Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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tune an ear
try to hear
the feeling behind the words

a mind can blur
suppress or stir
the feeling behind the words

life is filled with signifiers and signs
when you listen in between the lines
melody of words is just the carrier wave
for the way we really feel, try sometimes not to reveal,
our feelings amidst the words

far or near
opaque or clear
the feeling behind the words

is what we need
to help us read
the feeling behind the words

caring is the secret root of scorn
oak implied in the acorn
melody of words is just the carrier wave
for the thoughts we try to conceal, and in concealing must reveal
our feelings amidst the words

Imagery from The Color of Pomegranates, a 1969 Soviet film about the life of 18th-century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova (directed by Sergei Parajanov and now in the public domain). Orchestra is an EHX-Mel9 pedal on my epiphone casino.

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