X-Patriate: Alan J. Lipman - Death by Misadventure

Death by Misadventure
All Lyrics, Music, Instruments, Vocals by Alan J. Lipman
Copyright 2012
Alan J. Lipman/X-Patriate Music
All Rights Reserved

There she goes
Setting herself
On fire again

There she goes
Filling herself
With another sweet
Liar again

Spinning
And almost falling
Can almost feel
She's in
Life's sweet dive

She hears the
Voices calling
But the
Sharp cliff's edge

Is what
Makes her
Feel
Real
And alive

Death by misadventure
Like a moth
To the flame
She can believe

Death by misadventure
Is how she came
And
How she'll leave

(String quartet)

Dance
Like a firefly
The cavalier rakes
Spread out
Into the night

Callow evaluators
Just her type
To
Cut into
Her anxious flight

Spinning
And
Almost falling

Into
The arms
Of someone
Who
Will
Be amused

And
So disarmed
By
The spread
Of

Her
Slow
Suffusing
Tumbling
Charm

Will
Take her
In
His arms

And
Be
Drawn
Into

Death by misadventure
Another will learn
To deepen his tone
After one more night

Death by misadventure
Tossed
Across
The seas
That feed

And
Inflame
Her
Life

(String quartet)

Out in the night
Alone
A stone
An oak
Another smoke

Is all
That's left
To spare

The fact of her act
A bitter laugh
Of longing

Rises up
With the ashes
Into the air

Death by misadventure
After all
It's just atoms
Flung
Into space

And
If they
Make their patterns

She
Can
Dash them all

Til something else
Takes their place

And
If they
Make their patterns

She
Can
Dash them all

Til something else
Takes their place

Til something new
Takes their place

Til something else
Fills the space

Written by:
Alan Lipman

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