Skeleton Life - Stale Marriage

By smokejack

Thu, 16 Jul 2009
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Skeleton Life

I don’t know no body and no body knows me
And that’s just the way I like things to be
If I get myself in trouble it’s me I’ll have to blame
And if you say you know me I’ll deny my name

I can disappear like a cloud on the wind
I can sleep where the sun won’t shine
Don’t pity the situation you find me in
This life I have is mine all mine

Drifting out from the cold I’m often awake
I am not afflicted with domestic strain
There’s always much more that I can take
I’ve grown immune to all the pain

That everyday life gives us all
At least I get up after every fall
And it’s been awhile since I shed some tears
But look at you, you’ve been crying for years

Who needs such a skeleton life
Who leads such a skeleton life
TV eyes in central heated homes
No imagination, vultures picking at your bones

Who needs such a skeleton life
Who leads such a skeleton life
There must be more to this life we’re in
Otherwise we all belong in a recycling bin

We don’t know no body no body knows us
What’s inside of you may never show its face
Don’t be so predictable get yourself off that bus
It’ll do you some good to never know your place

Don’t bury yourself while you can still breathe
Don’t barricade yourself into a place of no worth
Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ll never leave
A skeleton life is for when you depart this earth

(C)Sj2009

Certificate U
Story
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by russiandoll on
I think this is excellent, well done. Only crit comment would be not sure whether nobody is meant to be expressed as 'no body' for the purposes of the piece. Same for into vs 'in to' in the last stanza. Tripped up slightly on reading these words, but other than that I think this is a fab piece.

 

Submitted by smokejack on
'the world would be a better place if the parents had to eat the sprouts' Hey Rd thank you very much for the compliment. the 'in to' was a typo (thanks for spotting it!) but the no body is intended. just read your friday night crying which is a truly heartfelt piece. You have a conscence that should be adopted by those who see life as something to take without ever having to give. Keep writing it's the sanity that parts the chaos. Jack

Submitted by sarah wilson on
I like this - sounds a bit like a rap or possibly that if spoken, it would be shouted. Different and good:) sarah

Submitted by smokejack on
'the world would be a better place if the parents had to eat the sprouts' Thank you for the complment Sarah and you're right the piece does have a lyrical feel to it. I was trying to imagine it being sung by a drunk piano player! Like your Wimbledon piece very nicely placed!