All the crimes they've punished me for me for unjustly
Are like a living hell full of innocent freaks
Condemned from the outset like all witches burnt at the stake
It's time now how to reflect on how we miss out on cake
When doing hard time inside stuck with all your mates
Tossed aside and stripped of pride for making mistakes
Some of which were done out of sheer desperation
Life's no so much fun under regimentation 
A prison system within a racist nation
Backward punishment train fines for poor and homeless 
All these attacks on the poor obscene and senseless

Hear the siren screech on time
Designed to control the mind
The do it over again 
There's no valid half defense
For such inhumane treatment
Of our fellow humans
Race to the darkest bottom. 
The whole system is rotten

MEALS SERVED COLD

get out while you still can this rat race slowing down

fuck it don't delay stick it to the man in his ivory tower

mates taking more than they should steal the queen's crown

the water snake ran away from justice hiding behind the powers that be

the useless coward shitting all over those who were once his friends

what a mistake the gutless fool made snitched one time too plenty 

not wasting another hour so hate him why not i don't pretend

that i could have the least bit of mercy on the spineless snitch

me the crazy gung ho cowboy vigilante who dishes out meals

so frozen that i use iced tea time to key posh cars and rob the rich

ADVICE FROM ONE OF TIME'S ALL TIME GREATEST ASSASSINS

As the sands of time fall into the insatiable chamber of insanity

We can be certain of very few things in the confusing journey of life

Except that each and every passing moment will be long gone

While glimpses of happy and sublime times,  pain and darkness

Remain in the neural pathways of our burning, overclocked brains

Time does not wait around for the indolent to take action

Nor does it take mercy on those who repeat the same history through and through

The fate of the fool who does the same thing over and over again

And waits around complacently expecting a totally different result

As a drifter who has wasted half his life running to the same dead ends

I implore every one of us to make the most of each and every day

For each moment could very well be your very last in this realm of purgatory

Yes time waits for nobody and it can sweep you aside effortlessly

If you allow it to tick on over without putting in your very best effort

And before you know it most of your life has gone past in a blurry flash

As painful memories and failures past and present torment you each and every day

This is a reflection on a life only half lived at the best of times

The same old sad story playing on loop like a broken record

But if you were to scratch the surface like a skilled turntabalist does

You may begin to see the infinite possibilities which life itself offers

And actually create that which the heart desires and the mind conceives of

As you live each and every moment to the edge of the boundary of full

And not lay to waste all the potential you always held in your hands

From day one in the ground zero that was once the wreckage of your life

So waste not another moment while you are still alive and kicking

And heed the advice of one of time's most highly skilled assassins

Don't allow the ghosts of past defeats to haunt you and drag you down into oblivion

Or before you know it you find yourself drowning in a sea of despair and resignation

To all that you cannot retrieve from the ashes of yesterday's failures

For half a lifetime can go by in the blink of an eye out for an eye

Let go of all fear, self-loathing and hatred for your enemies as best that you can

For life is too short for one to be caught up in these roadblocks to time well spent

RED FLAGS

always on my own all alone as i grow old yes the cold chills the bones of a broken man

as seeds of karma have grown her bubbles are blown at the mouth of hoover dam

i only inhale one more cone in this change of perspective i have been so kindly shown

was that but a drone do you want to live in a world where all your chances have been blown

in a world so cold even warm hearts melt due to a tightening of the belt around the waist

these are the darkest feelings i've felt my cards layed upon the shelf's bitter taste

on the other side of the razor wire evil forces conspire to keep us in our lowly place

stripped of all one's pride our lot is screws calling the shots erasing our face

spreading yet more lies see me as a stereotype my humanity they simply choose to erase

no matter how i've tried to put up a fight pricks control my plight with disdain


some sly fuck stole the sunshine from under my rug

i should have told him to fuck right off

when the red flags appeared i'm such a mug

i can't ever recover all that time i lost


one hour two hours three hours make you the epitome of sour four more times sixty seconds

the power weak cower on the outer in a dower struggle with more roots than the husband

this is time martyr crimes not committed out of line raw aggro shouting nonsense

was the worst not the the first got an insatiable  thirst for volume at maximum

eleven months on the run so much fun basking in the sun awesome bros appear by accident

synchronicity rich snobs get rich come watch them snitch and be all nonchalant

stingy fucks only suck cocks for crack off the beaten track none of them have a sense

of what it's like to have rice really nice the priceless advice delivered with full pretence

one i hate not too late to seal his fate bum try-hard rich boy with no substance

count the days on the way to make him pay run all those days he can in fear of violence


some sly fuck stole the sunshine from under my rug

i should have told him to fuck right off

when the red flags appeared i'm such a mug

i can't ever recover all that time i lost



i will continue my propensity to engage in scare tactics and property damage

the only way for me to express outrage at the entire one-sided fucking package

of an unjust criminal justice system that incarcerates too many times on average the savage

men who breach court imposed orders by sending an SMS or making civil telephone calls

the book well and truly thrown my way to displace the calm for what harm can a torrent of H/2/O cause

they couldn't fault me without lies to my face in a day in which someone wished me dead

for one needs a photographic memory to keep track of what one has and hasn't said

liars so obscene like a junkie fiend committing burglary, my sentence a travesty

miscarriage of justice in a fucked up system which only listens to one's perceived enemies

snitches get sticthes cadaver in a cistern without me having to expend too much energy



some sly fuck stole the sunshine from under my rug

i should have told him to fuck right off

when the red flags appeared i'm such a mug

i can't ever recover all that time i lost

KARMA IS A'COMIN'

Push an otherwise meek man far enough
And he will eventually go off like a time bomb
Tick tick ticking indignant yet cathatic chaos
In it's full glory for all the bullies to witness

Soulless sycophants fellating corporations 
As tools help line the pockets of fat cats
At the expense and suffering of good people
Held down by the hatred and envy of others

What goes around really does come around
Yes, all despicable acts run their due course
Evil people should all know this one thing
Karma is a bitch that runs full circle always

I'm not in the business of spreading hatred
There are already enough people doing that
For me to want to join in with the twisted orgy
Is it too much too soon to ask for peace and love?

They can give it their best of best fucking shots
But they will never be able to destroy us completely
For even inside prison there is freedom from within
The hearts and mind of the neglected and downtrodden

SIGNALS ON DELAY

Nothing left to say

After all is said and done

Gone down the wrong way

Everything under the sun

Change your ways today

Or chase away all the fun

Keep the wolves at bay

You've had an extended run

Fall down in dismay

Your time has finally come

Confusion sweeping over

As you do it to yourself

The end is coming closer

To losing all your wealth

Refusal to stay sober

Destruction of good health

It’s over when it's over

Go places you've never delved

Escape from the rays

Beaming down over you

Don't go old and grey

Doing the things you do

Don't you feel betrayed

By the girl's latest moves

Signals on delay

Won't be of much use

Still the same remains

Don't you get confused

Confusion sweeping over

Yes, you do it to yourself

The end is drawing nearer

You’re losing all the wealth

Try harder to stay sober

Path back to solid health

Not over ‘til it’s over

All the things you have felt

REUNION PUB PARTY

When we meet again my dear friend
I won't pretend that my heart's not broken
Said so much nonsense in the end
Wish I could send you words not yet spoken
I miss you so much, I've lost touch
With all the stuff that keeps my heart burning
Been doing it tough, not enough
Friendships do last, that's what I've been learning
Heard that you're married, so sorry
It's not with me, you sure did act in haste
No, I'm not angry, I'm happy
If you're happy, but these words are a waste
Of my precious time, though these rhymes
About my "crimes" are written in good faith
A piece of my mind, by and by
Don't ask me why I bother at this stage
To express the pain of my loss
There's been so much rain after the days of rage
Oh my aching brain paid the cost
So I missed the train, but it's never too late

PARK

It was 7am when the crowds gathered
We danced like nothing else mattered
Jubilation park where dreams were shattered
Perilous place near a river's mouth
We kept eating those silly noodles
Right in front of the pool that overflowed
We were never ourselves again that morning
No more ever afters in a rehab so boring

I saw you when I saw you
You left me when you left me
Meet again in dreamland
And we'll never be apart again
I can't see what's with all the fuss
I'm better at making dollars and cents
Unless that dollar has not been earned
But I've still got a long way to go

Heaven became eight in the morning
Morning turned into a new dawning
Camouflage, torches do some warning
That was two summers ago my love
A summer so close to my heart
Do you remember how happy we were
The bare naked flame thrown away
Then the stars started to shine again

I saw you when I saw you
You left me when you left me
Meet again in dreamland
And we'll never be apart again
I can't see what's with all the fuss
I'm better at making dollars and cents
Unless that dollar has not been earned
But I've still got a long way to go

Remember the painting we did
Of the bridge before we hid
Remember the lighter and deodorant
In case of danger or attack 
Remember the merry-go-around
Holding on to each other's hands
Remember the race me and Dave had
Which I won despite him cheating

HOLY WOOD MASQUERADE BALL

Wolves once disguised as sheep
Now in wolve's clothing
All pretense stripped away
I can feel their leering eyeballs
Pointed at the small of my back
But the knives are blunted off
As if by grand design or providence
There are psychic channels to feed 
And manufactured truths waiting for mass consumption
Contestants to be be voted out
When survival is paramount for a free ride
Courtesy of a woman trapped inside the Truman Show
And the show must go on forever
As there are deep pockets to line
And somebody's heart is pulled apart
So piece by little piece of the child inside dies
He has a pure heart and been truthful for far too long now
Must learn to lie to protect himself from the others
Whose lies have derailed him from his purpose
Of revolution and universal spiritual growth
Been an infant laughing stock for over three long decades
Sold as novelty in a long line of washed up products
Without the slightest hint of a disclosure statement
And ethics were out the windows at the show's premiere
But god and his minders had better watch out
The once helpless, cute little puppy is evolving
And he has set his sights for the jugular
So he's not stopping until he kills off his detractors
With a cocktail of truth, determination and kindness
May the fun and games begin and rebellion be in full flourish

THE FAT CAT MASTER'S BAIT

Though my whole world is constantly under attack, I’m still an ethical criminal with the decency clean skins lack
You think society’s got your back, but it’s only still intact by sending the weak off the beaten track
It’s a story of exploitation, even more than poison peddlers take advantage of a junkie’s addiction
Submit instead of causing friction and mayhem in a fucked up, happy whore capitalist system
Forget about conventional wisdom, you can’t be of assistance to the lives of the down-trodden
If you’ve been bought off in the first instance by the noose that is blind adherence to consumerism
And it’s dictates, as it were fate that all you’ve seemed to do of late is to buy more useless shit inside a pearly gate
Such a sorry state, I just hate how we’ve all swallowed the fat cat master’s bait and become so complacent we can’t shake
The shackles around our wrists and ankles, resigned ourselves to the deafening beat of a humiliating defeat 
Of our interests collectively, bought off by a buy until you die orgy eclipse that keeps dollars firmly entrenched within filthy rich families

They control all and sundry while ruthlessly dropping happy bombs on their enemies with the aid of armoured metal killing machines
Watch it happen on TV, soon terrorists will finally be free from causing chaos to infidel families as they please 
They will soon be sorry, just a part of another media story about good guys defeating bad guys who have been killing us indiscriminately
Innocents they kill mainly with explosives made in a perpetual war promoting factory who’s owners cash in handsomely
Just like all shareholders with a foothold in the belly of a military industrial complex that’s been killing niggers for centuries
It’s quite plain for all to see that war is good for the economy, that’s why we spend so much money on stealing resources from weak, defenceless countries
Why put so much energy into revealing this great travesty using long sentences held together by the vitality of a ghetto rhyming strategy
Because it really gotten to me, this life so meaningless and empty in a society in which control mechanisms to herd sheep are aplenty 
I wanna smash it all up and watch all the fault lines erupt, destroy the structures erected by the hands of slaves to a humanity so greedy and corrupt
When all the shopping centres shut will we all fall into a rut of misery and emptiness when it disrupts our daily routines like a hammer smashing down on a ciggie butt