he liked to believe
he was the phantom
whispering eloquent
derangement
beneath his mask
he taught himself
to play guitar
and to sing
but his fingers always tripped
and his voice still burnt of acid
[it wasn’t surprising
but it still raised questions
was it overconfidence
or epiphany?]
he’s choking on his words now,
hung up, strung out
his honesty muscle atrophic
what we did to [for]get
what he was saying
lyre, lyre
throat on fire
strung up from
an old harp wire
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written t9aug2011.
inspired by “liar, liar” by the used (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUsrAKtEAU) and “hey zeus! the dungeon” by chiodos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vpqRUQx25o), which was in turn inspired by the phantom of the opera.
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idiography 