honey bell(Arnold Melleby, 12.28.2023)

a heartbeat`s sold

and its karma too

it`s five minutes past soon o`clock

and I`m still trying to get 

my message through

the sound 

of a single bullet

flying through the air

hitting its aim

a broken heart

hitting its aim

a broken heart

honey bell

were you ever as close to me

honey bell

were you ever as close enough to me

to stop 

leaving me to wonder

why on earth 

you left me

for another

the closest I`ve ever been 

to heaven

the closest I`ve ever been

to eternity

in heaven

or beheaded

is to love you

or not

honey bell

were you ever as close to me

honey bell

were you ever as close enough to me

to stop 

leaving me to wonder

why on earth 

you left me

for another

honey bell

were you ever as close to me

honey bell

were you ever as close enough to me

to stop 

leaving me to wonder

why on earth 

you left me

for another

honey bell

why did you leave me

for another

honey bell

I could have loved you

from here

to eternity

half way there(Arnold Melleby, 10.01.23)

a seed planted

a seed growing

no looking back

a forward attack

on life

a new moon

feelings running wild

nothing to hide

apart from inner memories

saved for a soul in the making

half way there

but an eternity away 

from now

days come

and days end

the pain remains

in the womb

pictures fade

a seed planted

a seed growing

no looking back

a forward attack

on life

life goes on

they say

makes no sense 

when no eyes met

no hands were held

half way there

but an eternity away 

from now

faith in the above

faith in yourselves

flushed down a drain

leaving the pain

half way there

but an eternity away

from now

half way there

but an eternity away 

from now

here

but not here

to stay

half way there

but an eternity away 

from now

In honor and respect of Lars and Vibeke

barfly(Arnold Melleby, 09.10.2023)

you turned me on

like others turned me off

deep, deep inside the valley

where I found myself

roaming dry riverbeds in scorching heat

you picked me up

fed me

nourished me

and gave my heart a reason

to beat again

giving my lounges

a reason to breathe again

and my wings a reason to fly 

if only, once more

the scars I came with

scars carried over lifetimes

centuries of misled kindness and cruelty 

cruelty only a satan could admire

a burden hard to carry

as the night fell hard

on the unconscious creature 

resting in your arms

welcoming the night 

and rest to follow 

as the light entered my sleepy eyes

clearing your pillows of comfort away to see

raising my body from the safety of sacred dreams

dreams you enter and never want to leave

awoken from the screams of nightmares from a past

a past that should be nothing else

but the past

I turn my head and look around

the flowers that met me

when I first arrived

were not the same

as the ones that were there

when I left

dear little barfly

fly away

and leave me alone

el nino(Arnold Melleby, 08.12.23)

I had it coming

and so did you

pedal to the metal

red lights ahead

and the devil running

next to us

picking up speed

we had it coming

and it came

the wounds are wide open

the veins are left screaming for blood

and they won`t get it

because it`s too late

it`s too late

paths are made

paths are followed

paths are crossed

and woven into peoples spine

but the ones to follow

may be the ones invisible

to the crowd of followers

invisible to the sheep

follow me

the wounds are wide open

the veins are left screaming for blood

and they won`t get it

because it`s too late

it`s too late

el nino`s already been here

el nino`s already gone

only to come back stronger

next time around

hey, hey, hey

as consciousness seem to leave the room

what else could there to speak about

when all the ears have left the building

and you`re the only one left

hey, hey, hey 

the wounds are wide open

the veins are left screaming for blood

and they won`t get it

because it`s too late

it`s too late

el nino`s already been here

el nino`s already gone

only to come back stronger

next time around

don`t bite the hand that feeds you love(Arnold Melleby, 07.20.2023)

never let me down

like you did again

today

a hand to hold

a soul to follow

I never knew

doors could close

as if they`d never

been open

time will pass

leaving us 

all alone

like hearts collide

in time

will do it all over again

just look at the clouds above

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

love

mankind has learned

this is all there is 

worth knowing

this is all there is 

to learn

to come back out in the light

instead of the twilight

hiding your shame

there`s no reason to hide

what made you

made all of us

it`s all the same

universal

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

love

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

love

never let me down

like you did again

today

a hand to hold

a soul to follow

I never knew

doors could close

as if they`d never

been open

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

love

don`t bite the hand that feeds you

love

time flies, and so do I(Arnold Melleby, 07.14.23)

you could`ve changed your mind

instead you changed your name

and I could never find you again

you nailed me well

and broke the spell

you went out on the highway

and left the turnpike for me

I couldn`t back it up

and had to stay outta the game

the sweet taste of sugar

only to see the world going to hell

don`t up me when I`m down

the sweet taste of sugar

don`t up me when I`m down

time flies, and so do I

heartshaped tears(Arnold Melleby, 01.28.23)

searching for a heart

beating for two

twin souls

intertwined in an etarnal symbiosis

don`t kill the light

in the midst of day

a dead mans poetry once said

now chanted out over endless fields

in the darkness of her night

her heart spelled beauty

when he walked into the room

when he left

the room was no more

this is where they both came

to catch a good wibe

and this is where they both`ll come to die

a dead mans poetry has no secrets

the words have nowhere to hide

hiding behind a dying sun

crying her heartshaped tears

soaking the ground

ending in a river

running into the ocean

she, herself sprang out from

crying her heartshaped tears

soaking the ground

crying her heartshaped tears

behind a dying sun

hiding behind a dying sun

crying her heartshaped tears

soaking the ground

ending in a river

running into the ocean

she, herself sprang out from

crying her heartshaped tears

soaking the ground

crying her heartshaped tears

behind a dying sun