Into the Void, Act IV: Coming out of the Void, Chapter 2 - The Persistence of Memory
Fa d e a w a y .
Don't let go, don't let me go.
Fa d e a w a y .
Don't let me go.
Can't let go of all of these memories.
Across the Voids of a thousand seas,
I'll vainly flee what I'll always find;
That have torn me apart for so long.
Erasing these curving graphite lines,
Seems so right, feels so wrong.
I'll tuck away these keepsakes in the deepest part of my mind
Resurfacing beyond where they reside.
The wake it makes will shift the tides.
These crashing waves I'll try to ride,
Tearing the slipshod levies down.
Hurricane floods the forsaken town,
Drowning the entire population within,
And I'll drown them all in gin.
Fa d e a w a y .
Don't let go, don't let me go.
Fa d e a w a y .
Don't let me go.
I'll never let you go.
I don't know how
To turn around
And walk away
So I'll just stay.
I will remain,
But your face
Will fade away.
Fa d e a w a y .
Don't let go, don't let me go.
Fa d e a w a y .
Don't let me go.
I've already forgotten
What you meant to me.
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Submitted on April 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB ccdexedfxfgghh ABAB b xxiixxi ABAB xx |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 931 |
Words | 206 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 14, 4, 1, 7, 4, 2 |
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