When I said I loved I was like a caught bird Under heated water in the saucepan of society Being cooked for being alone Now that I see a hole in the pan I see my true heart and I am sorry II When I said I loved I was like a lone soul Deserted […]
Pants of can’ts Excuses in rants Even firewood crave fire Wanting to lead in light Wanting to be a star bright Although being in ashes is no delight But you, like a firefly, tease with your faint glow Saying this and saying that On a day when emotions weep For a play in your tower […]
Mama you should have magically told Of the possibility that love could have me sold You are the one who carried my mould Are you satisfied that I am broken into many a fold? II Papa, you should really have magically warned That love stands a better chance of having me harmed You […]
He is fine and suave And so wears them Wears them holes like clothes II He has an overall in his huge house One that all his family knows One that God’s hands have sealed One that all close acknowledge III I am awed to a point At the overall’s removal In replacement with many […]
Anger battles anger Mountainous chest heaves in desperation As flat chest curses in confusion Each back turns And tears flow into the secret coffers of darkness II Strong masks on weak faces Wearing off in few paces Like chalk paint on stained mansions in rain Oh what a tragedy! III Why can’t there be hearts […]
When love turns sour All hormones bore Oh! How I wish there was a law A law which forces love to tour Tour and catch happiness to the fore To calm all “the-bored”, Store “fore ever “ And stamp “Happy Ever Afters” CHORUS Oh carnivorous bitterness Oh taunting thoughts of unfairness Oh forceful streams of […]
At the dawn of our goodbye The sky weeps Tears whose ingredients are Pain Loss Loneliness Uncertainty Failure And fear But these tears fall to toughen The grounds of our hearts II Unfairness has a head none wants to see Tribal voices stopping in one’s track Their enemy before the notice Of his footprints Is […]
Shaking in heart roastings Thoughts of hurts in boastings Boastings carved on historic trees Trees sending the writings like spears into hearts Hearts which gave it them lives Now suffer by the sharpness of their tips Ah! When lies pierce! II When lies pierce They pierce fierce Sending trust into horrid hearse III It is […]
My blood boils like water on fire! Who steals from a sacred temple That once gave him sleeping space? Must be an it! II Who acts evil Grazing holes that hid him from his enemies When they chased his formation? It must be an it III Who embarrasses a goddess Whose tears turn into rains […]
I Will Let you go Like a child Leaving her beautiful balloon For the sky 2 I Will Leave your hand Like a gallant Leaving the battlefield Undefeated, although sand Is my only clothing 3 There is no point Fighting passions No point, fighting love When its attraction point can murder 4 With this back […]
Winger with waist Wearing worn-out wastes Winning will wane Wanting will wake While weepers wallop you II Winger, your wanky wannabe workings Wounding wanderers Would make you wail Waive your wantons Work for your wallet Winnings well-deserved whip well wishings Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Her love might have been your stream, the real one will be your perfect rain II Her love might have been your bright colours but look keenly, your real queen will be your rainbow III Her love might have been your weird glasses your real queen will become your contact lenses IV Her love might […]
When I look into your eyes I see all the walking lies And feel the kicks of my mind’s whys? As my good waters are gathered for cries II Are you that powerful? What on you is so colourful For you to make me feel this awful? Oh “Onyame!” How pitiful! III Angry storms of […]
i.mobavatar.com/broken-heart/i-dont-love-you.jpg The look on your face That anxious look Waiting for me to tell you Those creepy words I have no words for you I’m as dead as a firewood. I see nothing beyond What we have built all these years. I know you want Those words from my mouth. What do you want to […]
I read love stories I sing love songs I talk about love But I’m not in love. We’ve been friends for long I know you want more than that You have shown me to your parents But I’m still not in love. Everyone thinks we are a perfect match They all say we should get […]
He uses the rags Which someone sees as cloth And throws it in animal dung of mud But the rags get cleaned and rushes to him II She uses the doormat Which someone sees as a bed Making sure the rains do cane And pull it into the gutters But as soon as it gets […]
I Those with smooth vocabulary spoons Stir roughly emotions of weak soups Soups clutch at the spoons Hoping to be saved In possible whirl storms It could be ruthless tsunamis II I, do watch I, see the touches I, get appalled, Seeing the breakages of emotional bones Causing the murders of strong emotional soldiers […]
When he calls I keep rolling like a ball I keep moving like a sound I keep flowing like a river *** When he sighs I keep over reacting like a mouse I keep worrying like a lost parrot Tears keep overflowing within me like a fountain *** When he stumbles I keep diving like […]
Trimmed and hemmed? Oh no! You should have known There are miserly mice Who hate to share On the feast of “hand go hand comes” Especially when their hands are the longest So stop flooding the land of your face Stop looking into the hemmed holes Stop being the cat and forget the mouse And […]
We started on clouds Now pride ties us like a rope Dangling us in air II How did we get here? Mouths playing opposition To our hearts true sounds III How did we get here? Tears for the open hidden And shed in the dark IV How did we get here? Ears […]
I’ll put you in a song Where you really belong From when you came along To the time you run along CHORUS For you were the rain Which promised me gain But drove me insane In a long short lane II You said you were among Those who many do long Because your sweet sweet […]
I wanted to see I had my own dreams of what it’ll be; Having massages and drinking tea Receiving much love without a fee Being the she never cheated by a he Feeling surreal loving all and me But it was never what I dreamt it’ll be II I began to see That everything was […]
She, watches and walks away Having nothing to say Bowing her head in shame Dreading love’s name II She, refuses to wipe her tears Because they are flowing to show her fears She hears many mouths say fie She wants to die III Because love’s ride Made her hide And her trust tuned to tides […]
Feelings run with talking shoes Tainting my veins in all hues Month after month, paying no dues Popping and yelling with no cues Like I never ever loved II Their aphrodisiac is cold, Run amok without being told Their running strides so damn bold They have such bad taunting hold Like I never ever loved […]
CHORUS It was like a fairy spell Captured by a sounding bell Arrested to a loving cell Where I yearned to forever dwell 1 Who created this shell Turning into hell When little heat yell? I swear I hear the bell Which sounded like a spell And made my heart swell For all to see […]
I am here watching you standing so near with your beating heart racing and reaching far chasing and hitting hard at dead rock for its symbolism and leaving me stranded as I watch knowing not when rain will fall on this mud *** As much as it hurts, pins, cuts and might kill as much […]
Night’s towel drips of tears Her laughter has suddenly turned to fears Her moon left without a trace So she uses darkness to cover her face Her stomach churns As her heart yearns Her breathes fight To see daylight But her legs are rooted In darkness until sun comes and have her booted And leaves […]
He came back squeaking like a hungry goat After stepping on my toes and sniffing asses He asked for forgiveness thinking I was naïve I told him candidly looking straight into his eyes That he belonged to the dumpster of my thoughts Because I threw him out as rubbish after I hurt II If I […]
I protect my chicks like An impenetrable building Against hawks and eagles Quacking like a troublesome duck to show my love But my chicks end up producing chicks Chicks of chicks! What kind of hen am I? II I teach my she-chicks how to bathe I teach my she-chicks how to live to peck and […]
When the weather gets cold Lonely bubbles get bold And show on skins Like standing fins On fishes II Then they call on past thoughts Thoughts the body bought With time and buried And needs ferried By regret III Like waves, tears fight back Goosebumps get stacked I need an antidote I get on a […]
(Refrain) When death conquers death He would finally get to ask His slippery mortal enemy And he would be up to the task (I) He would probably first ask What he did so wrong to its claws That its guards kept watching him From birth till he tasted those claws (Refrain) II It was first […]
Round the bend of deceit Is a block of defeat Housed by a huge heartache Caging a humble and weeping trust II Round the bend of betrayal Stands the chaotic vengeance Holding a spear of bad thoughts Housing many ill-wills III Round the bend of regret Hides the mighty remorse Which awaits admission To get […]
The stingy man opened up The nagging woman shut up What is up? They saw it riding in hooded chariot Speeding in beauty Capturing with need And taking all the pride there was Those who hated to lie Wore clothes of mud Those who hated to sit Sat on needles of hurt Those who hated […]
Sweet At my feet He offers a seat II Sweet At the beat He offers a dance III Sweet As it heats He switches on his cool IV Sweet He makes all neat When dirt sweeps across V Sour By the lengthening hour All the sweet turn to sour So sad. Thoughts then tend to […]
Love must be a butterfly Flying here and sucking there Deceiving beings by being sly Because its angels are rare II Love must be a bed with bugs Pinching beings when sleep is sweet Denying addicts its hugs And pushing beings to their feet III Love must be bee with honey Combing around to make […]
He sent the bright stars With many sweet candy bars To bring me sweet smiles II The moon sat afar And nodded in cute brightness Smiling through it all III The sky beings thanked me For brightness of my presence I happily beamed IV Suddenly, clouds formed And fumed, calling lightening And thunder, and rains […]
My heart then, was your comfort playground When you felt like playing a boy I was Naive Toy in love’s land Hurt and pain gave me life And after you fell Horror begging? I’m no fool Don’t beg Me Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Under the charming smiling moon Where all fireflies gathered to swoon We met and feel in love so real It really felt good and surreal My little coughs brought you concern, My doom doubts you always discern I thought our love was so so strong Where at all did we go so wrong? CHORUS […]
I Loving you Comes with a bucket of tears On a hot coal pot Boiling hardened unyielding fears II Loving you Comes with searching broken pieces of trust Scattered in sand And mixed with gravels III Loving you Comes with a handcuff for hearts With a durable lock For imprisonment in the heat IV Loving […]
Abracadabra! Abracadabra! Abracadabra! If only these chants could give life I would have called your ghost memory Which stays in my head And give our initial meeting A static life So you’ll be that sweet being under my feet Even if there are hot coals under your seat What good is this us When you […]
I If the songs you sing And the bells you ring And your back’s wings Are true, there’ll be no tears II If the promises are real And you work with zeal And your intents never kill There’ll be no tears III If your body’s posture Go flawlessly with your breath And your eyes Tell […]
I I In loves nest Searched for beautiful eggs II While you On deception’s cage Built a durable lock III I found fake eggs Treasured them For I thought they were yours IV Whiles happily cherishing the eggs, You led me little by little Into your cage V Locking me in darkness Bringing out your […]
I My heart, like an egg I gave on feelings unknown Knowing its dire risks II You held it, like gold You worshipped it like diamonds You loved it like God III My complacency Drove you to your height in fright Your complains, meant nought IV I drove many cars Like crazy, shunning yours; mine […]
I When hands touched hands We hugged and kissed Laughed and teased That was what streghtened its stands II We fought poverty Battle sicknesses Were each other’s blanket Cried in each other’s arms Loved truly in hunger And prayed for the rains to seize III Then the sun begun to shine You cried confusion Denied […]
I If only there were special lens Which see hearts’ writings which never ends And reads clearly; hurts, pains and yearns Each one will another properly fend II If only hearts have speech Which reaches hearts intended to reach All silent aches will be noticed with most cleared Saving deep wounds mostly dug till death […]
I My perfect eyes Are full of lies It always buys Its special dice Ignoring the cries Of the heart which dies II How can this be? Why didn’t they see? I went to the stream With a basket instead of a pot And still fetched from the stream And carried the angry dripping who […]
Bonsu eeeeeeee Please bring the huge drum Akosua wants to drown herself in tears Because her pig has left her to marry some dirt I need her tears to fill the drum So I can help her bathe when she heeds to the call of fatigue There are so many neat animals Animals aiming to […]
You looked warm And I loved your charm Your colour Your fragrance Your hope And your zeal to battle the cold And run into your arms Suspecting nothing Then I felt the cold Started shivering Felt the ice Started dying In your warm embrace Then I realised That you are the blanket with holes Realised […]
I When darkness falls I fear the weather’s calls Calls into a world you made To give you the perfect shade To taunt me with your memories II In your world, I am your pawn of child I do what you want and you play me Everyone watches that video, but me Until you yourself […]
She sat on her heart Like an oldly used torn mat And tried to be pretty II Hurt like angry waves Broke out of her heart’s locked gate Flooding her sad world III The sweet birds watching Her beauty, flew far away Watching and curious IV Why would she lie thus? Pretending to have new […]
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