Pictures
Of You
I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are
All I can feel
Remembering
You standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in
Holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering
You running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
And screamed at the make-believe
Screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage
To let it all go
Remembering
You fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white
So delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering
You how you used to be
Slow drowned
You were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes
But I never see anything
If only I'd
thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart
All my pictures of you
Looking so
long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you
There was
nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
All my pictures of you
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Robert
on 'Pictures Of You'...
"I
lost the pictures I always carried around in my wallet. I realised
that I'm clutching old pictures of things, even taken before my birth,
to give me a sense that things went on then." (Select Magazine,
August 1991)
"Loosely based on an essay by Myra Poleo entitled 'The Dark Power
of Ritual Pictures' - after reading it I destroyed all my old 'personal'
photographs, and almost all of my 'home' cine and video collection
- I think I was trying to wipe away my past... within days I was suffering
great regret; I still am!"
(September 1997) |
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Pictures
of You
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