Denouement
Original Release: September 22, 2021
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LIGHTS OUT
someone turned the lights out
but everything glows in the dark
someone turned the lights out
but you still found hate in your heart
they wanna kill you
kill you with kindness
nothing sounds as good when you externalize it
someone turned the lights out
and i saw who it was
someone turned the lights out
a new one came from the street
someone turned the lights out
mixing blood and concreteP
pay attention
the way that they treat you
the colour of your skin dictates abuse or a curfew
someone turned the lights out
the powers as it was
its never over
there’s more where it came from
till we recognize this is what we’re all made of
someone turned your lights out
but nobody is going to sleep
RACHEL
it was Tuesday, it was dark
and I pushed you from the cab In our favourite part
of Manhattan On the curb
you tore your dress
you don’t love me
i’m a drunk
that all the speed and peroxide were gonna catch up
someone is coming to take my Rachel away
i play my speakers
way too loud
the apartments upstairs complain of the sounds
of my screaming and god knows Rachel’s too
it didn’t matter
who she was
shaved chest and lower legs to fit with the bunch
ill play love songs
till i get bored move along
fuck you, lou
i felt sick
i decide to get better and you threaten to quit
what scared you? that i would finally leave?
its so easy
to forget
3 years of hazy bliss ends in a fit
how quickly they came to take me away
MAKING IT
i tried my best
to make it till the end
but i kept falling asleep
the movies no good
they just sat her on the desk
why didn’t she get and leave?
the director came down
with a drink in his hand
threw his arms around his lead
he shot up in the bathroom
with me right beside him
i saw what i never seen
oh honey
there’s no making it here
if you had it
you’ve be making it
reviews were brutal
no chance of a sequel
a bomb on the sunday news
the star blamed the actress
the actress blamed the writer
writer wasn’t interviewed
she called me from a taxi
and asked if she could see me
only if you’re bringing drinks
we sat on the sofa
she talked of the director
political is what he thinks
oh honey
there’s no making it here
if you had it
you’ve be making it
the star kept acting
director got a new gig
writer moved to sitcoms
lost track of the actress
i haven’t seen her since
the night her first movie bombed
BLACK HOLE
born in a vacuum
you always expected it would be you
to be the end of the family line
your heart was broken
every choice in the moment
anything to see them cry
well its just so hard
when you’re not to blame
im sure we’d say the same
its so old
in the beginning
you made the bed in which you’re living
act like someone did it to you
calling angry
drunk and screaming at me
don’t you know what i’ve been through?
family isn’t something you lose
wear your name like a noosE
its so old
STEPHEN AVE
you wanna sleep with other people
to get this right
just a break till
we don’t fight
we kissed on stephen ave
you said you loved me
and got in a cab
i don’t care if i ever see you again
i saw you
laying in the background
dying in a small town
i saw you
blanketed in white snow
breath freezing in the alcoves
LUCIE AND ANNA
lucie said to Anna
don't have to be afraid
last thing to free yourself
let go of everything you’ve made
Yeah I made my bed
working for the man
straight from the guidance counsellor
more than we expected from him
lucie said to anna
You're not better than them
making noise through the floorboard
cracks breaking through cement
if it broke our hearts
made it all for naught
ape the success of your father
make yourself the afterthought
SONG OF VENGEANCE
are you standing up
when you answer the phone
are you driving back
when you should have stayed home
wish to die in your sleep
this is a song of vengeance
does nothing make you
happy anymore
would you rather
stay in bed and be bored
someone i used to love
this is a song of vengeance
are you singing
when things go your way
are you going for drinks
as soon as youre paid
is there something there
this is a song of vengeance
when it all seems
like too much of climb
do you ever feel
like you’ve already died
feel it in my legs
this is a song of vengeance
i still remember
hiding out in my room
while i pretended
like id do it soon
i was only 12
this is a song of vengeance
waited my whole life
for my tragedy
wasted best years
planning catastrophe
now i'll take it back
this is a song of vengeance
DENOUEMENT
denouement
a climb down the spiral stairs
had a pique of interest
quit when you got scared
denouement
could it have gone so fast?
a life in endless reruns
a shift to a new broadcast
denouement
didn’t have a thing to say
wrote all about the failures
and those ended the same
denouement
cried into your hands
the world is so forgiving
of talentless, lazy men