You're Put Away (folderol)

A whispered you

Seeming veiled from views intent

And hopeless dreams that lent

These features that aspire

Forever and forever

To be what you are

In monuments of parts and lines

Whose seams are tired

As if they might

Show what's inside and see

What is awaiting me

It could shake me from my seat

It's not too late

It's not too late

But you're quietly turning a page

You're put away

A listless smile

Like a mistress filing blame

It wilts back where it came

Its impact never seen

Never into never

Like a broken piece

That's a token least acclaimed

But it's all that's saved

And it's held on tight

For what it might have seen

You never came to me

Just what you'd thought I'd need

To lead me on

To lead me on

But like I was never playing along

You had gone

From me.

(Bridge)

Voices surrounding me

With sterile and costly sounds

Voices surrounding me

With sterile and costly sounds

Voices surrounding me

I don't know where you took me

But I didn't want to leave

What you are

In monuments of parts and lines

Whose seams are tired

As if it might

Show what's inside and see

What is awaiting me

It could shake me from my seat

It's not too late

It's not too late

But like you're quietly turning a page

You're put away

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