Four Portraits
There's Arnold
With his back to me
Wandering down through an ill-lit street
I'm curious
And would like to entreat
Is it inspiration or self-defeat
And from the corner his figure fades
And should I follow or retrograde
There's Anton
With a furrowed brow
A crooked finger and non-plussed scowl
There's symmetry
He will soon endow
Crafting tone rows with his head faced down
If I seek pleasure in melody
Have I betrayed best tendencies
Oh Alban
We part our hair the same
Posing next to a drawer and frame
At 23 and two years of age
Your work is tasteful your life's urbane
As for the despot's who bring you down
A century later they're still around
And so I sit by the window sill
Feeling sad, the questions linger still
I'm trying to decide if it's fake or real
I'm all alone
In a noisy throng
Nameless and ageless, all strung along
Nobody else can name this song
Mispronunciations and words spelled wrong
At times like these I think I'm on my own
A new self-portrait of my own
Four PortraitsLRC歌词
[00:00.000]There's Arnold
[00:02.460]With his back to me
[00:06.140]Wandering down through an ill-lit street
[00:10.580]I'm curious
[00:13.120]And would like to entreat
[00:16.710]Is it inspiration or self-defeat
[00:23.100]And from the corner his figure fades
[00:33.170]And should I follow or retrograde
[00:42.510]There's Anton
[00:45.290]With a furrowed brow
[00:48.800]A crooked finger and non-plussed scowl
[00:53.000]There's symmetry
[00:56.060]He will soon endow
[00:59.800]Crafting tone rows with his head faced down
[01:05.775]If I seek pleasure in melody
[01:16.200]Have I betrayed best tendencies
[01:24.851]Oh Alban
[01:27.320]We part our hair the same
[01:31.500]Posing next to a drawer and frame
[01:35.530]At 23 and two years of age
[01:42.510]Your work is tasteful your life's urbane
[01:48.090]As for the despot's who bring you down
[01:58.523]A century later they're still around
[02:09.390]And so I sit by the window sill
[02:14.760]Feeling sad, the questions linger still
[02:20.310]I'm trying to decide if it's fake or real
[02:30.000]I'm all alone
[02:33.500]In a noisy throng
[02:38.200]Nameless and ageless, all strung along
[02:43.000]Nobody else can name this song
[02:50.600]Mispronunciations and words spelled wrong
[02:58.250]At times like these I think I'm on my own
[03:10.890]A new self-portrait of my own
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