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I don't have a wedding song but i do have a funeral song.

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The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine 

Please, remember me
Happily
By the rosebush laughing
With bruises on my chin
The time when
We counted every black car passing
Your house beneath the hill
And up until
Someone caught us in the kitchen
With maps, a mountain range
A piggy bank
A vision too removed to mention
But

Please, remember me
Fondly
I heard from someone you're still pretty
And then
They went on to say
That the pearly gates
Had some eloquent graffiti
Like "We'll meet again"
And "Fuck the man"
And "Tell my mother not to worry"
And angels with their great
Handshakes
Were always done in such a hurry
And

Please, remember me
At Halloween
Making fools of all the neighbors
Our faces painted white
By midnight
We'd forgotten one another
And when the morning came
I was ashamed
Only now it seems so silly
That season left the world
And then returned
And now you're lit up by the city
So

Please, remember me
Mistakenly
In the window of the tallest tower
Calling passers-by
But much too high
To see the empty road at happy hour
Gleam and resonate
Just like the gates
Around the holy kingdom
With words like "Lost and found"
And "Don't look down"
And "Someone save Temptation"
And

Please, remember me
As in the dream
We had as rug-burn babies
Among the fallen trees
And fast asleep
Aside the lions and the ladies
That called you what you like
And even might
Give a gift for your behavior
A fleeting chance to see
A trapeze
Swinger as high as any savior
But

Please, remember me
My misery
And how it lost me all I wanted
Those dogs that love the rain
And chasing trains
The colored birds above their running
In circles around the well
And where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter
So bright with cinder gray
And spray paint
"Who the hell can see forever?"
And

Please, remember me
Seldomly
In the car behind the carnival
My hand between your knees
You turned from me
And said, "The trapeze act was wonderful
But never meant to last"
The clown that passed
Saw me just come up with anger
When it filled with circus dogs
The parking lot
Had an element of danger
So

Please, remember me
Finally
And all my uphill clawing
My dear
But if I make
The pearly gates
Do my best to make a drawing
Of God and Lucifer
A boy and girl
An angel kissing on a sinner
A monkey and a man
A marching band
All around the frightened trapeze swingers

Na-na
Na-na-na
Na-na
Na-na . . .

請記得我
快樂地
在玫瑰花叢旁 笑著
我臉頰上還留著瘀青
我們數著每輛開過的黑色車子
你的房子在山丘過去一點
整夜不睡直到
有人發現我們在廚房
拿著一份地圖 一道山脈 一個小豬撲滿
一個太遙遠沒辦法提起的夢想
但是

請記得我
溫柔地
我聽他們說
妳依舊美麗
然後
他們接著說
天國的門上刻著些箴言
像是'我們將會再見'
以及'去他的'
以及'告訴媽媽別擔心'
以及天使
他們偉大的握手
總是如此倉促
所以

請記得我
在萬聖節的時候
捉弄所有的鄰居
我們的臉漆成白色
到了午夜
我們都忘了對方
早晨來臨我於是羞愧
現在看來這一切似乎很傻
季節離開這個世界
而後歸來
現在你被城市照亮
所以

請記得我
錯誤地
在最高的塔上的一扇窗
呼喊
那些掠過我們的
卻太高而無法看見
在快樂的時光看見一條空曠的路
微光與回聲
就像環繞著神聖國度的
那些門
寫著像是'失與得'
以及'別往下看'
以及'有人曾拒絕誘惑'
然後

請記得我
如同在夢裡
如同裹著毛毯的嬰兒
在倒塌的樹與沉沉睡去之間
在獅子們與女士們旁邊
她們用你所愛的方式呼喚你
當你聽話時獎勵你
在瞬間我看見
高空鞦韆
他蕩的和救世主一樣高
但是

請記得我
我的不幸
如何讓我失去所有
像是
那些追逐火車喜愛雨的狗兒
像是那些沿著井邊繞圈的彩色鳥兒
聖彼得後面的牆上
噴漆寫著
'他媽的誰永遠看得見?'
煤灰的字如此明亮
所以

請記得我
偶爾地
停在嘉年華後面的車子裡
我的手在你的膝蓋間
你轉過身去
說'高空鞦韆很精彩
但注定不長久'
那個經過的小丑
看見我帶著憤怒上來
那個停車場
充滿了馬戲團的狗
有著危險的元素
所以

請記得我
在最後
以及我所有艱難的掙扎
親愛的
如果我終能到達
天國之門
我會盡全力畫一幅藍圖
有上帝與路西法
一對男孩與女孩
天使親吻一個罪人
一隻猴子與一個人
一支樂隊
全圍繞著驚險的
高空鞦韆表演人

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