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On Love And Electromagnetism

from Life Is A Bike Wreck (Better Wear Your Helmet) by GioSafari

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My shadow keeps good company
because it's always there.
But it can't hold me or tell me jokes
or run its fingers through my hair.
And premarital interdigitation
would be totally out of the question.

This shadow of mine is reliable,
on it I can always count.
But it understands nothing of fashion,
neither how to be late nor how to wear color.
Besides, it would look ridiculous in that red dress and those blue shoes.
Noone could ever pull them off like you.

In truth, I hate my shadow
with its robotic predictability.
It only hangs around because of its tired obedience
to laws of electromagnetism.
That's nothing by fascist conformity;
I want love, I want freedom!

This shadow of mine will never leave me,
not even in my death.
So in my grave I will hate it still
as it reminds me for eternity
how fucking lonely I'll always feel
if I don't have you here with me.

My shadow is a lonely fellow,
though it's always by my side.
I don't pay it much mind, you know,
as I go about my life.
I wish it'd find another shadow to hold,
someone to share its time.
How about I hold your body
while your shadow holds mine?

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from Life Is A Bike Wreck (Better Wear Your Helmet), released July 25, 2009

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GioSafari New York, New York

GioSafari was the pseudonym for singer-songwriter and peace activator Gio Andollo. He lives in NYC, where he has committed to music - songwriting, recording, busking, performing, promoting - and activism. He speaks truth to power in the heart of Empire, recalling the subversive musical traditions of American folk & punk, singing for peace & justice, and advocating the use of bicycle helmets. ... more

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