November 21, 2008

Les Feuilles Mortes

This is only a first draft, but I don’t think it’ll be changed much. Enjoy!

You should see these stars slowly torn apart,
You should see these stars.

Eloquence never got you anywhere.
Write all you like, no-one will hear.

Show me how to breathe,
Teach me how to sing,
Sing your songs to the Autumn Leaves,
(*Les Feuilles Mortes is French for literally ‘Dead Leaves’)

Eloquence never got you anywhere.
Write all you like, no-one will hear it,
Self-defence did not stop the consequence,
Sing along, to The Danse Macabre
(*The Danse Macabre is a classical piece of music by Camille Saint-Saƫns)

What a beautiful night,
What a beautiful night for us,
What a beautiful night,
What a beautiful night for us,

Long live death and equality

 

 


“The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.”

- Paul Valery

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