03 August 2012

The Portrait of the Madwoman At 16 ("Within Without")

I'm going to reprint the lyrics to a song I heard tonight, that I loved back when I was 16. It's by a Cincinnati band called Over The Rhine, and it's a pretty good description of the girl I once was.
Within Without
Is it because I cannot see you that you feel so free to steal My excess baggage Full of darkness and despair?
While I fumble with my locks You're content to stand and knock Yet I know your knack For thievery is rare
Do you know they call it arson? Settin' fires without permissions In my heart for sure And maybe elsewhere too
Though your lack of inhibition Captures my imagination I end up a wiser person Thanks to you
It's comin' to fruition The sympathetic vibration Your train is at my station Within without
Within without Within without Within without Within without
There is your flair for murder There's a dagger in the border Of your cloak and I suspect the captain's gun
As you put to death suspicions Kindly kill my fears as well Exorcise and slay The demons one by one
Though I'm usually pacifistic You are mercifully sadistic And I didn't know That murder could be good
But the roses came crimson Springin' from the prison Of the floorboards Where there once were stains of blood
It's comin' to fruition The sympathetic vibration Your train is at my station Within without, within without
It's calming my suspicion With soothing intuition Your train is at my station Within without, within without
It's calming my suspicion With soothing intuition Your train is at my station Within without
Within without Within without Within without Within without
It's comin' to fruition The sympathetic vibration Your train is at my station Within without, within without
It's calming my suspicion With soothing intuition Your train is at my station Within without, within without
Within without Within without Within without Within without
Within without Within without Within without Within without

Spelling and such corrected by Lilli Marlene, lol.

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