Elegy for Language

0. Lyrics to song

Intro:

1):
We fashioned you to our purposes, 
scarified you 'til you were sore, 
proceeded with excoriation,
to strip you to the core
Now we only talk in clichés, 
don't listen to you any more 

2):
Was it insufferable hubris,
to malform you so heedlessly? 
Barbarized your grammar,
ignored your sagacity.
Attired now in sackcloth, 
unaware of our poverty 

3):
Slow degeneration,
rendered us bereft
Logical analysis,
bled out your finesse
Binary reduction,
emaciated your fulsome breast

4):
Kneeling in the doorway, 
pleading for you to stay
How's our home to be refurbished, 
if you go away?
Was it our utter deafness, 
that occasioned your dismay? 

Ref 1):
Your dereliction,
of due care for me,
has sorely ravaged,
my innate beauty
Callous lovelessness,
unrelenting thoughtlessness 

Ref 2):
Here are some trinkets,
to help you manage your stuff
I turn my back on you,
I've suffered enough
Woeful neglect,
no sign of respect 

5):
Is it you who has betrayed us,
with your seductive rhymes?
Filled our mind with pictures,
obliterating time
Shrank back form the abyss,
prattling story-lines

6):
Waiting for another word, 
from another source
Better to be abandoned, 
than continue what was false
Ineffable silence, 
helps us stay the course 

Outro:

1. MP3 audio file 

Elegy for Language  MP3 audio file