Poetry by Jake Savage

Jake would probably have referred to
some of these selections as "songs"
rather than "poems" when he had
written and recorded a musical version,
which he often intended to do.


For songs that have been recorded on CDs,
go to Jake Savage's Music






Selected Poems

Losing Sleep Dreaming

All I can say is
That I am tired of
The taste that's yellow
And frozen in time
And place

Hear my noise
fear my voice

And the patterns that
caress and melt my mind are
painted in pictures
done by the blind

Is that music silence
in my ear
or is it just you sleeping
miles from here

But forever
while you sleep in your
dreamy mist

I'll play in search of colors that don't exist




25%er

What's wrong with him
so small and weak
but let's deny
that he's a freak

(Never had a chance
but chance had me)

Its not exactly what
dad had in mind
is this living?
or is this dying?

(Never had a chance
but chance had me)

So full of shame
so void of hope
from shooting stars
to shooting dope

(Never had a chance
but chance had me)

In the inevitable
and my only goal
is that I am the one
with final control

I'm their living lemon

I guess it seemed a great plan
a human being
an only son
a castle in the sand
or successful, tall and tan

But now it seems regret is plenty
a useless being
a big mistake
now hindsight is 20/20

I'm their lemon

So now the plan
constant repair
we know he can fall apart
so we treat him with care

Paradise disjointed
who has it
we're disappointed
but keep him going so he has to suffer

I'll get a little bigger
the day I pull the trigger



In the Nuthouse

Here I am in the nuthouse again
locked off from those who care
I'm beginning to think I belong here
and it's time to wash my dirty hair

But I have a plan of my own
because all I know is how I go

It's been so long since I felt the sun
but to them there's no harm

When you come to mend my broken heart
look for the one with lines on his arms

I'm the most serious student in my own field
drug addition 101
help me get what I need
and then you'll be my favorite one

Peace pricks with pleasure
Cushioned by a passing wilted feather

Hammering hate in hidden holes
Fueling travel between the poles

Round rainbows with rusted rims
Sinking feeling closing in

Most of what I ever think
Can never leave my head
because if they knew just how I felt
I'd probably end up dead

So every time we leave this world
into a timeless hole
they shit themselves because where I've gone
they have no control
A thought war
we're in we'll win

The things I've learnt
The things I've felt
The things I've heard and seen
Let's me see straight through their rules into a lawless scene

But if we're caught
in our world of grins
They lock us in a lightless cage
so we never threaten their power

Now the time for me
to turn away
It's been a long time since I
took off a day

This is quite a nice hole I've dug myself
Now I live below everybody else