Crash & Burn

they’ll keep the secrets safe as

long as they get their share of pay

profiting off an eccentric personality is how 

they keep their Mercedes on the driveway

and when their cash cow has been 

slaughtered, they’ll send out a bouquet

make a documentary, but 

the truth they fail to portray

he told them he had a drug addiction and 

they gave him the pills as if he were a gun 

that was reloaded with ruthless ammunition

their side of the story is all a coverup

they said they’ll personally take care 

of this matter and monitor his checkup

they told him that when he’s on 

stage, he needs to put his face up

a fire scorching on and out of his brain,

but they thought he wouldn’t burn up

they offered him a contract, but this he

didn’t expect when he had signed up

I’m talking about the lyrical poet who wrote 

confessions about his struggle to be sober

 

he was born on Halloween 

night, after the 31st of October

he had his ex-girlfriend's 

name tatted on his shoulder

in every interview he’s done, you can see

how he’s wasted out of oblivion or hungover,

but there was so much more to

him than what meets the eye

he’d talk about his pain in every 

song, but we ignored his outcries

he was being controlled by people 

who took advantage of his habits 

and his weaknesses were glorified

he knew it was coming before he 

died, an irreplaceable soul inside,

but they didn't notice the angel he 

always was because of their greed,

all he ever wanted was to be loved,

to be understood, and to be seen

he went by the nickname his mom

gave him, and she'd call him Peep

- Leah Rae