I FELT YOUR SHAPE

I thought I felt your shape
but I was wrong.
Really all I felt was falsely strong. I held on tight and closed my eyes. It was dumb. I had no sense of your size. It was dumb to hold so tight. But last night on your birthday in the kitchen my grip was loose. My eyes were open. I felt your shape. I heard you breathing. I felt the rise and fall of your chest. I felt your fall, your winter snows, your gusty blow, your lava flow. I felt it all: your starry night and your lack of light. With limp arms I can feel most of you. I hung around your neck independently and my feeling of loss was overwhelmed by this new depth I don’t think I ever felt. But I don’t know. My nights are still cold and I remember my arm gripping around a warm fleshy waist.


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    It's on the Mount Eerie Live In Copenhagen 3xLP. This shouldn't be filed here, due to the fact that it is actually a Mount Eerie song. Also, this is just added onto the regular "I Felt Your Shape" song.

    But the 3xLP is sold out, only 1000 copies were made. However, if you use music pirating software, I'm sure you could probably find it around somewhere.

    bamvolstoneon August 02, 2005   Link

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