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Original Air-Blue Gown Lyrics
rain all burned away
the horseflies are an irridescent green
plums boiled down to pulp
drying on a screen
bright red air inside the house here
i can barely draw breath
dark blue shapes popped behind my eyelids
i am not afraid of death
and on the television
black and white footage of the young Cassius clay
my god, my god, my god
he was something
fists flashing as he comes toward the screen
sailing headlong into nothing
and disappearing
reappearing
out there in the clearing
floating down the slight breeze
that plays along the edge of the leaves
it's you.
it's you.
it's you.
the horseflies are an irridescent green
plums boiled down to pulp
drying on a screen
i can barely draw breath
dark blue shapes popped behind my eyelids
i am not afraid of death
black and white footage of the young Cassius clay
my god, my god, my god
he was something
sailing headlong into nothing
and disappearing
reappearing
out there in the clearing
floating down the slight breeze
that plays along the edge of the leaves
it's you.
it's you.
it's you.
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Submitted by
shewouldnt On May 19, 2006
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if you've never felt like this song does i hope you do someday.
Have you ever looked at someone you loved and realized that they are way more fucked up, and angry, and hurt than you ever would be and there was no way to fix it? I think it feels a lot like this song.
What's the deal with the title? It's from "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy:
Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then, Standing as when I drew near to the town Where you would wait for me: yes, as I knew you then, Even to the original air-blue gown!
a love song. beautiful imagery. complete and utter beauty. summertime.