PLEASE BE KIND TO YOURSELF

Please be kind to yourself

You’ve been swimming upstream for far too long

Please be kind to yourself

You’re trying to move mountains all on your own

Your mind is an ocean

Full of regrets and grief

Your heart is a tide

That pulls the weight of the world in

Your body’s a map of scars

And every breath you take is a miracle 

Because that’s who you are

Please be kind to yourself

You’ve been swimming upstream for far too long

Please be kind to yourself

You’re trying to move mountains all on your own

On your own

Be careful with your thoughts

Your mark on this world is a gift

Be gentle on your bones

They’ve carried you through darkest storms

And coldest of mists

Take a moment just to be

Just to be yourself

Give yourself that chance for peace

Please be kind to yourself

You’ve been swimming upstream for far too long

Please be kind to yourself

You’re trying to move mountains 

All on your own

On your own

Please be kind to yourself

You’re not on your own

ONLY DEAD MEN

Dear mom I’ve played the game

By the rules written in my head

But they don’t quite work the same

When there’s a cold man in my bed

I didn’t get his name

He was so quick to get me wet

He thought he had me tamed

But then he lost his head

Do we satisfy

Do we please the eye

Mister do you like your dolls grown up

If by silver they mean blood

By love they mean lust

Yes I’ll keep your fool’s rules

But only dead men know me well

If by silver they mean blood

By love they mean lust

Yes I’ll keep your fool’s’ rules

But only dead men know me well

Dear mom it’s been two months now

And I tried to date again

Met a nice boy last night

Best twenty bucks I spent

I liked the way he smiled 

Liked it better when he cried

Had to put him in the ground

But hey at least I tried

Do we satisfy

Do we please the eye

Mister do you like your dolls grown up

If by silver they mean blood

By love they mean lust

Yes I’ll keep your fool’s rules

But only dead men know me well

If by silver they mean blood

By love they mean lust

Yes I’ll keep your fool’s’ rules

But only dead men know me well

Dear mom I tracked him down 

The man who left us both for dead

Has a house in a pretty town

That’s where our money went

I took him to the park

Played the little girl again

Then I made Daddy pay

For all the nights we wept

Do we satisfy

Do we please the eye

Mister do you like your dolls grown up

If by silver they mean blood

By love they mean lust

Yes I’ll keep your fool’s rules

But only dead men know me well

If by silver they mean blood

By love they mean lust

Yes I’ll keep your fool’s’ rules

But only dead men know me well

COWARD’S ROAD

I walk alone

Down a coward’s road

I walk alone

Down a coward’s road

I lost sight of my lady 

Somewhere in the cold

I walk alone

Down a coward’s road

Who am I now

Without your curse

Who am I now

Without your curse

I stumbled into my freedom 

For better or for worse

But who am I now

Who am I now

Without your curse

What did I do wrong

How can I make it right

To keep your poison

Coursing through my life

I thought we were strong

Until our chance at a life

I took my treacherous heart

And fled into the night

There is no peace

For a traitor’s ghost

There is no peace

For a traitor’s ghost

I’ll spend eternity singing

About the one

I loved the most

Cos there is no peace

No peace to be found

For a traitor’s ghost