Monica Richards

Rise And Forget

Monica Richards


I woke up tired I woke up down on my knees tonight   My eyes were wet and I felt so dead inside  
A grieving fragment of myself distorted memory   Choking tears as I slam the door again  

I swallow rage I taste its wisdom   Nomadic fears force sanctuary  
I drink in truth I spit out meaning   Ever possessed by the collective psyche  

On dread subconsciousness we spin and turn   Inherent images strap us in position  
Autarchic instinct commands the assigned performance   The abduction scene the sacred horn dance  
I am enthroned I am imprisoned   The mirror speaks to my third face  
Regeneration eternal mindless   The questions wax the answers wane  

Suffer Celebrate   I Sing My Praises I Curse My Name  
Suffer Celebrate   The Spirit Comes To Life Ancestors Reanimate  

Seduction leading straight from logic to nightmare   Virility misdirects the hunter's primal need  
Extractions from a butcher's masterpiece   So split my skin and make me bleed  
I woke up tired I woke up buried by dreams tonight   Compelled to kneel before another faceless beast  
An ancient splinter of myself these are not my memories   Mutated visions theacentric reasoning  

Suffer Celebrate   I sing my praises I curse my name  
Suffer Celebrate   The spirit comes to life ancestors reanimate  

I woke up tired...   I woke up down on my knees tonight...