Am I dreaming
Posted May 22, 2013
Am I dreaming Lyrics By Charlie Beck Music and lyrics (can be listened to at (https://new.myspace.com/antipowerpop/music/songs) Am I dreaming? Am I dreaming through life? Is it different… To live to eventually die? Take a picture… Take a picture of me. I might smile… A falsified memory. This dont make it different even though… Don’t know if I want to come or go. All I do is watch the hours burn. Watch the wheels of life that slowly turn. ...
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No. Thing's Personal.
Posted May 13, 2013
No. Thing's Personal. Charlie Beck 2013 No one spends an hour without the thing It follows all of us everyday The thing isn't tangible Though everyone is subject to it I can't run fast enough I can't think hard enough I've tried.... We all have If ignored it grows Its power strengthened I hope one day I will be walking under a clear sky with fault behind my thoughts and the light of the sun blessing not blinding me without stress confining m...
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Letter of Resignation
Posted March 06, 2013
Letter of Resignation By Charlie Beck 2013 Ultimately I was wrong to decide that angry words will have transient impacts on The fortunes of others that encounter with dignity and are brought down by me I am responsible for you and I don’t want to be A burden you see And I’m trying and trying and fighting my way constantly Under the circumstances it gets too hard Just to be A world is a shacking hand reaching to try and bump fists The reminders I write forgetting the words o...
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Nowhere To Go
Posted March 03, 2013
“It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha When I was 6 years old, I heard the song "Working Man, Nowhere to Go," by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I have a special ability to hear a song once and be able to identify...
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The Apocalypse: A Love Story
Posted February 27, 2013
The Apocalypse: A Love Story By Charlie Beck 2013 Earth jumped off her axis into space Fucking everyone’s idea of grace Days went by and no one died The news exclaimed, “The Earth has lied!” Earth moved slowly towards the sun She didn’t want to spin no more…She’s spun The government tried peace accords Though every word was just ignored By her It got hotter with every passing day Ice caps melted washed the shores away “Fuck them all! Respect begets respect....
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Safety In Number
Posted February 06, 2013
Charlie beck 2013 Copyright Protected Original artwork and words Safety in Number Hanging around I have found I've been lost for a while A carpeted smile Intact in fact No one sees I'm falling down A smile is a frown Behind the liquid laughter I don't have a thought I'm ready to know My eyes hurt My brain seized I'm a mess Refusing Reliving Such arrogance Selfishness It's me only me Risking my days Candid alone Stagnant Impersonal Reduced to a sigh
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The Pigeon's Perspective
Posted November 29, 2012
BY CHARLIE BECK From the Pigeons perspective Everything is slow Flying into windows No place to go No place their welcome Bottom feeders curse They peck at the trash Making them worse It's never ending movement Flying all day and all night The humans ignore us As if it's all right Though the pigeons fly Those humans can't As much as they try It' just wasn't meant To be From the pigeon's perspective There is up and down. From side to side To sky a...
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To You
Posted November 07, 2012
Horseshoes and Tangerines (To You) Charlie Beck- 2012 I just can’t afford your time…. Might as well…just pack it in You’re too clever to define Done before I could begin Keep your mind of the? Keep your mind of the… What does it mean? Who am I to you? I’m wondering…. What should I be Should I just play through? I’m blundering Been wondering where I’ve gone? I was hiding upstairs way too long. And my heart…. Is BLEEDING out. And my heart Is ...
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Harold the clown
Posted November 06, 2012
Charlie Beck 2012 Harold the clown Harold the last clown Practices his act every night Looking at himself twice Makes sure he looks alright It's happened once or twice Harold's grand device Explode from his hands The children frightened. Ran. Harold cowered in shame Had he sullied his name? He wore a frown... As Harold... was the last clown in town No others abound What was Harold to do? He could not just quit A job is a job You have to admit In this age in this day Pay...
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Gone Somewhere
Posted November 05, 2012
Gone Somewhere Charlie Beck 2012 I've gone somewhere Inside it seems It hurts my pride It sting my dreams I'm here to watch I'm here to help It's been a while Slow down indeed For grateful heads Do grateful deeds I'm not that bad At least I hope But I can just sigh....... After all they are just fishing right?
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Last Call
Posted November 05, 2012
It's the end of the day I retire to my head I lay in my bed Thinking of Red Light stopwatches and tough dreams. The spacial haste I indier it comes near Fragrantly tossed aside unclear To what you want To who I am If I should Give A Damn Though you have to There are too many to protect Regret will fill your heart But don't fall apart Do better for you Do better for you
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Closed Window
Posted October 17, 2012
Cannon Rebal t2i Processed lightly in Iphoto and CS5 Copyright 2012 All Rights Resrved Charlie Beck Closed Windows Charlie Beck “So tell me something, “ I tap the ash of my cigarette into the brownish yellow translucent ashtray on the red circle table. “I came from a long distance and I’m hungry. I am your guest and a stranger; I understand that hospitality might not come to a stranger in my situation. I ask you this: you offered me a cigarette and I accepted. I am at yo...
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Smoke
Posted October 14, 2012
Smoke Charlie Beck 2012 I don’t know what you mean I don’t care in that degree I see nothing I want to be Home I’ve been scared of everyone I’m prepared I’m my father’s son I’m just aching to be anyone Bring me home So I can… Smoke Even when it’s cold The toxins fill my soul And relieve my worries Smoke…smoke until you’re fine The worlds on a decline Might as well enjoy it There you are Is that everything? In the end You only bring A strong ...
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America is Dead
Posted October 05, 2012
America is Dead Charlie Beck Well, I'm just a cliche Nothing important to say It's o.k. to ignore me I'm used to it anyway Tired of messing around Same stuff in every town Everyone going crazy Waiting for life to calm down I flipped on the radio I had no place else to go The announcer said "America is dead!" Forget it I know I'm absurd Lamest crap that you've ever heard It's all garbage But it's easy to remember the words Panhandlers cover the streets Harassed ...
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It's O.K.
Posted September 24, 2012
Two cats living at a different speed Flailing across the ground Entirely Lost Two cats falling on top of sounds Repeating in every round I can't hear anymore Someone's left the door wide open There's no one outside The last thing that I've given withered up and died What can I say? That's just it It's just today Today ain't shit But without today.... There will be no tomorrow... What would you do? So it's today that I say it's time to...
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At These Times
Posted September 13, 2012
Charlie Beck At These Times I am wrapped up in your blanket I am lost in your sea I am trying to avoid your shadow This could be the… End of me I am trying to remember the good times But my mind just never rests It reminds me when I’m happy How’d I get up in this mess? I want to die at these times…. So I’ll try to get better So I’m not a total waste I’ll try to make up for lost time Cuz’ time is hard to replace I don’t want to do this anymore I don...
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Frantically Running
Posted September 04, 2012
Charlie Beck Frantically Running Frantically running through the storm Rain so hard I can barely see I need to find your shelter Where oh where can you be I've been running for so long now I will soon be out of breath But I will keep on searching Until I have nothing left The storm now turned to a hurricane And I am still stuck outside And I am getting so damn cold I hope I make it out alive There was a time Everything was sunshine The birds sang up above There was a ti...
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Based On A Story
Posted August 19, 2012
Charlie Beck 9/19/12 Based On A Story A note from Matthew Ellman Dear Reader, The preface I am writing, for the following work by Charlie Beck, is an act of protest. I call for the immediate arrest of the man known as Charlie Beck for the following charges: the first is conspiracy to commit regicide. I learned of Beck’s plot to kill the king of a country I am not legally allowed to mention, in tapes sent to me by an anonymous soldier. The soldier had fought with Beck in the Civi...
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Wear Your Seatbelt
Posted August 16, 2012
Thank you to our rescue workers. Fireman, police officers and ambulance workers. Driving through beautiful Port Washington, taking pictures I forgot my mess. People and ducks and lighthouses. Balance happens. "Why is that car on the lawn?" I begin to talk pictures. "Wait this just happened, look at all the firetrucks." Port Washington is a beautiful Wisconsin getaway. I recommend it to anyone. I asked myself for the past few days what to do with this capture. I thought of Warhol's ac...
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Pirate's Honesty
Posted August 14, 2012
Charlie Beck 8/15/2012 1:50 a.m. American Modern Absurdist Photographic Manipulation #Egg= Forgetful Mindless Drivel Ranting Lunacy "Never again," I keep repeating. "Like the damn holocaust." Charge around Brain extinguish I will bookend forecasts of shadow boxers on the walls I will reign over the dominion of amplified circumstances Reasoning to prostate myself for my peers to delight in Insecurities flaring nostrils at me again Anxieties throwing toothpaste like it's 2011 ...
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