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Love Song (Your Devil) [Explicit]

by Richard Paez

I have your devil
right here, waiting
for you to sing again
['cause haven't you missed him
haven't you missed him]

[wrapping your fingers
'round the strings of
another instrument
plucking at songs
you only kind of remember]

Your devil, you run from
your devil's in the spaces
you seek to avoid him
['cause haven't you missed him
haven't you missed him]

[wrapping your lips
'round the neck of
another instrument
crying out songs
you only kind of remember]

it's hard to find the words
but the rhythm can't escape you:

(all the prayers you've ever made
to gods you don't believe in
and your sore, red knees
supporting your whole world)

{I have your devil
right here waiting
for you to sing
again}

01/13/2010

Author's Note: Much more an attempt at a short lyric than a poem, though I have no idea who I'd want to sing it...

Posted on 01/29/2010
Copyright © 2024 Richard Paez

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 01/29/10 at 01:03 PM

Either way it's tremendous.

Posted by Therese Elaine on 01/29/10 at 08:09 PM

Strains of Lou Reed...or Leonard Cohen in the vein of 'Waiting for the Miracle'...and now I need a drink!

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