Let The Shadow Grow

Cherry

By TheGameCat

Mon, 06 May 2013
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Let The Shadow Grow

I will sit in shadow
If the sun is beating down
I will bite my tongue
If there's laughter all around
I will break my fingers
If there's a beating of a drum
I will miss the point
If the point is having fun

My mind it is mis-wired
And my brain it can backfire
I have a paranoia that
I'm sinking in the mire

I would stand aside
If you were stood in line
I would be a clown if
You were so sublime
I would tell a truth
If all you needed was a lie
I would show you yours
If you would show me mine

My mind it is mis-wired
And my brain it can backfire
I have a paranoia that
I'm sinking in the mire

I won't take a pretty picture
If my eyes they are deceived
I won't tell a little tale
If it won't be believed
I won't wallow in a joy
When life is misery
I won't swallow a cheap ploy when
You ask what's wrong with me

My mind it is mis-wired
And my brain it can backfire
I have a paranoia that
I'm sinking in the mire

I will, I would, I won't try
To cut off my nose
I will, I would, I won't now
Let the shadow grow

(He will, he would, he won't try
To cut off his nose
He will, he would, he won't now
Let the shadow grow)

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Poetry by The GameCat
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Comments

Submitted by Mark Say on
This came across to me as the lyrics of a song rather than a poem - probably because the refrain seemed like a chorus - but I thought it was highly effective at conveying a dark frame of mind. Well done GameCat.

 

Submitted by TheGameCat on
Thanks Mark. My work is well informed by traditional folk and so I often walk a line between poetry and lyric when I'm writing performance pieces. To be fair, I'm not clear on whether the distinction is entirely valid but I like to stray across that landscape. Ant, The GameCat, Smith www.antsmith.net

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Submitted by VeraClark on
Clean rhythms on faulty loops.Just love this, the string balance between action & inaction is finely tuned.