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While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers The black tar envelops my unmanly sigh A cigarette in the moon's light with a stranger And the howling of an unsightly beast While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers The fog obscures everything in sight I'm questioning the night sky on its numbers The forest looks in disgust and curiosity While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers I'm bleeding out, I'm bleeding out While plucking feathers, my ear drum pops I say my goodbye and flap my bare wings An ornate door leads to the mausoleum A huge crack showing the entrance of grave robbers The youths wander inside to belittle their ancestors And my ballad softly floats above the ground While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers The young man rests near his anvil Opening his book of poetry on an empty page Only to find the blood of the martyr seeping While plucking my feathers Will the youth remember my name? Will I be forgotten as a nameless man? Or will I be the poet of the next century? Pluck my feathers or don't! Pluck my feathers or don't! Pluck my feathers or don't! But do not forget me and the steps which I took Do not forget my babbling, my bish and my bosch Do not forget my gifts, you, receiver of blessing Pluck them rhythmically, slave, rhythmically My feather falls, slowly to the ground It is the last of its kind And as my breaths draw to a close The children laugh gleefully Unknowing the end is near Extinction on my name once and for all Pluck my feathers no more, slave, I've just blood to give.
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Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 at 7:09 PM UTC
Swan Song
While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers The black tar envelops my unmanly sigh A cigarette in the moon's light with a stranger And the howling of an unsightly beast While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers The fog obscures everything in sight I'm questioning the night sky on its numbers The forest looks in disgust and curiosity While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers I'm bleeding out, I'm bleeding out While plucking feathers, my ear drum pops I say my goodbye and flap my bare wings An ornate door leads to the mausoleum A huge crack showing the entrance of grave robbers The youths wander inside to belittle their ancestors And my ballad softly floats above the ground While plucking feathers, while plucking feathers The young man rests near his anvil Opening his book of poetry on an empty page Only to find the blood of the martyr seeping While plucking my feathers Will the youth remember my name? Will I be forgotten as a nameless man? Or will I be the poet of the next century? Pluck my feathers or don't! Pluck my feathers or don't! Pluck my feathers or don't! But do not forget me and the steps which I took Do not forget my babbling, my bish and my bosch Do not forget my gifts, you, receiver of blessing Pluck them rhythmically, slave, rhythmically My feather falls, slowly to the ground It is the last of its kind And as my breaths draw to a close The children laugh gleefully Unknowing the end is near Extinction on my name once and for all Pluck my feathers no more, slave, I've just blood to give.
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Oct 4, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 at 7:09 PM UTC
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