Refrain From A Refrain

She asked for a song. I gave it to her.

She said I should write her a song
she begged me for one for so long
So long, so long!
So here we go:


The blind man cries because he
doesn’t see her with his own eyes
and the sad man cries because he
doesn’t know that love is blind
Oh but given enough time
Perhaps the two of them will find
what we all are searching for 
 

We’ll pull the clock off of the shelf
and rip the power cord out
We’ll try to stop time so we can
preserve this soulful health
but no we shouldn’t, no we can’t
for death has drawn out
Our twenty year plan
so we’ll push on, oh we’ll push on
 

The deaf man sighs because he
hasn’t heard her sing with his own ears
and the happy man sighs because he
hasn’t heard words he want to hear
Oh, they will waste their years
Living with fears
They can do nothing about
 

What are we even going on about
Love is entirely senseless now
Can you even feel it? I can’t! I can’t!
 

The blind man is done because he
feels how cold you have become
The sad man is done because he
Knows that you have won
Oh, yeah, and the deaf man is done
because he overheard your unfaithful fun
and the happy man is done because
Because he’s done, he’s done!
 

I may have been deaf and blind
to your sickly tricks
and emotional games
but I think I’ll turn out just fine
so please, please, please, please 
move your s**t out by the end of the day
No seriously, I mean it Jess, get out.
We're done.
Here's your stupid f*****g song.
Have a great life.

Author's Note

Not based on actual events, just a work of poetry is all.

Reviews

[jessfoundwonder]

haha my favorite part was the end because jess is my name.
but yeah i can really, completely hear this being sung by one of those kind of low key, underrated bands that are good, but unheard of. the kinds i like the best. good work