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Painting an Image

from Music in a Dark Café by Nathan Bollig

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Who am I now?
Who was I then?
Give me a canvas and with my own blood I shall paint
Invisible love
Echos of pain
Visions of castles with footprints of kings that were made
by bones that rise
a grave keeper keeps time
He says that this only happens in the dark, lonely shadows of night
And when morning comes
they lay down and decay
they never made colors to paint the shadows that remain

Let's hold hands
And sing our songs
The same old tunes
we've been at for so long
Do you remember dancing?
You said take your hand
And you scolded me so
saying I should hold you tighter

That was a lifetime ago
And who am I now?
Painting an image
Subject still unfound
I guess I'm the same one
who had all the dreams once
A queen in the parlor
stepping in time to a fast waltz
and the instruments played
of their own accord
as if they were made for you and heaven needed an encore
The picture is clear
inside my mind
but my hands are frozen
the canvas is still solid white

Let's hold hands
And sing our songs
The same old tunes
we've been at for so long
Do you remember dancing?
You said take your hand
And you scolded me so
saying I should hold you tighter

That was ages ago
And who am I now?
Painting an image
Subject still unfound

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from Music in a Dark Café, released March 24, 2017

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