you look like everyone
enjoy the kill
die like everything else
buried deep beneath yourself
this is the chameleon way
give it all to not be breathing in what’s left of youth
america will bear the weight
the collective fate
disease. dissolve. believe. evolve.
not enough space between our atmospheres
modest moon provides the light but the bravest star divides the night
you look the way you taste
just waste the way you are
just waste away on ours
best wasted days were hours while we share
sex smiles and the ninety-three million miles between
just you and me
chameleon. crow. before. below.
… but we all know
you’ll win this race
to win this war
first woman on the moon
last human being to hear our voices sing
you look the way you taste
heart beats so slow in space
mouth to mine
come to mind
earth destroyed
but love is blind
stars reveal
the path to you
begins by subtle step
a time a place
only losers in this human race
light-year anniversary
so quiet here
candlelight could bring you near
extra-terrestrial soundscapes provide new fear
gravity contains and a young astronaut’s love remains
our kiss is captured by the rising sun
last light begun
no martian stone unturned
no martian song unsung
you look the way you taste
remind me of the way you waste me
disease. dissolve. believe. evolve.
chameleon circuit spark and fill
this vessel with the fires that bind
earth destroyed… but love is blind
stars reveal
the path to you
begins by subtle step
a time a place
only losers in this human race
light-year divides our final day
this is the chameleon way

growing up
we’re throwing out the same way
growing thin
the ocean let the sharks back in
don’t worry bones
we’ll wear waterproof skin
now hurry, little fish
the race to freedom is about to begin

throwing up
we’re growing out beyond the wall of stone
throwing up
we’re letting go of everything we’ve ever known
don’t worry bones
you’ll soon be free
now hurry little cancer
fill the mouth before the cuts and bruises bear the truth
and modern medicine might just spare this youth

a night to remember
a choice overshadowing all other
no father, less mother
some sister, false brother
fill the void with bones unbroken
fill the mouth with bile and mind with lies unspoken

spit up at the feet of god
sped up to the speed of light
at the speed of god this mouth might tell the truth tonight

spit up in the mouth of god
sped up to the speed of light
at the speed of god this mouth might might chew off it’s own tongue tonight

… but excuses feel so right

home is where the fire is
deny the shadows where liars live
step into the room of vaulted ceilings and bolted doors
bodies beneath the floors

stretch the skin up over new bones
new pain to fill these empty homes
no name pills to destroy this life
collapse. rebuild. fulfilled. relapse.

perhaps new names would do us well
each and every strand, each and every cell
perhaps new names would do us well
this hypothetic home was built for two but my pathetic excuses obstruct the view

stretch the skin up over new bones
new pain to fill these empty homes
no name pills to destroy this life
collapse. rebuild. fulfilled. relapse.

the tongue is fresh and the vomit is blistering still
“fire at will” she says, “fire at will!”
i want your hands inside my open chest
just spare your heart and take what’s left
hypothetic intellectual theft

stretch the skin up over new bones
new pain to fill these empty homes
no name pills to destroy this life
collapse. rebuild. fulfilled. relapse.

your secrets are safe
buried beneath the remains of your old life
i’m told you would make a fine wife
walking around in the brightest lies
sharpest knives and finest wines

be mine
never
seem clever
live forever
watch you take the blame and fall back inside the shame

skeleton smile, skeleton fear
skeletons live here

we’ll all be home some day and we’ll make it there with time to play
every facet of perception is relative
the constant carnage of self-destructive beauty fingerprints
is enough to make us sick
sick to death
sick to the bones but it sticks in the cold
watching young ghosts grow old

skeleton smile, skeleton fear
skeletons live here

skeleton far, skeleton near
skeletons live here 

this is a story of beauty