Enemy Twin

The monster lives in my head.
Are you playing poker with him?
We’re like a boa and a rabbit.
I hate my ugly twin.

It seems
He has my fears to feed.
Perhaps it’s a punishment for the deed.
Time to concede, it would seem.

I’m walking down,
I’m walking down,
I’m walking down empty streets.
I’m walking down,
I’m walking down,
Meet someone and react to the heat.

I like to listen to Tori’s* tales.
She slowly moves across the room now.
The boa drives another nail in.*
I don’t think that it’s true.

I made you a jester’s suit,
Plucked the forbidden fruit,
Pretend to be so cute—
It was cruel.

I’m walking down,
I’m walking down,
I’m walking down empty streets.
I’m walking down,
I’m walking down,
In these dirty streets, maybe I’m passing you by.

Alien worlds,
Runaway clones—
It’s all in my twin,
Enemy second half.
Felt it through my soul.
He leaves a gaping hole.
Something will change for us.
Something will change...

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*Тори Эймос (Tori Amos) – американская певица.
*«…drives another nail in» - отсылка к строчке из песни Тори Эймос «Crusify» (альбом Little Earthquakes, 1992).