Tiger

You are my danger
You have my soul
You could destroy it
And take it whole

So alone but why
I sit here and wait
Wanting you is suicide
Needing you is fate

Not every stripe shows
You erase what was once there
Doesn't seem to bother you
Doesn't seem you care

What should I be thinking of
Your long searching stare
What did they think of me
Those eyes worse for wear

If I find you again
What is there dear
What is the reason
I hurt, I fear

I need you lonely tiger
I need you to stay
Choose what you want
Tiger go, run away.

Copyright Oliver Evans 2011

Make Me

If you can’t take me
Why don’t you make me
I don’t see why not
Or what I’m doing wrong

If you don’t like my ways
You never do these days
Why don’t you make my life
Gamble and throw the dice

You think my thoughts are blind
I can make my own mind
If that’s not what you see
You may as well make me

How far have I flung
Why can’t some people hold their tongues
It’s me that’s now breaking
Because you’ve caught me in the making

Why don’t you take control
Put together my aching soul
Take me throw the cold
That’s warming ready to scold

It doesn’t work like that though
But you grab every opportunity
But why don’t you know
That you can never make me.

Oliver Evans Copyright 2011

Our Summer

Our summer was beautiful
Our summer was true
Spent in love and dreaming
Under the sky so blue

The flowers turned to fruit
They blossomed above
Grew into something special
Just like with us

The sun burnt our minds
But put fire in our hearts
Like I’m lost in a maze
Yet I know where to start

All thoughts are benign
In the haze of the heat
Don’t need to know the time
Lying in the grass bare feet

And when our summers over
We can still be friends
Only in this season
We’ll love till the end

And when summer comes back
It’s time to show what we feel
Because it’s the only time
Our love can be real.

Oliver Evans Copyright 2011

Neon Region

It used to be built on dreams
Now thats hard to believe in
Do we know what life means
In the flashing neon region

Where no street is the same
You know nobody elses name
Money is just a game
The casinos don't feel the strain

Shining lights and spotlights
Whatever time it may be
Gamblers don't know about the age of austerity
When will their greed cease

Foundations cemented with wealth and glamour
Pleases those who need a break
Added alcohol fuels the night
That you won't remember when you wake

Where has all the love gone
In this city torn apart
The people lost to work and party
When did Las Vegas lose its heart

Destroying a modern gem
The truth hurts with reason
Especially when it's falling around you
The death of a neon region.

Copyright Oliver Evans. 2010

Heart And Mind

Another atom made to recreate
The genetic works of love and fate
Impurities burn like hate
To change now its far too late

Elements of your heart
Beat in rhythm like electric
Diffusing they blow apart
Destroyed by their own kinetic

The very science of yourself
Is running out of time
You don't know how to find
The reasons of heart and mind

They shouldn't be brought together
Not meant to think the same
It could crumble you forever
Mixed they're a dangerous game

Your understanding of love
Is built into an equation
And it can't be solved
Without blurring hearts creation

A stranger to the world
With two different thoughts combined
Your confused and your hurt
In your own heart and mind

Oliver Evans Copyright 2010

You're The Collision

The collision is coming
The skys have turned red
Theres a lot to prepare
While the crash is ahead

The collision is moving
Towards me its shifting
Don't know when it hits
But somewhere its drifting

The collision is speeding
In all its fiery glory
but I'm its landing pad
and the landing will be gory

The collision is plotting
Making its own master plan
Thinking how to bring me down
In every way it can

The collision is near
Its target locked and in sight
Its shooting down fast
Rushing through the daylight

The collision has hit
And the impact was great
The sirens are flashing
So don't call me your mate

You were the collision
You were all along
So many things were right
But so many things were wrong.

Copyright 2010 Oliver Evans