8/20 session, Marriage to Language Azure Carter, song "Marriage to Language" Edward Schneider, alto sax Alan Sondheim, flute, violaline, shakuhachi, guitar https://youtu.be/9uG4htYw57g VIDEO http://www.alansondheim.org/mtl.jpg lyrics: MARRIAGE TO LANGUAGE I don't understand what you're saying Perhaps I'm not hearing you clearly Perhaps / the meaning / has disappeared Perhaps / the meaning / has decathected Perhaps I understand what you're saying But don't understand why you are saying it I don't understand your meaning Perhaps your words make no sense to me Perhaps I don't get / your drift Perhaps I have never understood you Perhaps your use of words is unclear But your words, one by one, are clear I don't understand the words' meaning Perhaps I am projecting on to you Perhaps I don't understand your effort Perhaps your effort is to no avail Perhaps I understand that you are speaking words But their meaning is lost to me I don't understand the words Perhaps words no longer carry meaning Perhaps words bear meaning Perhaps that meaning is borne Perhaps I understand the words you use But not in the way you are using them I don't understand your words Perhaps their meaning is obscure Perhaps it requires knowledge I don't possess Perhaps I never possessed it Perhaps I understand the meaning But I don't understand your motive I don't want to understand you Perhaps I ascribe to a different theory Perhaps my words have lost their meaning Perhaps my words are nothing / but cries and whispers Perhaps I understand I must reply to you But you aren't communicating anything I can't make sense of what you're saying Perhaps your words make no sense to me Perhaps I don't recognize them Perhaps it is you who are senseless Perhaps I recognize your syllables But you appear to be speaking nonsense ___ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
