EITHER WAY by Tom Jensen
I’m a vessel of violence
Live alone on an island
I can never keep silent
They keep playing violins
To cover everybody’s crying
I got no one to hear me
No family lives near me
No friends close by
No friends at all - that was a lie
No one to call or stop by
That’s why sometimes I cry
You would to
When I got nothing to do
It gives me something to do
Many say medicate don’t educate
Become an arsonist to your history
Self knowledge just drags in complication
When some things are best left a mystery
The agony of meeting expectations
Has led to the cancelling of many celebrations
In both your honor and your name
Yeah, it was all for you but you never came
If you only die when you’re forgotten
Anonymity must sure be rotten
The value of reality lies in immateriality
For everything that lives externally dies
Though the worth of life is measured by the soul
Which we all know can be compromised
The choice could be fame or integrity
Will you have riches or character?
That is what she said to me
Now you know why everybody’s after
She gives like its charity
With instant familiarity
A true gem that’s a rarity
Indeed she’s looking so lovely
Those brown eyes gazing back at me
Feeling like there’s no one above me
As she stares right through me
It’s like she’s always knew me
Lets hope she never forgets
Remember - you can’t give somebody everything
Because then you’d have nothing left
I say either way no regrets!