New Zealand

Intellectual Suicide
I am baptised

United Kingdom

 

What Is Your name?
by Ian

What is your name? Your identity I need to know.
They say to know a name gives power.
I do not know your name.
May I ask again, through very heavy rain,
What is your name?

Wherever you look, you cannot escape.
They are there. They are there.
They say they search for lost coins
For their faces face the earth
But all have eyes fast closed
Closed to the world and his wife
During the whole of their life.

Wherever you look, you cannot escape.
They are there. They are there.

What is your name? You told me but I did forget.
They say to lose a name shows love.
I do not know your name.
May I ask again, through very heavy rain,
What is your name?

Wherever you fell, you cannot escape.
They are there. They are there.
They say they search for lost tastes
For their tongues are in their cheeks
But not in fact their own.
Lovers act as if alone
Grieving those who are alone.

Wherever you look, you cannot escape.
They are there. They are there.

What is your name? Your personality is lost.
They say you love me. I love you.
I do not know your name.
May I ask again, through very heavy rain,
What is your name?


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