Desiderata
Lyrics by Jamie Joy Gatto
Desiderata \De*sid`e*ra"ta\, n.; pl. [L., fr. desideratus] Anything
desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledged.
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Drop the harnesses that keep you from being with me.
See you as I see you, so you can love you as much as I do.
Release the bit that breaks your tongue, keeps you from demonstration
of affection.
Unbind the corset that holds your guts, keeps them from spilling.
I saw you cry, I held you, you cannot deny that it was killing you
Explaining away exactly why you were not The Chosen One.
All the arguments were there. All your arguments were bare.
I know there is a passion hiding inside you, yet you deny it,
What retains you, keeps you away from that volatile, sacred place
I cannot comprehend it. It makes no sense, and there’s no mental reconciliation
No matter how well you explain it. Try again.
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Chorus:
Desiderata
Love you then you can Love me
Please just be the you I see and cannot reach
Love you then you can Love me
Please just be the you I see and cannot reach
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Stop lying to yourself, stop numbing me away, do whatever it takes,
let yourself play.
Want me as badly as I want you, then do it all over again once more
with feeling.
Take me, break the shell, don’t erase the pain, just feel it. Please
won’t you just feel anything?
Take it and make it your priority, make it your pet, feed it treats
and give it candy
Wrestle it, set it loose, take it and make it alive, liberate the fire,
Use freedom as your bellows, nurture your wild embers.
Find out what it is to be real, reward yourself with terror with hunger
with lust.
Even pain is better than nothing, why won’t you try to compromise?
Risk is not in your vocabulary, make it so, perfect it haphazardly.
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Chorus:
Desiderata
Love you then you can Love me
Please just be the you I see and cannot reach
Love you then you can Love me
Please just be the you I see and cannot reach
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No one says, “It has to be that way”
Nobody says, “You have to do...”
So what if they did. That never stopped you.
Is this all about control?
Are you afraid you’ll just explode?
Well so what if you do. I’ll still love you.
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Desiderata
Love you then you can Love me
Please just be the you I see and cannot reach
Love you then you can Love me
Please just be the you I see and cannot reach
...
Copyright © 2002 Jamie Joy
Gatto. All Rights Reserved. May not be re-printed in any form without express
written consent of the author. Do not copy or post.
Jamie Joy Gatto is obsessed with sex, tragedy,
words and finds her soul-ace in music. She's a bisexual activist, the creator
and the Editor-in-Chief of Mind
Caviar, Ophelia's Muse,
and
A Bi-Friendly Place.
Dozens of her short stories are included in projects such as Best Bisexual
Erotica 1 & 2, Best SM Erotica, Guilty Pleasures,
Of
the Flesh, The Unmade Bed, From Porn to Poetry, and many
more both on and off the Web. Her latest project is co-editing Villains
& Vixens (Black Books 2003) with M. Christian. Email
Jamie
Joy.
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She has authored the poetry book,
Unveiling Venus,
the eBook, Suddenly Sexy,
and Sex Noir (Circlet 2002).
"Gatto's tales range from sexy to harrowing, from
tragic to optimistic, and from hardcore to sugary sweet-- sometimes all
within the same story." ~ AVN
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