album cover
I Never Asked
211
Alternative
I Never Asked was released on March 13, 2020 by AFAR as a part of the album La Vita Nuova
album cover
Release DateMarch 13, 2020
LabelAFAR
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

Lyrics

It has occurred to me, my love
I never asked if you would sit for me
I was so taken by you and swept away
I never asked if it would be okay
And this volume that I have drawn out
The binding wears and pages frail
Now tear between my touch
Diaphanous in whisper-light
I clutch and turn with fevered hand
And pray that I may grace you
In a way that you will somehow understand
I try my best with solemn care
To capture all I see of you
So fraught, so fair
Are my words worthy of your ways?
I ask this of myself
Lo these fanatic days
And this language making use of me
As yet may be unknown to human sound
Dwelling in the space between
With all unspoken and unseen
Unquantifiable, profound
Not in, not of uptown
Nor lost, nor found
And oh, as I soften on the vine
Darkly sweet I'm held to linger
Where the beauty of the season
Fades from gold to bitter gray
And oh, what aching colors you have spun
Around me where the grinding hum of sameness
Found me just above
Where I kept my heart at bay
Where I kept my heart at bay
Until against my will it chose
To languish here upon your face
I kept the stub cupped in my palm
I spit blood upon the pearl
The gray, the white
Thrown back into the yawning flame
To flash and mold a crucible of my device
And what figure comes forth from the molten pit?
A form hath shone by mine own hand
My life
Captured on a linen sprung
And taut and stretched
And ready ripped
With gentle strokes and longing writ
And wrought with fits and fainting
And you, sweet phantom of my making
And oh, as I soften on the vine
Darkly sweet I'm held to linger
Where the beauty of the season
Fades from gold to bitter gray
And oh, what aching colors you have spun
Around me where the grinding hum of sameness
Found me just above
Where I kept my heart at bay
Where I kept my heart at bay
Until against my will it chose
To languish here upon your face
It has occurred to me, my love
I never asked if you would sit for me
I was so taken by you and swept away
I never asked if it would be okay
I never asked if it would be okay
Written by: Maria McKee
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out􀆄 copy􀐅􀋲

Loading...