frail

Do you remember
The things we used to say?
I feel so nervous
When I think of yesterday

How could I let things
Get to me so bad?
How did I let things get to me?

Like dying in the sun
Like dying in the sun
Like dying in the sun
Like dying

Will you hold on to me
I am feeling frail
Will you hold on to me
We will never fail

I wanted to be so perfect you see
I wanted to be so perfect

Like dying in the sun
Like dying in the sun
Like dying in the sun
Like dying

with or without you

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait... without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you ohoo
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
and you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win
and nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
and you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

Hilda Hilst

Carrega-me contigo, Pássaro-Poesia
Quando cruzares o amanhã, a luz, o impossível
Porque de barro e palha tem sido essa viagem
Que faço a sós comigo. Isenta de traçado
Ou de complicada geografia, sem nenhuma bagagem
Hei de levar apenas a vertigem e a fé
Para teu corpo de luz, dois fardos breves
Deixarei palavras e cantigas
E movediças embaçadas vias de ilusão.
Não te cantei cotidianos. Só te cantei a ti
Pássaro-Poesia
E a paisagem-limite. O fosso, o extremo
A convulsão do Homem
Carrega-me contigo.
Amanhã.