Excerpt from 'Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes' by R. M. Rilke
Am I supposed to know what it means,
let it surround me?
Give it away to someone,
let them consume me?
Bleed and leave one more,
while everyone is watching
Slow the needy one,
give up the hobby?
We all say,
Even though it's meaningless
We all say,
Despite what your father did,
I love you
Even when it's meaningless
We all Love
Despite what we know is true .
We all Love
Disguise your tears with the sky,
The night must be raining
Hardly love myself this time,
Not that I'm trying .... (ohh Ohh)
Sleep me on your feet sometime
While everyone is laughing
I hope this is my last past life
Finally I'm living….. (Oh Oh)
We were warm
Eden's tender brandied peach
We held arms
Brain beating a truer heart
We are bored
Pleading don't be meaningless
We all die
Even when we procreate
We all die
You will only learn what I already know
A bastard in an orphanage
Sow a black tie man in an easy chair
Grow an ego with an opposite