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Enchanting (greenie)

greenie's picture
Submitted by greenie on September 7, 2008 - 12:00.

You make a beautiful
woman, but did they
ever tell you
it won't last?
This is your future-
your hopes and dreams
and everything
then it's all not
as it seems-

Maybe walking in Paris
would calm your soul,
then again-
you always were a
romantic
enchanting...

Lovely dreaming
beautiful butterfly
women
a whisper-lisp singing
their songs to you-
once said-
it would make a
pretty picture
but you're not lying
in their beds
anymore.

Maybe dancing in Rome
would calm your soul,
then again-
you always were a
romantic
enchanting...

Never know when
waltzing on verandas
turn to running in the
rain-
apologies for failing
in your eyes
perhaps it's just your
lies-

Maybe crying in Lisbon
would calm your soul
but then again-
you never were a
romantic-

enchanting-

me.

qwertygirl890123's picture

This is beautiful. You did a

Submitted by qwertygirl890123 on September 7, 2008 - 12:02.

This is beautiful. You did a great job with the vocals.
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imagine's picture

This has such a magical

Submitted by imagine on September 7, 2008 - 13:01.

This has such a magical quality to it. I love it.

And this verse has stolen my heart:
Lovely dreaming
beautiful butterfly
women
a whisper-lisp singing
their songs to you-
once said-
it would make a
pretty picture
but you're not lying
in their beds
anymore.

Beautiful.

ParisianTwist's picture

Reminds me of a song by The

Submitted by ParisianTwist on September 7, 2008 - 20:40.

Reminds me of a song by The New Pornographers...
Don't know why.
It's called Mass Romantic.
Listen to it... its fun... and the tune is fairly similar
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NonSequitur's picture

Oh, my gods. This is

Submitted by NonSequitur on September 11, 2008 - 18:12.

Oh, my gods.

This is gorgeous. It's quite cryptic, but it's a beautiful puzzle you've put together here, especially with the fragmented sentences.

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Usagi's picture

Listening to this again, I'm

Submitted by Usagi on September 20, 2008 - 10:38.

Listening to this again, I'm struck by the magical sadness of it. You have a beautiful voice.

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