Hello, there
My other Me
Down here in this Great Ravine
I can hardly breathe or see
So much Soot and Smoke and Rage
How is it you have lived this way
So very All-Alone?
Filthy, seething, cast-away
I swear
I did not know
I’m so sorry you’re abandoned here
I swear
I did not Know
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I am a wild animal
It’s much too late for me
I’ll rip your throat
Don’t venture close
Stay far away from me
I’ve lived Down Here for far too long
There’s no escape for me
If you value life at all
You’ll stay away from me
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You speak a language I heard of once
I think they called it Pain
I did not know the depth of it!
I beg you
Speak again!
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You. left. me. here!!!
So all-alone
And only now you want my words?
You stupid thing! My heart is closed
You’re not worth my pain, my hurt
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There is nothing I can say
Surely, you are right
I don’t deserve your Anything
When you’ve lived this Longest Night
I’ve been the Ostrich
Head stuck in sand
The Fool
The Idiot Joke
You’ve bared it all yourself Down Here
You’ve bared it all,
Alone!
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Go now
With your widened eyes
With your well-meaning heart
I’m the Phantom in this play
I know only Dark
Send one more Kind Word my way
And I’ll eat your gentle heart
We both know how the opera ends
I live and die
Alone