Love has knocked me down again I don't know If i could make it Through this flimsy sphere Up to cloud nine again The strength to fight gravity Oh, i lost it When through these silken folds, i fell: Spread eagle, without a will to fly -
Eight, seven -
Broken wings Sad farewells from the heavens Oh hell! i know this pain
Six
Five
Only God knows what my tomorrow holds What landing awaits me: sea or steel Without you in it Tis but as sweet as drunken sleep Sweet as your sweet goodbyes Pure as good in your eyes For you were just, always Long as you spoke not or shut your lids
Ye messenger winds that my bulk so loosely bear Bored sore, as it seems, by my frequent transit Pray, hold a while - take a missive For your next run beneath some poor lovebird's wings Say to Love, not as before, differently - Oh how earth runs towards me How loneliness beckons How solitude sweetly sings a serenade -