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Somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond
Any experience, your eyes have their silence
In your most frail gesture are things which enclose me
Or which I cannot touch because they are too near
Your slightest look easily will unclose me
Though I have closed myself as fingers
You open always petal by petal myself as spring opens
Touching skillfully, mysteriously her first rose
Or if your wish be to close me, I and
My life will shut very beautifully, suddenly
As when the heart of this flower imagines
The snow carefully everywhere descending
Nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals
The power of your intense fragility, whose texture
Compels me with the colour of its countries,
Rendering death and forever with each breathing
I do not know what it is about you that closes
And opens only something in me understands
The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses
Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands
Any experience, your eyes have their silence
In your most frail gesture are things which enclose me
Or which I cannot touch because they are too near
Though I have closed myself as fingers
You open always petal by petal myself as spring opens
Touching skillfully, mysteriously her first rose
My life will shut very beautifully, suddenly
As when the heart of this flower imagines
The snow carefully everywhere descending
The power of your intense fragility, whose texture
Compels me with the colour of its countries,
Rendering death and forever with each breathing
And opens only something in me understands
The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses
Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands
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the lyrics of this song are from the poem somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond by e.e. cummings
And the last verse was used as a title for the opening and closing tracks of following album "Somewhere at the bottom of the river [...]".
I have a question, this song is related to La Dispute's two other songs "Such Small Hands" and "Nobody, Not Even the Rain" But I don't get the connection between this one and those two songs Can someone explain please?
This song is actually just an ee cummings poem, and the other two songs borrow from the poem for their titles. The way I see it, they're connected because in both the poem and the songs the speaker is greatly influenced by the person they love. I think their two songs play off the third stanza a lot, by showing the power of one person to destroy, or close, someone that loves them by rejecting them.
This song is actually just an ee cummings poem, and the other two songs borrow from the poem for their titles. The way I see it, they're connected because in both the poem and the songs the speaker is greatly influenced by the person they love. I think their two songs play off the third stanza a lot, by showing the power of one person to destroy, or close, someone that loves them by rejecting them.
Oh okay, that makes sense Thank you :)
Oh okay, that makes sense Thank you :)