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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Only $10 Reward? They need to add 6 zeros to that lol! (Taken with instagram)
Today is too too day.. So beautiful! This girl is my heart! (Taken with instagram)
David & Jonathan. A loving couple no Christian wants to ever talk about. #Denial .. I think this is definitely being added to my tattoo list. (Taken with instagram)
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Mulberry and Canal
Not Elizabeth
You talk, almost deadening
The past and regrets
Denial of your content
Confuses me…
“I’m blessed, I know. Heaven sent, Heaven stole”
Unsure that I can stay convinced
Do we avoid this like the plague?
Is this more of a common cold?
My heart is trampled
Like a child stepping on flowers for joy of brief destruction
We’re not from the same cloth
Seasons blur in the south
Never a defining moment
Never a rude awakening
This just feels like last time
Except you’re cold
And I need a break
A transfusion
Unnoticed (Haiku 1):
If people would pay attention
Just as much as the moon did
We would all be stars
Conclusion 3:
The very spot I first saw you differently was this end of the couch
Where I’ve sat and wondered for months
Supposing I over committed
As this slow rain reminds me of more than I’d like to dwell on
This time last year I was gone
A traveler with too much time to think on is dreadful, dreadful torture
Undeniable like a tree in early bloom
It’s nature cannot lie about what it’s up to
Intending on it’s roots to expect the nourishment it needs
To be what it was born to be
Like a man accepting his problem with a bottle
It’s only when he agrees there’s a problem indeed
So much to accomplish in so little time
I’ve seen the change in these walls
Yet just outside the birds from the north sing me a different song
So are we at ruin? In repair?
The bond of intimacy is so devine
Creation of love
When everyone is sleeping; or strategically elsewhere
How often we rip apart at the very thought of a future and come back altogether
Never knowing what’s in store
Heart ache is so interesting; Self mutilation
My God, what has this come to?
Where is the wind that puts my pores at ease
Sweating over the most complicated mistake
My circumstances may have been too much to handle
This was our decision; I’m not alone on this one
Just like the birds told me
They see more of your side than I do
And why would they lie?
Transition
Spent the weekend in Dallas
Walked the streets and laughed
Shut my mind down and let my heart guide me for the first time in what seems like a year
Funny how you get older and you still crave movement
At least for me…
I may never settle down
Change is coming
For the good; for my family
For me
I hear they never sleep over there in the big apple
;-)
So, I’d like to clear some things up regarding this song. I knew when I decided to record it and put it on the new record that it would raise some eyebrows. Yes, this song is about the church. Yes, this song is about a specific person in the church. No, I will not name drop.
A lot of you that know me know that from a very young age I was heavily involved with church. It was my life. I built my whole world around it. I learned a lot about ministry when I got older and starting working in it full time. Sadly, what I learned most about it was everything I’ve grown to hate. The behind the scenes bullshit that goes on. Today… I am almost entirely against what the church stands for and what our society has molded it to be and most importantly… what they seem to think is okay to teach our children what’s right and wrong.
In my defense. Believe it or not… I love God very much and I’m overwhelmed daily with gratitude for everything that He’s done for me. I’m so thankful for the gifts that He’s always bestowed upon me for as far back as I can remember. But I am to my ears in frustration with the bigotry and hatred I see everyday. God is LOVE. End of story.
If you don’t like this song. I’m cool with that. I’m not asking you to like it. Music is art and a way of expressing ourselves… this is my art. My craft… This is me expressing what I feel. I will not apologize for offending anyone. That was the songs intention. I am however sorry if I’ve disappointed any of you with my beliefs. But… frankly… My beliefs are my own and not yours. So I hope you can respect that.
Thank you to everyone out there that still stands by me with love and supported me in making this new album. I love you all very much!
-Mike Burns
“Fist To The Sun”
Don’t you tell me where you presume that I stand and how that I aim my fist to the sun. Cause I assure you that I will follow my own heart all of my days long. Wether or not you’re for me. Cause our resolution has faltered and these people change their hearts when they get scared. It must be the fear of never amounting to anything we strive for, to what we give our lives for… a love so everlasting; spoiled by your tasteless minds.
And Grace I implore you to shoulder all my weight oh my God when I’m low, I always know that I need You. Oh and Grace I implore you to lay aside Your Glory and just come home. Cause we’re all alone and we need You.
No and you, you just can’t fool me. I see through all of your lies and how that you hide all that hatred inside. Look I know the pain of hell is haunting, I can’t be the only one who’s wanting something more.
I had a love and I let it go. I had a fire in my heart and it burned for all of those that are lost out in this world. But You’re coming back and You’ll split the sky. We’ll have no reason to run or to hide and the pain that we still shelter will disappear. But what You don’t realize is that the further I get it’s harder to track the distance of my heart to where You are.
If Not One Thing…
It’s nights like these
Where the stars seem further
Or we’re deeper in some hole
Smothered in stacks of bills
Misguided by everyone we idolize
Even our own hearts
I often wish for a new one
But innocence this day and age would be pure weakness
We’ve come too far to sacrifice our souls for such selfish desires of escape
As easy as it sounds
I couldn’t last a day without the experience
Of hurt and pain
Loss
The past 363 days have been madness
And to think I’ve seen it all…
I hope there’s a shift soon and I can claw my way out of this
Out of your grasp that you claim doesn’t exist anymore
Denial is hilarious
It’s been the straw that has broken my own back
I wonder if the pressure I have captivated is in any way equivalent to the amount they stamp these powders into pills
That keep me from running every night
They’re bound to lock me away someday, I just know it
But I’ll manage until then
Until then even the greatest have to suffer
And maintain proper blood pressure
I’m sick of losing focus over you
I’m tired of masks and smiles that are so insincere
Realistically though I have no one to blame but myself
I allowed this foolish movie script to take shelter in me
And you say “It Gets Better”
You’ve said a lot of things
How am I to be sure?
Your antics and examples of past encounters are bullshit
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
I’ll forget this sooner than later and I’ll be gone
The irony
Do me a solid and stop mentioning your happiness as if it were some sort of trophy
Honest integrity is a reward worth writing home about
But instead we dance this masquerade
Stepping so painfully on one another’s toes…
Uno Anno De Sudor
I may have been naive
To think there was a chance
To take what I found
What I fell for on the corner of a couch
This may have been my very bottom
Without reason it seems
We’re never really ready for what we can’t handle
Yet, there’s always a way to cope
So we think…
Until the t-shirt and gym shorts make you feel completely naked
Stripped of all dignity
Distanced by six walls
And technology keeping us close
It was colder this time last year
I’ve almost forgotten the summer entirely
And the feeling of sweat
But I’m still sweating
Over you
