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Afterwords Lyrics by Parenthetical Girls

A Song for Ellie Greenwich

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What desperate depths you’ve drug me to…
Still—blood to bruise—I’d run to you
So it’s the least that I could do to remember you
The way that you would want me to
Those days before these pores improved
When, sore to swoon, I swore to you
Then ankles bound with trousers round
I’d lay the way you taught me to
Loose slacks ascend toward half–mast
Those photographs outlast what’s come to pass

"I have in my mind the face: upright, the skin was taught… but horizontal, an excess came from somewhere to droop down—clouding sockets, flushing hollows—pulling the mouth into a drooping, head-heavy heart. It was in this position of the skin that it looked saddened, yet entirely moved by feeling sad. This is where I knew we met: The Kicking Dead."

Those hips of rose through balls of blue—
It’s all that I’ll recall of you
Those faithful few who never knew?
Well, what they don’t know won’t hurt you
One sinful slip which slew us two—
From scorn to screw I mourn for you
Who’d flatter me your fleur de lis
Who’s elegies still seep from me
And pleased to fondly think of thee
On berber-burnt and bended knees
So rest—however restlessly—
With peace beneath these cherry trees…

About “Afterwords” by Parenthetical Girls

Read the complete lyrics to "Afterwords" by Parenthetical Girls from the album "A Song for Ellie Greenwich". On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Pop.

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"Afterwords" appears on "A Song for Ellie Greenwich".

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