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Bonnie Prince Billy - Careless Love
I wrote a careless love
“Love me not for I’m above
above a cloud all flat and white
and with another love tonight”
And then a careless love
by weighty cloud above
was ground into the floor
to loving breathe no more
Lady as I leave you
limp on the floor
distorting our voices
slamming the door
I say sorry
I say bye bye
I say miss you
I say cry cry
Poet.
A few weeks ago I saw him perform in an abandoned high school on a teeny-tiny island on the French Broad River in the middle of mountain nowhere. It was as magical as it sounds.
I felt like he was singing straight at me……. but 300 other people probably felt that way, too.
