& you were so lovely
I didn't notice what was happening
I didn't think this would happen to me
But I wasn't happening
I wasn't anything
When the people you love aren't right under yr nose
& you're miles away and you feel a bit thrown
Surrounded by people who don't give a shit
So you watch their blank faces and cling to the bits
I've been attracted to yr inhumanity
But every conversation ends so unattractively
& we are not the beautiful couple we thought we'd be
Thoughts come in & thoughts go out
Maybe I'll never know what I'm talking about
In search of a certain elegance, will this all repeat again?
(-Yes? -I didn't know. I just learned. -Too bad...now you'll hate him, and you'll hate me too. -I don't know. -Of course you will.)
I stand right up & I say
"I see through you!"
But life just keeps going on
Turning each other off, still I kept holding on. Why? Why? Why? Why? Is it because
I've been attracted to your inhumanity
But every conversation ends so unattractively
& we are not the beautiful couple I thought we'd be
But what do I know about humanity?
Thoughts arrive so quick I wouldn't say they belong to me
Sometimes I'm human, & sometimes I'm just saying words
& I just go through the motions
Are these just lesser emotions?
But still, you tell me I'm so sensitive
& I guess I just do things just to do things & I do things, but do I just do things to feel like I'm here?
& I guess I just do things just to do things & I do things, but do I just do things to feel like I'm here?
I just do things just to do things & I do things, but do I just do things to feel like I'm here?
I just do things just to do things & I do things, but do I just do things to feel like I'm here?
(-That dream you had. -You were 50 years old, and you were happy. -And in this dream, was there anyone else? -There was. -Who? -You woke up, and smiled at someone next to you. I don't know who. -What else do you know?)
& we could shout into the void all day
But as long as I live so many miles away
Presence will be privileged
And that's all I can say
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(Dialogue from Bleu, & Rouge, by Krzysztof Kieślowski)
credits
from MONiKER EP,
released July 5, 2015
Mixed by Jordan
Dialogue from Bleu, & Rouge, by Krzysztof Kieślowski
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