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The Chandelier

I stand beneath a vision of my childhood
Under a crystalline monstrosity in the atrium of the museum
Join the party
Drink to the photographed and the photographer
More often than not one in the same
I whimper like a dog when you step on my tail
I go on and on and on and on

I am a chandelier
My face a mirror
I am the sound of a million tiny pieces breaking into a million tiny pieces
I go on and on

A museum of dead ideas
That define the terms of our existence
What could proscribe a force of such persistence?
I've survived things you wouldn't believe
I don't need to anymore
i don't even breathe
I assume it's the same for everyone but suspect I've been disinformed
Naturally
it goes on and on and on

We've run the worst case scenarios
Walking zombie through the echelons of obscene and absurd wealth throughout history
The cronies and the oligarchs pulling the strings of puppets and people alike
Be they priests or politicians
They go on and on and on and on and on

I want out of this circus
I'm a real boy
Raised among wolves to be an astronaut

I want to swing from your chandelier
Bring the whole thing crash crash crashing down
6 inches off the floor
It will hang upside down and UFO

I will hang upside down and UFO
You can tire swing on me
I'm The Chandelier
i go on and on and on

Like the oceans of Europa
Pulling me down through razor blade stalactites of ice
Reflections of light from Jupiter
Peal of bells
You've never seen a sky so full of stars
I trust something will survive because it almost always does
It goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on

I stand before a visage of my old age
I am life size 16th century Dutch black lacquer
In a secret wing of the museum
In a pearl shaped diamond blue
Your gaslight chandelier singing
It goes on and on and on and on and on

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from Panting (Solo Demos 2018), released November 8, 2018
All sounds, words, and images by MHW 2018.

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Matthew H. Welch Baltimore, Maryland

Songmaker, Singer, Guitar Player, Producer for SIGINT. Formerly of the Aviary and Pedge. Poetic Rock and Roll From A Future.

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