The Enemy

05 May

jessi |  May 5th,2011 | Lyrics - Drafts |  6 comments

I keep thinking that everyone will know
About the creatures stirring deep below
How they eat through muscle and through bone
How I never get a moment’s peace alone

No one knows that every day is a battle to stay on my feet
I’m a soldier firing on my enemy unwillingly
I’m the enemy

Every pill I swallow makes me more in need
Of medicine to supply what nature won’t concede
And I smile, and I smile, though it’s a false one
Until no one can tell that anything is wrong

No one knows every day is a battle to stay on my feet
I’m a soldier firing on my enemy unwillingly
I’m the enemy

Please don’t ask me why I won’t play, or walk through the park, or take a subway
Please don’t tell me it’s gonna be ok, you can’t see the creatures feeding on me
It started with my body, and then they took my dreams
Appearances are never what they seem

I’m the enemy

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  • http://profiles.google.com/barefootwanderer James Flinders

    Wow – Jessi it never ceases to amaze me how even after all this time reading your lyrics the sheer poetry of them still blows me away. That middle verse in particular is fantastic.

  • http://jessirobertson.com Jessi Robertson

    Thanks so much James. It’s so freeing to finally be off MySpace. I think some of the themes in The Enemy have been discussed in previous work but I’m really struggling with some issues so they keep popping up. I can’t tell you how much your support means and I’m really glad to hear you like the song.n

  • http://profiles.google.com/barefootwanderer James Flinders

    u00a0I will admit as much as your stuff touches me and amazes me – I often worry when I read them. I know how close your true thoughts are to your lyrics, we are quite alike in that.nnBut thank god for your music :) without that the issues wouldn’t have such a positive way of expression or a way toward resolution. I consider you similar Ani DiFranco in my head – in that you are both songwriter’s whose lyrics I can sit and read just as easily as hear you sing them. That’s talent to me :) A song that needs only a voice, even if it’s a voice in a reader’s head is a beautiful thing.Oh and I quit MySpace after reading your comment there :) Felt damned good to be rid of it. My only social network now is twitter (oh and mFlow which I barely use)nnbtw feel free to not publish this comment if it’s too personal – i don’t mind ^^

  • http://jessirobertson.com Jessi Robertson

    u00a0I have been going through the sh*t lately, but I feel like it’s the muse’s way of keeping me on my chosen path. If life were all rainbows and puppies for me, it would make it too easy. Something in me isn’t satisfied yet and it’s that thing that drives me to write. So there will be time for peace and joy when I’m older. For now I’ll let life spin me around until I get too dizzy and fall over and then I’ll write about it. So many songs in this blog will never even be recorded, especially the older stuff. Maybe it’ll be a book someday. Who knows? I’m rambling. I appreciate your comments as always James. You help keep me writing.

  • http://profiles.google.com/barefootwanderer James Flinders

    Well if it becomes a book – put me down for a copy without a doubt. A wonderful thing to have on my bookshelves that would be.u00a0

  • Deeasl3

    And I say, someone is inu00a0placed to take away the enemy, do we ever doubt the moon and stars, or the wind when itu00a0brushes our hair and skin?nThe enemy can be defeated, someone is in place to take way the enemy. someone is in place to take away the enemy..nnHad to add on to your song..hugs :0)

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