A Snow Capped Romance [Special Edition]

So I lit lanterns to light up all these words Looking back I know it's what I'd die for And through all this life Smashed away all the strife A friendship I paint Untouchable Crawling from the floor I've been there before There I was staring back at the bottom And let's make this clear It came from these tears Carved across our chests Loyalty And with the new light, there was young hope To underline the meaning And carve our names in At the end of August The end of At the end of August The end of I'll never replace the ones I first made Jesus, does anyone? So I lit lanterns to Light up all these words Looking back I know it's what I'd die for And through all of this life Smashed away all the strife A friendship I paint Untouchable And with the new light, there was young hope To underline the meaning And carve our names in At the end of August The end of At the end of August The end of I'll never replace the ones I first made Jesus, does anyone? Crawling from the floor I've been there before And let's make this clear Loyalty And I want you to know How all of you made me How all of you saved me And I'll never replace The ones I first made Jesus, does anyone? At the end of August The end of At the end of August The end of I'll never replace the ones I first made Jesus, does anyone? Crawling from the floor I've been there before There I was staring back at the floor And let's make this clear It came from these tears Carved across our chest Loyalty Loyalty Loyal...

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Just went through your eyes and the battle was fine Couldn't stand to see your screaming heart Now I realize that I might have been Part of the reason for your frowning heart And so I grey the heart and the shape That look that you gave, staring At empty help me back to awake And so I grey the heart and the shape Now the bottle plays a little factor Not the way I used to be, thankfully I was discussing a different matter Now I engage in everything, infinity... And so I grey the heart and the shape That look that you gave, staring At empty help me back to awake And so I grey the heart and the shape... Help me back to awake Help me back to awake There were sentences with no direction Those are pieces that I put away There is sadness in the reflection One long look is all that it takes And so I grey the heart and the shape That look that you gave, staring At empty help me back to awake And so I grey the heart and the shape... Help me back to awake Help me back to awake There were sentences with no direction Those are pieces that I put away There is sadness in the reflection One long look is all that it takes

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Here is your broken character, the one left of heaven Scissors cut him from the page, example Continue to read not to retrace the steps, touch me The hemorrhaging has ceased, has ceased And I swallow these capsules To regain my grip And I swallowed myself sick And I inherited my health And I inherited my health Here is your wake and smile That you seem to need The safe and the touch, and the unweave Right where you placed it the night before Saint checks in to make sure You're right where you say that you are Right where you are And I swallow these capsules To regain my grip And I swallowed myself sick And I inherited my health And I inherited my health And I couldn't have seen All these pictures of me But I needed to, I needed to I couldn't find a better way Couldn't find a better way to lie And I swallow these capsules To regain my grip And I swallowed myself sick And I inherited my health And I inherited my health And I couldn't have seen All these pictures of me But I needed to, I needed to I couldn't find a better way Couldn't find a better way Couldn't find a better way Couldn't find a better way to lie, to lie, to lie

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Over mountains I feel safe Sacred were those summers And these memories I place in my heart for shelter And I modify, just to smell the ocean And I underline, visualizing motion And I guess I miss my home I could not stay I'll return, it's alright, I'm okay Reoccurred daydream, tie up stern first And these gifts I've learned, never leave me And I redesign, family and growing And I realign, forgetting nothing And I guess I miss my home I could not stay I'll return, it's alright, I'm okay Maybe in a few years it'll come back to you Reflection becoming your virtue So sort me out, lay me away Over these mountains I feel safe And bless the sound, return the day Over these mountains I feel safe And I guess I miss my home I could not stay I'll return, it's alright, I'm okay Maybe in a few years it'll come back to you Reflection becoming your virtue So sort me out, lay me away Over these mountains I feel safe

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Think I'll rename my heart, to calendar 'Cause it'll surely know just when to end And I've been looking at you through the telephone As the photograph whispers that she isn't even home So alone, I bleed myself right in Unusual here breathing, inviting the silence But you're not here You're nowhere near at all Just skin and atmosphere And if it's not what you wanted Better get out now Alone it takes me Underneath it'll surely break me Underneath these things Twenty some years my parents let themselves leave I always swore that would never, ever be me And now you're looking at me through a new lens Your voice on the end doesn't understand anything, nor do I Paper cuts for me Unusual here breathing, inviting the silence But you're not here You're nowhere near at all Just skin and atmosphere And if it's not what you wanted Better get out now Alone it takes me Underneath it'll surely break me Prove me wrong, I want you to prove me wrong But you're not here You're nowhere near at all Just skin and atmosphere And if it's not what you wanted Better get out now Alone it takes me Underneath it'll surely break me I want you to prove me wrong I want you to prove me... Think I'll rename my heart, to calendar

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

There were thousands of days As we traveled down North Road And I remember my uncle on his last day And how I would kill to shake his hand again And on goes the battle of years upon years My Father's eyes bring me solace And his look of focus I try to instill As my Mother reads as an example Of strength beyond strength And with her I became me There are two girls With whom I've known longer than anyone And my debt to them is Lifetime The gathering of boys I rely on Know exactly who they are And I will build their protection with bloody hands Some were dealt knuckles and some delivered kisses But initially my heart was in the right place There are times when being engulfed by mountains Are the only signs of safety I know And I realize I think this way out of neglection And at the exact thought I reclaim those days of scenery There are places like the bluffs in Kasilof And the gravel pits in Sand Lake That most of us will never forget Those are the things I wanted to speak of Those are the things that I dream about Those are the things that I will definitely die with AND THIS IS THE SONG FOR THE FISHERMAN

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

You should've called out Made amends, broken hearts breathe unison I was trying to gather mine All my tragedies are my enemies All my enemies are mine And we carry on, just to lighten the load Never had I been such outsider Eyes of the blamed While I was trying to reclaim All my tragedies are my enemies All my enemies are mine And we carry on Just to lighten the load And silently we sleep with nothing underneath With weary hands and driven nails I begin to rebuild myself The bruises uncover the scene The taste of the clean And we carry on, outlasting Just to lighten the load Silently we sleep With nothing underneath With your voice I keep you Never used like this gently

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

You couldn't hold your mouth to stop the sound With all these riches on the tip of your tongue And I was trying to dampen it all out You were talking louder than I should hear Producing nothing but all these mirrors And I was trying to play it all down With eyes of blood, these kisses won't rust With eyes of blood, these kisses won't rust Where the baptized drowned, we used to breathe Where the baptized drowned, we used to breathe Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running... Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Sad song, so wrong Your body shakes for so long Towing me down Let's just stay late A safe bet for a second place This time, our time, we have, we'll last With eyes of blood, these kisses won't rust With eyes of blood, these kisses won't rust Where the baptized drowned, we used to breathe Where the baptized drowned, we used to breathe Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running... Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running That evil, a brutal sickness brings At times you can't let go It chases you from everything to settle for almost anything It's times like these when you should only choose just not to speak Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red, come running back to me Come running Underneath the red And the clouds don't break when the sun is not empty Destroy the map And the clouds don't break when the sun is not empty Destroy the map And the clouds don't break when the sun is not empty Destroy the map And the clouds don't break when the sun is not empty Destroy the map And the clouds don't break when the sun is not empty

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Through the long sleep darkness bleeds Through the silver and I Reminded the layout as the wings they all died And it all hates like you Destroys the message Another open eye to secrets With plans to scrape them clean And I have stacked them Higher then anyone believed And it downplays the scene It all comes crashing Don't be removed I got you where I said That I would always put you And I'm heading for the bottom, the bottom of you And I'm heading for the bottom, the bottom of you The bottom of you Come and take me over The lights have been removed With pieces at ankles, we answered And it all tastes like you And all it captures Take on me as long as you think That you can handle And taking me to truth And tearing me from scandal And it all saves like you Define disaster Don't be removed I got you where I said That I would always put you And I'm heading for the bottom, the bottom of you And I'm heading for the bottom, the bottom of you The bottom of you And I don't die like you Tormented skies Treated to taste and outlast the sun I design what ails I design, design, design what ails And I design, design, design what ails Don't be removed I got you where I said That I would always put you And I'm heading for the bottom, the bottom of you And I'm heading for the bottom, the bottom of you Coldest of the cold stay outside Bring on harm's way Coldest of the cold stay outside Bring on harm's way Coldest of the cold stay outside Bring on harm's way Bring on harm's way Bring on harm's way

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

The night breathes different (The night breathes different) And the cold was named anew She sits in the wordless space The grin gave us away And that was the end (And that was the end) That was everything dying And that was the end (And that was the end) That was everything Cut into the face and think straight I was doing everything to keep me from choking With the weather heavy, heavy at the fireside You'll say it so well, so well Dreary can come out and move yourself away I know you owe me, I know you owe me This year, this year cure me And I was barely here But I'd been there for years Thought I'd leave it there So it couldn't follow me here And I've been thinking of you As the days grew color With the seconds turning hours My end turned alive Dreary can come out and move yourself away I know you owe me, I know you owe me This year, this year... The night breathes different And the cold was named anew I found so much more this way Dreary can come out and move yourself away I know you owe me, I know you owe me This year, this year cure me

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Press skin into skin Just a fraction to gather the senses Still locking in mine, design Just a scrape to uncover the evidence You won't remove me, not anymore So here we are, now it's obvious Candle lit to divide all your areas And inside all your barriers I'm defending my lines to ignite... And I'll be this way forever Inside the locks hide So my faith can come outside and shine Besides it's why all these miles of road won't divide You won't remove me, not anymore And now it's where the secret's pushed behind With the lanterns to burn this inside And up there a snow capped romance where Everything we build will come from our eyes... And I'll be this way forever

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

In the morning when the cold hurts most, starvation the cancer within it's host This is frightening and this is profane; the way that we ease into age We only need this bread to let us know that hunger lies unaligned with being alone This is frightening (x3) It's so cold Age secures us our space in the storm where we will weather worn like a well worked whore Time will take us by our tender wounds and scab us hard and leave us blue White light, white light, white light This can't be right One life? Despite who knew that I didn't want to be with you I don't want to die alone...

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

She hangs her head and cries on my shirt She must be hurt very badly Tell me what's making you sad, Li? Open your door, don't hide in the dark You're lost in the dark, you can trust me 'Cause you know that's how it must be Lisa, Lisa Sad Lisa, Lisa Lisa, Lisa Sad Lisa, Lisa Her eyes like windows, trickle in rain Upon her pain getting deeper Though my love wants to relieve her She walks alone from wall to wall Lost in her hall, she can't hear me Though I know she likes to be near me Lisa, Lisa Sad Lisa, Lisa She sits in a corner by the door There must be more I can tell her If she really wants me to help her I'll do what I can to show her the way And maybe one day I will free her Though I know no one can see her Lisa, Lisa Sad Lisa, Lisa

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

Like Elvis, like everyone We all die, we all live on in photos And paperbacks, if we're lucky We're coming back Mother Mary over, over Mother Mary over, over me We notice We understand We throw out all we can We're on the market, we're up on racks If we're really lucky we're coming back I would never decide Mother Mary over, over Mother Mary over me Like Elvis, like everyone We all die, we all live on in photos And paperbacks, if we're lucky We're coming back I would never decide I would never decide Mother Mary over, over Mother Mary over, over Mother Mary over, over Mother Mary over, over me

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026

It would be wrong to ask you why Because I know what goes inside Is only half of what comes out Isn't that what it's about? It's about to remind us we're alive To remind us we're not blind In that big, black hole Comfortable Digging the grave, I got it made Let something in, throw something out You left the door open wide I know you have a reason why That knot is better left untied I just went and undid mine It takes some time and the shadow is so big It takes the sun out of the day And the feeling goes away When you close the door Comfortable Digging the grave, I got it made Let something in, throw something out You left the door open wide Digging the grave, I got it made Comfortable Digging the grave, I got it made Let something in, throw something out You left the door open wide Oh Oh And it's out of this world, comfortable Out of this world, comfortable Out of this world, comfortable Out of this world, comfortable

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 20, 2026