Monday, 2 December 2024

The Vocal and the Silent

I will paint our lives together,

You will paint our lives together,

And I will pose you forever,

And I will sit still forever,

Even your face will be mine. 

Even my face will be yours.


I will be vocal and you will be silent,

I won't be vocal and you won't be silent,

You will live fully in my firmament;

I will live fully in your firmament;

Your smile will say everything’s fine.

My smile will say everything’s fine.


I will build you a monument,

You’ll build me a mausoleum,

A beloved human document!

A life much like linoleum!

Your face will not be forgotten.

Just my face won’t be forgotten.


I will shout and let you be seen,

Your treatment will always be mean,

No one will ever say I was mean,

And my work will never be seen -

To eternity, my love, you’ll be gotten.

In hell your love lies and is rotten.