Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Je me suis fait tout petit

I laid low

I had never dropped my hat
In front of anybody
Now I crawl and I sit up and beg
When she calls
I was a bad dog and she makes me eat
in the palm of her hand
I had wolf fangs, I traded them
For toothypeg !

I laid low in front of a doll
That closes her eyes when you put her to bed
I laid low in front of a doll
That says mama when you touch her

I was hard boiled, she converted me
The smarty
And I fell all steamy, all roasted
Against her mouth
That have baby teeth when she smiles
When she sings
And wolf fangs, when she's a fury
She is mean

I laid low...

I live under her rule, I keep a low profile
Under her influence
Even if she is jealous beyond imagination
And even worse
A pretty periwinkle That I reckoned
Was prettier than her
A pretty periwinkle one day died
Beaten by an umbrella.

I laid low...

All the sleepwalkers, all the wizards told me
Without malice
That in her arms as a cross, I will suffer my
Last ordeal
There is worse, there is better (fate)
But all considered
To be hanged here, to be hanged elsewhere
If you need to be hanged.

I laid low in front of a doll
That closes her eyes when you put he to bed
I laid low in front of a doll
That says mama when you touch her
-Georges Brassens

Friday, January 25, 2019

Love -> Justice-> Force

Concentration. Empty your mind.
Let the rest of the world go by.
Hold your breath. Hold your breath. Close your eyes.
Rocks and stones. Broken bones.
Everything eventually comes crawling home.
In the night. In the night.
Please forgive me if I fall short of your mark.
But there are things still buried in my heart, pause
Heart pause. Heart pause. Then vanish. Then vanish.
Unstoppable time. All the things you left behind.
In the night. In the night.
Concentration. Empty your mind.
Let the rest of the world go by.
And when the tears fall from both my eyes
They fall from my right eye because I love you
And they fall from my left eye 'cause I cannot bear you.
Rocks and stones. Broken bones.
Everything eventually comes crawling home.
In the night. In the night.
Comes crawling. In the night. Comes crawling. In the night.
Comes crawling home. In the night. In the night.