Darkness By The Poet Dude

             Darkness

Shadows Fall Upon The Sins Of Man
In The Darkness Is Where I Stand
Shadows Fall Upon The Land
Darkness Hides The Sins Of Man

Shadows Fall Upon This Man
Seeking Light , For In Darkness I'm Damned
Day After Day , Night After Night
I Do Wrong , When I Know What's Right

Darkness Prevails
Upon This Unlit Path
Time And Again I Fail
For I Take My Will Back

The Very Hand Of God
Could Be Upon My Shoulder
And I Would Still Fall Into Sin
Fool Am I
To Have Invited The Darkness In

When The Morning Comes
The Light Shines Upon Me
So This Morning I Pray
Lord , Let Me See What You See
Let Me Know Who You Are
And What's To Become Of Me

I Long To Follow The Light
And Leave The Darkness Behind
I Long To Be Somebody Else
But The Life I Lead Is Mine

I Know My Choices Fall Short
Of Your Plans For Me
I'm Just Another Foolish Man
Searching For An Answer
Asking All The Wrong Questions
Is Darkness My Destiny............

    Darkness ( Reprise )

.....I've Been Walking Through The Darkness
My Entire Life

,,,,,I Feel So Alone In The Endless Night

.....In Heaven And Upon The Earth

....Among The Living And The Dead

.....Here I Am All Alone Again

.....Walking In My Darkness

.....Searching For A Friend.......
2014   Stever

    The Fool In The Mirror

The Mirror Haunts Me Every Morning
I Face My Sickened Soul
I Still Ask In My In My Prayers
Lord , Help Me Regain Control

Perhaps My Soul Is Empty
Perhaps I'm Wasting My Time
I've Let Down All Those Who Once Loved Me
This , My Unforgivable Crime

I've Abandoned My Faith
For My Selfish Lust
Booze , Sluts And Drugs
I Became The Person
You Shouldn't Trust

I Do Deceitful Deeds Just To Survive
Drink More Vodka To Ease My Mind
I've Betrayed Everyone I've Ever Loved
I've Destroyed The Delight
Of What Was Once My Life
I Feel I've Even Betrayed Christ

I've Prayed For Sanity , Yet Deeper I Fall
I've Lost My Mind , Giving In To My Self  Will
Perhaps It's The Fool In The Mirror
I'm Trying To Kill.....
2/8/2011   Stever Stuff


            CRACKING UP

A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
I No Longer See Through The Same Eyes
All It Took Was A Little Taste
Now It's All I Want To Buy

I Hear It Calling
In The Back Of My Mind
Catch Me , I'm Falling
I Need It All The Time

Money Slips Through My Hands
Rocks Are On My Mind
As The Crack Takes Command
Witness My Life's Decline

Cracking Up , I'm Cracking Up
Ears Ringing And Tongue Tied
Burnt Lips And Finger Tips
I Have No Problem That I'll Admit

You Know I Can't Refuse
One Blast Is Never Enough
It's So Easy To Abuse
I Need Some More Of This Stuff

Can You Save Me From The Streets
I Can't Save Me From Myself
There's No Longer A Need To Eat
I Don't Even Care About My Health

Sometimes I Sleep
Sometimes It's Not For Days
Feeling So Complete
Living Life This Way

Cracking Up , I'm Cracking Up
Ears Ringing , My TTongue TTiedd
Burnt Lips And Finger Tips
I Have No Problem , That I'll Admit

Phone Calls And Phone Calls
I Need A Few More Eight Balls
It's Three In The Morning
But We'll Smoke It All

Stuck Again
Can't Quite Find My Mind
I Can't Keep Up With Myself
I Need A Big Blast This Time

Chasing The Dragon
Wondering Why
I Just Can't Catch It
As Hard As I Try

Cracking Up , Yeah I'm Cracking Up
Burnt Lips And Finger Tips
Ears Ringing And My Tongue Is Tied
I Have No Problem That I'll Admit.........
But I Lied......



            Have I Finally Gone Insane

Please Forgive Me My Heavenly Father From Above
As I've Sinned Against Thee
In Thoughts , Words And Deeds
For I've Never Learned To Love

My Heart Is Black
My Blood Flows Backwards
Please Give Me My Soul Back
For It's Been Stabbed By Hatreds Sword
This Eternal Pain        I Abhor

I've Fed The Fire
Have I Lost My Sickened Soul
In An Emotional Abyss
I've Lost Control

Is There Any Good Left Within Me
As I Face Another Day
Should I Be Set Free
Or Simply Face My Fate

Lock Me Up
               Or Set Me Free
This Person I've Become
               Is Not Really Me

Have I Finally Gone Insane
Please Tell Me Who I Am
Do I Really Want To Know
I Feel As If I'm Damned

Three Sheets To The Wind
My Songs In The Breeze
I Live Within Sin
Forever Feeding My Disease

In Depressions Dark Domain
I'm Hidden From The Light
I'm Sentenced Again
Another Lonely Night

Abandoned , Anguished And Ashamed
My Deceitful Decisions
Only Promise Me More Pain
So Tell Me Wicked World
Have I Finally Gone Insane........
6/24/2015    Steve

   Deaths Friend

A Course Of Force
He's Led By None
The Master Falls
Killed By His Son

Blood On The Blade
A Hand Full Of Hate
A Fist Full Of Fire
Intoxicated With Anger
Death His Desire

Blood Spatter Stains His Armor
He Licks The Blood Off His Sword
You're The Next Victim
He's Searching For

It's Death He Creates
His Own Choice
Or His Fate
Another Life To Take
He's Here , It's To Late.......
1983 Stever

        The Four Horsemen

Four Forms , Each Rides A Horse
Riding Upon The Clouds
With A Thundering Force
They Must Return Before Dawn
Each Taking His Own Course

The Viking Grasps His Sword
With His Powerful Hand
As He Points It Towards
The Souls To Be Damned

The Keeper Of Time Once Rode Beside Him
He Holds The Balance Of Measure
He's Here To Weigh Your Sin
For The Weight Of Your Treasure
Matters Not To Him

The King Of Some Twisted Fate
Holds The Staff Of Wrath
For You It's To Late
And No One Takes Your Place
You're Condemned Upon This Path

The Reaper Rides The Horse Of Silvery White
And He Rules The Night
He's The Law Of Command
The Reason They Stand
The Reason We Fall
You Can't Reason With Death
When The Four Horsemen Call......
1987 Stever Stuff

                Overthrow

Magic And Mystic
This Curse Is My Gift
I Live By Decree Of The Crown
As My Parents Insist
I Wasn't Born To Follow
I Was Born To Resist

No Reason To Hide My Feelings
For I Hold The Fire
I Choose Not My Fathers Advice
For He Taught Me Desire

I Walk Away
I Walk Alone
On Another Day
I'll Take Over His Throne

In The Shelter Of  Darkness
I Conspire With The Black Robed Outcasts
And I Forgive Their Crimes
I'll Share The Kingdoms Vast Fortune
Of Which I Feel Is Mine
I'm So Obsessed , I'm So Divine

We Enter The Kingdom At Night
We Take Our Chances
All Within My Path Feel My Wrath
As My Power Enhances

We Question The Queen
Remembering The Lies She's Told
I Her Only Son , Remain Unseen
The Peasants Pray For Her Soul
As She Lies Bleeding  -  Overthrow

Confession And Denial
Are My Fathers Last Words
Wicked And Wanting
The Coldness Within His Stare
The Words Of Wisdom Or Truth
Are Seldom Heard
His Corrupt Testimony
In Witness We Bear

I'm Struck With Wisdom
I'm Now In Control
Send Him To The Prison
God Save His Soul  - Overthrow

Father , It's The End Of Your Reign
I Confront You With Vengeance
Feel My Pain
For I Have No Penance
My Gift To You
I've Written Your Death Sentence

Lost In The Magic Past
Overthrown Is The King
He Fears This Day , His Last
For Freedom , He Sings

A Host Is Awaiting Me
In The Land Of The Endless Flame
The Black Robed , Now Forgiven
Now All Shall Worship My Name

As The King
                     I Now Reign
I Own The Rainbow
                     I Touch The Flame
I Am Someone
                     All Know My Name
I Am Everything
                      I'm Insane

At Last  , My Vengeance
                       Father - Overthrown

Now I Take Fathers Advice
And Do As We Rehearsed
Now He's The Sacrificed
And I Forever Cursed......

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!

     Overthrow (Reprise)

Weary Eyes Open
As The Morning Fog Shrouds This Sinful City
The Silence Of My Past Has Been Broken
Fore Fathers Without Pity

I Try To Escape The Curse Of My Past
Falling Into The Nightmare I've Created
I Now Cry In Pain , I Suffer
My Deception Overshadows The Rest Of My Days

The Black Robed Hold True To The Flame
And Their Way Of Living Death
For They Must Protect Themselves
From The Priests And The Living

The Powerless Souls , Despite Their Grief
Search This Desperate Land For Power And Passion
With No Relief , With No More Breath
Turns Them To Thieves , Then Back To Me

In This Rage All Kings Shall Suffer
As They Perish , Power Shall Prosper
At The Face Of My Death
Whispers Echo , Remaining Cursed
The Coldness , His Stare.......
August 1985 Stever....

       Disgrace

Deaths Bed Is Warm
I Wear My Crown Of Thorns
My Names Been Scorn
Since The Day I Was Born

Wicked And Waiting
They Spit In My Face
No Reason For Their Hating
Why Me , This Disgrace

I Walk Through The Streets
In Search Of A Friend
My Destiny Defeat
Nearing Its End

Live To  Be Lied To
Negative Feelings
Nights That I've Cried Through
Hurt Never Healing

In My Crown Of Thorns
Deaths Bed Is Warm
Out Of Time , Out Of Place
Out Of Luck
Why Me , This Disgrace...
1984 Steven

         So What , I Died

No More Pennies For The Wishing Well
No More Chimes From The Tolling Bell
Cemeteries Full Of Forgotten Souls
Tombstones Bear Their Faceless Names

No One Cares To Visit Me
Come See If You Can Find Me
Within The Tall Weeds
Perhaps Flowers Once Graced
Some Long Forgotten Memory

Whats The Point Of Living
Our Flesh Rots While We're Still Alive
And Of What Am I To Be Forgiven
We're All Just Waiting To Die

My Years Upon This Earth Meant Nothing
No One Will Remember Me , Who Really Cared
Come To The Cemetery , Please
You May Find Me There , Lost Within The Weeds

It Really Won't Matter A Hundred Years From Now Anyway
How I Lived Or How I Died
No One Shed A Tear For Me
I'm Sure No One Cried
So What , I Died..........Good Bye........
2013 Steve The Sot......

   Walk Among The Tombstones

      To The End Of My Time
So Far Away From My Birth
     I'm Not Looking Forward
To Being Buried In The Earth

There's A Light Wind In The Sky
Autumn Leaves Crush Below My Feet
In This Land Of The Dead
No One Sees Or Speaks To Me

I Walk Among The Tombstones
Thousands Of Faceless Names
Are They Resting In Peace
Or Do They Still Feel Pain

Now The Moon Lights The Sky
Shadows Fall Upon My Face
I Know Everyone Dies
And No One Can Take My Place

We Are All Cursed To Perish
Broken , Buried Or Burned
Either Way You Look At It
Our Dust Falls To The Earth

Our Sons And Daughters
Also Share This Fate
For Death Is A Promise
Yet We Never Know The Date

I Walk Among The Tombstones
Is This Holy Ground Beneath My Feet
I Question My Spirituality
All My Sin And All My Greed

So What Of The Soul
And What Of The Church
Why This Elaborate Funeral
Just To Put Us In The Earth

A Tolling Bell , Heaven Or Hell
A Pleasant Spell , I Wish You Well

So What Of The Soul
Did You Live In Faith
Do You Know Where You're Going
Or Perhaps You Set Deaths Date

I Often Question My Eternity
Am I Forgiven
Did I Live A Lie
Was I Really Living

Life Leaves Us After Our Last Breath
Does Life Haunt Us After Death
Do We Owe Our Maker Some Sacred Debt
Or Is Life Something We Just Simply Forget

I Walk Among The Tombstones
Asking Myself Questions I May Regret
Will Any One Even  Remember Me
Or Place Flowers Upon My Tombstone
Or Will My Name They Forget
As In My Life , All Alone

A Stone Shall Bear My Name
My Works Are Now Laid Waste
If My Words Lived On
That Would Be Great

Now I'm Laid To Rest
Six Feet Below
The Earths New Guest
Where Am I Going
Only God Knows

But Some Day We Will All
Walk Among The Tombstones......
2014 Stever Stuff

The End , For Now.....