2.4993 : 1/3/19 : Cape

Like a goof in a crux

in a cape

Think I stopped dreaming

of the great escape

Think I'll surprise them

all and ace the quiz

and from that launchpad

get the devil by the nape

what

2.4957 : 11/28/18 : String

Can't string along much

longer lining ducks up

a longer list of

what the devil mucks up

And still I pull and

pull and pull this string

And deal with whatever

that hairball

chucks up

what

2.4737 : 4/22/18 : Narrative

Dream to take control

of the narrative

and wrestle it away

from the tired refrain

not this time

around it seems

but tomorrow

I might catch that train

but I don't know

how the next story goes

and maybe that's

the real tale

the devil you know

and the details

where he dwells

where it always

goes off the rail

what

2.4571 : 11/7/17 : Spin

All I see is the circles

all I see is the spin

turning ever inward

more always spirals in

all I know about the future

it's going to take us by surprise

and whoever tells you other

is the father of all lies

what

2.4473 : 8/1/17 : Big Reveal

I daydream about the big reveal

could I ever script the way it makes me feel

When I think about the syncopation

while I barely scrape my daily ration

so many thoughts they barely register

So much I'll never drop or make a stir

the good argument is I found my level

the going flow well it was alwas my devil

and on the flipside just the humdrum toil

What bare crop could I till in such soil

far from convinced any ship is coming

and still far back in my mind I hear the drumming

what

2.4327 : 3/8/17 : Out of Salt

Set another task

what a fool what a mask

like the original round

still chasing that sound

so shake it like we're

already almost out of salt

Yeah shake it like your head

saying it's none of your fault

If you can't shake it like

you're trying to shake the devil off

you better listen up

no you better not scoff

the very thought of excitement

sets me well on my guard

turning this raft around

is going to be so hard

should I have left it cold

renounced song forsaken art

left town with an

unburdened heart

what

2.4323 : 3/4/17 : Brief

Let each song's life

be brutal and brief

to ward off the one

who comes like a thief

in the night while the rest

sleep shelved like books

I spin up what can't

be claimed by crooks

what

2.4285 : 1/25/17 : Every No

Pile every chip

and every tattered bill

pulled my gold tooth

but oh they want more still

every single day

they want a little show

for want of a

better idea

I bite back every no

a sack of tarnished pride

Weighs down half my tightrope pole

but it gets balanced pretty good

by what I think's

a sack of coal

And if I haven't found a virtue

lately I'd care to extoll

well look around you lord of hosts

because the devil's

on a roll

what

2.4217 : 11/18/16 : Stone Age

Knocked back to my

stone ages

power failure

no point in rages

call it a vacation

from the damn tubes

wringing hands

over the wrath of the rubes

worry over Caeser

and the devil's due

the pitiable failure

of my weak kung fu

but at least maybe

I'll make up some rest

since it just keeps coming harder

and I haven't been my best

what

2.3993 : 4/8/16 : God's Will

Leave it to the prophets

to interpret God's will

did it say it before?

Hear, I say it still

Oh I'm about to let loose

this cursed arm

no more reticence

no matter who I harm

hence is the contrary

the Devil's flop

I choose three cards

surprised you with a hard stop

when i hurled that

gouting arm into

the Pit

hell I was even glad

I finally found a use or it

what

2.3948 : 2/23/16 : Lash

Just another damn

lash and spur

and every insult

I incur

to hell with all

You devil dogs

just try a mile

in these rotten clogs

what

2.3898: 1/4/16 : Snuck

The devil snuck a little

dark, dark, dark

it's hard to see

there's not a spark

at all

is that a feeling

or a hard fall

just like the old

dominion

those who like to feel the

test, test, test

you always think

it's all for the best

but it's a prototype

at best oh though

it's just my opinion

what

2.3866: 12/03/15 : Last Level

I'm so last level guess

I might get pity fucked

I'm fraidy cat of what might

go down if I got unstuck

The piper don't even play no more

he knows I'll still pay

I never said I'd ever

be a winner anyway

Such dull rhymes

So white so straight

So stout and protestant

thin crust over hate

Curdled and poisoning

aimed within

Zip it back behind one flash

of a devil's grin

what

2.3759 : 8/18/15 : Positivity Experiment (Endless Axis 492/500)

Not experimental

talented or tight

no good excuse

for what keeps me up

all night

nobody looking

to collaborate

Why do I work

to prop up this blank slate

end of the

positivity experiment

is nigh

What could the conclusion

be except I

guess I'm not that guy

what could the conclusion

be but

try try again

then blame it on

the Devil

and original sin

what

2.3699 : 6/19/15 : The Awful Thing (Endless Axis 432/500)

Everyone

got their rhetoric on

to talk about

the awful thing

stole his ideas

from

Charlie X

what's the point

how could I sing

climb in head-

first and pull

the hole in behind

whether

ever

was a long tether

but it came out to

a devilish bind

what

2.3639 : 4/20/15 : Rent (Endless Axis 372/500)

Bad feelings got a pantheon

fear frustration envy on and on

What would it meant to rise above

Or to believe in living solely on love

Surely the evil range and roam about

surely the devil chose this age to flout

What could it mean to live in full peace

wake at last to sweet release

put to my hand the instrument

raise up at last the curtain rent

And to my eyes a vision glorious

bad feelings vanquished, joy victorious

what

2.3589 : 3/1/15 : Gone Indie (Endless Axis 322/500)

I don't want to bitch

about the box all the time now

better take my bitter pill

When I hear the early chime now

Smile and declare

it to be very sweet

highlight these ugly thoughts

and delete delete delete

Soon I'll have some new kink

in the feedline in hand, hey

the devil made the show

hell somehow he made the band pay

Shoulda gone indie

Shoulda left the contract blank

blech the box but scratch talks

and me I'm down to make bank

what

2.3475 : 11/7/14 : The Great Wheel (Endless Axis 208/500)

Something is beginning, again

This angry doubt a devil's hand

trying to steal my pen

Oh how have I forgotten so much

how to move with you

turned within and out of touch

now that I reject

the deck the arcana

no choice but faith

but without the mana

Was it before or after

the party, the line changed

to if you don't work you don't eat?

If I could only find

the light, the easy yoke

if I could be resigned

just another spoke

the great wheel

used to believe in its sweep

but then I thought in the end I'd get a good seat

It isn't this it started a while ago

not exactly asleep

and for sure I didn't know

If you forgot you just have to relearn

at least the lesson isn't

complicated: turn turn turn

what

2.3353 : 7/8/14 : Uncertain (Endless Axis 86/500 - Nest 2: 6/11)

Uncertain

divided

Lord said he

provided

but I was

uncertain

Who knows what

the curtain

Waited all

before us

could old scratch

ignore us

I doubt it

but strange sea

I'm still here

this change

see?

what

2.3230 : 3/7/14 : No Wolf

Not rough not mean

not full of myself

keep most of my masterpieces

on the shelf

big talk and flash

not a game I can play

No wolf

but I get up and grind

anyway

one day maybe found

make a documentary

condescending of course

if a bit complementary

but the treasure I took

from the suit with the hooves

beat a thousand day reign

as the king of the wolves

what