Cut Me Down

Get busy living

Feeling lovely

Ugly

Maybe studly

There’s only one of my kind

 

Can you drug me?

Hug me

Try to mug me

One of the three would be fine

 

Tighten up my noose

It’s gotten kind of loose

Pulling on my rope

Is giving me some hope

Loosen up the loop

I still might have some use

So cut me down

 

Cut me down, down, down, down, down

I’ll hang around, around, around

Just for now, now, now, now, now

 

Seeing doubly

Troubling

Even numbing

Single is more of my style

 

Can you change me?

Age me

Try to cage me

Haven’t felt this free in a while

 

Tighten up my noose

It’s gotten kind of loose

Pulling on my rope

Is giving me some hope

Loosen up the loop

I still might have some use

So cut me down

 

Cut me down, down, down, down, down

I’ll hang around, around, around

Just for now, now, now, now, now

 

Being surly

Early
To the girlies

Heard my beating heart start to pound

 

Can you blame me?

Tame me

Try to save me

My feet aren’t that far from the ground

 

Tighten up my noose

It’s gotten kind of loose

Pulling on my rope

Is giving me some hope

Loosen up the loop

I still might have some use

So cut me down

 

Cut me down, down, down, down, down

I’ll hang around, around, around

Just for now, now, now, now, now

Author's Note

Promise not to be gentle.

Reviews

[Mercy]

Gentle isn't always a bad thing, lol.. Very cool song. At least to me it sounds like a song. Would love to know the music you heard while penning this. Interesting to see the interpretations others have, lol. To me it reads like someone is rather ambivalent regarding a relationship. I found the choices of drug, hug or mug rather entertaining and enjoyed you descriptive style.

[AJ Kristiansen]

You convey well the ambivalence of being alive but struggling with death wishes... I like it! It's almost a song I believe! (Have you written songs before?)

[Dove]

Wow, I like your style. Its really interesting to me and the flow of this poem is great. It kept my attention the whole way through. I like how I didnt feel like In had to read it I really wanted to read it and get to the end of it. Great job.