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

Start Over Again

 Let me take a minute

To say hello

Cause it's been 

Far too long

Since our last goodbye


There's been heartache and war

Devistation and rebuild

I've lost myself

More times than I can count

To the depths of this mind

And the void of the world

But I'm still breathing

Still fighting

Till everything stops spinning round 


I needed something new

Searched high and low

For the thing I've been missing

Hiding from the world

And the darkness it holds

It's lonely drifting away

But there's safety

When there's no one around

To break you even more 


There's a story to be told

There's a light shining through

I'll know it when I see it

When I find the words

To speak my mind


They'll be better days ahead

A darkness drifting away

A mind resting with ease

And a whole world at peace


We're searching for a way

To start over again

Make something new

Without starting from scratch



©2024 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Saturday, September 3, 2022

After Midnight

(Verse1)

Call me after midnight 

Tell me it'll be alright

Eventhough 

It'll never be the same


(Chorus)

We used to stay out

All night

Chasing fireflies 

Fighting the sandman

With tape on our eyes

We felt alive

Losing our minds

Never thought

We'd fall apart

So easily 

We had it all


(Verse 2)

The fallout

Burned out

The entire sky

Ashes falling everywhere

But we move on

All the same

Nothings changed

I'm still here

But we dont speak, anymore


(Bridge)

I've been

Getting out of this head

Biding my time

Till I say goodbye

Cause I moved on

I'm happier now

Living with the memories

We once had


©2022 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Stronger On My Own

 You weren't there

When I was broken

But I glued the pieces

Back together

It's not fair 

But it was worth it

To see it never really mattered


Cause I was stronger 

On my own

Made it through 

When I thought 

I lost it all

Perseverance 

My only friend 

Ghosted everyone

To see I was the only one


I survived the hell

Inside this head

Survived the demons

That made me dread

The little things

That gave me life

It was well worth

The fight


I told the lie

That I was alright

No one could save me

Cause I didn't know how

I thought you'd always be there

But you left in the cold

At the first sign of doubt


But it's alright

I turned out fine

Stronger on my own

Cause I taught myself

To never stand down


©2022 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

The Same Sad Song

Tell me I'm okay

While I write the same thing

Tell me I'll be just fine

Even when it feels

Like I'm burning alive


It's been a long road

To get where I am at

But sometimes it seems

Like I've made it nowhere


Still searching 

For the high ground

As I meltdown 

There's just certain times

I wish I could skip


Are we still on the same page

Little nightmare? 

Are we still singing 

The same tune

To this lullaby? 

Are we gonna say goodnight

Or fall apart? 

While we still fight this war

We keep losing our peace


And we say

Come tomorrow 

I'll pack these bags

And quit this shit

There's no faking it

Tomorrow never comes

And we're still here

Singing the same sad song



©2021 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Burning in the night (Raise A Glass)

Raise a glass

And toast to the night

Here's to the past

And may our futures 

Burn as bright

As the bridges 

I'm burning tonight

Won't look back 

Except to learn

From my past

Won't look back

Only make sure

The fires last


And if you come along

If you're up for the ride

We'll never look back

Keep moving fast


I'm burning bridges

To say goodbye 

I'm moving mountains

Just to survive

No longer waiting

I'm searching for hope

Wanting for peace 

And when it comes down

I'll know who I am


What happened 

To our peace of mind

Chasing dreams

Till the break of dawn

Crashing through time

Never caring

What tomorrow would bring

Cause today was the only thing

That mattered to us

What happened to our energy

That built us so high

Let's start that fire again


Raise a glass

And toast to the night

Here's to the past

And may our futures 

Burn as bright

As the bridges 

I'm burning tonight

Won't look back 

Except to learn

From my past

Won't look back

Only make sure

The fires last

Raise a glass

And pour it out

Like kerosene 

Watch it burn 

To make something new


I'm burning bridges in the night

I'm burning bridges

To say goodbye 

I'm moving mountains

Just to survive

No longer waiting

I'm searching for hope

Wanting for peace 

And when it comes down

I'll know who I am


©2021 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Monday, August 30, 2021

Waiting For Adventure To Call My Name

 Let's run away

Take a trip anywhere 

It doesn't have to be far

Just get me away from here


At a breaking point

Far from any sense

Of a safe return 

Looking for adventure 

I'll go anywhere

If we could just

Run away


Facing the reality

That expectation 

Is a figment of

My imagination 

But my impression 

Will never change

A delusional outcome

Is the house I made

I'll dig my grave

And bury it all the same


I wanna jump in a car 

Going anywhere

Stare down the road

Acting like I don't care

I'm just looking to disappear 

Find adventure 

And hope it's pure

I wanna jump in car

And run away from here


Show me what this life could be

Teach me the ways of happiness 

It's always felt like a dream

A beautiful disaster 

Barley keeping us alive

Just staying in one place

Feels like a sin against 

Everything we're meant to be 


And if it breaks down

I'll keep my feet

On the ground

Slowly spinning

Till I find my way back home




©2021 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Fact Or Fiction (Take The Hint)

Sex sells

But nothing profits

Like a war

Drugs keep 

People happy at bay

While they hide

Their shade

Behind all the lies

And hypocrisy 

Burning everyone alive


Take the hint

No one seems to care

About you

Or your livelihood 

It's old news

But you're still shook

At the idea

That your overlords

Deceived your ignorance 

Sold you out

For a profit

From your blissfulness 

Fact or fiction 

You'll never stop

Falling for it


Broken hearted

Sending thoughts

And prayers

It doesn't matter

Your actions 

Prove it evermore

It's all about the money

Cause nothing speaks louder

Than how it benefits "me"


We're going insane

Buying the bullshit

That we're fed

For crying out loud

It's such a pain

Breaking down

The lies to everyone around

Too blind to see

Too ignorant to care


Maybe we're all doomed

Maybe we were 

Never meant to be

Never worth it

But well deserved 


Misery loves company

But we're all just

Swimming in grief

The cesspool

We created

Claiming to clean

All of humanity 

While we continue 

Losing it all


Tell me 

How are we still breathing 

How are we still moving

How are we still alive

With the toxic ways

We still breed

Misery loves company

And corporate greed

We've lost everything

That it means

To be human

Nothing left

Will be the death of us




©2021 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal



Saturday, August 7, 2021

At War

 I'm at war in this place

I can't escape

I can barely breathe, think, or even scream


And you think you've won

But I've barely begun

This is where I become....


The monster 

The beast inside this living hell

The nightmare

Out of this mind

Where all the demons come to play

I'll make it out

Screaming louder and louder

I'll make it out

I'll make it out!


Everybody watching now

All eyes on me these days

Nothing short of misery

A panic attack

To keep me up


Everyone watching me

Making bets on how far I'll go

While I'm still clawing out

Of this grave I made


And you think you've won

But I've barely begun

This is where I become...


I'll stand there

I'll fight you

I'll break everything

You have left

I'll show you

That I don't need you

Just to bring 

All my sins to light


And you think you've won

But I've barely begun

This is where I become...


Break me!

I'm not feeling okay

Shake me!

It's like I'm stuck in misery

Can't breathe!

I just need some space and oxygen

Help me!

I can't save myself!


©2021 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

Conversations With God

 Broken and lost in misery

Not depressed, not happy

But somewhere in between 

Feeling hopeless

Like another lost cause

Fighting for everything

Fighting to be okay


I asked God

Does this ever get better

Does it get easier 

Along the way

He said 

I'm sorry it only gets worse

It only gets harder from here

But I'll build you up

And make you stronger 

Than you ever thought possible

I'll make sure 

You'll make out 

And be just fine


Tell me I'm okay

Tell me this is worth it 

Every fucking mistake

Every second spent in misery

Feels like I'm dying slowly

Losing my breath

My motivation for anything


It was never meant to be easy

Never thought I could hurt so much

You tell me to hang on

But are You even there

So much pain 

Where blissful peace should exist

Tell me God

When will this numbness disappear 



©2021 All Rights Reserved Ryne Neal

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  A...