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Acquariana
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When I read the recent newsletter I couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "song lyrics(?)" well, not really. These are actually poems but if you picture a beat behind them, my friends've said that they've pictured some of my work as dance or pop music so . . . *shrugs*. I'd probably have to learn how to read music before that'd be possible xD. Singers can get away without reading it, but songwriters? Doubt it. Also, while one of mine was in what appears to be Spanish, that is actually my made-up language. It does appear quite close but I'll be willing to provide a Spanish translation if anyone wants it (the poem'd be kind of mreh in Spanish, but oh well . . .).
This will probably be the more disappointing of the parts since two of them fit in with the idea in the description and are earlier poems I submitted into a thread. This part was really inspired by Marina Diamandis' recent album as well as Sylvia Plath, Marilyn Monroe and other things that came to mind (Betty Crocker . . . even, as you'll soon see >:3). Well, here it is~
I decided to label this as review because I'm kind of thinking about editing the Betty Crocker, Capitalist Homewrecker poem and would like suggestions.
This will probably be the more disappointing of the parts since two of them fit in with the idea in the description and are earlier poems I submitted into a thread. This part was really inspired by Marina Diamandis' recent album as well as Sylvia Plath, Marilyn Monroe and other things that came to mind (Betty Crocker . . . even, as you'll soon see >:3). Well, here it is~
I decided to label this as review because I'm kind of thinking about editing the Betty Crocker, Capitalist Homewrecker poem and would like suggestions.
Born is the Primadonna
Mommy, daddy, pay attention to me,
Why do you always look at her and not me?
Why do you always disagree?
Why, I would love some company
Mommy left Daddy,
And Daddy left Mommy,
But was "Daddy" ever really
There for me?
Now I have a second Mommy,
Mom and Media Mommy,
Tellin' me to be perfect, pretty,
Blarin' and ringin' with glee
I made a mask brighter than Sylvia
A character fiercer than Electra
I'll do one up on both of ya'
I'll be a perfect primadonna
More hollow than blown bubblegum,
More fiery than aged rum,
Manipulation's now my fun,
Love me or run, run, run
My life's a play, a vapid game,
Where I beg for my claim
To toxic fame
Momma Media to blame
Hell, I don't care if I'm hated,
That's exactly what I wanted,
Sickening attention
For my morbid satisfaction
Let them eat my cake,
It's all corn syrup, fake,
All my food shake'n'bake;
From this nightmare I'll never wake.
What do you say now, big sista'?
That I'm a big attention whore?
Do tell more
Like I'd pay attention to ya'
Of course one day I'll fall,
Lose my marbles, lose it all
The mask shattered forever more,
Unable to rhyme anymore.
I Wrecked my Own Home
I'll be like, totally
Forever your girl, baby
Y'know, I don't think you love me
Honey, you should really call me
You should show how you love me,
Get down on your knees, baby
Pop me that pretty
Question, baby
I wrote you a love poem
To read when you're not home
With some corny rhymes
Oh, I bought some limes!
Oh, who the heck am I kidding?
Why'd he even bother reading?
This filthy pile of crap
Came from a dunce cap!
Dunce cap, dunce, dunce cap
Set, set is the trap
All to the Vegas strip
Ladies, we're goin' on a long trip
Leave behind your hearts
Your minds, your fine arts
Let the lights in your head whir
Give in to the booze making your speech slur
Oh, that new boy, what a blur
What happened between him and her?
He shattered the home,
Slandered her husband's golden throne
The wooden castle will soon groan,
Quicksand eating it whole
But still in her there's a hole
The new one won't fill her supporting role
He just lets the dead castle crumble
Collapsing in a violent tumble
"Marilyn, why did you lie to me?
You said the high life was easy!
I made him fall,
But oh, do I regret it all!"
Now you can't say sorry
Your "freedom" your inability
Bleach to oblivion;
You still won't
Be what they
Want you
to be!
They don't want a strong queen,
They just want a pneumatic machine.
Soon you'll see
That sawed is your "stable" tree,
The branches of your youth
Slain and burnt by truth
So build,
Build it well,
Craft with care,
A new mask,
A façade,
Beyond compare.
Servābor
(I Will be Saved)
Rain ran down my temples,
My locks limp,
Lifeless tangles
The thunder roared my mask away,
The lightning made my whole world sway,
Sudden truth of violent combustion,
Without care for repercussion
This forest of neon lights,
Blinded me of my rights,
Drained my heart to stay red:
Now I'm living dead
But in the night I wandered on
Until the neon vampires were gone
I let Night show her true colors
Cosmic splendors
The stars were a chorus
All singing, sonorous
They rang, luminous
Intangibly harmonious
"May I join you?
I want to sing like you, too!"
My eyes were emptier than ever
Black holes that wept forever
A million identities eaten
My true light stolen
I could feel the wind calling
The sands shifting and falling
He wished to whisk me away
From this earth without delay
Fading, sparkling
I felt myself shimmering
But no, I had to remain
Bound to this
Shifting terrain
I took what the metal forest gave,
Tore it all, left nothing to save
I am no one's machine
I will be my own queen
But Night, help me
My old strength was all a reverie
Help me stand for me
To see the tender Sun rise
With my now golden eyes
The lights, the dancers, the distant lover
Will never shatter dawn, my vermillion pillar
And if they wish to know the true me more
I will tell them
Ego servābor
[GLOW=#33ff33]Nuclear Warfare
Look out to your right!
Whirrin' sounds and a blazin' light
If you don't duck just right
You'll go on a fiery flight
Hon, I knew it would go down
Imminent is the meltdown
Now comes the sirens' blarin' sound
Against you my voice will pound
Since you allied yourself with her
I've gone off my rocker
I'm off the charts, radioactive
Insane, far beyond reactive
My mind's decayin' Xenon,
My anger redder than Neon,
Go on if you dare,
Watch my passion flare
My face a makeup explosion
Ready for aggressive seduction
If you don't accept my passion
Expect a fatal reaction
My hatred will radiate to her
Infect her with mental cancer
I'll show you who's really smarter,
Who's really prettier
I just wanted your heart,
All of you from the start,
But no, you teased me,
Denying my chemical fantasy
But do forfeit soon, darlin',
For I'm surely decayin',
Havin' trouble keepin'
This act goin'
"Loves me, loves me not,"
With the latter I'll rot,
Becomin' a mere spot
To spite your thought[/GLOW]
Betty Crocker, Capitalist Homewrecker
"I'm all about my cake;
I'm try'na marry Betty Crocker"
"General Mills' cultural perception of the American homemaker,"
"Better to leave them broken than hurt yourself putting it back together."
The name's Betty, Betty Crocker
And what are you doing with her?
You should pour your money into me
Light me up like fireworks, baby
Besides, I'm much blonder,
With eyes much bluer
And skin much tanner
Than that four-eyed loser
I can bake better,
Cook quicker,
Be dumber
Than that un-American bummer
I never quite stopped being a cheerleader,
(Never stopped being a gold digger)
Professional at submission,
(At the art of deception)
The dummy married me,
Gave me a baby and wad of money;
But no, I want more of your salary,
I'll rape you broke, honey.
Your love is nothing compared to your oil field,
And I squeezed dry what that could yield,
Now you get to rot, old geezer
'Cause you didn't know any better . . .
Oh, you're asking for welfare?
Bah! Like my new husband would care!
As yet again proven,
I support no one.
[GLOW=#ff3333]Trinity
You always laughed during the day,
And in the night you would play,
Leave me for a video game,
Hookers and superficial fame
I always wore a wig around you
My identity split in two
The lovely trophy wife
Complying without strife
But, baby you're not the one
Until otherwise proven
There'll be no nuclear family
Just my radioactivity
My blood on fire
Into the desert I'll wander
The claimer of my soul
Will consume me whole
I'll let my true hair
Out without care
You can't force me
To be your Barbie
Stand back, neon vampire
What will transpire
Will eradicate
All desire
That rests in
My heart,
Dear
Day's heat has left us
Night's mystery soon to join us
In this agitation of ephemeral dusk
Nothing has rhyme or reason
Going by its own means
As the sun sets
This blazing wasteland
My new, barren
Testing sight
Five, four,
Three . . .
Boom.[/GLOW]
Mommy, daddy, pay attention to me,
Why do you always look at her and not me?
Why do you always disagree?
Why, I would love some company
Mommy left Daddy,
And Daddy left Mommy,
But was "Daddy" ever really
There for me?
Now I have a second Mommy,
Mom and Media Mommy,
Tellin' me to be perfect, pretty,
Blarin' and ringin' with glee
I made a mask brighter than Sylvia
A character fiercer than Electra
I'll do one up on both of ya'
I'll be a perfect primadonna
More hollow than blown bubblegum,
More fiery than aged rum,
Manipulation's now my fun,
Love me or run, run, run
My life's a play, a vapid game,
Where I beg for my claim
To toxic fame
Momma Media to blame
Hell, I don't care if I'm hated,
That's exactly what I wanted,
Sickening attention
For my morbid satisfaction
Let them eat my cake,
It's all corn syrup, fake,
All my food shake'n'bake;
From this nightmare I'll never wake.
What do you say now, big sista'?
That I'm a big attention whore?
Do tell more
Like I'd pay attention to ya'
Of course one day I'll fall,
Lose my marbles, lose it all
The mask shattered forever more,
Unable to rhyme anymore.
I Wrecked my Own Home
I'll be like, totally
Forever your girl, baby
Y'know, I don't think you love me
Honey, you should really call me
You should show how you love me,
Get down on your knees, baby
Pop me that pretty
Question, baby
I wrote you a love poem
To read when you're not home
With some corny rhymes
Oh, I bought some limes!
Oh, who the heck am I kidding?
Why'd he even bother reading?
This filthy pile of crap
Came from a dunce cap!
Dunce cap, dunce, dunce cap
Set, set is the trap
All to the Vegas strip
Ladies, we're goin' on a long trip
Leave behind your hearts
Your minds, your fine arts
Let the lights in your head whir
Give in to the booze making your speech slur
Oh, that new boy, what a blur
What happened between him and her?
He shattered the home,
Slandered her husband's golden throne
The wooden castle will soon groan,
Quicksand eating it whole
But still in her there's a hole
The new one won't fill her supporting role
He just lets the dead castle crumble
Collapsing in a violent tumble
"Marilyn, why did you lie to me?
You said the high life was easy!
I made him fall,
But oh, do I regret it all!"
Now you can't say sorry
Your "freedom" your inability
Bleach to oblivion;
You still won't
Be what they
Want you
to be!
They don't want a strong queen,
They just want a pneumatic machine.
Soon you'll see
That sawed is your "stable" tree,
The branches of your youth
Slain and burnt by truth
So build,
Build it well,
Craft with care,
A new mask,
A façade,
Beyond compare.
Servābor
(I Will be Saved)
Rain ran down my temples,
My locks limp,
Lifeless tangles
The thunder roared my mask away,
The lightning made my whole world sway,
Sudden truth of violent combustion,
Without care for repercussion
This forest of neon lights,
Blinded me of my rights,
Drained my heart to stay red:
Now I'm living dead
But in the night I wandered on
Until the neon vampires were gone
I let Night show her true colors
Cosmic splendors
The stars were a chorus
All singing, sonorous
They rang, luminous
Intangibly harmonious
"May I join you?
I want to sing like you, too!"
My eyes were emptier than ever
Black holes that wept forever
A million identities eaten
My true light stolen
I could feel the wind calling
The sands shifting and falling
He wished to whisk me away
From this earth without delay
Fading, sparkling
I felt myself shimmering
But no, I had to remain
Bound to this
Shifting terrain
I took what the metal forest gave,
Tore it all, left nothing to save
I am no one's machine
I will be my own queen
But Night, help me
My old strength was all a reverie
Help me stand for me
To see the tender Sun rise
With my now golden eyes
The lights, the dancers, the distant lover
Will never shatter dawn, my vermillion pillar
And if they wish to know the true me more
I will tell them
Ego servābor
[GLOW=#33ff33]Nuclear Warfare
Look out to your right!
Whirrin' sounds and a blazin' light
If you don't duck just right
You'll go on a fiery flight
Hon, I knew it would go down
Imminent is the meltdown
Now comes the sirens' blarin' sound
Against you my voice will pound
Since you allied yourself with her
I've gone off my rocker
I'm off the charts, radioactive
Insane, far beyond reactive
My mind's decayin' Xenon,
My anger redder than Neon,
Go on if you dare,
Watch my passion flare
My face a makeup explosion
Ready for aggressive seduction
If you don't accept my passion
Expect a fatal reaction
My hatred will radiate to her
Infect her with mental cancer
I'll show you who's really smarter,
Who's really prettier
I just wanted your heart,
All of you from the start,
But no, you teased me,
Denying my chemical fantasy
But do forfeit soon, darlin',
For I'm surely decayin',
Havin' trouble keepin'
This act goin'
"Loves me, loves me not,"
With the latter I'll rot,
Becomin' a mere spot
To spite your thought[/GLOW]
Betty Crocker, Capitalist Homewrecker
"I'm all about my cake;
I'm try'na marry Betty Crocker"
"General Mills' cultural perception of the American homemaker,"
"Better to leave them broken than hurt yourself putting it back together."
The name's Betty, Betty Crocker
And what are you doing with her?
You should pour your money into me
Light me up like fireworks, baby
Besides, I'm much blonder,
With eyes much bluer
And skin much tanner
Than that four-eyed loser
I can bake better,
Cook quicker,
Be dumber
Than that un-American bummer
I never quite stopped being a cheerleader,
(Never stopped being a gold digger)
Professional at submission,
(At the art of deception)
The dummy married me,
Gave me a baby and wad of money;
But no, I want more of your salary,
I'll rape you broke, honey.
Your love is nothing compared to your oil field,
And I squeezed dry what that could yield,
Now you get to rot, old geezer
'Cause you didn't know any better . . .
Oh, you're asking for welfare?
Bah! Like my new husband would care!
As yet again proven,
I support no one.
[GLOW=#ff3333]Trinity
You always laughed during the day,
And in the night you would play,
Leave me for a video game,
Hookers and superficial fame
I always wore a wig around you
My identity split in two
The lovely trophy wife
Complying without strife
But, baby you're not the one
Until otherwise proven
There'll be no nuclear family
Just my radioactivity
My blood on fire
Into the desert I'll wander
The claimer of my soul
Will consume me whole
I'll let my true hair
Out without care
You can't force me
To be your Barbie
Stand back, neon vampire
What will transpire
Will eradicate
All desire
That rests in
My heart,
Dear
Day's heat has left us
Night's mystery soon to join us
In this agitation of ephemeral dusk
Nothing has rhyme or reason
Going by its own means
As the sun sets
This blazing wasteland
My new, barren
Testing sight
Five, four,
Three . . .
Boom.[/GLOW]
