Crooked Forest’s Year in Review: 2021 Edition
I know everyone’s saying it, but it really is hard to fathom that it’s already December 30th 2021. The last two years have been bizarre, eye-opening, gut-wrenching and confusing to say the least but, we’re here and that’s cause for some sort of celebrating. I’ve maintained for years that I’m against the idea of penning New Year’s resolutions in any sort of traditional sense. Somewhere … Continue reading Crooked Forest’s Year in Review: 2021 Edition
The Final Ladder
From the back of the Vault. I wrote this sometime in like 2005 after watching Ladder 49 with Jaoquin Phoenix. Great film if you haven’t seen it. This was originally submitted for a school assignment, ha. I wish I hadn’t waited for the time to be right‘Cause time won’t wait,and then it’s far too late I never thought I’d make a mistake,that could affect me … Continue reading The Final Ladder
Puppets
Man this guy must think I’m so stupidHe lies without second thoughtsIt’s the only thing about him that’s consistentOther than how often he’s wrong Doesn’t get why she’s so tiredWorking multiple jobsThe bills come out of her accountHe buys Pilsner and PBR Lights go downPour it outA puppet showFor an eager crowdAround it spinsAn interactive gameOne foot outNo escape She loves convenient truthsCan’t fail what … Continue reading Puppets
Aesthetics
From the Vault, circa 2007 or so. We’re throwing lit matches and you’re spilling gasolineAny kid who’s seen a Hollywood movie knows this is a bad sceneWaiting on the gas leak to settle through this vacancyI might be able to make an entrance but you were always best at exits If this all you wanted then you could have just saidThis is the best you’ll … Continue reading Aesthetics
Terminal
From the Vault, circa 2006 or so. I remember being heavily into Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin when I wrote this one, so if you’re trying to heard that one, think the SoCo “North” record. And if you haven’t heard that one, check it out, it’s arguably one of the best of its genre – I’ll drop a link below the lyrics. Not long after … Continue reading Terminal
Street Signs & City Lights
From the vault, circa 2006 or so. Back with my first band, we had what I’d describe as a heavy Taking Back Sunday vibe, in the way the lyrics would flow in and out and over top of each other. This is one of those. I’ll be demoing this one out for 2021. Let’s make up for lost timeLet’s make a sceneI can’t remember the … Continue reading Street Signs & City Lights
Dialect
They said I was sickAnd I’ve always been naiveTurns out it’s not me they seeJust the moments I succeed And I guess we define it differentlySame words, old dialect in a new sceneYears spent as an understudy with my own hands on the stringsWith multicoloured pens tucked into my shirt seamMoving slowly with the extras, Trying to match the mood swings You could say this isn’t … Continue reading Dialect
Stuffed Owls
I know I’ve walked these stairsOnce soft carpet, now bareStripped away the marks we madeSomething’s never change Window sill still in decayA two-step followed by an arm raiseBroken latch on the back gateBlueprints of reimagined fate And now the voices echo off the wallsRepeating stories you thought we forgotShoulder stretched from room to roomFingernails bled straight throughHolding out without reprieveAnother drawn out soliloquy An empty nest … Continue reading Stuffed Owls
Here With Me
I’ve been walking a thin lineI’ve been swinging off balconiesI’ve been waiting such a long timeJust to have you here with me I’ve been letting go of old dreamsI’ve been fishing upstreamI’ve been crawling under barbed wireChoosing sickness over sleepTo be sure of what I seeTo have you here with me I’ve been taming dragonsHealing people in the streetI’ve been ignoring warning signs A train engine … Continue reading Here With Me
Cedar Cove Cabin
Took a drive to the beach at summer’s endHad to get out, get some air, had to swimTook my time with the driveSo many places I hadn’t beenFound a cabin steps from the shoreWatched the tide roll outNever made it in Booked a week though I wanted moreLeft 3 days after I stepped through the doorCouldn’t take the September coldBitter at the wood-soaked pitMy wet … Continue reading Cedar Cove Cabin
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