poemranker ::Take Heart Mr. Drake, the Worst is Behind You by wilco

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Take Heart Mr. Drake, the Worst is Behind You

by wilco

Member since 2004 · Posted 24 Oct 2005 · 3 comments

Under a pink moon rising, an antidepressant lullaby creeps into the empty room where the boy is sketching sighs. Wasted in fourteen languages and an automatic dream where love is a porcupine and the quills of the beast are embedded in me. Brighten up, brighten up. The trees are full this year. Brighten up, Mr. Drake Now you’re a star even if no one knows who you are. Take heart, the worst days are gone as the last bit of November light creeps into an artists room where the boy has lost the fight. Brighten up, Brighten up. The trees are full this year. Brighten up, Mr. Drake. Now you’re a star even if no one knows who you are. Wake up, wake up. The trees are full this year. Take heart, Mr. Drake. Now you’re a star even if no one knows who you are.

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[7] Dovina 24-Oct-05/8:09 PM Reply
Some good lines here, but as a song, and even as a poem, I think it needs a more direct approach, the form of a balad, where the story builds and the rhythm carries it.
[n/a] wilco › Dovina 24-Oct-05/8:12 PM Reply
There are parts I don't like and I'm working on it lyrically, but I got tired of fooling with it tonight. I hate the lost the fight line but thats how I want the line to go (flow wise) and I left it in so I don't forget it later.
[9] <~> 26-Oct-05/10:06 AM Reply
i like this.