Space to be Lonely

Song Cycle by Rachel Devore Fogarty

1. Extinguish My Eyes  [sung text not yet checked]

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Extinguish my eyes I still can see you:
Close my ears I can hear your footsteps fall:
And without feet I still can follow you:
Voiceless I can still return your call.
Break off my arms, and I can embrace you:
Enfold you with my heart as with a hand:
Hold my heart, my brain will take fire of you
As flax takes fire from a brand!
And flame will sweep in a flood:
Through all the singing currents of my blood:  Mmmmmmm....

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2. Home Again  [sung text not yet checked]

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Where I used to be
I could hear the sea.
The black ragged palm fronds flung themselves against
       the twilight sky.
The moon stared up from the water like a fish's eye.
I had the loneliness that sings.
It made me light and gave me wings.

Is it the dust and the iron railings and the blank red brick
That makes me sick?
There is no space to be lonely any more
And crumbling feet on a city street
Sound past the door.

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3. Evening
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The sky in the west slowly puts on a fresh array of colors
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based on a literal translation of Sam Van Gool

4. Loss  [sung text not yet checked]

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We walked this field together
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