Early this morning, it came into this world
Not even a whimper, a beautiful stillborn
but still it touched me, these eyes that never opened
Part of me has passed, but I can't leave it behind
It's so beautiful, and I just don't want to let it go
It may be dead, but it's just too beautiful to let it loose
Just let me be, maybe some day but I can't do it right now
The aftermath doesn't matter, This could very well be my noose
I've got this scar, to remind me anyway
But it's just so ugly, and this is so perfect
If only breath would come, I wouldn't need to come to terms
I cry out to God, asking why it had to be this way
It's so beauti
Riding down a long lonesome highway
Just south of anywhere
a band of amateur robbers
Made a final stand right there
They didn't give a warning shot
No, not a sign of what's to come
All at once all but one drew their pistols
Then they thought that it was done
But when the smoke finally cleared
It was quite plain to see
the fallen comrade that they'd gunned down
Standing up tall as a tree
And as a silence fell on the road
Something seemed quite amiss
He opened up his mouth for a while
All he had to say was this
Load up your gun
you'll never take me down
I'll just watch and laugh
while you throw lead around
You can't even sc
Now I'm afraid to darken your door
You've made it clear I'm not welcome anymore
But time with you was surely time well spent
And I ask myself where the good times went
Even though it seems that I let you down
I still hope that I'll see you around
Sitting around, wasting through the day
I can't believe I let you slip away
But they say that in time all things will pass
And even the best times just aren't meant to last
Even though it seems that I let you down
I still hope that I'll see you around
I don't want to break down and ask you please
I'm far too proud to stand before you on my knees
It's hard to admit that I've been wrong
When I think about you
It seems like the perfect fit
Planets were aligned for us
Dice rolled for our benefit
But my mind played a parlor trick
And I duped myself to call it magic
What felt like a sign from above
Was nothing more than coincidence
I only saw what I was looking for
Because I blinded myself with hope
It's amazing how things come together
With just the right time and place
All you need is just the right angle
And a big enough squint on your face
Dime a dozen is a million to one
When something promising's begun
What felt like a sign from above
Was nothing more than coincidence
I only saw what I was looking for
Be
Though I don't know your name
You touched me deep inside
Just a face in the crowd
And you're beautiful
For all I know
You could be anything, anyone
You're a stranger in the the street
And we'll never meet again
What Have I lost
In just this passing moment
The love of my life
A world of joy and pain
Though I don't know your name
You touched me deep inside
All I know about you
Is that you're beautiful
It happens every day
And I couldn't give a damn
Because I can't meet them all
And there's so many that I miss
Too bad I wasn't given
All the time in the world
But that would wreck the romance
Since the world can't match my d
Words from her mouth so timid appear
Drawing attention that needs to be near
A loud world is broken
With whispers soft spoken
A vision of loveliness as soft as a rose
With natural ambience that nobody knows
A loud world is broken
With whispers soft spoken
Take up her hand and the world will stand still
At threshold's sensation, so much she can feel
Giving and taking, no need for extremes
Tenderly making a pillow of dreams
In a world full of candles, that burn as they might
She spends the oil slowly, drowned out by the light
A loud world is broken
With whispers soft spoken
When the discerning eyes take a much closer view
Her b
When I see you around
It seems like the touch of death
Something's gone and can't return
but I'm still alive
and the car still drives
so there's no reason to cry
so I look back and smile
The way you come and go
It's an addiction I can't fend off
Torn asunder to feed my urge
but my hand don't shake
as another breath I take
and new clean blood i make
that never knows life without you
If you were to ask a single chore
I'd be serving a life sentence
For a crime of which I'm innocent
but I don't call for appeal
because my guilt seems so real
and the stone is rolled with a seal
I don't want to loose my chain
The thoughts you b
When I first saw your face
I was stunned and amazed
But my senses came to me
And I got back on my feet
Your tornado caught me off guard
But I was saved instead of scarred
I'm pining for you
and I don't know what to do
I've only learned to flinch
But now the sky is clear
I battered down the doors
Finally there's not a storm
I'm lost in newfound strength
When your soft sweet voice I hear
Where's my right to complain
About this sudden lack of pain
I've built myself up to be so tough
The sky did fall, but only fluff
I'm full of wonder and confused
Without the sense I'm being used
Beauty leaves me paralyzed
But you've got some
New York
It's always on their minds
The stories told again and again
Of this land of mystery and wonder
Where word's reach can't begin
The land of Milk and Honey
So decadent with lots of money
Dangers around every street
Rich of the rich, and tired bare feet
They save what they can
To just be given a chance
The dark truth doesn't matter
With such a strong romance
You can't catch any slack
You know they'll stab you in the back
They'll just go and spit in your face
And say yet another hopeless case
It's just a faraway dream
For the middle of most
Just a comfort like heaven
So settling to boast
Just out of their reach
An il
Broken Hearts and Broken Dream by kickarsedrumma, literature
Literature
Broken Hearts and Broken Dream
Broken Hearts and Broken Dreams
by Seth O'Bannion 1/21/02
Broken hearts and broken dreams
The pain won't stop with your screams
Waiting for a bus to take me home
What I'm missing I don't know
What came and made this hole
That sucks the life from my soul
Shirts with missing buttons and broken seams
Are nothing compared to broken hearts and broken dreams
Broken hearts and broken dreams
They don't even make you frown
Quit pretending nothing gets you down
I know it's killing you inside
Why do you even try to hide
Your broken heart and broken dreams
Poison
by Seth O'Bannion 12/24/02
Bringing death slowly
Breaking a home into pieces
Another poison
Killing the inside
But it won't give you freedom
Another poison
The poisons that control our lives
They bring us down on our knees
Who forgot to put the label
On that poison
Afraid to go home
You feel safer in the streets
Another poison
That bruise on your face
You try to hide with make-up
Another poison
The poisons that control our lives
They bring us down on our knees
Who forgot to put the label
On that poison
They think your perfect
Everyone depends on you
Another poison
Now it gets to you
You can't handle the press
Go Ahead
by Seth O'Bannion
No one ever hurt me
Until you broke my heart
Now I live in agony
Every moment we're apart
I thought that I knew you
You were a blooming rose
But your thorns cut through me
And now my hurt just grows
Go ahead and tell me
You could never care
Go ahead and tease me
With your long flowing hair
Go ahead and stab me
With your icy knife
Go ahead and steal
All the pleasure from my life
All I ever wanted
Was to make you smile again
You never gave me the chance
To try and make amends
I tried to just leave
But to you that doesn't help
You have to give me pain
Just to please yourself
Go ahead and tell
Broken-Hearted Song
By Seth O'Bannion 1/21/05
I sit here alone
Trying to mend my broken heart
The pain is unbearable
Because we're apart
You never loved me
But I should have known
From the way we were
That apart we would grow
La, la, la la, la la,
This is just a broken-hearted song
La, la, la la, la la,
This is just a broken-hearted song
I know it's not you're fault
You didn't do anything wrong
I was the one who fell in love
And you're the one that's gone
But please help me out here
Just try to ease my pain
Because when I lost you I lost everything
La, la, la la, la la,
This is just a broken-hearted song
La, la, la la,
Anyone
by Seth O'Bannion 12/23/02
You've always been the one
Who sets me up and shoots me down
I just get lost in your eyes
And then you say you've turned around
Whoa
I see where you're coming from
Whoa
And of course you're never wrong
It's not like i really matter
It's not like you ever cared
It's not like you hurt me again
It's not like i'm anyone to you
To you
Whoa
I see where you're coming from
Whoa
And of course you're never wrong
I guess I'll never learn
Your pretty eyes can hide the truth
I can't help but fall for you
You always break my heart in two
It's not like i really matter
It's not like you ever cared
It
Anywhere But Hurt
by Seth O'Bannion 2/14/03
I just can't stop my wondering
About what I should have done
Would anything have changed?
Or would the difference have been none
I wish I had told her
The way she makes me feel
Things might be different now
But for now I can't reveal
That it just tears me apart
And rips out my heart
When she tells me she don't care
And I wish I was anywhere
But hurt
She doesn't know
How her smile is filled with warmth
And how her eyes glow
And steal the stars from the sky
I wish I had told her
The way she makes me feel
Things might be different now
But for now I can't reveal
That it just tears
Bright Lights
written by Seth O'Bannion
11/23/2004
SoCal
southern california, that's where I need to go
southern california, where my dreams can grow
southern cailfornia, that's where I'm bound
southern california, is better than this wretched small town
in southern califonia, the sun is always out
in southern california, I be a star no doubt
southern california, that's where I need to go
southern california, where my dreams can go
southern cailfornia, that's where I'm bound
southern california, is better than this wretched small town
its always nice and warm, and the people are all so nice
its such an easy question, i don't ev
Valley Girls
Smith/O'Bannion
1/22/05
I was walking in the mall
Talking to my boyfriend on my cell phone
He's like a millionare's kid
And this weekend his dad's gonna leave the house all alone
so i called a my girlfriends and said
hey you wanna, like come to a party
and they said oh my gawd
yeah i'll be there if I can find something to wear
What's wrong with you girls over there?
Stupid Valley Girls
With your little hand motions and your curly-ass hair
Stupid Valley Girls
And then I got
Rock N' Roll
I Love rock N' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock N' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me
-Joan Jett
Rock & Roll
Was slang for sex,
But what's sexy about
Media conglomerates
Turning the creators
Into castratos?
Copycats and copyrights
Are all I see made
In the music machine
These days.
Court cases covered
On MTV because
Today's 'rock stars'
Want more royalties.
I want to believe
That it was more pure
In its roots,
Straight from the soul,
But, Elvis
One word
Two words
Three words
Tiring me
Any two
Doesn't matter
Lets try
Speaker wire
Guitar pick
Lying around
Random things
Remote control
Video games
Bass guitar
Electric keyboard
Two words
Simple form
Is followed
Nothing different
Is allowed
No rebellion
No escape
Must rebel
Must escape
I will not follow these rules
I will not be restricted to something as trivial as a poem form
I will write how I want
You can't stop me
I don't care that I created the form
I still won't follow it
You might see this as a representation
Man makes his own rules
Yet it seems that man does not follow them
Hypocrisy in action
I
Now I'm afraid to darken your door
You've made it clear I'm not welcome anymore
But time with you was surely time well spent
And I ask myself where the good times went
Even though it seems that I let you down
I still hope that I'll see you around
Sitting around, wasting through the day
I can't believe I let you slip away
But they say that in time all things will pass
And even the best times just aren't meant to last
Even though it seems that I let you down
I still hope that I'll see you around
I don't want to break down and ask you please
I'm far too proud to stand before you on my knees
It's hard to admit that I've been wrong
Current Residence: Ashe County, NC Favourite genre of music: Album Rock Favourite photographer: dunno Favourite style of art: hibachi Operating System: Windows Version 2.CRACK MP3 player of choice: fuck mp3's Shell of choice: shotgun Wallpaper of choice: rotting flesh Skin of choice: hippies, (they make great coats) Favourite cartoon character: Cap'n Bitch Personal Quote: Trey Anastasio can suck my cock.
Favourite Visual Artist
Stevie Wonder
Favourite Movies
Dodgeball i guess, what's with the third degree
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
The Doors, The Mars Volta, Matthew James Electric Delta
Well, I've been kinda slack on posting new material, but I've kept on writing, and I've more or less caught up, so check 'em out, and tell me what you think.
chaz tagged me, so I guesss for the sake of spreading this plague of chain mail further across the net, I'm gonna fill it out. here goes:
1) Full Name: Seth Adam O'Bannion
2) Name Backwards: nionnaB'O madA hteS
3) Were you named after anyone? Adam from Genesis, Seth from Genesis
4) Does your name mean anything? Seth: Chosen or something like that
5) Nick Name(s): Umm...I'm occasionally called a Viking
6) Screen Name(s): evilpotatosalad (yahoo) hihatombassnare (AIM)
7) Date Of Birth: August 6, 1987
8) Place of Birth: Rock Hill, SC
9) Nationality: American
10) Current Location: Boone, NC
11) Sign: Leo
12) Religion: Baptist...more o
It's been a LONG time since I last posted a journal, so I'll try not to forget anything Important that has happened.
FebFest
FebFest went great this year, We were able to give all the bands a good amount of money, and aside from a few technical difficulties, people enjoyed it. Before I forget, I want to thank everyone who came/helped for making this one a success. The groundwork is further laid for this, and I've yet again learned from my mistakes, so I'll be able to further streamline things next year. I've made a lot of good contacts for collaboration and other various oppurtunities, and we should be able to make a demo CD from the sho