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The Illusion
of Fame and Glory
(in The Confusion
of Joy and Pain)*
*For Dennis
BOUNCED MY HEART A CHECK/..
FEARED MY BROKEN NECK/..
DREAM MYSELF AWAY IN A MESS
OF MY OWN MAKING..//..FANTASIZING SLEEK
ELEGANT DECEITS/..
LIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS, ILLUSIONS
OF EMOTION//REVERIE SO SWEET/..
ELEGANT DECEITS/..
LIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS, ILLUSIONS
OF RELATION//WISH TO HAVE A LIFE/..
JEALOUSLY DESPISED/..
DREAMS OF MY SURVIVAL, MY SAD
IMAGINATION//DREAMED I HAD A LIFE
EVERYONE DENIED/...
ATE ME FROM THE INSIDE, BLED ME FROM THE OUTSIDE/DREAMED
I WON THE LIFE
EVERYONE’S DENIED/
STABBED ME FROM THE OUTSIDE, BLED ME FROM THE INSIDE/DREAMED
I WAS THE LIGHT
THAT ALL IN FLESH DESPISED/ALL WHO DREAM
WHO HIDE FROM THEIR SOULS’ REGENERATION/DREAMED MYSELF A LIE
JEALOUSLY DESPISED/DREAMS OF MY REPRISAL, MY SICK
IMAGINATION/THOUGHT I COULD ESCAPE
EVERYTHING I HATE../WRAP YOURSELF IN DEATH
AND DARKNESS TO RE-USE ME/DREAMED I COULD RELATE
ALL MY SICKENED HATE
TO ALL THE THINGS THAT FRIGHTENED
DISGUSTED AND CONFUSED ME/..WRITE MYSELF A CHECK/..
SAVE MY PRETTY NECK/..THROW MY LIFE AWAY
TO A PETTY SLAVE’S
EXISTENCE/...IF YOU LEAVE TODAY/
THROW MY LIFE AWAY/AND LIVE A
LIFE A SLAVE
TO DESIRE’S MAD INSISTENCE/...
21, August 2005
Amsterdam, Holland
Nasty Little Creatures # 4 copyright 2005
- - F I N N E G A N !
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