Each word you speak, a challenge, "Who are you?"
Each word you speak, a challenge, "Who are you?"
Tell me, what is this manner of discourse?
Tell me, what is this manner of discourse?
We do not trust the blood that races fast,
We do not trust the blood that races fast,
If it does not weep from the eye, what then is blood?
If it does not weep from the eye, what then is blood?
The garment clings, stained crimson, close,
The garment clings, stained crimson, close,
Our pockets now, what need of mending have?
Our pockets now, what need of mending have?
Where the body burns, the heart must surely too,
Where the body burns, the heart must surely too,
You rake the night, what search is left to you?
You rake the night, what search is left to you?
Each word you speak, a challenge, "Who are you?"
If strength be gone, and if it will be gone,
If strength be gone, and if it will be gone,
Upon what hope should we name what we desire?
Upon what hope should we name what we desire?
Each word you speak, a challenge, "Who are you?"
Tell me, what is this manner of discourse?
Each word you speak, a challenge, "Who are you?"
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