Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song A Lament, artist - The Body. Album song I've Seen All I Need To See, in the genre Date of issue: 28.01.2021
Record label: Thrill Jockey
Song language: English
A Lament |
| To climb these stairs again, bearing a tray |
| Might be to find you pillowed with your books |
| Your inventories listing gowns and frocks |
| As if preparing for a holiday |
| Or, turning from the landing, I |
| Might find my presence watched through your kaleidoscope |
| A symmetry of husbands |
| Each redesigned in lovely forms of foresight |
| Prayer and hope |
| I climb these stairs a dozen times a day, and |
| By the open window, wait, looking in at where you died |
| My hands become a tray |
| Offering me, my flesh, my soul, my skin |
| Grief wrongs us so |
| I stand and wait |
| And cry for the absurd forgiveness |
| Not knowing why |