Fates Worse Than Death, Pt. II: Anthroposcene - Short Fictions

Strip me back Of all my pride My possessions 'Til all I want And all I seek Is Your presence Awake in me A fire and a zeal A fire full of love Heaven open up Come and fill this place With Your mercy with Your grace Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit With power and with love All consuming fire come Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Strip me back Of all my pride My possessions 'Til all I want And all I seek Is Your presence Awake in me A fire and a zeal A fire full of love Heaven open up Come and fill this place With Your mercy with Your grace Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit With power and with love All consuming fire come Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Come and fill this place With Your mercy with Your grace Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit With power and with love All consuming fire come Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You We want more of Your presence We want more of Your power We want more of Your glory We want to know You Come and fill this place With Your mercy with Your grace Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit With power and with love All consuming fire come Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit

Este de necontrolat Sentimentul meu ciudat Şi aş vrea ca inima Să o poată uita Nu pot, nu pot Să scap de ea Căci s-a aşezat fix În inima mea,a mea Aş da orice Doar ca ea să fie Bucuroasă Şi să mă iubească Arde, arde Focul din mine arde, arde Şi nu te las să-l stingi Că nu vreau să te frigi Căci arde Doare, doare Răspunsul tău chiar doare, doare În care tu mi-ai zis Să nu mai am vreun vis Cu tine Poate din întâmplare Ai văzut lacrimi care Curgând ca şi o ploaie Obrajii mi-i şterg M-ai şters din suflet oare? Asta e o-ntrebare Una la care Aş vrea să-mi răspunzi Dar eu nu te voi uita Niciodată în viaţa mea M-ai făcut să sufăr mult Basmul ăsta a fost prea scurt Nu pot, nu pot Să scap de ea Căci s-a aşezat fix În inima mea,a mea Aş da orice Doar ca ea să fie Bucuroasă Şi să mă iubească Arde, arde Focul din mine arde, arde Şi nu te las să-l stingi Că nu vreau să te frigi Căci arde Doare, doare Răspunsul tău chiar doare, doare În care tu mi-ai zis Să nu mai am vreun vis Cu tine Poate din întâmplare Ai văzut lacrimi care Curgând ca şi o ploaie Obrajii mi-i şterg M-ai şters din suflet oare? Asta e o-ntrebare Una la care Aş vrea să-mi răspunzi Poate din întâmplare Ai văzut lacrimi care Curgând ca şi o ploaie Obrajii mi-i şterg M-ai şters din suflet oare? Asta e o-ntrebare Una la care Aş vrea să-mi răspunzi

FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Synger en sang om FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Hvordan kan vi reise oss Om ingen vil strekke en hand Kan vi få til - rettferdighet I alle verdens land Vi må ta tak - i det selv Starte vårt eget band For det vi har er en stemme En framtidsplan Å stå sammen gir oss større verdi Og med stolthet kan vi være likeverdig Blir du med, så får vi det til Vi synger en sang om FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Synger en sang om RETTFERD gi oss RETTFERD Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Ja, ja, vår stemme er sterk Rop det ut fra høyeste berg Oh yeah Kom igjen, gi håpet et løft I dag er dagen Vi vil nå stå sammen Bruke stemmen og framtidsplanen Vi vil ha en forskjell! Forskjell! Vi synger en sang om FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Synger en sang om RETTFERD gi oss RETTFERD Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Vi synger en sang om FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Synger en sang om RETTFERD gi oss RETTFERD Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Yeeeeeeaaaaaahh Yeeeeah Yeeeeeeaaaaaahh Yeeeeah Vi synger en sang om FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM Synger en sang om RETTFERD gi oss RETTFERD Til å si fra FRIDOM FRIDOM FRIDOM

A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table A baffling contretemps that shakes the day unstable Confessions from the cab a habit that I got from dad The flurry of departure in a cyclone of cologne Would often devastate the gate and hedge And set our tiny teeth on edge I see it in me now and pledge To knock it on the head that's what I'll do A muffled battle cry across the kitchen table Bridges up portcullis down and round the Tower of Babel I'm babbling in my dreams of blue berserkers coming at me Eyes and tongues and rusty knives And God almighty laughing at me From a fat boy fishing chair I wake to find you laughing there It's nice to know how much you care Decided I should spend my life with you We protect our little fictions Like it's all we are Little wilderness mementos But there's only you and me here Fire breathing Hold tight Waiting for the original miracle I'm trying to focus on the issues of the day please Your paper's upside down The radio's in Chinese These little tremors that are ripping through our rituals That friction up the interaction Emanate from quite the greatest Thing that ever happened to A pair of boozy bowerbirds Like me and you In other words The alligator pear inside of you We protect our little fictions When we bow to fear Little wilderness mementos But there's only you and me here Fire breathing Hold tight Waiting for the original miracle Fire breathing Hold tight Life is the original miracle Let's get old Dare you now Mix blood with me All in Love is the original miracle Let's get old Dare you now Mix blood with me All in Love is the original miracle Love is the original miracle

I can only be so convincing I want this so genuinely I could write a song in a day that I know you would like But it all means so much more to me No, simple chords or melodies Might hit a million streams but it don't feel right And you live 300 miles away And you never spoke to me that way before The occasion might arise but I'm not holding my breath So I know it may sound insincere I'm so glad just to be here with you Who am I trying to impress? I never thought at 23 I'd feel this bad But I never take for granted times we've had And all the time that I spent wishing I were dead I'm gonna take it back now, I'm sorry that I never said That you've made a life that's worth living On bad days I've got friends to see On good days I forget the end is so near So I'll learn to appreciate the people who tell me the way they feel I never said we had to be the best (and we're surely not)

I spent the day inside I hadn't eaten the whole night I could not sleep a wink I felt so far from alright Thoughts that make my head spin I'll think them all over again To me it's everything To you it's just a passing sight I miss your voice, I hear it sing Through apartment walls, Niagara Street South Oakland, Pittsburgh, 2014 "A majority of the police force has been assigned to the crowded highways outside this deserted city. And citizens remaining in New York may have to protect themselves from the cranks and looters known to be roaming the streets. From the Weather Bureau: The temperature stood at 110 degrees at 11 o'clock this morning. Humidity 91%. Forecast for tomorrow... Forecast for tomorrow... Hot. More of the same, only hotter." "Stop it." "I don't care. Who are they kidding with this weather report stuff? Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow, you can fry eggs on sidewalks, heat up soup in the ocean, and get help from wandering maniacs if you choose. What do you mean, 'panic'? Who's left to panic? Ladies and gentlemen, I'm told that my departing from the script might panic you, and— Let me alone! Do you hear me? Let me alone! Let go of me! Let me alone!" Sometimes I have this dream I'm going for a hike and discover a remote farmhouse on fire Children are calling for help from the upper windows So I call the fire brigade But they don't come Because some mad person keeps telling them that this is a false alarm The situation is getting more and more desperate, but I cannot convince the firemen to get going I cannot wake up from this nightmare