Dolph Chaney -- Climbing Mountain Time
HELLO WORLD
As the eunuchs guard the temple for the asking
I dive into the sea to find my pearl
And though I'm pining for transparent windows
This disco ball keeps spinning like the world
This cup of java makes me run so fast
I'm getting with the program now at last
Hello world
My geek flag's unfurled
Hello world
Do we decimalize or sing the fraction anthem?
Will we find the mark we made without that zing?
Can we reconcile the balance of our ransom
as the handout cuts us off each time we sing?
I'd like to find a true home by the sea,
but will I get the e-book thrown at me?
So hello world
Once more boy-meets-girled
Hello world
There's a legend of a key across the isthmus
where projection never interrupts the view.
And you wore a smile like 6am on Christmas,
but the toys were smashed and soiled by 8:02.
So now you're gone and I no longer know
peninsula from archipelago...
But hello world
Once more back I'm hurled
Hello world
CUDDLE PARTY
I come home late
the lights are low
and my spirits are low too
A giggle-hitch
I hit the switch,
and there in PJs I find you...
and everyone else we know!
"I just wanna hold you... and your friend
'cause it hurts so much and I just need to pretend
I just wanna hold you and your friend
'cause it's been so long and I don't wanna reach the end"
I settle down
and cuddle up
tension steams out of my mind
we're rubbing socks
this feeling rocks!
Peace with you is what I find,
like everyone we know
"I just wanna hold you... and your friend
'cause it hurts so much and I just need to pretend
I just wanna hold you and your friend
'cause it's been so long and I don't wanna reach the end"
WEAVING IN THE RAIN
"So long" seems to hold me
'til I see your face.
Sew long seams to hold me
tightly into place.
From the cradle and the grave you've been robbin';
it's a stitch -- you're down to one broken bobbin.
Weaving in the rain,
making me feel dizzy --
watch you get so busy
that there's no time to complain.
Weaving in the rain,
vision getting blurry.
Switch in such a hurry --
hope you make it back again.
Intermittent pastures
dot a bleak landscape
Intimate disasters
plot oblique man's shape
And I have a question, but I'm scared to ask it --
Just where are you taking me in this handbasket?
Weaving in the rain,
feel disoriented,
wondering if you meant it,
but afraid that you'll explain.
Weaving in the rain
drowning drunken staggers
winding staring daggers
I see before five to ten is
climbing mountain
time for weaving
In Side 1, you're asking
what the flip will bring
Inside, too much basking
in the slip and fling
'Cause mistakes were made which made me miss the taker
And your plans which laid me out with one haymaker
Heaving in the rain
mixed with perspiration
from the conflagration
that has flagged me down the drain.
Weaving in the rain
finally made me seasick
but only making me sick
as you smile to see me strain,
leaving in the rain...
GOING STEADY
Sticking straight up in the dark
Flat like a hammerhead shark
I used to tease my hair, but now we're going steady.
Every new flame that I see --
was it time that passed or me?
I used to date myself, but now we're going steady.
Thrill-seeking lothario;
a worst-case scenario
I used to flirt with disaster; now we're going steady.
Food and drink and food and drink
Food and drink will help me think
When hungry, I dream sickles; now we're going steady.
Peaches fucks the pain away;
What a waste of nerves, I say!
I used to sleep with discomfort; now we're going steady.
Organizing organs, eyes,
and your other parts -- surprise!
Sometimes I used to court order, but now we're going steady.
I want more than just your face,
your body, your time, your space...
I used to dream about you; now we're going steady.
MAKE ME
It's not your job to take me higher;
if I wanna get there I should do my part.
It's not your job to make me feel good;
you can't make me feel what isn't in my heart.
but if you want to, please stand by me
I like it when we're next to us
and even though you sometimes try me,
I always get back on the bus
and watch the wheels go round and round now
it's a gyroscopic joy
tiny girl, just come on down now
to your microscopic boy
You can't make me feel what isn't in my heart,
so just do let's start
and let's make love imitate art.
Suns refusing, mountains crumbling
sounds like one hell of a day.
Let's be 4 each other tumbling
and send this drama clean away.
Hold me now, or hold me sometime,
I can wait a while at least
I'm busy dodging the bad slant rhyme
and the repeat sign of the Beast.
But I hope that you'll make room just
as soon as you safely can.
I don't need another boom/bust;
I'd like to be your best man.
You can't make me feel if I don't feel like feeling
oh what a feeling
when you pants me on the ceiling.
APRIL FOOLS
April fools Dave into thinking that it's all about her
Then she runs with the devil and he fades without her
He said he'd wait
But it's too late
And will Eddie, Mike or Alex be the next one April fools?
April fools day-traders right out of their stocking jammies
Then she deeds herself all the Memphi and Miamis
She breaks the bonds
Of lakes and ponds
But will S&P or NASDAQ be the next one April fools?
April fools day into changing into night at noon
Then she hides when the sun comes shining back too soon
But as it glows
She already knows
whether Father Time or Luna'll be the next one April fools...
and my money is on Luna for the next one April fools.
SHINE
Catching the lock
turn the tumblers near
snap and pop
to crack the door deep
inside
Watching the clock
cycle through this fear
until I stop
to tell the story
goodbye
may you find your way
leave me to find mine
both we greet new day
shine
Faking a bit
'til the fact checks in,
vacancy
is all I'm looking
for.
Taking a sit,
still the glass flecks win.
They can see
the fall; I'm cooking
the score.
Do I lose the light
in this heart of mine?
I can't find the fight
shine
Happy the stance
that allows for two
to be whole
in one pure moment
of day.
Ask me to dance
and I'll bow for you
from the soul
of feet not going
away.
may you find your way
may you be in mine
both we greet new day
shine
STATUS UNKNOWN
what do I say
when I don't know what I'm asking for and
where do I go
when I do
where can I stay
if there really is no 13th floor and
what do I know
about you
because your cover isn't all that's blown
status unknown
was it my fault
if the earthquake didn't register and
where do I sit
and not blend
please pass the salt
but please do not pass the edgy slur and
who gives a shit
in the end
because this bird isn't all that's flown
status unknown
I deny it categorically
I avoid it matadorically
but this bull won't leave me alone
status unknown
who filled the tank
and why does it smell so sickly sweet and
which of you fin-
ished the wine
who robbed the bank
of the river under ebbing feet and
can I begin
saving time
because these stars are not all that shone
status unknown
HEADBONKER
God grant me the serenity to accept
the high notes I cannot sing,
the courage to sing the high notes I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
When I'm up on stage,
I get so into it
that I bonk my head into the microphone.
And I'm worrying about
what I barely learned
and what I will forget...
In that moment
as my eyewear gets all sweaty
I almost feel like I'm ready for the world
In that moment
I've forgotten all the taunting
and I revel in the haunting of a girl...
Bonk on.
God grant me the serenity to accept
the love that I cannot make,
the courage to make the love that I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
When I'm holding you,
I get so into it
that I bonk my head into your collarbone.
And I'm worrying about
what I've never done
and what I have forgot...
But in that moment
I can block out all the heartbreak
and tell myself one thing smart -- "flake
out no more."
In that moment
I've forgotten every insult
and no motive of this sin's ulterior.
Bonk on.
God grant me the serenity to accept
the pain that I cannot lose
the courage to lose the pain that I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference
When I'm freaking out
I get so into it
that I bonk my head into the wall alone.
And I'm worrying about
all the worrying about
whatever I forgot.
But in that moment,
there's a whisper down from Heaven
that my grandpa just needs seven-year-old me.
In that moment
I'm just sweet and smart and funny,
though my nose and eyes are runny, we agree.
Bonk on.
got control?
I smile
I cry
I research what I'm too scared to try
It's how
I roll
I wear this shirt like I've got control
But all
I do
is think of things that I did with you
and wish
that I
had got control enough to get by
Things fall
Things bend
Things break if there's no support to lend
And when
they do
The jagged edges shine 'cause they're true
And in
my mind
I can't believe I've left you behind
I found
my muse
and found a way to leave the abuse
At once
at peace
at times I start to feel the release;
I walk
I stroll
I dance along 'cause I've got control.
If time
heals all,
the time will come when time makes a call
and when
my cell
phone rings, I hope you're out of your hell.
All words and music © 2005 Dolph Chaney. All rights reserved.
