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I'm black on blacker velvet, |
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Milk skin and veins, |
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Like some El Greco painting, |
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So full of pain. |
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So full of longing for light of day. |
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I thought I knew who I was in the world. |
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But here I am twice blind at being born, |
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Crawling to my buried voice, within. |
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And I've forgotten who I used to be. |
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And I've forgotten the woman in red, |
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Living her dream. |
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And I've forgotten the courage I used to be. |
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Happiness is overrated, |
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It never lasts. |
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Skating the surface of oceanic depths. |
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Oh may the fruit of my life be meaning. |
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So please forgive me all my seriousness, |
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My so-called spirituality, |
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I'm just a mess. |
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I'm tears and anxiety, |
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But I'm unafraid to See. |
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And I've forgotten who I used to be, |
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The leader in her glory shining, divining. |
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And I've forgotten, the courage I used to be, |
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The middle passage is so damned humbling, persona crumbling, |
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I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. |
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And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. |
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I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, |
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And I try, and I try, and I try, and I try, and I try. |
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Like some El Greco painting, |
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No sun or sky. |
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No lantern, no candle needed to light, |
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The holy radiance behind the eyes. |
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And I've forgotten who I used to be. |
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And I've forgotten the woman in red, living her dream. |
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And I've forgotten the courage I used to be. |
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I don't know... |
