In the jungle
the indifferent jungle
the symbolic jungle
the metaphorical jungle
the idea of a jungle
there may or may not be
a deeply a-sleeping lion
there may or may not be one.
but one thing is nearly sure:
she does not know you exist.
This beautiful cat
this indifferent cat
this symbolic cat
this metaphorical cat
is a perfect cat
a perfect idea
of a cat.
And you never entered her mind
and she does not understand
the meaning of the hunter
the position of the prey
there is no equal footing
the jungle is indifferent
You can send her an email
I think that her address is
something dot in the jungle
but this won’t really change things:
she doesn’t read her emails
and she does not know you exist.
You never entered her mind
and she does not understand.
She doesn’t know
you dreamed about her
she doesn’t know
both sides of the argument.
She doesn’t have your logic
or know that you were fighting
she didn’t read the rules
the rules that you were writing
when you imagined
yourself inside a jungle
yourself imagining
a beautiful cat
a different cat
an actual cat
a perfect cat
a perfect idea
of some cat.
credits
from The Worst of All Lovers,
released September 30, 2022
Written by Merel van Dijk and Anthony Barilla. Performed by Merel & Tony with Bill Savoie (drums) and Kacee duGas (cello). Engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Jeff McDonald. 2022 (p) Glitter Milk Records. (c) all rights reserved.
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