It's not mine, but it rocks!
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Update: 20030726
I found out this is a song by El Pollo Verde
I don't really like the song, but I still think the lyrics rock
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The Passion of a Fine Young Man
by Kevin Robert Mulcahy

the cap is off
but the ink is gone
and hope is the rope
i hung myself on

they'd like me to do
tricks in my cage
'cause passion's in fashion
and i'm full of rage

they'd like me to hit
some sickly sweet note
it's late
and i hate
whatever i wrote

they'd like me to be
what i am not
but happy
and sappy
i must have forgot

they'd like me to try
to seize every day
tomorrow
more sorrow
i feel sick anyway

they want me to think
quite positively
and tonight
i might
just watch more tv

they forced off the cap
and the passion is gone
and hope is the rope
they'll hang themselves on

A Love Divided

Everytime I think of it
It tears me up inside
That you could still feel for him
What you tried to hide

Don't tell me things will be ok
In truth, it's all unknown
Emotions are a ruly thing
Not easily disowned

A heart divided cannot love
The way I feel for you
I love you with all my being
Your passion's split in two

But you say that things are fine
And act as if it's so
And for you, I do so too
Hiding that I know

The knowledge is a nasty wound
It cuts in very deep
And every night as we lay down
I die myself to sleep

A Home of Your Own

You want to have
A place all our own
To mold and to shape
And to make into "home"

Away from our families
And away from the stress
A home with no pressures
No one to impress

Large windows to let
The sunlight pour through
We'd bask in the warmth
With nothing to do

It all sounds so perfect
We'd live by the beach
But it breaks my heart
It's a dream I can't reach

Now it isn't much
And lacks a bit of charm
But all I can offer
Is a "home" in my arms