Feeder

These moments are the worst

those silent seconds

the time to feel it hurt

these lonley little hours

when all i do is think

and the regrets wash over me

eyes staring, unfocused

ears fuzzy- no sounds

breath catches on the exhale

like life underwater- my mind has drowned

no pretty lights to entertain me

no-one to blame but my self

and the past is pushing down on me

nothing but the crushing silence

left with my own company

my own face in the mirror

catch a glimpse - i cant stand to see

cant stand to be me/

.nix

Brendon was lead slowly up the stairs by Spencer who sat him down on the sofa and made them both coffee.
He sat down on the sofa facing his best friend but didn’t say anything.
He didn’t know what to say to help him or to make him feel better. There was nothing to say.
They both sipped on their hot coffees, staring at one another with the same lost look in both of their eyes.

“What do we do Spence? What do I do?” Brendon asked putting down his coffee onto the little table beside them.
Spencer, copying Brendon’s actions, shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know Bren, I don’t know what we can do, but we can do it together.”
Brendon giggled “That could sound so wrong Spence. So so wrong....”
Spencer smirked “Well I see your filthy mind hasn’t…

Issue 62 of Black Velvet is out now and includes:  

Interviews with The Used, Steel Panther, Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper), Man Raze (Phil Collen - Def Leppard), Spinnerette (Brody Dalle), Hardcore Superstar, Saving Aimee, Propagandhi, After Midnight Project, V For Volume.  

Concert reviews of Lostprophets, The Used, Steel Panther, New Found Glory/Kids In Glass Houses/International Superheroes Of Hardcore, Spinnerette, Taking Back Sunday, Buckcherry, Saving Aimee and Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros  

Tons of album, single and demo reviews of the likes of Not Advised, Spinnerette, Orange, Four Year Strong, Pound, Johnny Lima, New Generation Superstars, Research Turtles. The Used, Funeral For A Friend, All Time Low, Bullets And Octane, An Ocean Between Us, Bowling For Soup, Steel Panther, Buckcherry, AFI, Flyleaf, Gunfire 76, Memphis May Fire, Carolina Liar, Symphony Cult, Dame Fortune, Glass Spires and more.  

'Me, Me, Me & My Rock CV' this issue…