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»Tears of Blood«

May 20, 2009

When you walked up to me / I saw an angel in you. / I looked up to you / And let the guard in me / DOWN!! / / I let you in / I let you into me. / I gave it all to you / I gave you my heart, my soul and my life... / But you broke the bond in me / When you let me down. / / Like a rag, you used me / And tossed me…  sign in to read more »


»Home Affairs«

Apr 10, 2009

Things are getting rowdy / And stuff is thrown about. / Cracks appear down the lane / And our home has broken down. / / Lies are peddled for survival, / Thugs are compensated for forgery / Comradeship now knows no valour / Affairs in our home are down - / The glorification of falsehood. / / Nhlanhla asked…  sign in to read more »


»The New Case«

Mar 12, 2009

As the gentle breeze / Blows by, the breeze from River Messina / / We limped on. / We're a flock of New Israelites / Hoping to cross today's Jordan. / / Others were lucky / Telling officials / Off the Canary Islands / They played soccer like Eto. / Remember the Athenians / Who sang…  sign in to read more »


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