Jandek

Frozen Beauty

Jandek


I thought I told you
Not to be so nice 
I thought I'd hold you 
Just once or twice 
But you stayed around 
All this time 
If I didn't go 
You'd probably have changed 
But because I'm gone 
I still see you the same 
It's like you're frozen 
Time doesn't change you 
You're still around 
And you're the same 
Sometimes I see you 
You're in a dream 
Just like you were 
A long time ago 
I'll take what you give me 
This memory 
I don't need nothing else 
I made you this way 
I took your life 
Put it in a box 
I pray at your gravestone 
Remembering when 
You walked my path 
You slept in my bed 
It's a long, long time 
I've got a pain in my head 
But you gave me an earthquake 
Everything is rearranged 
I take this new place 
As the world is now 
It's just I remember 
Your frozen image 
You wild, wild thing 
You gave me a jungle 
To cut my way through 
The beasts and the dangers 
Made me what I am 
So walk with me, frozen beauty 
As I reclaim my life 
I'm sure that you're melting 
Some other place I don't know