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My Favorite Monster / Archaic Torso of Apollo

by miscellaneous owl

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For February Album Writing Month 2019 (14 songs in 28 days) and also Songfight, "My Favorite Monster." After Rilke.

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Gods that come in golden showers
Through the rooftop, down the wires
Lit like a lamp by the laptop's glow
Exploding with light like The Pleasure Principle

They turn to see you
They know your name
Your dark center
Your shining shame

You must change your life

Headless torso of a hairless man
Filling up my screen again
It's true, you know it when you see it
Nothing left to the imagination
But the head that's hovering above the frame
Those eyes, are they fixed upon your face?

I could be happy if I found someone
Who looks at me like I'm better than I am
My favorite monster looks like loneliness
And loneliness looks just like a man
Like a man
Like a man

Hard to tell the difference between a god and a monster
Or if the woman in the video actually wants it
If holy just describes a bunch of holes, a hollow
A swan or a bull or a TV repairman
Knocking at the door, coming on in
Shining like gilt, like a statue of Apollo

And I could be happy if I found someone
Who looks at me like I'm better than I am
My favorite monster looks like loneliness
And loneliness looks just like a man
Like a man
Like a man

A smile runs from hip to thigh
Says like Shakira, hips don't lie
The girl gets down on her knees as though to pray
They're beautiful, all of them
The faceless women and the headless men
It seems so real, why can't I touch it?

And I could be happy if I found someone
Who looks at me like I'm better than I am
My favorite monster looks like loneliness
And loneliness looks just like a man
Like a man
Like a man
You must change your life

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released February 2, 2019

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