Saturday, April 12, 2025

Wake Up

Wake up

You overslept again

I know this week has felt like a year

Wake up

Gain your sense again

You've lost yourself

In another panic 

And thats okay

Wake up, wake up

This fear will disappear 

Just wake up, wake up


I've been living in a nightmare

Suffocating at the thought

Of simply being

Throwing on a mask

Making them believe the lie

That I'm doing alright

While hiding in the back

Of this mind


Cause I feel alive

As the night sky rises

Breaking light

On borrowed time


Left for dead

In the memories

That we once held

The catastrophe 

That made us forget

What made us well


Wake up

This week has felt

Like a fucking year 

Oversleeping 

Overstimulated 

Stuck in a loop

On another metronome 

Fighting to breathe

Fighting to be



©2025 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Make Believe

 Make believe 

We're something better

Falling behind

It only last longer

Keep this in mind

We won't be bothered

If time is all that we have

Then what's left to lose

But our sanity

Make believe 

We're something better


I'd stretch across

This world

Find myself on the moon

And back

Just to find some peace


Stronger than yesterday 

Wiser than before

Fuck these Hypocrites 

That only see the floor 

We're bored

Watching the days go by

Watching the days turn to nights

Is there anymore


I wanna surf on these clouds

Shoot for the stars

And breakthrough, tranquility 

Chase the night

Through the rain

Find my peace

And never let go

Never let go

This is where I find home


Take the time

To create

Your masterpiece 

Don't you rush

Cause the break of dawn

Is closer than it seems

This is it, reality

Make the most

Of this dream we call life




©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Saturday, June 22, 2024

Searching For Tomorrow In A Room Full Of Yesterdays

Turn the music up

To drown out

All this stupid noise

It's breaking up

The monotonous blade

Of everyday


Lost in the back

Feeling more like

The middle of nowhere

Caught in the darkness

That keeps dragging me down

Over and over 

I claw and I climb

Just to fall back down

Still searching for tomorrow 

In a room full of yesterdays 


Yesterday's bullshit

Yesterday's aching cries

Yesterday's all I see

Stuck on repeat 


Screaming bloody murder

Will it ever end

The cycle of confusion 

Fucking with my head

Dazed with the thought

Of moving on

Infatuated with the idea

Of happiness on the otherside

Breaking free

From the needs of yesterday


Turn up the music

Till I can't hear

All the stupid noise

Drowning me out


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Teach Me

 Tell me how to forget this

And pretend I'm fine

Tell me how to fake it

Without wasting time

Burning all the pages

To this life

Im tired of the fake shit

Just tell me lies


Suffocation from the pressure 

Under crashing waves

Falling further from the light

I once knew as a saving grace


So teach me

How to start over again 

I'm at the end of this thread

Waiting for it to end


Teach me

How to start from nothing

I'm ready for something new

Burn these bridges

And set these demons free


I've lost count

Of how many times

I claimed I stopped caring

Lost sight of the kid 

Who said goodbye

Without a second thought


It's all fun and games

Till we grow complacent 

Too comfortable 

To move away

Falling numb

To everything that we love


I don't wanna be 

Another casualty 

In this society 

I don't wanna be begging 

For something

I'll never see

I don't wanna feel numb forever

Refusing to conform

To this reality 

Killing us all


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Monday, May 13, 2024

Alone In The Dark

 Alone in the dark

And it's haunting

Alone in the night

It's never ending

Alone in this head

It won't shut up

Just looking for a way out

Searching for solutions

To all of these questions 


Stuck in autopilot 

Can't change gears

Can't get this mind off it

Feeling broken

Neglecting everything

Burning away

The best parts of me

Till it seems like

There's nothing left to rebuild 


Ghosts come out to play

Searching for the 

Lost and the dammed 

Waiting for war

Pretending its nowhere to be seen

Playing tricks 

Just to prank 

Trying to break

Just to prove

Power belongs to one

And everyone else 

Is here to lose


Hoping to start a war

That no one sees

Everyone feels

Leaving us beaten and breathless

Bruised and broken


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Painting Smiles

 Just another day

Another year

Come and gone

Everything stays the same

With a little more hate

While we all float on by 

Passing on a rock

In outer space


It sounds 

A little more jaded

Than it really is

But this time

We're breaking 

All the rules

Just to deal with it


So paint a smile

On your face

Tell the world

We'll be okay

Cause I'm getting tired

Of always being

So fucking tired


Make them believe 

In the end

Show them the war

And bring them

To their knees

We'll paint these smiles

On everything

That we see

 

Cause I'm still fighting

In a raging war

I'm still climbing 

Just to beat the score

Nothing's gonna 

Wear me down

I won't stop 

Till I hit the ground

The best has yet to come


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Saturday, April 20, 2024

We Should Be Fighting To Be Anything But What We Are

 (Intro)

I just wanted to find

Somewhere, I could be myself 

Somewhere, I could feel safe

Away from this place

This misery I call home


(V1)

Been building roots

Where I don't belong

Getting harder to grow

And move on


Wanting to go

Wherever the wind

Can make me float


(Chorus)

We're not allowed to be lost

We're not allowed to be free

We're supposed to know

What we want

We're not allowed 

Just to be


Broken in misery

Searching for what

We want


Set fire to the past

And build something

Set to last

Worth fighting for


(V2)

Been setting up

For a breakaway

A disappearing act

No one will see


Cause I've been

Contemplating 

Our reality 

The world 

All around me


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Collateral Damage (These Nightmares)

 These nightmares

Are burning away

Disipating 

Like stars in the sky

While I'm getting lost

In the world of a dream


So I dance with the devil

While a demon's on my back

Searching for heaven

While I'm stuck in this hell


I'm taking my time

Finding my way

Cause nothing else matters

When I'm not myself


Heroes fall asleep

In the dead of night

The moon up high

While I tread a thin line

Wide awake

Cause I feel alive

When darkness rises

Through the bleakest sky


Its alright

I'll be fine

All on my own

Looking out

At the sky

Searching for hope


It may seem 

To be picture pefect

Burning away

With flames 

Out of control 

While losing sight

Of all that we've known

It's all collateral damage 

In the end


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal


Sunday, January 7, 2024

Where Are You?

 I dont hear your voice anymore

Tell me where'd you go

You left me alone in the dark

Wondering hopelessly

Waiting for something more


Can you see me

Are you even listening

Did you leave me

Cause I can't feel you anywhere

Losing touch with reality

They're speaking to me

It doesn't seem right


Alone in the dark

And it's haunting

Alone in the night

It's never ending

Alone in this head

It won't shut up

Just looking for a way out

Searching for solutions

To all of these questions 


The ghosts come out to play

Searching for the lost 

Seeking out the dammed 

Waiting for war

Waiting for an ending

To come to sight


Are you listening

To the slient screams

To the bated breaths

Of the jaded hearts


Can you see me

Cause I can't hear you 

Did you leave

Cause I can't feel you

Are you listening 



©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Memories Lost

 I remember every heartache

Every broken promise

Left on the table

The long bus rides

To the middle of nowhere

Just to feel 

Like we mattered 

For a moment of time


We said forever

But forever

Wasn't as long 

As we thought


We'd spend some nights

Crying to the morning sky

And others

Having a good fucking time

The rest of the nights

Screaming till no sound came out


Tell me where it all went wrong

Falling apart

Like its our only job

Tell me where 

We lost our touch

And never spoke again


I guess

Pen and paper

Burn too fast

We forgot 

To send a message

Like the bottle

Would get lost


It's a mess

But we lost touch

Everything ends

Didnt think

It would be so soon


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Monday, January 1, 2024

New Again

2023 was a weird year. Nothing necessarily bad, but not really good either. It was a year that I took away from this site to learn, step back, and reset. To write without sharing here. It was also a year that in my writing I never truly finished most peices I wrote. This one I wrote for the new year last year.



We're still dreaming of the days
The sun seems to stay
Waiting for the world
To leave disarray 
Existing in a state of stillness 
Like learning to breathe 
And simply be 
For the first time

And this time
I hope you find
What you want
The peace 
That you deserve 
Away from the panic
And everything that hurts
Cause no one's better off
When we're left
Broken in pieces 

We don't need
Another stupid year
For the chance
To start over again
Fresh start whenever 
We feel the need 
To reset
Take the moment
To catch 
Your breath

Dreaming of the last time
We felt like we were free
Intoxicated by life
Lost in the reality
We created
Just to burn it all
Like learning to breathe 
And simply be 
For the first time

Too much time
Has come and gone
Living life
And living small
Just to be lost
In what could have been
Building nightmares 
Instead of building aspiration 
Left behind
Waiting for someone
To let us be
New again


©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

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