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You hold me inside your iris like a
A terminal stain on life
You condescend to my primal brain and
Twist me around like a knifeCan't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell youDon't try to be the one person
Who has stayed just to say
They never left me
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learnYou keep me hidden behind a curtain
An audible human display
You feed me orchids to give me courage
And keep me in line with disdainCan't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph

Let me tell youDon't try to be the one person
Who has stayed just to say
They never left me
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learnI have nothing left for you
You left me with nothing
And I have nothing left for you
You left me with nothingI live at arm's length and die a little
Between your constants by day
I want my soul back before it's over
I can't even wish you awayCan't begin to explain
The feelings I have restrained
Don't ask me how I am
Because you're too busy planning your epitaph
Let me tell youDon't try to be the one person
Who has stayed just to say
They never left me
Aggravated, complicated, someone say it
God, I never learn
I never learn

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Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is a noted American composer and diarist. He is most well-known and praised for his song settings. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and received his early education in Chicago at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, the American Conservatory and then Northwestern University. Later, Rorem moved on to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and finally the Juilliard School in New York City.

Read more about Ned Rorem on Last.fm.


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