impersonator
Appearing tonight, live, in person
Straight to you from behind the curtain.
One time only in this condition.
One time only on condition
That we both close our eyes.
And pretend to not realize.
Walk to the center.
The light’s too bright.
I can’t see where to enter
The path that feels right.
But it’s also not wrong
In the way they think.
Caress a song.
Keep it all linked
To her first blush
Through parted lips,
To you first touched
Her swaying hips.
I don’t know if it’s good or bad.
Don’t know if I should be happy or sad
When I give away part of me
Part of my identity.
I offer up my face.
Is there something there still to take?
I turn the covers aside
Looking for me, myself and I.
There’s no place left to hide.
There’s no way to recognize.
The words are spoken by the mouth in my mirror
From a distant past future.
Words I thought that I had
Before it turned so bad.
And turned so good at the same time
Caught in the embrace of rhythm and rhyme.
Impersonate a snapshot of you.
That’s about all we can do.
But don’t act that it’s a surprise
When we're changed right before our eyes.
I don’t know if it’s good or bad.
Don’t know if I should be happy or sad
When I give away part of me
Part of my identity.
Appearing tonight, live, in person
Straight to you from behind the curtain.
One time only in this condition.
One time only on condition
That we both close our eyes,
And forget to realize.