Waiting

Waiting for this...
But I'm not sure if I can swim
I'm not sure where to begin
I'm tried and true
With all this shit I've been through

Waiting for this...
To bring me close to you
To get me through
Just to show you how to
These reasons are you

Waiting for this...
I know, What you want and what you need
Make you want to concede
Take my hand and see what we can achieve
As I can see you start to believe

And Then This

I only lie
To myself
And I'll do it
in the blink of an eye

Too much to say
Too much to text
Every which way
We intersect

And then this
I'm out of my head
I'm out of my mind

You rely
On yourself
While I feel alive
For the very first time

I'm not sure why you wanna keep bleeding
As I stand here waiting
Please remove your metal plating
You are what I'm craving

And then this
Is out of our heads
Is out of our minds

Break Me Down

Break me down
Leaving the pieces lying around
Maybe by design
Overgrown and trapped in all the vine
When nobody's got the time
Trying to divide what is mine
Waiting for you to crawl inside
As I redefine and realize
My purpose in life
As I turn around
Remove the knife
From my back
An endless panic attack
Paint this world ivory black
This is my world
Me verses Zach

Did You?

Did you really love me?
Did you really know me?
What would you prove to yourself?
Just to put it on a shelf
And forget about the past
And faked every second to the last
Fallen short of any glory
Just another tale, another story
Refuse to forget
I stand here perplexed
You sold my soul
And I let it be
Truth be told
I accept full responsibility
All I want is another hit off the night
Straight to the vein to make it right
Once lost in my own mind
Addicted to all mankind
My angel wore black
As I swung from a noose with no slack
Stop me if you heard this before
Something about another last resort
Im scared Ill never be able to feel again
As I know "her" touch will cleanse
Something you never could have
Thats something you never had
Did you really love me?
Did you even know me?

Believe

dont mind me
make this guarantee
never have
never will
believe

in the name of my...
in the name of mine
wings spread its time to fly
screaming out my battle cry
believe

forgive me
if i leave things unsaid
forgive me
if i can only see in red
believe

just another scheme?
this holy water is burning me
its what you feel
not what you see
believe

These Walls

The apple doesnt fall far from the tree
their same demons are inside of these
what does that and this mean?
its all that he can see...
These walls

he wants to feel them crumble

when they touch he can feel her tremble

these walls will never be the same if we...

these walls will fall, how perfect would that be

he sees her from miles away
the end of this beautiful day
he wants to see this through
and doesnt understand what she sees in you
These walls

I Fall

I fall
So high

One step, At a time
The wish , To take it slow
The wish , That no one would know 

I fall

Go on , And cry

Go on, And deny
The silence of your eyes
If you let go, You will know

I fall

The wish, To spread my wings
The wish , To invite you in 

I fall
Go on, And fight 

Go on, And fly
The silence of your sky
If you let go , You will know

I fall

Rise

Rise
Rise up
Touch the sky
Look me in the eye
Kiss the sun
You're the only one
Scream into space
Face to face
Rise
Rise up
Left for dead
With words unsaid
Your one and only
Is your noose
Still dangling
From your truth
Rise
Rise up
Never gave up
Never gave in
What if you wanted to change,  the truth
Your not finished, with you
Erase the negatives with a goodbye
Spread your wings... And fly
Rise

You Warned Me

It's my fault
You warned me
But your eyes went right inside me

On top of the world,  till yesterday
Why did you have to say his name?
I thought you were different
So close but so distant
I've given you all of everything
Nothing is left but the empty
Didn't even know love was a part of your existence
You begged, pleaded and insisted

It's my fault
You warned me
But your lips just moved me

You called out a warning
But your touch was so warming
I thought there was a chance for a fairy tale
Realizing there was no chance,  no chance in the details
I'm already over this
Given too much time, but I'll leave you my wish
I pray you can be happy
But your eyes still warn me

Justified Eyes

Lying when you feel your
insecurities
Lying about your own
insincerites
Wishing you could be
justified
Simply by that look in your
eyes
Left for dead and
broken
Make yourself feel better as you stalk the
hopeless
Question your own
humanity
Look at all these
possibilities
Sneering in the face of the
collective
Remember, the mirror is always
reflective

-ZKH
1/13/14

It's All Over Now

Everything is empty
Nothing feels real
Looking for an ending
Wish I knew how not to feel

Everything is over
I can not read your dreams
Keep your composure
Nothing is ever as it seems

Everything is different
It's come to this but how
Freed from my imprisonment
It's all over now

1/6/14
-ZKH

Never

Never has been
Never can be
Someone like you
Never say never
Never say goodbye
So stubborn we'll lie
More to the picture
Than meets the eye
Wish I could say what you want
Wish we could respond with another excuse
Wish I could write the truth
But I can't even write about you
It fills your eyes
You know questions fill my mind
Smile empty soul again
Just admit this isn't the end
I'd give you the moon if you let me
But you never will
Determined to let it be
It'll never be me
Even when we say goodbye
We'll still share the same sky

1/1/14
-ZKH

Muddy Waters

This is just a phase
It was just a phrase
What if it wasn't a real question?
It could have been just a suggestion
Forgive me,  my mind wanders
Through muddy waters
More often than I count sheep
Still begging to finally go to sleep
Still wondering why I gave all of me
Still searching through that muddy water before me

-ZKH 
12/25/13

The Collective

Collective soul
Collective sigh
All of their collective eyes
Couldn't bring you back again
Couldn't make me pretend
Would rather have a collective of lead
Lodged inside my head

-ZKH
12/21/13

Bound

Bound to the words we sing
Bound to the words we sink

Mind over matter
Mind doesn't matter

Who do you think we are?
Who do you think you are?

What's left to say?
What's left to save?

Bound to the youth
Bound to the truth

The soulless wonder
The soulless hunger

Break on through
Break onto

I hung on by a thread
I hold up my own head

Bound to the future
Bound to... I've had enough of you.

12\21\2013
-ZKH

Free

Look into the stars
We will see
Just who we are

I hope you can believe
Now we are...
Free

Come with me
Leave your conscious be
And count to three

I hope you can breathe
Now we are...
Free

On the edge
Of my dreams
What will be,  will be

I hope you can forsee
Now we are...
Free

On the other hand
As I make my last stand
I want you to understand
Now I am... 
Me

Infected from Within

Erase it all
Like a spotless mind
Strike a match
But no one's got the time
Listen to your shaddows
As you fall asleep
So strong inside
Too afraid to weap
Watching you become a zombie
That refuses to feed on brain
I wish I could watch you
Dance in the rain
I bet you think
This is about you
I'm just searching
For my youth
Is it wrong?
Is sacrifice a sin?
Sitting here,  watching
You infected from within.

12/5/13
-ZKH

December Days

I want to hear
Your December's Day
I want to hear
You say my name

I want to hear
You break down and realize
I want to hear
That I won't over analyze

I want to hear
You say it just once
I want to hear
Your lack of fear or reluctance

I want to hear
The truth from within
I want to hear
Everything or even anything

These Shaddows

Shell of myself
As the darkness sets in
Victim's of ourselves
No feeling left in my skin

When these shadows talk to me
Who will lead the way?
I only need me...
Still standing to your dismay

Shell of a life
As I breathe, as I bleed
Not alive to die
As I agreed,  as you plead

When these shadows talk to me
Who will lead the way?
Wait till you see what I become
I've only just begun

-ZKH
11-29-13

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State
Is in my mind
Twisting and turning
It's praying for light
What if you gave up and gave in?
How could I say goodbye then?

-ZKH
11/26/13