32(Arnold Melleby, 01.31.2025)

how can you waste away

when I love you

how dare you

when you know I love you

there`s no heaven up there

it`s right here

turn the blind eye

and look in another direction

so selfishly

once you were gone

that`s all we were

just a bunch

of blind eyes

with the needle as your compass

it took you nowhere further

than the next fix

to keep you healthy

to keep you normal

to cope

leaving us

at a grave

a tombstone 

and the flowers

that your friends

and family

leave

as the flower 

you were

when you left 

us

way too early

a shot in your veins

cleared the way

for your untimely death

32

rest in peace, beloved brother

tears

endlessly(Arnold Melleby, 01.31.2025)

centuries ago

I made a commitment

to not fear the sky

centuries ago

I made a commitment

not to fear the ocean

centuries ago

I became a man

out of an eagles nest

I tore the sky apart

and landed on an island

surrounded by endless oceans

called earth

then you came along

gave it all meaning

then you came along

and it all made sense

endlessly

love deserves respect

and love will give back

tenfold at the least

endlessly

endlessly

endlessly

the vault 

delets the vacum 

created at birth

the vault will store

all your secrets

and will nourish you

when in need

endlessly

love deserves respect

and love will give back

tenfold at the least

endlessly

endlessly

endlessly

endlessly

love deserves respect

and love will give back

tenfold at the least

endlessly

endlessly

endlessly

ragnarok(Arnold Melleby, 30.01.2025)

spring came early this year

setting off the wildfires earlier than usual

a genocide hallucination in the making

right in front of our eyes

something out of control

an epic ragnarok

as the paintings 

on our walls are melting away

and an avalanche of emotions

will cross the minds of the ones 

who will be left behind

in this epic ragnarok

in the meantime

I`m watching dancing turtles on my rooftop

eyes open wide

to the sound of a mushroom yell

breaking the spell

once and for all

can`t anyone tell

this world`s going to hell

evil came to town

and was highly recommended

blindfolding the seeing

and chasing the blind out in the streets

my values are highly valued

scorpions and venemous snakes love me

it`s 4 AM

and I`m still shaking

it`s 5 AM

and I`m still up

it`s 6 AM

and I`m still down

to just about anything

what time is it?

in the meantime

I`m watching dancing turtles on my rooftop

eyes open wide

to the sound of a mushroom yell

breaking the spell

once and for all

can`t anyone tell

this world`s going to hell

in the meantime

I`m watching dancing turtles on my rooftop

eyes open wide

to the sound of a mushroom yell

breaking the spell

once and for all

can`t anyone tell

this world`s going to hell

ragnarok

promised land(Arnold Melleby, 01.18.2025)

here I am

open wide

here I am

tryin` to see

through the darkness

through the pain

away from your paranoia

and to your promised land

wherever it may be

I want you to take me there

my soul belongs in a place

where my heart beats 

effortlessly 

to the sound of the waves

of an ocean

we may have crossed

so tell me

please tell me

where are we going 

to go

I do not know

as of yet

away from the plastic

wrapped around 

our bare neccesities 

is it really neccesary 

to live in a world

slowly

strangling itself

slowly but surely

wherever it may be

I want you to take me there

my soul belongs in a place

where my heart beats 

effortlessly 

to the sound of the waves

of an ocean

we may have crossed

slowly but surely

wherever it may be

I want you to take me there

my soul belongs in a place

where my heart beats 

effortlessly 

to the sound of the waves

of an ocean

we may have crossed

kiss of death(Arnold Melleby, 01.14.2025)

words to remember

to destroy 

closed off

interceptive 

kiss of death 

scarlett meets blue 

kiss of death

scarlett turns blue

kiss of death

it`s not me, it`s you

gotta think your way through

before you do

what you`re not supposed to

born

but what for

breathing 

but, from whom

are you stealing

air from

kiss of death 

scarlett meets blue 

kiss of death

scarlett turns blue

kiss of death

pages turn

and you are not 

mentioned in any

apart from a few

the ones that 

didn`t matter

kiss of death 

scarlett meets blue 

kiss of death

scarlett turns blue

kiss of death

kiss of death 

scarlett meets blue 

kiss of death

scarlett turns blue

kiss of death

a fire

but no desire

it`s up to you(Arnold Melleby, 01.04.2025)

there you have it

again and again

don`t you ever get tired of winning

same victory every day

the only change being

the clouds in the sky

would you like to walk a mile or two

in someone elses shoes

for a change

just to deal

with you

would it make a difference

seeing you in a different light

for the sake of the shadows

that seem to follow you around

everywhere you go

you don`t know who they are

maybe it`s time to turn around

to see what they`re all about

and cut your apron string

once and for all

your stocks are falling

your net worth on every level seem to devalue

I wonder what`s going on

is you empire at stake

is there a heart in the middle

that has something to say

is there a heart in the middle 

that has a voice

the summers passed one by one

and the memories got lost

the winter storms 

erased every trace

of what could have been

there you have it

or not

it`s up to you

hello(Arnold Melleby, 01.03.2025)

hello

is there anyone out there

worth saving

hello

is there anyone out there

who wants to be saved

a lost and found

to be discovered again

ten thousand years from now

the leaves hitting the ground

may be the last ones we see

in a while

as humanity licks its wounds

you`ll see me in the last mirror standing, saying

here`s looking at you, kid

before I turn my back on you

and vanish into thin air

you`re on you`re own again

you may think 

there are gods and religions out there

to save you

the answer is not

just like the gods and any religion

invented by mankind

mother nature is the only one

capable of reinventing herself

reinventing you and I

as far as the likes of us

all roaming the earth

we will feed off of each other again

as the curtain is called

once again

for all