Velocipede

I feel this lead under my feet When the day is over a dirty man needs heat I know I’ve got just what you need ‘Cause I’m the one, baby Who’s moving all this speed Pull the throttle on my motor Don’t let up until my meter’s pegged Lay your claws into my shoulder Let me hold on to your legs I put my ticket in your turnstile An all night pass to make the rounds I won’t be waiting at the underground You know this train is going All the way downtown Pull the throttle on my motor Don’t let up until my meter’s pegged Lay your claws into my shoulder Let me hold on to your legs Tandem ride So I find Now’s the time Genitalia collides, yeah They say that you are hard to mount My revolution will turn these cranks around Can’t you feel my forward motion I’ve got the notion To turn this saddle brown Lay your body on my motor Don’t let up until my meter’s pegged Put your claws into my shoulder Let me hold on to your legs Yeah, yeah Oh

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Jun 21, 2026

Come, you masters of war You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks You that never done nothing But build to destroy You play with my world Like it’s your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch While the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion While the young people’s blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud You’ve thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I’m young You might say I’m unlearned But there’s one thing I know Though I’m younger than you That even Jesus would never Forgive what you do Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul And I hope that you die And your death will come soon I will follow your casket By the pale afternoon And I’ll watch while you’re lowered Down to your deathbed And I’ll stand over your grave 'Til I’m sure that you’re dead

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Jun 21, 2026

Twist the knife Crying reptile tears Beneath revilement lies And when you know it’s gone, you’re dry Through hidden routes Black ships are tossed But your waves break down along the rocks They say that ice pumps out your blood Every pale charade is just a bluff I chart the stars alone To cross the ocean home Slave to the current’s will When all the winds are still Tides crash down around your garden wall Minor chords intone a drowning pall Although I thirst for water, there’s none around I hear the seraph’s choir calling me down Calling me down Calling me to drown Across dark seas Shadows are cast From skeletal masts Black ships of deceit Adrift on arctic oceans Lost on endless seas Day brings hellish sunlight Night brings frost disease

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Jun 21, 2026

Started pristine, since tattered None of this really matters Plastered on pedestals high Comes crashing down from the sky Decayed before it’s born Penitent’s patience breeds scorn But she found another way There’s really no following me to the grave Bloodied and battered Breastbone shattered Goodness gave way to my grief And all of my wants became needs And as she took aim for the cutting Well I was reduced down to nothing I should have begged for my mercy I should have cried for restraint But she found another way There’s really no following me to the grave Cut from cadavers Heads on platters And my head Suddenly floating and free And my neck Suddenly open to breathe And my eyes Clouded by nothin' to see And my body Falls to the floor in a heap Bound by my winters and dead to my rights Fueled by the embers of these endless nights Levitate limbless, cerebral, serene I had to taste it to know what it means

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Jun 21, 2026