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milton babbitt - colloquy and review lyrics

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[philomel]
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel!
i feel
feel a million trees
and the heat of trees

{tape]
not true trees

[philomel]
feel a million tears

[tape]
not true tears
not true tears

[philomel]
is it tereus i feel?

[tape]
not tereus; not a true tereus

[philomel]
feel a million filaments;
fear the tearing, the feeling
trees, that are full of felony
trees tear
and i bear
families of tears
i feel a million philomels

[tape]
trees filled with mellowing
feminine fame

[philomel]
i feel trees in my hair
and on the ground, vines
honeymelons fouling
my knees and feet
soundlessly in my
flight through the forest;
i founder in quiet
here i find only
famine of melody
miles of felted silence
unwinding behind me
lost, lost in the wooded night

[tape]
pillowing melody
honey unheard

[philomel]
my hooded voice, lost
lost, as my first
unhoneyed tongue;
forced, as my last
unfeathered defense;
fast-tangled in l-st
of these woods so dense
emptied, unfeeling and unfilled
by trees here where no birds have trilled
feeling k!lled
philomel stilled
her honey unfulfilled

[tape]
feeling k!lled
philomel stilled
her honey unfulfilled

[philomel]
what is that sound?
a voice found;
broken, the bound
of silence, beyond
violence of human sound
as if a new self
could be founded on sound
oh, men are sick:
the gods are strong
oh, see! quick! quick!
the trees are astounded!
what is this humming?
i am becoming
my own song

[tape]
oh, men are sick:
the gods are strong
oh, see! quick! quick!
the trees are astounded!
what is this humming?
i am becoming
my own song….

- milton babbitt lyrics

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