The Horse That Bud Bought

Round & round & round it goes Where it stops nobody knows Through the rain & through the snow, they Wind it up & Watch it go Tilt-A-Whirl - Don't know how it started Tilt-A-Whirl - But I can't get off Tilt-A-Whirl - I don't think I like it Tilt-A-Whirl - But I just can't stop Round & round & round it goes Where it stops nobody knows Hickory Dickory Dickory Dock It's all a game of beat the clock Tilt-A-Whirl - Don't know how it started Tilt-A-Whirl - But I can't get off Tilt-A-Whirl - I don't think I like it Tilt-A-Whirl - But I just can't stop There's much to be said for laboring in obscurity It's as underrated as the benefits of suffering (round & round) Tilt-A-Whirl - Don't know how it started Tilt-A-Whirl - But I can't get off Tilt-A-Whirl - I don't think I like it Tilt-A-Whirl - But I just can't stop Tilt-A-Whirl - Cuz it breaks my neck Tilt-A-Whirl - And it curves my spine Tilt-A-Whirl - And I can't get my balance Tilt-A-Whirl - On this carnival ride

Submitted by Warbringer — Nov 11, 2025

It's not me messin' with your life Givin' you the trouble and strife. Blame it on my evil twin... Cheatin' at the game Not responsible for your pain. Blame it on my evil twin. Well, I know he's got my name But I swear we're not the same. Blame it on my evil twin... Spreading the disease I'm just a product of society. Blame it on my evil twin. I learned it from T.V. You blame it your parents or police. Blame it on my evil twin.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Down from the mountains word would come We would soon move to Oregon. Pulled from the ground of yesterday Sell everything and move away. But it wasn't what we thought And we rode the horse that Bud bought. We took that trip again, my friend. Ten of us formed a family Jimmy and Jesus under siege. Follow the leader it would go Stuck in a twisted puppet show. But it wasn't what we thought And we rode the horse that Bud bought. We took that trip again, my friend. But it wasn't all for naught Living in the house that Bud bought. We learned so very much back then. It was a burning bush of hungry souls Trying to follow what our hearts were told. But a novice played upon our fears And the whole thing screwed us up for years. We untied a holy knot And we rode the horse that Bud bought. Prophecy came and we were gone We would soon move from Oregon. Turning their backs on yesterday Some of the others fell away...

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025

Closed society the avant guarded name the password Tight lips Broken spirit locked behind a painful stone cold chest Reach into the valley of the shadow of success Over the cold shoulder I can't breathe deep or roll away the stone Sweet Jesus my relief From tongues lashing, blind eyes flashing, trash can smiles Limited words of infinite smallness Peering back from the unknown Mindless mayhem To the victor go the spoils As long as that can stand on dead man's bones Screaming from the devil's pulpit Intellectual incest, incestual intellect Open minds, open mines Like a lump in the throat...incomplete. I'm coughing up my youth I've got the buzz on you.

Submitted by Nargaroth — Apr 26, 2025

I tried to call you but you were gone Way too busy stickin' the labels on Deciding who will swim in the talent pool- and what is cool Cultivating more popularity Overly concerned with what not to be Trendy little fashions that please the eye- you'll televise Whatcha gonna do tomorrow? Whatcha gonna do when it's over? I just don't fit into the clique You're so hip you make me sick Whatcha gonna do tomorrow? Pay no attention to quality Churning out the pap like a factory The only standard is how ya feel- not what is real You never heard a word that I said Totally convinced that the sound was dead Creating categories that fit the times- condition minds You move 'em in and move 'em out like they were cattle Burn a brand into their hide With all apologies to L.A. and Seattle Cloning is artistic suicide

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

quoting creeds of correctness cast in cannons of care convoluted compassion commiserating despair pin a ribbon on my heart for the ones who've gone before pin a ribbon on the air pin a ribbon on my heart if it proves i really care pin a ribbon on the air wearing walls within windows where all wishes are weighed wanted wages unwilling while we watch on with dismay

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

I should've seen it comin' should've seen the signs Seems that there's a break in our communication lines You haven't heard me talkin' for a long long time I guess you're in a new dimension but I'm still in mine Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop What's it gonna take to finally breakthrough? Somethin' about this that makes it all new I'm prepared to do all that I have to Anything it takes to finally breakthrough I got a sinking feeling that I can't relay Remembering a conversation on a distant day Visions of teardrops falling as you turn away I may be flesh and bone but my feet are clay Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop Ghosts form my past cling to my back I should've seen it comin' should've seen the signs Sensing a swelling shiver shooting up my spine

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025

Come along with us/ Tourists on an Omnibus Sit beside great might have beens, explorers of the cosmic trick Jewels of heavenly magic in violent starry galleries Caught in infinite instant forgiven of all dragons In my mind I've found that the more I've found the less I find Love's not blind but bound and the more it's bound the less it's blind Lucid is the traveler in childlike monotony In the grandest theatre of decorated beauty Come along with us Tourists on an Omnibus

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Tried but I just can't Keep up with the Media Slant. I watch the spastic dance They're doin' the Media Slant. They must be members of some dark fraternal club. They hold their meetings while I'm soaking in the tub. Ruseau and Stalin must be cheering in their graves. I hear their rhetoric in everything they say.

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

Another lonely day I'm looking at your picture. I love the way that you compare. And even though that you're not much for conversation I can't help but wanna stare. My Mona Lisa. Another piece of coal I'll scratch you on the surface. I feel my heart begin to care. And even though your mom-n-dad don't really think so You'd look good with purple hair. My Mona Lisa. I'm turning on the brights of my imagination. My masterpiece tonight. My Mona Lisa. Another painful day I struggle with proportion. I'll work until I get it right. I'll change your face and I might even change your outlook. I'll make you wanna be alive. I know your momma's sad, I know your daddy's sad, The world don't look that way And I'll show you. I'm gonna make ya smile I'm gonna make ya blue I'm gonna make ya fly And I'll change you, I'm gonna change you. I'll turn it all to white- a simple alteration. I'll stop your wandering eyes My Mona Lisa.

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

A prophet on a rooftop lifting up his holy hands Shouting to the ground below People running here, people running scared Hiding in the shadow Turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear It's all so hard to handle All the changing minds and changing of the times Changing the channels I care more 'cause I know what's in store I care more because I know the score I can't wait!!! A nut case in a tower polishing his holy gun Reciting a nursery rhyme Mama picks the kids up, gives them both a kiss And drives them in a lake to die People in confusion, people in despair Solution's elemental When all the psychological metaphysical self help Mumbo jumbo seems so farcical I care more 'cause I know what's in store I care more because I know the score I can't wait!!! I can't wait!!!

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

Christian soldiers stumbling row by row Blindfolds tied and deepest fears in tow In this tangled maze of mortal dreams Sometimes it's too hard to believe I can't stand by and watch a friend fall down I can't stand by and watch a friend trip on love Trip on love again Somewhere a voice says the least hurtful way But that can't explain away the pain She can't unlearn, there's no return So don't forget to watch your step I just can't stand by and watch my friends Trip on love

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

Idolized- for years we were like glue Paralyzed- from looking up to you Terrified- to open up our lives Loving eyes- cut through me like a knife Icy fingers shake my hand Frozen shoulders leave me cold You've changed And I know we'll never be the same You've changed. You've changed. And the love we lost is such a shame You've changed. You've changed. From a confidant to someone strange You've changed. You've changed. Agonized- rejection unexplained Who was I to think we were the same? Frigid words that pierce my heart Like an ice pick through my soul

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

Living by the turn of a phrase Judging by the look on a face I confuse, always do, and abuse, don't mean to Then excuse, always do, in the end, I lose Everything I do hurts someone My life Acting on an impulse of pain Spinning on a perilous plane With a word I confuse, I hurt and abuse Worry, then excuse, in the end I lose Everything I do hurts someone My life I bleed the same blood, still I offend I walk the same path, I lose a friend Everything I do hurts someone Story of my life

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025