<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693</id><updated>2011-08-03T16:50:18.437-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One Day You'll All Know</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-3906934712413475994</id><published>2010-03-29T23:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T00:15:43.126-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You're The Liar (New Song Lyrics)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;if everything were invisible,&lt;br /&gt;then nothing else would come to pass,&lt;br /&gt;and nothing else would matter less&lt;br /&gt;than the fact that no one could see me.&lt;br /&gt;i ramble, i rant in this unworldly tone,&lt;br /&gt;i scramble to find whats already been known,&lt;br /&gt;yet it can't free me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a day free of sin is all that i find&lt;br /&gt;that can hold back the longings that i left behind&lt;br /&gt;to prove to you that nothing can be called a dream&lt;br /&gt;when you're visible to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;and so now you're gone&lt;br /&gt;and i can breathe easy&lt;br /&gt;to know that it's done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i lived like i died when you walked away&lt;br /&gt;i find that there will never be less to say&lt;br /&gt;you don't understand, but i always cared&lt;br /&gt;excuse me, i lied, but i used to care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i search for a day free of sin, and i find&lt;br /&gt;that it takes away the pain i hold inside&lt;br /&gt;i'll prove to you this nightmare can't be called a dream&lt;br /&gt;as long as your here with to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i fell from graces&lt;br /&gt;into a world of hate&lt;br /&gt;you streched your arms out&lt;br /&gt;only to drown me in the wake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you're a liar&lt;br /&gt;and i know now, you're not what you seemed&lt;br /&gt;such a liar&lt;br /&gt;and i wish i'd awake from this dream&lt;br /&gt;abandon this hope for redemption&lt;br /&gt;forget all the tension&lt;br /&gt;and walk away, walk away&lt;br /&gt;blindfold pulled tight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;a day free of sin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;the pain held within&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;i know now that i should have died.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you're the liar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-3906934712413475994?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/3906934712413475994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2010/03/youre-liar-new-song-lyrics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3906934712413475994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3906934712413475994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2010/03/youre-liar-new-song-lyrics.html' title='You&apos;re The Liar (New Song Lyrics)'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-2706283379598775858</id><published>2010-01-07T00:00:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T00:09:03.085-05:00</updated><title type='text'>just a thought....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;fear, feel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the pain renewed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i laugh at the thought.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;nothing new&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;pain is never real&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;just a thought&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in a mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the darkness unfolds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and i show my true colors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in the light&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and it blinds me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to your glaring eyes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you are useless to me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;yet i long to see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you accept me for me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i can't be better&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;than what i have been&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but failure is as far from reach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;as success seems to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but no ground to embrace me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;just the eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i cannot see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i showed you who i am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;now the hate brings the pain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;just a thought&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in a mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;never any more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;than a thought&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in a mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;but it feels so real.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-2706283379598775858?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/2706283379598775858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2010/01/just-thought.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/2706283379598775858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/2706283379598775858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2010/01/just-thought.html' title='just a thought....'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-4731745374394356911</id><published>2009-06-03T23:11:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T23:26:35.104-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anymore</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;death sounds all too apealing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to a person on their last rope&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;dont bother to try and understand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;there is no rhyme or reason&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;just kill me quickly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i can not do it myself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;cut away that piece you made&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;inside of my heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i love you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but you dont believe me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;anymore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-4731745374394356911?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/4731745374394356911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/06/anymore.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4731745374394356911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4731745374394356911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/06/anymore.html' title='Anymore'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-3362322724738503838</id><published>2009-06-03T22:55:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T02:20:34.725-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My Plague</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;i slave&lt;br /&gt;waste life&lt;br /&gt;trying to find&lt;br /&gt;reason&lt;br /&gt;i tried&lt;br /&gt;but i wont&lt;br /&gt;ever understand&lt;br /&gt;this sick, twisted game&lt;br /&gt;maybe i am&lt;br /&gt;a liar.&lt;br /&gt;but then why&lt;br /&gt;do i feel this&lt;br /&gt;kill me inside&lt;br /&gt;fuck this life&lt;br /&gt;just run and hide&lt;br /&gt;forget&lt;br /&gt;forget&lt;br /&gt;but never&lt;br /&gt;forgive&lt;br /&gt;hold an unexplained&lt;br /&gt;disdain&lt;br /&gt;and i will&lt;br /&gt;do the same.&lt;br /&gt;take a deep breath&lt;br /&gt;and rip out this plague&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;my plague.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-3362322724738503838?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/3362322724738503838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-plague.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3362322724738503838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3362322724738503838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-plague.html' title='My Plague'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-8701427439573104814</id><published>2009-05-08T18:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T18:59:09.008-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Things Will Be Better</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Your strength is amazing, you fight to hold on,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but things will be better when I'm gone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;My beautiful girl, don't shed a tear,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but it will be simpler without me here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;And though you say everything will be fine,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;it just can't be, 'cause when you're mine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;your world turns its back: you are forsaken.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Will I not be happy till everything's taken&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;that you hold dear?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;This cut will sear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;with the pain of loss, but only for awhile;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I have to give in, I will fail this trial.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I will not force you to endure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;this terrible torment anymore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;So following suit of the Prodigal Son,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;things will be better when I'm gone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The real question is can I leave at all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-8701427439573104814?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/8701427439573104814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-will-be-better.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/8701427439573104814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/8701427439573104814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/05/things-will-be-better.html' title='Things Will Be Better'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-957484580174867788</id><published>2009-05-04T01:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T01:55:28.143-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Don't Like Saying It, But...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Please don't think that I'm the cure.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I'm not quite sure I can endure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;such a task,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but you'll ask,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and I still have to say&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;this is not the way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to make me love you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;But I really do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;not want to hurt such a good friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;But in the end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I love &lt;strong&gt;her.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I still bleed for another&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;And I'm so sorry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-957484580174867788?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/957484580174867788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-dont-like-saying-it-but.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/957484580174867788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/957484580174867788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-dont-like-saying-it-but.html' title='I Don&apos;t Like Saying It, But...'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-486977414621372534</id><published>2009-05-03T22:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T01:38:24.701-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Madman</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I see a madman in my dreams.&lt;br /&gt;I feel my hate bursting the seams&lt;br /&gt;of my carefully constructed&lt;br /&gt;shell; my pain's erupted,&lt;br /&gt;and as the madman chuckles&lt;br /&gt;I feel my legs begin to buckle.&lt;br /&gt;So I lunge, I catch his throat,&lt;br /&gt;and just as I begin to choke&lt;br /&gt;the life from him, he screams,&lt;br /&gt;"You fool; not all is as it seems"&lt;br /&gt;and then I see&lt;br /&gt;this terrible madman is really me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now what?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-486977414621372534?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/486977414621372534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/05/madman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/486977414621372534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/486977414621372534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/05/madman.html' title='The Madman'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-3432627934664976166</id><published>2009-04-30T16:07:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T01:38:04.651-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Parasite</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;You fucking bug;&lt;br /&gt;you feed off of what I love.&lt;br /&gt;You make me sick, and you drive me insane,&lt;br /&gt;and as I stare through this window pane,&lt;br /&gt;Just know I really do&lt;br /&gt;wish I could kill you,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but it wouldn't fix anything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-3432627934664976166?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/3432627934664976166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/parasite.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3432627934664976166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3432627934664976166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/parasite.html' title='Parasite'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-7394316690138658913</id><published>2009-04-28T21:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T01:37:53.964-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Brightside Of Everything</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Is it all I can do, cause grief and pain?&lt;br /&gt;I speak of the hurt, yet I seem to refrain&lt;br /&gt;to tell you how much you mean to me.&lt;br /&gt;Of how you make me smile, and how you set me free&lt;br /&gt;from the pain and the strain of living in this world.&lt;br /&gt;If it weren't for you, my life would have unfurled,&lt;br /&gt;and no matter what the price,&lt;br /&gt;I will stay here for you until Hell's covered in ice,&lt;br /&gt;and the good Lord take me from this place.&lt;br /&gt;But then I'd watch over you in heaven, if that be the case.&lt;br /&gt;Waiting until the day that we'd be reunited&lt;br /&gt;so now I must fix the wrongs that go un-righted.&lt;br /&gt;And there's only so much I can do,&lt;br /&gt;but I will always love and care for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My poor excuse for an Apology ;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-7394316690138658913?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/7394316690138658913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/brightside-of-everything.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/7394316690138658913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/7394316690138658913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/brightside-of-everything.html' title='The Brightside Of Everything'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-2270671344017373893</id><published>2009-04-28T16:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T21:16:37.523-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In The Mirror</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;It truly burns me inside&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;to know that I must abide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;by the decisions you had to make&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and when I try to sleep, my body aches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my mind screams, my soul writhes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and I hope you know I cannot survive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;without you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and it stays true&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;my feelings never went away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;they will always be right here to stay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and though you have yet to break his hold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I cannot give in, I refuse to fold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but although I will not shed an outward tear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I hate what I see when I look In The Mirror&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-2270671344017373893?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/2270671344017373893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-mirror.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/2270671344017373893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/2270671344017373893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-mirror.html' title='In The Mirror'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-3836970600279681247</id><published>2009-04-27T23:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T15:54:24.361-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Confliction</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I won't allow my own weakness to stop me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I cannot see anything but what what I must set free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;And if I die before it's through,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;then at least I know it's safe for you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I don't want to cause dicomfort,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;But despite my greatest effort,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I'm losing to him, I'm losing my mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I only hope is it's in God's grand design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;that I save you from everything inside of this shell,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;and keep you away from my personal hell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;And I hope in the end, when all's said and done&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;that I will be the only one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;left standing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;Then I'm all yours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-3836970600279681247?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/3836970600279681247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/confliction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3836970600279681247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3836970600279681247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/confliction.html' title='Confliction'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-119433614788066782</id><published>2009-04-26T23:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T01:07:35.489-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My Test</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I showed you&lt;br /&gt;what I am, what I was.&lt;br /&gt;You stayed here with me&lt;br /&gt;and now I don't know what the reason could be.&lt;br /&gt;My mind is so torn, I hate what I've become,&lt;br /&gt;and the only things to blame are the things that I've done.&lt;br /&gt;But you listened, and you stay.&lt;br /&gt;Now I wish, and I pray&lt;br /&gt;that I do not fail, that he will not win;&lt;br /&gt;that I can fight the monster within.&lt;br /&gt;But hold this lasting statement true&lt;br /&gt;no ones cares for you like I do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-119433614788066782?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/119433614788066782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-test.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/119433614788066782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/119433614788066782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-test.html' title='My Test'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-4258354307830608798</id><published>2009-04-20T22:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T22:39:03.804-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Monsters (Inside)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Cut short, breathing hard&lt;br /&gt;I can not see the bloodstained cards&lt;br /&gt;that God has delt me&lt;br /&gt;and I only want to fold&lt;br /&gt;Hate, Grief;&lt;br /&gt;it all leads up to my defeat&lt;br /&gt;Rage, Lies;&lt;br /&gt;it all comes out in my demise&lt;br /&gt;I can not win, I'm destined to fail&lt;br /&gt;and to destroy this life so frail&lt;br /&gt;how can you say you love me&lt;br /&gt;when I hold these monsers within?&lt;br /&gt;Am I so selfish&lt;br /&gt;that I'd destroy your life on a self-serving whim?&lt;br /&gt;Are you sure&lt;br /&gt;you want to risk it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-4258354307830608798?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/4258354307830608798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/cut-short-breathing-hard-i-can-not-see.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4258354307830608798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4258354307830608798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/cut-short-breathing-hard-i-can-not-see.html' title='Monsters (Inside)'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-5578637706377457759</id><published>2009-04-19T01:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T20:49:29.965-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Change</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I missed the love that I once had.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I wished I hadn't fucked up so bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I felt as though I would never recover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;from all those times I'd said I'd loved her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I knew that I would never find a girl&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I could trust with the darkness of my world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I thought that all these things were true,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;but then I found you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oh, how wrong one can be.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;1 month with you &lt;3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-5578637706377457759?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/5578637706377457759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/change.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/5578637706377457759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/5578637706377457759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/change.html' title='The Change'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-8115942385962841017</id><published>2009-04-17T02:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T20:49:58.807-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What I Want To Hear</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Promise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you will never leave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Say&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;that this is ment to be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Find&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the strength to set yourself free&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;that you mean every thing to me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I love you &lt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-8115942385962841017?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/8115942385962841017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-i-want-to-hear.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/8115942385962841017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/8115942385962841017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-i-want-to-hear.html' title='What I Want To Hear'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-574175249622856669</id><published>2009-04-16T00:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T00:52:05.998-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Haven't Forgotten</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;There was a time when I'd never let you go,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;but those days are so long past.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Two years removed, but I want you to know,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I didn't think a friendship would last.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I hurt you so badly, I spit in your face.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I chased after girls in which you consoled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;But what you never realized that hidden in my haste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;was a rage toward myself that was taking its hold.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I destroyed myself, while you found another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I never thought I could feel so dead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;But I healed myself and worked to recover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;the love I had squandered when I lost my head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I never succeeded, and I moved on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and damaged my self more than the first time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I swore i would win you, a new self would dawn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;But failure again was the tune of my rhyme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Now we're both happy, loving the best we have known,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and our friendship still lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I promised not to leave you alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;while I have breath to give.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I will make good on that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I haven't forgotten.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-574175249622856669?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/574175249622856669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-havent-forgotten.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/574175249622856669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/574175249622856669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-havent-forgotten.html' title='I Haven&apos;t Forgotten'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-6553079463598686081</id><published>2009-04-15T18:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T20:49:58.808-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Message To Her</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I miss you so bad right now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I can barely breathe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I love you so much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Don't ever leave &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-6553079463598686081?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-4142563157015206452</id><published>2009-04-15T17:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T18:34:50.601-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hate Me (Song) {DEC. 2008}</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I pause and wonder&lt;br /&gt;why I stopped my life for you.&lt;br /&gt;Was there any reason, any reason&lt;br /&gt;to fuck up like I do?&lt;br /&gt;I gave you my heart, and you gave my a lie.&lt;br /&gt;I was blind from the start, but why did I try?&lt;br /&gt;I just want this to end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We fall from buildings&lt;br /&gt;like a fall from grace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because you hate me,&lt;br /&gt;hate me&lt;br /&gt;like I always knew you would.&lt;br /&gt;So faking&lt;br /&gt;restraint&lt;br /&gt;I run away from you.&lt;br /&gt;And trust me when I say,&lt;br /&gt;this could have been another way.&lt;br /&gt;You just hate me,&lt;br /&gt;Hate me&lt;br /&gt;so bad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-4142563157015206452?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/4142563157015206452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/hate-me-song-dec-2008.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4142563157015206452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4142563157015206452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/hate-me-song-dec-2008.html' title='Hate Me (Song) {DEC. 2008}'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-2796323973519956050</id><published>2009-04-15T16:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T00:22:30.308-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Never, have I ever had a better friend,&lt;br /&gt;Always, with me until the end.&lt;br /&gt;Short, is the time that we had together.&lt;br /&gt;Long, will I wish that I could have been better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Then, you told me to run, I listened, no questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Now, I wish Bravery had been in my possesion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Easy, was telling you all of my dreams.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Hard, was having you taken from me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Everything, was fine when you were around.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nothing, can fill this void I have found,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Deep, inside me. I hate to seem so&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Shallow, so selfish, unable to let go,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Accept, what has happened, see that you're gone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Deny, my memories, make myself move on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Forget, you and all that we did. No, I must&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Remember, all that we fought through and trust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Living, is the right thing to do, but truly, (I'm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Dying, inside without you to guide me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Why did you leave me, Best Friend?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Why did I leave you, as you met your end?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;How can you forgive me, I abandoned you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;How can I believe, it was what you wanted me to do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;I miss you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;In memory of Pete. I can't forget you. The first friend I would die for, but you beat me to it. Why couldn't you have just let me stay? I feel like I let you die. I miss you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-2796323973519956050?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/2796323973519956050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/why.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/2796323973519956050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/2796323973519956050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/why.html' title='Why?'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-862811512967902676</id><published>2009-04-15T03:33:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T02:17:49.549-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Finding Perfection</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I was so alone, I was lost at sea&lt;br /&gt;until you came along and saw it fit to rescue me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;Your eyes were an escape,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;solace that set me free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;My only life line, my sole protection&lt;br /&gt;from the memories and cold reflection&lt;br /&gt;of all the things I did to me&lt;br /&gt;and only you could set me free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But try as I may, as far as I run,&lt;br /&gt;I cannot escape my loaded gun.&lt;br /&gt;I fight so hard, I try to escape&lt;br /&gt;but I am so ensnared by this self imposed fate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;The burdens outweigh. This paper's thin,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;&amp;amp; the memory of deception aches within.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;Lust for the trigger entwines with the fear,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;but the voices are back, they're all I can hear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;Then I realize it's yours, it becomes so clear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;You're the only thing that I hold dear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;You split my thickest armor&lt;br /&gt;and saved my dying soul.&lt;br /&gt;You saw the piece that had been ripped away,&lt;br /&gt;And you filled that gaping hole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Malcolm Wade&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#663366;"&gt;Liadan Dilara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-862811512967902676?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/862811512967902676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/finding-perfection.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/862811512967902676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/862811512967902676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/finding-perfection.html' title='Finding Perfection'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-5691770654343598989</id><published>2009-04-15T03:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T18:04:56.044-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Girl With The Gray Eyes {AUG. 2008}</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Grey eyes peirce, hate me, love me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Show me how you truly feel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Running, faster.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Breathing, harder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Theres no escaping me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A coma, self induced.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;An armor, well constructed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Don't hide from me,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;say what you think,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;because you can destroy me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-5691770654343598989?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/5691770654343598989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/girl-with-gray-eyes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/5691770654343598989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/5691770654343598989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/girl-with-gray-eyes.html' title='Girl With The Gray Eyes {AUG. 2008}'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-3496226757151411097</id><published>2009-04-15T03:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T03:27:56.301-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Empty</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;It's fun to see others in pain,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;to twist the knife,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;alleiviate my stryfe,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;yet they'll never know why&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;I hurt them this way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;But all I really am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt;is empty inside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-3496226757151411097?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/3496226757151411097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/empty.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3496226757151411097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/3496226757151411097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/empty.html' title='Empty'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-4022104811596475393</id><published>2009-04-15T03:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T20:49:58.812-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Can't Help But Understate</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Love runs so fast, and I'm in no shape,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;yet I collide with you, as if by fate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;My breathe, so long abused,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;seems to refill when I'm with you,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;my reason, so easily discarded,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;returns to heal my broken heart, and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;my sanity, so far gone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;comes back when you are in my arms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;To say that I love you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;is an understatement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8175783216072383693-4022104811596475393?l=thekidintheback.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/feeds/4022104811596475393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-cant-help-but-understate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4022104811596475393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8175783216072383693/posts/default/4022104811596475393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thekidintheback.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-cant-help-but-understate.html' title='I Can&apos;t Help But Understate'/><author><name>Malcolm Wade</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03753674110878406849</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175783216072383693.post-7537568963265372653</id><published>2009-04-15T02:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T03:51:05.763-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Kid In The Back Of The Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I am the kid in the back&lt;br /&gt;but you would never know.&lt;br /&gt;I hide my pain behind laughter&lt;br /&gt;allow my hate to grow&lt;br /&gt;I stand as strong as I can&lt;br /&gt;against the bitter cold&lt;br /&gt;but I can feel, as sure as I can be&lt;br /&gt;that insanity has tightened its hold.&lt;br /&gt;One day, my strength will fail&lt;br /&gt;I will lose my poise.&lt;br /&gt;And then you will understand&lt;br /&gt;despite the noise&lt;br /&gt;who I really am.&lt;br /&gt;I am the heart in the gloom.&lt;br /&gt;I am The Kid In The Back Of The Room&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div 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