The Dangling Conversation

Capo 3

Introduction: D

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colour of a now later after- noon

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and the sun shines through the curtain lace and

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shadows wash the room and we

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sit and drink our coffee

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cast in our indifference like shells upon the shore.You can hear

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the ocean roar in the dangling

Then it goes to the intro again for the rest of the chorus.

Verse2

And you read your Emily Dickinson and I my Robert Frost
And we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost.
Like a poem poorly written
We are verses out of rhythm, couplets out of rhyme in synchopated time

Chorus

And the dangling conversation and the superficial sighs
Are the borders of our lives

Verse3

Yes we speak of things that matter with words that must be said
Can analysis be worthwhile? Is the theatre really dead?
And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow I cannot feel your hand, you're a stranger
Now unto me