a peom by matt

BIRDie BiRDIe, iN thE SKY,
   wHY'd yOu DROP THat in mY EYe?
   I SUre am gLAD thaT CowS cAN'T fly.
   biRdiE BIRdie in thE SKy.

Here I sit, in all this vapor,
   The guy before me, used all the paper.
How much longer must I linger,
   Before I'm forced to use my finger?

                         written by Billy Corgan
                              of The Smashing Pumpkins

i fear that i am ordinary, just like everyone
to lie here and die among the sorrows
adrift among the days
for everything i ever said
and everything i've ever done is gone and dead
as all things must surely have to end
and great loves will one day have to part
i know that i am meant for this world
my life has been extaordinary
blessed and cursed and won
time heals but i'm forever broken
by and by the way...
have you ever heard the words
i'm singing in these songs?
it's for the girl i've loved all along
can a taste of love be so wrong
as all things must surely have to end
and great loves will one day have to part
i know that i am meant for this world
and in my mind as i was floating
far above the clouds
some children laughed i'd fall for certain
for thinking that i'd last forever
but i knew exactly where i was
and i knew the meaning of it all
and i knew the distance to the sun
and i knew the echo that is love
and i knew the secrets in your spires
and i knew the emptiness of youth
and i knew the solitude of heart
and i knew the murmurs of the soul
and the world is drawn into your hands
and the world is etched upon your heart
and the world so hard to understand
is the world you can't live without
and i knew the silence of the world

this is actually a song on the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album.
It's excellent. Check it out.