My eye is never satisfied;
My ear is never filled...
By the beauty of a mountainside,
Or songs that give me chills
Every sight – a hollow view,
I look for more and more
Every sound – an empty cue,
Nothing to answer for
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My eye is never satisfied;
My ear is never filled...
Ten thousand times I must have cried,
Then smiled – lied – with skill
Everything I see today
Will be, tomorrow, gone
Every sound will fade away –
A shrill inside a yawn
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My eye is never satisfied;
My ear is never filled...
Does Meaning ever coincide
With life, and hope, and thrill?
I dream this dream, within a dream –
No substance, light, or power
I sing this song, without a sound –
My voice, the wind, devours
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My eye is never satisfied;
My ear is never filled...
I might as well be groping blind,
Deafened – senses killed
I long to see that final sight
And hear that final word,
To show me Something in this night,
And assure me that I’ve Heard
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But…
Maybe, I never, seeing, See
And never, hearing, Hear
Because the problem is IN ME:
This heart of death and drear...
This heart, it must be satisfied;
This heart, it must be filled!
For, we all see from deep inside;
The heart always distills...
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