Paradise lost
A Serpent slivering around a cross
A bonfire of trees
An arrow of fire blazing my dreams
A crack in a blackened mirror
A distorted reflection that makes me shiver
Caving in to the heat
As the earth falls away beneath my feet
Poetry
Kite
We tie our fears
Around the strings of a kite
Releasing them off skyscrapers
Ten miles high
Letting go of sorrow
In the blink of an eye
Burning a trail for tomorrow
Across mirrors of fire
Dreams scattered upon the rooftops
Glisten like beams of glass
Fragile to the earthquakes
Of the cities underpass
Skeleton structures
Claw out to the stars
Cranes dismantling concrete bodies
Over a sea of cars
Written by Jeremy Warder 2017
Bullet Proof Heart (lyrics)
Verse 1
Knock me down
I’ll spring back up
Spread your lies
I’ll chew them up
Count with your gun
One to ten
Blow me back together again
I wanna tell you if you
Want to be so coy
You’ll just end up some screwed up little toy
Thought you could manipulate me
Right from the seams
But your love made me strong like a steel tank machine
Chorus
No one can hurt me or throw me in the dark
Cos I have a bullet proof heart
Sprayed like a Banksy or graffiti in the park
Cos I burn better in the dark
With my bullet proof heart
With my bullet proof heart
Don’t let them tear your love apart
With your bullet proof heart
Verse 2
Love is the drug
Nobody wins
Your hearts a church
Full of Sin
We fly across the men in their world’s
Kamakasi style, all of my girls
Take a bite from the apple
That left a bitter taste
And wear your poison chalice
That the vitriol sustains
Ghosts from your past will come
Messing with your brain
But I’m not insane
And you’re not gonna win this game
Chorus
No one can hurt me or throw me in the dark
Cos I have a bullet proof heart
Sprayed like a Banksy or graffiti in the park
Cos I burn better in the dark
With my bullet proof heart
With my bullet proof heart
Don’t let them tear your love apart
With your bullet proof heart
Lyrics Jeremy Warder 2017
Afterlife (lyrics)
Verse 1
Stop the clock
Reverse the curse
Call up the nurse
Enter the afterlife
And be cured by a bat winged midwife
Chorus
Cos I’m ready for the next stage
Ready for the next stage
Cos I’m ready for the next stage
Ready for the next stage
From the bats of hell
To the sinking islands on the Seychelles
I’m ready for the next stage
Next stage with you
Verse 2
Tame the beast
Unlock the cage
Rivers of rage
Fly from the fangs beneath
And into the sky
Like a butterfly unleashed
Chorus
The tiger held me to the ground
He could smell my fear
Out of the crowd
Oh jesus come and fuse my soul
I’m the bat Queen of rock n’roll
Bats of hell
Sinking islands on the Seychelles
I’m ready for the next stage
Ready for the next stage with you
Lyrics Jeremy Warder 2017
The Fame Tiger
The fame hungry tiger
Devours it’s prey
Under octopus tentacles
Hanging like starfruit
Rotting under the tree
Seeds burst
Like words from the heart
Left to dry
In a puddle of ink
On the floor
Under a mirrored moon
His muscular body sleeps
Upon the sands of a lunar beach
Slowly I creep
Opening his beautiful mouth
Staring at the cavity
Of his sharp teeth
Sleepwalker
Gold mask
Glitters in the sunset
As the eyes of the serpent
Sliver through the night
Rain patters upon the hot rooftops
As steam rises
Into the formation of his figure
Causing butterflies to flutter
Inside the bodies cage
Leopard print heart
Stitched up wildly in the dark
Unveiling his disguise
Moving like a sleepwalker
Hypnotised
The Rain
Have you ever seen life wash down the drain?
Puddles of dark that drive you insane
And no matter how hard you try
Your karma is black
Like the depths of the night
People walk by and fade on the street
Souls waste away in the torturous heat
So hold your head high and unleash the pain
Cos ladies and gentlemen
Here comes the rain!
The ocean of the sky
Waves fly high
As butterflies
Sprinkle like confetti
Into the ocean of the sky
Underwater bodies
Melt like clouds
Memories crystallised
Frozen in time
Wedding bells chime
Sea snakes slivering
Into the hearts of the divine
Poems from the apocalypse
Dreams
Chasing dreams
Whilst we’re still alive
Fighting handles
Against the swing of time
Dreams glow in the dark
Dreams are the make-up
From which happiness is made of
It’s so easy to slip
With one trip
Life can come crashing down
And dreams can turn to dust
Slipping away in the hourglass
Destroyed by disillusion or lust
For what we crave, we can’t always have
But if we try, we’ll die with no shame
Trying to live our lives
Fighting against life’s games
For when you’re a child
You can catch them in the air
But when you’re an adult
They can disappear anywhere
