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The first line of this song is taken from Franz Kafka's autobiographical material in 'Letters to Felice'

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Sleep avoids me
Like the waves avoid a stranded fish upon the beach
Like I avoid you
Insomnia is preferable to dreaming of Lorelei

Now you tell me
All your cherished plans are taking shape upon some foreign beach
And so I say
Prove to me your friendship can be stronger than your ordinary love

You couldn’t find the words for ordinary love
Faded and profane, this ordinary love

Tristan and Iseult
Romance and illusion—all the agonies of history
Oh, you are no queen
And this is not some kind of pact—we were never suicides

You couldn’t find the words—couldn’t find the words
Things you nearly said hanging in the air… still

You warned me—yes I know
Saying ‘I am selfish, don’t come near me I will make you suffer’
36 hours
Counting down the minutes while I’m writing these things for your entertainment

But what do I get now? What do I get now?
Things you left behind—the living and the dead… forgotten now

Sleep creeps away
Just like the waves avoid that stranded fish upon the beach
But don't count me out
The water’s not receding—I just learned to breathe another way, but you

Never found the words—for ordinary love
Well, that’s okay with me— I think that’s okay with me, now…

…I'm still dreaming of Lorelei

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from Emptying the lake with a teaspoon, track released September 24, 2010

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DaveEveritt Melton Mowbray, UK

I've been in Leicestershire's Horse Thieves, Rain Garden and The Storm Thieves. Then, for 23 years to 2019 in Derbyshire's LoscoeStateOpera.org. All available elsewhere. Here are solo songs and instrumentals, rough home recordings, and studio recordings. ... more

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