Eric Matthews

More Than I Can Give

Eric Matthews


you look so stupid, just trying to find out
the methods of happiness through strife, your harder life
you look at my fortune, you call it just luck and
misunderstand everything I say, you ignore my ways

whisper, screaming, just breathing
shouting and seeking some meaning

there are no answers for your troubled kind
no way, for always
find the bleeding and follow the lines
to the modern ways of dying today

don't sound so sad, follow your dad through the hallway
he's not what you think, he loves more than drink
it's a silence and a laughter of love, a life from above
from above…

I should be more patient and give you the hand out
it's what you don't ask for, more than I can give you

feeding, counseling, now grieving
listening and feeling your stories

so now it's time to say goodbye
to your lifetime, for always
name the mountain and lie with the trees
for the birds that prew on the open graves

don't sound so sad, follow the sands to the costal haze
wander that shore, infinity and more
through the nightmares that fade

the violence is done forever and always
the violence is done forever and always
the violence is done forever and always
the violence is done forever and always