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A DIFFERENT PLACE
We sat under London skies on
A perfect June day.
I touched her hand
And whispered our names.
And all of the birds flew by and
The clouds blow away
The rose oil in her hair
And her infinite craze.
These are the thoughts
That take me
To a different place.
There are the words
That take me
To a different place.
And I gave her
A rose from my garden
And the petals
Blow away.
They look like confetti
On her
Beautiful face.
These are the thoughts
That take me
To a different place.
There are the words
That take me
To a different place.
These are the thoughts
That take me
To a different place.
There are the words
That take me
To a different place.
THE EMPRESS
Didn’t I try
To love her?
Didn’t I paint
Pictures of her?
Didn’t I try
To change?
I shouldn’t have bothered.
Didn’t I buy
The ocean for her?
Didn’t I wear
The colour (?)
Didn’t I feel
The wind?
Didn’t I plead?
She is strange
And sorrow.
She is
Like cherry blossom.
She is
The Empress.
Didn’t I kneel
Before her?
Didn’t I follow
Her orders?
Didn’t I clean
Her shit?
Didn’t I fall?
Didn’t I climb
The ladder?
Didn’t I smile
For the cameras?
Didn’t I feel
The wind?
Didn’t I plead? (? bleed)
She is strange
And sorrow.
She is
Like cherry blossom.
She is
The Empress.
She is strange
And sorrow.
With lips
Like cherry blossom.
She is
The Empress.
CLOWNS
Take a look at us
Hate where there was lust
A drip like honey.
Lust don’t mean a thing.
When all we do is shout and scream,
It’s almost funny
We're like clowns,
Tumbled into town now,
And love is on its way down now.
It’s such a lonely sound.
Mouths that once we exchanged,
Kisses in the rain
Are full of hate now.
It all seem so absurd,
When every sentence and every word
Is so painful.
Clowns,
Tumbling into town now,
And love is on its way down now.
It’s such a lonely sound.
Clowns,
Faces with painted frowns now.
Sat on a merry go round now
Such a lonely sound.
It’s such a lonely sound.
It’s such a lonely sound.
It’s such a lonely sound.
It’s such a lonely sound.
It’s such a lonely sound.
It’s such a lonely sound.
CHINESE WHISPERS
Don’t tap against my window.
Don’t listen at my wall.
Don’t ask for information.
As the answer's always no.
Collect me
From the station.
The blank departure
Board.
We'll talk in
Chinese whispers.
While the snow
Begins to fall
Painting Easter(?)
With the cold(?)
I don’t need you
But I want you.
I don’t want you
But I need you.
Ho-ho-ho.
Ho-ho-ho.
There is blossom
In the garden
On the magnolia
Tree.
The ivies are
Taking over
Where you planted
Rosemary
Where you planted
Rosemary.
I don’t need you
But I want you.
I don’t want you
But I need you.
Ho-ho-ho
Ho-ho-ho
Ho-ho-ho
Ho-ho-ho
Ho-ho-ho
BLESSED
With your mauve
Pillow.
And your laddered tights
With your neat
Covers.
And your midnight
Eyes.
With your sisters in
The suburbs.
With your ballerina’s
Grace.
You smile and
I am blessed.
You laugh and
I am possessed.
You climb
The clouds caress.
Yes, I am blessed.
Yes, I am blessed.
With your grey
Denim.
And your hostile(?)
life.
With your teeth
Missing.
And you mystic eyes.
With your tenderness
And trouble.
With your son
Against your breast.
You smile and
I am blessed.
You laugh and
I am possessed.
You climb
The clouds caress.
Yes, I am blessed.
Yes, I am blessed.
You smile and
I am blessed.
You lie and
I am dust.
And you ride
London’s wilderness.
Yes, I am blessed.
Yes, I am blessed.
FUNERAL MANTRA
We light the oil
And touch the beads.
The naked feel
Of rosary .
The fall of morning
On the lands.
The smell of incense
On our hands.
We kneel
Before the open grave.
And light
The candles with our pain.
Because all things
Will change.
Because they stay the same
We live again
We learn
The consequence of sin.
We roll our eyes
And touch our skin.
We feel
Eternity expressed
With every word,
With every breath.
We kneel
Before the open grave.
And light
The candles with our pain.
Because the seasons
Change.
Because they stay the same
We live again.
We kneel
Before the open grave.
And light
The candles with our pain.
Because all things
Will change.
And as your God explains,
We live again.
We live again.
We live again.
We live again.
BACK TO YOU
You flick your mane,
And click your fingers again,
And from your bed
You call my name.
And like a fool
I run right back to you
And dance along
To your latest tune.
And when the land slides
And when the planets die,
That’s when I come back,
When I come back to you.
And when the sun cools
And when the stars fall
That’s when I come back,
When I come back to you.
You roll those eyes
And trap my hand in your thighs.
It’s slavery but in disguise.
And like a fool
I run right back to you.
There is nothing else
That I can do.
And when the pigs fly
And when the planets die.
That’s when I come back,
When I come back to you.
And when the sun cools
And when the stars fall
That’s when I come back,
When I come back to you.
And when the war machines
Rust eternally
That’s when I come back,
When I come back to you.
And when your heart bleeds
For a love that’s dead like me,
That’s when I come back,
When I come back to you.
KNIFE EDGE
I think
I’ll call her number
Just one time.
If she calls back,
I don’t care.
She won’t mind.
I think
I kept her details
In my phone.
If I’ve lost them
I don’t mind.
She won’t know.
I think
I’ll call her.
Make amends
Perfect strangers
On a knife edge.
All it takes is
One excuse
To end the date.
Once the teams
Were introduced,
Slipped away.
I think
I’ll call her.
Make amends
Perfect strangers
On a knife edge.
I think
I miss her
And her pets
Perfect strangers
On a knife edge.
P MARIUS
As I sit and watch
The summertime,
And the shadow of
The cranes.
By the branches of
The cedar tree
And the beating of
The day.
You are the rose
Within my soul.
You are the reason
Why the wind blows.
By the meeting of
The roads
I will hold you
In my arms again.
And we'll sit under
The cedar tree
As the city
Fades away.
By the places
Where the blossom falls
And the shadow of
The cranes.
You are the rose
Within my soul,
You are the reason
Why the rain flows.
By the meeting of
The roads
I will hold you
In my arms again.
By the branches of
The cedar tree,
There's a bench
Beside the lake.
Take the bridge
Over the Serpentine,
And I'll see you
Once again.
