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Cannot stand pretending
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:28 pm
by peter danielsen
I cannot stand pretending
- what mean and crazy
thought -
my heart is offered
daily
alone the mind
is bought
So utterly
affected
I'm crazy, torn
and free
this heart goes on
pretending
the song was made
for thee
I cannot stand defending
the mean and crazy
thought:
the modern love of reason
the need of space,
the court
I cannot stand suspending
The revelated
Court
his mercy offered
daily:
that law gives love
a thought
I cannot help attending
The song I never
Caught
I cannot help pretending
A brain behind
The thought
So utterly
affected
I'm crazy, torn
and free
this heart goes on
pretending
the song was made
for thee
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:49 pm
by lizzytysh
Is this by any chance set to music, as well, Peter?
~ Lizzy
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:17 pm
by Fljotsdale
It certainly should be set to music! You are right, Lizzy. It has the cadences and feel of song, doesn't it?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:19 pm
by lizzytysh
Yes, Fljots, it does
.
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:02 pm
by peter danielsen
Actually I am working hard on a tune for this lyric, but its not there yet. In the meantime I like to sing it to the melody of "Seems so Long ago Nancy". Leonards melody is so beautiful, it always brings tears to my eyes.
Peter
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:23 pm
by lizzytysh
I just tried it...it seems to work
. Even tugs on the heart a little more.
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:56 pm
by Makera
Hi Peter
Yeah, not bad, considering the inspiration was my poem:
Coeur Cassé.
A few of yours have started as comments on mine, haven't they
~ Makera
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:55 pm
by peter danielsen
Hi genelle,
I guess my text started as a comment on your words, and then ended as an answer
you :"Pretend you're not affected
that it doesn't mean a thing
when a heart offered freely
cracks in the cold again"
me "I cannot stand pretending
- what mean and crazy
thought -
my heart is offered
daily
alone the mind
is bought
So utterly
affected
I'm crazy, torn
and free
this heart goes on
pretending
the song was made
for thee
I cannot stand defending
the mean and crazy
thought:
the modern love of reason
the need of space,
the court
I cannot stand suspending
The revelated
Court
his mercy offered
daily:
that law gives love
a thought
I cannot help attending
The song I never
Caught"
you: "I'll pretend I'm not affected
that it doesn't mean a thing
for the heart I offered freely
to be frozen out again"
Me"I cannot help pretending
A brain behind
The thought
So utterly
affected
I'm crazy, torn
and free
this heart goes on
pretending
the song was made
for thee"
Peter
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:18 pm
by Makera
Thanks Peter, it was a good answer
The irony is that it didn't come from the actual subject of the poem -- totally ignored, still
~ Makera